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[gaim-migrate @ 14935] Jason LeBrun wrote to gaim-devel: "I have found a small quirk in the way gdk_pixbuf_loader works. When you are using it without signalling, the proper way to use it is to call gdk_pixbuf_loader_close *before* calling gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_animation or gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_pixbuf. The call to gdk_pixbuf_loader_close signals that no more writes will be occuring. In particular, this affects images that are less than 1k in size. If gdk_pixbuf_loader_close is not called before _get_animation, the loader will not return anything unless it has received more than 1k of data (the file type sniffing buffer size) or it has been closed. So, the proper order of calls for loaders in the gtk*.c code is: gdk_pixbuf_loader_new(); gdk_pixbuf_loader_write(); gdk_pixbuf_loader_close(); gdk_pixbuf_loader_get_animation();" I know we fixed a bug by changing this in one place. I've gone through and updated the rest. committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

This file describes how to compile and run gaim with dbus support.
Hopefully, most of the steps from point 3 will soon be automated.


1. Make sure you have the latest version (0.34) of the dbus library
   installed, including glib bindings.  

   http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus


2. Compile gaim

   ./configure --enable-dbus
   make
   make install


3. Configure your dbus instalation for gaim

   A. Find your dbus session configuration file, usually

      /etc/dbus-1/session.conf

   B. In that file, find the <servicedir> section.  This section
      contains the directory that stores files describing services,
      usually

      /usr/share/dbus-1/services

   C. Copy src/dbus-gaim.service to that directory

   D. Edit the dbus-gaim.service file you've just copied, and replace
      the path in the "Exec=" line with the path to your gaim
      executable.


4. Start Session DBUS if you haven't done it already

   eval `dbus-launch --session`
   export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID

   These commands will set the two above shell variables.  These
   variables must be set before running any dbus-aware programs.

Start gaim as usual.  To communicate with it, use "gaim-send".  When
you execute gaim-send, the dbus system will automatically start a gaim
process if one is not running already.