Beginning to write a client

Greg Chagnon gcgaim at gmail.com
Fri May 18 09:02:39 EDT 2007


OK, so I have nullclient.c and defines.h, but when I compile I seem to be
missing some libs.  I have libpuple, libpurple-devel, libtk, libtcl, and
glib-devel installed.  Anything else that I'm missing?

On 5/17/07, Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> * Greg Chagnon had this to say on [17 May 2007, 16:28:18 -0400]:
> > Hi All,
> > I'm new to this list and libpurple but wanted to ask a rather open ended
> > question.  I'd like to write a very basic command line IM client.  The
> only
> > functionality it would have to have is to connect to a server, send an
> IM,
> > and be able to receive an IM and verify its message against what was
> sent.
> > At a later date I'd add in conferencing and file transfer.  So I'm
> asking
> > for anything that could get me started on writing a client in C++.  I
> tend
> > to work best by seeing examples.
> >
>
> There is a nullclient in libpurple/example/ that allows you to create
> and connect to one IM service of your choice and receive messages. It
> was meant to be a really simple client, and adding the ability to send
> messages would've made it rather complicated for a 'Hello world' client.
> (
> http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/file/e39b5117f8df79ccfe2f383c3b0bbe8f33566991/libpurple/example/nullclient.c
> )
>
> There are some development FAQs for client/plugin authors in
> http://d.pidgin.im/wiki/Development%20FAQ, which you may find useful.
> You should also look at http://d.pidgin.im/wiki/WhatIsLibpurple. We will
> be glad to answer any farther questions you may have.
>
> Sadrul
>
> > The reasons I'm doing this is, first, to test a part of a network
> appliance
> > in an automated fashion.  And second, I'm seeing a lot of "How do I get
> > started" messages being posted.  So I'd also like to document my
> experience
> > and the steps that I take to write this client so that others can
> benefit
> > from it.
> >
> > Any and all information that you all could point me to would be *very*
> > helpful!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > g
>
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