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just some doc updates
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author | Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org> |
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date | Thu, 17 Aug 2000 07:27:46 +0000 |
parents | b29c92be568b |
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4 tutorial on how gaim works. I'll quickly describe the logical flow of | 4 tutorial on how gaim works. I'll quickly describe the logical flow of |
5 things, then what you'll find in each of the source files. Hopefully | 5 things, then what you'll find in each of the source files. Hopefully |
6 that's enough to get most of you going. | 6 that's enough to get most of you going. |
7 | 7 |
8 There's one little thing that's just a pet peeve, and it's really stupid. | 8 There's one little thing that's just a pet peeve, and it's really stupid. |
9 In ./configure there's and --enable-debug option. This does two things: | 9 In ./configure there's an --enable-debug option. This does two things: |
10 compiles with -Wall, and prints debugging information to stdout. The | 10 compiles with -Wall, and prints debugging information to stdout. The |
11 debugging information is printed to the debug window (which can be turned | 11 debugging information is printed to the debug window (which can be turned |
12 on in the preferences) whether or not --enable-debug was selected. Most | 12 on in the preferences) whether or not --enable-debug was selected. Most |
13 of the information that's printed is useless anyway though; so the | 13 of the information that's printed is useless anyway though; so the |
14 --enable-debug option really doesn't do a whole lot. | 14 --enable-debug option really doesn't do a whole lot. |
29 TOC, and calls oscar_login or toc_login appropriately. We'll assume TOC | 29 TOC, and calls oscar_login or toc_login appropriately. We'll assume TOC |
30 for the rest of this discussion; Oscar has a lot of bad hacks to get it | 30 for the rest of this discussion; Oscar has a lot of bad hacks to get it |
31 working that I don't even want to think about. | 31 working that I don't even want to think about. |
32 | 32 |
33 After you're signed in (I'll skip that discussion - I doubt many people | 33 After you're signed in (I'll skip that discussion - I doubt many people |
34 are going to change the login process, since it pretty much just folows | 34 are going to change the login process, since it pretty much just follows |
35 PROTOCOL), Gaim draws the buddy list by calling show_buddy_list, and | 35 PROTOCOL), Gaim draws the buddy list by calling show_buddy_list, and |
36 waits for input from two places: the server and the user. The first place | 36 waits for input from two places: the server and the user. The first place |
37 it gets input from after signon is invariably the server, when the server | 37 it gets input from after signon is invariably the server, when the server |
38 tells Gaim which buddies are signed on. | 38 tells Gaim which buddies are signed on. |
39 | 39 |