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[gaim-migrate @ 1116] lots of changes. buddy.c: just in general tried to get things to work better. moving things in the edit list window and signing off should be handled better in the main buddy list window (watch out for flashes). gaim.h: removed toc-specific things and moved them to toc.c and rvous.c as needed. gtkhtml.c: possible fix for AOL 6.0 problems (I wasn't able to reproduce the problem before or after the fix, but i fixed what i think might have been causing the problem). multi.c: moved LOGIN_STEPS from gaim.h here and actually use it now oscar.c: moved an oscar-specific struct definition from gaim.h here and also handle problems better perl.c: fix for stupid problem rvous.c: first pass at attempt to be able to remove toc.c and rvous.c (though this will never happen; gaim will support toc as long as aol does) without cruft. gaim is now only dependent on toc.c and rvous.c for toc_build_config and parse_toc_buddy_list, which gaim needs to save and read its buddy list. toc.c: rewrote the signin process so that the read()'s won't block. it's not actually a non-blocking read; it's just that it won't ever get to the read until there's data to be read (thanks to the gdk_input watcher). this means the cancel button should work after it's connected, but it's still not a non-blocking connect. committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

libfaim pre-0.90 or so
----------------------

This is libfaim, the purpose of which is to implement as much as the
AOL AIM/OSCAR protocol as possible (which should be all of it).  After
over a year of development, its still nowhere close.  

This is not a full client and never will be.  libfaim only implements
the routines to implement a client (ie, there's no user interface).  

Status
------

I would not recommend using this version of libfaim in any form yet.  It's
beta-quality and I know it leaks memory quite badly.  It seems fairly
stable, however.  YMMV, YAYOR, etc.  I suppose I should say regardless of
that warning, that several clients use it and people use those clients
on a daily basis (in particular, me).


Building
--------

Everything in this libfaim dist should build cleanly on any UNIX(-like)
operating system.  Originally developed on Linux+glibc.  Past versions 
known to work on Linux+libc5, FreeBSD, HP/UX, Solaris, Mac OS X Server, 
Win32 using VC++ 98/6 and others.

libfaim builds as both libfaim.a and libfaim.so.  If your platform for
some reason does not support dynamic libraries (eg, you get errors when
building libfaim.so), you'll have to tweak the makefiles a bit to get
the utils/ directory to build.  

Otherwise, just do a 'make'.  I don't believe I use any specific features
GNU make, but if something fails, make sure you have it.  And bash too.


Accessories
-----------

In utils/, you'll find a few things extra:

  faimtest:   very rudimentary front-end.  no user interface, but does
              illustrate the basics of logging in and sending/recieving
              messages and buddy list notifications.  Potential front-
              end authors start here.

  aimpasswd:  utility to change an AIM password without using a full
              client.  Note that at the time of this writing, this
              didn't work quite right yet.  See the top of the code for
              latest status.

License
-------

libfaim is covered under my copyright under the terms of the Lesser GNU
Public License, as documented in the file COPYING in the top level directory.


Documentation
-------------

Unfortunatly, there is not currently any documentation on the libfaim API.
Use the source and utils/faimtest/faimtest.c as a reference when coding
front-ends.  

Mailing Lists
-------------

Thanks to Sourceforge, we have our mailing lists back. See:
http://www.sourceforge.org/mail/?group_id=920  for instructions
on subscribing to the lists:

  libfaim-devel: Discussion of libfaim and its developement.
  libfaim-aim-protocol: Discussion of the finer points of OSCAR hacking
 

Contact Info
------------

The author (Adam Fritzler), can be reached at [e-mail].

Front-end information:
  http://www.auk.cx/faim/
Protocol information:
  http://www.auk.cx/faim/protocol/