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[patch] pidgin user status messages cropped on high dpi display

Bug #378710 reported by Dominic Evans on 2009-05-20

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Pidgin	Fix Released	Unknown	pidgin-bugs #9210
	pidgin (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: pidgin

# Abstract

If X display appearance is set to >96 dots per inch resolution (e.g., pixel density of monitor is high, in my case 124 dpi) then pidgin's chat windows don't correctly scale in size to display the user's status message, instead they are cropped (see attached screenshot).

# Expected Outcome

pidgin should correctly scale the chat windows to match the status message content

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 20 15:21:01 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: pidgin 1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-5.6-generic
SourcePackage: pidgin
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-5-generic i686

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/pidgin

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Dominic Evans (oldmanuk) wrote on 2009-05-20:

#1

screenshot.png Edit (27.4 KiB, image/png)
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Dominic Evans (oldmanuk) wrote on 2009-05-20:

#2

bug confirmed as 'fix committed' on pidgin-bugs tracker and expected to be released in pidgin 2.6.0
not sure how the pidgin roadmap coincides with ubuntu karmic?

dropped the patch into debian/patches and building test .debs in my PPA

will attach a debdiff fwiw

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Dominic Evans (oldmanuk) wrote on 2009-05-20:

#3

pidgin_2.5.5-1ubuntu8.1.debdiff Edit (7.0 KiB, text/plain)

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2009-05-20

Changed in pidgin:
status:	Unknown → Fix Released

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Dominic Evans (oldmanuk) wrote on 2009-05-21:

#4

screenshot.png Edit (28.2 KiB, image/png)

pidgin package(s) successfully built in my PPA last night, will attach screenshot of fixed version (1:2.5.5-1ubuntu8.1)

tags:	added: bitesize dpi patch usability
summary:	- pidgin user status messages cropped on high dpi display + [patch] pidgin user status messages cropped on high dpi display

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2009-06-08:

#5

thank you for your work there, could you check if the issue is fixed in 2.5.6 in karmic?

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	Confirmed → Fix Committed

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Dominic Evans (oldmanuk) wrote on 2009-06-09:

#6

screenshot.png Edit (102.8 KiB, image/png)

confirming as still broken in 2.5.6

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2009-06-15:

#7

This bug was fixed in the package pidgin - 1:2.5.6-1ubuntu2

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pidgin (1:2.5.6-1ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low

  * Add 73_upstream_change_fix_high_dpi_status_msg.patch:
    - upstream change to stop the clipping of the infopane text when using
      high DPI (LP: #378710)

-- Dominic Evans <email address hidden> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:28:48 +0200

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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