annotate README.dbus @ 14739:63d5b71d0c68

[gaim-migrate @ 17495] This should fix the statusbox issues that were keeping us from releasing beta 4 (and which were just really annoying). Thakn sadrul for most of this, I just added the if (index == -1) bit. Anyway, the way this works now is that for saved/popular statuses the primitive underlying that status is where the dropdown for the statusbox starts. If we don't like that we can change it but I'm not sure we'll find something better. Also, this might plug a couple leaks, I'm not really sure but it certainly looks right. Up next, the patch to make the docklet use the per-protocol statuses in the top section. committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

This file describes how to compile and run gaim with dbus support.
Hopefully, most of the steps from point 3 will soon be automated.


1. Make sure you have the latest version (0.34) of the dbus library
   installed, including glib bindings.  

   http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus


2. Compile gaim

   ./configure --enable-dbus
   make
   make install


3. Configure your dbus instalation for gaim

   A. Find your dbus session configuration file, usually

      /etc/dbus-1/session.conf

   B. In that file, find the <servicedir> section.  This section
      contains the directory that stores files describing services,
      usually

      /usr/share/dbus-1/services

   C. Copy src/dbus-gaim.service to that directory

   D. Edit the dbus-gaim.service file you've just copied, and replace
      the path in the "Exec=" line with the path to your gaim
      executable.


4. Start Session DBUS if you haven't done it already

   eval `dbus-launch --session`
   export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID

   These commands will set the two above shell variables.  These
   variables must be set before running any dbus-aware programs.

Start gaim as usual.  To communicate with it, use "gaim-send".  When
you execute gaim-send, the dbus system will automatically start a gaim
process if one is not running already.