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committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
| author | Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org> |
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| date | Sat, 20 Jan 2001 23:10:48 +0000 |
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--- a/doc/FAQ Fri Jan 19 09:11:16 2001 +0000 +++ b/doc/FAQ Sat Jan 20 23:10:48 2001 +0000 @@ -1,377 +1,362 @@ -GAIM: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone Thats Good For The Soul +GAIM: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone Thats Good For The Soul + +1 The Basics + 1.1 What does 'gaim' stand for? + 1.2 Where are my log files stored? + 1.3 Will you be adding a log viewer? + 1.4 What are GtkHTML and GtkIMHtml, and why not just use GNOME's + GtkHTML? + 1.5 How do I load plugins/perl scripts? + 1.6 I'm not a native English speaker and I would like a translated + version of gaim. -Welcome to the GAIM FAQ. Please read this document to insure that you -are not asking us a question that has already been answered. We will -most likely become slightly irritated with you and will either point -you to this FAQ or ignore you. Of course, no harm is meant by this. -We're two college aged kids, we both work and are very short on time. -If you have any comments, praise, or ideas please don't hesitate to -contact us. But please, don't initiate a conversation with "Hi" or -"Can I ask you a question?" We generally do not respond to these -comments because it takes too much time to get to the point of your -statement. Simply say what you need to say and you'll more than -likely get a quick response :-). +2 Multiple Connections + 2.1 What do you mean by "multiple connections"? + 2.2 How do I sign on more than one account? + 2.3 How do buddy lists work for multiple connections? + 2.4 What's a PRPL? + 2.5 How do I use a different protocol? -I. The Protocol - 1. Is it the same protocol as the Windows client uses? - 2. Where can I find info on TOC? - 3. What other clients use this protocol? - 4. TCP or UDP? - 5. So the buddy list is stored on the server? +3 About the Protocols (what they support, and how to do things with them) + 3.0 Introduction + 3.1 TOC + 3.2 Oscar + 3.3 Yahoo! + 3.4 IRC + 3.5 ICQ + 3.6 MSN + 3.7 Jabber + 3.8 Napster -II. The Client - 1. What does 'gaim' stand for? - 2. How do I make multiple groups? - 3. How come there's no file transfer? - 4. Why no AOL logo? - 5. Where are my log files stored? - 6. Can I use my Windows 95 Buddylist with Gaim? - 7. I'm not a native English speaker and I would like a translated - version of gaim. - 8. I've got a proxy, and I'd like to use GAIM. +4 Problems + 4.1 Sound doesn't work + 4.2 Clicking on URLs doesn't open Netscape + 4.3 I don't use Netscape + 4.4 I have a bug not described here + +5 Programming + 5.1 I have a patch for gaim! + 5.2 I have a plugin/perl script for gaim! + 5.3 Can you teach me how to program GTK? -III. Multiple Connections - 1. What do you mean by "multiple connections"? - 2. What's a PRPL? - 3. What happens when I load a new protocol? - 4. So how do I add accounts? - 5. This sucks. I want my old gaim back. +6 Miscellaneous + 6.1 Can I talk to you on IM? + 6.2 I want to write an IM client. Will you help me? + 6.3 I have money. I need software written. Can you help? + 6.4 I have hardware here that's not being used. Can you use it? + 6.5 I would like to send you beer. + 6.6 Are you going to port this to Windows? + 6.7 Why no AOL logo? + 6.8 Why the GPL? + 6.9 What is a wagii? + 6.10 What window manager/distribution/other crap do you use? + 6.11 Is XX a good hard drive, YY a good monitor and ZZ a good CPU? + 6.12 I want to contribute to the effort. Where can I send beer to? -IV. Problems - 1. WAAAAAH! My sound doesn't work! - 2. My buddy list disappeared! - 3. I click on URLs, but Netscape doesn't popup! - 4. I don't use Netscape. - 5. I'm using the GNOME client. I have a bug. - 6. I have a bug not described here. - 7. I have Mandrake 6.0 and GAIM doesnt work! +--- + +1 The Basics + +1.1 What does 'gaim' stand for? -V. Programming - 1. I have a patch for gaim! - 2. I have a plugin for gaim! - 3. Can you teach me how to program GTK? +It's basically the letter 'g' tacked on to the beginning of 'AIM' (which is +fairly obvious). G stands for all sorts of good things. Girls, Godzilla, GTK, +graham crackers, whatever. + +1.2 Where are my log files stored? + +Your logs are stored in $HOME/.gaim/logs/. They had previously been stored in +$HOME/.gaim/YourScreenName/ (e.g. $HOME/.gaim/EWarmenhoven). + +1.3 Will you be adding a log viewer? -VI. Miscellaneous - 1. Can I talk to you on IM? - 2. I want to write an IM client. Will you help me? - 3. I have money. I need some software written. Can you help? - 4. I have hardware here that's not being used, or money. Can - you use it? - 5. I would like to send you beer. - 6. Are you going to port this thing to Windows? - 7. Why the GPL? - 8. I use *BSD and I hate the penguin! I want daemon images! - 9. Can I design a logo for you? - 10. What is a wagii? - 11. Speaking of the penguin, I heard a rumour you have a tattoo of - it. Is that true? - 12. What Window Manager do you use? What distribution do you use? - What other stupid things can you ask me that don't really matter - but ya'll ask me anyway? - 13. Is XX a good Harddrive, YY a good monitor and ZZ a good CPU? - 14. Who designed the new logo? - 15. I want to contribute to the effort. Where can I send beer to? +Yes! As a matter of fact, we will be. Here's what needs to happen before then +though: + GtkIMHtml has to be finished and added to gaim + The option to not log, and to strip HTML from logs, will be removed + HTML-matching must be done (e.g. if you get a message "<u>hi", it + should be logged as "<U>hi</U>" to prevent later logs from + being underlined) + +1.4 What are GtkHTML and GtkIMHtml, and why not just use GNOME's GtkHTML? + +The widget GAIM had previously used to display HTML was called GtkHTML, and +was written by Mark and Jim specifically for GAIM. Over time, Rob and Eric +hacked at it (read: broke it) and it's gotten to be very fragile and fairly +buggy. + +One day Eric got pissed off at GtkHTML and decided to rewrite it, and called +it GtkIMHtml (IM to indicate that it should be used in IM clients). He made +it its own separate project, so that other IM clients (like Jabber clients) +could use it. He based it somewhat off of the old GtkHTML and GNOME's GtkHTML. -I. The Protocol - 1. Is it the same protocol as the Windows client uses? - No. The Windows client uses Oscar, which is proprietary -and undocumented. Some people have used network tools and such to figure -it mostly out -- Look for 'faim'. We use TOC, which is completely open and -documented. - There is some support for libfaim now, which allows gaim to -use Oscar, and it's even becoming usable. Maybe one day it'll be the default -protocol, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen soon. +GNOME's GtkHTML is a very powerful HTML viewer. Because of this, it isn't +well-suited for GAIM. It wouldn't be very good if we let you have IFrames in +your conversation, for example. Also, GNOME's GtkHTML depends on a lot of +GNOME libraries that we don't want to force people to use in GAIM. (There is +a strip-down version, CSCHTML, which doesn't use the GNOME libraries; but the +first objection (that it supports too many tags) still applies.) + +1.5 How do I load plugins/perl scripts? - 2. Where can I find info on TOC? - In the document called PROTOCOL. It's the version that was -published with AOL's TiK client version 0.75, which appears to be the last -one ever published. +Plugins you had loaded when you quit gaim are loaded again when you start +gaim. To load a new plugin, either click 'Plugins' on the login screen, or +select 'Plugins' from the 'Tools' menu in the buddy list. From there, you +can load and unload plugins, and configure certain ones. If you click on +the 'Load Plugin' button, it will present you with a file dialog, asking +which file you want to load; it will default to looking for a .so file in +the directory plugins get installed to, though you don't have to load a .so +file, and you don't have to load it from that directory. - 3. What other clients use this protocol? - There are a few other Unix programs that use it, I think. I -really couldn't tell you though. AOL used to keep a list of them, but no more. -I think some of them are Everybuddy and Jabber. Oh yeah, TiK is still around. +When you start gaim, all the .pl files in ~/.gaim will be loaded +automatically. You can also load new scripts from the 'Perl' menu in 'Tools'. +From that menu, you can load a new script (similarly to how you loaded a +plugin above), unload all your loaded scripts, and list which scripts you have +loaded. - 4. TCP or UDP? - TCP. +1.6 I'm not a native English speaker and I would like a translated version of +gaim. - 5. So the buddy list is stored on the server? - Yep. Fortunately for you, when the server decides to *not* store -it any more, gaim keeps a cached copy. +Gaim currently has a few translations (French, Spanish, Korean, and Simplified +Chinese); however, most of them are out of date. If you would like to update +or add