| 1 | Psi 0.10
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| 2 | ---------
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| 3 | Date: January 11th, 2006
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| 4 |
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| 5 | Project Lead/Maintainer (2004-current):
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| 6 | Kevin Smith
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| 7 | kismith@psi-im.org
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| 8 | http://www.kismith.co.uk/
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| 9 |
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| 10 | Original Author (2001-2004):
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| 11 | Justin Karneges
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| 12 | justin@affinix.com
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| 13 | http://psi-im.org/
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| 14 |
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| 15 |
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| 16 | For installation or compiling instructions, see the INSTALL file.
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| 17 | (On Windows, see install.txt)
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| 18 |
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| 19 | This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License. See
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| 20 | the COPYING file for more information.
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| 21 |
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| 22 |
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| 23 | Notes
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| 24 | -----
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| 25 | - You need the QCA-TLS plugin to utilize SSL connectivity.
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| 26 | See http://delta.affinix.com/qca/
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| 27 |
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| 28 | - Upgrading to 0.10 --
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| 29 | * Users upgrading will not benefit from the new colour scheme. If they
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| 30 | want the new colours, they should quit Psi and edit their config.xml file
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| 31 | by hand. For details, please see the User Guide in the Help menu.
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| 32 | * Due to the increased bandwidth used by auto-version checks, they
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| 33 | have been disabled since 0.9 by default. There is an option to
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| 34 | enable it.
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| 35 | * The self-contact is now only shown if there is more than one
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| 36 | resource logged in at once. If you'd rather it always show, like
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| 37 | in 0.8.7, then there is a way to enable it.
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| 38 | * An XML format is now used for storing SSL certificates. In the
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| 39 | future, Psi will support importing of PEM files. For now, you
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| 40 | will have to create the XML by hand. See certs/README.
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| 41 | * You must use the QCA-TLS plugin to utilize SSL. The older 'QSSL' plugin
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| 42 | will not work.
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| 43 |
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| 44 | - GnuPG tips --
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| 45 | * Always use the latest version of GnuPG.
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| 46 | * On Windows, use a native build instead of one based on cygwin, and make
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| 47 | sure it is properly installed in the registry.
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| 48 | * Ensure 'gpg' actually works, by testing it from the command-line.
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| 49 | * You must have a public and secret keyring. Psi cannot operate
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| 50 | without them, and they must be there when you start it.
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| 51 | * If you experience fatal GnuPG incompatibilities, you can pass
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| 52 | the --no-gpg option to Psi and gpg will not be used.
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| 53 | * If you have gpg-agent set up, but you don't want Psi to use it, then
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| 54 | you can pass --no-gpg-agent to force the use of Psi's built-in prompt.
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| 55 |
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| 56 |
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| 57 | Changes
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| 58 | -------
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| 59 | New in 0.10
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| 60 | - Psi will now sign out before Windows or Mac OS X machines go to 'sleep'
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| 61 | - The default text input line in the chat dialogs starts at one line tall, and grows as necessary.
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| 62 | - The Roster can now be automatically resized to fit all contacts.
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| 63 | - The Roster now has a menu bar available on Windows and Linux
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| 64 | - Chat windows can be collected together using tabs
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| 65 | - On Windows and Mac OS X, selected text may be automatically copied to the clipboard.
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| 66 | - Mac OS X builds now enjoy Growl(.info) support
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| 67 | - Photos are now available in the VCard dialog
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| 68 | - New default colour scheme
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| 69 | - New default iconsets
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| 70 | - Roster and chat dialog opacity is now configurable on Windows and Mac OS X
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| 71 | - The colour scheme is now slightly more configurable
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| 72 | - Assorted minor feature additions and bug fixes
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| 73 |
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| 74 | New in 0.9.3
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| 75 | - Notification when a user is typing
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| 76 | - Advanced Data Forms capability (x:data)
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| 77 | - Mac version uses the menu bar and also has a new color scheme
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| 78 | - Slightly improved new user dialog
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| 79 | - Drag and drop File Transfer
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| 80 | - Ability to specify a status messages when going offline
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| 81 | - The tray icon under X11 should now be more beautiful
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| 82 | - Show self-contact is now a toolbar button instead of a normal option
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| 83 | - There is now an option for all chat windows to be compact by default
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| 84 | - Bugfix: file transfer sometimes wouldn't send the whole file
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| 85 | - Fixed many other small bugs
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| 86 |
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| 87 | New in 0.9.2
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| 88 | - File transfer
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| 89 | - Event queue is saved to disk at all times for fault protection
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| 90 | - Enable/disable accounts
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| 91 | - Groupchat nickname tab-completion
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| 92 | - Groupchat trackbar to mark last read text when unfocused
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| 93 | - *bold*, /italic/, _underline_
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| 94 | - Fixed bug where the roster window could get lost on Windows
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| 95 | - 'Compact' mode for chat window
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| 96 | - Tip of the day
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| 97 | - Hidden roster group
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| 98 | - Ability to export history as readable text
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| 99 | - Event queue sorting by type
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| 100 | - Type-ahead search in the roster
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| 101 | - External programs can now have parameters
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| 102 | - Toolbar configuration is now accessed from the right-click menu
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| 103 | - Show dates in local format
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| 104 | - Use the gnome-open utility for opening URLs with GNOME2
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| 105 | - Fixed "broken pipe" crash when receiving GnuPG errors
