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Color by sex ? by Cetras on 02-02-2005 at 08:20 PM
I am looking for a plugin able to change the color of a nickname according to the sex of the contact. With a menu to choose the sex of the contact of course. 
Does anybody know if there is one ?
ps: sorry for my bad english ^^
RE: Color by sex ? by _Humphreys on 02-02-2005 at 08:22 PM
There isn't one now currently. It could be made by you choosing what sex your contacts are but if you ask me it's pretty pointless.
RE: Color by sex ? by Sunshine on 02-02-2005 at 08:29 PM
You can already give em customnames with colour (MSN 7 Beta + Plus! beta for MSN 7 Beta). Just choose a colour you would like to use for male and another one for female.
Rightclick contactsname > plus extras > rename contact..in the screen that comes up give the contact a customname, and/or if you wanna keep the name they have put themselves name em (!N), highlight the part you wanna colour, hit ctrl+k..choose colour <enter>. All done 
RE: Color by sex ? by _Humphreys on 02-02-2005 at 08:50 PM
Yep you can do what Sunshine said but some of us are more lazy then others. 
RE: Color by sex ? by Ezra on 02-02-2005 at 08:55 PM
The Ctrl+K shortcut does not work, (Not for me anyway...)
I also tried (!FC#FB4FBE)(!N), that did not work either 
RE: Color by sex ? by Sunshine on 02-02-2005 at 08:58 PM
quote:Make sure its enabled: plus > preferences > instant messages > commands and tags..check "enable multi-format IRC style shortcuts"
Originally posted by Ezra
The Ctrl+K shortcut does not work, (Not for me anyway...)
I also tried (!FC#FB4FBE)(!N), that did not work either
RE: Color by sex ? by Ezra on 02-02-2005 at 08:59 PM
It's enabled. I'll post a screenie... wait...
Here's the screenie
RE: Color by sex ? by Sunshine on 02-02-2005 at 09:21 PM
Have you tried unticking it, exit MSN, restart MSN and tick it again?
RE: Color by sex ? by saralk on 02-02-2005 at 09:23 PM
you are not using messenger 7, the coloured nicknames are only available in messenger 7 and above.
RE: Color by sex ? by Ezra on 02-02-2005 at 09:26 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Sunshine
Have you tried unticking it, exit MSN, restart MSN and tick it again?
I restarted it, ticked it off, restarted, ticked it on and restarted it again, and no luck...
quote:
Originally posted by saralk
you are not using messenger 7, the coloured nicknames are only available in messenger 7 and above.
In the contact list, but it should work in the chat window right?
RE: Color by sex ? by Sunshine on 02-02-2005 at 09:38 PM
quote:Uhmm no, you can't colour contacts names with MSN 6.2. Only your own.
Originally posted by Ezra
quote:In the contact list, but it should work in the chat window right?
Originally posted by saralk
you are not using messenger 7, the coloured nicknames are only available in messenger 7 and above.
RE: Color by sex ? by Ezra on 02-02-2005 at 09:39 PM
simple (!VER) 
Windows Version: Windows XP, 5.01.2600
Messenger Client Version: 6.2.0137
Messenger Plus! Version: 3.25.0106
RE: Color by sex ? by Sunshine on 02-02-2005 at 09:57 PM
quote:I just did a lil test: MSN 6.2 and Plus! beta..and the ctrl+k works alright (colourpanel comes up), i renamed through Plus > preferences > contactlist > customnames.. it will not show in the conversationwindow (i had set it to use customnames in list and conversationbox)...so the answer is definately: no you can't.
Originally posted by Ezra
simple (!VER)
Windows Version: Windows XP, 5.01.2600
Messenger Client Version: 6.2.0137
Messenger Plus! Version: 3.25.0106
Sorry Ezra, unless you have MSN 7 it won't work (it's not your OS causing it).
