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| 28 6. Can I use my Windows 95 Buddylist with Gaim? | 28 6. Can I use my Windows 95 Buddylist with Gaim? |
| 29 7. I'm not a native English speaker and I would like a translated | 29 7. I'm not a native English speaker and I would like a translated |
| 30 version of gaim. | 30 version of gaim. |
| 31 8. I've got a proxy, and I'd like to use GAIM. | 31 8. I've got a proxy, and I'd like to use GAIM. |
| 32 | 32 |
| 33 III. Problems | 33 III. Multiple Connections |
| 34 1. What do you mean by "multiple connections"? | |
| 35 2. What's a PRPL? | |
| 36 3. What happens when I load a new protocol? | |
| 37 4. So how do I add accounts? | |
| 38 5. This sucks. I want my old gaim back. | |
| 39 | |
| 40 IV. Problems | |
| 34 1. WAAAAAH! My sound doesn't work! | 41 1. WAAAAAH! My sound doesn't work! |
| 35 2. My buddy list disappeared! | 42 2. My buddy list disappeared! |
| 36 3. I click on URLs, but Netscape doesn't popup! | 43 3. I click on URLs, but Netscape doesn't popup! |
| 37 4. I don't use Netscape. | 44 4. I don't use Netscape. |
| 38 5. I'm using the GNOME client. I have a bug. | 45 5. I'm using the GNOME client. I have a bug. |
| 39 6. I have a bug not described here. | 46 6. I have a bug not described here. |
| 40 7. I have Mandrake 6.0 and GAIM doesnt work! | 47 7. I have Mandrake 6.0 and GAIM doesnt work! |
| 41 | 48 |
| 42 IV. Programming | 49 V. Programming |
| 43 1. I have a patch for gaim! | 50 1. I have a patch for gaim! |
| 44 2. I have a plugin for gaim! | 51 2. I have a plugin for gaim! |
| 45 3. Can you teach me how to program GTK? | 52 3. Can you teach me how to program GTK? |
| 46 | 53 |
| 47 V. Miscellaneous | 54 VI. Miscellaneous |
| 48 1. Can I talk to you on IM? | 55 1. Can I talk to you on IM? |
| 49 2. I want to write an IM client. Will you help me? | 56 2. I want to write an IM client. Will you help me? |
| 50 3. I have money. I need some software written. Can you help? | 57 3. I have money. I need some software written. Can you help? |
| 51 4. I have hardware here that's not being used, or money. Can | 58 4. I have hardware here that's not being used, or money. Can |
| 52 you use it? | 59 you use it? |
| 133 8. I'm behind a proxy, and I'd like to use GAIM. | 140 8. I'm behind a proxy, and I'd like to use GAIM. |
| 134 HTTP, Socks 4, and Socks 5 proxying should be working now. | 141 HTTP, Socks 4, and Socks 5 proxying should be working now. |
| 135 None of them support authentication yet though. | 142 None of them support authentication yet though. |
| 136 | 143 |
| 137 | 144 |
| 138 III. Problems | 145 III. Multiple Connections |
| 146 1. What do you mean by "multiple connections"? | |
| 147 Multiple Connections means that it's possible to connect to | |
| 148 the AOL servers using more than one screenname at a time. When you connect | |
| 149 using more than one screenname, each name will have their own buddy list. Each | |
| 150 will be able to send messages and do all the normal things. It's just a way of | |
| 151 not having to run 3 copies of gaim for each of your screennames. | |
| 152 | |
| 153 2. What's a PRPL? | |
| 154 PRPL stands for PRotocol PLugin. It's a way to dynamically add | |
| 155 new protocols to gaim. This allows you to use gaim as your AIM client, ICQ | |
| 156 client, Yahoo, client, and even IRC client, all at the same time. Loading a | |
| 157 PRPL is like loading any other plugin - simply load the file from the plugins | |
| 158 dialog. Then simply add an account using the Account Editor and have it use | |
| 159 that protocol. | |
| 160 | |
| 161 3. What happens when I load a new protocol? | |
| 162 Gaim keeps track of all the protocols that it knows about. | |
| 163 When you load a new protocol, it lets you add a new account that uses that | |
| 164 protocol. If you loaded the protocol as a plugin, and remove that plugin, gaim | |
| 165 then signs off any connections that were using that protocol, and forgets | |
