[Pidgin] #12824: Pidgin needs a Systray to start? WTF????

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#12824: Pidgin needs a Systray to start? WTF????
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 Reporter:  test                                   |        Owner:  rekkanoryo  
     Type:  defect                                 |       Status:  pending     
Milestone:                                         |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.7.4                                  |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  system tray buddy list window startup  |  
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Changes (by deryni):

  * keywords:  no system tray - no startup => system tray buddy list window
               startup
  * status:  new => pending


Comment:

 pidgin does not, in any way, need a systray to start. We do however start
 with the buddy list in the state it was when pidgin was last quit. Which
 means that if you quit pidgin when it is hidden to the tray, then disable
 your tray and restart pidgin we will attempt to start with the buddy list
 hidden to the (now non-existant) tray.

 We used to work rather hard to detect that condition and force the buddy
 list to display. We have recently made a switch to a GtkStatusIcon based
 tray icon and seem to have lost much of that detection ability (and
 possibly even all attempts at the detection) which can cause this problem
 (pidgin is running but no window appears to exist). Which explains why
 removing the prefs.xml file "fixes" the problem because that causes pidgin
 to "forget" that it was hidden to the tray last time.

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