'Re: Make a multi selection on buddy list'

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List:       pidgin-devel
Subject:    Re: Make a multi selection on buddy list
From:       "Tim Ringenbach" <tim.ringenbach () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-04-20 0:26:41
Message-ID: 36a74c840804191726l2903b1a7i56ed1e552848e155 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Etan Reisner <pidgin@unreliablesource.net>
wrote:

> We've so far more-or-less intentionally avoided allowing for multiple
> selection in the buddy list because it complicates things a *lot*.
>
> Which buddies do you sub-menus for? Do you remove the Alias option?
> Expand?  Block? View Log? Add Buddy Pounce? What happens if you drag and
> drop? etc.
>
> In short I'm just not at all sure it is worth adding.
>

 I would say, the patch writer should disable everything on multiple select
except that particular feature he's interested in having. Future patch
writers could the add new functionality as they desired.

--Tim

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On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Etan Reisner &lt;<a \
href="mailto:pidgin@unreliablesource.net">pidgin@unreliablesource.net</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">We&#39;ve so far more-or-less intentionally \
avoided allowing for multiple<br></div> selection in the buddy list because it \
complicates things a *lot*.<br> <br>
Which buddies do you sub-menus for? Do you remove the Alias option?<br>
Expand? &nbsp;Block? View Log? Add Buddy Pounce? What happens if you drag and<br>
drop? etc.<br>
<br>
In short I&#39;m just not at all sure it is worth adding.<br>
<font color="#888888"></font></blockquote><div><br>&nbsp;I would say, the patch \
writer should disable everything on multiple select except that particular feature \
he&#39;s interested in having. Future patch writers could the add new functionality \
as they desired.<br> <br>--Tim<br></div></div>

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