diff README @ 20407:1122d47583a1

explicit merge of 'd42ad2da81f881b2fbd2fb080cc70a843bc70d02' and '8582c561c020d2d1e8d358e2e7cd9e3da113ed9e' to branch 'im.pidgin.cpw.khc.msnp14'

--- a/README	Sun Apr 15 20:12:06 2007 +0000
+++ b/README	Wed May 02 05:25:27 2007 +0000
@@ -41,12 +41,9 @@
 get installed into locations they want to be in. Once you've done that,
 you only need to run 'pidgin' or 'finch'.
 
-Protocol plugins (PRPLs) are now automatically loaded. Simply go to the
-account editor, add a new account, and all supported protocols will be
-there. Be sure to use OSCAR (AIM/ICQ) and not the old TOC or ICQ plugins.
+To get started, simply add a new account.
 
-Read below for protocol-specific information.
-
+If you come across a bug, please report it at: http://pidgin.im
 
 PLUGINS
 =======
@@ -57,121 +54,12 @@
 
 'make install' puts the plugins in $PREFIX/lib/purple (PREFIX being what
 you specified when you ./configure'd - it defaults to /usr/local). Purple
-looks for the plugins in that directory by default, but they do not have
-to be there to use them. Also, plugins have a .so extension by default,
-though they do not have to.
+looks for the plugins in that directory by default.  Plugins can be installed
+per-user in ~/.purple/plugins as well.  Pidgin and Finch also look in
+$PREFIX/lib/pidgin and $PREFIX/lib/finch for UI-specific, respectively.
 
 To build a plugin from a .c file, put it in the plugins/ directory in
 the source and run 'make filename.so', e.g. if you have the .c file
 'kickass.c', put it in the plugins/ directory, and from that directory,
 run 'make kickass.so'.
 
-
-NOTES
-=====
-
-If you manually set a command for your browser or sound player options,
-make sure to put double-quotes around the "%s", otherwise bad things may
-happen.
-
-If you come across a bug, please report it to http://pidgin.im/.
-
-
-PROTOCOL INFORMATION
-====================
-
-Each protocol is hacked by both Rob and Eric, though there is one person
-that kind of "owns" a protocol (mostly indicating that they were the
-person that originally wrote it). Their name will be next to the protocol;
-they're the people to complain to when something doesn't work ;).
-
-
-TOC (Mark)
-===
-
-You shouldn't use TOC, you should use Oscar instead. TOC can sync your
-buddy list with the server (if it's not too long), and can respond to file
-transfer requests (both sending and receiving). Other than that, there's
-nothing it can do that Oscar can't, yet. The TOC protocol doesn't allow
-retrieval of away messages; isn't capable of sending or receiving buddy
-icons; it also can't make file transfer requests.
-
-
-Oscar (Mark)
-=====
-
-Oscar is the default protocol. It is recommended that you use Oscar for
-both AIM and ICQ, as TOC isn't very featureful and the old ICQ protocol no
-longer works.
-
-For AIM, Oscar can get people's away messages. It can request and accept
-Direct Connections, and has limited support for file transfer. IM Image
-does not currently work. It can send and receive buddy icons if you have
-GdkPixbuf.
-
-For ICQ, it supports nearly everything that the old ICQ plugin supported,
-which isn't much. To use Oscar for ICQ, enter your ICQ UIN as the
-screenname. The default host/port will work. You'll need to use a different
-client to register a new ICQ account if you don't have one yet.
-
-
-Yahoo (Sean)
-=====
-
-Yahoo is currently using the new YMSG protocol that newer official Yahoo
-clients are using. This protocol is much better than the old one, and
-tends to be somewhat more reliable. However, the Yahoo service is still
-flaky at best.
-
-
-IRC (Ethan)
-===
-
-There are three ways to join an IRC chat room. The first is the File->Join
-A Chat menu option in the Buddy List window. The second is the "Chat"
-button at the bottom of the buddy list. The third is to type "/join #name"
-in an IM window where the "Send Message As" menu is set to your IRC
-account. There are other / commands that work in IM and Chat windows for
-IRC, /help will give you a list of them.
-
-
-MSN
-===
-
-With MSN you can join a conversation with several people, but you can't
-invite people from the IM window yet.
-
-
-Jabber (Nathan)
-======
-
-Transports aren't currently supported at all, though if you have a
-transport already subscribed Purple will use it (you can't add or remove
-transports though). In order to use a server other than jabber.org, set
-your username to include the server, e.g. [e-mail]. This
-is the actual format of the Jabber ID anyway; Jabber is email with online
-notification. You can register a new Jabber account by checking the
-appropriate box in the account editor for your Jabber account.
-
-
-Zephyr (Sean)
-======
-
-Let me start off by saying how much I really despise Zephyr. They do a
-lot of things that make me realize why this never caught on. For those
-of you who are unfortunate enough to feel compelling need to use this,
-Purple now has a Zephyr plugin. It can currently sign on/off, handles
-presence/buddy lists (it even imports your .anyone file!), and can
-send/receive personal messages. A lot of stuff is missing, this is just
-a real rough first stab at it.
-
-
-Gadu-Gadu (Sean)
-=========
-
-I really shouldn't be taking credit for Gadu-Gadu, I'm just the person who
-commits the patches that Arkadiusz Miskiewicz gives me. Gadu-Gadu is an IM
-system most similar to ICQ that is quite popular in Poland. It can manage
-your server-side buddy list through the Protocol Actions menu. You'll need
-to use a different client to register a new account if you don't have one
-yet.