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[gaim-migrate @ 16931] I was wrong when I said PRPLs wouldn't need to be changed to handle cancelable ssl connections. This makes MSN not crash when canceling half-way through sign on. Try it, I dare you. committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
date Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:21:51 +0000
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1 Gaim: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone Thats Good For The Soul
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3 1. Compiling and Installing
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5 1.1. What does "Gaim" stand for?
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6 1.2. Why can't I compile Gaim?
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7 1.3. I'm trying to install Gaim, but it complains that I don't have
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8 libgtkspell.so.0, from where can I get this?
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9 1.4. What do I need to use the SILC protocol?
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10 1.5. Is there some way I can compile just Gaim, without all of these
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11 protocols?
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12 1.6. I installed a new version of Gaim, but the about window says I'm
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13 still using the old version.
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14 1.7. Are the packages signed? If so, by who, and how can I get the
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15 key?
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16 1.8. Can I use Gaim for GTK+ 1.2?
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17 1.9. Can I run Gaim on IRIX?
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18 1.10. Can I run gaim on MacOSX?
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19 1.11. How do I apply the patch "something.diff"?
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20 1.12. Why is gaim crashing when I start it?
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21 1.13. Gaim <non-current version> is buggy. Gaim CVS is buggy. Why?
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22 1.14. Why do you always say not to use CVS?
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24 2. Using Gaim
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26 2.1. How do I register for a new account?
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27 2.2. How do I use AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, ICQ, or any other
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28 protocol?
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29 2.3. How do I change the font Gaim uses?
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30 2.4. How do I make gaim use emacs-like keybindings?
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31 2.5. How do I use smiley themes?
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32 2.6. Why are the status icons so big?
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33 2.7. Why do the emblems move around the status icon?
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34 2.8. How do I get sound to work correctly?
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35 2.9. How do I make Gaim use ALSA or OSS for playing sounds? What does
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36 the "Automatic" option do?
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37 Why does Gaim use the same WM_CLASS for every window? It makes
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38 2.10. it impossible to control window size and placement for the buddy
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39 list separately from the conversations.
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40 2.11. I blocked someone accidentally, how can I unblock them?
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41 2.12. What is a "Buddy Pounce"?
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42 2.13. Where does gaim store its logs?
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43 2.14. How can I see my own status with Gaim?
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44 2.15. Can I use Gaim for e-mail, blogging, an RSS feed, or something
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45 else that isn't IM-related?
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47 3. Features
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49 3.1. Does Gaim support file transfer?
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50 3.2. Is there a Gaim tray icon, or docklet, or gnome applet, or panel
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51 icon, or something?
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52 3.3. What do those colors in the conversation tab mean?
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53 3.4. Will Gaim save my buddy list to the server?
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54 3.5. Can I import or export my buddy list?
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55 3.6. Does Gaim support animated smileys?
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56 3.7. Can I make Gaim group screen names by the person that owns them?
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57 You know, like Trillian's Meta Contacts?
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58 3.8. How do I get the old logging back?
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59 3.9. How can I convert my old logs to the new format?
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61 4. ICQ Protocol
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63 4.1. How do I use ICQ?
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64 4.2. Can I send SMS messages?
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66 5. TOC Protocol
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68 5.1. What is the TOC protocol?
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70 6. AIM/ICQ (OSCAR) Protocol
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72 6.1. Can I set my profile?
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73 6.2. Can I set a buddy icon?
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74 6.3. Some of my buddies are not showing up as online, why is that?
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75 6.4. Can I use AIM URI's such as "aim:goim?screenname=robflynn"?
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76 6.5. I just changed my buddy icon, and I can't see the new one.
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77 6.6. Does Gaim support DirectIM and IM Image?
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78 6.7. Can I send SMS messages?
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79 6.8. Can I add SMS numbers to my buddy list?
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80 6.9. I heard AOL is combining ICQ and AIM, does that mean I can send
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81 a message from an AIM account to an ICQ account and vice-versa?
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82 6.10. Why can't I connect via either Oscar or TOC?
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83 6.11. English is not my native language, and some of my friends have
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84 trouble seeing my IMs/I have trouble seeing my friends' IMs. How
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85 do I use a native language character set with ICQ?
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86 6.12. Can I set myself invisible?
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88 7. IRC Protocol
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90 7.1. How do I join a channel with the IRC plugin?
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91 7.2. Is there a way to make Gaim automatically identify me and/or join
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92 IRC chats on login?
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93 7.3. Is it possible to change the user name that appears in
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94 username@hostname?
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95 7.4. How can I set/change my real name?
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97 8. Jabber Protocol
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99 8.1. How do I choose which Jabber server to use?
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100 8.2. How do I change my Jabber resource to be other than the default
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101 of "/Gaim"?
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102 8.3. How do I register a new Jabber account?
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103 8.4. How do I use invisibility?
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104 I've a buddy that I keep removing from my buddy list but the
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105 8.5. entry keeps coming back every time I log in again! How can I stop
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106 this?
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107 8.6. Can I remove a buddy from my Jabber roster entirely?
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108 8.7. What does "Cancel Presence Notification" do?
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110 9. Y!M (Yahoo) Protocol
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112 9.1. I cannot connect to Yahoo! and get "Invalid Password" errors, or
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113 I'm using a version of Gaim older than 0.79!
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114 9.2. I cannot connect to Yahoo! and I'm behind a firewall or NAT. Why
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115 doesn't Gaim have Yahoo's "Firewall with no proxy" option?
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116 9.3. I blocked someone, but it doesn't seem to have worked.
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117 9.4. Can I get a list of Yahoo! Chat rooms? What about non-US lists?
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118 9.5. What protocol does Gaim use to connect to Yahoo!?
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120 10. MSN Protocol
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122 10.1. Why are my file transfers so slow?
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123 10.2. I'm getting lots of "Already in Opposite list" errors on MSN,
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124 why?
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125 10.3. Is there a way to invite more than one person to an MSN chat?
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126 10.4. Is MSNP9 (MSN6) going to be supported?
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127 Will I be able to use Gaim for MSN after October 15th 2003?
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128 10.5. (The day they're preventing third party clients from
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129 connecting)
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131 10.7. The MSN plugin won't load, but I have Mozilla NSS!
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132 10.8. What does "MSN: S: 911 3" in the debug window mean when I
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133 cannot connect to MSN?
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134 10.9. How do I set an MSN avatar?
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135 10.10. What does "Has you" in the buddy tooltip mean?
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136 10.11. How do I set my MSN Friendly Name (the name other users see)?
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137 10.12. What does "Error reading from switchboard server" mean?
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141 11.1. What is Gadu-Gadu?
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142 11.2. Why doesn't it work right?
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144 12. Zephyr Protocol
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146 12.1. What is Zephyr?
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147 12.2. Other Zephyr clients (zwgc,owl,tzc) work, but Gaim dies with
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148 "Couldn't initialize zephyr".
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149 12.3. Gaim isn't working, but I never got any other Zephyr client
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150 working on this machine.
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151 12.4. How do I use Zephyr from behind my firewall, or without
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152 recompiling with kerberos support if needed?
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153
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154 13. SILC Protocol
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156 13.1. What is SILC?
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158 14. Novell Protocol
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159
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160 14.1. Are there any public servers for Novell?
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161 14.2. I can't seem to get it to work.
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163 15. Scripts and Plugins
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165 15.1. How do I use perl scripts with Gaim?
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166 15.2. How do I compile a plugin for Gaim?
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167 15.3. I have a plugin or perl script for Gaim that used to work, but
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168 does not with the current version.
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169 15.4. Where can I find documentation on writing plugins and Perl
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172 16. Development
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174 16.1. Can I help?
