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[gaim-migrate @ 14928] Fix an assertion failure. Remove a useless cast. committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
date Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:22:04 +0000
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2 ========================
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3 Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com> IM: RobFlynn (current maintainer)
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4 Syd Logan - Super Hacker and Resident Designated Driver
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5 Jim Duchek <jimduchek@ou.edu> IM: Zilding (former maintainer)
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6 Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org> (retired)
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7 Mark Spencer <markster@marko.net>
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9 Gaim is an IM client that supports many protocols, including AIM, ICQ,
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10 MSN, IRC, and Jabber. Gaim is NOT endorsed by, nor affiliated with,
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11 AOL nor any other company in ANY way.
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14 BUILD
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15 =====
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17 Read the 'INSTALL' file for more detailed directions.
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19 Gaim uses the standard ./configure ; make. You need to use gmake, BSD
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20 make probably won't work. Remember, run ./configure --help to see what
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21 build options are available.
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23 In order to compile Gaim, you need to have GTK+ 2.0 installed (as
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24 well as the development files!). The configure script will fail if you
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25 don't. You can get it from http://www.gtk.org/.
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27 For sound support, you also need libao
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28 (http://freshmeat.net/projects/libao/) and libaudiofile
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29 (http://www.68k.org/~michael/audiofile/). For spellchecking support, you
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30 need libgtkspell (http://gtkspell.sf.net/). Your distro of choice
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31 probably already includes these, just be sure to install the development
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32 packages.
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34 RUN
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35 ===
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37 You should run 'make install' as root to make sure plugins and other files
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38 get installed into locations they want to be in. Once you've done that,
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39 you only need to run 'gaim'.
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41 Protocol plugins (prpls) are now automatically loaded. Simply go to the
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42 account editor, add a new account, and all supported protocols will be
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43 there. Be sure to use OSCAR (AIM/ICQ) and not the old TOC or ICQ plugins.
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45 Read below for protocol-specific information.
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48 PLUGINS
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51 If you do not wish to enable the plugin support within Gaim, run the
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52 ./configure script with the --disable-plugins option and recompile your
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53 source code. This will prevent the ability to load plugins.
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55 'make install' puts the plugins in $PREFIX/lib/gaim (PREFIX being what
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56 you specified when you ./configure'd - it defaults to /usr/local). Gaim
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57 looks for the plugins in that directory by default, but they do not have
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58 to be there to use them. Also, plugins have a .so extension by default,
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59 though they do not have to.
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61 To build a plugin from a .c file, put it in the plugins/ directory in
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62 the source and run 'make filename.so', e.g. if you have the .c file
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63 'kickass.c', put it in the plugins/ directory, and from that directory,
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64 run 'make kickass.so'.
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67 NOTES
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68 =====
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70 If you manually set a command for your browser or sound player options,
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71 make sure to put double-quotes around the "%s", otherwise bad things may
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72 happen.
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74 If you come across a bug, please report it to http://gaim.sf.net/bug.php.
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76 See README.CVS for information on the bleeding edge CVS version of Gaim.
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77 You probably shouldn't use it, as it may eat your children, as well as
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78 your settings.
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81 PROTOCOL INFORMATION
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82 ====================
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84 Each protocol is hacked by both Rob and Eric, though there is one person
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85 that kind of "owns" a protocol (mostly indicating that they were the
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86 person that originally wrote it). Their name will be next to the protocol;
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87 they're the people to complain to when something doesn't work ;).
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90 TOC (Mark)
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93 You shouldn't use TOC, you should use Oscar instead. TOC can sync your
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94 buddy list with the server (if it's not too long), and can respond to file
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95 transfer requests (both sending and receiving). Other than that, there's
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96 nothing it can do that Oscar can't, yet. The TOC protocol doesn't allow
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97 retrieval of away messages; isn't capable of sending or receiving buddy
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98 icons; it also can't make file transfer requests.
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101 Oscar (Mark)
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102 =====
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104 Oscar is the default protocol. It is recommended that you use Oscar for
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105 both AIM and ICQ, as TOC isn't very featureful and the old ICQ protocol no
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106 longer works.
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108 For AIM, Oscar can get people's away messages. It can request and accept
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109 Direct Connections, and has limited support for file transfer. IM Image
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110 does not currently work. It can send and receive buddy icons if you have
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111 GdkPixbuf.
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113 For ICQ, it supports nearly everything that the old ICQ plugin supported,
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114 which isn't much. To use Oscar for ICQ, enter your ICQ UIN as the
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115 screenname. The default host/port will work. You'll need to use a different
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116 client to register a new ICQ account if you don't have one yet.
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119 Yahoo (Sean)
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122 Yahoo is currently using the new YMSG protocol that newer official Yahoo
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123 clients are using. This protocol is much better than the old one, and
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124 tends to be somewhat more reliable. However, the Yahoo service is still
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125 flaky at best.
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128 IRC (Ethan)
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129 ===
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131 There are three ways to join an IRC chat room. The first is the File->Join
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132 A Chat menu option in the Buddy List window. The second is the "Chat"
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133 button at the bottom of the buddy list. The third is to type "/join #name"
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134 in an IM window where the "Send Message As" menu is set to your IRC
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135 account. There are other / commands that work in IM and Chat windows for
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136 IRC, /help will give you a list of them.
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140 ===
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142 With MSN you can join a conversation with several people, but you can't
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143 invite people from the IM window yet.
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146 ICQ (Mark)
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147 ===
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149 The ICQ plugin is deprecated and will probably be removed soon. The
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150 protocol only marginally works. You should use Oscar for ICQ. You'll
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151 need a different client to register an ICQ account if you don't have
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152 one yet.
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155 Jabber (Nathan)
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156 ======
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158 Transports aren't currently supported at all, though if you have a
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159 transport already subscribed Gaim will use it (you can't add or remove
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160 transports though). In order to use a server other than jabber.org, set
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161 your username to include the server, e.g. warmenhoven@mycompany.com. This
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162 is the actual format of the Jabber ID anyway; Jabber is email with online
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163 notification. You can register a new Jabber account by checking the
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164 appropriate box in the account editor for your Jabber account.
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167 Napster (Mark)
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168 =======
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170 Heh. Ok, so I (Rob) am on crack! Gaim can sign on/off of Napster,
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171 add/remove people to your hotlist (buddylist) as well as chat privately
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172 and in chat rooms. You can search for files and browse a list of other
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173 user's files. You can currently download files as long as the person
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174 you're retrieving files from is not firewalled.
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177 Zephyr (Sean)
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180 Let me start off by saying how much I really despise Zephyr. They do a
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181 lot of things that make me realize why this never caught on. For those
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182 of you who are unfortunate enough to feel compelling need to use this,
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183 gaim now has a Zephyr plugin. It can currently sign on/off, handles
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184 presence/buddy lists (it even imports your .anyone file!), and can
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185 send/receive personal messages. A lot of stuff is missing, this is just
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186 a real rough first stab at it.
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189 Gadu-Gadu (Sean)
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190 =========
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192 I really shouldn't be taking credit for Gadu-Gadu, I'm just the person who
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193 commits the patches that Arkadiusz Miskiewicz gives me. Gadu-Gadu is an IM
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194 system most similar to ICQ that is quite popular in Poland. It can manage
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195 your server-side buddy list through the Protocol Actions menu. You'll need
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196 to use a different client to register a new account if you don't have one
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197 yet.