Re: EB-lite alpha-6 is out

On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, A. Craig West wrote:

> Thanks for the new version, Meredydd. One thing I would like to be
> able to do is build the yahoo plugin using the current libyahoo2, but

oh, cool.  just ping me if you have any trouble with libyahoo2.  eb used
libyahoo2 0.6.2.

> yahoo_util.c. I'll turn this into a patch which separates the libyahoo2 code,
> and allows it to be replaced. The problem is that I will need to find a fix
> for the duplicated yahoo_util code, or I will have linking problems when
> statically linking the yahoo plugin.

there have been a few changes in the two yahoo_utils.  basically, 
libyahoo2 evolved, but I haven't had the time to integrate those changes 
into eb.

> Incidentally, libyahoo2 cvs is starting to support web cams and yahoo
> chat rooms, and I am wondering if there is any abstraction we could
> use for adding support for these features to eb-lite. I suspect this
> is the type of issue that should be brought up on IRC.

both these will be in the next release of libyahoo2, but it would be 
great if support could be added in a client.  I'll start webcam support 
in ayttm sometime after 0.2.3 is released though.

To support things like this (and also voice/video in msn), you can do 
what colin has done to ayttm.  Basically, each service can attach a 
submenu to the contact/account popup menu, with callbacks to the 
functions they want called.

So, currently, right clicking on a contact in ayttm has an entry that 
says Invite to Gnomemeeting.  Something similar will be added for yahoo, 
and all other modules that need it.

Philip

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