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239 | 1 .\" Copyright (c) 2000, Dennis Ristuccia <dennis@vertex.978.org> |
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22 .TH GAIM 1 | |
23 .SH NAME | |
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24 gaim v0.11.0 \- Instant Messaging client |
239 | 25 .SH SYNOPSIS |
26 .TP 5 | |
27 \fBgaim\fR | |
28 .SH DESCRIPTION | |
29 .PP | |
30 \fBgaim\fR is based on the published Toc protocol from AOL, writen in GTK. | |
31 | |
32 The following sections describe how to use \fBgaim\fR. | |
33 .TP | |
34 \fIAccounts\fR | |
35 How to use your online messenger account. | |
36 .TP | |
37 \fIBuddies list\fR | |
38 How to use and edit your Buddy list. | |
39 .TP | |
40 \fICommunication\fR | |
41 How to send instant messages and files. (File transfer not yet available) | |
42 .TP | |
43 \fIPreferences\fR | |
44 What the preferences do. | |
45 .TP | |
46 \fIPlugins\fR | |
47 Plugin options. | |
48 .TP | |
49 \fISCREEN NAME\fR | |
50 A \fBScreen Name\fR is how a person can be contacted once signed on. | |
51 .SH ACCOUNTS | |
52 The first time you start \fBgaim\fR, you will be presented | |
53 with a dialog box. Enter your | |
54 AIM screen name \fScreen Name\fR field and | |
55 enter the password in the \fIPassword\fR field. Gaim will add multiple accounts, | |
56 by simple typing in another screen name in the \fScreen Name\fR field. You must use existing accounts, because | |
57 \fBgaim\fR does not support creating accounts. | |
58 .SH Buddies LIST | |
59 The \fBgaim\fR Buddy list contains \fIGroups\fB, | |
60 and \fIBuddies\fR. | |
61 .PP | |
62 You may export Buddy lists from \fBgaim\fR by using the \fBExport Buddy List\fR | |
63 option under \fBFile\fR. | |
64 .PP | |
65 You may also import saved Buddy lists from \fBgaim\fR by using the \fBImport | |
66 Buddy List\fR option under \fBFile\fR. | |
67 .PP | |
68 To add a new Buddy, under the \fIEdit Buddies\fR tab, | |
69 click on the \fIAdd\fR button. In the \fIAdd\fR dialog: Enter their online Screen | |
70 Name, Select the group you would like them to be a member of in the \fITo Group\fR | |
71 field. | |
72 .PP | |
73 .PP | |
74 To create a new group, add a new account as above, and instead of | |
75 selecting an existing group in the \fIGroup\fR field, enter the name | |
76 of the group you wish to create. | |
77 .PP | |
78 To delete a Group, or Buddy, click on its name in the | |
79 \fIEdit Buddies\fR tab, then click on the \fIRemove\fR button. | |
80 .SH COMMUNICATION | |
81 The \fIOnline\fR tab shows your Buddy list of online Buddies. Next to each | |
82 Screen name is a icon indicating if a Buddy is a \fINormal AIM User, AOL User, Trial AIM User, | |
83 Administrator,\fR or \fIAway\fR. | |
84 .SS Messages | |
85 To send a message to a Buddy, double | |
86 click on the Buddy under the \fIOnline\fR tab, | |
87 and type your message in the field at the bottom of the conversation | |
88 window. Messages received from a Buddy will use the existing | |
89 conversation window with the Buddy or will open a new one if it does | |
90 not exist. If the \fIIgnore unknown users\fR option is selected, messages | |
91 from an unknown person will be ignored. Otherwise, a conversation window with an \fIAdd\fR button, which you can click on to | |
92 add them to your Buddy list. | |
93 .SS File Transfer | |
94 Currently only files can be recieve. A option to Send files will added in | |
95 later versions. | |
96 .SH PREFERENCES | |
97 The preferences are accessed by selecting \fIPreferences\fR from the | |
98 \fITools\fR menu. | |
99 .SH PLUGINS | |
100 The plugins are accessed by selecting \fIPreferences\fR from the | |
101 \fITools\fR menu. | |
102 .PP | |
103 Plugin files are to be placed in $(HOME)/.gaim/plugins/ \- To load a plugin | |
104 click on the \fILoad Plugin\fR button and select the plugin desired | |
105 .PP | |
106 To unload a plugin select which plugin you want to remove and click the | |
107 \fIUnload Plugin\fR button. | |
108 .SH Permit | |
109 To add a user to Permit/Deny them, select the \fIPermit\fR tab and click on | |
110 the add button. Type the \fIScreen Name\fR of the desired person in the | |
111 \fBAdd\fR field, and select Permit/Deny. | |
112 .PP | |
113 To remove a \fIScreen Name\fR select the \fIScreen Name\fR and click on the | |
114 \fIRemove\fR button. | |
115 .SH FILES | |
116 $(HOME)/.gaimrc \- Gaim Config File | |
117 .br | |
118 $(HOME)/.gaim/SCREENNAME/ \- SCREENNAME's conversation logs | |
119 .br | |
120 $(HOME)/.gaim/plugins/ \- Gaim Plugin Files | |
121 .SH BUGS | |
122 Known bugs are at http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=235 | |
123 .SH BUG REPORTS | |
124 If you find a bug in \fBgaim\fR, please submit a bug form at | |
125 http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=235 | |
126 .PP | |
127 Before sending a bug report, please verify that you have the latest | |
128 version of \fBgaim\fR. Many bugs (major and minor) are fixed | |
129 at each release, and if yours is out of date, the problem may already | |
130 have been solved. | |
131 .SH SEE ALSO | |
132 \fIhttp://www.marko.net/gaim/\fR | |
133 .SH LICENSE | |
134 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
135 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
136 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or | |
137 (at your option) any later version. | |
138 .PP | |
139 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but | |
140 \fBWITHOUT ANY WARRANTY\fR; without even the implied warranty of | |
141 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
142 General Public License for more details. | |
143 .PP | |
144 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
145 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software | |
146 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple PLace, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA | |
147 .SH AUTHORS | |
148 The authors of \fBgaim\fR are: | |
149 .PP | |
531 | 150 Rob Flynn <rflynn@blueridge.net> \- IM: RobFlynn |
239 | 151 .br |
152 Eric Warmenhoven <warmenhoven@yahoo.com> \- IM: EWarmenhoven | |
153 .br | |
154 Jim Duchek <jim@linuxpimps.com> \- IM: Zilding | |
155 .br | |
156 Mark Spencer <markster@marko.net> \- IM: Markster97 | |
157 .PP | |
158 | |
159 The manpage was written by Dennis Ristuccia <dennis@vertex.978.org> IM: D3nnisR | |
160 | |
161 .\" WOO! |