comparison libfaim/README.gaim @ 283:0f14e6d8a51b

[gaim-migrate @ 293] - Good fun things here. Sometimes I think Adam does things just to make it difficult for me, I swear (j/k :) ). - I moved all the .h files into the faim/ directory because I'm tired of changing faim/aim.h to just aim.h every time Adam makes an update. - libfaim can now send messages much longer than WinAIM or TOC can. But, the length checking code is still in conversation.c, and I haven't changed it yet, mostly because I'm lazy. committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

282:918db59d3814

updated libfaim to what's currently in the libfaim CVS on sourceforge. As of
right now, I've been able to implement most of the features libfaim offers.

I'm going to try to make as few modifications as possible to the libfaim code.
The only two modifications I'll probably ever make to it are 1) to make my life
easier (like putting all the .h files in the same directory as the .c files) or
2) to fix a compilation error that I happen to be able to fix very easily (like
with a typo or something). That means that what you're getting when you enable
oscar is basically faimtest (the very instructional program included with the
libfaim source on sourceforge) with the Gaim GTK front-end. I'll put any changes
I make into a file, but so far, I haven't made any changes other than moving the
.h files down a directory.

And finally, a word of warning. Gaim/Faim is VERY buggy. Please, don't use this
for anything other than laughs right now. Hopefully we'll get it working better
soon (please help!).

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED FEATURES
============================
Signing on
Receiving IMs

- Chat is really funny. I have no idea what's going on with it. I'm not sure I
want to know. I'm not worried about it, I never use chat. It's not exactly high-
priority.

- Gaim/TOC can do file transfers, but Gaim/Faim cannot. This is not because
there is any difference in the two protocols as far as the actual transfer is
concerned. The only thing preventing this is it is currently not possible to
recognize when we've received a file transfer request using libfaim. Once
libfaim can tell us that we've received the request, the only thing we should

283:0f14e6d8a51b

updated libfaim to what's currently in the libfaim CVS on sourceforge. As of
right now, I've been able to implement most of the features libfaim offers.

I'm going to try to make as few modifications as possible to the libfaim code.
The only two modifications I'll probably ever make to it are 1) to make my life
easier or 2) to fix a compilation error. That means that what you're getting
when you enable oscar is basically faimtest (the very instructional program
included with the libfaim source on sourceforge) with the Gaim GTK front-end.
I'll put any changes I make into a file. So far the few changes I've made have
been to make a few printf's not print, and removing a few defines from a .h and
putting them in the Makefile/build process.

And finally, a word of warning. Gaim/Faim is VERY buggy. Please, don't use this
for anything other than laughs right now. Hopefully we'll get it working better
soon (please help!).

I think I'm ready to start dealing with bugs being reported against it now
though. If you're going to report a bug, please check first that a) you're using
the to-the-second absolute latest CVS version, b) it's not in the unsupported
features/known issues lists below, c) someone hasn't already reported the bug on
sourceforge (please check BOTH the open and closed bugs), and finally d) that
you can reproduce it.

Also, please *don't* IM me about a bug, as I have a tendency to forget things
like that. Reporting it on sourceforge is a much better way of reporting bugs,
because then other people can see that the bug is already known, and it's harder
for me to forget.

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED FEATURES
============================
Signing on
Receiving IMs

- Chat is really funny. I have no idea what's going on with it. I'm not sure I
want to know. I'm not worried about it, I never use chat. It's not exactly high-
priority.

- The permit list sometimes has problems when you start gaim, but if you change
to it in the middle of a session there don't seem to be any problems.

- "Allow anyone" and "Deny some" serve the same function. That's not a bug. But
"Allow anyone" works all the time (?) and "Deny some" doesn't work some of the
time. That's a bug.

- Gaim/TOC can do file transfers, but Gaim/Faim cannot. This is not because
there is any difference in the two protocols as far as the actual transfer is
concerned. The only thing preventing this is it is currently not possible to
recognize when we've received a file transfer request using libfaim. Once
libfaim can tell us that we've received the request, the only thing we should