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175 16.2. Gaim never leaves a core file.
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176 16.3. Where should I report bugs?
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177 16.4. Where should I submit patches?
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178 16.5. Did you guys reverse engineer it?
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180 17. Misc. Questions
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181
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182 17.1. Can I IM you guys?
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183 17.2. Hello?
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184 Can I give you money/hardware/other expensive things that can be
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185 17.3. hocked for cash what with you all being students/
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186 full-time-workers and helping to produce this wonderful software
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187 instead of studying/sleeping?
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188 17.4. Does Gaim support secure instant messaging (encrypted IMs)?
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189 17.5. Why are the passwords in accounts.xml not encrypted?
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190 17.6. What is gaim-remote?
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191 17.7. When will the next version of Gaim be released?
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192 17.8. What will the next version be?
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193 17.9. So, can I look forward to mega-sexy super functionality with
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194 Gaim?
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196 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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197 | 1. Compiling and Installing
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198 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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199
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200 1.1 What does "Gaim" stand for?
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201
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202 For freedom! No, seriously, it doesn't stand for anything. It's our name and
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203 we're sticking to it. The two acceptable forms of capitalization are "Gaim"
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204 and "gaim" (and not "GAIM").
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205
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206 1.2 Why can't I compile Gaim?
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208 Make sure you have relatively recent versions of automake, autoconf, and
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209 gettext. HOWEVER, generally speaking, having the absolute newest of them is
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210 not as good as having one version short of newest since we might not have
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211 found work-arounds for the latest set of changes. Also, some versions of
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212 automake require certain ranges of gettext versions, and we are utterly
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213 unable to keep track of what versions will work with what other versions.
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215 If you have Slackware < 9.1, you need to get non-slack packages for autoconf,
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216 automake, gettext, and libtool. You also have to copy the contents of /usr/
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217 local/share/aclocal to /usr/share/aclocal. This is due to bugs in Slackware
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218 and the auto* packages.
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220 *BSD users may also have problems with libtool and will also have to remove
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221 the --no-verify from the configure script.
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223 Having problems getting SSL and MSN working? See http://gaim.sf.net/
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224 faq-ssl.php for distribution specific hints.
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225
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226 1.3 I'm trying to install Gaim, but it complains that I don't have
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227 libgtkspell.so.0, from where can I get this?
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229 libtgtkspell.so.0 is provided by gtkspell. This library is used by Gaim to
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230 provide the "Highlight misspelled words" feature. You can find an RPM of
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231 gtkspell at freshrpms.net. You can find the source and a non-Red Hat specific
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232 RPM at gtkspell.sourceforge.net.
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234 1.4 What do I need to use the SILC protocol?
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236 You need to install the SILC toolkit (http://silcnet.org/software/download/
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237 toolkit/) and the Gaim SILC plugin. This plugin is generally provided as a
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238 separate package (such as a gaim-silc RPM). If you're compiling yourself, see
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239 the ./configure --help for specifying the SILC includes and libs. If you're
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240 compiling an SRPM, use --with silc to build the gaim-silc RPM.
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241
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242 In Windows, the SILC toolkit is installed with Gaim.
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244 Some distributions provide the SILC toolkit and include Gaim's SILC plugin in
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245 their Gaim package.
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247 1.5 Is there some way I can compile just Gaim, without all of these protocols?
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249 Yeah. There are actually three ways to do it.
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252 --disable-plugins. This will let you choose which protocols are compiled
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253 in with Gaim, but you will not be able to use any other protocols or
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254 plugins.
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256 You'll need to compile any protocols that you specified in
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257 --with-static-prpls. Oscar and TOC are defaults.
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259 2. Use the --with-dynamic-prpls option to ./configure
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261 3. Change to the directories for the protocols you want to compile (e.g. src
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266 using the old version.
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269 installed, you need to remove that first. rpm -e gaim or dpkg -p gaim should
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270 work.
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273 Gaim from source, you need to make uninstall to remove all Gaim files from /
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276 1.7 Are the packages signed? If so, by who, and how can I get the key?
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278 Yes, all packages are signed. The signature for the tarball and bzip2 archive
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279 are provided by separate downloads. The RPMs we provide are signed by either
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280 Ethan Blanton, Mark Doliner, or Christian Hammond. Usually the Mandrake and
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281 Fedora Core 1 RPMs are signed by Mark Doliner and the Red Hat 8 and 9 RPMs
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282 are signed by Ethan Blanton. The keys can be obtained from any key server.
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283 http://pgp.mit.edu/ is popular.
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285 1.8 Can I use Gaim for GTK+1.2?
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287 As of version 0.60, Gaim has been completely converted to using GTK+2.0. We
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288 really really really recommend using the most current version of Gaim and not
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289 a GTK+1.2 version of Gaim. However, if you are living in the '90s, or you're
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290 afraid GTK+2.0 will insult your mother, you can use Gaim 0.59.9, which is the
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291 last version of Gaim that used GTK+1.2. We should warn you though, this
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292 version of Gaim hasn't had any new features since the middle of 2002, and
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293 some protocols likely do not work. Also, the 0.59.x releases aren't
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294 breathtakingly beautiful.
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296 1.9 Can I run Gaim on IRIX?
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298 It has been done before. Please see http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?
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299 thread_id=725839&forum_id=665 at our SourceForge Forum.
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301 1.10 Can I run gaim on MacOSX?
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303 Yes you can, but we do not provide a package for it. The reason being is that
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304 to use gaim on MacOSX, you need to install an X server and gtk, which we are
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305 not prepared to support. You can either compile gaim (and its dependencies)
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306 yourself, or you can use the fink installer available from http://fink.sf.net
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307 . If you would like a native aqua interface or a user-friendly installer, we
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308 suggest trying Adium (http://www.adiumx.com/).
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310 1.11 How do I apply the patch "something.diff"?
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312 Type patch -p0 < something.diff from inside the gaim directory. If that
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313 doesn't work, try patch -p1 < something.diff.
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315 1.12 Why is gaim crashing when I start it?
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317 First of all make sure you are using the most recent version of Gaim. If you
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318 still have problems, try the following:
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319
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320 • Make sure only one version of Gaim is installed. "whereis gaim" can
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321 sometimes be useful for determining this.
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322 • "export GDK_USE_XFT=0" in a terminal and then run Gaim from the same
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323 terminal.
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324 • If gaim is not crashing, but is just sitting there not displaying
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325 anything, try turning off anything else that might be using the sound
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326 device (ie xmms) and then starting gaim. If this fixes the problem, it is
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327 a libao issue, not a gaim issue, and can be worked around by the use of
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328 esd or arts.
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329 • Try disabling or deleting any 3rd party plugins, especially anything
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330 related to encryption.
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331 • If you use 0.75 or higher on win32, try deleting tcl.dll.
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332 • If you have ever installed 0.65, edit your ~/.gaimrc, changing your auto
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333 away preference from -1 to 0.
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335 1.13 Gaim <non-current version> is buggy. Gaim CVS is buggy. Why?
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337 Non-current versions have old bugs which may be fixed in the current
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338 version--that's why we make new releases. CVS is frequently unusable because
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339 of changes in the code. Bugs are introduced during the development process
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340 and are hopefully fixed before a release is made.
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342 1.14 Why do you always say not to use CVS?
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344 That's a long story. For starters, see the previous question. It is often the
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345 case that Gaim CVS exhibits bad behavior due to features and bugfixes which
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346 are in a transitory state or which are not yet well understood. These bad
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347 behaviors range from the harmless (maybe a graphical glitch in a dialog box)
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348 to the irritating (a particular protocol may not work), to the downright
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349 damaging (recently a bug in CVS destroyed the user's buddy lists). While
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350 behaviors like this are acceptable to some users (particularly developers,
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351 who are used to such things), they tend to cause many Gaim CVS users to
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352 contact Gaim developers and report the same (usually egregious) bug over and
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353 over - using time which could be better spent fixing the bugs.
