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[gaim-migrate @ 5604] Chats in the buddy list! You can now put chat rooms in your buddy list, and double-click them to join them, instead of having to do all that typing. I'm eventually gonna add auto-join support, so that ugly hack involving pouncing can go away. Someone should make some new artwork so we don't have 2 + icons next to each other in the menus. This also has some fixes to let gaim compile again, after the renaming of the buddy list files. This also fixes the problem with offline buddies not showing up in the list sometimes for accounts that didn't log in at startup. This probably fixes other stuff, but I can't remember any of it off the top of my head. I'm going to stop typing and let people play with this now. committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Nathan Walp <nwalp@pidgin.im>
date Sat, 26 Apr 2003 20:30:43 +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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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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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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34 Afterwards panel->Add applet->Network->Gaim should be there.
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37 RUN
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41 get installed into locations they want to be in. Once you've done that,
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45 as plugins:
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49 libyahoo.so or libirc.so). Load those plugins using the normal plugin
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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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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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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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73 run 'make kickass.so'.
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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.php.
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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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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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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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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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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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143 IRC (Eric)
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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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155 ===
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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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162 ===
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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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177 is the actual format of the Jabber ID anyway; Jabber is email with online
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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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205 =========
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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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