(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 <lati...@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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