[Pidgin] #4986: automatic chat input field resizing should be optional, regression from 2.3

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#4986: automatic chat input field resizing should be optional, regression from 2.3
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  Reporter:  swbrown       |       Owner:                   
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  reopened         
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                   
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.4.0            
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  chat input resize
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by deryni):

 Replying to [comment:176 TacBoy]:
 I am amazed (and insulted) at your assertion that the amount of time the
 developers in general (and myself in particular) have spent in attempting
 to respond to the comments in this ticket, the duplicate tickets on this
 topic, the handful of discussions in the #pidgin IRC channel, and the
 (smaller) handful of discussions on the devel mailing list can *possibly*
 be seen as an indication of the fact that we aren't "paying attention".
 Does your definition of "paying attention" involve nothing beyond
 immediate capitulation to ill-formed and ill-defended requests? Do you
 really not see a difference between my taking the time to respond to as
 many possible posts here as I can and not responding to any posts here?
 Because if you don't (and this would explain why people seem not to read
 and understand my comments) I'll stop and save myself the time.

 As to your comment about my numbers, you apparently failed to notice that
 I was intentionally being ludicrous *exactly* to indicate that any such
 discussions are insane and of essentially zero use. I did this
 specifically because I was responding to more than one comment which made
 the (indefensible) claim that the number of users commenting here is
 indicative of an overwhelming majority of users who believe likewise.

 The fact that you (and other people) seem to be unable to understand (or
 accept) the arguments I (and others) have put forward more than once to
 explain why in fact we made the change we did and what benefits we think
 it has had for everyone (including the people that don't like) as well as
 the reasons we made the change this way rather than simply adding a
 boolean all-or-nothing option is *exactly* the problem that most confuses
 me. I have attempted to be clear on both of those points numerous times
 and have had seemingly zero ability to actually get anyone to read and
 understand my comments.

 As I have said to others before, if you feel your time is best served by
 swithing to funpidgin by all means feel free to do so. I hope it serves
 you well and that the people behind it have the time to keep up with our
 releases, for their sake (I wouldn't want to be there when they fail and
 all of you who moved across realize they aren't infallible either).

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