[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 kdorff):

 Replying to [comment:222 Sim-on]:
 > 3. Now people complain that 2 lines minimum is too small and that this
 doesn't look nice. Furthermore it is much more difficult to click in the
 input-area for a new message and/or to focus the window. So i already
 heard developers thinking about changing this, too. Would this help you?

 NOW we're complaining? I complained that two lines is too small back on
 03/04/2008 at 12:56:24 PM and have complained about this issue several
 times. As much as the developers love their auto-sizing feature, I love
 the manual sizing feature. I hate the that autosize spazzes out the UI
 when it jumps. It just looks like crap. I am a stauch supporter of if they
 want to keep auto-sizing make it an '''OPTION'''.

 If you absolutely must make manual sizing only via a plug-in, it should be
 distributed with Pidgin - there are 20 other plugins most of which do
 nothing for me, what's one more? Sure, there is a binary of the plug-in
 '''now''' (does it work with 2.4.1?) but for quite a while it was just
 source. How is having a plug-in any better than an option in Preferences?
 A click on one place vs a click in another place. That said, If they won't
 make it a preference I cannot imagine they will make it a bundled plug-in.

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