180873 - ChatZilla doesn't remember different nicks

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Other Applications :: ChatZilla, defect)

Description

[Ulrich Drepper]

When connected to multiple IRC server one can choose different nicks and
ChatZilla handles them correctly.  But when joining a new channel (or re-joining
an old one or restarting Mozilla overall) the nich selected with the last /nick
command is used for all servers.  ChatZilla should instead remember the nicks
for each server separately.

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

*** Bug 202873 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Daniel Bachran]

This has become worse in the meantime, since CZ supports auto-reconnect now but
doesn't use the nick one previously used for this server.

E.g. I'm using nick 'dbachran' on freenode and 'g0ph3r' on moznet. When I get
disconnected on moznet, CZ reconnects and reopens all channels I have been in,
but my nick is 'dbachran' instead of 'g0ph3r'.

Comment 3

[Ulrich Drepper]

I've been told to solve this with some JS hacking similar to

 http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/chatzilla/chatzillarc.js

My JS-fu isn't strong enough to do this without lots of reading of the CZ
sources so I didn't do anything.  If somebody with more insight into these
issues can post a receipe the urgency to get a complete solution might be reduced.

Comment 4

[Robert Ginda]

the hack is:

client.networks["moznet"].INITIAL_NICK = "g0ph3r";
client.networks["freenode"].INITIAL_NICK = "dbachran";

Just put that in a a .js file, and add it to the startup script pref either via
the pref panel, or by typing /eval client.INITIAL_SCRIPTS =
"file:///path/to/foo.js" in chatzilla.

Comment 5

[Robert Ginda]

The chatzilla 0.9.x branch has landed on the trunk and should be available in
tomorrow's nightly build.  If you believe this bug has not actually been fixed,
please repoen it.