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  1 Gaim: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone Thats Good For The Soul
  2 
  3 1. Compiling and Installing
  4 
  5          1.1.  What does "Gaim" stand for?
  6          1.2.  Why can't I compile Gaim?
  7          1.3.  I'm trying to install Gaim, but it complains that I don't have
  8                libgtkspell.so.0, from where can I get this?
  9          1.4.  What do I need to use the SILC protocol?
 10          1.5.  Is there some way I can compile just Gaim, without all of these
 11                protocols?
 12          1.6.  I installed a new version of Gaim, but the about window says I'm
 13                still using the old version.
 14          1.7.  Are the packages signed? If so, by who, and how can I get the
 15                key?
 16          1.8.  Can I use Gaim for GTK+1.2?
 17          1.9.  Can I run Gaim on IRIX?
 18          1.10. How do I apply the patch "something.diff"?
 19          1.11. Why is gaim crashing when I start it?
 20          1.12. Gaim <non-current version> is buggy. Gaim CVS is buggy. Why?
 21          1.13. Why do you always say not to use CVS?
 22 
 23 2. Using Gaim
 24 
 25          2.1.  How do I register for a new account?
 26          2.2.  How do I use AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, ICQ, or any other
 27                protocol?
 28          2.3.  How do I change the font Gaim uses?
 29          2.4.  How do I make gaim use emacs-like keybindings?
 30          2.5.  How do I use smiley themes?
 31          2.6.  Why are the status icons so big?
 32          2.7.  How do I get sound to work correctly?
 33          2.8.  How do I make Gaim use ALSA or OSS for playing sounds? What does
 34                the "Automatic" option do?
 35                Why does Gaim use the same WM_CLASS for every window? It makes
 36          2.9.  it impossible to control window size and placement for the buddy
 37                list separately from the conversations.
 38          2.10. What is a "Buddy Pounce"?
 39          2.11. Where does gaim store its logs?
 40          2.12. Can I use Gaim for e-mail, blogging, an RSS feed, or something
 41                else that isn't IM-related?
 42 
 43 3. Features
 44 
 45          3.1. Does Gaim support file transfer?
 46          3.2. Is there a Gaim tray icon, or docklet, or gnome applet, or panel
 47               icon, or something?
 48          3.3. What do those colors in the conversation tab mean?
 49          3.4. Will Gaim save my buddy list to the server?
 50          3.5. Can I import or export my buddy list?
 51          3.6. Does Gaim support animated smileys?
 52          3.7. Can I make Gaim group screen names by the person that owns them?
 53               You know, like Trillian's Meta Contacts?
 54          3.8. How do I get the old logging back?
 55          3.9. How can I convert my old logs to the new format?
 56 
 57 4. ICQ Protocol
 58 
 59          4.1. How do I use ICQ?
 60          4.2. Can I send SMS messages?
 61 
 62 5. TOC Protocol
 63 
 64          5.1. What is the TOC protocol?
 65 
 66 6. AIM/ICQ (OSCAR) Protocol
 67 
 68          6.1.  Can I set my profile?
 69          6.2.  Can I set a buddy icon?
 70          6.3.  Some of my buddies are not showing up as online, why is that?
 71          6.4.  Can I use AIM URI's such as "aim:goim?screenname=robflynn"?
 72          6.5.  I just changed my buddy icon, and I can't see the new one.
 73          6.6.  Does Gaim support DirectIM and IM Image?
 74          6.7.  Can I send SMS messages?
 75          6.8.  Can I add SMS numbers to my buddy list?
 76          6.9.  I heard AOL is combining ICQ and AIM, does that mean I can send
 77                a message from an AIM account to an ICQ account and vice-versa?
 78          6.10. Why can't I connect via either Oscar or TOC?
 79 
 80 7. IRC Protocol
 81 
 82          7.1. How do I join a channel with the IRC plugin?
 83          7.2. Is there a way to make Gaim automatically identify me and/or join
 84               IRC chats on login?
 85 
 86 8. Jabber Protocol
 87 
 88          8.1. How do I choose which Jabber server to use?
 89          8.2. How do I change my Jabber resource to be other than the default
 90               of "/Gaim"?
 91          8.3. How do I register a new Jabber account?
 92          8.4. How do I use invisibility?
 93               I've a buddy that I keep removing from my buddy list but the
 94          8.5. entry keeps coming back every time I log in again! How can I stop
 95               this?
 96          8.6. Can I remove a buddy from my Jabber roster entirely?
 97          8.7. What does "Cancel Presence Notification" do?
 98 
 99 9. Y!M (Yahoo) Protocol
100 
101          9.1. I cannot connect to yahoo!
102 
103 10. MSN Protocol
104 
105          10.1. I'm getting lots of "Already in Opposite list" errors on msn,
106                why?
107          10.2. Is there a way to invite more than one person to an MSN chat?
108          10.3. Is MSNP9 (MSN6) going to be supported?
109          10.4. Will I be able to use Gaim for MSN after October 15th 2003? (The
110                day they're preventing third party clients from connecting)
111          10.5. I just upgraded Gaim and the MSN plugin will not load. Why?
112          10.6. The MSN plugin won't load, but I have Mozilla NSS!
113          10.7. What does "MSN: S: 911 3" in the debug window mean when I cannot
114                connect to msn?
115 
116 11. Gadu-Gadu Protocol
117 
118          11.1. What is Gadu-Gadu?
119          11.2. Why doesn't it work right?
120 
121 12. Zephyr Protocol
122 
123          12.1. What is Zephyr?
124          12.2. Other Zephyr clients (zwgc,owl,tzc) work, but gaim dies with
125                "Couldn't initialize zephyr".
126          12.3. Gaim isn't working, but I never got any other zephyr client
127                working on this machine.
128 
129 13. Trepia Protocol
130 
131          13.1. I heard Trepia was going to be in 0.65. Where is it?
132          13.2. Trepia is showing people in Japan, England, etc. on my buddy
133                list. I thought this was supposed to show people in my area?
134 
135 14. SILC Protocol
136 
137          14.1. What is SILC?
138 
139 15. Novell Protocol
140 
141          15.1. Are there any public servers for Novell?
142          15.2. I can't seem to get it to work.
143 
144 16. Scripts and Plugins
145 
146          16.1. How do I use perl scripts with Gaim?
