Mercurial > pidgin
changeset 10927:4d87f2dccb6d
[gaim-migrate @ 12703]
And on HEAD too
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author | Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com> |
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date | Wed, 18 May 2005 04:48:51 +0000 |
parents | 79f0562b8442 |
children | 80a4e8e40057 |
files | doc/FAQ |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/FAQ Tue May 17 03:35:35 2005 +0000 +++ b/doc/FAQ Wed May 18 04:48:51 2005 +0000 @@ -80,15 +80,19 @@ 6.9. I heard AOL is combining ICQ and AIM, does that mean I can send a message from an AIM account to an ICQ account and vice-versa? 6.10. Why can't I connect via either Oscar or TOC? - English is not my native language, and some of my friends have - 6.11. trouble seeing my IMs/I have trouble seeing my friends' IMs. How + 6.11. English is not my native language, and some of my friends have + trouble seeing my IMs/I have trouble seeing my friends' IMs. How do I use a native language character set with ICQ? + 6.12. Can I set myself invisible? 7. IRC Protocol 7.1. How do I join a channel with the IRC plugin? 7.2. Is there a way to make Gaim automatically identify me and/or join IRC chats on login? + 7.3. Is it possible to change the user name that appears in + username@hostname? + 7.4. How can I set/change my real name? 8. Jabber Protocol @@ -798,6 +802,10 @@ Gaim 0.82 and higher allow you to specify a character encoding to use when conversing with ICQ users. Use the account editor to set this encoding. +6.12 Can I set myself invisible? + + Yes. Go to Tools->Away->account->Invisible. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 7. IRC Protocol +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -818,6 +826,16 @@ In version 0.64 or higher, you can add a chat to your buddy list, right click it, and tell Gaim to auto-join it. +7.3 Is it possible to change the user name that appears in username@hostname? + + Yes. Go to Tools->Accounts. Select your IRC account and click Modify. Expand + the Show more options section. Enter a name in the Username field. + +7.4 How can I set/change my real name? + + Go to Tools->Accounts. Select your IRC account and click modify. Expand the + Show more options section. Enter a name in the Real name field. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 8. Jabber Protocol +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -948,6 +966,8 @@ to the url to fetch the list for another country. For example, for the German list, you would use "http://de.insider.msg.yahoo.com/ycontent/". + This has recently stopped working, we are investigating alternatives. + The list of known country codes for this url is: • aa => Asia @@ -1225,7 +1245,7 @@ and perl scripts must be modified in order to work. The plugin or perl script must be located in $prefix/lib/gaim/ or in ~/.gaim/plugins/, and must implement the new API, as documented by the make docs command from the root - of the Gaim source code tree. This will generated html documentation in the + of the Gaim source code tree. This will generate html documentation in the doc/html directory. Also note that plugins and perl scripts are now controlled from preferences. @@ -1301,7 +1321,7 @@ 17.4 Does Gaim support secure instant messaging (encrypted IMs)? Short answer: Yes, use the SILC protocol. - Long Answer(for other protocols): Not natively. Doing secure instant + Long Answer (for other protocols): Not natively. Doing secure instant messaging right is a big deal and requires, among other things, an authentication scheme. Simply encrypting your data stream without verifying the party with whom you are chatting is not secure in any way; some other