[Pidgin] #4986: automatic chat input field resizing should be optional, regression from 2.3

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#4986: automatic chat input field resizing should be optional, regression from 2.3
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  Reporter:  swbrown       |       Owner:                   
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new              
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                   
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.4.0            
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  chat input resize
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by suncho):

 > I see no benefits to going back to manual resize only that my
 > suggested solution doesn't have other than for the people that
 > resize simply because they can. Do you? Can you elaborate on them?

 Actually, auto-resizable input window is a Good Thing.

 I would suggest that the main problem is the 4 lines limit for auto
 expanding. Some users did not want to have scroll bar in the input area,
 that is why they used manual resize in the first place. If you increase
 the limit to 16 lines, probably 99% of users will be happy, and the
 dreaded scroll-bar would never appear again :)

 What was the reason for choosing 4 lines as expand-limit?

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