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 <lati...@streamgrid.net
<mailto: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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