[Pidgin] #4870: Can't manually type in links anymore in AIM

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#4870: Can't manually type in links anymore in AIM
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Reporter:  dave1g  |       Owner:  MarkDoliner  
    Type:  defect  |      Status:  new          
Priority:  minor   |   Component:  AIM          
 Version:  2.3.1   |    Keywords:  link aim href
 Pending:  0       |  
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 I dont know when this changed, but it seems to be evident in both the
 official client and pidgin.

 There is a gui way to send a link, but that is a pain if I already have
 the html for the link. Previous versions of aim, (and pidgin I think)
 allowed you type in `<a href='http://linux.slashdot.org'>slashdot</a>` and
 you would get a link like this: [http://linux.slashdot.org slashdot]

 But now you get some ugly html sometimes linkified correctly sometimes
 not.

 In the screen shot I have used aim and pidgin's built in link creation gui
 generated links and also a couple ways of writing out the html link  and
 sent them between aim and pidgin.

 I would like to be able to type in a link and have it appear as just the
 link title on the other end and be a clickable link.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4870>
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