a translation of gaim, email or IM either Rob or Eric and they can tell +you how to go about it. -II. The Client - 1. What does 'gaim' stand for? - It's basically the letter 'g' tacked on to the beginning of -'AIM' (which is fairly obvious). G stands for all sorts of good things. -Girls, Godzilla, GTK, graham crackers, whatever. +2 Multiple Connections + +2.1 What do you mean by "multiple connections"? - 2. How do I make multiple groups? - There are two ways: Click the "Group" button in the Edit Buddies -tab of the buddy list; or click the "Add" button and simply enter a new group -name. +Multiple Connections means that it's possible to connect to the AOL servers +using more than one screenname at a time. It's just a way of not having to run +three copies of gaim for each of your screennames. + +2.2 How do I sign on more than one account? - 3. How come there's no file transfer? - There is, it's just that you can't request for the transfer to -take place. Only people who use the Oscar protocol can, so you're out of luck -there. At least you can get and send files. - - 4. Why no AOL logo? - AOL's legal staff told us no-no. +The Account Editor controls all of your accounts, and lets you add, delete, +modify, and sign on/off accounts. It is accessible from the login window or +from the 'Tools' menu in the buddy list as 'Accounts'. Simply highlight the +account you want to sign on, and click the 'Sign On/Off' button. To sign on +another account, highlight it and click the 'Sign On/Off' button. There is a +column labeled 'Currently Online' to let you know if the account is online or +not. - 5. Where are my log files stored? - After you select `log all conversations' you may be wondering -where your log files are stored. Well, they are currently, by default, stored -under $HOME/.gaim/YourScreenName/. If your screen name is Zilding then you -will find your logs under: $HOME/.gaim/Zilding/. This will eventually become -configurable. - - 6. Can I use my Windows 95 buddylist with Gaim? - Yes. Thanks to a couple great people (S D Erle and BMiller), -gaim can import your Win95 buddylist. Simply select "Import Buddy List" from -the buddy list window. +2.3 How do buddy lists work for multiple connections? - 7. I'm not a native English speaker and I would like a translated - version of gaim. - There are a few translations of gaim. If you can do a -translation for us, I'd greatly appreciate it! Just let me know and I'll -give you detailed instructions on how to do it. - - 8. I'm behind a proxy, and I'd like to use GAIM. - HTTP, Socks 4, and Socks 5 proxying should be working now. -None of them support authentication yet though. +"The same as they did before" is the simple answer. Each account you have will +have its own buddy list, which you can add buddies to and remove from. In the +'Edit Buddies' tab of your buddy list, you'll see the name of each of your +online accounts (unless if you only have one), with its buddy list nested +underneath it. - -III. Multiple Connections - 1. What do you mean by "multiple connections"? - Multiple Connections means that it's possible to connect to -the AOL servers using more than one screenname at a time. When you connect -using more than one screenname, each name will have their own buddy list. Each -will be able to send messages and do all the normal things. It's just a way of -not having to run 3 copies of gaim for each of your screennames. +2.4 What's a PRPL? - 2. What's a PRPL? - PRPL stands for PRotocol PLugin. It's a way to dynamically add -new protocols to gaim. This allows you to use gaim as your AIM client, ICQ -client, Yahoo, client, and even IRC client, all at the same time. Loading a -PRPL is like loading any other plugin - simply load the file from the plugins -dialog. Then simply add an account using the Account Editor and have it use -that protocol. +PRPL stands for Protocol Plugin. It's a way to dynamically add new protocols +to gaim. This allows you to use gaim as your AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, and even IRC +client, all at the same time. Loading a PRPL is just like loading any other +plugin - simply load the .so file from the plugins dialog. + +2.5 How do I use a different protocol? - 3. What happens when I load a new protocol? - Gaim keeps track of all the protocols that it knows about. -When you load a new protocol, it lets you add a new account that uses that -protocol. If you loaded the protocol as a plugin, and remove that plugin, gaim -then signs off any connections that were using that protocol, and forgets -about it. If you load a protocol that has already been loaded, it will