I apologize, someone responded earlier but did not CC you. I have
included that reply below (with my own comments below that).
On Sep 9, 2009, at 11:34, Michael Wolf wrote:
How do I transfer logs from Windows to Linux? Where are logs stored
on Linux? Note, the FAQ lists the location of configuration data
and logs for Windows, but not for Linux, except for saying that they
are located at ~./purple. It's as if Pidgin software writers/
support gurus assume Windows users are ignorant of environment
variables but if you're on Linux you must know the filesystem. This
is a gross mistake, especially if the Linux community wants to
welcome new users. I don't know the Linux file system, and thus I
don't know where ~./ refers to. I tried searching for "purple" and
".purple" but could not find a folder containing logs. It is my
assumption that I can simply port my logs from Windows to Linux. If
this is not the case, then I cannot transition to Pidgin and I would
have to renew my request for a .DEB of Gaim 1.5
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In a Unix environment '~' commonly refers to a users home directory. So
'~' and '/home/<user_id>' means essentially the same, where <user_id> is
your Linux login.
Most likely you see a prompt like this in
If there's a leading dot in the directory name, like '.purple', that
means the directory is hidden. I.e. it is not listed when doing a simple
'ls -l' in a terminal for the home directory.
In order to also list hidden directories, a 'ls -la' will do. There
should be a corresponding configuration option for the file manger to
display hidden items. At least there is one for Nautilus when using
Gnome.
Usually all configuration information is stored in a users home
directory. In case of Pidgin it's in '~/.purple'.
Note, '~./purple' is not the same as '~/.purple'.
The Pidgin logs are under '~/.purple/logs'. The log files are just plain
text, so it should be no problem to use them with Linux also.
Just curious, how did you search for '.purple'?
On a shell prompt you can try this:
find ~ -name .purple
--
Christian
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My (Paul)'s comments below:
Please note that I am trying to transfer from Gaim 1.3.1 on Linux to
the latest Pidgin. Windows is running on a VM.
Gaim logs are located in roughly the same place as Pidgin's, except it
would be in ~/.gaim (.gaim in your home directory) or in a folder
called .gaim in the Application Data folder on Windows XP.
Also, how do I make it so that email notifications come up as pop-up
windows, like they did with Gaim, rather than in the buddy list?
Unfortunately, I don't think there's a way to do this within Pidgin
itself. You could use Guifications, a Pidgin plugin which provides
"toaster" popups and I believe can be configured to notify on new
mail. See http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/wiki/Gf2Screenshots for
some screenshots of what it looks like; Guifications should be in most
distributions.
Thank you,
Michael Wolf
~Paul
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