Re: [Gaim-devel] Sort Buddylist

[Luke S. <lsc...@gm...>]

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 03:54:40PM -0500, James Mastros wrote:
> Evan Doughty wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 06:41, Adrian Dannberg wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>Hi, I just had an idea about another feature. It's nothing big, I just 
> >>wondered if the buddylist could become sortable, by Alias or by Contact 
> >>or something.
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >I think this is a good idea too, but it probably would make a better
> >plugin than built-in feature. Personally, I'd like to see the buddy
> >lists mix (so I can have an AIM buddy, then a yahoo buddy, then an AIM
> >buddy, etc.) I personally like to have my list Alphabetically sorted. 
> >
> Actualy, you can already have mixed buddies like that, though they only 
> show that way on the first tab, not the second.  Simply make sure the 
> group names on the various services match, and the groups will be merged.

um. no. you are wrong. i see why you are confused though. yes, the group 
only shows once. and yes, when the same screenname exists on two 
accounts, the buddy_show for each sn of yours will be merged into a 
single instance. but look beyond that. 

assume you have 1 of each of the following online, having come online in 
the following order: aim, yahoo, icq, irc. (the same holds true for all 
examples, but i'm keeing it relatively simple). further assume that 
there are no overlapping screennames, that is if LSchiere is a member of 
the group in one account, it is not a member of that group in any other 
account. 

with the above mentioned exception, looking at a single group, you see 
all online aim buddies, then below them, though still in the same group, 
all online yahoo buddies, then all online icq buddies, then all online 
irc buddies.   

the only time they actually mix is when you have an instance of the same 
screenname in that group for 2 or more accounts, in which case all sorts 
of things can happen. 

i'm talking about a truely mixed group, where you might see a yahoo 
buddy then an aim buddy then another aim buddy then a string of icq 
buddies, then another yahoo buddy...

this is simply not possible with the current code, believe me, i'm 
re-writting the buddy list code, i know. 

luke

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