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355 A second major point involves public resources - a CVS checkout is not a
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356 cheap operation. As many Sourceforge users are aware, at various points in
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357 the recent past Sourceforge CVS has been less than pleasant to work with.
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358 This is, of course, because Sourceforge hosts dozens and dozens of useful and
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359 active projects which use CVS as a primary method of source code
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360 collaboration. Unfortunately, when too many users are poking around in that
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361 CVS just for the sake of poking around, it prevents other users who are
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362 trying to do work to improve those very same projects from accomplishing
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363 their tasks. It is better for the community if an enterprising individual
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364 wishing to fix a particular bug she has seen can get to the code and create a
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365 patch, even if this means that some users have to wait a few weeks for the
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366 next release to see what new features it might hold.
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368 The third point is not a problem which has yet come up, but it is in the back
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369 of the mind of the developers who bring you Gaim. As a third-party IM client,
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370 Gaim is not a priority (and indeed may be an irritant) for the IM service
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371 providers. We do our best to keep Gaim playing nice and being friendly on the
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372 IM networks it uses; however, at times there are bugs in the protocol
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373 support. If a few dozen people are using this buggy client, the IM providers
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374 are not likely to go out of their way to do anything about it. However, if
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375 hundreds of people are pointing an ill-behaved client at an IM server, the
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376 server administrators may be forced to take action. (This is particularly
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377 likely if the buggy behavior is damaging in some way.) Gaim releases
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378 represent code which the gaim developers feel is relatively well-behaved and
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379 stable. This includes not only the interface seen by Gaim users, but the
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380 traffic seen by IM service providers. Gaim CVS bears no such guarantees.
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382 In short, there are a lot of good reasons to not use Gaim CVS if one does not
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383 wish to develop Gaim, Gaim plugins, or a codebase which interacts with Gaim
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384 in some intimate way. There are, however, only a few reasons to use Gaim CVS
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385 outside of the above. Please weigh these things carefully and decide whether
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386 you wish to use Gaim CVS for a good reason which furthers the community, or
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387 for selfish reasons which are not entirely important.
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393 2.1 How do I register for a new account?
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395 This depends on the protocol.
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397 AIM: Go to http://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?siteId=
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398 snshomepage&authLev=1&mcState=initialized&createSn=1.
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400 MSN (including Hotmail email): Go to http://registernet.passport.com/.
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402 MSN (using your own email address): Go to http://register.passport.net/.
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406 Jabber: See the question How do I register a new Jabber account? below.
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408 ICQ: Go to http://web.icq.com/register.
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410 Gadu-Gadu: Use the official client to create an account.
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412 Novell: See your Novell server administrator.
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414 2.2 How do I use AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, ICQ, or any other protocol?
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416 Use the Account Editor (Tools->Accounts, or the Accounts button on the start
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417 screen) to add the account of the appropriate messaging service. Use the
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418 checkbox in the account editor to sign online.
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419
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420 2.3 How do I change the font Gaim uses?
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422 The font preference in Gaim is used only for the formatting of outgoing
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423 messages. The display fonts used by the rest of Gaim are those specified by
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424 GTK. To change this font you need to edit your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file. If you need
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425 help you can see our example .gtkrc-2.0 (http://gaim.sf.net/gtkrc-2.0) file.
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426 On Windows, this file is located at C:\Documents and Settings\username
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427 \.themes\Default\gtk-2.0\gtkrc.
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429 You can also just switch to a different GTK+ theme. You can find GTK+ themes
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430 (and information on using them) by visiting themes.freshmeat.net,
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431 art.gnome.org, or searching on Google.
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432
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433 If you're having a problem with the font size used by a specific person, you
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434 can try turning on the Ignore Font Sizes preference in Preferences->Message
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435 Text.
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436
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437 2.4 How do I make gaim use emacs-like keybindings?
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439 You need to edit your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 to contain the keybindings line from http:
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440 //gaim.sf.net/gtkrc-2.0.
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442 2.5 How do I use smiley themes?
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443
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444 To select a theme, open Gaim's preferences to the "Smiley Themes" page and
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445 click on whichever theme you want to use. To install a theme, simply drag it
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446 into the theme selector. You can find themes on the Gaim Smiley Themes (http:
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447 //gaim.sf.net/themes.php) page.
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449 You can also install themes manually by uncompressing them to their own
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450 directory in ~/.gaim/smileys/
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452 2.6 Why are the status icons so big?
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454 We believe that, by adding a second line of text to each buddy list entry,
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455 we're able to show more information about each buddy on the buddy list. The
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456 'Big List,' as we call it, shows status text, idle time, and warning level
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457 concisely and attractively. It shows more than one status "emblem" for each
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458 buddy, indicating at the same time a mobile user who is away. Most
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459 importantly, it puts the buddy icon in the list, making it far easier to
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460 locate buddies within a large list where names are harder to pick out than
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461 images. Due to the increased usability of this interface, we have made it the
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462 default.
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464 We are aware that some people feel more comfortable using an interface more
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465 similar to IM clients they may have used in the past. The 'Big List' can be
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466 disabled by un-checking "Show buddy icons" in the Buddy List preferences.
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468 2.7 Why do the emblems move around the status icon?
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469
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470 The four corners of the icon have different precedence. The lower-right is
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471 the highest, lower-left is second-highest, etc. The most important emblem is
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472 in the lower-right, always. When an AOL buddy is not away, the fact that [s]
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473 he's an AOL user is the most important information shown in the icon. The
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474 consistency is that the user can always look in the same place on the icon to
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475 find out what he needs to know. Also, importantly, the lower-right corner
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476 emblem is the only emblem that shows up when "Small list" is on, as only one
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477 emblem would fit.
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478
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479 2.8 How do I get sound to work correctly?
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480
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481 Gaim uses libao to play sounds. Playing sounds directly through esound or
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482 arts is no longer supported.
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484 `Libao is a cross-platform library that allows programs to output PCM audio
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485 data to the native audio devices on a wide variety of platforms. It currently
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486 supports OSS (Open Sound System), ESD (ESounD), ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound
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487 Architecture), Sun audio system (used in Solaris, OpenBSD, and NetBSD), aRts
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488 (Analog Realtime Synthesizer). '
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490 To compile Gaim with support for libao you need libao-devel and
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491 audiofile-devel. To use libao you need libao and audiofile. If you do not
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492 wish to install these packages you can also just change your sound playing
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493 method in preferences to Command and use esdplay %s or artsplay %s.
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495 2.9 How do I make Gaim use ALSA or OSS for playing sounds? What does the
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496 "Automatic" option do?
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498 If you choose "Automatic", "ESD", or "Arts", Gaim uses libao to play sounds.
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499 Choosing "ESD" or "Arts" forces libao to play sounds using that method, while
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500 choosing "Automatic" lets it decide for itself.
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502 If you choose "Automatic", you can create a file, either /etc/libao.conf or ~
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503 /.libao, and put one of the following lines in it:
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505 default_driver=alsa
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507 default_driver=oss
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509 Other drivers, like alsa09, arts, esd, irix, macosx, and sun might also be
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510 supported, depending on your platform and how libao was compiled. See also
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511 man 5 libao.conf.
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513 2.10 Why does Gaim use the same WM_CLASS for every window? It makes it
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514 impossible to control window size and placement for the buddy list
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515 separately from the conversations.
