Re: [Gaim-devel] Multiple windows "Unable to add"

[Bjoern V. <bj...@cs...>]

Mark Doliner <ma...@ki...> wrote:

> I can't reproduce this.  Letters and underscores are valid characters in
> screen names.  Are you sure you're using Gaim 0.80?  You can try deleting=
 your
> ~/.gaim/blist.xml file.  Knowing what "%s" is there might be helpful.

I found a work-around for my problem. I patched the function aim_snvalid_ad=
d()
in src/protocols/oscar/util.c:148. My patch allows the character "-" in
AIM/ICQ buddy names.

After applying the patch, my wrong buddy name "bjoern-dardesheim" went into=
 my
buddy list. Because, the wrong buddy name is now in the local buddy list
(.gaim/blist.xml), I'm able to delete the name from my buddy list (with "sh=
ow
offline buddies"+remove or with an editor).

My patch has a little side effect: If I add a buddy in the form "word-word"=
,
Gaim says:

   Could not add the buddy word-word for an unknown reason.  The most commo=
n
   reason for this is that you have the maximum number of allowed buddies i=
n
   your buddy list.

But probably this behavior is ok, because "word-word" is (in my case) an
unknown user. But I don't understand, why Gaim includes buddies in the loca=
l
buddy list, after displaying such an error message.

Regards, Bj=C3=B6rn