Version: 0.11.1 (using KDE KDE 3.5.1) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux When I have a few contacts online on various protocols, mostly MSN, not all of their statuses are updated throughout the system. In Konqeuror one have the Copy To menu when one right-click on a file. The Contacts list given is not always up to date, example: Wian is online, but is not shown on the list. Also, does the list make provision where a person can be online on various protocols?
Even your results surprise me. Do you actually have ever had ANY contacts in the "Copy to->Contacts" menu? Here (Kubuntu Dapper) this menu is always grayed out. The usability problem with gray menus unfortunately is that there is no reason given why it the respective item is disabled. Before the update (Breezy) the menu was not grayed out but empty no matter what. I tried entering the contacts in my address book - to no avail. Even longer ago with SuSE this did not work either. How do I actually use this feature? Does it work at all? I would expect that all my current Kopete contacts are listed there. Does it have an influence if Konqueror preloads some instances?
I have a similar problem. I have only one contact shown in the "Copy to -> Contacts" menu. It is always the same contact, and if this contact is not online, the menu "Copy to -> Contact" is greyed out. I am using the jabber protocol for this contact. My Kopete version is svn (524774).
I have not verified, but it's mpaybe related to the adressbook integration. IIRC contact need to be in the adress book to be exported correctly with KIMProxy (but i may be wrong)
You seem to be right. This contact was the only one I had specified an addressbook link for. Chosing a random contact and specifying an addressbook link made it work with that contact.
After having checked with Bille, it is preferable to don't export contact that are not in KABC for now. or it may slow down kmail and other programs. For KDE4, all contact will be automatically in the adress book anyway
Umm, then perhaps my problem is not related to this. I've added an Address book entry for this contact. The contact did not appear anyway. Can somebody please clarify what is now really needed to make this work? Just an entry in KAddressBook with Name and IM filled in? Or sth. else? Should I file a new bug?
Did you configure Kopete to use this entry in KAddressBook for this contact? You do not only need an entry in KAddressBook, your have to configure the contact in Kopete to use this entry. Right click on contact -> Properties -> "Address Book Link", and then choose the entry for your contact.
Ah! OK. Now it works. Thanks a lot for your help. Perhaps this will also be useful for others stranding here on this bug. And I still hope this will be a bit more self-explaining in KDE4 ;-)
I would like to know whether we should rather change this bug into a feature request. Thus: - One can configure how Kopete should handle online people for Konqueror. Thus, should only those whose status = Online be displayed, or also those who are away? I will be testing this bug a bit more to make sure it's not an id10t error from my side. Thanx for the input.