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516
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517 Both strings in the WM_CLASS property are supposed to be the same for all
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518 windows in the same instance of an application. ICCCM states that one is
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519 meant to be the same for all instances of the application, the other is meant
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521 client has multiple windows with identical WM_CLASS and WM_NAME properties,
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522 then it should provide a WM_WINDOW_ROLE property."
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525 instances, and the documentation for the gtk_window_set_wmclass function says
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526 explicitly not to use it for anything else. Gaim uses the WM_WINDOW_ROLE hint
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527 to differentiate windows. If your window manager is having problems
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528 differentiating between Gaim windows, please ensure that it uses the
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529 WM_WINDOW_ROLE hint per the ICCCM.
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531 2.11 I blocked someone accidentally, how can I unblock them?
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532
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533 See the "Privacy" option under the "Tools" menu of the Buddy List.
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535 2.12 What is a "Buddy Pounce"?
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536
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538 Alerts." Despite this though, you could think of a buddy pounce as an Alert
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539 and get an idea of the most minimal uses of a buddy pounce. In reality, a
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540 buddy pounce is much like a macro, or a recorded action. When you set a
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541 pounce on someone, you choose from a number of events, such as sign on or
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542 someone going away, and then you choose from a number of actions. These
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543 actions include everything from playing a sound (like an Alert would do) to
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544 sending a message to the person, to executing a command. This action will
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545 occur the next time gaim detects the event, ie the next time the person in
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546 your buddy list who you have pounced signs on.
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548 2.13 Where does gaim store its logs?
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550 On unix, they are in ~/.gaim/logs, on win32 they are in the $drive\Documents
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551 and Settings\user\Application Data\.gaim\logs directory. In either case, new
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552 logs (new as of 0.73) are in subdirectories that correspond to protocol/
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553 yourscreenname/theirscreenname.
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555 2.14 How can I see my own status with Gaim?
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556
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557 Currently the only supported method to see your own status is to add yourself
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558 to your buddy list. This works with Aim, ICQ, Y!M, IRC, and some of the
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559 others, and is mimiced by gaim for MSN and Jabber.
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561 2.15 Can I use Gaim for e-mail, blogging, an RSS feed, or something else that
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562 isn't IM-related?
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563
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564 No, you can't. We get requests for this often, but Gaim is indeed a messaging
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565 client. Aside from the capabilities each protocol may support, the Gaim
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566 developers have no intention to turn Gaim into a multi-feature Internet
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567 client capable of doing everything under the sun. We also won't be helping to
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568 develop plugins to turn it into that. There are many Internet applications
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569 available for Linux, Windows, or whatever operating system you use that would
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570 undoubtedly do a better job.
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573 | 3. Features
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576 3.1 Does Gaim support file transfer?
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578 Somewhat, yeah. As of 0.79 the following is supported:
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579
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580 • Sending and receiving files on AIM (although it might be a bit buggy)
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581 • Sending and receiving files on IRC
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582 • Sending and receiving files on Jabber
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583 • Sending and receiving files on MSN
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584 • Sending and receiving files on SILC
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585 • Sending and receiving files on Yahoo (sending is limited to 1Mb)
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587 Most of the protocols themselves support file transfer, but Gaim has not been
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588 written to support it yet. If you would like file transfer to work better or
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589 be more complete, get CVS and submit a patch using the generic file transfer
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590 API.
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592 3.2 Is there a Gaim tray icon, or docklet, or gnome applet, or panel icon, or
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593 something?
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594
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595 Yeah, Gaim supports what is called a system tray icon that conforms to the
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596 standards at www.freedesktop.org. This tray icon is supported by Windows, KDE
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597 3.1, Gnome 2.2, and Red Hat Gnome 2.0. All you have to do is load the "System
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598 Tray Icon" plugin by going to Preferences and then Plugins.
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599
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600 If you're using Gnome you need to make sure that your panel has a
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601 Notification Area on it. To add one, right click on the panel, select Add To
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602 Panel->Utility->Notification Area. Gaim will insert the tray icon in any
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603 System Tray implementation that conforms to these standards, so feel free to
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604 write one for your window manager of choice.
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606 Due to a flaw in these specs, KDE users may experience trouble with the
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607 background color of the docklet. There is unfortunately nothing we can do
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608 about this.
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609
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610 3.3 What do those colors in the conversation tab mean?
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611
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612 • Red - A message is waiting for you
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613 • Blue - Someone sent a message containing your name
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614 • Green - The buddy is typing
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615 • Yellow - The buddy began typing, and then stopped
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616 • Gray - There has been a join or a part in that chat, or the buddy has
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617 signed off
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619 3.4 Will Gaim save my buddy list to the server?
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621 Yes, Gaim saves your buddy list to the server for AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN,
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622 Novell and Yahoo!.
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624 3.5 Can I import or export my buddy list?
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626 Sorry, no. Old versions of Gaim supported this, but new versions do not. All
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627 the code for saving and loading buddy lists was rewritten, and support for
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628 importing and exporting buddy lists was never re-added. However, with all
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629 major protocols storing their buddy lists on the server, this feature is less
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630 useful today than in the past.
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632 3.6 Does Gaim support animated smileys?
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634 Yes, as of version 0.70 Gaim supports animated smileys.
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636 3.7 Can I make Gaim group screen names by the person that owns them? You know,
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637 like Trillian's Meta Contacts?
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638
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639 Sure! Right click a buddy on your list and at the bottom of the menu click
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640 "Expand". Then just drag other screen names to the same person below it. When
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641 you're done, click on the arrow to collapse them. When the contact is
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642 collapsed, Gaim will select a buddy to display based on the status of the
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643 buddies in the contact, and their order.
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645 You may need to turn off the preference option to automatically expand
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646 Contacts in order to be able to edit an existing Contact.
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647
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648 3.8 How do I get the old logging back?
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650 The old logging was removed because it was deficient in many ways. There is
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651 no way in Gaim itself to revert to the old logging, but the new logging is so
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652 good you could implement something similar to the old logging as a plugin.
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653
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654 3.9 How can I convert my old logs to the new format?
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655
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656 It's not possible to perfectly convert from the old format to the new format
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657 because the old format is missing some information necessary to do that (eg.
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658 which account the messages were sent from).
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659
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660 It shouldn't be too difficult to do a rough conversion using a small script,
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661 or using the old_logger_* functions in gaim itself.
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662
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663 Peter Johnson has written a python script to do just this, it is available on
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664 his website (at the bottom).
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665
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667 | 4. ICQ Protocol
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670 4.1 How do I use ICQ?
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671
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672 ICQ support is part of the OSCAR protocol, labeled AIM/ICQ in Gaim. To use
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673 it, simply put your account number in the "Screen Name" box and your password
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674 in the "Password" box. Leave the server settings set to the default
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675 (login.oscar.aol.com and port 5190).
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677 4.2 Can I send SMS messages?
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678
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679 Kind of. See our answer to this for the AIM/ICQ Protocol.
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682 | 5. TOC Protocol
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685 5.1 What is the TOC protocol?
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686
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687 It's an AIM protocol used by Quick Buddy and AIM Express. It's recommended
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688 that you don't use it. You should use Gaim's OSCAR (AIM/ICQ) protocol
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689 instead. We keep TOC around in case OSCAR ever stops working. However, we are
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690 not actively supporting this code, and no longer distribute it in binaries.
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693 | 6. AIM/ICQ (OSCAR) Protocol
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695
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696 6.1 Can I set my profile?
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697
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698 Yes you can. Go to Tools->Account Actions
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699
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700 6.2 Can I set a buddy icon?
