On Tue, 2001-12-04 at 12:50, Luis Villa wrote: > How new of a gaim would this require? Our experience is that the newest > gaims are extremely unstable, which is why we haven't really pushed > them, but I guess we'd take another look at reasonably new versions if > this kind of hack would be possible/useful.
> > I'm adding additional URL support now. Perl can examine connections in > > the modern API so I can use the URL to match the a connection without > > the session based connection IDs. It may be difficult to do this in the > > older version of Gaim that Ximian released. I need to learn a few more > > URL forms first. I'm no expert with Gaim. The Perl API that supports/acknowledges multiple connects/protocols was introduced in Gaim 0.45 (10/04/2001). The plugin API is superior, and I believe (crossing my fingers) that the Ximian release (0.11.0-pre9) also understands non-AIM protocols. I think the Perl that makes the RSS is adequate (for versions 0.45+), but URL handling would be better suited as a plugin, or even better by Gaim itself. I'm willing to give the plugin a go. Even though older Gaims don't know what protocol a buddy is on, The Perl RSS script could batch it to an other source that does--a field in Evo's Contacts perhaps. I'm improving the handling of URLs now because Perl lets me make quick changes. when I'm settled with the functionality, I'll move it to a plugin, hopefully one that works well in earlier versions of Gaim. My main drive to get better URL handling to to remove the session based connection ID I inserted in the RSS. Once the URL is in a true form, and not a hack, I can hack Evo's contacts to support IM identities--click to send an IM, or use the IM fields (AIM, Jabber, MSN) to match the online list to the protocol to make the URL. Lots of potential. -- __S i n z u i___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guilty of stealing everything I am. _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
