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2 ========================
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3 Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com> IM: RobFlynn (current maintainer)
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4 Syd Logan - Super Hacker and Resident Designated Driver
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5 Jim Duchek <jimduchek@ou.edu> IM: Zilding (former maintainer)
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6 Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org> (retired)
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7 Mark Spencer <markster@marko.net>
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9 Gaim is an IM client that supports many protocols, including AIM, ICQ,
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10 MSN, IRC, and Jabber. Gaim is NOT endorsed by, nor affiliated with,
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11 AOL nor any other company in ANY way.
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14 BUILD
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17 Read the 'INSTALL' file for more detailed directions.
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19 Gaim uses the standard ./configure ; make. You need to use gmake, BSD
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20 make probably won't work. Remember, run ./configure --help to see what
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21 build options are available.
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23 In order to compile Gaim, you need to have GTK+ 2.0 installed (as
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24 well as the development files!). The configure script will fail if you
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25 don't. You can get it from http://www.gtk.org/.
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27 For sound support, you also need gstreamer 0.10 or higher. For
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28 spellchecking support, you need libgtkspell (http://gtkspell.sf.net/).
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29 Your distro of choice probably already includes these, just be sure to
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30 install the development packages.
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32 RUN
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33 ===
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35 You should run 'make install' as root to make sure plugins and other files
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36 get installed into locations they want to be in. Once you've done that,
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37 you only need to run 'gaim'.
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39 Protocol plugins (prpls) are now automatically loaded. Simply go to the
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40 account editor, add a new account, and all supported protocols will be
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41 there. Be sure to use OSCAR (AIM/ICQ) and not the old TOC or ICQ plugins.
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43 Read below for protocol-specific information.
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46 PLUGINS
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49 If you do not wish to enable the plugin support within Gaim, run the
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50 ./configure script with the --disable-plugins option and recompile your
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51 source code. This will prevent the ability to load plugins.
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53 'make install' puts the plugins in $PREFIX/lib/gaim (PREFIX being what
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54 you specified when you ./configure'd - it defaults to /usr/local). Gaim
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55 looks for the plugins in that directory by default, but they do not have
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56 to be there to use them. Also, plugins have a .so extension by default,
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57 though they do not have to.
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59 To build a plugin from a .c file, put it in the plugins/ directory in
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60 the source and run 'make filename.so', e.g. if you have the .c file
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61 'kickass.c', put it in the plugins/ directory, and from that directory,
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62 run 'make kickass.so'.
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65 NOTES
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68 If you manually set a command for your browser or sound player options,
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69 make sure to put double-quotes around the "%s", otherwise bad things may
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70 happen.
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72 If you come across a bug, please report it to http://gaim.sf.net/bug.php.
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74 See README.SVN for information on the bleeding edge SVN version of Gaim.
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75 You probably shouldn't use it, as it may eat your children, as well as
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76 your settings.
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79 PROTOCOL INFORMATION
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82 Each protocol is hacked by both Rob and Eric, though there is one person
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83 that kind of "owns" a protocol (mostly indicating that they were the
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84 person that originally wrote it). Their name will be next to the protocol;
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85 they're the people to complain to when something doesn't work ;).
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88 TOC (Mark)
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91 You shouldn't use TOC, you should use Oscar instead. TOC can sync your
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92 buddy list with the server (if it's not too long), and can respond to file
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93 transfer requests (both sending and receiving). Other than that, there's
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94 nothing it can do that Oscar can't, yet. The TOC protocol doesn't allow
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95 retrieval of away messages; isn't capable of sending or receiving buddy
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96 icons; it also can't make file transfer requests.
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99 Oscar (Mark)
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102 Oscar is the default protocol. It is recommended that you use Oscar for
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103 both AIM and ICQ, as TOC isn't very featureful and the old ICQ protocol no
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106 For AIM, Oscar can get people's away messages. It can request and accept
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107 Direct Connections, and has limited support for file transfer. IM Image
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108 does not currently work. It can send and receive buddy icons if you have
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109 GdkPixbuf.
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111 For ICQ, it supports nearly everything that the old ICQ plugin supported,
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112 which isn't much. To use Oscar for ICQ, enter your ICQ UIN as the
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113 screenname. The default host/port will work. You'll need to use a different
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114 client to register a new ICQ account if you don't have one yet.
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117 Yahoo (Sean)
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120 Yahoo is currently using the new YMSG protocol that newer official Yahoo
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121 clients are using. This protocol is much better than the old one, and
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122 tends to be somewhat more reliable. However, the Yahoo service is still
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123 flaky at best.
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126 IRC (Ethan)
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127 ===
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129 There are three ways to join an IRC chat room. The first is the File->Join
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130 A Chat menu option in the Buddy List window. The second is the "Chat"
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131 button at the bottom of the buddy list. The third is to type "/join #name"
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132 in an IM window where the "Send Message As" menu is set to your IRC
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133 account. There are other / commands that work in IM and Chat windows for
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134 IRC, /help will give you a list of them.
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137 MSN (Christian)
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140 With MSN you can join a conversation with several people, but you can't
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141 invite people from the IM window yet.
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144 ICQ (Mark)
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145 ===
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147 The ICQ plugin is deprecated and will probably be removed soon. The
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148 protocol only marginally works. You should use Oscar for ICQ. You'll
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149 need a different client to register an ICQ account if you don't have
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150 one yet.
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153 Jabber (Nathan)
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156 Transports aren't currently supported at all, though if you have a
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157 transport already subscribed Gaim will use it (you can't add or remove
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158 transports though). In order to use a server other than jabber.org, set
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159 your username to include the server, e.g. warmenhoven@mycompany.com. This
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160 is the actual format of the Jabber ID anyway; Jabber is email with online
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161 notification. You can register a new Jabber account by checking the
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162 appropriate box in the account editor for your Jabber account.
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165 Napster (Mark)
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166 =======
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168 Heh. Ok, so I (Rob) am on crack! Gaim can sign on/off of Napster,
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169 add/remove people to your hotlist (buddylist) as well as chat privately
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170 and in chat rooms. You can search for files and browse a list of other
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171 user's files. You can currently download files as long as the person
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172 you're retrieving files from is not firewalled.
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175 Zephyr (Sean)
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178 Let me start off by saying how much I really despise Zephyr. They do a
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179 lot of things that make me realize why this never caught on. For those
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180 of you who are unfortunate enough to feel compelling need to use this,
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181 gaim now has a Zephyr plugin. It can currently sign on/off, handles
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182 presence/buddy lists (it even imports your .anyone file!), and can
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183 send/receive personal messages. A lot of stuff is missing, this is just
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184 a real rough first stab at it.
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187 Gadu-Gadu (Sean)
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188 =========
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190 I really shouldn't be taking credit for Gadu-Gadu, I'm just the person who
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191 commits the patches that Arkadiusz Miskiewicz gives me. Gadu-Gadu is an IM
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192 system most similar to ICQ that is quite popular in Poland. It can manage
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193 your server-side buddy list through the Protocol Actions menu. You'll need
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194 to use a different client to register a new account if you don't have one
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195 yet.