[Gaim-devel] gaimc: command-line/socket control plugin

[Dylan Alex Simon <dylan@dy...>]

Hello,

I've written a plugin for gaim that allows various things to be controlled
remotely via a local socket.  (It's somewhat like the old filectl plugin, but
more extensive.)  Along with this there's a command-line interface and a
text-only (readline, not curses) interactive client called 'gaimc'.

The idea was, since I've always wanted a text-based interface for using aim
remotely, but also like gaim's local interface and features, I decided to
write my own.  Currently it only supports IM and some account management (no
chat), since that's all I've needed.

However, since I hadn't gotten a chance to upgrade gaim in a while, it's
currently designed for 0.59, but is broken with 0.63.  I was just about to
embark on updating it, and perhaps adding more features, but I thought I'd
check if anyone was interested in such a thing, or maybe if something like it
already existed.  It's also currently not very portable (Linux only -- some
bsd-unfriendly calls), so I could improve the portability too if desired.

Anyway, does this sound like something worth releasing?

:-Dylan Simon

[Gaim-devel] gaimc: command-line/socket control plugin

[Dylan Alex Simon <dylan@dy...>]

Hello,

I've written a plugin for gaim that allows various things to be controlled
remotely via a local socket.  (It's somewhat like the old filectl plugin, but
more extensive.)  Along with this there's a command-line interface and a
text-only (readline, not curses) interactive client called 'gaimc'.

The idea was, since I've always wanted a text-based interface for using aim
remotely, but also like gaim's local interface and features, I decided to
write my own.  Currently it only supports IM and some account management (no
chat), since that's all I've needed.

However, since I hadn't gotten a chance to upgrade gaim in a while, it's
currently designed for 0.59, but is broken with 0.63.  I was just about to
embark on updating it, and perhaps adding more features, but I thought I'd
check if anyone was interested in such a thing, or maybe if something like it
already existed.  It's also currently not very portable (Linux only -- some
bsd-unfriendly calls), so I could improve the portability too if desired.

Anyway, does this sound like something worth releasing?

:-Dylan Simon

Re: [Gaim-devel] gaimc: command-line/socket control plugin

[John B. Silvestri <silvestrij@us...>]

I hate to tell you, but what you the idea behind what you speak of has
been in Gaim 0.6x's cvs for the longest time.  Presently, the CVS
version is a bit limited - and I since my patch hasn't been committed
yet, most people can't enjoy some of these extra remote control
features, namely the ability to send messages, check your buddy list,
and account connection information.  My patch (which I have not had time
to update, but should do so in the coming week) can be found at
http://knuth.mville.edu/~john/gaim/

Cheers,
John Silvestri

On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 06:44:13PM -0700, Dylan Alex Simon wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've written a plugin for gaim that allows various things to be controlled
> remotely via a local socket.  (It's somewhat like the old filectl plugin, but
> more extensive.)  Along with this there's a command-line interface and a
> text-only (readline, not curses) interactive client called 'gaimc'.
> 
> The idea was, since I've always wanted a text-based interface for using aim
> remotely, but also like gaim's local interface and features, I decided to
> write my own.  Currently it only supports IM and some account management (no
> chat), since that's all I've needed.
> 
> However, since I hadn't gotten a chance to upgrade gaim in a while, it's
> currently designed for 0.59, but is broken with 0.63.  I was just about to
> embark on updating it, and perhaps adding more features, but I thought I'd
> check if anyone was interested in such a thing, or maybe if something like it
> already existed.  It's also currently not very portable (Linux only -- some
> bsd-unfriendly calls), so I could improve the portability too if desired.
> 
> Anyway, does this sound like something worth releasing?
> 
> :-Dylan Simon
> 
> 
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Re: [Gaim-devel] gaimc: command-line/socket control plugin

[Robert McQueen <robot101@de...>]

To be honest, I'd rather see the CUI stuff in Gaim itself disappear.
Coming back as a plugin is one option, or when Chip has gotten us split
to libgaim and the gtk UI, implement something that looks like libgaim
but actually connects (with magic? orb? bla? wibble? something) to some
gaimd, or existing instance of .*gaim.* that has the real libgaim.

Either way, our UNIX socket code is crashy, evil, doesn't clean itself
up properly, isn't nicely placeable as core or UI code, and isn't portable
to Windows. Blergh. Chip and I agreed we should silently remove it, but
Sean came back at the wrong moment and caught us conspiring. :P

So anyway, in summary: maybe this would be a good thing to look into as
a plugin, and you guys could get together and work on this. Chip? Sean?

Regards,
Rob

On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 09:57:16PM -0400, John B. Silvestri wrote:
> I hate to tell you, but what you the idea behind what you speak of has
> been in Gaim 0.6x's cvs for the longest time.  Presently, the CVS
> version is a bit limited - and I since my patch hasn't been committed
> yet, most people can't enjoy some of these extra remote control
> features, namely the ability to send messages, check your buddy list,
> and account connection information.  My patch (which I have not had time
> to update, but should do so in the coming week) can be found at
> http://knuth.mville.edu/~john/gaim/
> 
> Cheers,
> John Silvestri

Re: [Gaim-devel] gaimc: command-line/socket control plugin

[Luke Schierer <lschiere@us...>]

On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 09:57:16PM -0400, John B. Silvestri wrote:
> I hate to tell you, but what you the idea behind what you speak of has
> been in Gaim 0.6x's cvs for the longest time.  Presently, the CVS
> version is a bit limited - and I since my patch hasn't been committed
> yet, most people can't enjoy some of these extra remote control
> features, namely the ability to send messages, check your buddy list,
> and account connection information.  My patch (which I have not had time
> to update, but should do so in the coming week) can be found at
> http://knuth.mville.edu/~john/gaim/

*nods* i've been trying to get sean to commit that patch for some time. 
i'd really rather see gaim-remote built up than to see a plugin try to 
duplicate the effect. 
luke

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Re: [Gaim-devel] gaimc: command-line/socket control plugin

[Sean Egan <sean.egan@bi...>]

On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 10:41, Luke Schierer wrote:
> *nods* i've been trying to get sean to commit that patch for some time. 
> i'd really rather see gaim-remote built up than to see a plugin try to 
> duplicate the effect. 
> luke

And for about as long, I've been saying that the patch needs a lot of
work before being committed ;)

-s.