[opensource-dev] display names = the end of 1.x viewers?

[Tateru Nino]

  What I'm wondering is if it is too late to drop the dot and the 
lower-casing from the user name as used or displayed.

On 18/08/2010 12:55 PM, Kelly Linden wrote:
> (lets move this to the scripters list?)
>
> I need to refresh myself on this. There should be 3 names:
> user name: latif.khalifa
> full name: Latif Khalifa
> display name: The Awesome Latif
>
> Most (all?) the existing LSL functions will return the 'full name'. I 
> also find it confusing to use Kelly DifferentLastName as an example 
> display name. This isn't about picking a new last name. It is about 
> being just 'Kelly' or 'Teh Kellz'. Sorry, it was just part of what was 
> confusing me about the previous examples.
>
> A new user is:
> user name: john1234
> full name: john1234 Resident
> display name: john
>
> The full name is pretty much only relevant for LSL for legacy 
> purposes. We spent quite a bit of time trying to find the right way to 
> handle LSL to cause the least amount of breakage. Scripts that parse 
> for a space to get a first name should still work, scripts that 
> require a unique name should still work, scripts that require names to 
> match those stored in a notecard or otherwise stored should still 
> work. These seemed the most common cases. Scripts that ask the user to 
> enter their name and then check that against a sensor event may 
> "break" because what people think of when you ask them for their name 
> will change, especially for new users. These scripts will need to be 
> updated.
>
> This is probably a good topic for my OH next week, at least the LSL 
> specific portion.
>
>  - Kelly
>
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Latif Khalifa <latifer at streamgrid.net 
> <mailto:latifer at streamgrid.net>> wrote:
>
>     The big source of confusion regarding scripts is the following line
>     from the FAQ:
>
>     "Your username will automatically be formed from your existing avatar
>     name in the form of your current Second Life firstname.lastname."
>
>     Since existing functions will return username, does that mean they
>     will return "latif.khalifa". Which is my username, "Latif Khalifa" or
>     "latif.khalifa"?
>
>
>
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Tateru Nino
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