unload -the original one and load the new one. - - 4. So how do I add accounts? - There is an Account Editor that is accessible from the main -signon window, and also from the Buddy List Tools menu. This brings up a -window that lets you add and remove accounts, modify them, and sign them on -independently of each other. - - 5. This sucks. I want my old gaim back. - Relax, there's a configure option, --disable-multi, that will -remove any way of having multiple connections from the UI. This gives gaim the -old familiar UI, and allow only one connection at a time. It will also benefit -from all of the features added that are not related to multiple connections -(like reporting idle times based on X usage). +In the Account Editor, click the 'Add' button to add a new account. Below the +password entry, you should see a menu labeled 'Protocol', with a list of the +protocols available for you to use. (If you don't see the protocol you want to +use, make sure you have the proper PRPL loaded.) Enter in your username (for +ICQ this should be your UIN) and password, and you're set. You can then sign +the account on by clicking the 'Sign On/Off' button when the account is +highlighted. -IV. Problems - 1. WAAAAAH! My sound doesn't work! - ./configure should autodetect whether or not you have ESD -libraries. If you have them it _WILL_ compile with them, if not it won't. -If it compiles with them, you don't need to be running the ESD daemon, it'll -automatically fallback to using /dev/dsp. Make sure that gaim has proper -permissions to talk to /dev/dsp and /dev/audio though! +3 About the Protocols (what they support, and how to do things with them) + +3.0 Introduction + +This really only describes the protocol, and how gaim is able to use it. For +a listing of what gaim has implemented with each protocol, please read the +STATUS file. - 2. My buddy list disappeared! - You didn't back up your buddy list, did you? You never back -anything up! Oh well. The TOC server loses lists from time to time, it -happens to me as well. (And no, I never have a backup ;). Gaim should have -kept a cache of your buddy list, though, so you shouldn't have this problem any -more. +3.1 TOC - 3. I click on URLs, but Netscape doesn't popup! - Netscape either needs to be running on the current display -(gaim should handle remote netscape windows OK.), or 'netscape' needs to be -in your path. +TOC is an open protocol (meaning that there's open documentation from the +people who developed it), developed by AOL, for clients to use to connect to +the AIM server. It has stopped being supported by AOL (though they do still +make changes to the TOC server). It is a strip-down and simplified version of +their "real" protocol, Oscar. - 4. I don't use Netscape. - I'm very interested in supporting other web browsers. Do -send me information on how to send a URL to your browser remotely (or point -me at the source to the browser, I might be able to figure it out.). +TOC is a TCP protocol, and will only ever make one TCP connection (unless if +you accept a file transfer request). Your buddy list is stored on the server, +and gaim keeps a locally cached copy as well. When you sign on the server and +local lists are merged. + +3.2 Oscar - 5. I'm using the GNOME client. I have a bug. - GNOME bugs should be reported to Eric Warmenhoven (IM: -EWarmenhoven (how original)), who is now maintaining that part of the code. If -you ask the other guys about it, they'll just point you at him. - - 6. I have a bug not described here. - Well, it could be a few things. Firstly, you MUST HAVE GTK+ -VERSION 1.2.3 installed! Please state in any bug report that you ARE using -1.2.3, otherwise you have a chance of being ignored. With that said ;) -head over to our page on Sourceforge, http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/. +Oscar is the protocol that the Windows version of AIM uses (and actually, +ICQ2000 uses it too). It's a closed protocol, meaning that in order for gaim +to use it, someone had to reverse-engineer it. For gaim, the libfaim authors +did this, and wrote a library so that we could use it. - 7. I have Mandrake 6.0 and GAIM doesnt work! +Oscar is a TCP protocol, but it makes several connections: the authorizor (the +initial connection, who you send your screenname/password to), the BOS (which +is the "main" connection, through which all your messages go), ChatNav (which +lets you join chat rooms), as well as one for each chat room you join. Oscar +does let you store your buddy list on the server, but libfaim hasn't added +that functionality yet. -Bob Meyer <meyer_rm@yahoo.com> writes: +3.3 