147          16.2. How do I compile a plugin for Gaim?
148          16.3. I have a plugin or perl script for Gaim that does not work with
149                0.60 or higher.
150          16.4. Where can I find documentation on writing plugins and Perl
151                scripts?
152 
153 17. Development
154 
155          17.1. Can I help?
156          17.2. Gaim never leaves a core file.
157          17.3. Where should I report bugs?
158          17.4. Where should I submit patches?
159          17.5. Did you guys reverse engineer it?
160 
161 18. Misc. Questions
162 
163          18.1. Can I IM you guys?
164          18.2. Hello?
165                Can I give you money/hardware/other expensive things that can be
166          18.3. hocked for cash what with you all being students/
167                full-time-workers and helping to produce this wonderful software
168                instead of studying/sleeping?
169          18.4. Does Gaim support secure instant messaging (encrypted IMs)?
170          18.5. Why are the passwords in accounts.xml not encrypted?
171          18.6. What is gaim-remote?
172          18.7. When will the next version of Gaim be released?
173 
174 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
175 | 1. Compiling and Installing
176 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
177 
178 1.1  What does "Gaim" stand for?
179 
180   For freedom! No, seriously, it doesn't stand for anything. It's our name and
181   we're sticking to it. The two acceptable forms of capitalization are "Gaim"
182   and "gaim" (and not "GAIM").
183 
184 1.2  Why can't I compile Gaim?
185 
186   Make sure you have relatively recent versions of automake, autoconf, and
187   gettext. HOWEVER, generally speaking, having the absolute newest of them is
188   not as good as having one version short of newest since we might not have
189   found work-arounds for the latest set of changes. Also, some versions of
190   automake require certain ranges of gettext versions, and we are utterly
191   unable to keep track of what versions will work with what other versions.
192 
193   If you have Slackware < 9.1, you need to get non-slack packages for autoconf,
194   automake, gettext, and libtool. You also have to copy the contents of /usr/
195   local/share/aclocal to /usr/share/aclocal. This is due to bugs in Slackware
196   and the auto* packages.
197 
198   *BSD users may also have problems with libtool and will also have to remove
199   the --no-verify from the configure script.
200 
201   Having problems getting SSL and MSN working? See http://gaim.sf.net/
202   faq-ssl.php for distribution specific hints.
203 
204 1.3  I'm trying to install Gaim, but it complains that I don't have
205      libgtkspell.so.0, from where can I get this?
206 
207   libtgtkspell.so.0 is provided by gtkspell. This library is used by Gaim to
208   provide the "Highlight misspelled words" feature. You can find an RPM of
209   gtkspell at freshrpms.net. You can find the source and a non-Red Hat specific
210   RPM at gtkspell.sourceforge.net.
211 
212 1.4  What do I need to use the SILC protocol?
213 
214   You need to install the SILC toolkit (http://silcnet.org/software/download/
215   toolkit/) and the Gaim SILC plugin. This plugin is generally provided as a
216   separate package (such as a gaim-silc RPM). If you're compiling yourself, see
217   the ./configure --help for specifying the SILC includes and libs. If you're
218   compiling an SRPM, use "--with silc" to build the gaim-silc RPM.
219 
220 1.5  Is there some way I can compile just Gaim, without all of these protocols?
221 
222   Yeah. There are actually three ways to do it.
223 
224    1. Use the --with-static-prpls option to ./configure along with
225       --disable-plugins. This will let you choose which protocols are compiled
226       in with Gaim, but you will not be able to use any other protocols or
227       plugins.
228 
229       You'll need to compile any protocols that you specified in
230       --with-static-prpls. Oscar and TOC are defaults.
231 
232    2. Use the --with-dynamic-prpls option to ./configure
233 
234    3. Change to the directories for the protocols you want to compile (e.g. src
235       /protocols/jabber), and run make from there. Then after you've compiled
236       all of them, change back to src/ and run make gaim.
237 
238 1.6  I installed a new version of Gaim, but the about window says I'm still
239      using the old version.
240 
241   If you compiled yourself, and you previously had an rpm or a Debian package
242   installed, you need to remove that first. rpm -e gaim or dpkg -p gaim should
243   work.
244 
245   Likewise, if you want to use an RPM or deb and you have previously compiled
246   Gaim from source, you need to make uninstall to remove all Gaim files from /
247   usr/local.
248 
249 1.7  Are the packages signed? If so, by who, and how can I get the key?
250 
251   Yes, all packages are signed. The signature for the tarball and bzip2 archive
252   are provided by separate downloads. The RPMs we provide are signed by either
253   Ethan Blanton, Mark Doliner, or Christian Hammond. Usually the Mandrake and
254   Fedora Core 1 RPMs are signed by Mark Doliner and the Red Hat 8 and 9 RPMs
255   are signed by Ethan Blanton. The keys can be obtained from any key server.
256   http://pgp.mit.edu/ is popular.
257 
258 1.8  Can I use Gaim for GTK+1.2?
259 
260   As of version 0.60, Gaim has been completely converted to using GTK+2.0. We
261   really really really recommend using the most current version of Gaim and not
262   a GTK+1.2 version of Gaim. However, if you are living in the '90s, or you're
263   afraid GTK+2.0 will insult your mother, you can use Gaim 0.59.9, which is the
264   last version of Gaim that used GTK+1.2. We should warn you though, this
265   version of Gaim hasn't had any new features since the middle of 2002, and
266   some protocols likely do not work. Also, the 0.59.x releases aren't
267   breathtakingly beautiful.
268 
269 1.9  Can I run Gaim on IRIX?
270 
271   It has been done before. Please see http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?
272   thread_id=725839&forum_id=665 at our SourceForge Forum.
273 
274 1.10  How do I apply the patch "something.diff"?
275 
276   Type patch -p0 < something.diff from inside the gaim directory. If that
277   doesn't work, try patch -p1 < something.diff.
278 
279 1.11  Why is gaim crashing when I start it?
280 
281   First of all make sure you are using the most recent version of Gaim. If you
282   still have problems, try the following:
283 
284     * Make sure only one version of Gaim is installed. "whereis gaim" can
285       sometimes be useful for determining this.
286     * "export GDK_USE_XFT=0" in a terminal and then run Gaim from the same
287       terminal.