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| 106 |
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| 107 | New in 0.9.1
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| 108 | - Service Discovery browser (JEP-0030)
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| 109 | - Popup notifications
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| 110 | - Redesigned Iconset & Emoticons system, based on JEP-0038
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| 111 | - Now possible to use service/transport icons for individual contacts
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| 112 | - Ability to use custom roster icons for contacts via RegExps
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| 113 | - Emoticon popup menu in chat window, for quick access
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| 114 | - Reorganized Options window
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| 115 | - Toolbar Editor
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| 116 | - GnuPG 1.2.3 compatibility
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| 117 | - New XMPP/Jabber engine (partially complete, XMPP 1.0 support deferred)
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| 118 | - SOCKS5 proxy support
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| 119 | - HTTP polling proxy support (JEP-0025)
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| 120 | - Roster groups open/closed state saved
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| 121 | - 'Free for Chat' status
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| 122 | - Character counter
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| 123 | - Selectable colors for roster 'blink' animation
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| 124 | - Copy Location in URL attachment context menu
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| 125 | - X11: WindowMaker docklet
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| 126 | - Windows: fixed idle detection on Windows 9x
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| 127 | - Mac: ability to hide/restore main window
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| 128 | - Option: ignore messages from addresses not in your roster
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| 129 | - Option: enter key sends chat messages
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| 130 | - Option: raise chat window on receiving new messages
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| 131 | - Option: auto-authorize contacts
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| 132 | - Option: 'small' group headings
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| 133 | - Option: treat incoming chats as messages unless chatting
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| 134 | - Option: show/hide subject line
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| 135 | - Option: enable/disable vCard check during login
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| 136 | - Account dialogs ensure the JID is a valid user-JID before accepting
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| 137 | - Bugfix: crash after using the Jabber browser
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| 138 | - Bugfix: crash when resolving DNS
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| 139 | - Bugfix: busy indicator sometimes stopped when it should still be running
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| 140 | - Fixed many other bugs
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| 142 |
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| 143 | Description
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| 144 | -----------
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| 145 |
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| 146 | Psi is a capable Jabber client aimed at experienced users. Its design
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| 147 | goals are simplicity and stability. Psi is highly portable and runs on
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| 148 | Windows, Unix/X11, and MacOS X.
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| 149 |
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| 150 | The interface is very ICQ-like. Alerts appear in the contact list when
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| 151 | events are received, and things like subscriptions requests appear as
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| 152 | "system messages" (ICQ users know these well). Even "Chats" are
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| 153 | queued in the contact list. Also, chats are "remembered" by default,
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| 154 | so that you don't have to keep a bunch of windows open for each person.
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| 155 | Just close the chat window. If you open it again it will all be there.
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| 156 |
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| 157 | Psi is minimal but powerful. There are keybindings for just about
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| 158 | everything, Unicode is supported throughout, and contacts are cached
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| 159 | offline. Security is also a major consideration, and Psi provides it for
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| 160 | both client-to-server (SSL) and client-to-client (GnuPG).
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| 161 |
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| 162 | Plans for v1.0:
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| 163 | - Multi-User Chat (JEP-0045)
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| 164 | - Plugin system
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| 165 | - Other misc stuff
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| 166 | - Bugfixes
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| 167 |
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| 168 |
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| 169 | How you can help
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| 170 | ----------------
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| 171 |
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| 172 | Comments
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| 173 | --------
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| 174 | I like comments, even if they are a simple thanks.
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| 175 |
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| 176 | Bug reports
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| 177 | -----------
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| 178 | If you want to help me out, email me a bug report. Be as descriptive
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| 179 | as possible and tell me what exactly you were doing at the time
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| 180 | something went wrong. If possible, send me a stack backtrace.
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| 181 |
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| 182 | Wishes
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| 183 | ------
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| 184 | I can't possibly know what everyone wants, so I appreciate all feature
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| 185 | requests.
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| 186 |
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| 187 | Porting
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| 188 | -------
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| 189 | Psi should be very portable. Please e-mail me first if you want to
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| 190 | port Psi to another platform.
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| 191 |
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| 192 | Graphics
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| 193 | --------
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| 194 | I am no artist. If you think you can do a better job with any of the
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| 195 | Psi graphics, then go right ahead!
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| 196 |
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| 197 | Sound
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| 198 | -----
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| 199 | Same goes for sound. Start mixing!
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| 200 |
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| 201 | Programming
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| 202 | -----------
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| 203 | Patches are welcome. External tools would be useful as well, like Licq
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| 204 | conversion utilities (iconsets, message history, etc). Get to work!
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| 205 |
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| 206 | Packaging
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| 207 | ---------
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| 208 | Want to make an RPM or something?
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| 209 |
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| 210 | Financial
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| 211 | ---------
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| 212 | You can send a paypal gift if you'd like, to justin@affinix.com
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| 213 |
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| 214 |
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| 215 | Have fun,
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| 216 | -Justin
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| 217 |
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