Mercurial > pidgin.yaz
changeset 7814:f23a7bc0de77
[gaim-migrate @ 8461]
i never remember to update this anyway
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
| author | Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im> |
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| date | Tue, 09 Dec 2003 01:11:13 +0000 |
| parents | 8bba34c04c9d |
| children | 2348fa3da6ed |
| files | doc/FAQ |
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--- a/doc/FAQ Mon Dec 08 23:59:03 2003 +0000 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,514 +0,0 @@ -Gaim: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone Thats Good For The Soul - -1 Compiling - 1.1 Is there some way I can compile just Gaim, without all of - these protocols? - 1.2 I'm getting an error: ./au2h.c BuddyArrive.h open: No such - file or directory - 1.3 I compiled Gaim, but when I restart, it did not update. - 1.4 I can't compile Gaim CVS. - 1.5 I have a question about GTK2. - -2 Using Gaim - 2.1 How do I register for a new account? - 2.2 Why is gaim crashing when somebody sends me an IM? - -3 Features - 3.1 How do I use MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, IRC, Gadu-Gadu, Napster, or Zephyr? - 3.2 Can Gaim send files? - 3.3 When will file transfer be supported? Is it being worked on? - 3.4 How come there's no Export Buddy List? - 3.5 Will Gaim save my buddy list to the server? - 3.6 Can Gaim import my buddy list? - 3.7 Can I set a buddy icon? - -4 ICQ Protocol - 4.1 How do I use ICQ? - 4.2 ICQ doesn't work. - -5 AIM/ICQ (Oscar) Protocol - 5.1 Some of my buddies are not showing up as online, why is that? - 5.2 IM Image doesn't work, why? - 5.3 I sent an IM Image, but only a blank line shows up, why? - -6 IRC Protocol - 6.1 Why am I getting disconnected when I try to connect to IRC? - -7 Jabber Protocol - 7.1 How do I choose which Jabber server to use? - 7.2 How do I change my Jabber resource to be other than the - default of "/GAIM"? - 7.3 How do I register a new Jabber account? - 7.4 How do I use invisibility? - 7.5 I've a buddy that I keep removing from my buddy list, but - he keeps coming back! How can I stop this? - 7.6 What does "Remove From Roster" do? - 7.7 What does "Cancel Presence Notification" do? - -8 Scripts and Plugins - 8.1 Where can I find documentation on writing plugins and - Perl scripts? - 8.2 How do I compile a plugin for Gaim? - -9 Development - 9.1 Where should I report bugs? - 9.2 Where should I submit patches? - 9.3 Did you guys reverse engineer it? - 9.4 Will Gaim be ported to Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP? - 9.5 Will there be a QT dock app? - -10 Misc. Questions - 10.1 Does AOL's attempts at blocking Trillian affect Gaim? - 10.2 Is Gaim affected by the vulnerability found in Windows - AIM or Yahoo Instant Messenger clients? - 10.3 Can I IM you guys? - 10.4 Can I give you money/hardware/other expensive things that - can be hocked for cash what with you all being - students/full-time-workers and helping to produce this - wonderful software instead of studying/sleeping? - - -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| 1 Compiling -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -1.1 Is there some way I can compile just Gaim, without all of - these protocols? - - Sort of, yeah. There's actually two ways to do it. - - 1. Use the --with-static-prpls option to ./configure along with - --disable-plugins. This will let you choose which protocols are - compiled in with Gaim, but you will not be able to use any other - protocols or plugins. - - You'll need to compile any protocols that you specified in - --with-static-prpls. Oscar and TOC are defaults. - - 2. Change to the directories for the protocols you - want to compile (e.g. src/protocols/jabber), and - run make from there. Then after you've compiled all - of them, change back to src/ and run make gaim. - - -1.2 I'm getting an error: - - ./au2h.c BuddyArrive.h - open: No such file or directory - - You're not using gmake, are you? You need to be using gmake - - -1.3 I compiled Gaim, but when I restart, it did not update. - - If you previously had an rpm or a Debian package installed, you need to - remove that first. When you restart Gaim, it will give some errors about - your plugins. This is normal. Simply go into the Plugins dialog - (Tools->Plugins) and reload them. These errors will only happen once. - - -1.4 I can't compile Gaim CVS. - - Make sure you have gettext <= 0.10.40 or gettext >= 0.11.3, autoconf 2.11 - or 2.53, and automake 1.4px. If you are still having problems, make sure - that your gettext package includes the program gettextize (for gettext <= - 