288     * If gaim is not crashing, but is just sitting there not displaying
289       anything, try turning off anything else that might be using the sound
290       device (ie xmms) and then starting gaim. If this fixes the problem, it is
291       a libao issue, not a gaim issue, and can be worked around by the use of
292       esd or arts.
293     * Try disabling or deleting any 3rd party plugins, especially anything
294       related to encryption.
295     * If you use 0.75 or higher on win32, try deleting tcl.dll.
296     * If you have ever installed 0.65, edit your ~/.gaimrc, changing your auto
297       away preference from -1 to 0.
298 
299 1.12  Gaim <non-current version> is buggy. Gaim CVS is buggy. Why?
300 
301   Non-current versions have old bugs which may be fixed in the current
302   version--that's why we make new releases. CVS is frequently unusable because
303   of changes in the code. Bugs are introduced during the development process
304   and are hopefully fixed before a release is made.
305 
306 1.13  Why do you always say not to use CVS?
307 
308   That's a long story. For starters, see the previous question. It is often the
309   case that Gaim CVS exhibits bad behavior due to features and bugfixes which
310   are in a transitory state or which are not yet well understood. These bad
311   behaviors range from the harmless (maybe a graphical glitch in a dialog box)
312   to the irritating (a particular protocol may not work), to the downright
313   damaging (recently a bug in CVS destroyed the user's buddy lists). While
314   behaviors like this are acceptable to some users (particularly developers,
315   who are used to such things), they tend to cause many Gaim CVS users to
316   contact Gaim developers and report the same (usually egregious) bug over and
317   over - using time which could be better spent fixing the bugs.
318 
319   A second major point involves public resources - a CVS checkout is not a
320   cheap operation. As many Sourceforge users are aware, at various points in
321   the recent past Sourceforge CVS has been less than pleasant to work with.
322   This is, of course, because Sourceforge hosts dozens and dozens of useful and
323   active projects which use CVS as a primary method of source code
324   collaboration. Unfortunately, when too many users are poking around in that
325   CVS just for the sake of poking around, it prevents other users who are
326   trying to do work to improve those very same projects from accomplishing
327   their tasks. It is better for the community if an enterprising individual
328   wishing to fix a particular bug she has seen can get to the code and create a
329   patch, even if this means that some users have to wait a few weeks for the
330   next release to see what new features it might hold.
331 
332   The third point is not a problem which has yet come up, but it is in the back
333   of the mind of the developers who bring you Gaim. As a third-party IM client,
334   Gaim is not a priority (and indeed may be an irritant) for the IM service
335   providers. We do our best to keep Gaim playing nice and being friendly on the
336   IM networks it uses; however, at times there are bugs in the protocol
337   support. If a few dozen people are using this buggy client, the IM providers
338   are not likely to go out of their way to do anything about it. However, if
339   hundreds of people are pointing an ill-behaved client at an IM server, the
340   server administrators may be forced to take action. (This is particularly
341   likely if the buggy behavior is damaging in some way.) Gaim releases
342   represent code which the gaim developers feel is relatively well-behaved and
343   stable. This includes not only the interface seen by Gaim users, but the
344   traffic seen by IM service providers. Gaim CVS bears no such guarantees.
345 
346   In short, there are a lot of good reasons to not use Gaim CVS if one does not
347   wish to develop Gaim, Gaim plugins, or a codebase which interacts with Gaim
348   in some intimate way. There are, however, only a few reasons to use Gaim CVS
349   outside of the above. Please weigh these things carefully and decide whether
350   you wish to use Gaim CVS for a good reason which furthers the community, or
351   for selfish reasons which are not entirely important.
352 
353 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
354 | 2. Using Gaim
355 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
356 
357 2.1  How do I register for a new account?
358 
359   This depends on the protocol.
360 
361   AIM: Go to http://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/login/login.psp?siteId=
362   snshomepage&authLev=1&mcState=initialized&createSn=1.
363 
364   MSN (including Hotmail email): Go to http://registernet.passport.com/.
365 
366   MSN (using your own email address): Go to https://register.passport.net/
367   reg.srf?lc=1033&id=486&ru=
368   http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epassport%2Enet%2FConsumer%2FDefault%2Easp%3Flc%3D1033&sl=1
369 
370   Yahoo: Go to http://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_register.
371 
372   Jabber: See the question How do I register a new Jabber account? below.
373 
374   ICQ: Go to http://web.icq.com/register.
375 
376   Gadu-Gadu: Use the official client to create an account.
377 
378   Novell: See your Novell server administrator.
379 
380 2.2  How do I use AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, ICQ, or any other protocol?
381 
382   Use the Account Editor (Tools->Accounts, or the Accounts button on the start
383   screen) to add the account of the appropriate messaging service. Use the
384   checkbox in the account editor to sign online.
385 
386 2.3  How do I change the font Gaim uses?
387 
388   The font preference in Gaim is used only for the formatting of outgoing
389   messages. The display fonts used by the rest of Gaim are those specified by
390   GTK. To change this font you need to edit your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file. If you need
391   help you can see our example .gtkrc-2.0 (http://gaim.sf.net/gtkrc-2.0) file.
392 
393   You can also just switch to a different GTK theme. You can find GTK themes
394   (and information on using them) by visiting themes.freshmeat.net,
395   art.gnome.org, or searching on Google.
396 
397   If you're having a problem with the font size used by a specific person, you
398   can try turning on the Ignore Font Sizes preference in Preferences->Message
399   Text.
400 
401 2.4  How do I make gaim use emacs-like keybindings?
402 
403   You need to edit your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 to contain the keybindings line from http:
404   //gaim.sf.net/gtkrc-2.0.
405 
406 2.5  How do I use smiley themes?
407 
408   To select a theme, open Gaim's preferences to the "Smiley Themes" page and
409   click on whichever theme you want to use. To install a theme, simply drag it
410   into the theme selector. You can find themes on the Gaim Smiley Themes (http:
411   //gaim.sf.net/themes.php) page.
412 
413   You can also install themes manually by uncompressing them to their own
414   directory in ~/.gaim/smileys/
415 
416 2.6  Why are the status icons so big?
