[Pidgin] #9046: Auto-away sets away message...

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#9046: Auto-away sets away message...
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 Reporter:  Daemonax   |        Owner:  deryni      
     Type:  defect     |       Status:  new         
Milestone:             |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.5      |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  Auto away  |  
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Comment(by deryni):

 sambrightman: The issue would be with your manually setting the "return"
 status not the away status. That is, you leave your computer idle long
 enough for pidgin to set you auto-away (with the default global Away
 status which has the default message) and then when you return to your
 computer you *do not* wait long enough (or pidgin is set to use "From last
 message sent" idleness and you do not send a message) for pidgin to
 automatically set you back to your pre-auto-away status (that is you
 manually switch the status in the buddy list status selector. If *that* is
 happening that is a bug that needs fixing.

 gjmf: Thanks for more clearly explaining the situation you are seeing, it
 helps understand things somewhat. Unfortunately you didn't really answer
 my question about whether my proposed solution is acceptable or not? If
 the workaround for this problem involved switching from a built-in saved
 status (Away with message) to the built-in global status (Away with no
 message) would that be enough? Or is even that too much work? (Again,
 assuming there is no message leaking since leaking is a bug.)

 My "concern" about simply removing the message entirely (aside from it
 having been in pidgin for ages) is that if people are expecting it to be
 there when it disappears we will have as many angry users (if not more)
 than we have now (and they will have the equivalent workaround available
 to them as the users here do but they will need to remember/find/re-input
 the default text as opposed to simply entering no text).

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