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[gaim-migrate @ 14592] " This patch fixes two serious bugs in the hidden conversation/queuing code. First, it removes the need to explicitly present conversations created under queuing conditions. Instead, when an incoming message is received and a conversation does not exist, a hidden conversation is created in a received-im-msg signal handler by swapping out the create_conversation function in the gtkconv ui_ops. This fixes a bug which could allow conversations to be created in a hidden state when they should be visible (i.e. buddy pounce open an im window action). This required a second search for a conversation in server.c after the signal is emitted. Second, it fixes a bug which would cause gaim to crash when quitting with a queued message. Fixing this simplified the code a bit by removing the private_remove_gtkconv function and instead adding a check in gaim_gtk_conv_window_remove_gtkconv to prevent the hidden_convwin from being destroyed when the last conversation is removed." --charkins 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.