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[gaim-migrate @ 751] oscar logins work better (?), aliases in convo windows. committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org>
date Tue, 22 Aug 2000 23:38:47 +0000
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1 GAIM: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone Thats Good For The Soul
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3 Welcome to the GAIM FAQ. Please read this document to insure that you
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4 are not asking us a question that has already been answered. We will
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5 most likely become slightly irritated with you and will either point
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6 you to this FAQ or ignore you. Of course, no harm is meant by this.
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7 We're two college aged kids, we both work and are very short on time.
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8 If you have any comments, praise, or ideas please don't hesitate to
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9 contact us. But please, don't initiate a conversation with "Hi" or
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10 "Can I ask you a question?" We generally do not respond to these
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11 comments because it takes too much time to get to the point of your
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12 statement. Simply say what you need to say and you'll more than
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13 likely get a quick response :-).
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15 I. The Protocol
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16 1. Is it the same protocol as the Windows client uses?
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17 2. Where can I find info on TOC?
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18 3. What other clients use this protocol?
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19 4. TCP or UDP?
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20 5. So the buddy list is stored on the server?
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22 II. The Client
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23 1. What does 'gaim' stand for?
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24 2. How do I make multiple groups?
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25 3. How come there's no file transfer?
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26 4. Why no AOL logo?
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27 5. Where are my log files stored?
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28 6. Can I use my Windows 95 Buddylist with Gaim?
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29 7. I'm not a native English speaker and I would like a translated
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30 version of gaim.
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31 8. I've got a proxy, and I'd like to use GAIM.
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33 III. Problems
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34 1. WAAAAAH! My sound doesn't work!
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35 2. My buddy list disappeared!
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36 3. I click on URLs, but Netscape doesn't popup!
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37 4. I don't use Netscape.
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38 5. I'm using the GNOME client. I have a bug.
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39 6. I have a bug not described here.
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40 7. I have Mandrake 6.0 and GAIM doesnt work!
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42 IV. Programming
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43 1. I have a patch for gaim!
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44 2. I have a plugin for gaim!
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45 3. Can you teach me how to program GTK?
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47 V. Miscellaneous
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48 1. Can I talk to you on IM?
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49 2. I want to write an IM client. Will you help me?
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50 3. I have money. I need some software written. Can you help?
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51 4. I have hardware here that's not being used, or money. Can
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52 you use it?
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53 5. I would like to send you beer.
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54 6. Are you going to port this thing to Windows?
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55 7. Why the GPL?
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56 8. I use *BSD and I hate the penguin! I want daemon images!
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57 9. Can I design a logo for you?
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58 10. What is a wagii?
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59 11. Speaking of the penguin, I heard a rumour you have a tattoo of
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60 it. Is that true?
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61 12. What Window Manager do you use? What distribution do you use?
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62 What other stupid things can you ask me that don't really matter
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63 but ya'll ask me anyway?
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64 13. Is XX a good Harddrive, YY a good monitor and ZZ a good CPU?
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65 14. Who designed the new logo?
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66 15. I want to contribute to the effort. Where can I send beer to?
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68 I. The Protocol
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69 1. Is it the same protocol as the Windows client uses?
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70 No. The Windows client uses Oscar, which is proprietary
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71 and undocumented. Some people have used network tools and such to figure
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72 it mostly out -- Look for 'faim'. We use TOC, which is completely open and
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73 documented.
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74 There is some support for libfaim now, which allows gaim to
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75 use Oscar, and it's even becoming usable. Maybe one day it'll be the default
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76 protocol, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen soon.
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78 2. Where can I find info on TOC?
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79 In the document called PROTOCOL. It's the version that was
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80 published with AOL's TiK client version 0.75, which appears to be the last
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81 one ever published.
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83 3. What other clients use this protocol?
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84 There are a few other Unix programs that use it, I think. I
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85 really couldn't tell you though. AOL used to keep a list of them, but no more.
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86 I think some of them are Everybuddy and Jabber. Oh yeah, TiK is still around.
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88 4. TCP or UDP?
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89 TCP.
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91 5. So the buddy list is stored on the server?