0.10.40) or autopoint (for gettext >= 0.11.3). If it does not, look for - another package. - - We don't support gettext 0.11.0 through 0.11.2. It may work for you, but - we make no promises. - - If you are using autoconf 2.50+, do not use a version of gettext lower - than 0.10.39. You will get errors in the po/ directory. - - If you have Slackware, you need to get non-slack packages for autoconf, - automake, gettext, and libtool. You also have to copy the contents of - /usr/local/share/aclocal to /usr/share/aclocal. This is due to bugs in - Slackware and the auto* packages. - - -1.5 I have a question about GTK2. - - Don't ask untill the changelog says it works. - - -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| 2 Using Gaim -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -2.1 How do I register for a new account? - - This depends on the protocol. - - AIM: Go to http://aim.AOL.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp. - - ICQ: Go to http://web.icq.com/register. - - Yahoo: Go to http://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_register. - - MSN: Go to http://registernet.passport.com. - - Gadu-Gadu: Use the official client to create an account. - - Jabber: See the question "How do I register a new Jabber account?" - below. - - -2.2 Why is gaim crashing when somebody sends me an IM? - - If you're using a version older than 0.55 (or Ximian or Debian's 0.54 - package), you can be crashed remotely through an IM using one of two - strings. The solution is to upgrade to the latest version, where both - exploits are fixed. - - If you are using a version newer than 0.55 and gaim still crashes, please - let us know. - - -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| 3 Features -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -3.1 How do I use MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, IRC, Gadu-Gadu, Napster, or Zephyr? - - First load the plugin. Protocol plugins come with Gaim, so just go to the - Plugins dialog (Tools->Plugins, or the Plugins button on the start - screen) and then click "Load." The protocol plugins are named - lib<protocol>.so, so MSN for instance is provided by libmsn.so. - - After you have loaded the appropriate plugin, use the Account Editor - (Tools->Accounts, or the Accounts button on the start screen) to add the - account. - - -3.2 Can Gaim send files? - - TOC can, in a limited way. Most protocols are capable of it, but Gaim - hasn't implemented anything yet. - - -3.3 When will file transfer be supported? Is it being worked on? - - File transfer is not currently being worked on. It will be supported if - someone writes a patch using a generic user interface and without adding - any GTK+ to the protocol plugins. - - -3.4 How come there's no Export Buddy List? - - It would be the same as the cp command. Gaim stores your buddy list in - the $HOME/.gaim directory. You can copy it out of there. - - -3.5 Will Gaim save my buddy list to the server? - - Gaim already does this in MSN, Yahoo, and TOC. As of version 0.53, this - support exists for Oscar as well. Improved Jabber support is being worked - on. - - -3.6 Can Gaim import my buddy list? - - This depends on the format of the buddy list. Gaim cannot import Licq - contact lists. Gaim has mixed success importing Windows AIM buddy lists. - If you want to try, click File->Import. This is accessible after you sign - on. - - -3.7 Can I set a buddy icon? - - Yes. Go to the Account Editor (Tools->Accounts from the buddy list), and - click to "Modify" the Oscar account you wish to have an icon. Type the - full path to the image you wish to use in the box labeled "Buddy Icon - File." The file must be below 4KB. It can have any dimensions, and can be - in any format. However, if you wish Windows users to see it, it must be - in a format Windows understands, such as .bmp, .gif, and .jpg. - - -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| 4 ICQ Protocol -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -4.1 How do I use ICQ? - - ICQ support is part of the OSCAR protocol, labeled AIM/ICQ in gaim (see - the question "ICQ doesn't" work for why). To use it, simply put your - account number in the ScreenName box and your password in the password - box. Leave the server settings alone. - - -4.2 ICQ doesn't work. - - Use AIM/ICQ for ICQ. AOL stopped supporting the older versions of the ICQ - protocol. The newer versions are extensions of Oscar, which is labled - AIM/ICQ in gaim. Currently, Oscar supports as much of ICQ as the ICQ - plugin used to. To use Oscar for ICQ, put your UIN in the Screenname box, - and leave the server information