417 
418   We believe that, by adding a second line of text to each buddy list entry,
419   we're able to show more information about each buddy on the buddy list. The
420   'Big List,' as we call it, shows status text, idle time, and warning level
421   concisely and attractively. It shows more than one status "emblem" for each
422   buddy, indicating at the same time a mobile user who is away. Most
423   importantly, it puts the buddy icon in the list, making it far easier to
424   locate buddies within a large list where names are harder to pick out than
425   images. Due to the increased usability of this interface, we have made it the
426   default.
427 
428   We are aware that some people feel more comfortable using an interface more
429   similar to IM clients they may have used in the past. The 'Big List' can be
430   disabled by un-checking "Show buddy icons" in the Buddy List preferences.
431 
432 2.7  How do I get sound to work correctly?
433 
434   Gaim uses libao to play sounds. Playing sounds directly through esound or
435   arts is no longer supported.
436 
437   Libao is a cross-platform library that allows programs to output PCM audio
438   data to the native audio devices on a wide variety of platforms. It currently
439   supports OSS (Open Sound System), ESD (ESounD), ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound
440   Architecture), Sun audio system (used in Solaris, OpenBSD, and NetBSD), aRts
441   (Analog Realtime Synthesizer).
442 
443   To compile Gaim with support for libao you need libao-devel and
444   audiofile-devel. To use libao you need libao and audiofile. If you do not
445   wish to install these packages you can also just change your sound playing
446   method in preferences to Command and use "esdplay %s" or "artsplay %s."
447 
448 2.8  How do I make Gaim use ALSA or OSS for playing sounds? What does the
449      "Automatic" option do?
450 
451   If you choose "Automatic", "ESD", or "Arts", Gaim uses libao to play sounds.
452   Choosing "ESD" or "Arts" forces libao to play sounds using that method, while
453   choosing "Automatic" lets it decide for itself.
454 
455   If you choose "Automatic", you can create a file, either /etc/libao.conf or ~
456   /.libao, and put one of the following lines in it:
457 
458      default_driver=alsa
459 
460      default_driver=oss
461   Other drivers, like alsa09, arts, esd, irix, macosx, and sun might also be
462   supported, depending on your platform, and how libao was compiled. See also
463   'man 5 libao.conf'.
464 
465 2.9  Why does Gaim use the same WM_CLASS for every window? It makes it
466      impossible to control window size and placement for the buddy list
467      separately from the conversations.
468 
469   Both strings in the WM_CLASS property are supposed to be the same for all
470   windows in the same instance of an application. ICCCM states that one is
471   meant to be the same for all instances of the application, the other is meant
472   to be unique to that instance of the application. ICCCM also states "If a
473   client has multiple windows with identical WM_CLASS and WM_NAME properties,
474   then it should provide a WM_WINDOW_ROLE property."
475 
476   Gtk+ sets these WM_CLASS values for us so that they are unique for Gaim
477   instances, and the documentation for the gtk_window_set_wmclass function says
478   explicitly not to use it for anything else. Gaim uses the WM_WINDOW_ROLE hint
479   to differentiate windows. If your window manager is having problems
480   differentiating between Gaim windows, please ensure that it uses the
481   WM_WINDOW_ROLE hint per the ICCCM.
482 
483 2.10  What is a "Buddy Pounce"?
484 
485   Gaim introduced buddy pounces a few releases before AOL came out with "Buddy
486   Alerts." Despite this though, you could think of a buddy pounce as an Alert
487   and get an idea of the most minimal uses of a buddy pounce. In reality, a
488   buddy pounce is much like a macro, or a recorded action. When you set a
489   pounce on someone, you choose from a number of events, such as sign on or
490   someone going away, and then you choose from a number of actions. These
491   actions include everything from playing a sound (like an Alert would do) to
492   sending a message to the person, to executing a command. This action will
493   occur the next time gaim detects the event, ie the next time the person in
494   your buddy list who you have pounced signs on.
495 
496 2.11  Where does gaim store its logs?
497 
498   On unix, they are in ~/.gaim/logs, on win32 they are in the $drive\Documents
499   and Settings\user\Application Data\.gaim\logs directory. In either case, new
500   logs (new as of 0.73) are in subdirectories that correspond to protocol/
501   yourscreenname/theirscreenname.
502 
503 2.12  Can I use Gaim for e-mail, blogging, an RSS feed, or something else that
504       isn't IM-related?
505 
506   No, you can't. We get requests for this often, but Gaim is indeed a
507   messenging client. Aside from the capabilities each protocol may support, the
508   Gaim developers have no intention to turn Gaim into a multi-feature Internet
509   client capable of doing everything under the sun. We also won't be helping to
510   develop plugins to turn it into that. There are many Internet applications
511   available for Linux, Windows, or whatever operating system you use that would
512   undoubtedly do a better job.
513 
514 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
515 | 3. Features
516 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
517 
518 3.1  Does Gaim support file transfer?
519 
520   Somewhat, yeah. As of 0.79 the following is supported:
521 
522     * Sending and receiving files on AIM (although it might be a bit buggy)
523     * Sending and receiving files on IRC
524     * Sending and receiving files on Jabber
525     * Sending and receiving files on MSN
526     * Sending and receiving files on SILC
527     * Sending and receiving files on Yahoo (sending is limited to 1Mb)
528 
529   Most of the protocols themselves support file transfer, but Gaim has not been
530   written to support it yet. If you would like file transfer to work better or
531   be more complete, get CVS and submit a patch using the generic file transfer
532   API.
533 
534 3.2  Is there a Gaim tray icon, or docklet, or gnome applet, or panel icon, or
535      something?
536 
537   Yeah, Gaim supports what is called a system tray icon that conforms to the
538   standards at www.freedesktop.org. This tray icon is supported by Windows, KDE
539   3.1, Gnome 2.2, and Red Hat Gnome 2.0. All you have to do is load the "System
540   Tray Icon" plugin by going to Preferences and then Plugins.
541 
542   If you're using Gnome you need to make sure that your panel has a
543   Notification Area on it. To add one, right click on the panel, select Add To
544   Panel->Utility->Notification Area. Gaim will insert the tray icon in any
545   System Tray implementation that conforms to these standards, so feel free to
546   write one for your window manager of choice.
547 
548   Due to a flaw in these specs, KDE users may experience trouble with the
549   background color of the docklet. There is unfortunately nothing we can do
550   about this.
551 
552 3.3  What do those colors in the conversation tab mean?