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92 Yep. Fortunately for you, when the server decides to *not* store
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93 it any more, gaim keeps a cached copy.
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96 II. The Client
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97 1. What does 'gaim' stand for?
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98 It's basically the letter 'g' tacked on to the beginning of
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99 'AIM' (which is fairly obvious). G stands for all sorts of good things.
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100 Girls, Godzilla, GTK, graham crackers, whatever.
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102 2. How do I make multiple groups?
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103 There are two ways: Click the "Group" button in the Edit Buddies
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104 tab of the buddy list; or click the "Add" button and simply enter a new group
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105 name.
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107 3. How come there's no file transfer?
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108 There is, it's just that you can't request for the transfer to
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109 take place. Only people who use the Oscar protocol can, so you're out of luck
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110 there. At least you can get and send files.
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112 4. Why no AOL logo?
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113 AOL's legal staff told us no-no.
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115 5. Where are my log files stored?
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116 After you select `log all conversations' you may be wondering
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117 where your log files are stored. Well, they are currently, by default, stored
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118 under $HOME/.gaim/YourScreenName/. If your screen name is Zilding then you
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119 will find your logs under: $HOME/.gaim/Zilding/. This will eventually become
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120 configurable.
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122 6. Can I use my Windows 95 buddylist with Gaim?
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123 Yes. Thanks to a couple great people (S D Erle and BMiller),
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124 gaim can import your Win95 buddylist. Simply select "Import Buddy List" from
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125 the buddy list window.
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127 7. I'm not a native English speaker and I would like a translated
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128 version of gaim.
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129 There are a few translations of gaim. If you can do a
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130 translation for us, I'd greatly appreciate it! Just let me know and I'll
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131 give you detailed instructions on how to do it.
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133 8. I'm behind a proxy, and I'd like to use GAIM.
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134 HTTP, Socks 4, and Socks 5 proxying should be working now.
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135 None of them support authentication yet though.
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138 III. Problems
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139 1. WAAAAAH! My sound doesn't work!
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140 ./configure should autodetect whether or not you have ESD
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141 libraries. If you have them it _WILL_ compile with them, if not it won't.
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142 If it compiles with them, you don't need to be running the ESD daemon, it'll
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143 automatically fallback to using /dev/dsp. Make sure that gaim has proper
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144 permissions to talk to /dev/dsp and /dev/audio though!
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146 2. My buddy list disappeared!
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147 You didn't back up your buddy list, did you? You never back
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148 anything up! Oh well. The TOC server loses lists from time to time, it
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149 happens to me as well. (And no, I never have a backup ;). Gaim should have
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150 kept a cache of your buddy list, though, so you shouldn't have this problem any
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151 more.
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153 3. I click on URLs, but Netscape doesn't popup!
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154 Netscape either needs to be running on the current display
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155 (gaim should handle remote netscape windows OK.), or 'netscape' needs to be
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156 in your path.
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157
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158 4. I don't use Netscape.
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159 I'm very interested in supporting other web browsers. Do
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160 send me information on how to send a URL to your browser remotely (or point
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161 me at the source to the browser, I might be able to figure it out.).
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163 5. I'm using the GNOME client. I have a bug.
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164 GNOME bugs should be reported to Eric Warmenhoven (IM:
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165 EWarmenhoven (how original)), who is now maintaining that part of the code. If
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166 you ask the other guys about it, they'll just point you at him.
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168 6. I have a bug not described here.
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169 Well, it could be a few things. Firstly, you MUST HAVE GTK+
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170 VERSION 1.2.3 installed! Please state in any bug report that you ARE using
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171 1.2.3, otherwise you have a chance of being ignored. With that said ;)
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172 head over to our page on Sourceforge, http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim/.
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174 7. I have Mandrake 6.0 and GAIM doesnt work!
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176 Bob Meyer <meyer_rm@yahoo.com> writes:
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178 Here's the solution:
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179 * Get esound-0.2.12-4mdk.i586.rpm and
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180 esound-devel-0.2.12-4mdk.i586.rpm from any Mandrake mirror.
