[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 jason0x21):

 Replying to [comment:30 seanegan]:
 >
 > Again, this sounds like the complaint is about the 4-line maximum. With
 that removed, there shouldn't be any difference between you resizing the
 input area to fit, or Pidign doing so?

 The complaint is, and has always been, about the ability of the user to
 control something being taken away.  This is a feature that many people
 feel strongly about (the Trac server is apparently sweating under the
 load).  Why is it so hard to say "Wow, we didn't know so many people liked
 this, we're putting it right back next release"?  Why force folks to use
 the tool in a way they clearly don't want to?

 > Why should you micro-manage the input area to account for the length of
 every message you send, when Pidgin can do it much better, for you?

 Why is it so dang important to take that ability away from me?  What does
 Pidgin gain by removing this functionality?  Make the new way the default,
 but please bring the old way back as an option.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4986#comment:33>
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