diff -r 46c34a4f99df -r eb604c9feee9 pidgin/pidgin.h
--- a/pidgin/pidgin.h	Mon Jan 26 06:04:01 2009 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/pidgin.h	Fri Jan 30 18:21:16 2009 +0000
@@ -91,11 +91,22 @@
 #define PIDGIN_HIG_BORDER        12
 #define PIDGIN_HIG_BOX_SPACE      6
 
+#if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,16,0) || !defined(PIDGIN_DISABLE_DEPRECATED)
 /*
- * See GNOME bug #307304 for some discussion about the invisible
- * character.  0x25cf is a good choice, too.
+ * Older versions of GNOME defaulted to using an asterisk as the invisible
+ * character.  But this is ugly and we want to use something nicer.
+ *
+ * The default invisible character was changed in GNOME revision 21446
+ * (GTK+ 2.16) from an asterisk to the first available character out of
+ * 0x25cf, 0x2022, 0x2731, 0x273a.  See GNOME bugs 83935 and 307304 for
+ * discussion leading up to the change.
+ *
+ * Here's the change:
+ * http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gtk%2B?view=revision&revision=21446
+ *
  */
-#define PIDGIN_INVISIBLE_CHAR (gunichar)0x2022
+#define PIDGIN_INVISIBLE_CHAR (gunichar)0x25cf
+#endif /* Less than GTK+ 2.16 */
 
 #endif /* _PIDGIN_H_ */