--- a/faq.txt Fri Sep 21 01:54:57 2007 +0000
+++ b/faq.txt Fri Sep 21 03:25:38 2007 +0000
@@ -24,36 +24,6 @@
<a href="./faq-ssl.php">these notes</a> for distribution specific hints.
-Q: Why is Pidgin crashing when I start it?-A: First of all make sure you are using the most recent version of-Pidgin. If you still have problems, try the following:- Make sure only one version of Pidgin is installed. "whereis pidgin"- can sometimes be useful for determining this.- "export GDK_USE_XFT=0" in a terminal and then run Pidgin from the same- Try disabling or deleting any 3rd party plugins, especially anything- <li>If you use 0.75 or higher on win32, try deleting <code>tcl.dll</code>.</li>-Q: Pidgin <non-current version> is buggy. Pidgin MTN is buggy. Why?-A: Non-current versions have old bugs which may be fixed in the-current version--that's why we make new releases. MTN is-frequently unusable because of changes in the code. Bugs are-introduced during the development process and are hopefully fixed-before a release is made.@@ -97,48 +67,9 @@
from the Mozilla project. Install one or both of these and recompile Pidgin,
and see the next question.
-!SECTION Gadu-Gadu Protocol-A: Gadu-Gadu is an IM protocol popular in Poland. You can find more about-it at <a href="http://www.gadu-gadu.pl/">www.gadu-gadu.pl</a>-Q: I compiled Pidgin from source and now it doesn't have Gadu-Gadu-A: We now use an external libgadu. Install your distro's libgadu-dev-or libgadu-devel package and rebuild Pidgin (making sure to rerun-<code>./configure</code>). If your distro doesn't provide libgadu, you can download it from-<a href="http://toxygen.net/libgadu/files/libgadu-1.7.0.tar.gz">http://toxygen.net/libgadu/files/libgadu-1.7.0.tar.gz</a>.-Unpack the tarball and run:-<pre><code>./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --disable-libgadu-openssl --disable-static --enable-shared-su -c "make install"</code></pre>-A: Yes! We especially need small patches for small bugs, and lots of-bug triaging. There are a slew of a bug reports in Pidgin's bug report-tracker - you could pick one and try to tackle it and submit a patch.-Bug triaging is when you look at a bug report and determine whether it-is a duplicate of an earlier report, or whether it is user error, or-maybe you need to request additional information to be able to reproduce-the bug. SourceForge won't let random users modify the settings on bugs,-but if you leave helpful comments we can go through and make the-href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=browse&group_id=235&atid=100235">Dig Q: Pidgin never leaves a core file.
A: On most installs core files are limited in size to 0 bytes, and are
@@ -181,11 +112,6 @@
A: Sure! Look at the <a href="./contactinfo.php">Contact Information</a> page!
-A: We don't know how to answer this question. Stop asking it. Q: Does Pidgin support secure instant messaging (encrypted IMs)?
A: Short answer: Yes, use the SILC protocol.<br/>
@@ -210,27 +136,6 @@
rewrites means lots of new bugs to work out. The new version will be
released as soon as it is possible to do so.
-Q: What will the next version be?-A: Starting with version 1.0.0, Pidgin version numbers have 3 parts to them.-The format is major.minor.micro. If we change something internally in Pidgin-such that some plugins won't work with the newer version, we will increment-the major version number. If we don't increment the major version number,-and we've added things to the Pidgin API that won't break any older stuff, we-will increment the minor version number. In any other cases, we will-increment the micro version number. Even and odd numbers have nothing to do-with stability, and you should always be running the latest release of Pidgin-to get new features and bug fixes.-Q: So, can I look forward to mega-sexy super functionality with Pidgin?-A: Yes, that is the intended idea. In fact, there have been quite a number-of unpopular geeks who have made the switch to Pidgin. In a matter of days,-the number of dates and awesomeness points received by the geek increased-ten fold! You, too, can have an exciting life with Pidgin. Get Pidgin. Get-the babes. Get uhh... hmm. Q: How do I change the language for the Highlight Misspelled words option?
A: Pidgin currently only supports spell checking in your locale language.