alone. - - -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| 5 AIM/ICQ (Oscar) Protocol -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -5.1 Some of my buddies are not showing up as online, why is that? - - AOL has set a limit for the maximum number of people you can have in your - buddy list. This number is currently 200. Gaim 0.58 gives you a warning - if you are over the limit, but if you are using something prior to 0.58, - make sure you are not over the limit (and upgrade to something more - recent!). - - The other possibility is that your server-stored buddy list is corrupt. - Unfortunately, Gaim 0.53 had a bug that caused it to corrupt some - entries, especially group names. While this corruption doesn't show in - gaim unless you remove the SCREENNAME.0.blist file from ~/.gaim, it does - affect how long the server thinks your list is. The best way to fix this, - is to: - -mv ~/.gaim/SCREENNAME.0.blist ~/ - - where SCREENNAME is your screenname, without spaces and in all caps. Then - signon, delete all groups, signoff, and signon again to verify that your - list is empty. Once it is empty, signoff, mv your SCREENNAME.0.blist file - back into ~/.gaim, then sign on again. - - -5.2 IM Image doesn't work, why? - - IM Image is very sensitive, even from windows. Gaim currently only - supports sending IM Images if the sender is not behind a firewall or nat - device. Given that the windows version of AIM also has trouble in this - situation, we are not sure this is entirely fixable. A work around that - is sometimes effective is to have the reciever, not being behind a - firewall, request a direct connection, then send the immage. - - -5.3 I sent an IM Image, but only a blank line shows up, why? - - You need to have gdk-pixbuf installed to send IM Images, if the reciever - is also using gaim, [s]he also needs to have this installed. - - -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| 6 IRC Protocol -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -6.1 Why am I getting disconnected when I try to connect to IRC? - - You will be disconnected if the nickname you chose is already in use on - that IRC server. Try again with a different nickname. - - -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| 7 Jabber Protocol -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -7.1 How do I choose which Jabber server to use? - - The Jabber server name is part of your Jabber I.D., such as - somebody@server.name. So when entering your Jabber "screen name", the - server is specified as part of your JID. - - -7.2 How do I change my Jabber resource to be other than the default of - "/GAIM"? - - When you create your account in Gaim, simply append the desired resource - identifier to your Jabber I.D. For example: somebody@server.name/resource - - -7.3 How do I register a new Jabber account? - - As of version 0.52 and up: - - 1. Click "Tools->Accounts->Add" - 2. Select "Jabber" for the protocol. - 3. Fill in screen name and password as you normally would. - 4. Check the "Register with server" check-box - 5. Click "OK". - - A pop-up will tell you whether the registration succeeded or not. - - Note: You are strongly recommended to check the "Remember - password" check-box as well, as Gaim presently does no password - verification. So if you don't type in what you thought you did, - you're hosed. - - -7.4 How do I use invisibility? - - Jabber invisibility support is available in Gaim version 0.60 and later. - - There are two ways to use Jabber invisibility: on a per-buddy and on a - per-server basis. - - To use per-buddy invisibility: right-click on the buddy on the Online - buddy list and select "Temporarily Hide From." You will appear to that - buddy to be off-line. To make yourself seen by that buddy again: - right-click on the buddy and select "Un-hide From." Note that the menu - changes based on whether you're currently invisible to that buddy or - not. - - The "Temporarily" part is a dead give-away. Your invisibility to - that buddy will last only until the next time you log on or until - you set server invisibility (discussed next) on and off. - - To use per-server invisibility: click "Tools -> Away," select the Jabber - server login for the server upon which you wish to become invisible (if - necessary) and select "Invisible." To become visible again: select - anything else from that same menu (such as "Online"), or set your away - status or log off the server and back on again. - - You can set yourself invisible per-server and subsequently make yourself - visible to selected buddies only. - - Gaim currently does not retain invisibility settings between logins, - just as it doesn't