Questions tagged [pidgin]

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time. Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time. Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.

Pidgin may be downloaded Here and Pidgin support is available Here.

Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MXit, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.

Pidgin supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Numerous plugins also extend Pidgin's functionality above and beyond the standard features.

Pidgin integrates with the system tray on Windows, GNOME2, KDE 3, and KDE 4.

Pidgin is free and contains no ads. All code is open source and licensed under the GNU General Public License. This means you can get Pidgin's underlying code and modify it to suit your needs, as long as you publish the changes you make for everyone to benefit from as well.

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Using libmysql.dll on Windows 7

I have been working on a program which connects to libmysql.dll. In the part of the code that uses it, I have included both winsock2.h and mysql.h. I have written the program already and it works really well on both Linux and Windows XP. For Windows…
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Remove entered and left rows in chatrooms in pidgin

How do i remove "entered" and "left" rows in chatrooms in pidgin? xx left the room (Disconnected: closed). xx entered the room.
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What language must I use for a Pidgin plugin?

I'm a relatively inexperienced programmer looking to make a plugin for the IM client Pidgin as a first major project. I've written a program in Python that has all the functionality I want, but I have not yet integrated GTK functionality, so it…
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Vala for pidgin plugins

Has anyone tried writing a pidgin or libpurple plugin in Vala? From a quick look at the Vala homepage it seems like it would be a great language for it, and make a good opportunity to learn Vala, but learning both Vala and the fine art of pidgin…
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Host Unknown - XMPP Pidgin

I have two machines on my network. I installed ejabberd on one of the machines (Machine A), registered two users there. I have Pidgin running on both machines. I signed into Pidgin to on machine A, and I was able to sign in. When I tried to sign…
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Sending a PNG image from a SleekXMPP client to Pidgin

I have googled a lot but unfortunately could not come up with a working solution. I have a Python client using SleekXMPP modules and I would like to send a PNG file to a Pidgin client. AFAIK, there is no Jingle extension implemented yet but a few…
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Were can I find common practices and standards for multi-platform Perl programs?

I recently taught myself enough Perl to solve a real-world problem*. I'd like to share the scripts, but none of the resources I studied during development prepared me for distribution. What I'm looking for is links to good info on common practice…
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Retrieving the status of another user from libpurple (the IM library underpinning Pidgin)

I'm trying to pull the current status of another person on a SIMPLE network (Microsoft Office Communicator). I'm using libpurple, built a c++ wrapper around libpurple, and I can send/receive IMs with other users on the SIMPLE network. What I still…
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How to start editing pidgin source code?

I downloaded pidgin source code and i don't know where to start from .. Can any one pls ;) point the right way to understand that program ? and also tell how to compile it on windows system .. it has manuals to compile on a Linux system but not…
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QDbus: Service Call Returning QList

I'm running into difficulty retrieving values from a service call that is supposed to return an array of integers. The method call in the interface xml file is defined as:
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Cant `Insert Image`

Pidgin has an option to Insert Image, but when I use XMPP this feature is not available Has anyone solved this problem?
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How to connect Jitsi Client to ejabberd Server?

I'm trying to connect Jitsi with ejabberd but getting error "Not connected to server" while server is running and connected to Pidgin client successfully. Can anyone help?
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Close tabs in pidgin conversation window

How to close several tabs in a pidgin conversation window from a script (some #general and #nickserv tabs). I tried using xdotool and devilspie but no result.
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Is there a way to use XMPP protocol to make P2P instant messaging using Pidgin client?

I want to to use Pidgin as a instant messaging client. Then I want to make peer-to-peer connection using XMPP protocol. I do not want to use a solution including a server. I have try and inspect those things below: XMPP protocol says it is a…
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DBus Finch/Pidgin without X11

I want to do some Python scripting on my server where I can communicate with finch (A console interface of pidgin, with the interface looking like links2) through the DBus Python library to send messages or check for buddy online status. This works…
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