Re: nickcolor.pl malfunctioning

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On 25 Apr 2014 15:03, "Colin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Not technically an irssi client-related question, I know, but I'm
> hoping someone knows how to fix this.
>
> I have nickcolor.pl installed and enabled but it appears to assign
> different people within the same channel the same colour, which sort
> of defeats the purpose of it.
>
> Any idea how to change this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Colin
>

It's a simple hash without a lot of entropy so it will and does "loop" back
around even in small channels.
It would be nice if it had a heuristic that kept it from looping back to
the top of the colour list before it has exhausted every colour.

We need a nickcolour 2.0

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<p dir="ltr">On 25 Apr 2014 15:03, &quot;Colin&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Not technically an irssi client-related question, I know, but I&#39;m<br>
&gt; hoping someone knows how to fix this.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I have <a href="http://nickcolor.pl">nickcolor.pl</a> installed and enabled but it appears to assign<br>
&gt; different people within the same channel the same colour, which sort<br>
&gt; of defeats the purpose of it.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Any idea how to change this?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Thanks!<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Colin<br>
&gt;</p>
<p dir="ltr">It&#39;s a simple hash without a lot of entropy so it will and does &quot;loop&quot; back around even in small channels.<br>
It would be nice if it had a heuristic that kept it from looping back to the top of the colour list before it has exhausted every colour.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We need a nickcolour 2.0<br>
</p>

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