Use the status string of the most likely resource in the chat status bar T. Glaser reported that mcabber can display the status string of a resource with a low priority in the chat status bar. A string which doesn't match the displayed status itself...

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Name=MCabber
GenericName=Jabber IM Client
Comment=Console Jabber Client
Exec=mcabber
Terminal=true
Categories=ConsoleOnly;System;Network;InstantMessaging;Chat;