question concerning Hiptop icon for Adium

[Evan Schoenberg]

On Jan 6, 2008, at 10:06 PM, Ethan Blanton wrote:

> fwoomp fwoomp spake unto us the following wisdom:
>> I would like to close with a few questions that may hopefully clear
>> something up.  In broad terms, how does Pidgin implement the Hiptop
>> status?  Doesn't it also use the same libpurple library that Adium
>> uses?  Is there something that Pidgin is doing that Adium is NOT
>> doing, but COULD be doing?  If so, please let me know and I'll get
>> back to the Adium developers and tell them.
>
> If Pidgin indicates hiptop status, Adium should be getting the same
> information from libpurple, and could display this status as well.  If
> Pidgin does not show this status, it is either because the remote
> buddy is not indicating that they are mobile (and there is nothing we
> can do about that in either Pidgin *or* Adium), or because we do not
> understand the indication we are receiving (which can be fixed if
> someone determines, for the protocol in question, how we can tell).

The information is sent by the protocol and was previously treated as  
indicative of a 'mobile' status. It has not been treated as such since  
5/3/07; commit log below:
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Revision: 28e5eeab1e47056aebef138b01d02ca1133b8740
Ancestor: a34dc16d6da382b248482bd3d3486224a8d04d37
Author: seanegan at pidgin.im
Date: 2007-05-03T04:41:33
Branch: im.pidgin.pidgin

Added files:
         pidgin/pixmaps/emblems/16/hiptop.png
Modified files:
         libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.c
         pidgin/pixmaps/emblems/16/Makefile.am
Modified attrs:
         pidgin/pixmaps/emblems/16/hiptop.png

ChangeLog:

We're told by users that Hiptop is not the same thing as mobile, and  
should not be treated as such.
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