Mercurial > pidgin.yaz
annotate README @ 4866:703e02e52262
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Added new typed and typing images to replace the gear.
Missing stock icons now result in critical errors being shown.
Restored the away button icon.
Yay! You may now serve me cheese.
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author | Christian Hammond <chipx86@chipx86.com> |
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date | Sat, 22 Mar 2003 22:24:33 +0000 |
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1670 | 3 Rob Flynn <rob@marko.net> IM: RobFlynn (currnet maintainer) |
163 | 4 Syd Logan - Super Hacker and Resident Designated Driver |
0 | 5 Jim Duchek <jimduchek@ou.edu> IM: Zilding (former maintainer) |
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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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17 Read the 'INSTALL' file for more detailed directions. |
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24 well as the development files!). The configure script will fail if you |
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29 don't want Gnome bits, ./configure --disable-gnome |
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37 RUN |
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57 PLUGINS |
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108 You shouldn't use TOC, you should use Oscar instead. TOC can sync your |
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209 system most similar to ICQ that is quite popular in Poland. It can manage |
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