[Pidgin] #12514: Fundamental flaw in smiley theme options.

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#12514: Fundamental flaw in smiley theme options.
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 Reporter:  spoof                                      |        Owner:  salinasv        
     Type:  defect                                     |       Status:  closed          
Milestone:                                             |    Component:  custom emoticons
  Version:  2.7.3                                      |   Resolution:  cantfix         
 Keywords:  emoticons smileys settings options themes  |  
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Changes (by darkrain42):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => cantfix


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:6 spoof]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 darkrain42]:
 > > > Right; I want no emoticons to be sent by me.
 > >
 > > You're missing the point.  For the vast majority of "smilies" (in
 fact, all the ones you use), like ":)" or ":(", they're sent over the wire
 ''as text''.  Your client and the remote client simply replace that text
 with graphical images.
 >
 > I don't believe I'm missing ''that'' point... I'm aware of that. The
 point I'm trying to make is that I want other users' clients not to
 replace my text smilies with emoticons (which I guess one cannot really
 enforce), but still allow them to send their smilies to me.

 You just can't do that.  There's no way to.

 > The whole concept I'm trying for here is that different types of smilies
 have different connotations and appearance, so if I mean ":)" it shouldn't
 come out as some application's custom image. And if I mean to send the
 ''emoticon'' for ":)", it should send that emoticon. You know? :\ I'm
 starting to suspect this might be a behavior not everyone would want.
 (This whole emoticon business is just a mess IMO.)

 Yeah, you can't do that, either.  The whole point is that smiley
 interpretation is done *locally*.

 > > > > Accepting or not incoming *Custom* emoticons is another option and
 don't should be treated as one.
 > > >
 > > > Sorry, I didn't quite understand that.

 > What I didn't understand was the "and don't should be treated as one."

 I think he meant the two options (smiley theme and dealing with receiving
 custom emoticons) should be detached.

 Anyway, I'm closing this as "cantfix" because there's just no way for
 Pidgin to enforce client behavior on other clients.

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