553 
554     * Red - A message is waiting for you
555     * Blue - Someone sent a message containing your name
556     * Green - The buddy is typing
557     * Yellow - The buddy began typing, and then stopped
558     * Gray - There has been a join or a part in that chat, or the buddy has
559       signed off
560 
561 3.4  Will Gaim save my buddy list to the server?
562 
563   Yes, Gaim saves your buddy list to the server for AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN,
564   Novell and Yahoo!.
565 
566 3.5  Can I import or export my buddy list?
567 
568   Sorry, no. Old versions of Gaim supported this, but new versions do not. All
569   the code for saving and loading buddy lists was rewritten, and support for
570   importing and exporting buddy lists was never re-added. However, with all
571   major protocols storing their buddy lists on the server, this feature is less
572   useful today than in the past.
573 
574 3.6  Does Gaim support animated smileys?
575 
576   Yes, as of version 0.70 Gaim supports animated smileys.
577 
578 3.7  Can I make Gaim group screen names by the person that owns them? You know,
579      like Trillian's Meta Contacts?
580 
581   Sure! Right click a buddy on your list and at the bottom of the menu click
582   "Expand". Then just drag other screen names to the same person below it. When
583   you're done, click on the arrow to collapse them. When the contact is
584   collapsed, Gaim will select a buddy to display based on the status of the
585   buddies in the contact, and their order.
586 
587 3.8  How do I get the old logging back?
588 
589   The old logging was removed because it was deficient in many ways. There is
590   no way in Gaim itself to revert to the old logging, but the new logging is so
591   good you could implement something similar to the old logging as a plugin.
592 
593 3.9  How can I convert my old logs to the new format?
594 
595   It's not possible to perfectly convert from the old format to the new format
596   because the old format is missing some information necessary to do that (eg.
597   which account the messages were sent from).
598 
599   It shouldn't be too difficult to do a rough conversion using a small script,
600   or using the old_logger_* functions in gaim itself.
601 
602   Peter Johnson has written a python script to do just this, it is available on
603   his website (at the bottom).
604 
605 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
606 | 4. ICQ Protocol
607 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
608 
609 4.1  How do I use ICQ?
610 
611   ICQ support is part of the OSCAR protocol, labeled AIM/ICQ in Gaim. To use
612   it, simply put your account number in the "Screen Name" box and your password
613   in the "Password" box. Leave the server settings set to the default
614   (login.oscar.aol.com and port 5190).
615 
616 4.2  Can I send SMS messages?
617 
618   Kind of. See our answer to this for the AIM/ICQ Protocol.
619 
620 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
621 | 5. TOC Protocol
622 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
623 
624 5.1  What is the TOC protocol?
625 
626   It's an AIM protocol used by Quick Buddy and AIM Express. It's recommended
627   that you don't use it. You should use Gaim's OSCAR (AIM/ICQ) protocol
628   instead. We keep TOC around in case OSCAR ever stops working. However, we are
629   not actively supporting this code, and no longer distribute it in binaries.
630 
631 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
632 | 6. AIM/ICQ (OSCAR) Protocol
633 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
634 
635 6.1  Can I set my profile?
636 
637   Yes you can. Go to Tools->Account Actions
638 
639 6.2  Can I set a buddy icon?
640 
641   Yes. Go to the Account Editor (Tools->Accounts from the buddy list), and
642   click to "Modify" the AIM/ICQ account you wish to have an icon. Enter the
643   full path to the image you wish to use in the box labeled "Buddy Icon File."
644   The file must be below 4KB. It can have any dimensions, and can be in any
645   format. However, if you wish Windows users to see it, it must be in a format
646   Windows understands, such as .bmp, .gif, and .jpg.
647 
648 6.3  Some of my buddies are not showing up as online, why is that?
649 
650   AOL has set a limit for the maximum number of people you can have in your
651   buddy list. This number is currently 200. If you don't think you are anywhere
652   near that limit, it is possible that your server-stored buddy list is
653   corrupt.
654 
655   If you think this might be the case, you can try signing on with an official
656   AIM program from AOL. This will usually correct any problems with the list.
657 
658 6.4  Can I use AIM URI's such as "aim:goim?screenname=robflynn"?
659 
660   Yes, with Gaim 0.60 and higher, but it can be difficult to set up. You need
661   to pass the entire URI to the gaim-remote program (included with gaim). To do
662   this with Gnome 2, run gnome-file-types-properties or "File Types and
663   Programs" from the preferences menu. Add a service with protocol "aim" and
664   set the program to gaim-remote uri "%s". This will make AIM URIs work in
665   Galeon 2. Also, not all types of aim URI's are supported. The ones that are
666   supported are goim, addbuddy, and gochat.
667 
668   You'll need the "Remote Control" plugin loaded for this to work.
669 
670   If you use wingaim, this will not work as gaim-remote has not yet been ported
671   over.
672 
673 6.5  I just changed my buddy icon, and I can't see the new one.
674 
675   First, try IMing yourself a few times. Buddy icons are checked when you IM
676   people, so depending on the protocol, that may work. If it still doesn't
677   update, check the file size (buddy icons must be smaller than 4kb) and the
678   image size (it should be 48x48 or 50x50 in most cases). Also, check the file
679   type. GIF or JPEG images are best supported; most other formats do not work
680   at all. If all of that checks out and it still doesn't work, and you're sure
681   the protocol supports it, try restarting Gaim.
682 
683 6.6  Does Gaim support DirectIM and IM Image?
684 
685   Yeah, kind of. This tends to be one of the buggier areas of Gaim. If it's not
686   working for you, make sure that at least one person is not behind a firewall.
687 
688 6.7  Can I send SMS messages?
689 
690   Yep, just send an IM to the person's phone number. For example, if the phone
691   number is [phone], you would IM the screen name [phone] We think
692   this should work for countries with a country code of 1 (the United States
693   and Canada).
694 
695   Sending SMS messages using "the ICQ method" is not yet supported.
696 
697 6.8  Can I add SMS numbers to my buddy list?
698 
699   Not currently. This functionality has been broken since around September
700   2003. There is no ETA for when it will be fixed.
701 
702 6.9  I heard AOL is combining ICQ and AIM, does that mean I can send a message
703      from an AIM account to an ICQ account and vice-versa?
