Ubuntu
pidgin package

Clear Scrollback should have a query by default, as it cannot be undone

Bug #250075 reported by TEN on 2008-07-19

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Pidgin	New	Unknown	pidgin-bugs #8255
	pidgin (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: pidgin

Dangerously placed next to Save As... in the Conversation menu, Clear Scrollback (Ctrl-L) cannot be undone, though there is a high risk for accidental selection of this item when trying to save the scrollback e.g. on mobile devices with imprecise trackpoints/-pads or certain touchscreens.

Therefore it should have an "Are you sure?" dialog (possibly with the option of disabling the latter for the future).

Otherwise, only the most experienced users will be able to immediately salvage texts lost this way from RAM nonetheless e.g. by something like
sudo strings /proc/kcore | grep -B 100 -A 20 recent_unique_keyword

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.1

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TEN (launchpad-20-ten) wrote on 2008-07-19:

Dependencies.txt Edit (3.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (43.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (701 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Magnus S (magnuss) wrote on 2009-01-26:

Thanks for the report. Forwarded upstream.

Changed in pidgin:
status:	New → Confirmed

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2009-02-23

Changed in pidgin:
status:	Unknown → New

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote on 2011-05-19:

Thanks for the report, it has been some time without any response or feedback in this bug report and we are wondering if this is still an issue for you with the latest release of Ubuntu the Natty Narwhal, May you please test with that version and comment back if you're still having or not the issue? Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/download to know how to install that version.Thanks in advance.

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

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2011-05-20

Changed in pidgin:
status:	Incomplete → New

Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) on 2011-08-08

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

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Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) wrote on 2012-03-13:

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!