annotate README @ 3791:06762b8e1194

[gaim-migrate @ 3931] Better. committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
date Wed, 23 Oct 2002 00:15:13 +0000
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3 Rob Flynn <rob@marko.net> IM: RobFlynn (currnet maintainer)
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4 Syd Logan - Super Hacker and Resident Designated Driver
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5 Jim Duchek <jimduchek@ou.edu> IM: Zilding (former maintainer)
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6 Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org> (retired)
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9 Gaim is an IM client that supports many protocols, including AIM, ICQ,
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10 MSN, IRC, and Jabber. Gaim is NOT endorsed by, nor affiliated with,
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11 AOL nor any other company in ANY way.
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14 BUILD
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17 Read the 'INSTALL' file for more detailed directions.
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19 Gaim uses the standard ./configure ; make. You need to use gmake, BSD
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20 make probably won't work. Remember, run ./configure --help to see what
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21 build options are available.
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23 In order to compile Gaim, you need to have GTK+ 1.2.5 installed (as
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24 well as the development files!). The configure script will fail if you
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25 don't. You can get it from http://www.gtk.org/.
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27 Gaim will try to compile with Gnome features if you have Gnome on your
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28 system. If you don't have them, it will settle for simply GTK. If you
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29 don't want Gnome bits, ./configure --disable-gnome
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31 If you want to build as a GNOME applet:
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32 ./configure --enable-panel ; make
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33 then su to root and run "make install".
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34 Afterwards panel->Add applet->Network->Gaim should be there.
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37 RUN
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38 ===
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40 You should run 'make install' as root to make sure plugins and other files
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41 get installed into locations they want to be in. Once you've done that,
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42 you only need to run 'gaim'.
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44 To use the other services (such as Yahoo and IRC) which are available
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45 as plugins:
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47 They are installed in $libdir/gaim, which usually is either /usr/lib/gaim
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48 or /usr/local/lib/gaim, and should have a somewhat descriptive name (e.g.
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49 libyahoo.so or libirc.so). Load those plugins using the normal plugin
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50 dialog. Then in the account editor, add a new account; the Protocol option
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51 menu should now have another option for the protocol that you loaded. Then
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52 you can sign that account on.
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54 Read below for protocol-specific information.
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57 PLUGINS
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60 If you do not wish to enable the plugin support within Gaim, run the
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61 ./configure script with the --disable-plugins option and recompile your
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62 source code. This will prevent the ability to load plugins.
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64 'make install' puts the plugins in $PREFIX/lib/gaim (PREFIX being what
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65 you specified when you ./configure'd - it defaults to /usr/local). Gaim
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66 looks for the plugins in that directory by default, but they do not have
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67 to be there to use them. Also, plugins have a .so extension by default,
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68 though they do not have to.
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70 To build a plugin from a .c file, put it in the plugins/ directory in
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71 the source and run 'make filename.so', e.g. if you have the .c file
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72 'kickass.c', put it in the plugins/ directory, and from that directory,
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73 run 'make kickass.so'.
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76 NOTES
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79 If you manually set a command for your browser or sound player options,
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80 make sure to put double-quotes around the "%s", otherwise bad things may
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81 happen.
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83 If you come across a bug, please report it to http://gaim.sf.net/bug.php3.
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85 There always seems to be some iffy-ness by a lot of people about
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86 whether to use the CVS version or stick with a stable release. Use the
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87 CVS version. If you need a version that you know is reliable, then keep
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88 your favorite one in case of an emergency. But for the most part, gaim
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89 is not mission-critical software, and if you can help us find a few bugs
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90 before we release, all the better. (Also, CVS tends to be more stable
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91 than releases, since we get 10 or 12 bug reports right after we make a
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92 release, and all those bugs are fixed within a day or two usually.) Read
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93 http://gaim.sf.net/cvs.php for more information.
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96 PROTOCOL INFORMATION
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99 Each protocol is hacked by both Rob and Eric, though there is one person
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100 that kind of "owns" a protocol (mostly indicating that they were the
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101 person that originally wrote it). Their name will be next to the protocol;
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102 they're the people to complain to when something doesn't work ;).
