--- a/doc/FAQ Mon May 16 17:49:29 2005 -0400
+++ b/doc/FAQ Wed May 18 00:48:17 2005 -0400
@@ -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? 7.1. 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
+ 7.3. Is it possible to change the user name that appears in + 7.4. How can I set/change my real name? @@ -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. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -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. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -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:
@@ -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
