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(01:14:14) dmcc: do you have stuff to add to the wiki?
(01:15:04) drewp: does it have 'hide the entry bar when i'm out of the window'?
(01:15:38) dmcc: i figured it hid the entry bar as much as possible
(01:15:46) dmcc: we don't see it unless we are already typing something
(01:15:59) dmcc: however, we can paste over the text to make it spawn
(01:16:20) drewp: also, i could deal with more abbreviated dates, times, and speaker names
(01:16:48) drewp: they only need to appear like once in the window
(01:17:13) dmcc: do they go away entirely?
(01:17:26) drewp: no, i want some detail on the times
(01:17:27) dmcc: or would it be like "dp: ... dm: ..." for us?
(01:17:49) drewp: or names on the top visible line, and just me-in-bold for all the rest
(01:17:51) drewp: or whatever
(01:18:31) dmcc: do you agree that the name-abbrev-iator should be a plugin?
(01:21:02) drewp: suew
(01:21:04) drewp: sure
(01:21:20) dmcc: there should be a list of approved plugin ideas

See also PluginIdeas, ConversationWindow.