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A few things happened in this update:
- Commented out the libfaim deny/permit list stuff because it's seriously buggy
- Added Socks v4 support
- improved proxy support for things like getting users' info
- i think that's it
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
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date | Tue, 23 May 2000 05:26:30 +0000 |
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237 | 1 Hello, your good friend EW here with a nice little notice that I'm sure will |
2 affect the ten of you who actually read this. | |
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4 I'm going to start trying to get gaim to use Oscar through libfaim. As far as I | |
5 can tell, the only thing it used to be able to do is sign on and receive IMs. I | |
6 updated libfaim to what's currently in the libfaim CVS on sourceforge. As of | |
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7 right now, I've been able to implement most of the features libfaim offers. |
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9 I'm going to try to make as few modifications as possible to the libfaim code. | |
10 The only two modifications I'll probably ever make to it are 1) to make my life | |
11 easier (like putting all the .h files in the same directory as the .c files) or | |
12 2) to fix a compilation error that I happen to be able to fix very easily (like | |
13 with a typo or something). That means that what you're getting when you enable | |
14 oscar is basically faimtest (the very instructional program included with the | |
15 libfaim source on sourceforge) with the Gaim GTK front-end. I'll put any changes | |
16 I make into a file, but so far, I haven't made any changes other than moving the | |
17 .h files down a directory. | |
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19 And finally, a word of warning. Gaim/Faim is VERY buggy. It'll screw with your |
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20 .gaimrc file. It won't always sign on right. It uses all your CPU. Please, don't |
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21 use this for anything other than laughs right now. Hopefully we'll get it |
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22 working better soon (please help!). |
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24 CURRENTLY SUPPORTED FEATURES |
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25 ============================ |
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26 Signing on |
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27 Sending IMs |
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28 Receiving IMs |
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29 Being away/coming back |
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30 Being idle |
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31 Setting your info |
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32 Getting users' info |
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33 Getting users' away messages (PLEASE do not use oscar/libfaim just because of |
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34 this, gaim with libfaim is still really buggy, none of you will listen |
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35 to me anyway) |
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36 Chat: |
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37 - joining rooms |
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38 - leaving rooms |
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39 - getting invited |
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40 - talking |
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43 ============================== |
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44 Warning users/getting warned |
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45 Chat: |
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46 - whispering |
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47 - refreshing the chatlist in the preferences dialog |
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48 - inviting someone |
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49 Getting/setting dir info |
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50 Changing your password |
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51 File transfer/IM images/voice chat/etc. |
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52 Telling the server who's on your permit/deny lists (buggy) |
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54 KNOWN ISSUES |
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55 ============ |
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56 - libfaim apparently has a problem with receiving messages too fast (sort of). |
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57 You can receive more messages in less time with TOC than with libfaim. It's not |
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58 completely libfaim's fault though. |
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60 - It's possible that if the server negotiations don't happen fast enough, it'll |
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61 look like you're trying to sign in twice (and in fact you will be). It doesn't |
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62 seem to negatively affect anything, but it will when people start using it. (I |
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63 think this may actually be related to the auto_recon plugin.) (FIXME for this is |
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66 - Adding or removing people to your permit/deny lists causes the server to tell |
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67 you everyone on your buddy list signed off and then immediately signed in again. |
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68 While you won't ever see that it happens (other than everyone will suddenly have |
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69 the guy-in-the-door icon), you'll hear it. Be warned. (This also happens at |
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70 sign-on, because the list gets built, even if you don't have a list.) I've |
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71 commented it out because it was causing too many problems. (FIXME for this is |
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75 panel code, and the oscar code I wrote doesn't work well with it). |
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77 - Oh, yeah, by the way, it'll eat up all your CPU. (Someone please fix this, |
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81 out what needs to be fixed, do that sort of thing. :) (Fixing the things listed |
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82 in KNOWN ISSUES above, or any other bugs you happen to find, is a very good use |
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83 of your time.) (You didn't hear that from me.) |