[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 lu_zero):

 Replying to [comment:19 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.

 Putting it in another perspective, a bug tracker isn't designed to be a
 forum...

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

 There is an usability regression as pointed by the screenshot, no other
 sane client has such castration, thus the goal "being a usable IM client"
 is missed.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4986#comment:21>
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