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[gaim-migrate @ 6417] Fixes one of those GDK warning things. Happened when clicking cancel on select font dialog for conversations. Problem was gtk_widget_destroy was getting called twice for gtkconv->dialogs.font, second time being passed NULL. This font stuff is ugly, IMHO. Like, look at show_font_dialog. Yeesh. No code re-use whatsoever. That function should either be split up or made to suck less. One of gai'ms young aspiring actors should take care of that. Aren't there always people that are like, "I want to code something but don't know what to do?!??" Well there you go. I also changed a bit o' proxy.c code in an attempt to fix KimuSan^'s problem. I'm not really sure what his problem is, but I have a strong feeling that the lines I changed are better the way they are now. If I'm wrong, someone should probably correct me. But if I'm right... we'll lets just say we'll all be a whole lot thinner. "And somebody get this walking carpet out of my way." "No reward is worth this." 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 two years 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).  Also, you're probably reading this 
from a CVS version, since I haven't made a release in a very long time.  
The CVS version changes fairly rapidly when I'm in the mood, so a version
you checked out an hour ago may be better or worse than a version you 
check out now.  


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/