show nickname in messegewindows?

paxmojo · Post by **paxmojo** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:33 am

how can I get adium to show the nicknames in the messegewindows instead of the icq-numbers or email-adress (msn)?

please help!

kckid · Post by **kckid** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 3:00 pm

You can make an Alias and it will show that instead, but unfourtunatly, Adium can't show MSN Status Names or anything like that yet.

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:09 pm

View > Contact Name Format > Alias.

paxmojo · Post by **paxmojo** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:29 pm

kirk wrote:View > Contact Name Format > Alias.

i've tried that, but it only changes the names in the contact-list, not in messege-windows...

kirk · Post by **kirk** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:31 pm

Close and reopen the window.

Also, it only works in certain messageview styles.

paxmojo · Post by **paxmojo** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:32 pm

kckid wrote:You can make an Alias and it will show that instead, but unfourtunatly, Adium can't show MSN Status Names or anything like that yet.

i've tried that too, but still i can only see the icq-number in the messege-window...

paxmojo · Post by **paxmojo** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:35 pm

kirk wrote: Also, it only works in certain messageview styles.

do you know which ones will work?

zaudragon · Post by **zaudragon** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:42 pm

paxmojo wrote:
kirk wrote: Also, it only works in certain messageview styles.
do you know which ones will work?

You should tell us which one you’re using instead

My Terminal Message Style doesn’t; I think it’s closer to the actual prompt that way.