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701
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702 Yes. Go to the Account Editor (Tools->Accounts from the buddy list), and
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703 click to "Modify" the AIM/ICQ account you wish to have an icon. Enter the
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704 full path to the image you wish to use in the box labeled "Buddy Icon File."
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705 The file must be below 4KB. It can have any dimensions, and can be in any
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706 format. However, if you wish Windows users to see it, it must be in a format
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707 Windows understands, such as .bmp, .gif, and .jpg.
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708
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709 6.3 Some of my buddies are not showing up as online, why is that?
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710
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711 AOL has set a limit for the maximum number of people you can have in your
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712 buddy list. This number is currently 200. If you don't think you are anywhere
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713 near that limit, it is possible that your server-stored buddy list is
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714 corrupt.
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715
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716 If you think this might be the case, you can try signing on with an official
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717 AIM program from AOL. This will usually correct any problems with the list.
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718
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719 6.4 Can I use AIM URI's such as "aim:goim?screenname=robflynn"?
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720
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721 Yes, with Gaim 0.60 and higher, but it can be difficult to set up. You need
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722 to pass the entire URI to the gaim-remote program (included with gaim). To do
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723 this with Gnome 2, run gnome-file-types-properties or "File Types and
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724 Programs" from the preferences menu. Add a service with protocol "aim" and
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725 set the program to gaim-remote uri "%s". This will make AIM URIs work in
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726 Galeon 2. Also, not all types of AIM URI's are supported. The ones that are
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727 supported are goim, addbuddy, and gochat.
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728
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729 You'll need the "Remote Control" plugin loaded for this to work.
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730
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731 If you use wingaim, this will not work as gaim-remote has not yet been ported
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732 over.
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733
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734 6.5 I just changed my buddy icon, and I can't see the new one.
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735
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736 First, try IMing yourself a few times. Buddy icons are checked when you IM
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737 people, so depending on the protocol, that may work. If it still doesn't
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738 update, check the file size (buddy icons must be smaller than 4kb) and the
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739 image size (it should be 48x48 or 50x50 in most cases). Also, check the file
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740 type. GIF or JPEG images are best supported; most other formats do not work
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741 at all. If all of that checks out and it still doesn't work, and you're sure
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742 the protocol supports it, try restarting Gaim.
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743
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744 6.6 Does Gaim support DirectIM and IM Image?
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745
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746 Yeah, kind of. This tends to be one of the buggier areas of Gaim. If it's not
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747 working for you, make sure that at least one person is not behind a firewall.
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748
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749 6.7 Can I send SMS messages?
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751 Yep, just send an IM to the person's phone number. For example, if the phone
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752 number is (919) 555-1234, you would IM the screen name +19195551234 We think
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753 this should work for countries with a country code of 1 (the United States
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754 and Canada).
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756 Sending SMS messages using "the ICQ method" is not yet supported.
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758 6.8 Can I add SMS numbers to my buddy list?
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759
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760 Not currently. This functionality has been broken since around September
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761 2003. There is no ETA for when it will be fixed.
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762
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763 6.9 I heard AOL is combining ICQ and AIM, does that mean I can send a message
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764 from an AIM account to an ICQ account and vice-versa?
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766 Yes, AOL is slowly letting the two messaging networks interoperate with each
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767 other. Messaging between the two protocols works as long as the receiver of
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768 the message supports it. Gaim 0.60 supports sending and receiving messages
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769 between AIM and ICQ, but the person receiving the message must support this.
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770 Gaim, of course, supports this for both ICQ and AIM accounts. Windows AIM
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771 version 5.2.3139 supports receiving messages from ICQ users. It is unknown if
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772 earlier versions of Windows AIM support this. Windows ICQ build 3800 does not
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773 support receiving messages from AIM users. Windows ICQ Lite builds 1150 and
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774 later support receiving messages from AIM users and sending messages to AIM
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775 users. MacAIM versions 4.6 beta, build 1.1131 and newer support sending and
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776 receiving messages to and from ICQ users.
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778 The same clients that support receiving messages from the alternate messaging
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779 network will also show up in buddy lists of people using the alternate
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780 network. This means that if you can message an ICQ user from an AIM account,
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781 then the ICQ user will also show up in your AIM buddy list. So an AIM user
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782 using Windows AIM version 5.2.3139 will show up in an ICQ buddy list.
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784 6.10 Why can't I connect via either Oscar or TOC?
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785
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786 If you are using Linux, your kernel may be using a network option called
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787 "ECN". It seems that the AOL servers are currently dropping packets marked as
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788 "ECN-capable". In order to turn this off, run the command
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789
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790 echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn
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791
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792 as root, or (if your distribution supports it) put the line
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793
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794 net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0
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795
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796 in the file /etc/sysctl.conf.
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797
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798 6.11 English is not my native language, and some of my friends have trouble
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799 seeing my IMs/I have trouble seeing my friends' IMs. How do I use a
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800 native language character set with ICQ?
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801
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802 Gaim 0.82 and higher allow you to specify a character encoding to use when
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803 conversing with ICQ users. Use the account editor to set this encoding.
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804
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805 6.12 Can I set myself invisible?
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806
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807 Yes. Go to Tools->Away->account->Invisible.
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808
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809 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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810 | 7. IRC Protocol
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811 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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812
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813 7.1 How do I join a channel with the IRC plugin?
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814
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815 First create the account, then sign on. After you have signed on, you can use
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816 File->Join A Chat on the buddy list to join a channel. In any window, either
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817 a conversation or a chat, in which your IRC user is the sender, you can also
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818 use /join to connect to a new channel.
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819
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820 7.2 Is there a way to make Gaim automatically identify me and/or join IRC
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821 chats on login?
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822
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823 Yes. Add NickServ to your buddy list and place buddy pounces on him/her/it.
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824 Do not include "/msg nickserv" as part of the message to send.
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825
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826 In version 0.64 or higher, you can add a chat to your buddy list, right click
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827 it, and tell Gaim to auto-join it.
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828
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829 7.3 Is it possible to change the user name that appears in username@hostname?
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830
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831 Yes. Go to Tools->Accounts. Select your IRC account and click Modify. Expand
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832 the Show more options section. Enter a name in the Username field.
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833
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834 7.4 How can I set/change my real name?
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835
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836 Go to Tools->Accounts. Select your IRC account and click modify. Expand the
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837 Show more options section. Enter a name in the Real name field.
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838
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839 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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840 | 8. Jabber Protocol
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841 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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842
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843 8.1 How do I choose which Jabber server to use?
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844
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845 The Jabber server name is part of your Jabber I.D., such as
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846 somebody@server.name. So when entering your Jabber "screen name", the server
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847 is specified as part of your JID.
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848
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849 8.2 How do I change my Jabber resource to be other than the default of "/
8736
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850 Gaim"?
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851
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852 When you create your account in Gaim, simply append the desired resource
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853 identifier to your Jabber I.D. For example: somebody@server.name/resource
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854
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855 8.3 How do I register a new Jabber account?
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856
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857 As of version 0.52 and up:
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858
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859 1. Click "Tools->Accounts->Add"
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents:
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860 2. Select "Jabber" for the protocol.
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861 3. Fill in screen name and password as you normally would. THIS IS A
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862 REQUIRED STEP
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863 4. Check the "Register with server" check-box
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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864 5. Click "OK".
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865
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866 Note: You are strongly recommended to check the "Remember password" check-box
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parents:
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867 as well, as Gaim presently does no password verification. So if you don't
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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868 type in what you thought you did, you're hosed.
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869
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870 8.4 How do I use invisibility?
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871
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872 Jabber invisibility support is available in Gaim version 0.60 and later.
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parents:
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873
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parents:
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874 There are two ways to use Jabber invisibility: on a per-buddy and on a
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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875 per-server basis.
