Jabber

[Matthew Campbell]

Chris Nestrud wrote:

> Try looking into jabber

I have looked into Jabber quite a bit already.  The sjabber client you
mentioned appears to be written for group-chat only, and not for
general instant-message functions.  There is another more
general-purpose console Jabber client.  This one is called JabberX,
and the Web site is at:

http://jabber-x.sourceforge.net/

This client currently lacks a decent line-input routine that includes
the usual editing features and properly clears the input area once the
user has pressed enter.  I have looked for re-usable solutions to this
problem, and every ncurses-based program implements its own input
routine, so it's not a matter of just using functions in a standard
library.

The next thing that JabberX needs is the ability to register new
accounts and register with the various transports (ICQ, AIM, MSN
Messenger Service, etc.).

Another possibility is EJab, a Jabber client for Emacs.  The Web site
for that is at:

http://ejab.sourceforge.net/

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