Please change the 2.4.0 input field's resize behaviour

Anthony Catel contact at lya.eu
Mon Mar 3 06:45:54 EST 2008


You can change the number of lines displayed on /pidgin/gtkconv.c line : 
4388/4389

/* Show a maximum of 4 lines */
lines = MIN(lines, 4);
wrapped_lines = MIN(MAX(wrapped_lines, 2), 4);

Mark Scott a e'crit :
> Hi,
>
> I find that the change introduced in 2.4.0 to the input field's resize 
> behaviour makes using Pidgin very, very awkward indeed.  I regularly 
> send multi-line messages and being able to see the outgoing message in 
> its entirety is a desirable feature for me.  Frankly, I'm struggling to 
> see any benefit at all for users in the new implementation.
>
> I'd like to request that this particular change be reverted or that the 
> resize behaviour be made configurable.  I'm rolling back to 2.3.1 and 
> won't be upgrading again unless/until the previous implementation is 
> available once more.
>
> Thanks for all the work on Pidgin.
>
>   




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