Sometimes autoaccept fails

[Juliaria08]

Maybe this should go to upstream?

I have pidgin configured to "do both" with incoming images, and I've noticed that if I receive multiple images and at least one of those is from a user with autoaccept on ask, pidgin doesn't let me accept it to save it to somewhere, and crashes.

I've had this happen after having pidgin stopped for a while and have had received a lot of images, so that's a bit annoying.

[Juliaria08]

So I'd propose to have another option which is similar to tdlib-purple, have a whatsmeow folder or something in purple, and allow another option to store the images there, (and only there too)?

[hoehermann]

Thank you for the suggestion. This can definitely be done. It completely bypasses all involvement of the UI, which may even be a good thing in some circumstances. From Spectrum and Bitlbee server admins I heard both, positive and negative feedback each. Henceforth it must be an optional feature. I can probably recycle some of the code from https://github.com/hoehermann/purple-signald.

I currently do not use the auto-accept plug-in, but I did not configure it for daily use, yet. No estimate when I can come around to try it. Unfortunately, my day job has become more demanding which leaves me with less energy to spend on this project. :(