[Gaim-devel] Yet Another Oscar File Transfer Patch

[Brian F. <bdf...@un...>]

Like a lot of people, I've been wanting Oscar File Transfer support in
gaim.  So like fewer people, I did something about it.  Now I'm ready to
toss my patch on the file-xfer pile.

Notable features include:

-Send and receive single files, multiple files, directories, and even
have multiple OFT sessions going for the same buddy
-Threaded for your pleasure
-A handy way of displaying active transfers as sub-entries in the buddy
list (see http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bdferris/Gaim.jpg for an example ).

This patch is different from the one under development by "wmahan".
Instead of fixing the code in ft.c, I went from scratch. The only thing
this patch offers in the way of innovation (oft is oft is oft) is the
nested transfer UI element.  As far as I can tell, I kept the UI code
completely out of the oscar protocol tree, but I did make some
significant additions to core gaim code.  I'm all for joining forces
with other OFT efforts if need be.

I hope that somebody might find this patch useful.  Note:  I put the
patch up in the "Patches" area.

Thanks,
Brian Ferris
SN: Slackrat2k


Usage Notes:

Currently, saved files are automatically put in
.gaim/Downloads/BuddyName/. Right now this isn't configurable unless you
recompile (annoying, I agree, but I haven't tackled adding new
Preference options yet).

Other things to watch out for... sending directories between Windows and
*nix machines might be a bit tricky since I still refer to '/' as the
directory separator.

Beyond that it seems to work nicely. Hopefully you
will let me know. Build against 0.60cvs.