704 
705   Yes, AOL is slowly letting the two messaging networks interoperate with each
706   other. Messaging between the two protocols works as long as the receiver of
707   the message supports it. Gaim 0.60 supports sending and receiving messages
708   between AIM and ICQ, but the person receiving the message must support this.
709   Gaim, of course, supports this for both ICQ and AIM accounts. Windows AIM
710   version 5.2.3139 supports receiving messages from ICQ users. It is unknown if
711   earlier versions of Windows AIM support this. Windows ICQ build 3800 does not
712   support receiving messages from AIM users. Windows ICQ Lite builds 1150 and
713   later support receiving messages from AIM users and sending messages to AIM
714   users. MacAIM versions 4.6 beta, build 1.1131 and newer support sending and
715   receiving messages to and from ICQ users.
716 
717   The same clients that support receiving messages from the alternate messaging
718   network will also show up in buddy lists of people using the alternate
719   network. This means that if you can message an ICQ user from an AIM account,
720   then the ICQ user will also show up in your AIM buddy list. So an AIM user
721   using Windows AIM version 5.2.3139 will show up in an ICQ buddy list.
722 
723 6.10  Why can't I connect via either Oscar or TOC?
724 
725   If you are using Linux, your kernel may be using a network option called
726   "ECN". It seems that the AOL servers are currently dropping packets marked as
727   "ECN-capable". In order to turn this off, run the command "echo 0 > /proc/sys
728   /net/ipv4/tcp_ecn" as root, or (if your distribution supports it) put the
729   line "net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0" in the file /etc/sysctl.conf.
730 
731 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
732 | 7. IRC Protocol
733 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
734 
735 7.1  How do I join a channel with the IRC plugin?
736 
737   First create the account, then sign on. After you have signed on, you can use
738   File->Join A Chat on the buddy list to join a channel. In any window, either
739   a conversation or a chat, in which your IRC user is the sender, you can also
740   use /join to connect to a new channel.
741 
742 7.2  Is there a way to make Gaim automatically identify me and/or join IRC
743      chats on login?
744 
745   Yes. Add NickServ to your buddy list and place buddy pounces on him/her/it.
746 
747   In version 0.64 or higher, you can add a chat to your buddy list, right click
748   it, and tell gaim to auto-join it.
749 
750 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
751 | 8. Jabber Protocol
752 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
753 
754 8.1  How do I choose which Jabber server to use?
755 
756   The Jabber server name is part of your Jabber I.D., such as
757   [e-mail]. So when entering your Jabber "screen name", the server
758   is specified as part of your JID.
759 
760 8.2  How do I change my Jabber resource to be other than the default of "/
761      Gaim"?
762 
763   When you create your account in Gaim, simply append the desired resource
764   identifier to your Jabber I.D. For example: [e-mail]/resource
765 
766 8.3  How do I register a new Jabber account?
767 
768   As of version 0.52 and up:
769 
770    1. Click "Tools->Accounts->Add"
771    2. Select "Jabber" for the protocol.
772    3. Fill in screen name and password as you normally would. THIS IS A
773       REQUIRED STEP
774    4. Check the "Register with server" check-box
775    5. Click "OK".
776 
777   Note: You are strongly recommended to check the "Remember password" check-box
778   as well, as Gaim presently does no password verification. So if you don't
779   type in what you thought you did, you're hosed.
780 
781 8.4  How do I use invisibility?
782 
783   Jabber invisibility support is available in Gaim version 0.60 and later.
784 
785   There are two ways to use Jabber invisibility: on a per-buddy and on a
786   per-server basis.
787 
788   To use per-buddy invisibility: right-click on the buddy on the Online buddy
789   list and select "Temporarily Hide From." You will appear to that buddy to be
790   off-line. To make yourself seen by that buddy again: right-click on the buddy
791   and select "Un-hide From." Note that the menu changes based on whether you're
792   currently invisible to that buddy or not.
793 
794       The "Temporarily" part is a dead give-away. Your invisibility to that
795       buddy will last only until the next time you log on or until you set
796       server invisibility (discussed next) on and off.
797 
798   To use per-server invisibility: click "Tools -> Away," select the Jabber
799   server login for the server upon which you wish to become invisible (if
800   necessary) and select "Invisible." To become visible again: select anything
801   else from that same menu (such as "Online"), or set your away status or log
802   off the server and back on again.
803 
804   You can set yourself invisible per-server and subsequently make yourself
805   visible to selected buddies only.
806 
807   Gaim currently does not retain invisibility settings between logins, just as
808   it doesn't currently retain "away" status.
809 
810 8.5  I've a buddy that I keep removing from my buddy list but the entry keeps
811      coming back every time I log in again! How can I stop this?
812 
813   With Gaim 0.60 or later, it might be continuing to import the old buddy
814   lists. Remove ~/.gaim/*.blist - these are no longer used, the buddy list is
815   now stored in ~/.gaim/blist.xml
816 
817 8.6  Can I remove a buddy from my Jabber roster entirely?
818 
819   With Gaim 0.60 or later, the deletion code will do this. Gaim currently does
820   not retain invisibility settings between logins, just as it doesn't currently
821   retain "away" status.
822 
823 8.7  What does "Cancel Presence Notification" do?
824 
825   This selection, available in Gaim version 0.60 and later, and found by
826   right-clicking on a buddy entry in the buddy list, prevents that Jabber I.D.
827   from receiving future presence notifications when you log on to the server.
828 
829   After you do this, that buddy will have to re-request a subscription to your
830   presence (and you will have to approve it) for them to again see you on-line.
831 
832 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
833 | 9. Y!M (Yahoo) Protocol
834 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
835 
836 9.1  I cannot connect to yahoo!
837 
838   Make sure you have at least 0.79.
839 
840 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
841 | 10. MSN Protocol
842 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
843 
844 10.1  I'm getting lots of "Already in Opposite list" errors on msn, why?