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876
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877 To use per-buddy invisibility: right-click on the buddy on the Online buddy
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents:
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878 list and select "Temporarily Hide From." You will appear to that buddy to be
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parents:
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879 off-line. To make yourself seen by that buddy again: right-click on the buddy
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parents:
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880 and select "Un-hide From." Note that the menu changes based on whether you're
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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881 currently invisible to that buddy or not.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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882
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883 The "Temporarily" part is a dead give-away. Your invisibility to that
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884 buddy will last only until the next time you log on or until you set
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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885 server invisibility (discussed next) on and off.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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886
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887 To use per-server invisibility: click "Tools -> Away," select the Jabber
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888 server login for the server upon which you wish to become invisible (if
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889 necessary) and select "Invisible." To become visible again: select anything
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890 else from that same menu (such as "Online"), or set your away status or log
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891 off the server and back on again.
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892
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893 You can set yourself invisible per-server and subsequently make yourself
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894 visible to selected buddies only.
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895
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896 Gaim currently does not retain invisibility settings between logins, just as
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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897 it doesn't currently retain "away" status.
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898
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899 8.5 I've a buddy that I keep removing from my buddy list but the entry keeps
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900 coming back every time I log in again! How can I stop this?
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901
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902 With Gaim 0.60 or later, it might be continuing to import the old buddy
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903 lists. Remove ~/.gaim/*.blist - these are no longer used, the buddy list is
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904 now stored in ~/.gaim/blist.xml
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905
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906 8.6 Can I remove a buddy from my Jabber roster entirely?
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907
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908 With Gaim 0.60 or later, the deletion code will do this. Gaim currently does
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909 not retain invisibility settings between logins, just as it doesn't currently
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diff changeset
910 retain "away" status.
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911
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912 8.7 What does "Cancel Presence Notification" do?
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913
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914 This selection, available in Gaim version 0.60 and later, and found by
9618
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915 right-clicking on a buddy entry in the buddy list, prevents that Jabber I.D.
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916 from receiving future presence notifications when you log on to the server.
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917
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918 After you do this, that buddy will have to re-request a subscription to your
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919 presence (and you will have to approve it) for them to again see you on-line.
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921 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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922 | 9. Y!M (Yahoo) Protocol
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923 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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924
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925 9.1 I cannot connect to Yahoo! and get "Invalid Password" errors, or I'm using
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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926 a version of Gaim older than 0.79!
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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927
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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928 Make sure you have at least 0.79.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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929
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930 9.2 I cannot connect to Yahoo! and I'm behind a firewall or NAT. Why doesn't
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
diff changeset
931 Gaim have Yahoo's "Firewall with no proxy" option?
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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932
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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933 Yahoo!'s firewall with no proxy option connects to Yahoo! by wrapping the
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
diff changeset
934 YMSG protocol inside HTTP. Gaim currently doesn't support doing this.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
diff changeset
935
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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936 Gaim does support changing the port it connects to. Try changing the
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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937 Pager Port in the Account editor under "Show more options". Ports known to
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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diff changeset
938 work are: 20, 23, 25, 80, 119, 5050, 8001, and 8002. While this doesn't work
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
diff changeset
939 for as many people as actually tunneling through the HTTP protocol would, it
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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940 helps many users.
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parents: 9618
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941
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942 9.3 I blocked someone, but it doesn't seem to have worked.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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943
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944 As of 0.81, this is a known bug in our Yahoo code. We're not sure what
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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945 exactly is wrong, but it seems to fail most often when automatically removing
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
diff changeset
946 the buddy from your buddy list at the same time it blocks them. It also
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
diff changeset
947 always seems to fail if Gaim already thinks the buddy is blocked, and you try
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
diff changeset
948 to block them again.
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parents: 9618
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949
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parents: 9618
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950 We suggest manually removing Yahoo! buddies before attempting to block them.
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parents: 9618
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951 For buddies which Gaim reports are blocked but which are not, unblocking them
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
diff changeset
952 and reblocking them from the Tools->Privacy dialog will often get things
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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953 working.
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parents: 9618
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954
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955 9.4 Can I get a list of Yahoo! Chat rooms? What about non-US lists?
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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956
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957 Tools->Room List will let you list available Yahoo! Chat rooms. Yahoo! does
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958 support hidden and invite-only rooms. If you know the name of the room you
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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959 wish to join, and it's not invite only, you can join it via Buddies->Join a
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960 Chat. You can also create a chat room this way, although we don't support
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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961 setting the hidden or invite-only type settings.
9618
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962
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963 To get a non-US room list, you'll need to change the Chat Room List Url in
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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diff changeset
964 the account editor, under "Show more options". By default this field contains
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965 "http://insider.msg.yahoo.com/ycontent/". You can add a country code prefix
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parents: 9618
diff changeset
966 to the url to fetch the list for another country. For example, for the German
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diff changeset
967 list, you would use "http://de.insider.msg.yahoo.com/ycontent/".
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968
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969 This has recently stopped working, we are investigating alternatives.
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970
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971 The list of known country codes for this url is:
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972
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973 • aa => Asia
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974 • ar => Argentina
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975 • au => Australia
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976 • br => Brazil
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977 • ca => Canada
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978 • cf => Central African Republic
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979 • cn => China
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980 • de => Germany
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981 • dk => Denmark
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982 • es => Spain
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983 • fr => France
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984 • hk => Hong Kong
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985 • in => India
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986 • it => Italy
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987 • kr => Korea, Republic of
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988 • mx => Mexico
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989 • no => Norway
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990 • se => Sweden
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991 • sg => Singapore
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992 • tw => Taiwan
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993 • uk => United Kingdom
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994
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995 9.5 What protocol does Gaim use to connect to Yahoo!?
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996
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997 Normally Gaim uses the YMSG protocol, which is the same protocol that the
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998 official Yahoo! clients use. If an attempt to login returns the "Invalid
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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999 Password" error code, Gaim automatically tries to log in using the "Web
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
diff changeset
1000 Messenger" method. This method still uses the YMSG protocol, but
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
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1001 authenticates differently, and connects to a different server.
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1002
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1003 While in Web Messenger mode, several things work differently or not at all.
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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1004 Adding, moving, and removing buddies doesn't work, and the only available
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1005 statuses are "Available" and "Invisible". In addition, the Yahoo! server
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diff changeset
1006 seems to ignore all Yahoo! Chat related packets. For this reason, we use the
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
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diff changeset
1007 YCHT protocol to join Yahoo! Chat rooms while connected using the Web
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Luke Schierer <lschiere@pidgin.im>
parents: 9618
diff changeset
1008 Messenger method.
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1009
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1011 | 10. MSN Protocol
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1014 10.1 Why are my file transfers so slow?
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1015
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1016 Gaim only supports tranferring files over MSN via the MSN servers. This means
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1017 all your data is sent to an MSN server and then forwarded to the person at
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1018 the other end of the transfer. It is unknown whether we will support true
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1019 peer to peer file transfer over MSN.
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1020
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1021 10.2 I'm getting lots of "Already in Opposite list" errors on MSN, why?
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1022
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1023 The reason this happens is because you have a screen name in both your permit
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1024 list and your deny list. There are two ways to fix this: the correct way and
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1025 the quick way. The correct way is to go to Tools->Privacy, and manually scan
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1026 the list and remove the duplicate entries. The quick way is to remove the
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1027 blist.xml file from the ~/.gaim directory. Be aware that this contains your
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1028 buddy list for all accounts, and also stores the "Contact" grouping of
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1029 Buddies.
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1030
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1031 10.3 Is there a way to invite more than one person to an MSN chat?
