[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:  new              
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                   
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.4.0            
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  chat input resize
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by hbons):

 > I am sorry, but saying something like "I don't use it like that, so I
 don't care if you're having  problems" is exactly the kind of attitude
 which makes users of your software take to their heels.

 I'm not saying I don't care about this "problem". Only, Pidgin wasn't
 designed to be a text editor. If you're complaining about you can't code
 in Pidgin, I would tell you to to use something else, and so would anyone
 else. If you realy, really want to code in Pidgin, I suggest writing a
 plugin that has all the features a modern text editor has.

 >It is such a small change to add the ability to resize this box; it
 doesn't hurt anyone, and obviously many people would like to have it.

 And it's "such a small change" to add code higlighting or a search/replace
 feature too.
 Pidgin must focus on it's goal: being a usable IM client.


 > I understand if you're feeling pissed off if you just implemented a new
 feature and nobody seems to like it, but such is life.

 I don't think the devs are pissed off about this, now they won't have
 their input boxes in random sizes.

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