Buddy list should raise when trying to launch pidgin a second time
Bug #354298 reported by
Ken VanDine
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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pidgin (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Ken VanDine |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: pidgin
Now that we rely on the indicator applet as a mechanism to access the buddy list, it might be hard for some users to find their buddy list until they get familiar with the indicator.
Currently, if you run pidgin from the command line or launch it from the menu it checks to see if there is a pidgin instance running and exits if there is. Pidgin should actually raise the existing buddy list window if it is already running.
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This patch adds a script to check if pidgin is already running, and if so raise the buddy list window instead of exiting. Any arguments passed will cause the script to skip the check and just pass them on to pidgin.real