If its your own resource that you don't want to see, then editing the "Local Alias" setting of the account is probably what you're after
On 11 July 2016 at 10:53, David G. <light...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > Thanks. I didn't know about that plug-in but it looks like it probably > has the options I need to adjust the appearance. Part of the problem is > that it's unclear to an end-user which approach they should be using. The > themes don's seem to be supported well and that's confusing, with these > other options to configure it. > > I tried disabling "Close IMs" and that seems to prevent it from creating a > new file every time I close the window. So, that might be good enough but > I may still want to check out the SQLite option. > > Is there a way to adjust the layout/format of messages? Right now it's > showing <timestamp> <user>/<resource>: <message> > > I'd like to customize that and I don't really want to see the resource, > ever. > > Thanks, again! > > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2016, at 01:58 PM, Eion Robb wrote: > > Hi David, > > Have you had any success with using the Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin? > It allows you to specify fonts for a lot of things including the 'GTK+ > Interface Font'. You can find it in Tools->Plugins. > > The logging one does require a programming change, although it does sound > like you close messaging windows a lot if you've only got one message per > conversation - changing the 'Close IMs immediately when the tab is closed' > setting in Tools->Preferences->Conversations might help with that. > Alternatively you can use the SQLite Logging plugin which has an option to > display in the 'View Log' window broken down by day, rather than by > conversation. > > Cheers, > Eion > > On 11 July 2016 at 08:50, David G. <light...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to change two things in Pidgin: > > 1. The appearance of the text in the "buddy list" and conversation > windows. > 2. Change logging to combine all messages from a day into a single file, > instead of one per message. > > #2 probably needs a programming change but please let me know your > thoughts. Could a plug-in do it? > > #1: This doesn't make sense to me: > > A. The program has one option to change the font style but it defaults > to "theme" and yet there are no themes that come with the program. > > B: I tried creating a buddy theme per the wiki and it changes the buddy > list font but not the messages, even though there is a "message_text" > field. > > C: Meanwhile, the FAQ on changing the font has an entirely different > approach and doesn't even mention themes but as mentioned above, the > default font is supposed to be based on a theme! > > Can we get a default theme that works and demos what it can actually do? > This is very confusing and the documentation is very mixed up. The > example theme .xml would be nice if it had some parameters in it, like > font size, family/name and colors. > > Thanks! > > -- > http://www.fastmail.com - IMAP accessible web-mail > > _______________________________________________ > Support@pidgin.im mailing list > Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: > https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > > > -- > David G. > light...@fastmail.fm > > > > -- http://www.fastmail.com - The professional email service > >
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