[Pidgin] #9742: gTalk doesn't allow me to use local nicknames

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#9742: gTalk doesn't allow me to use local nicknames
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 Reporter:  kuteninja                                     |     Owner:  darkrain42
     Type:  defect                                        |    Status:  new       
Component:  Google Talk                                   |   Version:  2.5.8     
 Keywords:  nickname, full name, gmail, contacts, google  |  
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 I've noticed that on MSN Messenger (and also MSN on Pidgin) I can rename
 my contacts so they have a shorter nickname and I can only see it
 different, but it doesn't affect my online contact list and also it
 doesn't modify or notify anything to the account owner.

 Now on gTalk, each time I edit one of my contacts nickname, it doesn't
 change his nickname on my Contact List but his Full Name; eg. I have a
 contact named Belén Valdiviezo on my Contacts, and I want it to use gTalk
 to talk to her, but I want her to have the nickname "Naku" to identify her
 without affecting my Contact List; that's not possible by now.

 I would really love to edit gTalk users, without touching the Full Name
 from the Contact on my Gmail list, but changing the Nickname on that
 contact on my Contact List. On the previous example, it should keep the
 Full Name, but add a Nickname on the Contact, and it will be displayed (on
 Gmail contact list) as Belén Valdiviezo (Naku); without altering the Full
 Name. If the contact has not any Nickname associated, it displays the Full
 Name, and if there's not a Contact loaded, it displays the current gtalk
 email.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9742>
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