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2 | libfaim pre-0.90 or so | |
3 | ---------------------- | |
4 | ||
5 | This is libfaim, the purpose of which is to implement as much as the | |
6 | AOL AIM/OSCAR protocol as possible (which should be all of it). After | |
7 | over a year of development, its still nowhere close. | |
8 | ||
9 | This is not a full client and never will be. libfaim only implements | |
10 | the routines to implement a client (ie, there's no user interface). | |
11 | ||
12 | Status | |
13 | ------ | |
14 | ||
15 | I would not recommend using this version of libfaim in any form yet. It's | |
16 | beta-quality and I know it leaks memory quite badly. It seems fairly | |
17 | stable, however. YMMV, YAYOR, etc. I suppose I should say regardless of | |
18 | that warning, that several clients use it and people use those clients | |
19 | on a daily basis (in particular, me). | |
20 | ||
21 | ||
22 | Building | |
23 | -------- | |
24 | ||
25 | Everything in this libfaim dist should build cleanly on any UNIX(-like) | |
26 | operating system. Originally developed on Linux+glibc. Past versions | |
27 | known to work on Linux+libc5, FreeBSD, HP/UX, Solaris, Mac OS X Server, | |
28 | Win32 using VC++ 98/6 and others. | |
29 | ||
30 | libfaim builds as both libfaim.a and libfaim.so. If your platform for | |
31 | some reason does not support dynamic libraries (eg, you get errors when | |
32 | building libfaim.so), you'll have to tweak the makefiles a bit to get | |
33 | the utils/ directory to build. | |
34 | ||
35 | Otherwise, just do a 'make'. I don't believe I use any specific features | |
36 | GNU make, but if something fails, make sure you have it. And bash too. | |
37 | ||
38 | ||
39 | Accessories | |
40 | ----------- | |
41 | ||
42 | In utils/, you'll find a few things extra: | |
43 | ||
44 | faimtest: very rudimentary front-end. no user interface, but does | |
45 | illustrate the basics of logging in and sending/recieving | |
46 | messages and buddy list notifications. Potential front- | |
47 | end authors start here. | |
48 | ||
49 | aimpasswd: utility to change an AIM password without using a full | |
50 | client. Note that at the time of this writing, this | |
51 | didn't work quite right yet. See the top of the code for | |
52 | latest status. | |
53 | ||
54 | License | |
55 | ------- | |
56 | ||
57 | libfaim is covered under my copyright under the terms of the Lesser GNU | |
58 | Public License, as documented in the file COPYING in the top level directory. | |
59 | ||
60 | ||
61 | Documentation | |
62 | ------------- | |
63 | ||
64 | Unfortunatly, there is not currently any documentation on the libfaim API. | |
65 | Use the source and utils/faimtest/faimtest.c as a reference when coding | |
66 | front-ends. | |
67 | ||
68 | Mailing Lists | |
69 | ------------- | |
70 | ||
71 | Thanks to Sourceforge, we have our mailing lists back. See: | |
72 | http://www.sourceforge.org/mail/?group_id=920 for instructions | |
73 | on subscribing to the lists: | |
74 | ||
75 | libfaim-devel: Discussion of libfaim and its developement. | |
76 | libfaim-aim-protocol: Discussion of the finer points of OSCAR hacking | |
77 | ||
78 | ||
79 | Contact Info | |
80 | ------------ | |
81 | ||
82 | The author (Adam Fritzler), can be reached at mid@auk.cx. | |
83 | ||
84 | Front-end information: | |
85 | http://www.auk.cx/faim/ | |
86 | Protocol information: | |
87 | http://www.auk.cx/faim/protocol/ | |
88 |