There are several threads concerning recent comments over at the MT Support Forum.

Try this code:
<MTSetVar name="Counter" value="0">
<MTGlobalComments sort_order="descend">
<MTIfLess a="[MTGetVar name='Counter']" b="5" numeric="1">
<MTIfNotEqual a="[MTCommentAuthor]" b="Lisa">
• <MTCommentAuthorLink spam_protect="1">:
<MTCommentEntry>
<a href="">[...]
</MTCommentEntry>

<MTIfEqual a="[MTGetVar name='Counter']" b="4" numeric="1">
<MTSetVar name="Counter" value="5">
</MTIfEqual>
<MTIfEqual a="[MTGetVar name='Counter']" b="3" numeric="1">
<MTSetVar name="Counter" value="4">
</MTIfEqual>
<MTIfEqual a="[MTGetVar name='Counter']" b="2" numeric="1">
<MTSetVar name="Counter" value="3">
</MTIfEqual>
<MTIfEqual a="[MTGetVar name='Counter']" b="1" numeric="1">
<MTSetVar name="Counter" value="2">
</MTIfEqual>
<MTIfEqual a="[MTGetVar name='Counter']" b="0" numeric="1">
<MTSetVar name="Counter" value="1">
</MTIfEqual>

</MTIfNotEqual>
</MTIfLess>
</MTGlobalComments>

from this thread. Replace "Lisa" in line #4 with whatever your name is and it will give the last 5 comments that were made by people other than you. If you want to display more than 5 comments, just look at the code and modify where appropriate.

Here is the code that dipslays recent comments on this page:

<div class="side">
<MTComments lastn="10" sort_order="descend">
<$MTCommentAuthorLink show_email="0"$>: <$MTCommentBody convert_breaks="0" trim_to="60" remove_html="1"$>
<MTCommentEntry>
<a href=""><i>entry</i></a>
</MTCommentEntry><br />
</MTComments>
</div>

Thanks. The second bit of code works.

I didn't try the first bit. I wasn't sure if that bold-bullet in the first paragraph was supposed to be there or is just an error.

Also, I didn't know if the bit three lines after that, containing this:

[...]

was realy supposed to be coded that way, of if there's something I'm suppsed to substitute in for the [...} .

Is there a big difference between the two?

Either way, thanks. Like I said, the second one works great.

Actually, I spoke too soon. The second code displays the latest posts, but the "entry" link doesn't link to the comment; it just links right to the main page.

The first code, at least for me, gives an error on rebuild. It tells me that I used a "commentauthor" entry outside of a comment, and then it suggested that perhaps I'd mistakenly used it outside an MTCommententry "container."

The first one, follow the link back to the discussion thread. The rest of the thread should tell you something about if it works and what the problems were implementing it. The bullet was supposed to be there. I didn't test it, so I don't know how/if it works.

The second one should read:

<a href="<$MTEntryLink$>"><i>entry</i></a>

I missed converting the tags and it got parsed.