[jdev] Re: Contact nick change notification

[Richard Dobson]

>> Is it possible to get a notification from the server when someone  in my 
>> roster changes his nickname? Without polling the roster, of  course, smth 
>> like NLN command resending in the MSN protocol...
>
> This is a transport-related question, so you probably want  to direct 
> your question that way.
>
> In PyMSN-t, the nickname is encoded in the status of the contact, so 
> there you should just watch presence changes, and compare status  messages 
> to see whether the nickname changed or not.

Remko: I dont believe thats what he ment, he means being alerted to the 
changes of jabber user nicknames.

George: No its not currently possible, ive tried to push for this but lots 
of people seem here dead set against it for some reason, dont really 
understand why, and your comment is yet more evidence that people do infact 
want it.

Richard