Re: [Gaim-devel] Sort Buddylist

[Evan D. <ev...@ca...>]

On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 16:28, Luke Schierer wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 03:54:40PM -0500, James Mastros wrote:
> >
> > 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. 

Oh, pooey. You beat me to the response. :)
 
> 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. 

For those in need of some visual assistance, I have a screenshot of this
over at http://evan.canonical.org/images/gaim-now.png

I have a doctored screenshot of what it would be nice to have at
http://evan.canonical.org/images/gaim-future.jpg
 
> this is simply not possible with the current code, believe me, i'm 
> re-writting the buddy list code, i know. 

Luke, if you get that working, you will be my hero and I will take you
out for drinks next time you are in Cincinnati. :)

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Evan Doughty
ev...@ca...