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105 TOC (Rob)
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108 You shouldn't use TOC, you should use Oscar instead. TOC can sync your
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109 buddy list with the server (if it's not too long), and can respond to file
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110 transfer requests (both sending and receiving). Other than that, there's
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111 nothing it can do that Oscar can't, yet. The TOC protocol doesn't allow
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112 retrieval of away messages; isn't capable of sending or receiving buddy
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113 icons; it also can't make file transfer requests.
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116 Oscar (Eric)
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119 Oscar is the default protocol. It is recommended that you use Oscar for
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120 both AIM and ICQ, as TOC isn't very featureful and the old ICQ protocol no
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121 longer works.
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123 For AIM, Oscar can get people's away messages. It can request and accept
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124 Direct IM connections, but it cannot yet transfer files through this (or
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125 through any other means). It can send and receive buddy icons if you have
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126 GdkPixbuf.
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128 For ICQ, it supports nearly everything that the old ICQ plugin supported,
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129 which isn't much. To use Oscar for ICQ, enter your ICQ UIN as the
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130 screenname. The default host/port will work. You'll need to use a different
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131 client to register a new ICQ account if you don't have one yet.
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134 Yahoo (Eric)
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137 Yahoo is currently using the new YMSG protocol that newer official Yahoo
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138 clients are using. This protocol is much better than the old one, and
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139 tends to be somewhat more reliable. However, the Yahoo service is still
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140 flaky at best. Group chats aren't supported yet.
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146 There are three ways to join an IRC chat room. The first is the File->Join
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147 A Chat menu option in the Buddy List window. The second is the "Chat"
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148 button at the bottom of the buddy list. The third is to type "/join #name"
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149 in an IM window where the "Send Message As" menu is set to your IRC
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150 account. There are other / commands that work in IM and Chat windows for
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151 IRC, /help will give you a list of them.
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154 MSN (Eric)
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157 With MSN you can join a conversation with several people, but you can't
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158 invite people from the IM window yet.
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161 ICQ (Eric)
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164 The ICQ plugin is deprecated and will probably be removed soon. The
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165 protocol only marginally works. You should use Oscar for ICQ. You'll
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166 need a different client to register an ICQ account if you don't have
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167 one yet.
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170 Jabber (Eric)
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173 Transports aren't currently supported at all, though if you have a
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174 transport already subscribed Gaim will use it (you can't add or remove
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175 transports though). In order to use a server other than jabber.org, set
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176 your username to include the server, e.g. warmenhoven@mycompany.com. This
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178 notification. You'll need to use a different client to register a Jabber
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179 account if you don't have one yet.
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182 Napster (Rob)
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183 =======
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185 Heh. Ok, so I (Rob) am on crack! Gaim can sign on/off of Napster,
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186 add/remove people to your hotlist (buddylist) as well as chat privately
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187 and in chat rooms. You can search for files and browse a list of other
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188 user's files. You can currently download files as long as the person
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189 you're retrieving files from is not firewalled.
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192 Zephyr (Eric)
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195 Let me start off by saying how much I really despise Zephyr. They do a
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196 lot of things that make me realize why this never caught on. For those
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197 of you who are unfortunate enough to feel compelling need to use this,
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198 gaim now has a Zephyr plugin. It can currently sign on/off, handles
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199 presence/buddy lists (it even imports your .anyone file!), and can
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200 send/receive personal messages. A lot of stuff is missing, this is just
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201 a real rough first stab at it.
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204 Gadu-Gadu (Eric)
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207 I really shouldn't be taking credit for Gadu-Gadu, I'm just the person who
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208 commits the patches that Arkadiusz Miskiewicz gives me. Gadu-Gadu is an IM
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209 system most similar to ICQ that is quite popular in Poland. It can manage
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210 your server-side buddy list through the Protocol Actions menu. You'll need
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211 to use a different client to register a new account if you don't have one
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