RE: Color by sex ? by Ezra on 02-02-2005 at 10:13 PM
It is strange that if others set a color in the names you see it, but with a custom color, you can't
RE: Color by sex ? by Sunshine on 02-02-2005 at 10:45 PM
quote:To get the answer to the how and why of that, you will have to know how MSN and Plus! are coded. As it doesn't work in MSN 6.2 i think it has to do with the built in handwriting, wich is in MSN 7 but not in MSN 6.2 (before you say what about the handwriting plugin, i think this works differently).
Originally posted by Ezra
It is strange that if others set a color in the names you see it, but with a custom color, you can't
Maybe an expert on coding or an experienced betatester can answer this one.
RE: Color by sex ? by Cetras on 02-03-2005 at 06:35 AM
Thanks for the idea ^^
It's long but it's just working great
RE: Color by sex ? by CookieRevised on 02-07-2005 at 02:31 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Sunshine
quote:Uhmm no, you can't colour contacts names with MSN 6.2. Only your own.
Originally posted by Ezra
quote:In the contact list, but it should work in the chat window right?
Originally posted by saralk
you are not using messenger 7, the coloured nicknames are only available in messenger 7 and above.
quote:
Originally posted by Ezra
It is strange that if others set a color in the names you see it, but with a custom color, you can't
Yes you can though
You can colour your custom names in conversations already (not in the contactlist though). You don't need MSN Messenger 7 beta, nor the new Messenegr Plus! beta for this. It works fine in MSN Messenger 6.2 and using Messenger Plus! 3.25.106 (latest non-beta version)...
Set a custom name like you otherwise do. (right click on a contact choose Messenger Plus! extra's > custom name)
To use color in the custom name you need to add the special characters which are printed when you do CTRL+K inside a conversation for example.
In other words, the color tags like (!FC) don't work in custom names. You need the actual character code which is represented by (!FC).
So, to get this right, open a conversation, press CTRL+K and select the color of your choice, then copy/paste the character and the colornumber to that box where you define the custom names.
You might as well use a conversation screen to set up the correct colors/formats for your custom name and copy/paste the whole line in to the custom name box when you're done.
Also, keep in mind that colors set by your contacts in their names will overwrite the ones that you set in the custom contact name for those contacts when you use the (!N) tag. (which is only logical of course)
note: not only colors are possible in this way, but also the other IRC-style formats.
of course, for all this to work, you need custom names enabled...
So, example:....
to set female contacts to red and male contacts to blue enter the following lines into the custom name box:
for a female's custom contact name:
4female: (!N)
for a male's custom contact name:
12male: (!N)
(ps: note that there isn't actually a space between that "boxed" character and the colornumber, this space you see in the example is because of the html page-rendering.)
If you contact has his name set to:
"and the moon is the only light we see"
And you set his custom name to:
12male: (!N)
You will see this in a conversation window:
male: "and the moon is the only light we see" says:
You'll notice that the colors used by your contact will 'overwrite' the blue color that you've set. This is normal, this works just the same like if you color text in conversations, etc...
So, you see that the colors work in the way you'd expect. "and the" is also colored because you didn't end the coloring with a "resetcode" (would be colorcode 0 in normal cases) like Plus! automatically does when you set your nickname with the /nick command.
To fix this ugly thing, set the custom name to:
12male: 0(!N)
and you'll get:
male: "and the moon is the only light we see" says:
You can play with this further to, for example, color the "says" for that particular contact. "says" comes after the full contactname, so after (!N). And you already know that colorcodes need to be 'reset', otherwise they go on for everything that follows (on the same line). That means you can do this:
12male: 0(!N)4
and you will get this:
male: "and the moon is the only light we see" says:
RE: Color by sex ? by spastje on 02-09-2005 at 12:34 AM
Good idea, I think I will use it when it exist
RE: Color by sex ? by CookieRevised on 02-18-2005 at 06:28 PM
quote:It already does exist! That was the whole point of my post
Originally posted by spastje
Good idea, I think I will use it when it exist
RE: Color by sex ? by riahc4 on 02-19-2005 at 12:41 AM
quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
quote:It already does exist! That was the whole point of my post
Originally posted by spastje
Good idea, I think I will use it when it exist
I think it means when it exists as a plugin