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[Gaim-commits] CVS: web/htdocs faq.txt,1.76,1.77
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From: Luke S. <lsc...@us...> - 2003-09-03 23:25:35
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Update of /cvsroot/gaim/web/htdocs In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv29442/htdocs Modified Files: faq.txt Log Message: relatively massive update. look at all the version # specific entries. i'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Index: faq.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/gaim/web/htdocs/faq.txt,v retrieving revision 1.76 retrieving revision 1.77 diff -u -d -r1.76 -r1.77 --- faq.txt 3 Sep 2003 22:38:16 -0000 1.76 +++ faq.txt 3 Sep 2003 23:25:32 -0000 1.77 @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ </p> </li> </ol> +<p>The static prpls option is broke in 0.64 and higher.</p> Q: I compiled Gaim, but when I restart, it did not update. @@ -96,20 +97,15 @@ remove all Gaim files from <code>/usr/local</code>. </p> -Q: I'm getting an error: -<pre>./au2h.c BuddyArrive.h -open: No such file or directory</pre> - -A: You're not using <code>gmake</code>, are you? You need to be using -<code>gmake</code>. - +!ANCHOR gtk1.2 Q: I have a question about GTK1.2. A: Our GTK2 port is now complete, the 0.59.x release series uses only GTK1.2, and it is also entirely devoid of new features. 0.60 is the first release with GTK2 support. 0.60 and all future Gaim versions will no longer support GTK1.2. With the release of 0.60, the gtk1-stable tree that -the 0.59.x releases were from has been discontinued. +the 0.59.x releases were from has been discontinued. If you want anything new +in that tree, you will have to maintain it yourself. Q: I'd like to use Gaim on IRIX. @@ -216,6 +212,7 @@ please let us know. </p> +!ANCHOR crash-on-start Q: Why is gaim crashing when I start it? A: With 0.60 and higher, try running gaim with GDK_USE_XFT=0 set. If this @@ -227,6 +224,13 @@ <p> If you use MSN, and have a version 0.64, downgrade to 0.63 or upgrade to 0.65. </p> +<p> + If you have ever installed 0.65, edit your ~/.gaimrc, changing your auto away + preference from -1 to 0. +</p> +<p> + If you use 0.67 and do not have yourself on your buddy list, upgrade. +</p> Q: I just changed my buddy icon, and I can't see the new one. @@ -313,7 +317,7 @@ Q: What do those colors in the conversation tab mean? A: A red tab means a message is waiting for you; green means the buddy is -typing; yellow means the buddy began typing, and then stopped. +typing; yellow means the buddy began typing, and then stopped. Gray means that there has been a join or a part in that chat. Q: Will Gaim save my buddy list to the server? @@ -335,7 +339,9 @@ Q: Can Gaim import my buddy list? A: Unfortunately, no, you cannot import your buddy list with Gaim 0.60 and -later. +later. However, as Gaim will read the server copy of the buddy list, this is +most likely not necessary unless you use a 3rd party client that is broken (aka +trillian). <p> With Gaim 0.59 and earlier, this depends on the format of the buddy list. Gaim has mixed success importing Windows AIM buddy lists. If you want to @@ -361,7 +367,7 @@ in the Password box. Leave the server settings set to the default (login.oscar.aol.com and port 5190). -!ANCHOR icq-no-worky +!ANCHOR old-icq Q: ICQ doesn't work. A: Use AIM/ICQ for ICQ. AOL stopped supporting the older versions of the @@ -521,7 +527,11 @@ chats on login? A: Yes. Add NickServ to your buddy list and place buddy pounces on -him/her/it. +him/her/it. +<p> + 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. +</p> !SECTION Jabber Protocol @@ -605,8 +615,11 @@ The buddy will disappear from your buddy list and also will no longer receive presence notifications from you. </p> - -In 0.60, the deletion code will do this. +<p> + In 0.60, the deletion code will do this. + Gaim currently does not retain invisibility settings between logins, + just as it doesn't currently retain "away" status. +</p> Q: What does "Cancel Presence Notification" do? @@ -754,7 +767,11 @@ A: If you look in the <code>plugins/</code> directory in the Gaim source, you should see a HOWTO file for C plugins and a PERL-HOWTO for Perl scripts. - +<p> + In 0.68 or later, get the source code and run <code>make docs</code>. You will + need doxygen and graphvix dot installed for this to work. This will produce an + api reference and both the perl and plugin documentation. +<p> !SECTION Development @@ -781,9 +798,7 @@ Q: Will Gaim be ported to Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP? -A: Gaim has released a Windows version. Right now it is an "alpha" -release, the most buggy type of release a project can make. For some people -it works very reliably, for others it is unusable. +A: Gaim has released a Windows version. !SECTION Misc. Questions |