Re: Re: [Gaim-devel] Help with a perl plugin

[Mihai O. <mih...@rd...>]

> On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:06:48 +0000 (UTC), Mihai Ocneanu wrote
> > I have managed t make a plugin that shows what song is playing in a
> > chat window after you type a certain sequence of characters (nm for
> > ex). That works. The thing is, I thought of makeing the plugin also
> > change the status for all the existing accounts - and I can't make
> > that happen.  I have read all the documentation on the gaim site on
> > writing a plugin, I looked at several perl plugins, I looked at the
> > source of several c plugins, i looked at the gaim sources and I
> > can't figure out how to change the status.
> >
> >  The plugin is at
> > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/
> > index.php?func=detail&aid=1113330&group_id=235&atid=390395
> > as for the status change, I tried several combinations, like these:
>
> I'm not sure that's possible from a perl plugin.  The code for setting
people
> "away" in Gaim 1.1.x was never very centralized, and I don't think the
perl
> API tries to let you access it.
>
> However, it should all be possible in Gaim 2.x, if it's ever released, and
if
> someone steps up and enhances the perl loader plugin.
>
> -Mark

Ok, thank you for the information. At least now I know, and I won't waste my
time trying to figure it out.
Will wait for Gaim 2.x

Mihai