annotate README.dbus @ 12285:af257d8679fe

[gaim-migrate @ 14589] Ok, so I'm changing the semantics of gaim_account_notify_added, having it check for the existance of a buddy was breaking some jabber scenarios. So buddy checks should now be done in the prpls. I also added a gaim_account_request_add. _notify_added only notifies the user of the add, request_add notifies the user AND asks them if they want to add the buddy to their buddy list. I only updated jabber for these changes because it's the only protocol I really know at all well. So everyone PLEASE make sure that the other protocols get updated for this. That is make sure that when you expect to prompt the user to add the buddy you use _request_add instead of just using _notify_added and expecting the core to determine if it needs to prompt the user. Oh, there are also some other jabber changes which should hopefully fix some issues that people were seeing, like buddies not signing off when you unsubscribed with them, etc. Let me know if anyone notices any jabber oddities after this. committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

This file describes how to compile and run gaim with dbus support.
Hopefully, most of the steps from point 3 will soon be automated.


1. Make sure you have the latest version (0.34) of the dbus library
   installed, including glib bindings.  

   http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus


2. Compile gaim

   ./configure --enable-dbus
   make
   make install


3. Configure your dbus instalation for gaim

   A. Find your dbus session configuration file, usually

      /etc/dbus-1/session.conf

   B. In that file, find the <servicedir> section.  This section
      contains the directory that stores files describing services,
      usually

      /usr/share/dbus-1/services

   C. Copy src/dbus-gaim.service to that directory

   D. Edit the dbus-gaim.service file you've just copied, and replace
      the path in the "Exec=" line with the path to your gaim
      executable.


4. Start Session DBUS if you haven't done it already

   eval `dbus-launch --session`
   export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID

   These commands will set the two above shell variables.  These
   variables must be set before running any dbus-aware programs.

Start gaim as usual.  To communicate with it, use "gaim-send".  When
you execute gaim-send, the dbus system will automatically start a gaim
process if one is not running already.