Thread: [Gaim-devel] Sort Buddylist

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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.

Adrian

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. 

I've been toying with this idea for a while...

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Evan Doughty
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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.

   -=- James Mastros

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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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...

Luke Schierer wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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. 

Sorry -- I was only refering to having buddies of more then one service 
in the same group, not the order they appeared in within that group. 
 That was unclear in my writing.

    -=- James Mastros

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 12:41:43PM +0100, 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 did that at one point but sean and i decided to post pone it untill 
after some other things, like a unified buddy list instead of one file 
per screenname so that the list can be truely sorted when you have 
buddies from multiple screennames in a single group.  i haven't kept my 
patch in sync, but it probly would still be easier for you to update my 
patch than to start from scratch. biggest thing you'd have to be careful 
of is the constants in gaim.h, make sure they remain unique, and then 
make sure the patch still applies correctly (it probly doesn't, so 
you'll probly have to patch by hand).

or just wait till we get around to doing it ourselves.
luke

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