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displaying of my name in message view
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:38 am
by andru_911
is there any way to change the way my name is displayed in the message view? i'm using eclipse, and it looks awesome with my contacts alias' but my super-long msn name makes it look horrible. i guess i could change my msn name, but i was hoping i could just enter an alias for myself or something
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:01 am
by air__devil
If you go to Prefs --> Accounts you can Alias yourself. Then it'll show up as that name instead of your screen name in the message view. I'm not quite sure if this is what you're asking or not. If it is great, problem solved. If not, can you screen capture what you're view is doing now and try to explain how you want it changed a little better?
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:45 pm
by andru_911
ok what i mean is that in most message views (at least the ones i like and use) the name that is displayed for my contact is the alias i gave them. for example an msn contact with the screen name "i like big butts" could have been given the alias "bob dole". in the message view i will see "bob dole". is there any way i can do this for myself. i want to see an alias for myself rather than my msn screen name. sorry for being unclear
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:07 pm
by jstamos
...the method to do so was just described to you.
Alias field of your account. Not your screen name. ALIAS.
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:38 pm
by andru_911
but users will see the alias too will they not? basically i want to keep my msn screen name so other people can see it, but use my real name in my message view...
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:49 pm
by evands
There is no way in Adium 0.7x to set an alias independent of your MSN display name. I'm looking into doing this for Adium 0.80, but no promises.
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:44 pm
by andru_911
i love you 8)
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:55 pm
by air__devil
jstamos wrote:...the method to do so was just described to you.
Alias field of your account. Not your screen name. ALIAS.
Thanks for getting my back, buddy.
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:56 am
by jstamos
air__devil wrote:Thanks for getting my back, buddy.
Hey, what are people who you've never met but happen to use the same program for instant messaging for?
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 2:22 pm
by MBHockey
haha
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:24 pm
by xpander
jstamos wrote:air__devil wrote:Thanks for getting my back, buddy.
Hey, what are people who you've never met but happen to use the same program for instant messaging for?
For stealing women from...
/me steals Rebecca