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1032
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1033 Yes. Right click a buddy on your list and choose "Initiate Chat". In the
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1034 conversation window that appears, choose "Invite" from the "Conversation"
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1035 menu to invite another user. When the conversation framework gets another
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1036 rewrite, it is possible that this will be simplified.
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1037
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1038 10.4 Is MSNP9 (MSN6) going to be supported?
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1039
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1040 MSNP9 support has existed in Gaim since 0.69. However, at this point,
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1041 features such as custom smileys aren't yet implemented.
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1042
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1043 10.5 Will I be able to use Gaim for MSN after October 15th 2003? (The day
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1044 they're preventing third party clients from connecting)
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1045
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1046 Yes. We use MSNP9, which is available in 0.69 and up, and MSNP9 is supported
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1047 after October 15th 2003.
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1048
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1049 10.6 I just upgraded Gaim and the MSN plugin will not load. Why?
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1050
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1051 You did not compile with SSL support, or the SSL plugin failed to load. As of
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1052 protocol version 9, the MSN protocol requires the use of SSL, which Gaim
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1053 provides by either GnuTLS or the combination of NSS and NSPR from the Mozilla
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1054 project. Install one or both of these and recompile Gaim, and see the next
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1055 question.
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1056
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1057 10.7 The MSN plugin won't load, but I have Mozilla NSS!
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1058
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1059 Some distributions, including Slackware, install Mozilla NSS to a
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1060 non-standard directory. The fix is simple. Edit /etc/ld.so.conf and add /usr/
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1061 lib/mozilla-1.4 (or whatever version you're using, but it's usually 1.4) to
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1062 the file, and run ldconfig as root. Then re-run configure and recompile Gaim.
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1063 You may also need to specify where the include file are for NSS and NSPR, see
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1064 ./configure --help for the options.
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1065
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1066 Mozilla 1.5 has a broken .pc file and does not install the necessary .h
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1067 files, and so will not be detected.
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1068
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1069 See http://gaim.sf.net/faq-ssl.php on getting SSL to work with Gaim.
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1070
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1071 10.8 What does "MSN: S: 911 3" in the debug window mean when I cannot connect
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1072 to MSN?
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1073
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1074 See http://gaim.sf.net/911.txt.
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1075
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1076 10.9 How do I set an MSN avatar?
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1077
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1078 Gaim calls these Buddy Icons. Go to Tools->Accounts and click to Modify your
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1079 MSN account. You can drag and drop a file to the resulting dialog, or use the
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1080 Open button.
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1081
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1082 10.10 What does "Has you" in the buddy tooltip mean?
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1083
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1084 It shows you if that MSN user has added you to his/her buddy list. "Has you:
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1085 No" does not mean you can't talk to that person.
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1086
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1087 10.11 How do I set my MSN Friendly Name (the name other users see)?
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1088
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1089 In the Buddy List window, go to Tools->Account Actions->account->Set Friendly
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1090 Name.
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1091
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1092 10.12 What does "Error reading from switchboard server" mean?
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1093
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1094 We haven't fully figured that out yet, but even Microsoft's client seems to
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1095 get similar errors, although with less frequency than we do. See Bug 1060205
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1096 for further information.
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1099 | 11. Gadu-Gadu Protocol
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1101
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1102 11.1 What is Gadu-Gadu?
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1103
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1104 Gadu-Gadu is an IM protocol popular in Poland. You can find more about it at
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1105 www.gadu-gadu.pl (website in Polish).
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1107 11.2 Why doesn't it work right?
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1108
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1109 We have not had a Gadu-Gadu maintainer in some time and are currently
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1110 struggling to keep this protocol functional. If you have any problems, you
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1111 will need to submit a patch for them, as we are unlikely to have much luck
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1112 fixing it. If things get too bad, we will be forced to remove this protocol
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1113 from the default builds.
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1114
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1116 | 12. Zephyr Protocol
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1119 12.1 What is Zephyr?
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1120
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1121 Zephyr is an IM protocol developed at MIT for use with Project Athena. Its
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1122 features include Kerberos IV authentication, multi-level chats (aka
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1123 "subscriptions"). You're probably using this because your college/employer/
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1124 organization uses it as a local IM/chat system. If not, you probably don't
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1125 have a server to connect to.
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1126
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1127 12.2 Other Zephyr clients (zwgc,owl,tzc) work, but Gaim dies with "Couldn't
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1128 initialize zephyr".
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1129
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1130 Your site might require the use of Kerberos 4 for authentication, though few
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1131 prepackaged Gaim binaries use Kerberos. One solution is to compile Gaim with
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1132 the --with-krb4 flag to point to the location of your Kerberos 4 devel files,
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1133 usually one of /usr, /usr/local, or /usr/athena, e.g. ./configure --with-krb4
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1134 =/path/to/kerberosIV
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1135
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1136 12.3 Gaim isn't working, but I never got any other Zephyr client working on
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1137 this machine.
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1138
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1139 You need to have zhm (which comes with the standard Zephyr distribution)
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1140 installed, and running, and pointed at your Zephyr servers. e.g.
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1141
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1142 zhm z1.example.com z2.example.com z3.example.com
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1143
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1144 Alternatively, there might be a firewall or a NAT between you and the Zephyr
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1145 servers. Zephyr generally doesn't work in an environment where incoming
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1146 connections cannot be made to arbitrary UDP ports.
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1147
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1148 12.4 How do I use Zephyr from behind my firewall, or without recompiling with
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1149 kerberos support if needed?
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1150
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1151 You can use tzc, "Trivial Zephyr Client" and ssh to run Zephyr from a machine
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1152 that is behind a firewall or NAT. First, make sure that tzc is installed and
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1153 working on the remote machine. The best version of tzc to use can be found
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1154 http://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/debian/dists/testing/contrib/source/
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1155 tzc-cclub_001-3.tar.gz. Second, make sure that you can make a passwordless
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1156 ssh connection to the remote machine and get kerberos 4 tickets. Then, click
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1157 on "Show more options", enable "Use tzc", and set the tzc command to
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1158
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1159 /path/to/ssh username@hostname /path/to/tzc -e "%s"
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1160
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1161 Alternately, if you have tzc working on your machine, you can enable "Use
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1162 tzc", and set the tzc command to
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1163
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1164 /path/to/tzc -e "%s"
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1167 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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1168 | 13. SILC Protocol
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1169 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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1170
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1171 13.1 What is SILC?
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1172
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1173 SILC is an open protocol designed from the ground up with security in mind.
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1174 It is, or should be, the protocol of choice for the paranoid. See http://
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1175 www.silcnet.org for more details.
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1176
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1178 | 14. Novell Protocol
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1181 14.1 Are there any public servers for Novell?
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1182
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1183 Not really. This protocol is designed to connect to a Novell GroupWise server
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1184 running on a corporate LAN.
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1185
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1186 14.2 I can't seem to get it to work.
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1187
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1188 Novell tells us that this protocol plugin will only work with either the
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1189 GroupWise Messenger for Linux server or the GroupWise Messenger SP2 (or
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1190 higher) server for NetWare and Windows. In addition, the server must be
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1191 secure (SSL enabled). If you have any trouble, see the FAQ question about
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1192 submitting bugs, and they will be forwarded to Novell, who have been kind
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1193 enough to continue active maintenance to the protocol plugin code they
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1194 provided us.
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1195
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1197 | 15. Scripts and Plugins
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1199
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1200 15.1 How do I use perl scripts with Gaim?
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1201
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1202 Save the perl script to ~/.gaim/plugins/ or $prefix/lib/gaim/, restart Gaim,
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1203 and load the perl script by checking the check box next to its name on the
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1204 Plugins page in preferences.
