diff libpurple/account.c @ 29712:d5fe33c3a765

propagate from branch 'im.pidgin.pidgin' (head 42a8485e73af5f2091d307b51c09dded94eceb24) to branch 'im.pidgin.pidgin.next.minor' (head 4edcf8da14be654127117da5af0cbdd7a0616439)

--- a/libpurple/account.c	Tue Nov 17 07:33:34 2009 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/account.c	Tue Nov 17 07:33:47 2009 +0000
@@ -2032,6 +2032,42 @@
 	return account->gc;
 }
 
+const gchar *
+purple_account_get_name_for_display(const PurpleAccount *account)
+{
+	PurpleBuddy *self = NULL;
+	PurpleConnection *gc = NULL;
+	const gchar *name = NULL, *username = NULL, *displayname = NULL;
+
+	name = purple_account_get_alias(account);
+
+	if (name) {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	username = purple_account_get_username(account);
+	self = purple_find_buddy((PurpleAccount *)account, username);
+
+	if (self) {
+		const gchar *calias= purple_buddy_get_contact_alias(self);
+
+		/* We don't want to return the buddy name if the buddy/contact
+		 * doesn't have an alias set. */
+		if (!purple_strequal(username, calias)) {
+			return calias;
+		}
+	}
+
+	gc = purple_account_get_connection(account);
+	displayname = purple_connection_get_display_name(gc);
+
+	if (displayname) {
+		return displayname;
+	}
+
+	return username;
+}
+
 gboolean
 purple_account_get_remember_password(const PurpleAccount *account)
 {