Yahoo! -Here's the solution: - * Get esound-0.2.12-4mdk.i586.rpm and - esound-devel-0.2.12-4mdk.i586.rpm from any Mandrake mirror. - * rpm --upgrade esound-0.2.12-4mdk.i586.rpm - * rpm -- upgrade esound-devel-0.2.12-4mdk.i586.rpm +Yahoo! uses a closed protocol; the authors of libyahoo reverse-engineered it +and gaim uses that library. It is a TCP protocol, and makes several +connections, though I'm not entirely sure at which points. It stores your +buddy list on the server, and gaim keeps a locally cached copy. When you sign +on the server and local lists are merged. -Don't use EVIL 'updates' tool. It's broke.. really bad. +3.4 IRC - Mandrake 6.1, with its newer libraries, appears to fix this problem. +IRC is an open protocol (though I've heard that some servers deviate slightly +from it). It's a TCP protocol, and will only ever make one connection (outside +of DCC connections). + +3.5 ICQ -V. Programming - 1. I have a patch for gaim! - Nice. Think about your patch though. First, does it have -to do with AIM? I won't apply patches for stock tickers, search engines, -etc. Rewrite it as a plug-in if you really want bloat like that. -Second, is it useful? A lot of patches I get are horribly unuseful except -in very specific situations (ie YOUR situation). Thirdly, your code -will not retain your copyright. All code submitted must be protected by -the GPL and the copyright will be given to Mark Spencer. If you don't -like this, don't send me your patches. You will be given authorship credit, -don't worry -- I just want a homogenous copyright on the program. Lastly, -does your code match the coding style already present in gaim? I like my -brackets where I like them. I do NOT like, in fact I positively HATE, I -DESPISE, with a PASSION, the convention of variablesLikeThis. And -functionsLikeThis. If you do that, fine. It's great. But guess what? -This is C. C programmers don't write like that. I don't write like that. -I don't want to READ code like that. I want a homogenous coding style -on this program, and it's gonna be MY coding style. :) - Now, if you've managed to get through all that and I haven't -discouraged you entirely, send your patches to Rob Flynn (rob@linuxpimps.com). +ICQ is a closed protocol, though there have been several groups of people who +have reverse-engineered it, and there are several libraries available. Gaim +uses icqlib (which supports multiple connections, as opposed to libicq, which +does not). It is a mix of UDP and TCP: the connection to the server is UDP, +and conversations are TCP unless if they are sent through the server. This +means you'll make one UDP connection, and possibly very many TCP connections. + +3.6 MSN + +Rob? + +3.7 Jabber - 2. I have a plugin for gaim! - Cool. Before you release it to anyone though, make sure you -understand that if it does anything useful, it is necessarily licenced under -the GPL. It's that whole "code that uses GPL'ed code is thus GPL'ed" clause. -Also, don't send it to us. It's not that we don't want it, but there are -better places to put it. Head over to sourceforge.net and submit it there -<http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=235>. It'll be available more quickly -that way. +Jabber is an open protocol, developed by the Jabber team, and is XML-encoded. +It is a TCP protocol, and you will only ever make one TCP connection. Jabber +has a feature it calls 'transports', where the server tells you which services +it has available (such as AIM or ICQ), and you tell it which service you would +like to use. This way you can have only one connection, but be connected to +AIM and ICQ (among others) several times. Anyone who gives a damn about Open +Source, especially open messaging, should use Jabber. They have the only Open +Source IM server. - 3. Can you teach me how to program GTK? - Yes, I can. But no, I'm not going to. There's a really -nice tutorial at http://www.gtk.org. If you're a fairly experienced -programmer, and you get stuck on something odd, IM me, I'm usually happy to -help. If you had a little BASIC experience in high school and are having -trouble making a button widget do anything when you click it, buy a book on -C and read the damn GTK tutorial, I'm a busy person. +3.8 Napster + +Rob? -VI. Miscellaneous - 1. Can I talk to you on IM? - Sure. My IM name is RobFlynn. The rest of the crew's IM names -can be found in various places. Keep in mind though, I'm a very busy person. -This IM name is used for friends as well as for gaim (I don't just log this -guy in when I want to talk to gaim people). So please, don't IM me just to -chat, or to answer various Linux