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[gaim-migrate @ 15256] redpen686 posted modified sounds to gaim-devel: "The tones were sampled at 44.1 KHz (with a range of up to 22.05 KHz), which is fine, but since the tones are only up to ~3 to 4 KHz, a lot of space could be saved by downsampling. I went to 11,025 Hz, since it is already enough for these frequencies, and it's also the lowest common denominator for soundcards (rather than 8 or 16 KHz, for example). The 'alert' sound needed a lowpass filter, but only because of the high-pitched attack, which people won't notice anyway. All are still 16-bit, and in stereo (except for the 'alert' sound, which didn't need it), and so should sound virtually identical." These are significantly smaller files and I didn't notice a difference in the sound (of course, my speakers suck). They're also louder, which is good. I'm committing these so people can try them out. committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

This file describes how to compile and run gaim with dbus support.
Hopefully, most of the steps from point 3 will soon be automated.


1. Make sure you have the latest version (0.34) of the dbus library
   installed, including glib bindings.  

   http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus


2. Compile gaim

   ./configure --enable-dbus
   make
   make install


3. Configure your dbus instalation for gaim

   A. Find your dbus session configuration file, usually

      /etc/dbus-1/session.conf

   B. In that file, find the <servicedir> section.  This section
      contains the directory that stores files describing services,
      usually

      /usr/share/dbus-1/services

   C. Copy src/dbus-gaim.service to that directory

   D. Edit the dbus-gaim.service file you've just copied, and replace
      the path in the "Exec=" line with the path to your gaim
      executable.


4. Start Session DBUS if you haven't done it already

   eval `dbus-launch --session`
   export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID

   These commands will set the two above shell variables.  These
   variables must be set before running any dbus-aware programs.

Start gaim as usual.  To communicate with it, use "gaim-send".  When
you execute gaim-send, the dbus system will automatically start a gaim
process if one is not running already.