[Pidgin] #5220: Pidgin does not have docking or autohide in Linux

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#5220: Pidgin does not have docking or autohide in Linux
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  Reporter:  Ketsuban      |       Owner:                               
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new                          
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:  Patches welcome              
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.2.1                        
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  pidgin docking autohide linux
   Pending:  0             |  
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Changes (by deryni):

  * milestone:  => Patches welcome

Comment:

 There are a number of reasons pidgin doesn't support this on linux, the
 first of which is that only 'recently' has there even be a standard for
 reserving space at all (let alone one that is commonly supported).
 Further, a number of X window managers are significantly more capable than
 Windows is of actually managing windows and as such are capable of doing
 this sort of docking and hiding themselves (which is a much better way to
 do it because then each application doesn't need the same code).

 It would be possible to have a plugin handle the docking parts of things,
 given a window manager that understands the protocol for it. Having a
 plugin handle auto-hiding is also possible. I would sooner see those
 created then add code to pidgin for it since I personally don't believe
 those features belong in applications most of the time.

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