*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 353112 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353112
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 295713
pidgin ends (instead of minimizing) when closing buddy list
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 353112
inhibit exit if the indicator is present
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Closing Pidgin buddy list window exits Pidgin by default
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356024
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Status in “pidgin” source package in Ubuntu: New
Bug description:
Binary package hint: pidgin
Currently, per this bug comment:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/290552/comments/12 Pidgin
is intended to function as such:
FUSA changes status
Indicator applet shows if there is a new message, allows hide/unhide of
buddylist
Pidgin shows no icon in notification area
The indicator applet does take over the message notifications and
hiding/unhiding of the buddylist, but it does not cause Pidgin to persist if
the pidgin window is closed, as one would expect (I expect it to minimize to
tray when the X is clicked). Pidgin must currently remain minimized if one
intends to use the program. You can reactivate the Pidgin notification icon in
Preferences, but this causes redundancy in the notification area. I find this
to be a regression in functionality, as I now must always keep Pidgin
minimized, taking up space in my window switcher (this is the same problem that
exists when using Evolution - it must be kept open and minimized in order to
function).
As I see it, this could be corrected two ways:
1. Pidgin assumes it is to terminate if it is set to not display an icon.
This makes sense, as otherwise you would be left with no way to interact with
Pidgin's interface. This could be changed so that Pidgin would keep running in
the background, with the intention of using separate applications such as the
Indicator Applet and the FUSA to interface with the program.
2. Change the default setting in Pidgin back to Always Show the Notification
icon, but give the Indicator Applet the ability to hide Pidgin's icon.
Adding the functionality of Option 1 to Pidgin doesn't make much sense in the
absence of tools such as the FUSA and the Indicator Applet, so it probably
doesn't make sense for Pidgin to give it's users the ability to make the
program's interface vanish. Option 2 seems like the best solution to me, but
may be harder to achieve. If the functionality of Option 2 was added to Pidgin
and the Indicator Applet, and there was no Indicator Applet running, Pidgin
would work correctly. If the Indicator Applet was running, the IA would
instruct Pidgin to delegate the responsibility of providing access to the
Pidgin interface to itself, removing the redundant icon problem.
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