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181 * rpm --upgrade esound-0.2.12-4mdk.i586.rpm
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182 * rpm -- upgrade esound-devel-0.2.12-4mdk.i586.rpm
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183
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184 Don't use EVIL 'updates' tool. It's broke.. really bad.
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185
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186 Mandrake 6.1, with its newer libraries, appears to fix this problem.
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187
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188 IV. Programming
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189 1. I have a patch for gaim!
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190 Nice. Think about your patch though. First, does it have
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191 to do with AIM? I won't apply patches for stock tickers, search engines,
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192 etc. Rewrite it as a plug-in if you really want bloat like that.
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193 Second, is it useful? A lot of patches I get are horribly unuseful except
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194 in very specific situations (ie YOUR situation). Thirdly, your code
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195 will not retain your copyright. All code submitted must be protected by
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196 the GPL and the copyright will be given to Mark Spencer. If you don't
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197 like this, don't send me your patches. You will be given authorship credit,
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198 don't worry -- I just want a homogenous copyright on the program. Lastly,
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199 does your code match the coding style already present in gaim? I like my
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200 brackets where I like them. I do NOT like, in fact I positively HATE, I
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201 DESPISE, with a PASSION, the convention of variablesLikeThis. And
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202 functionsLikeThis. If you do that, fine. It's great. But guess what?
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203 This is C. C programmers don't write like that. I don't write like that.
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204 I don't want to READ code like that. I want a homogenous coding style
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205 on this program, and it's gonna be MY coding style. :)
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206 Now, if you've managed to get through all that and I haven't
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207 discouraged you entirely, send your patches to Rob Flynn (rob@linuxpimps.com).
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209 2. I have a plugin for gaim!
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210 Cool. Before you release it to anyone though, make sure you
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211 understand that if it does anything useful, it is necessarily licenced under
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212 the GPL. It's that whole "code that uses GPL'ed code is thus GPL'ed" clause.
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213 Also, don't send it to us. It's not that we don't want it, but there are
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214 better places to put it. Head over to sourceforge.net and submit it there
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215 <http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=235>. It'll be available more quickly
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216 that way.
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218 3. Can you teach me how to program GTK?
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219 Yes, I can. But no, I'm not going to. There's a really
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220 nice tutorial at http://www.gtk.org. If you're a fairly experienced
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221 programmer, and you get stuck on something odd, IM me, I'm usually happy to
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222 help. If you had a little BASIC experience in high school and are having
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223 trouble making a button widget do anything when you click it, buy a book on
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224 C and read the damn GTK tutorial, I'm a busy person.
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225
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227 V. Miscellaneous
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228 1. Can I talk to you on IM?
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229 Sure. My IM name is Zilding. The rest of the crew's IM names
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230 can be found in various places. Keep in mind though, I'm a very busy person.
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231 This IM name is used for friends as well as for gaim (I don't just log this
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232 guy in when I want to talk to gaim people). So please, don't IM me just to
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233 chat, or to answer various Linux questions. I'd like to be able to answer
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234 everyone's questions on whatever (I usually do know the answer, or at least
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235 where to find it!) but I just don't have time. Things like this will
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236 usually be ignored. Other things to keep in mind when talking to me: Don't
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237 start off with 'I have a gaim question', 'Can I ask a question?', 'Hello?',
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238 'Are you there?', 'Is this the gaim guy?', 'gaim doesn't work', 'I can't get
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239 gaim to compile' or anything else like that. Why? If you'll notice in all
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240 of the above statements, nothing useful has been said. I'm often away from
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241 my computer. I suggest if you are having a serious problem or you have a
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242 question, just ASK THE QUESTION, right off, I don't require any preliminary
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243 stuff. Simply sending me "gaim segfaults when I do 'blah blah click blah'"
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244 to start a conversation is fine -- I don't consider it rude, please just ask
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245 the question. If I don't answer within a few minutes, leave your email
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246 address, I will get back to you sooner or later. Lastly, do NOT abbreviate
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247 'you' as 'u', 'are' as 'r', 'to' as '2', 'for' as '4', or any of those other
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248 annoying AOLisms. They bother me greatly, and as I work long hours and am
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249 an insomniac (probably because I'm such a mean bastard ;), I'm likely to
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250 make fun of you, or more likely ignore you completely. I don't require
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251 perfect English but it'd be nice.
