pidgin server
Andy Howell
AndyHowell at austin.rr.com
Sat Sep 1 13:12:21 EDT 2007
Luke Schierer wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 02:44:56PM -0500, Andy Howell wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is it possible to a "pidgin server" that maintains connection to the
>> real IM servers?
>>
>> I want to have on process that runs all the time on one machine and have
>> any number of clients on other machines seeing the same traffic. If I
>> move from one machine to another I don't want to bump the other client
>> off when I bring up the GUI, nor do I want to miss messages.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andy
>
> You would need to either
> 1)Run Pidgin in VNC
> 2)Run Finch in screen
> 3)write a new "UI" around libpurple that acted as a daemon. Then write
> clients that connect to it.
>
Luke,
Thanks. I saw some reference to remote connection, so I was hoping
there was something there.
Of the 3 options, number 3 is the most appealing. I guess ideally
libpurple would have a facility to direct calls to a remote daemon or
execute them locally. Sounds like a big project!
Thanks,
Andy
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