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How cool is this, libfaim is making a comeback. I completely redid everything,
as was necessary because of the updates to libfaim since gaim 0.9.7. You can
sign on and send/recv IMs, but there's a bad lag between display updates that
I haven't figured out how to fix yet.
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
| author | Eric Warmenhoven <eric@warmenhoven.org> |
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| date | Sat, 20 May 2000 00:30:53 +0000 |
| parents | 68b230f8da5f |
| children | 4c5c2fcb83cd |
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| 2 libfaim pre-0.90 or so | 2 libfaim pre-0.90 or so |
| 3 ---------------------- | 3 ---------------------- |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 This is libfaim, the purpose of which is to implement as much as the | 5 This is libfaim, the purpose of which is to implement as much as the |
| 6 AOL AIM/OSCAR protocol as possible (which should be all of it). After | 6 AOL AIM/OSCAR protocol as possible (which should be all of it). After |
| 7 nearly a year of development, its still nowhere close. | 7 over a year of development, its still nowhere close. |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 This is not a full client and never will be. libfaim only implements | 9 This is not a full client and never will be. libfaim only implements |
| 10 the routines to implement a client (ie, there's no user interface). | 10 the routines to implement a client (ie, there's no user interface). |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 Status | 12 Status |
| 13 ------ | 13 ------ |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 I would not recommend using this version of libfaim in any form yet. It's | 15 I would not recommend using this version of libfaim in any form yet. It's |
| 16 beta-quality and I know it leaks memory quite badly. It seems fairly | 16 beta-quality and I know it leaks memory quite badly. It seems fairly |
| 17 stable, however. YMMV, YAYOR, etc. | 17 stable, however. YMMV, YAYOR, etc. I suppose I should say regardless of |
| 18 that warning, that several clients use it and people use those clients | |
| 19 on a daily basis (in particular, me). | |
| 18 | 20 |
| 19 | 21 |
| 20 Building | 22 Building |
| 21 -------- | 23 -------- |
| 22 | 24 |
| 23 Everything in this libfaim dist should build cleanly on any UNIX(-like) | 25 Everything in this libfaim dist should build cleanly on any UNIX(-like) |
| 24 operating system. Originally developed on Linux+glibc. Past versions | 26 operating system. Originally developed on Linux+glibc. Past versions |
| 25 known to work on Linux+libc5, FreeBSD, HP/UX, Solaris, Mac OS X Server, | 27 known to work on Linux+libc5, FreeBSD, HP/UX, Solaris, Mac OS X Server, |
| 26 and others. | 28 Win32 using VC++ 98/6 and others. |
| 27 | 29 |
| 28 libfaim builds as both libfaim.a and libfaim.so. If your platform for | 30 libfaim builds as both libfaim.a and libfaim.so. If your platform for |
| 29 some reason does not support dynamic libraries (eg, you get errors when | 31 some reason does not support dynamic libraries (eg, you get errors when |
| 30 building libfaim.so), you'll have to tweak the makefiles a bit to get | 32 building libfaim.so), you'll have to tweak the makefiles a bit to get |
| 31 the utils/ directory to build. | 33 the utils/ directory to build. |
| 61 | 63 |
| 62 Unfortunatly, there is not currently any documentation on the libfaim API. | 64 Unfortunatly, there is not currently any documentation on the libfaim API. |
| 63 Use the source and utils/faimtest/faimtest.c as a reference when coding | 65 Use the source and utils/faimtest/faimtest.c as a reference when coding |
| 64 front-ends. | 66 front-ends. |
| 65 | 67 |
| 68 Mailing Lists | |
| 69 ------------- | |
| 70 | |
| 71 Thanks to Sourceforge, we have our mailing lists back. See: | |
| 72 http://www.sourceforge.org/mail/?group_id=920 for instructions | |
| 73 on subscribing to the lists: | |
| 74 | |
| 75 libfaim-devel: Discussion of libfaim and its developement. | |
| 76 libfaim-aim-protocol: Discussion of the finer points of OSCAR hacking | |
| 77 | |
| 66 | 78 |
| 67 Contact Info | 79 Contact Info |
| 68 ------------ | 80 ------------ |
| 69 | 81 |
| 70 The author (Adam Fritzler), can be reached at afritz@iname.com or mid@auk.cx. | 82 The author (Adam Fritzler), can be reached at mid@auk.cx. |
| 71 | |
| 72 I did have mailing lists available for faim-related discussion, but they | |
| 73 have dwindled and eventually broke and to my knowledge have yet to fix | |
| 74 themselves. | |
| 75 | 83 |
| 76 Front-end information: | 84 Front-end information: |
| 77 http://www.auk.cx/faim/ | 85 http://www.auk.cx/faim/ |
| 78 Protocol information: | 86 Protocol information: |
| 79 http://www.auk.cx/faim/protocol/ | 87 http://www.auk.cx/faim/protocol/ |