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Pull in GtkComboBox changes from GTK+3 branch. Refs #1332, since I seem to have just found it. *** Plucked rev c27b04bb38032682dfa343b38090df1c6eea4edd ([e-mail]): Use GtkComboBox instead of GtkOptionMenu in the choice request field for GTK+ 2.4 and up. *** Plucked rev d440cb6510a85d0451248d51de56b02a3a60afd2 ([e-mail]): Replace the GtkOptionMenu with a GtkComboBox for the privacy options list on GTK+ 2.4 and up. *** Plucked rev c32e5afffcda0d82fe8b69752ae91ce3dc3bcc61 ([e-mail]): Replace GtkOptionMenu with GtkComboBox in the saved status editor for GTK+ 2.4 and up. *** Plucked rev fbe77efc06ba98af604ef878b97fd55924daa018 ([e-mail]): Replace GtkOptionMenu with GtkComboBox in the gestures plugin for GTK+ 2.4 and up. But that code's commented out, so this is totally untested. *** Plucked rev 9d8f789a57f4477db7d3cfbb9752b7842ff790dd ([e-mail]): Add an enumeration to replace a couple hardcoded numbers in the combo box code for saved statuses. *** Plucked rev c27b04bb38032682dfa343b38090df1c6eea4edd ([e-mail]): Use GtkComboBox instead of GtkOptionMenu in the choice request field for GTK+ 2.4 and up. *** Plucked rev d440cb6510a85d0451248d51de56b02a3a60afd2 ([e-mail]): Replace the GtkOptionMenu with a GtkComboBox for the privacy options list on GTK+ 2.4 and up. *** Plucked rev c32e5afffcda0d82fe8b69752ae91ce3dc3bcc61 ([e-mail]): Replace GtkOptionMenu with GtkComboBox in the saved status editor for GTK+ 2.4 and up. *** Plucked rev fbe77efc06ba98af604ef878b97fd55924daa018 ([e-mail]): Replace GtkOptionMenu with GtkComboBox in the gestures plugin for GTK+ 2.4 and up. But that code's commented out, so this is totally untested. *** Plucked rev 9d8f789a57f4477db7d3cfbb9752b7842ff790dd ([e-mail]): Add an enumeration to replace a couple hardcoded numbers in the combo box code for saved statuses.

Purple, Pidgin and Finch
========================
See AUTHORS and COPYRIGHT for the list of contributors.

libpurple is a library intended to be used by programmers seeking
to write an IM client that connects to many IM networks.  It supports
AIM, ICQ, XMPP, MSN and Yahoo!, among others.

Pidgin is an graphical IM client written in C which uses the GTK+
toolkit.

Finch is a text-based IM client written in C which uses the ncurses
toolkit.

These programs are not endorsed by, nor affiliated with, AOL nor any
other company in any way.

BUILD
=====

Read the 'INSTALL' file for more detailed directions.

These programs use the standard ./configure ; make. You need to use
gmake, BSD make probably won't work. Remember, run ./configure --help
to see what build options are available.

In order to compile Pidgin you need to have GTK+ 2.0 installed (as
well as the development files!). The configure script will fail if you
don't.  If you don't have GTK+ 2.0 installed, you should install it
using your distribution's package management tools.

For sound support, you also need gstreamer 0.10 or higher. For
spellchecking support, you need libgtkspell (http://gtkspell.sf.net/).
Your distro of choice probably already includes these, just be sure to
install the development packages.

RUN
===

You should run 'make install' as root to make sure plugins and other files
get installed into locations they want to be in. Once you've done that,
you only need to run 'pidgin' or 'finch'.

To get started, simply add a new account.

If you come across a bug, please report it at: http://pidgin.im

PLUGINS
=======

If you do not wish to enable the plugin support within Purple, run the
./configure script with the --disable-plugins option and recompile your
source code.  This will prevent the ability to load plugins.

'make install' puts the plugins in $PREFIX/lib/purple (PREFIX being what
you specified when you ./configure'd - it defaults to /usr/local). Purple
looks for the plugins in that directory by default.  Plugins can be installed
per-user in ~/.purple/plugins as well.  Pidgin and Finch also look in
$PREFIX/lib/pidgin and $PREFIX/lib/finch for UI-specific, respectively.

To build a plugin from a .c file, put it in the plugins/ directory in
the source and run 'make filename.so', e.g. if you have the .c file
'kickass.c', put it in the plugins/ directory, and from that directory,
run 'make kickass.so'.