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Software News : Chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygnix released

Posted by cygnusEd on 2020/8/15 22:16:39 (1051 reads) News by the same author

The chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 is now available on OS4-depot. Pidgin supports many protocols, which can be used at the same time.

New in this package:

* New version 2.13.0 with many innovations compared to the previous version 2.10.6.
* New protocols for Discord, Facebook, Skype and Twitter.
* The program was linked with GTK+ 2.24.32. As a result, drag and drop now works among other things.
* The program was linked with GnuTLS 3.6.13. Problems with SSL/TLS connections should now be resolved.
* Updated Aspell catalogs in German and English for spell checking.
* Various bug fixes.

Supported protocols:

1. Pidgin package:
- AIM
- Gadu-Gadu
- Google Talk
- GroupWise
- ICQ
- IRC
- SIMPLE
- Sametime
- XMPP / Jabber
- Zephyr

2. Third party:
- Discord
- Facebook
- Skype (HTTP)
- Twitter

Links:

Download: abiword.lha
Homepage: https://www.abisource.com
Snapshot:

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mufa	Published: 2020/8/16 13:07 Updated: 2020/8/16 13:07
Not too shy to talk Joined: 11/27/2006 From: Poland Comments: 270	Software News : Chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygnix released Thanks for the new software package. Great job. By the way, I will report one small problem regarding the ALT + L keyboard shortcut. In Polish keyboard this gives the character "Ł". Unfortunately, when using Dynamic Window Manager it cannot be entered. So I still have to use openbox (here "Ł" works ok).

cygnusEd	Published: 2020/8/16 16:07 Updated: 2020/8/16 16:07
Quite a regular Joined: 12/24/2006 From: Germany Comments: 566	Re: Software News : Chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygn... Quote: Thanks for the new software package. Great job. By the way, I will report one small problem regarding the ALT + L keyboard shortcut. In Polish keyboard this gives the character "Ł". Unfortunately, when using Dynamic Window Manager it cannot be entered. So I still have to use openbox (here "Ł" works ok). Really strange, that it depends on the window manager. The problem will be hard to find as I have not much knowledge about the things a window manager is able to do. But let's see... Thanks for the hint and have fun with Pidgin!

mufa	Published: 2020/8/16 18:24 Updated: 2020/8/16 18:24
Not too shy to talk Joined: 11/27/2006 From: Poland Comments: 270	Re: Software News : Chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygn... I think the problem is some keyboard shortcut in Dynamic Windows Manager, because in the case of Claws Mail the combination of ALT + L increases my editor area. You would probably need to remove or redefine this shortcut.

cygnusEd	Published: 2020/8/16 20:37 Updated: 2020/8/16 20:37
Quite a regular Joined: 12/24/2006 From: Germany Comments: 566	Re: Software News : Chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygn... @mufa Yes, you're right - the problem are the shortcuts. I've looked into the dwm man file and there are following shortcuts: ALT + key ALT + SHIFT + key ALT + CTRL + key ALT + SHIFT + CTRL + key All qualifiers are hardcodes into the binary. We must replace the "ALT + key" shortcuts or replace the ALT qualifier. Hmm - maybe we should use the meta qualifier (window / amiga key)

cygnusEd	Published: 2020/8/16 21:01 Updated: 2020/8/16 21:01
Quite a regular Joined: 12/24/2006 From: Germany Comments: 566	Re: Software News : Chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygn... @ mufa As a workaround you could remove the qualifier with this command: xmodmap -display localhost:1 -e "clear Mod1" (type into a normal amiga shell) Where "1" must be the desired display number (see window title). This qualifier definition is only used by plain X11 programs, so it should not be a problem. Of course shortcuts for dwm do not work anymore. If this helps, I will find a way to make this permanent.

smf	Published: 2020/8/17 7:09 Updated: 2020/8/17 7:09
Just popping in Joined: 11/29/2006 From: Comments: 240	Re: Chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygnix released Very nice. If you feel bored someday or have too much spare time maybe you can take a look at the slack plugin and see if it's possible to port it? :) https://github.com/dylex/slack-libpurple

mufa	Published: 2020/8/17 9:19 Updated: 2020/8/17 9:19
Not too shy to talk Joined: 11/27/2006 From: Poland Comments: 270	Re: Software News : Chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygn... Quote: If this helps, I will find a way to make this permanent. Yes, it helped the "Ł" sign works OK. Thanks a lot.

cygnusEd	Published: 2020/8/17 13:58 Updated: 2020/8/17 14:03
Quite a regular Joined: 12/24/2006 From: Germany Comments: 566	Re: Chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygnix released @smf I will give it a try @mufa Great! To make this permanent, please download this archive: http://www.amicygnix.de/files/dwm-fix.lha Unpack the archive and: * Copy the file ".xmodmaprc" to "Cygnix:Home/root" * Replace the file "Execute_Standalone.bat" in "Cygnix:S" This replaces the qualifier "ALT" with "Meta left" (left Amiga or Windows key), so you can still use the dwm shortcuts with this qualifier. If you don't want this, comment out the line "add Mod1 = Meta_L" with an "!" in the file ".xmodmaprc". I think I will add this to my next AmiCygnix update.

mufa	Published: 2020/8/17 22:56 Updated: 2020/8/17 22:56
Not too shy to talk Joined: 11/27/2006 From: Poland Comments: 270	Re: Chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygnix released @cygnusEd Fix works very well. Thank you.

Petrol	Published: 2020/8/18 11:16 Updated: 2020/8/18 11:16
Just popping in Joined: 05/18/2017 From: Audruicq, France Comments: 157	Chat client Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygnix released Thank you! Regards, Petrol

328gts	Published: 2020/8/27 3:04 Updated: 2020/8/27 3:04
Home away from home Joined: 07/07/2009 From: Man Cave, Canada Comments: 3127	! thanks Ed!