currently retain "away" status. - - -7.5 I've a buddy that I keep removing from my buddy list but the entry - keeps coming back every time I log in again! How can I stop this? - - As of Gaim version 0.59 and later: Select the Edit Buddies tab, right- - click on the offending entry, and select "Remove From Roster." - - -7.6 Can I remove a buddy from my Jabber roster entirely? - - As of Gaim version 0.59 and later: yes. In the Edit Buddies tab, right- - click on a buddy and Select "Remove From Roster." - - The buddy will disappear from your buddy list and also will no longer - receive presence notifications from you. - - -7.7 What does "Cancel Presence Notification" do? - - This selection, available in Gaim version 0.60 and later, and found by - right-clicking on a buddy entry in the Edit Buddies tab, prevents that - Jabber I.D. from receiving future presence notifications when you log on - to the server. - - After you do this, that buddy will have to re-request a subscription to - your presence (and you will have to approve it) for them to again see you - on-line. - - -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| 8 Scripts and Plugins -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -8.1 Where can I find documentation on writing plugins and Perl scripts? - - If you look in the plugins/ directory in the Gaim source, you should see - a HOWTO file for C plugins and a PERL-HOWTO for Perl scripts. - - -8.2 How do I compile a plugin for Gaim? - - To compile a plugin for Gaim, you must have Gaim's source code. There are - two ways to get this: Tarballs, and CVS. To work with a tarball, follow - the instructions below. To use CVS, follow the instructions on the CVS - page. Please note that normally, CVS is much more stable than the - tarballs! - - To work with a tarball, download the latest source code from - http://gaim.sf.net/ and untar it with the command: - - tar zxvf filename - - where filename is the file you downloaded. - - After you have a Gaim source code tree, either through tarballs or CVS: - - 1. Change to the resulting directory and run the command: - - ./configure - - This will create the necessary make files. - - 2. Move the plugin you wish to compile into the plugins/ directory in - the Gaim source code tree. - - 3. Change to the plugins/ directory. - 4. Type: - - make name.so - - where the name of the file you wish to compile is name.c. - - Note well the difference in the extensions. If you type make name.c - nstead of name.so, it won't work. - - 5. After make finishes, you can move the plugin to a place that is more - convenient. $prefix/lib/gaim is suggested. If you installed Gaim by - compiling it yourself, $prefix is /usr/local by default. Otherwise, - $prefix is /usr. - - -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| 9 Development -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -9.1 Where should I report bugs? - - http://gaim.sf.net/bug.php - - -9.2 Where should I submit patches? - - http://gaim.sf.net/patches.php - - -9.3 Did you guys reverse engineer it? - - TOC, Jabber, MSN, Napster, and IRC are published protocols, so we didn't - have to reverse engineer those. Oscar, ICQ, and Yahoo are not published, - and were reverse engineered by other people. - - -9.4 Will Gaim be ported to Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP? - - When GTK+ 2.0 comes out and compiles well against Cygwin, and Gaim has - been ported to it, Gaim should work. It will not happen before GTK+ 2.0 - is ported to Windows, though. - - -9.5 Will there be a QT dock app? - - Right now Gaim, is done entirely in C and GTK+, so a QT dock app is not - in planned. You can either write a patch to do this yourself, or wait - until the core and UI of Gaim are split. A QT UI will probably be - considered at that time. - - -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| 10 Misc. Questions -+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -10.1 Does AOL's attempts at blocking Trillian affect Gaim? - - No. - - -10.2 Is Gaim affected by the vulnerability found in Windows AIM or Yahoo - Instant Messenger clients? - - No. - - -10.3 Can I IM you guys? - - Sure! Look at the Contact Information - (http://gaim.sf.net/contactinfo.php) page! - - -10.4 Can I give you money/hardware/other expensive things that can be - hocked for cash what with you all being students/full-time-workers - and helping to produce this wonderful software instead of - studying/sleeping? - - No. We're completely fool-hardy and won't accept any gratuities with no - strings attached for just being good guys. That and we'd have to share - with everyone who has submitted patches. ;-) -