Google Talk Username

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:34:34 -0300
Pedro Mindlin <pmindlin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> whenever I use Google Talk through Pidgin, my username appears all weird in
> the chat window, and I can't find where to fix it:
> 
> (16:53:12) friend: bla bla bla
> (16:53:36) pmindlin at gmail.com/B8144D90: bla bla bla
>            ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^

That's how XMPP servers deal with multiple logins from one user ID.

> 
> 
> How can I edit the way it displays my username?

You should be able to set a local alias in the Pidgin account settings.

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Brian Morrison

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