I know that a great tutorial exists, but it's - not online (it's part of a book that costs $40) - not up date (it's for gaim rather than Pidgin) and - unfortunately not under a license that would allow putting it on the web site. It also has screenshots, but all of them are out of date.
I could type it out and update it, but this would require the author's permission. Is someone against putting a tutorial on the wiki? Sean: Do you permit putting page 15 to 21 of your book on the wiki? -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Von: Evan Platt <[email protected]> Antwort an: [email protected] An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: Is there an actual tutorial somewhere? Datum: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:34:23 -0800 Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 At 09:04 AM 2/9/2009, you wrote: >Last Friday I installed Pidgin on my WindowsXP >system so I could chat with one of my clients. >His company uses SameTime, and someone pointed >out that Pidgin supports this protocol. I’ve >even managed to send my contact a test message – >and received a response, but the process has been PAINFUL! Pidgin for me has been one of the most user friendly and easy to use IM clients... That's just me though. >Furthermore, none of the resources I’ve been >able to find on-line have been very helpful – >including the “user’s guide” and the FAQ on >pidgin.im. For example, the user’s guide says >the following: “Use the Account Editor >(Accounts->Add/Edit) to add the account of the >appropriate messaging service.” There’s nothing >here though that tells me where to find the “Account Editor”. Well, it does appear that the FAQ is incorrect. But if you go under Accounts, there's only a few choices, and the top one is "Manage Accounts". Seems pretty self explanatory to me. Pidgin isn't a big complicated program. It would probably take you 10 minutes to go through every page of every option to configure it. Maybe even less. > Is there a nice, simple tutorial somewhere > that tells/shows you how to use the program?????? I just read through the FAQ, and it seemed to do a prretty good job for me... Granted I've been using pidgin for years. > >Some specific questions/comments: > >- When I launch the program I get a bare window >with a drop-down at the bottom that says >“Available”. I assume this is supposed to >contain my buddy list, but nothing I do on the >main screen in this window (double-click, >right-click) causes anything to happen. Once you've added accounts, go to Accounts, Enable Account, or hit Control-A. > >- After much searching I finally found the >Pidgin link in my system’s tool tray. This, in >fact, is what allowed me to add a SameTime account and to send a new message. > >- So far I haven’t been able to find anything >that resembles “add name to buddy list” Buddies, Add Buddy (or Control-B. > Like I said earlier, a nice, simple tutorial > – preferably one complete with screen shots – > would really help me figure out how to use this tool. > > > (BTW – I was originally directed to > <http://www.pidgin.com>www.pidgin.com for the > downloads, but I couldn’t find anything there > that looked reasonable. I did eventually find > pidgin.im, which looks like it’s the official > pidgin site. Did someone tie up the former so you can’t use it? Sure looks like a cybersquatter to me... I'm curious and the developers may be too, what directed you to pidgin.com ? _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
