Version: 0.10.2 (using KDE KDE 3.4.1) Installed from: Fedora RPMs OS: Linux Unchecking the "Show events in chat window" checkbox should disable messages like: "-- Peter has left the chat." in chat window. Kopete help also says how it should be: "Show events in chat window Some IM systems can give extra information, like people joining or leaving chats. This option lets you receive these messages in your chat window." However, disabling the option won't stop messages like "... has left the chat" from appearing.
that's because an IM system doesn't generate those events, we do.
"has left the chat" message is one of the most annoying "features" in kopete. I did disable the "Enable events for active chat window", restarted the Kopete but it did not stop the "has left the chat" messages. (MSN)
I agree. This is especially true for MSN protocol, where there is officially no such event as "has left the chat" for 2-person conversations. Of course "officially" here means that the MSN Messenger does not show such events to the user, when only two people are having a conversation, they are only shown when 3 or more people are chatting simultaneously.
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Just created a simple fix for the devel version. Added && KopetePrefs::prefs()->showEvents() to the if responsible for checkig whether to show these messages. I will upload a patch soon.
Created attachment 14483 [details] Patch for bug 109822 A patch for kdenetwork/kopete/kopete/chatwindow/chatview.cpp
Odd that this hasn't ever been commited. Got tired of this and made a patch, will commit when approved. See http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/4768/
SVN commit 1156102 by rytilahti: Don't show joins&quits in chatwindow, if user has decided not to show events BUGS:109822 M +2 -2 chatview.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1156102
SVN commit 1165283 by rytilahti: backport r1156102: Don't show joins&quits in chatwindow, if user has decided not to show events CCBUG:109822 M +2 -2 chatview.cpp WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1165283