diff -r 5a506dee26d2 -r abe9f4dad7fd pidgin/prefs/pidginconversationprefs.c
--- a/pidgin/prefs/pidginconversationprefs.c	Fri Oct 04 01:09:26 2024 -0500
+++ b/pidgin/prefs/pidginconversationprefs.c	Mon Oct 14 00:51:46 2024 -0500
@@ -80,14 +80,22 @@
 static void
 pidgin_conversation_prefs_init(PidginConversationPrefs *prefs)
 {
+	GSettings *settings = NULL;
+
 	gtk_widget_init_template(GTK_WIDGET(prefs));
 
+	settings = g_settings_new_with_backend("im.pidgin.Purple.Conversations",
+	                                       purple_core_get_settings_backend());
+	g_settings_bind(settings, "send-typing-notifications",
+	                prefs->im.send_typing, "active", G_SETTINGS_BIND_DEFAULT);
+	g_clear_object(&settings);
+
+#if 0
+	/* TODO: Decide on whether to keep these preferences, and then port those
+	 * to GSettings. */
 	pidgin_prefs_bind_switch(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/conversations/show_incoming_formatting",
 	                         prefs->show_incoming_formatting);
 
-	pidgin_prefs_bind_switch("/purple/conversations/im/send_typing",
-	                         prefs->im.send_typing);
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	pidgin_prefs_bind_switch(PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/win32/blink_im",
 	                         prefs->win32.blink_im);
@@ -98,6 +106,7 @@
 	pidgin_prefs_bind_spin_button(
 		PIDGIN_PREFS_ROOT "/conversations/minimum_entry_lines",
 		prefs->minimum_entry_lines);
+#endif
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************