gaim v0.11.0-pre3 - Instant Messaging client
SYNOPSIS
gaim
DESCRIPTION
gaim is based on the published Toc protocol from AOL,
writen in GTK.
The following sections describe how to use gaim.
Accounts
How to use your online messenger account.
Buddies list
How to use and edit your Buddy list.
Communication
How to send instant messages and files. (File
transfer not yet available)
Preferences
What the preferences do.
Plugins
Plugin options.
SCREEN NAME
A Screen Name is how a person can be contacted once
signed on.
ACCOUNTS
The first time you start gaim, you will be presented with
a dialog box. Enter your AIM screen name creen Name field
and enter the password in the Password field. Gaim will
add multiple accounts, by simply typing in another screen
name in the Screen Name field. You must use existing
accounts, because gaim does not support creating accounts.
You may also modify your accounts by clicking on the
Accounts button.
Buddies LIST
The gaim Buddy list contains Groups, and Buddies.
You may export Buddy lists from gaim by using the Export
Buddy List option under File.
You may also import saved Buddy lists from gaim by using
the Import Buddy List option under File.
To add a new Buddy, under the Edit Buddies tab, click on
the Add button. In the Add dialog: Enter their online
screen name, an optional alias for the person in the alias
member of in the To Group field.
The alias that you enter, if you so desire, will be how
your buddy is known. For example, you could add the buddy
'jsmith1281xx' with the alias 'John Q. Smith'. John Q.
Smith would appear on your buddylist in place of
jsmith1281xx.
To create a new group, add a new account as above, and
instead of selecting an existing group in the Group field,
enter the name of the group you wish to create.
To delete a Group, or Buddy, click on its name in the Edit
Buddies tab, then click on the Remove button.
COMMUNICATION
The Online tab shows your Buddy list of online Buddies.
Next to each Screen name, or alias, is a icon indicating
if a buddy is a Normal AIM User, AOL User, Trial AIM User,
Administrator, or Away.
Messages
To send a message to a Buddy, double click on the Buddy
under the Online tab, and type your message in the field
at the bottom of the conversation window. Messages
received from a Buddy will use the existing conversation
window with the Buddy or will open a new one if it does
not exist. If the Ignore unknown users option is
selected, messages from an unknown person will be ignored.
Otherwise, a conversation window with an Add button, which
you can click on to add them to your Buddy list.
File Transfer
Currently only files can be recieve. A option to Send
files will added in later versions.
PREFERENCES
The preferences are accessed by selecting Preferences from
the Tools menu. These preferences allow you to configure
various aspects of gaim including: default fonts, colors,
and user configurable sounds. You may also configure dif
ferent visual aspects of gaim. For example, you may
choose to have buttons displayed without accompanying
text.
PLUGINS
The plugins are accessed by selecting Preferences from the
Tools menu.
Plugin files are to be placed in $(HOME)/.gaim/plugins/ -
To load a plugin click on the Load Plugin button and
select the plugin desired
and click the Unload Plugin button.
Permit
To add a user to Permit/Deny them, select the Permit tab
and click on the add button. Type the Screen Name of the
desired person in the Add field, and select Permit/Deny.
To remove a Screen Name select the Screen Name and click
on the Remove button.
FILES
$(HOME)/.gaimrc - Gaim Config File
$(HOME)/.gaim/SCREENNAME/ - SCREENNAME's conversation logs
$(HOME)/.gaim/plugins/ - Gaim Plugin Files
BUGS
Known bugs are at http://source
forge.net/bugs/?group_id=235
BUG REPORTS
If you find a bug in gaim, please submit a bug form at
http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=235
Before sending a bug report, please verify that you have
the latest version of gaim. Many bugs (major and minor)
are fixed at each release, and if yours is out of date,
the problem may already have been solved.
SEE ALSO
http://www.marko.net/gaim/
LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple PLace, Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
AUTHORS
The authors of gaim are:
Rob Flynn <rflynn@blueridge.net> - IM: RobFlynn
hoven
Jim Duchek <jim@linuxpimps.com> - IM: Zilding
Mark Spencer <markster@marko.net> - IM: Markster97
The manpage was written by Dennis Ristuccia <dennis@ver
tex.978.org> IM: D3nnisR
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