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committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
| author | Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org> |
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| date | Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:12:38 +0000 |
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| 1 GAIM: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone Thats Good For The Soul | 1 Gaim: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone Thats Good For The Soul |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 1 The Basics | 3 1 The Basics |
| 4 1.1 What does 'gaim' stand for? | 4 1.1 What does 'gaim' stand for? |
| 5 1.2 Where are my log files stored? | 5 1.2 Where are my log files stored? |
| 6 1.3 What are GtkHTML and GtkIMHtml, and why not just use GNOME's | 6 1.3 What are GtkHTML and GtkIMHtml, and why not just use GNOME's |
| 68 Your logs are stored in $HOME/.gaim/logs/. They had previously been stored in | 68 Your logs are stored in $HOME/.gaim/logs/. They had previously been stored in |
| 69 $HOME/.gaim/YourScreenName/ (e.g. $HOME/.gaim/EWarmenhoven). | 69 $HOME/.gaim/YourScreenName/ (e.g. $HOME/.gaim/EWarmenhoven). |
| 70 | 70 |
| 71 1.3 What are GtkHTML and GtkIMHtml, and why not just use GNOME's GtkHTML? | 71 1.3 What are GtkHTML and GtkIMHtml, and why not just use GNOME's GtkHTML? |
| 72 | 72 |
| 73 The widget GAIM had previously used to display HTML was called GtkHTML, and | 73 The widget Gaim had previously used to display HTML was called GtkHTML, and |
| 74 was written by Mark and Jim specifically for GAIM. Over time, Rob and Eric | 74 was written by Mark and Jim specifically for Gaim. Over time, Rob and Eric |
| 75 hacked at it (read: broke it) and it's gotten to be very fragile and fairly | 75 hacked at it (read: broke it) and it's gotten to be very fragile and fairly |
| 76 buggy. | 76 buggy. |
| 77 | 77 |
| 78 One day Eric got pissed off at GtkHTML and decided to rewrite it, and called | 78 One day Eric got pissed off at GtkHTML and decided to rewrite it, and called |
| 79 it GtkIMHtml (IM to indicate that it should be used in IM clients). He made | 79 it GtkIMHtml (IM to indicate that it should be used in IM clients). He made |
| 80 it its own separate project, so that other IM clients (like Jabber clients) | 80 it its own separate project, so that other IM clients (like Jabber clients) |
| 81 could use it. He based it somewhat off of the old GtkHTML and GNOME's GtkHTML. | 81 could use it. He based it somewhat off of the old GtkHTML and GNOME's GtkHTML. |
| 82 | 82 |
| 83 GNOME's GtkHTML is a very powerful HTML viewer. Because of this, it isn't | 83 GNOME's GtkHTML is a very powerful HTML viewer. Because of this, it isn't |
| 84 well-suited for GAIM. It wouldn't be very good if we let you have IFrames in | 84 well-suited for Gaim. It wouldn't be very good if we let you have IFrames in |
| 85 your conversation, for example. Also, GNOME's GtkHTML depends on a lot of | 85 your conversation, for example. Also, GNOME's GtkHTML depends on a lot of |
| 86 GNOME libraries that we don't want to force people to use in GAIM. (There is | 86 GNOME libraries that we don't want to force people to use in Gaim. (There is |
| 87 a strip-down version, CSCHTML, which doesn't use the GNOME libraries; but the | 87 a strip-down version, CSCHTML, which doesn't use the GNOME libraries; but the |
| 88 first objection (that it supports too many tags) still applies.) | 88 first objection (that it supports too many tags) still applies.) |
| 89 | 89 |
| 90 1.4 How do I load plugins/perl scripts? | 90 1.4 How do I load plugins/perl scripts? |
| 91 | 91 |