questions. I'd like to be able to answer -everyone's questions on whatever (I usually do know the answer, or at least -where to find it!) but I just don't have time. Things like this will -usually be ignored. Other things to keep in mind when talking to me: Don't -start off with 'I have a gaim question', 'Can I ask a question?', 'Hello?', -'Are you there?', 'Is this the gaim guy?', 'gaim doesn't work', 'I can't get -gaim to compile' or anything else like that. Why? If you'll notice in all -of the above statements, nothing useful has been said. I'm often away from -my computer. I suggest if you are having a serious problem or you have a -question, just ASK THE QUESTION, right off, I don't require any preliminary -stuff. Simply sending me "gaim segfaults when I do 'blah blah click blah'" -to start a conversation is fine -- I don't consider it rude, please just ask -the question. If I don't answer within a few minutes, leave your email -address, I will get back to you sooner or later. Lastly, do NOT abbreviate -'you' as 'u', 'are' as 'r', 'to' as '2', 'for' as '4', or any of those other -annoying AOLisms. They bother me greatly, and as I work long hours and am -an insomniac (probably because I'm such a mean bastard ;), I'm likely to -make fun of you, or more likely ignore you completely. I don't require -perfect English but it'd be nice. +4 Problems + +4.1 Sound doesn't work + +./configure should autodetect whether or not you have ESD libraries. If you +have them it will compile with them; if not it won't. If it compiles with them +you don't need to be running the ESD daemon; it'll automatically fall back to +using /dev/dsp. Make sure gaim has the proper permissions to talk to /dev/dsp +and /dev/audio though! + +4.2 Clicking on URLs doesn't open Netscape + +Netscape either needs to be running on the current display (though gaim should +handle remote netscape windows OK), or 'netscape' needs to be in your path. + +4.3 I don't use Netscape + +There's the option to manually enter which browser you'd like to use. We're +interested in supporting browsers other than Netscape though; send us some +information about how to send a URL to your browser (source is nice :) ). + +4.4 I have a bug not described here + +We have a page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/, and from there you +can report your bug. - 2. I want to write an IM client. Will you help me? - No, unless you're writing one commercially. Email me for -rates -- I'm not all that expensive. :) + +5 Programming + +5.1 I have a patch for gaim! + +Great! Send it over to the Patches section on our sourceforge page, +http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/. From there we'll take a look at it (no +promises that it'll get in, but we'll at least take a look at it). + +5.2 I have a plugin/perl script for gaim! - 3. I have money. I need some software written. Can you help? - Oh yes. My email address is rob@blueridge.net and my - screen name is RobFlynn. - - 4. I have hardware that's not being used, or money. Can you use it? - Almost always. I'm a broke college student. We're all -broke here. Flat busted. Money would always help. If you have some useful -equipment (or even useless equipment! I like old mainframes and -workstations ;), do send it to us! I might be able to scratch together -shipping money even. :) +Great! Post it to the Patches section on our sourceforge page, and mark it as +a plugin. Then other people will be able to see it and use it. (Make sure that +you understand that your plugin is necessarily GPL'd, and you must provide +source to your plugin.) + +5.3 Can you teach me how to program GTK? - 5. I would like to send you beer. - OK. +Actually, I can't. I'm a very bad teacher. I'm much too impatient. There is a +really great tutorial and API reference on the GTK website though, +http://www.gtk.org/. That's how I learned, anyway. + + +6 Miscellaneous + +6.1 Can I talk to you on IM? - 6. Are you going to port this thing to Windows? - I've been mulling it over and playing with cygwin on the -tiny Windows partition I do have on my laptop (It's required for school), -but I'm not sure yet. I actually do have a version of gaim running on it -now, as of 7/20. However, the Win32 port of GTK has some issues that need -to be resolved before I can even attempt to release this. Some of my WIN32 -patches are included in this release, usually under an #ifdef _WIN32 (which -cygwin and I think other windows compilers set). - Update, 8/16/2000, more than one year later: No. The simple -answer is this will never be ported to Windows. I simply dislike windows -too greatly. +Sure. Our