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2 libfaim pre-0.90 or so
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5 This is libfaim, the purpose of which is to implement as much as the
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6 AOL AIM/OSCAR protocol as possible (which should be all of it). After
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7 over two years of development, its still nowhere close.
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9 This is not a full client and never will be. libfaim only implements
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10 the routines to implement a client (ie, there's no user interface).
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15 I would not recommend using this version of libfaim in any form yet. It's
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16 beta-quality and I know it leaks memory quite badly. It seems fairly
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17 stable, however. YMMV, YAYOR, etc. I suppose I should say regardless of
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18 that warning, that several clients use it and people use those clients
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19 on a daily basis (in particular, me). Also, you're probably reading this
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20 from a CVS version, since I haven't made a release in a very long time.
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21 The CVS version changes fairly rapidly when I'm in the mood, so a version
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22 you checked out an hour ago may be better or worse than a version you
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23 check out now.
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26 Building
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29 Everything in this libfaim dist should build cleanly on any UNIX(-like)
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30 operating system. Originally developed on Linux+glibc. Past versions
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31 known to work on Linux+libc5, FreeBSD, HP/UX, Solaris, Mac OS X Server,
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32 Win32 using VC++ 98/6 and others.
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34 libfaim builds as both libfaim.a and libfaim.so. If your platform for
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35 some reason does not support dynamic libraries (eg, you get errors when
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36 building libfaim.so), you'll have to tweak the makefiles a bit to get
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37 the utils/ directory to build.
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39 Otherwise, just do a 'make'. I don't believe I use any specific features
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40 GNU make, but if something fails, make sure you have it. And bash too.
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43 Accessories
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46 In utils/, you'll find a few things extra:
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48 faimtest: very rudimentary front-end. no user interface, but does
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49 illustrate the basics of logging in and sending/recieving
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50 messages and buddy list notifications. Potential front-
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51 end authors start here.
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53 aimpasswd: utility to change an AIM password without using a full
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54 client. Note that at the time of this writing, this
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55 didn't work quite right yet. See the top of the code for
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56 latest status.
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58 License
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61 libfaim is covered under my copyright under the terms of the Lesser GNU
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62 Public License, as documented in the file COPYING in the top level directory.
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65 Documentation
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68 Unfortunatly, there is not currently any documentation on the libfaim API.
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69 Use the source and utils/faimtest/faimtest.c as a reference when coding
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70 front-ends.
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72 Mailing Lists
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75 Thanks to Sourceforge, we have our mailing lists back. See:
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76 http://www.sourceforge.org/mail/?group_id=920 for instructions
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77 on subscribing to the lists:
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79 libfaim-devel: Discussion of libfaim and its developement.
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80 libfaim-aim-protocol: Discussion of the finer points of OSCAR hacking
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83 Contact Info
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86 The author (Adam Fritzler), can be reached at mid@auk.cx.
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88 Front-end information:
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89 http://www.auk.cx/faim/
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90 Protocol information:
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91 http://www.auk.cx/faim/protocol/
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