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Okay, our text files are REALLY OLD. they need massively updated, HACKING
especially is like 2/3rds wrong. but there is more wrong than i care to
deal with right now. over the next few days you will hopefully see some
updates, BUT IT WON'T BE ENOUGH. someone had better decide to help out
:-)
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
| author | Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im> |
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| date | Tue, 09 Sep 2003 14:35:07 +0000 |
| parents | 06e1fd7b56df |
| children | e64060a18be7 |
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| 96 nothing it can do that Oscar can't, yet. The TOC protocol doesn't allow | 96 nothing it can do that Oscar can't, yet. The TOC protocol doesn't allow |
| 97 retrieval of away messages; isn't capable of sending or receiving buddy | 97 retrieval of away messages; isn't capable of sending or receiving buddy |
| 98 icons; it also can't make file transfer requests. | 98 icons; it also can't make file transfer requests. |
| 99 | 99 |
| 100 | 100 |
| 101 Oscar (Eric) | 101 Oscar (Mark) |
| 102 ===== | 102 ===== |
| 103 | 103 |
| 104 Oscar is the default protocol. It is recommended that you use Oscar for | 104 Oscar is the default protocol. It is recommended that you use Oscar for |
| 105 both AIM and ICQ, as TOC isn't very featureful and the old ICQ protocol no | 105 both AIM and ICQ, as TOC isn't very featureful and the old ICQ protocol no |
| 106 longer works. | 106 longer works. |
| 107 | 107 |
| 108 For AIM, Oscar can get people's away messages. It can request and accept | 108 For AIM, Oscar can get people's away messages. It can request and accept |
| 109 Direct IM connections, but it cannot yet transfer files through this (or | 109 Direct Connections, and has limited support for file transfer. IM Image |
| 110 through any other means). It can send and receive buddy icons if you have | 110 does not currently work. It can send and receive buddy icons if you have |
| 111 GdkPixbuf. | 111 GdkPixbuf. |
| 112 | 112 |
| 113 For ICQ, it supports nearly everything that the old ICQ plugin supported, | 113 For ICQ, it supports nearly everything that the old ICQ plugin supported, |
| 114 which isn't much. To use Oscar for ICQ, enter your ICQ UIN as the | 114 which isn't much. To use Oscar for ICQ, enter your ICQ UIN as the |
| 115 screenname. The default host/port will work. You'll need to use a different | 115 screenname. The default host/port will work. You'll need to use a different |
| 116 client to register a new ICQ account if you don't have one yet. | 116 client to register a new ICQ account if you don't have one yet. |
| 117 | 117 |
| 118 | 118 |
| 119 Yahoo (Eric) | 119 Yahoo (Sean) |
| 120 ===== | 120 ===== |
| 121 | 121 |
| 122 Yahoo is currently using the new YMSG protocol that newer official Yahoo | 122 Yahoo is currently using the new YMSG protocol that newer official Yahoo |
| 123 clients are using. This protocol is much better than the old one, and | 123 clients are using. This protocol is much better than the old one, and |
| 124 tends to be somewhat more reliable. However, the Yahoo service is still | 124 tends to be somewhat more reliable. However, the Yahoo service is still |
| 125 flaky at best. Group chats aren't supported yet. | 125 flaky at best. |
| 126 | 126 |
| 127 | 127 |
| 128 IRC (Eric) | 128 IRC (Ethan) |
| 129 === | 129 === |
| 130 | 130 |
| 131 There are three ways to join an IRC chat room. The first is the File->Join | 131 There are three ways to join an IRC chat room. The first is the File->Join |
| 132 A Chat menu option in the Buddy List window. The second is the "Chat" | 132 A Chat menu option in the Buddy List window. The second is the "Chat" |
| 133 button at the bottom of the buddy list. The third is to type "/join #name" | 133 button at the bottom of the buddy list. The third is to type "/join #name" |
| 134 in an IM window where the "Send Message As" menu is set to your IRC | 134 in an IM window where the "Send Message As" menu is set to your IRC |
| 135 account. There are other / commands that work in IM and Chat windows for | 135 account. There are other / commands that work in IM and Chat windows for |
| 136 IRC, /help will give you a list of them. | 136 IRC, /help will give you a list of them. |
| 137 | 137 |
| 138 | 138 |
| 139 MSN (Eric) | 139 MSN (Christian) |
| 140 === | 140 === |
| 141 | 141 |
| 142 With MSN you can join a conversation with several people, but you can't | 142 With MSN you can join a conversation with several people, but you can't |
| 143 invite people from the IM window yet. | 143 invite people from the IM window yet. |
| 144 | 144 |
| 150 protocol only marginally works. You should use Oscar for ICQ. You'll | 150 protocol only marginally works. You should use Oscar for ICQ. You'll |
| 151 need a different client to register an ICQ account if you don't have | 151 need a different client to register an ICQ account if you don't have |
| 152 one yet. | 152 one yet. |
| 153 | 153 |
| 154 | 154 |
| 155 Jabber (Eric) | 155 Jabber (Nathan) |
| 156 ====== | 156 ====== |
| 157 | 157 |
| 158 Transports aren't currently supported at all, though if you have a | 158 Transports aren't currently supported at all, though if you have a |
| 159 transport already subscribed Gaim will use it (you can't add or remove | 159 transport already subscribed Gaim will use it (you can't add or remove |
| 160 transports though). In order to use a server other than jabber.org, set | 160 transports though). In order to use a server other than jabber.org, set |