The downside of doing it in purple is just the additional work (purple prpl +
Adium wrapper plugin vs just an Adium plugin), and the upside is just the
additional front ends, as far as I know.
David
On Jun 26, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Bob Tanner wrote:
> I'm looking to read more on adding a new protocol to Adium as a plugin.
>
> In particular more information regarding writing the plugin in Adium (like
> Services > Twitter, or Services > Bonjour) vs Libpurple.
>
> The current client is written in C and is tightly integrated to the server
> code base. Initial attempts to make a client library (similar to Bonjour's
> libezv) have lead to the decision to write a client protocol library outside
> of the current server code base.
>
> Should I write the plugin in Adium (Objc) or look to wrap it inside libpurple?
>
> Where can I find more information regarding the trade-offs between Adium
> native(?) plugins vs libpurple plugin?
>
> Does one API lend itself to new protocols better then the other?
>
> As I understand it, libpurple plugin would give a larger selection of IM
> front-ends (pidgin, finch, Adium). Does it give me more?
>
> Thank you for any advise.
>
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