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Open Source Messaging Application Development: Building and Extending Gaim

By Sean Egan

Book information

Publisher
Apress
Year
2005
ISBN
1590594673, 9781590594674, 9781430200475
Open Library ID
OL8848738M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19489801 bytes)
Series
Expert's Voice in Open Source
Edition
1
Pages
393\393
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Are you enamored with instant messaging? Would you like to learn how to create your own messaging application? This book shows you how, by dissecting Gaimthe world's most popular open source instant messaging application. Authored by the Gaim maintainer, Sean Egan, you are presented a thorough overview of Gaim architecture and Application Programming Interface.You'll learn how to make the most of the popular GTK+ graphical user interface toolkit. Egan guides you through the creation and installation of plug-ins, and discusses strategies involved in supporting messaging protocols like MSN Messenger, AIM and IRC. He also covers topics such as multi-platform support and internationalization.

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