Jabber

[Chris Nestrud]

Hi Matt,
Much thanks for the information. I hadn't realized sjabber's
limitations. I'll look at the other clients.

Chris

On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 01:25:04PM -0500, Matthew Campbell wrote:
> 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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