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[gaim-migrate @ 280] Fixed the 100% bug, but in doing so, broke permit/deny lists, so that got commented out (yet again). Gaim/Faim is now usable. committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
date Fri, 26 May 2000 23:10:21 +0000
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1 Hello, your good friend EW here with a nice little notice that I'm sure will
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2 affect the ten of you who actually read this.
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4 I'm going to start trying to get gaim to use Oscar through libfaim. As far as I
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5 can tell, the only thing it used to be able to do is sign on and receive IMs. I
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6 updated libfaim to what's currently in the libfaim CVS on sourceforge. As of
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7 right now, I've been able to implement most of the features libfaim offers.
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9 I'm going to try to make as few modifications as possible to the libfaim code.
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10 The only two modifications I'll probably ever make to it are 1) to make my life
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11 easier (like putting all the .h files in the same directory as the .c files) or
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12 2) to fix a compilation error that I happen to be able to fix very easily (like
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13 with a typo or something). That means that what you're getting when you enable
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14 oscar is basically faimtest (the very instructional program included with the
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15 libfaim source on sourceforge) with the Gaim GTK front-end. I'll put any changes
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16 I make into a file, but so far, I haven't made any changes other than moving the
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17 .h files down a directory.
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19 And finally, a word of warning. Gaim/Faim is VERY buggy. Please, don't use this
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20 for anything other than laughs right now. Hopefully we'll get it working better
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21 soon (please help!).
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23 CURRENTLY SUPPORTED FEATURES
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24 ============================
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25 Signing on
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26 Receiving IMs
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27 Sending IMs
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28 Being idle
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29 Being away/coming back
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30 Setting your info
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31 Getting users' info
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32 Chat:
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33 - joining rooms
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34 - leaving rooms
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35 - talking
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36 - getting invited
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37 - inviting someone
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38 Getting users' away messages (PLEASE do not use oscar/libfaim just because of
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39 this, gaim with libfaim is still really buggy, none of you will listen
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40 to me anyway)
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42 CURRENTLY UNSUPPORTED FEATURES
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43 ==============================
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44 Warning users/getting warned
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45 Chat:
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46 - whispering
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47 - refreshing the chatlist in the preferences dialog
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48 Getting/setting dir info
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49 Changing your password
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50 File transfer/IM images/voice chat/etc.
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51 Telling the server who's on your permit/deny lists
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53 KNOWN ISSUES
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55 - libfaim apparently has a problem with receiving messages too fast (sort of).
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56 You can receive more messages in less time with TOC than with libfaim. It's not
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57 completely libfaim's fault though.
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59 - The permit/deny stuff is really funny. If I don't put it there, everything
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60 works great, if I do, it occasionally works, but not well. I've commented it out
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61 (again - I swear, this is the most on-again-off-again feature).
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63 - There are a lot of problems with panel support (funny that I'm supporting the
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64 panel code, and the oscar code I wrote doesn't work well with it). I think this
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65 is related to oscar_callback being funny.
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67 - Oscar doesn't do whispering in chat rooms any more (and hasn't for quite a
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68 while, evidently). So if you want to "whisper" to someone, just IM them.
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70 - Chat is really funny. I have no idea what's going on with it. I'm not sure I
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71 want to know. I'm not worried about it, I never use chat. It's not exactly high-
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72 priority.
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75 out what needs to be fixed, do that sort of thing. :) (Fixing the things listed
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76 in KNOWN ISSUES above, or any other bugs you happen to find, is a very good use
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77 of your time.) (You didn't hear that from me.)