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My changes to disable external port mapping exposed a flaw where the server socket was being closed immediately, before the client had read all the data - this caused the client to receive a RST and consequently error. The solution is to wait for the client to close the connection before closing the server connection. I'm surprised this hasn't been a problem elsewhere - it seems like it would be.
| author | Daniel Atallah <daniel.atallah@gmail.com> |
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| date | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:27:27 +0000 |
| parents | afee8b840d91 |
| children | 0edd1e140b6e |
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nullprpl -------- OVERVIEW -------- Nullprpl is a mock protocol plugin for Pidgin and libpurple. You can create accounts with it, sign on and off, add buddies, and send and receive IMs, all without connecting to a server! Beyond that basic functionality, nullprpl supports presence and away/available messages, offline messages, user info, typing notification, privacy allow/block lists, chat rooms, whispering, room lists, and protocol icons and emblems. Notable missing features are file transfer and account registration and authentication. Nullprpl is intended as an example of how to write a libpurple protocol plugin. It doesn't contain networking code or an event loop, but it does demonstrate how to use the libpurple API to do pretty much everything a prpl might need to do. Nullprpl is also a useful tool for hacking on Pidgin, Finch, and other libpurple clients. It's a full-featured protocol plugin, but doesn't depend on an external server, so it's a quick and easy way to exercise test new code. It also allows you to work while you're disconnected. ----------------------- BUILDING AND INSTALLING ----------------------- To build, just run ./configure as usual in the root directory of the pidgin source distribution. Then cd libpurple/protocols/null and type make. To install, copy libnull.la and .libs/libnull.so into your ~/.purple/plugins directory. Then run Pidgin. To build nullprpl on Windows (with Cygwin/MinGW), use Makefile.mingw. ----- USAGE ----- To add a nullprpl account, go to the account editor window and click Add. Select Nullprpl from the protocol drop-down list, and enter any username you want. Now, use Pidgin like normal. You can add buddies, send IMs, set away messages, etc. If you send IMs to your own username, they will be echoed back to you.