[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:177 btm]:
 Adding options for things which serve no purpose is not worth it,
 regardless of cost. I am still unconvinced that given a properly
 functional auto-resizing entry area there is any reason to need a manual
 resizing option.

 All users believe themselves advanced users (who wants to believe they are
 stupid or that others are better then they are?). As to your comments
 about advanced preferences I direct you at large sections of
 http://pidgin.im/~elb/cgi-bin/pyblosxom.cgi/giving_back.html which covers
 the costs of preferences and how advanced preferences suffer from this
 more than others.

 As a specific aside about:config is a UI abomination and should not be
 duplicated or used as a basis for ideas. It is a horrible hack for a
 program with many too many options for its size; and further it is simply
 an excuse to toss in random option garbage without needing to consider
 even attempting to create a user interface for said options.

 *Why* do you need manual control back? What about the auto-resizing (of
 the new 2.4.1 version, so minimum of two lines maximum of half the window
 and no zero-pixel bug) is unacceptable to you? Is there anything that
 could be done to it to make it acceptable to you?

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4986#comment:184>
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