--- a/htdocs/faq2.txt Tue Jan 24 23:18:12 2006 -0500
+++ b/htdocs/faq2.txt Tue Jan 24 23:30:39 2006 -0500
@@ -519,22 +519,17 @@
or the buddy has signed off</li>
-Q: Will Gaim save my buddy list to the server?-A: Yes, Gaim saves your buddy list to the server for AIM, ICQ, Jabber, Q: Can I import or export my buddy list?
-A: Sorry, no. Old versions of Gaim supported this, but new versions do-not. All the code for saving and loading buddy lists was rewritten, and-support for importing and exporting buddy lists was never re-added.-However, with all major protocols storing their buddy lists on the server,-this feature is less useful today than in the past.+A: The plugin pack hosted at <a +href="http://guifications.sourceforge.net/PluginPack" title="Gaim Plugin +Pack">http://guifications.sourceforge.net/PluginPack</a> has a plugin to Q: Does Gaim support animated smileys?
-A: Yes, as of version 0.70 Gaim supports animated smileys.+A: Yes, but there is a bug which can cause animation to be lost if gaim +has to resize the image. Q: Can I make Gaim group screen names by the person that owns them? You
know, like Trillian's Meta Contacts?
@@ -549,28 +544,6 @@
Contacts in order to be able to edit an existing Contact.
-Q: How do I get the old logging back?-A: The old logging was removed because it was deficient in many ways.-There is no way in Gaim itself to revert to the old logging, but the new-logging is so good you could implement something similar to the old logging-Q: How can I convert my old logs to the new format?-A: It's not possible to perfectly convert from the old format to the-new format because the old format is missing some information necessary to-do that (eg. which account the messages were sent from).-It shouldn't be too difficult to do a rough conversion using a-small script, or using the <code>old_logger_*</code> functions in gaim itself.-Peter Johnson has written a python script to do just this, it is available-on <a href="http://tam.hiddenrock.com/projects/scripts/">his-website</a> (at the bottom). Q: What happened to my timestamps? Can I change them?
A: As of 2.0.0, timestamps follow the system locale. This is a
@@ -724,31 +697,6 @@
resource identifier to your Jabber I.D. For example:
<code>somebody@server.name/resource</code>
-Q: How do I register a new Jabber account?-A: As of version 0.52 and up:- <li>Click "Tools->Accounts->Add"</li>- <li>Select "Jabber" for the protocol.</li>- <li>Fill in screen name and password as you normally would. <b>THIS IS A REQUIRED STEP</b></li>- <li>Check the "Register with server" check-box, if present, else click- "Register" instead of "OK" below.</li>- <b>Note:</b> You are strongly recommended to check the "Remember password"- check-box as well, as Gaim presently does no password verification. So if you- don't type in what you thought you did, you're hosed.-Q: I've a buddy that I keep removing from my buddy list but the entry-keeps coming back every time I log in again! How can I stop this?-A: With Gaim 0.60 or later, it might be continuing to import the old buddy-lists. Remove <code>~/.gaim/*.blist</code> - these are no longer used, the-buddy list is now stored in <code>~/.gaim/blist.xml</code> Q: Can I remove a buddy from my Jabber roster entirely?
A: With Gaim 0.60 or later, the deletion code will do this.
@@ -770,11 +718,6 @@
!SECTION Y!M (Yahoo) Protocol
-Q: I cannot connect to Yahoo! and get "Invalid Password" errors, or-I'm using a version of Gaim older than 0.79!-A: Make sure you have at least 0.79. Q: I cannot connect to Yahoo! and I'm behind a firewall or NAT. Why
doesn't Gaim have Yahoo's "Firewall with no proxy" option?
@@ -883,16 +826,6 @@
transfer. It is unknown whether we will support true peer
to peer file transfer over MSN.
-Q: I'm getting lots of "Already in Opposite list" errors on MSN, why?-A: The reason this happens is because you have a screen name in both your-permit list and your deny list. There are two ways to fix this: the correct-way and the quick way. The correct way is to go to Tools->Privacy, and-manually scan the list and remove the duplicate entries. The quick way is to-remove the blist.xml file from the <code>~/.gaim</code> directory. Be aware-that this contains your buddy list for <i>all</i> accounts, and also stores the-"Contact" grouping of Buddies. Q: Is there a way to invite more than one person to an MSN chat?
A: Yes. Right click a buddy on your list and choose "Initiate Chat". In the
@@ -1185,14 +1118,6 @@
A: We don't know how to answer this question. Stop asking it.
-Q: Can I give you money/hardware/other expensive things that can be hocked-for cash what with you all being students/full-time-workers and helping to-produce this wonderful software instead of studying/sleeping?-A: No. We're completely fool-hardy and won't accept any gratuities with no-strings attached for just being good guys. That and we'd have to share with-everyone who has submitted patches. ;-) Q: Does Gaim support secure instant messaging (encrypted IMs)?
A: Short answer: Yes, use the SILC protocol.<br/>
@@ -1218,13 +1143,6 @@
A: This is a case of a really long answer to a short question.
<a href="./plaintextpasswords.php">Read our explanation here</a>.
-A: gaim-remote is a second executable included with Gaim starting with-0.60. It allows you to perform some actions to control/manipulate an-existing Gaim process from the command line. Run gaim-remote --help to get-an idea of what we currently envision it doing. Q: When will the next version of Gaim be released?
A: The schedule for releases is every third Thursday. However, a new
