now the private chat messages are displayed

labs/meteor-client/app/client/main.coffee

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ Template.footer.helpers
   getFooterString: ->
     # info = Meteor.call('getServerInfo')
     dateOfBuild = getInSession 'dateOfBuild'
-    # version = "VERSION_XXXX" #info.getBuildVersion()
     version = getInSession "bbbServerVersion"
     copyrightYear = (new Date()).getFullYear()
     link = "<a href='http://bigbluebutton.org/' target='_blank'>http://bigbluebutton.org</a>"

labs/meteor-client/app/client/views/chat/chat_bar.coffee

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Template.chatbar.helpers
           'from_color': '0x3399FF' # A nice blue in hex
       ]
     else
-      me = getInSession("userId")
+      me = getInSession("DBID")
       after = Meteor.Chat.find({ # find all messages between current user and recipient
       'message.chat_type': 'PRIVATE_CHAT',
       $or: [{'message.from_userid': me, 'message.to_userid': friend},{'message.from_userid': friend, 'message.to_userid': me}]
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Template.chatbar.helpers
             if msgs[i].message.from_userid is msgs[j].message.from_userid # Both messages are from the same user
               msgs[i].message.message += "\\n#{msgs[j].message.message}" # Combine the messages
               msgs.splice(j,1) # Delete the message from the collection
-              deleted=true
+              deleted = true
             else break # Messages are from different people, move on
             #
           else break # This is the break point in the chat, don't merge