845 
846   The reason this happens is because you have a screen name in both your permit
847   list and your deny list. There are two ways to fix this: the correct way and
848   the quick way. The correct way is to go to tools->preferences (tools->privacy
849   in 0.60 or later), and manually scan the list and remove the duplicate
850   entries. The quick way is to remove the msn .blist file from the ~/.gaim
851   directory. This will have a side effect: the msn server stores the screen
852   names of your contacts, but does not store what group they are in, so you
853   will have to re-sort your msn contacts into the appropriate groups. The buddy
854   list is ~/.gaim/blist.xml in 0.60 and later, but be aware that this contains
855   your buddy list for all accounts, and also stores the "Contact" grouping of
856   Buddies.
857 
858 10.2  Is there a way to invite more than one person to an MSN chat?
859 
860   Not at this time. When the conversation framework gets another rewrite, it is
861   possible that it will be worked on. Until that time, sorry. :)
862 
863 10.3  Is MSNP9 (MSN6) going to be supported?
864 
865   MSNP9 support has existed in Gaim since 0.69. However, at this point,
866   features such as custom smileys and buddy icons aren't yet implemented.
867 
868 10.4  Will I be able to use Gaim for MSN after October 15th 2003? (The day
869       they're preventing third party clients from connecting)
870 
871   Yes. We use MSNP9, which is available in 0.69 and up, and MSNP9 is supported
872   after October 15th 2003.
873 
874 10.5  I just upgraded Gaim and the MSN plugin will not load. Why?
875 
876   You did not compile with SSL support, or the SSL plugin failed to load. As of
877   protocol version 9, the MSN protocol requires the use of SSL, which gaim
878   provides by either GnuTLS or the combination of NSS and NSPR from the Mozilla
879   project. Install one or both of these and recompile Gaim, and see the next
880   question.
881 
882 10.6  The MSN plugin won't load, but I have Mozilla NSS!
883 
884   Some distributions, including Slackware, install Mozilla NSS to a
885   non-standard directory. The fix is simple. Edit /etc/ld.so.conf and add /usr/
886   lib/mozilla-1.4 (or whatever version you're using, but it's usually 1.4) to
887   the file, and run ldconfig as root. Then re-run configure and recompile Gaim.
888   You may also need to specify where the include file are for NSS and NSPR, see
889   ./configure --help for the options.
890 
891   Mozilla 1.5 has a broken .pc file and does not install the necessary .h
892   files, and so will not be detected.
893 
894   See http://gaim.sf.net/faq-ssl.php on getting SSL to work with gaim.
895 
896 10.7  What does "MSN: S: 911 3" in the debug window mean when I cannot connect
897       to msn?
898 
899   See http://gaim.sf.net/911.txt.
900 
901 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
902 | 11. Gadu-Gadu Protocol
903 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
904 
905 11.1  What is Gadu-Gadu?
906 
907   Gadu-Gadu is an IM protocol popular in Poland. You can find more about it at
908   www.gadu-gadu.pl (website in Polish).
909 
910 11.2  Why doesn't it work right?
911 
912   We have not had a Gadu-Gadu maintainer in some time and are currently
913   struggling to keep this protocol functional. If you have any problems, you
914   will need to submit a patch for them, as we are unlikely to have much luck
915   fixing it. If things get too bad, we will be forced to remove this protocol
916   from the default builds.
917 
918 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
919 | 12. Zephyr Protocol
920 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
921 
922 12.1  What is Zephyr?
923 
924   Zephyr is an IM protocol developed at MIT for use with Project Athena. Its
925   features include Kerberos IV authentication, multi-level chats (aka
926   "subscriptions"). You're probably using this because your college/employer/
927   organization uses it as a local IM/chat system. If not, you probably don't
928   have a server to connect to.
929 
930 12.2  Other Zephyr clients (zwgc,owl,tzc) work, but gaim dies with "Couldn't
931       initialize zephyr".
932 
933   Your site might require the use of Kerberos 4 for authentication, though few
934   (if any) prepackaged gaim binaries compile it with Kerberos support. The
935   solution is to compile gaim with the --with-krb4 flag to point to the
936   location of your Kerberos 4 devel files, usually one of /usr, /usr/local, or
937   /usr/athena , e.g. ./configure --with-krb4=/path/to/kerberosIV
938 
939 12.3  Gaim isn't working, but I never got any other zephyr client working on
940       this machine.
941 
942   You need to have zhm (which comes with the standard zephyr distribution)
943   installed, and running, and pointed at your zephyr servers. e.g.
944 
945   zhm z1.example.com z2.example.com z3.example.com
946 
947   Alternatively, there might be a firewall or a NAT between you and the zephyr
948   servers. Zephyr doesn't work in an environment where incoming connections
949   cannot be made to arbitrary UDP ports.
950 
951 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
952 | 13. Trepia Protocol
953 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
954 
955 13.1  I heard Trepia was going to be in 0.65. Where is it?
956 
957   Support for the Trepia protocol was removed right before 0.65's release. It
958   may make it into a future version, but we're not sure yet.
959 
960 13.2  Trepia is showing people in Japan, England, etc. on my buddy list. I
961       thought this was supposed to show people in my area?
962 
963   We believe this to be the fault of protocol, not Gaim. As Trepia continues to
964   update and refine their protocol, it will become more accurate. If we find
965   out otherwise, we will attempt to incorporate the changes necessary to act
966   like the official client.
967 
968 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
969 | 14. SILC Protocol
970 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
971 
972 14.1  What is SILC?
973 
974   SILC is an open protocol designed from the ground up with security in mind.
975   It is, or should be, the protocol of choice for the paranoid. See http://
976   www.silcnet.org for more details.
977 
978 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
979 | 15. Novell Protocol
980 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
981 
982 15.1  Are there any public servers for Novell?
983 
984   Not really. This protocol is designed to connect to a Novell GroupWise server
985   running on a corporate LAN.
986 
987 15.2  I can't seem to get it to work.
988 
989   Novell tells us that this protocol plugin will only work with either the
990   GroupWise Messenger for Linux server or the GroupWise Messenger SP2 (or
991   higher) server for NetWare and Windows. In addition, the server must be
992   secure (SSL enabled). If you have any trouble, see the FAQ question about
993   submitting bugs, and they will be forwarded to Novell, who have been kind
994   enough to continue active maintenance to the protocol plugin code they
995   provided us.
996 
997 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
998 | 16. Scripts and Plugins
999 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1000 
1001 16.1  How do I use perl scripts with Gaim?
1002 
1003   Save the perl script to ~/.gaim/plugins/ or $prefix/lib/gaim/, restart Gaim,
1004   and load the perl script by checking the check box next to its name on the
1005   Plugins page in preferences.
1006 
1007 16.2  How do I compile a plugin for Gaim?