IM names can be found in the AUTHORS file. Keep in mind though that +we're busy people. We use those screennames as our main screen names, not just +to talk to gaim users. So please, don't IM us for us to answer questions about +Linux. We'd like to be able to answer everyone's questions, but we just don't +have the time. We aren't paid to hack gaim; we do have other jobs. + +6.2 I want to write an IM client. Will you help me? + +I'll give you advice, but other than that, no (unless you'd like to pay me). + +6.3 I have money. I need software written. Can you help? + +Oh yes. My email address is warmenhoven@yahoo.com and my screen name is +EWarmenhoven. - 7. Why the GPL? - I like the GPL. +6.4 I have hardware here that's not being used. Can you use it? + +Most certainly. IM me or email me and I'll tell you where you can ship it to +(I might be able to scratch together shipping money even). + +6.5 I would like to send you beer. - 8. I use *BSD and I hate the penguin! I want daemon images! - Quit your complaining! They're there already! I still don't -understand why ya'll hate the penguin though, maybe it's just jealousy cause -our OS gets all the media attention? I kinda like the daemon :) +OK. + +6.6 Are you going to port this to Windows? - 9. Can I design a logo for you? - Sure! Do your best. Entries may be emailed to: -gaimlogo@blueridge.net. After we get a nice supply of entries we'll sort -through them and pick the winner. +No. If you'd like to work on a port help yourself; but I really really dislike +Windows (in all its closed-source evilness). + +6.7 Why no AOL logo? - 10. What is a wagii? - Interesting question that you ask, there. `Wagii' is the -official celebratory cry of gaim. Anytime you are feeling happy or excited, -just remember all of the hard work that we have done to provide you with -this wonderful, free piece of software -- as the pure, raw, emotion flows -through you, maybe you too will let out the cry of -- Wagii. - Its also the sound a Penguin Samurai makes :) +AOL's legal staff told us no-no. + +6.8 Why the GPL? + +I like the GPL. + +6.9 What is a wagii? - 11. Speaking of the penguin, I heard a rumour you have a tattoo of - it. Is that true? - Hehe. Yes, that is true. He's on my left upper arm. If -you'd like to see a picture, visit <http://www.woodsoup.org/~sbaker/tux/doc/>. -It's a 'history of Tux' and there's a pic of my tattoo at the bottom. A pic -of my tattoo is also in the LIMP, and linux.remotepoint.com. There's also a -picture of the two matching Tux tattoos that a husband and wife have in -there. I've heard a rumour someone at Red Hat has one as well. BTW -- no, -it really didn't hurt, and yes, I was sober ;) +Interesting question that you ask, there. 'Wagii' is the official celebratory +cry of gaim. Anytime you are feeling happy or excited, just remember all of +the hard work that we have done to provide you with this wonderful, free piece +of software -- as the pure, raw, emotion flows through you, maybe you too will +let out the cry of -- Wagii. + +It is also the sound a Penguin Samurai makes :) - 12. What Window Manager do you use? What distribution do you use? - What other stupid things can you ask me that don't really matter - but ya'll ask me anyway? - I use WindowMaker, without any GNOME or KDE bits. I don't -really use a distro, per se, as it used to be a Red Hat distro a long time -ago, but since then I've custom-installed by hand from one hard drive to -another, so it really doesn't resemble Red Hat anymore, and I've written -most of the rc. scripts from scratch. Please don't ask me Red Hat -questions, also I hate it when people assume that Red Hat == Linux. +6.10 What window manager/distribution/other crap do you use? + +Rob uses Red Hat, with Ximian GNOME on top. Rob? + +Eric uses debian woody. He uses Enlightenment as his window manager; though +the only reason it would seem that Eric uses X at all is to support having +his 20 Eterms and 4 Mozilla windows open. Oh yeah, and gaim_applet. - 13. Is XX a good harddrive, YY a good monitor, and ZZ a good CPU? - Hmm, we're kinda poor so we cant be positive... if you wanna -send us some hardware we'll use it though and tell you how good it is *wink* +6.11 Is XX a good hard drive, YY a good monitor and ZZ a good CPU? + +You could send us one and we could tell you... :) - 14. Who designed the new logo? - A good guy named Naru Sundar. +6.12 I want to contribute to the effort. Where can I send beer to? - 15. I want to contribute to the effort. Where can I send beer to? - IM RobFlynn or email him at rflynn@blueridge.net +IM RobFlynn or email him at rflynn@blueridge.net.