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252
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253 2. I want to write an IM client. Will you help me?
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254 No, unless you're writing one commercially. Email me for
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255 rates -- I'm not all that expensive. :)
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256
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257 3. I have money. I need some software written. Can you help?
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258 Oh yes. My email address is jimduchek@ou.edu, my IM is Zilding.
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259
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260 4. I have hardware that's not being used, or money. Can you use it?
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261 Almost always. I'm a broke college student. We're all
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262 broke here. Flat busted. Money would always help. If you have some useful
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263 equipment (or even useless equipment! I like old mainframes and
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264 workstations ;), do send it to us! I might be able to scratch together
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265 shipping money even. :)
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266
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267 5. I would like to send you beer.
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268 OK.
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269
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270 6. Are you going to port this thing to Windows?
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271 I've been mulling it over and playing with cygwin on the
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272 tiny Windows partition I do have on my laptop (It's required for school),
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273 but I'm not sure yet. I actually do have a version of gaim running on it
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274 now, as of 7/20. However, the Win32 port of GTK has some issues that need
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275 to be resolved before I can even attempt to release this. Some of my WIN32
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276 patches are included in this release, usually under an #ifdef _WIN32 (which
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277 cygwin and I think other windows compilers set).
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278 Update, 8/16/2000, more than one year later: No. The simple
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279 answer is this will never be ported to Windows. I simply dislike windows
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280 too greatly.
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282 7. Why the GPL?
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283 I like the GPL.
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285 8. I use *BSD and I hate the penguin! I want daemon images!
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286 Quit your complaining! They're there already! I still don't
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287 understand why ya'll hate the penguin though, maybe it's just jealousy cause
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288 our OS gets all the media attention? I kinda like the daemon :)
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290 9. Can I design a logo for you?
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291 Sure! Do your best. Entries may be emailed to:
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292 gaimlogo@blueridge.net. After we get a nice supply of entries we'll sort
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293 through them and pick the winner.
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295 10. What is a wagii?
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296 Interesting question that you ask, there. `Wagii' is the
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297 official celebratory cry of gaim. Anytime you are feeling happy or excited,
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298 just remember all of the hard work that we have done to provide you with
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299 this wonderful, free piece of software -- as the pure, raw, emotion flows
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300 through you, maybe you too will let out the cry of -- Wagii.
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301 Its also the sound a Penguin Samurai makes :)
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303 11. Speaking of the penguin, I heard a rumour you have a tattoo of
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304 it. Is that true?
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305 Hehe. Yes, that is true. He's on my left upper arm. If
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306 you'd like to see a picture, visit <http://www.woodsoup.org/~sbaker/tux/doc/>.
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307 It's a 'history of Tux' and there's a pic of my tattoo at the bottom. A pic
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308 of my tattoo is also in the LIMP, and linux.remotepoint.com. There's also a
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309 picture of the two matching Tux tattoos that a husband and wife have in
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310 there. I've heard a rumour someone at Red Hat has one as well. BTW -- no,
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311 it really didn't hurt, and yes, I was sober ;)
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313 12. What Window Manager do you use? What distribution do you use?
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314 What other stupid things can you ask me that don't really matter
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315 but ya'll ask me anyway?
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316 I use WindowMaker, without any GNOME or KDE bits. I don't
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317 really use a distro, per se, as it used to be a Red Hat distro a long time
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318 ago, but since then I've custom-installed by hand from one hard drive to
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319 another, so it really doesn't resemble Red Hat anymore, and I've written
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320 most of the rc. scripts from scratch. Please don't ask me Red Hat
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321 questions, also I hate it when people assume that Red Hat == Linux.
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323 13. Is XX a good harddrive, YY a good monitor, and ZZ a good CPU?
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324 Hmm, we're kinda poor so we cant be positive... if you wanna
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325 send us some hardware we'll use it though and tell you how good it is *wink*
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327 14. Who designed the new logo?
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328 A good guy named Naru Sundar.
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330 15. I want to contribute to the effort. Where can I send beer to?
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331 IM RobFlynn or email him at rflynn@blueridge.net