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Rob
Flynn
<
rob
@marko
.
net
>
IM
:
RobFlynn
(
currnet
maintainer
)
Syd
Logan
-
Super
Hacker
and
Resident
Designated
Driver
Jim
Duchek
<
jimduchek
@ou
.
edu
>
IM
:
Zilding
(
former
maintainer
)
Eric
Warmenhoven
<
eric
@warmenhoven
.
org
>
(
retired
)
Mark
Spencer
<
markster
@marko
.
net
>
Gaim
is
an
IM
client
that
supports
many
protocols
,
including
AIM
,
ICQ
,
MSN
,
IRC
,
and
Jabber
.
Gaim
is
NOT
endorsed
by
,
nor
affiliated
with
,
AOL
nor
any
other
company
in
ANY
way
.
0.59
.
x
======
This
version
of
Gaim
is
a
stable
branch
.
These
releases
are
bugfix
releases
for
GTK
+
1.2
.
Development
will
continue
on
our
main
branch
in
GTK
+
2
only
.
BUILD
=====
Read
the
'INSTALL'
file
for
more
detailed
directions
.
Gaim
uses
the
standard
.
/
configure
;
make
.
You
need
to
use
gmake
,
BSD
make
probably
won
't work. Remember, run ./configure --help to see what
build options are available.
In order to compile Gaim, you need to have GTK+ 1.2.5 installed (as
well as the development files!). The configure script will fail if you
don'
t
.
You
can
get
it
from
http
:
//
www
.
gtk
.
org
/
.
Gaim
will
try
to
compile
with
Gnome
features
if
you
have
Gnome
on
your
system
.
If
you
don
't have them, it will settle for simply GTK. If you
don'
t
want
Gnome
bits
,
.
/
configure
--
disable
-
gnome
If
you
want
to
build
as
a
GNOME
applet
:
.
/
configure
--
enable
-
panel
;
make
then
su
to
root
and
run
"make install"
.
Afterwards
panel
->
Add
applet
->
Network
->
Gaim
should
be
there
.
RUN
===
You
should
run
'make install'
as
root
to
make
sure
plugins
and
other
files
get
installed
into
locations
they
want
to
be
in
.
Once
you
've done that,
you only need to run '
gaim
'.
To use the other services (such as Yahoo and IRC) which are available
as plugins:
They are installed in $libdir/gaim, which usually is either /usr/lib/gaim
or /usr/local/lib/gaim, and should have a somewhat descriptive name (e.g.
libyahoo.so or libirc.so). Load those plugins using the normal plugin
dialog. Then in the account editor, add a new account; the Protocol option
menu should now have another option for the protocol that you loaded. Then
you can sign that account on.
Read below for protocol-specific information.
PLUGINS
=======
If you do not wish to enable the plugin support within Gaim, run the
./configure script with the --disable-plugins option and recompile your
source code. This will prevent the ability to load plugins.
'
make
install
' puts the plugins in $PREFIX/lib/gaim (PREFIX being what
you specified when you ./configure'
d
-
it
defaults
to
/
usr
/
local
).
Gaim
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
.
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
:
//
gaim
.
sf
.
net
/
bug
.
php3
.
There
always
seems
to
be
some
iffy
-
ness
by
a
lot
of
people
about
whether
to
use
the
CVS
version
or
stick
with
a
stable
release
.
Use
the
CVS
version
.
If
you
need
a
version
that
you
know
is
reliable
,
then
keep
your
favorite
one
in
case
of
an
emergency
.
But
for
the
most
part
,
gaim
is
not
mission
-
critical
software
,
and
if
you
can
help
us
find
a
few
bugs
before
we
release
,
all
the
better
.
(
Also
,
CVS
tends
to
be
more
stable
than
releases
,
since
we
get
10
or
12
bug
reports
right
after
we
make
a
release
,
and
all
those
bugs
are
fixed
within
a
day
or
two
usually
.)
Read
http
:
//
gaim
.
sf
.
net
/
cvs
.
php
for
more
information
.
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
(
Rob
)
===
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 (Eric)
=====
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 IM connections, but it cannot yet transfer files through this (or
through any other means). 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
(
Eric
)
=====
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
.
Group
chats
aren
't supported yet.
IRC (Eric)
===
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 (Eric)
===
With MSN you can join a conversation with several people, but you can'
t
invite
people
from
the
IM
window
yet
.
ICQ
(
Eric
)
===
The
ICQ
plugin
is
deprecated
and
will
probably
be
removed
soon
.
The
protocol
only
marginally
works
.
You
should
use
Oscar
for
ICQ
.
You
'll
need a different client to register an ICQ account if you don'
t
have
one
yet
.
Jabber
(
Eric
)
======
Transports
aren
't currently supported at all, though if you have a
transport already subscribed Gaim 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
.
warmenhoven
@mycompany
.
com
.
This
is
the
actual
format
of
the
Jabber
ID
anyway
;
Jabber
is
email
with
online
notification
.
You
'll need to use a different client to register a Jabber
account if you don'
t
have
one
yet
.
Napster
(
Rob
)
=======
Heh
.
Ok
,
so
I
(
Rob
)
am
on
crack
!
Gaim
can
sign
on
/
off
of
Napster
,
add
/
remove
people
to
your
hotlist
(
buddylist
)
as
well
as
chat
privately
and
in
chat
rooms
.
You
can
search
for
files
and
browse
a
list
of
other
user
's files. You can currently download files as long as the person
you'
re
retrieving
files
from
is
not
firewalled
.
Zephyr
(
Eric
)
======
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
,
gaim
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
(
Eric
)
=========
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
.