[Pidgin] #1325: blist: add option to hide groups

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#1325: blist: add option to hide groups
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 Reporter:  Sim-on           |        Owner:              
     Type:  enhancement      |       Status:  new         
Milestone:  Patches welcome  |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.0.1            |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:                   |  
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Comment(by johnu):

 I had a look at writing this patch and got to a point where I had this
 initially (but far from perfectly) working.

 Then I came across
 [http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/GtkTreeModelFilter.html
 GtkTreeModelFilter] (and
 [http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/stable/GtkTreeModelSort.html
 GtkTreeModelSort]).

 Has anyone looked at using these in Pidgin?

 At first glance it looks like it will be a non-trivial effort to abstract
 the dispay model away from the data model, but I think that it will be
 worth it.  It should provide performance benefits as well as improved
 sorting, searching & filtering capabilities etc.

 What do others think?

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