[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 ddm):

 Replying to [comment:182 deryni]:
 > Replying to [comment:175 kdorff]:

 > I have repeatedly asked for constructive help and repeatedly asked not
 to be told that the only possible help is to revert the change or add an
 all-or-nothing preference.

 In other words, you refuse to accept that many people simply hate your
 change, and find it unacceptable. For me, it really is that simple: only
 one of those two options is acceptable. You've complained about people
 criticizing you for dismissing the desires of the users, but in saying the
 above, that's exactly what you've done.  You have dismissed the only
 remedy which is acceptable to me, and many other users who've posted here.

 > I have routinely indicated that I am interested in ideas which help move
 the current design forward and which modify it to better serve all users
 without requiring a simple disabling switch,

 Which completely ignores the reality that no such solution can be
 achieved, as many of us really do want to have full control over the
 conversation panes.  I use this feature *often*, and the fact that it is
 now missing makes me frustrated and *irate*.

 > the fact that you (and so many other people) seem to have ignored (or
 just flat out missed) my comments to that effect is something I do not at
 all understand.

 We have not missed them.  They simply do not apply.  The current design is
 wrong, and should be reverted, or made optional.

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