--- trunk/irc-logger.pl	2006/03/18 16:02:32	21
+++ trunk/irc-logger.pl	2006/03/24 23:19:57	22
@@ -216,12 +216,14 @@
 
 		my $append = 1;
 
-		if ($last_row->{nick} ne $row->{nick}) {
+		my $nick = $row->{nick};
+		$nick =~ s/^_*(.*?)_*$/$1/;
+	
+		if ($last_row->{nick} ne $nick) {
 			# obfu way to find format for me_nick if needed or fallback to default
 			my $fmt = $row->{me} ? ( $args->{fmt}->{me_nick} || $args->{fmt}->{nick} ) : $args->{fmt}->{nick};
 			$fmt ||= '%s';
 
-			my $nick = $row->{nick};
 			$nick = $args->{filter}->{nick}->($nick) if (ref($args->{filter}->{nick}) eq 'CODE');
 
 			$msg .= sprintf( $fmt, $nick );