{#} Replies are directed back to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
{#} To reply to the author, write to "Derek J. Balling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 9:42 AM -0700 3/6/02, Colter Reed wrote:
> > If I use the "official" client (Which, for now, uses the same
>> protocol as libyahoo), I can set a status message which has nothing
>> to do with "away" or "idle" status. There's even a plugin for Winamp
>> to set the Yahoo!Messenger status to be the "current playing track",
>> without affecting "Away"-ness or anything like that... :)
>>
>> So the protocol DOES support that... In fact, I think the whole
>> concept of setting up messages as a "type" of message
>> (away/idle/etc.) came because I was noting this same "missing
>> feature" in Yahoo a while back. (the archives don't go far enough
>> back for me to find where we chatted about that originally, leading
>> to a discussion about the merits of "defining message-types"...
>
>Yes, the Yahoo protocol allows you to specify an arbitrary string to show up
>next to your name.
>
>What I think Eric meant is that when one is available, the official clients
>don't clutter your screen by plastering the string "Available" after one's
>name, as it does "Busy" when one is busy. The available state is indicated
>by a lack of other states. This does work in Fire.
Ah, ok, so I guess my question instead worded as:
"Is there a way to add 'Status' to the 'Type' pulldown, which would
be 'functionally equivalent to Available' (e.g., don't autorespond
with this message when the client receives a new message), but which
would be used for status-messages on services which allow... well,
arbitrary status-messages, such as Y!Messenger."
:-)
D
--
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Thou art the ruins of the noblest man |
| Derek J. Balling | That ever lived in the tide of times. |
| | Woe to the hand that shed this costly |
| | blood" - Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 1 |
+---------------------+-----------------------------------------+
{#} ----------------------------------------------------+[ fire ]+---
