[Pidgin] #9290: irc: automatic alternative nick should be generated by adding an underscore

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#9290: irc: automatic alternative nick should be generated by adding an underscore
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 Reporter:  mhaecker     |     Owner:  elb  
     Type:  enhancement  |    Status:  new  
Component:  IRC          |   Version:  2.5.6
 Keywords:               |  
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 Well, this is not what I prefer most, but what the bootload of other
 clients do by default - and therefore lots of applications expect (e.g.
 freenode tells the user in the documentation for nickserv to do it this
 way: http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup

 Therefore libpurple should follow these defaults and should make any
 deviation from this rule as a configurable option.

 It just cost me (a somewhat advanced user) about 20 minutes to figure this
 out after being bugged by it for about two weeks - so I think this is
 probably as much a usability bug.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/9290>
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