annotate src/protocols/silc/README @ 9927:fb08a0973b3e

[gaim-migrate @ 10819] " Currently, the "loggedin" parameter of serv_got_update() is of type int and used as a boolean. I updated it and all references to be gboolean. I also noticed that "presence" in gaim_blist_update_buddy_presence() is also a really boolean. of whether or not the buddy is currently online. There seemed to be some confusion, particularly in the silc plugin which tried to use a GaimBuddyPresenceState (coincidentally (or perhaps not) GAIM_BUDDY_OFFLINE and GAIM_BUDDY_ONLINE work as FALSE and TRUE respectively). The value passed to gaim_blist_update_buddy_presence() doesn't directly become the buddy presence state and this patch helps avoid confusion in this respect." --Daniel Atallah committer: Tailor Script <[e-mail]>

SILC Gaim Plugin
================

This is Gaim protocol plugin of the protocol called Secure Internet Live 
Conferencing (SILC).  The implementation will use the SILC Toolkit, 
freely available from the http://silcnet.org/ site, for the actual SILC 
protocol implementation.

To include the SILC into Gaim, one needs to first compile and install 
the SILC Toolkit.  It is done as follows:

	./configure --enable-shared --without-silcd --without-irssi
	make
	make install

This will compile shared libraries of the SILC Toolkit.  If the --prefix 
is not given to ./configure, the binaries are installed into the 
/usr/local/silc directory.

Once the Toolkit is installed one needs to tell for the Gaim ./configure
script where the SILC Toolkit is located.  It is done as follows:

	./configure --with-silc-libs=/path/to/silc/lib
		    --with-silc-includes=/path/to/silc/include

If the Toolkit cannot be located the SILC will not be compiled into the 
Gaim.