[Pidgin] #2146: Option for showing a column for protocol on the main window

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#2146: Option for showing a column for protocol on the main window
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  Reporter:  merwin        |       Owner:  seanegan      
      Type:  patch         |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:  2.1.1         
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.0.2         
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  protocol icons
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by deryni):

 I would like to state again for the record that I think being able to
 provide arbitrary information in a buddy list view is a useful thing to be
 able to do and that I likewise think that information does not belong in
 our current buddy list. I would fully support either making this a plugin
 (which would likely require it over-writing the current available icon, as
 I don't believe GtkTreeModels allow for dynamic adding/removing of
 columns) or working on creating an alternative buddy list UI which allowed
 for the arbitrary display of information relevant to a given buddy, which
 would allow plugins like this would become and Buddy Notes to insert the
 data into the buddy list.

 Lastly, I would like once again to 'gratulate' merwin on stepping forward
 and producing this patch and responding to reasonable comments on it, if
 more people had acted like him originally this would have been a much less
 painful process all around.

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