1008 
1009   To compile a plugin for Gaim, you must have Gaim's source code. To download
1010   Gaim's source code, get the most recent tarball from http://
1011   gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php (http://gaim.sf.net/downloads.php) and
1012   untar it with the command:
1013   tar zxvf filename
1014   where filename is the file you downloaded.
1015 
1016   After you have a Gaim source code tree:
1017 
1018    1. Change to the resulting directory and run the command:
1019       ./configure
1020       This will create the necessary make files.
1021    2. Move the plugin you wish to compile into the plugins/ directory in the
1022       Gaim source code tree.
1023    3. Change to the plugins/ directory.
1024    4. Type:
1025       make name.so
1026       where the name of the file you wish to compile is name.c.
1027 
1028       Note well the difference in the extensions. If you type make name.c
1029       instead of name.so, it won't work.
1030 
1031    5. After make finishes, you can move the plugin to a place that is more
1032       convenient. $prefix/lib/gaim is suggested. If you installed Gaim by
1033       compiling it yourself, $prefix is /usr/local by default. Otherwise,
1034       $prefix is /usr.
1035 
1036 16.3  I have a plugin or perl script for Gaim that does not work with 0.60 or
1037       higher.
1038 
1039   The plugin and perl script API has changed in 0.60, which means plugins and
1040   perl scripts must be modified in order to work. The plugin or perl script
1041   must be located in $prefix/lib/gaim/ or in ~/.gaim/plugins/, and must
1042   implement the new API, as documented in the HOWTO file in the plugins
1043   directory. Plugins and perl scripts are now controlled from preferences.
1044 
1045 16.4  Where can I find documentation on writing plugins and Perl scripts?
1046 
1047   If you look in the plugins/ directory in the Gaim source, you should see a
1048   HOWTO file with some details for C plugins. Also be sure to check out our
1049   online documentation (http://gaim.sf.net/api/index.html). Be especially sure
1050   to look at the Related Pages, which lists all of Gaim's signals, as well as a
1051   nice perl script HOWTO.
1052 
1053   This documentation can be generated directly from the Gaim source by running
1054   make docs. You will need doxygen and graphviz dot installed for this to work.
1055 
1056 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1057 | 17. Development
1058 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1059 
1060 17.1  Can I help?
1061 
1062   But of course. Just find something that's bugging you and fix it. There are a
1063   slew of a bug reports in Gaim's bug report tracker - you could pick one and
1064   try to tackle it and submit a patch. You could also help with general bug
1065   triage by going through the bug reports and leaving comments such as "this
1066   has been fixed" or "this is a duplicate of bug #12345." As always, make sure
1067   you follow the same coding style used in Gaim, and make sure you don't break
1068   the core/UI split.
1069 
1070 17.2  Gaim never leaves a core file.
1071 
1072   On most installs core files are limited in size to 0 bytes, and are therefore
1073   not created. To rectify this situation, add ulimit -c unlimited to your
1074   startup scripts (~/.bash_profile is a good place) or run it manually in a
1075   terminal before starting gaim from that terminal. You can also run Gaim
1076   directly in gdb with gdb gaim.
1077 
1078 17.3  Where should I report bugs?
1079 
1080   http://gaim.sf.net/".
1081 
1082 17.4  Where should I submit patches?
1083 
1084   http://gaim.sf.net/".
1085 
1086 17.5  Did you guys reverse engineer it?
1087 
1088   TOC, Jabber, MSN, Napster, and IRC are published protocols, so we didn't have
1089   to reverse engineer those. Oscar, ICQ, and Yahoo are not published, and were
1090   reverse engineered by other people. Novell was provided by Novell, and SILC
1091   was written by one of the protocol's developers.
1092 
1093 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1094 | 18. Misc. Questions
1095 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1096 
1097 18.1  Can I IM you guys?
1098 
1099   Sure! Look at the Contact Information (http://gaim.sf.net/contactinfo.php)
1100   page!
1101 
1102 18.2  Hello?
1103 
1104   We don't know how to answer this question. Stop asking it.
1105 
1106 18.3  Can I give you money/hardware/other expensive things that can be hocked
1107       for cash what with you all being students/full-time-workers and helping
1108       to produce this wonderful software instead of studying/sleeping?
1109 
1110   No. We're completely fool-hardy and won't accept any gratuities with no
1111   strings attached for just being good guys. That and we'd have to share with
1112   everyone who has submitted patches. ;-)
1113 
1114 18.4  Does Gaim support secure instant messaging (encrypted IMs)?
1115 
1116   Short answer: Yes, use the SILC protocol. Long Answer(for other protocols):
1117   Not natively. Doing secure instant messaging right is a big deal and
1118   requires, among other things, an authentication scheme. Simply encrypting
1119   your data stream without verifying the party with whom you are chatting is
1120   not secure in any way; some other clients offer options like this, but we
1121   feel that such measures instill a false sense of security that is more
1122   harmful than helpful.
1123 
1124   There are a number of 3rd party plugin developers working on developing a
1125   secure IM framework, the better ones using the GnuPG and the OpenPGP trust
1126   model for authentication. If you are serious about secure instant messaging,
1127   read the documentation on the "web of trust" model available at www.gnupg.org
1128   and try out one of these.
1129 
1130 18.5  Why are the passwords in accounts.xml not encrypted?
1131 
1132   This is a case of a really long answer to a short question. Read our
1133   explanation at http://gaim.sf.net/plaintextpasswords.txt.
1134 
1135 18.6  What is gaim-remote?
1136 
1137   gaim-remote is a second executable included with Gaim starting with 0.60. It
1138   allows you to perform some actions to control/manipulate an existing Gaim
1139   process from the command line. Run gaim-remote --help to get an idea of what
1140   we currently envision it doing.
1141 
1142 18.7  When will the next version of Gaim be released?
1143 
1144   The schedule for releases is every third Thursday. However, a new version
1145   will only be released if it meets a certain standard of quality (i.e., it
1146   will not be released if it still has a large number of serious bugs).
1147   Therefore, some releases will take longer than others. Major rewrites means
1148   lots of new bugs to work out. The new version will be released as soon as it
1149   is possible to do so.
1150