[Python-talk] gajim/pidgeon and abusing list with gajim support queries

[Arc Riley]

Gajim is just an XMPP client, it's not multiprotocol like Empathy or Pidgin.

Note that the "Discover Services" dialog is XEP-0030: Service Discovery (
http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0030.html).  To see it work change the
address from "gmail.com" to "conference.jabber.org" - this being a MUC
service will list existing rooms.

AOL has been flirting on-and-off with XMPP for over a year with their own
gateway (xmpp.oscar.aol.com) which appears to be down at the moment... so
for AIM through Gajim you'll have to use a class of XMPP services called
gateways which provide access to AIM/ICQ/MSN/Y!/IRC/etc through XMPP.
Anyone can host these, just note that your ICQ/AIM password will be shared
with whoever runs the gateway.

Gajim is mostly useful for development and when you need a customized XMPP
client (since it's written in Python).  It lacks some XMPP features Empathy
includes (like Jingle support for voice/video chat) so it's not even the
best XMPP client available.

While not Python-related, if you want to see something neat, open Inkscape
and activate whiteboarding.  SVG is XML, Inkscape is playing around with an
experimental XMPP extension for whiteboarding that shares SVG between users.



On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Lloyd Kvam <python at venix.com> wrote:

> Pidgin is installed by default on my laptop.  My old ICQ account can be
> used by choosing AIM from the protocol pulldown (the Advanced tab shows
> the server as login.messaging.aol.com).  I also have a gmail account.
>
> When I try to configure things though Gajim, there is a long list of
> servers, but AOL and Google are missing.  Googling turned up
> instructions:  use gmail.com as the server.  That works.  I tried
> entering the aol server directly, but that did not work - no valid
> connection.  Googling found a recommendation to use the jabber server to
> handle the connection to AOL.
> http://trac.gajim.org/wiki/GajimFaq
>
> A request for a service list through gajim to gmail.com did not list any
> services.  Which server do you recommend?
>
> The console is terrific for monitoring activity.  I'm glad you pointed
> it out.  I might not have found it on my own.
>
>
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