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Pidgin status messages as seen from ICQ 6

Pidgin 2.5.1

No status messages, not even available messages, are visible in ICQ 6.

Related Tickets

#582 libpurple doesn't publish ICQ away messages
#6235 libpurple doesn't publish ICQ available messages and buddy icons since 2.4.3 (regression)

Future

#4508 Add Support for XStatus (patch in progress?)

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ICQ 6 status messages as seen from Pidgin

Related Tickets

#4984 ICQ away messaged is printed twice in toolbox and conversation window

#892 Inconsistent display of away state and message with ICQ (includes a Patch !)

#4904 Status message for invisible contacts not displayed in tooltip

#6848 Ampersand in ICQ Available Message causes problems

#703 Unable to fetch ICQ status messages

Pidgin 2.5.0

Setting a new status message in ICQ 6 causes Pidgin to show the message twice(#4984). Changing the the state to something other than available in ICQ 6 results in no message shown in Pidgin although it's still there. Logging out and back in in either ICQ 6 or Pidgin causes at least available messages to be displayed correctly. When changing to available from any other status in ICQ 6 Pidgin displays the message also correctly.

Testing steps

User 1

Pidgin 2.5.0 from Debian experimental. ICQ encoding set to CP1252

User 2

ICQ 6 (6.0.0.7013)

User 3

ICQ 6 (6.0.0.7013)

1. User 2 logging into ICQ with state available and no status message, user 1 & 3 already logged in.
   • User 1 & 3 see user 2 as available with no message set

2. User 2 setting available message to "This is a test."
   • User 1 sees: Status: Available: This is a test.: This is a test.
   • User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is a test.

3. User 2 logging out and back in.
   • User 1 sees: Status: Available: This is a test. (message is truncated see comment:ticket:4984:7)
   • User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is a test.

4. User 2 setting status to away
   • User 1 sees: Status: Away
   • User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is a test.

5. User 2 setting away message to "This is another test."
   • User 1 sees: Status: Away: This is another test.: This is another test.
   • User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is another test.

6. User 2 logging out and back in.
   • User 1 sees: Status: Away
   • User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is another test.

7. User 2 setting state to available
   • User 1 sees: Status: Available: This is another test. (message is truncated see comment:ticket:4984:7)
   • User 3 sees: Personal Status: This is another test.

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Trillian status messages as seen from Pidgin

Related Tickets

#703 Unable to fetch ICQ status messages

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Pidgin status messages as seen from Pidgin

Pidgin 2.5.0

After setting the message it is shown for a few seconds but then disappears with the line "blist: Updating buddy status for xxxxxxxx (ICQ)" in the debug window. Get AIM Info brings back the message. This applies to all states except Available and Free For Chat where never a status message is shown.

Related Tickets

#4981 Away message not retrieved immediately (from other libpurple users)