[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:  closed      
Milestone:               |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.0.1        |   Resolution:  wontfix     
 Keywords:               |  
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Comment(by Mishtal):

 Replying to [comment:47 gweilo8888]:

 > > You can also choose to merge buddies into a single contact. For
 instance, I have a buddy named Bob who has accounts on AIM, MSN, GTalk,
 Yahoo, and my XMPP server. On my buddy list, he shows up as a single
 account, and not all of his various accounts.
 >
 > I'd love to do this too, but can't see where I'd do it. Don't see a
 merge option in any of the menus, nor from right-clicking on a single
 contact. Tried selecting multiple contacts at once in case it was done
 that way, and that's not possible either. I'm in Pidgin 2.7.5 on Windows
 -- if it's possible in that version, I'd be grateful if you could guide me
 to the option I'm missing again please. :)
 >
 > Once merged, is there a way to specify the priority of messaging
 services that should be used when contacting an individual who's on
 multiple services simultaneously?


 @gweilo8888

 Sorry, I saw your reply when you wrote it, and intended to respond, but
 got swamped at work and forgot.

 The way you merge several accounts from arbitrary networks isn't
 intuitive.

 You have to click and drag one account and hold / hover the dragged
 account over the account that you want to merge it into. The account you
 are hovering over will expand to show all contacts that are in that
 "buddy". If you release the account you are dragging at that time, it will
 be merged into the buddy. You can merge as many accounts into a single
 buddy as you want. I myself have a buddy with 5 different accounts, some
 on the same network. I'm sure that its feasible to have more.

 Pidgin automatically chooses from the accounts that that buddy has that
 are online. Further, if during a conversation, the buddy signs out of the
 account you are currently chatting with, pidgin will auto switch
 seamlessly. In fact, this sometimes makes for some amusing conversations,
 where your friend maybe switches computers without telling you, and
 wonders how you didn't notice. That sort of thing. You can manually switch
 which account you are talking to by using the "Send To" menu item inside
 of your conversation.

 I am not positive on how to manually specify the order. I've never
 bothered with it. I assume that you can do this by right clicking on the
 buddy, hitting "expand", and then clicking and dragging the order. Most
 likely farther up means higher priority.

 Once you've merged the buddy's different accounts, you can right click and
 assign an alias to the entire stack. For example, my friend with 5
 different accounts has a different account name on each network. But when
 I talk to him, I only see "Bob Smith". It never occurs to me that he might
 be using network X today, as I only see the nickname I give him.


 @geertjan

 If you want to have the ability to globally enable and disable groups, I
 can't help you. But you could just drag all of your buddies into a single
 group. It isn't exactly the solution everyone (Including myself) wants,
 but for the most part it provides a similar result.

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