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1205
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1206 15.2 How do I compile a plugin for Gaim?
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1207
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1208 To compile a plugin for Gaim, you must have Gaim's source code. To download
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1209 Gaim's source code, get the most recent tarball from http://
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1210 gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php (http://gaim.sf.net/downloads.php) and
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1211 untar it with the command: tar zxvf filename where filename is the file you
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1212 downloaded.
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1213
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1214 After you have a Gaim source code tree:
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1215
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1216 1. Change to the resulting directory and run the command: ./configure This
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1217 will create the necessary make files.
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1218 2. Move the plugin you wish to compile into the plugins/ directory in the
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1219 Gaim source code tree.
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1220 3. Change to the plugins/ directory.
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1221 4. On Unix/Linux Type:
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1222
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1223 make name.so
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1224
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1225 where the name of the file you wish to compile is name.c.
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1226
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1227 On Win32 Type:
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1228
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1229 make -f Makefile.mingw name.dll
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1230
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1231 where the name of the file you wish to compile is name.c.
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1232
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1233 Note well the difference in the extensions. If you type make name.c
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1234 instead of name.so, it won't work.
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1235
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1236 5. After make finishes, you can move the plugin to a place that is more
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1237 convenient. $prefix/lib/gaim is suggested. If you installed Gaim by
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1238 compiling it yourself, $prefix is /usr/local by default. Otherwise,
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1239 $prefix is /usr.
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1240
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1241 15.3 I have a plugin or perl script for Gaim that used to work, but does not
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1242 with the current version.
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1243
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1244 The plugin and perl script API has changed several times, which means plugins
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1245 and perl scripts must be modified in order to work. The plugin or perl script
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1246 must be located in $prefix/lib/gaim/ or in ~/.gaim/plugins/, and must
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1247 implement the new API, as documented by the make docs command from the root
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1248 of the Gaim source code tree. This will generate html documentation in the
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1249 doc/html directory. Also note that plugins and perl scripts are now
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1250 controlled from preferences.
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1251
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1252 15.4 Where can I find documentation on writing plugins and Perl scripts?
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1253
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1254 If you look in the plugins/ directory in the Gaim source, you should see a
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1255 HOWTO file with some details for C plugins. Also be sure to check out our
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1256 online documentation (http://gaim.sf.net/api/index.html). Be especially sure
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1257 to look at the Related Pages, which lists all of Gaim's signals, as well as a
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1258 nice perl script HOWTO.
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1259
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1260 This documentation can be generated directly from the Gaim source by running
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1261 make docs. You will need doxygen and graphviz dot installed for this to work.
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1262
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1263 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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1264 | 16. Development
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1265 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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1266
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1267 16.1 Can I help?
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1268
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1269 But of course. Just find something that's bugging you and fix it. There are a
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1270 slew of a bug reports in Gaim's bug report tracker - you could pick one and
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1271 try to tackle it and submit a patch. You could also help with general bug
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1272 triage by going through the bug reports and leaving comments such as "this
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1273 has been fixed" or "this is a duplicate of bug #12345." As always, make sure
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1274 you follow the same coding style used in Gaim, and make sure you don't break
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1275 the core/UI split.
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1276
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1277 16.2 Gaim never leaves a core file.
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1278
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1279 On most installs core files are limited in size to 0 bytes, and are therefore
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1280 not created. To rectify this situation, add ulimit -c unlimited to your
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1281 startup scripts (~/.bash_profile is a good place) or run it manually in a
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1282 terminal before starting Gaim from that terminal. You can also run Gaim
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1283 directly in gdb with gdb gaim.
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1284
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1285 16.3 Where should I report bugs?
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1286
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1287 http://gaim.sf.net/bug.php.
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1288
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1289 16.4 Where should I submit patches?
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1290
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1291 http://gaim.sf.net/patches.php.
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1292
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1293 16.5 Did you guys reverse engineer it?
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1294
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1295 TOC, Jabber, MSN, Napster, and IRC are published protocols, so we didn't have
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1296 to reverse engineer those. Oscar, ICQ, and Yahoo are not published, and were
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1297 reverse engineered by other people. Novell was provided by Novell, and SILC
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1298 was written by one of the protocol's developers.
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1299
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1301 | 17. Misc. Questions
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1303
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1304 17.1 Can I IM you guys?
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1305
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1306 Sure! Look at the Contact Information (http://gaim.sf.net/contactinfo.php)
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1307 page!
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1308
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1309 17.2 Hello?
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1310
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1311 We don't know how to answer this question. Stop asking it.
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1312
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1313 17.3 Can I give you money/hardware/other expensive things that can be hocked
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1314 for cash what with you all being students/full-time-workers and helping
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1315 to produce this wonderful software instead of studying/sleeping?
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1316
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1317 No. We're completely fool-hardy and won't accept any gratuities with no
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1318 strings attached for just being good guys. That and we'd have to share with
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1319 everyone who has submitted patches. ;-)
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1321 17.4 Does Gaim support secure instant messaging (encrypted IMs)?
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1322
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1323 Short answer: Yes, use the SILC protocol.
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1324 Long Answer (for other protocols): Not natively. Doing secure instant
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1325 messaging right is a big deal and requires, among other things, an
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1326 authentication scheme. Simply encrypting your data stream without verifying
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1327 the party with whom you are chatting is not secure in any way; some other
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1328 clients offer options like this, but we feel that such measures instill a
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1329 false sense of security that is more harmful than helpful.
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1331 There are a number of 3rd party plugin developers working on developing a
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1332 secure IM framework, the better ones using the GnuPG and the OpenPGP trust
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1333 model for authentication. If you are serious about secure instant messaging,
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1334 read the documentation on the "web of trust" model available at www.gnupg.org
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1335 and try out one of these.
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1337 17.5 Why are the passwords in accounts.xml not encrypted?
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1339 This is a case of a really long answer to a short question. Read our
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1340 explanation at http://gaim.sf.net/plaintextpasswords.php.
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1341
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1342 17.6 What is gaim-remote?
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1343
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1344 gaim-remote is a second executable included with Gaim starting with 0.60. It
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1345 allows you to perform some actions to control/manipulate an existing Gaim
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1346 process from the command line. Run gaim-remote --help to get an idea of what
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1347 we currently envision it doing.
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1348
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1349 17.7 When will the next version of Gaim be released?
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1351 The schedule for releases is every third Thursday. However, a new version
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1352 will only be released if it meets a certain standard of quality (i.e., it
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1353 will not be released if it still has a large number of serious bugs).
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1354 Therefore, some releases will take longer than others. Major rewrites means
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1355 lots of new bugs to work out. The new version will be released as soon as it
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1356 is possible to do so.
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1358 17.8 What will the next version be?
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1359
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1360 Starting with version 1.0.0, Gaim version numbers have 3 parts to them. The
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1361 format is major.minor.micro. If we change something internally in Gaim such
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1362 that some plugins won't work with the newer version, we will increment the
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1363 major version number. If we don't increment the major version number, and
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1364 we've added things to the Gaim API that won't break any older stuff, we will
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1365 increment the minor version number. In any other cases, we will increment the
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1366 micro version number. Even and odd numbers have nothing to do with stability,
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1367 and you should always be running the latest release of Gaim to get new
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1368 features and bug fixes.
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1369
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1370 17.9 So, can I look forward to mega-sexy super functionality with Gaim?
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1372 Yes, that is the intended idea. In fact, there have been quite a number of
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1373 unpopular geeks who have made the switch to gaim. In a matter of days, the
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1374 number of dates and awesomeness points received by the geek increased ten
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1375 fold! You, too, can have an exciting life with Gaim. Get Gaim. Get the babes.
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1376 Get uhh... hmm.
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