[Pidgin] #3118: Deselect Buddies

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#3118: Deselect Buddies
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  Reporter:  mshancock        |       Owner:  datallah
      Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  closed  
  Priority:  minor            |   Milestone:          
 Component:  winpidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.2.0   
Resolution:  wontfix          |    Keywords:          
   Pending:  0                |  
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Comment (by mshancock):

 Replying to [comment:1 datallah]:
 > I don't see the benefit of 2, it also seems like it'd seem odd if that
 is how it behaved.
 >
 > 4 is a much larger issue and is covered by #926 and #1630.
 >
 > In 5, if "whitespace" means the whitespace at the bottom of the blist,
 that isn't unreasonable, but the last time I looked, it was more effort
 that it was worth and would involve some ugly hacks because the whitespace
 isn't part of the tree widget.
 >

 The reasons for changing 4 and 5 in the first half to wontfix seem pretty
 reasonable. I'd still like an answer to the second half, though: what is
 the purpose of buddy selection in the current interface? i.e. why not
 remove it?

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