[Pidgin] #1888: Optionally start pidgin minimized

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#1888: Optionally start pidgin minimized
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 Reporter:  Tim.         |        Owner:              
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new         
Milestone:               |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.0.2        |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  minimize     |  
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Comment(by deryni):

 Your answer avoids the main point of my question and sidesteps the reason
 for the feature, that explains why you didn't understand my point you were
 misinterpreting my question. Your specific notification area may offer
 that feature, but it may not always work, and other notification areas may
 not offer it. Imagine those cases where you are now left with no currently
 running notification area. How do you get to Thunderbird? rhythmbox?
 transmission? opera? pidgin?

 This reappearing buddy list feature was specifically added so that in that
 worst case scenario the buddy list window is accessible. If those other
 applications have other ways of keeping their main windows accessible I
 would like to hear them, as they may be things we want to consider as
 well. If they don't, then we are back at my previous point. I think that
 is an egregious flaw and one that I am glad pidgin avoids.

 I would like to likewise apologize if my comments came off sounding too
 strong. Hopefully this last set clears things up so progress can be made.

 ghfjdksla: Yes, minimizing the window instead of displaying it normally is
 certainly an option, but it is a solution that dodges the main problem
 (the main problem being that pidgin seems to be more sensitive to this
 case than it seems it should be). And yes, as I said before determining
 whether pidgin correctly re-trays itself after an extended notification
 area absence is something that would be useful to know. At a guess I would
 say pidgin likely does not do that, though it likely could be made to do
 so.

 As good as that talk is, it doesn't have much bearing on the current
 discussion because despite what it may have sounded/looked like neither
 dawg nor myself was being actively unhelpful (just incidentally so).

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