Well I don't know of any way to do this in Adium itself exactly, but I
think you're reacting to a problem that doesn't really exist. Yes,
there's no way really to take the log out of the list without deleting
it which also deletes the corresponding log (note you could copy your
logs for backup purposes though). But you're not going to end up with
a huge chat log. If you look at the transcript viewer in Adium, each
log is separated out by contact and date. There's no reason you have
to look at a log from a year ago if that's not what your after, pull
up the date you're looking for. Further, there's a pop up button that
allows narrowing of the date selection, as well as a search field to
look through the logs either all of them or on a per-contact basis.
So, I think you're looking for a solution to a problem that really
doesn't exist.
Note: Fire is no longer being maintained, in fact most of the Fire
developers are the ones now working on Adium. In particular, it's not
very compatible with the current MSN protocols, so you'd have a real
issue with frequent disconnects on MSN if you tried it.
On Oct 20, 2008, at 13:48, Chris Gilland wrote:
OK, I know this has come up before on here, and I know that I have
been told it's impossible, and it's not that I dont' trust yall, as
much as I feel it's rather rediculous that there would be no way. I
know that in preferences, under general, I can set Adium not to log
messages, however, I figure, is there notta way to keep the log
however clear it? I looked in the edit menu and saw an option
called clear, but it's dimmed. I mean, dang it! I don't want to be
chatting with someone a year out from today, only to find that that
unknown item when interacted with, gives me a log from a year or
more back to the present. That's um, kind a, not good? I know I
could do vo shift end to get to the bottom of it, but still! that's
kind a not very good programming in my opinion, to not have a way to
clear that log upon command, or at the very least, set it to keep a
log only for x amount of time. Frankly, I'd almost be convinced to
switch to Fire, work in progress, or not, if I can't straighten this
out. I know a lotta people may just say, get over it. Deal with
it, for god sake, and, frankly? call me picky, I know, but, dont'
you all think this is just a little stupid that they'd not have a
way to do this? Boy would I be interested in knowing if there was a
way that I've missed.
Chris.
