FW: Question about Pidgin logs

[Russell Hermans]

What about the "Close IMs immediately when the tab is closed" feature?  When I have that unchecked it preserves the chat for a seemingly random amount of time.  Sometimes it preserves the chat for an hour, sometimes 2, sometimes only 20 minutes it seems like.  What's behind the mechanical room door here?  Is there a registry tweak I can make that will make it preserve the conversation longer?
Thanks.

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pidgin's logs work on a per-chat-window basis, not a per-day basis. 
    This is by design (and it works well for those of us that chat from
    multiple computers and want to merge our logs)

    

    I don't think there is any sort of per-day logging option, although
    I'm sure that someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

    -- 
Dave Warren, CEO
Hire A Hit Consulting Services
http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/dave-warren/19/540/3b


Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:53:55 -0700
From: lists at hireahit.com
To: russ_hermans at hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Question about Pidgin logs


  


    
  
  
    On 8/15/2011 10:37 AM, Russell Hermans wrote:
    
      
      
        I'm wondering why Pidgin splits IM conversations into multiple
        segments in a single day.  For instance, I chat with a coworker
        at various times during the day, and the conversation gets
        cleared out and logged as multiple segments when I close the IM
        window rather than just appearing as one conversation for the
        day.  It also logs the conversation as multiple segments for the
        day.  Under 'Preferences' I have 'Close IMs immediately when the
        tab is closed' unchecked.  This keeps the conversation going for
        maybe an hour or so even if I close the window.  But if it goes
        to 2 hours or more, the conversation gets logged, the window
        clears, and a blank window opens when I begin IMing that user
        again.  

        

        I want IM conversations to stay active for the entire day until
        I log off, so at any given time if I reopen the IM window it
        will show the entire conversation for the day (instead of it
        clearing out and having to reference one of the log segments for
        the day).  Is there a way to accomplish this?\

      
    
    
 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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