Data messages

Meredydd <[email protected]> Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:15:46 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.network.everybuddy.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hey there,
	Well, this is it. I've implemented most of the framework for data 
messages, and it's now in trunk. Briefly, data messages are the 
abstraction for sending all sorts of arbitrary data, including webcams 
and file transfer. The only transport code I've actually cooked up so 
far is a way of encapsulating small data messages with a disposition of 
"inline" in IMs, which means that you can send little pictures (under a 
couple of k, I do mean little) inline without bothering with file 
transfer. As some of you will know, I have my eye on handwritten 
messages, on account of recently having acquired a tablet PC, which is 
why I've implemented the path that these would take first...

	If the above made no sense to you, you'd probably do well to read 
doc/GUI_SPEC, where I've tried to explain it in a little more detail, 
at least from the UI end.

	Chris - How are those exams? And, um, when they're finished, what are 
our chances of an implementation of inline image messages in ebqt?

*big round eyes*

Pleeeease? 

Meredydd