Where did my buddy go

[Billy Crook]

No problem.  The bug was probably somewhere inbetween or involving the
GTK+ framework, and windows.  The newer version of pidgin would have
included a newer version of GTK+, but because gtkplus is not
maintained by the pidgin folks, its release notes wouldn't have been
included in pidgin's.  Sounds like you're a step or two ahead of most
users, who probably wouldn't know what 'release notes' meant.  I'm
glad your install is working again.

On Dec 18, 2007 1:04 PM, freecycle_tenbob at yahoo.co.uk
<freecycle_tenbob at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Billy. I think I have got around the problem. I upgraded from 2.1.0
> to 2.3.1 and the problem has gone away. I can now drag in and out of
> contacts with no trouble at all. Everything else on the PC is the same
> - I didn't even have to reboot.
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> With the old version the problem was like you describe. When I tried
> to drag the buddy out of the contact there was no floating rectangle.
> Nothing happened at all. The system is Windows XP - standard with no
> fancy desktop features.
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> I read all the release notes for the versions between the old and new
> and I couldn't see anything about a bug like this. Anyway, I'm very
> happy now. Thanks for your help.   - Bob
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> ------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: Re:Where did my buddy go
> From: Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com>
> To: freecycle_tenbob at yahoo.co.uk <freecycle_tenbob at yahoo.co.uk>
> Date: 18 December 2007 18:43:44
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> I just want to clarify.  Are you saying that after you depress your
> left mouse button over the buddy, and move the mouse, you do not get a
> floating rectangle form a buddy that was part of a contact?
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> It's always a good idea to stay current.  It sounds like it might be a
> gtk bug if anything.  Are you using windows?  Do you have any special
> desktop modifications like "alternate shells" or "windows blinds"?
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