| 166 about it. If you load a protocol that has already been loaded, it will unload | |
| 167 the original one and load the new one. | |
| 168 | |
| 169 4. So how do I add accounts? | |
| 170 There is an Account Editor that is accessible from the main | |
| 171 signon window, and also from the Buddy List Tools menu. This brings up a | |
| 172 window that lets you add and remove accounts, modify them, and sign them on | |
| 173 independently of each other. | |
| 174 | |
| 175 5. This sucks. I want my old gaim back. | |
| 176 Relax, there's a configure option, --disable-multi, that will | |
| 177 remove any way of having multiple connections from the UI. This gives gaim the | |
| 178 old familiar UI, and allow only one connection at a time. It will also benefit | |
| 179 from all of the features added that are not related to multiple connections | |
| 180 (like reporting idle times based on X usage). | |
| 181 | |
| 182 | |
| 183 IV. Problems | |
| 139 1. WAAAAAH! My sound doesn't work! | 184 1. WAAAAAH! My sound doesn't work! |
| 140 ./configure should autodetect whether or not you have ESD | 185 ./configure should autodetect whether or not you have ESD |
| 141 libraries. If you have them it _WILL_ compile with them, if not it won't. | 186 libraries. If you have them it _WILL_ compile with them, if not it won't. |
| 142 If it compiles with them, you don't need to be running the ESD daemon, it'll | 187 If it compiles with them, you don't need to be running the ESD daemon, it'll |
| 143 automatically fallback to using /dev/dsp. Make sure that gaim has proper | 188 automatically fallback to using /dev/dsp. Make sure that gaim has proper |
| 183 | 228 |
| 184 Don't use EVIL 'updates' tool. It's broke.. really bad. | 229 Don't use EVIL 'updates' tool. It's broke.. really bad. |
| 185 | 230 |
| 186 Mandrake 6.1, with its newer libraries, appears to fix this problem. | 231 Mandrake 6.1, with its newer libraries, appears to fix this problem. |
| 187 | 232 |
| 188 IV. Programming | 233 V. Programming |
| 189 1. I have a patch for gaim! | 234 1. I have a patch for gaim! |
| 190 Nice. Think about your patch though. First, does it have | 235 Nice. Think about your patch though. First, does it have |
| 191 to do with AIM? I won't apply patches for stock tickers, search engines, | 236 to do with AIM? I won't apply patches for stock tickers, search engines, |
| 192 etc. Rewrite it as a plug-in if you really want bloat like that. | 237 etc. Rewrite it as a plug-in if you really want bloat like that. |
| 193 Second, is it useful? A lot of patches I get are horribly unuseful except | 238 Second, is it useful? A lot of patches I get are horribly unuseful except |
| 222 help. If you had a little BASIC experience in high school and are having | 267 help. If you had a little BASIC experience in high school and are having |
| 223 trouble making a button widget do anything when you click it, buy a book on | 268 trouble making a button widget do anything when you click it, buy a book on |
| 224 C and read the damn GTK tutorial, I'm a busy person. | 269 C and read the damn GTK tutorial, I'm a busy person. |
| 225 | 270 |
| 226 | 271 |
| 227 V. Miscellaneous | 272 VI. Miscellaneous |
| 228 1. Can I talk to you on IM? | 273 1. Can I talk to you on IM? |
| 229 Sure. My IM name is RobFlynn. The rest of the crew's IM names | 274 Sure. My IM name is RobFlynn. The rest of the crew's IM names |
| 230 can be found in various places. Keep in mind though, I'm a very busy person. | 275 can be found in various places. Keep in mind though, I'm a very busy person. |
| 231 This IM name is used for friends as well as for gaim (I don't just log this | 276 This IM name is used for friends as well as for gaim (I don't just log this |
| 232 guy in when I want to talk to gaim people). So please, don't IM me just to | 277 guy in when I want to talk to gaim people). So please, don't IM me just to |
