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   7 <h1>jabber.el</h1><br>
   8 <h2>a minimal jabber client for emacs</h2><br>
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  15 <p>see also <a href="http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/JabberEl">the
  16 JabberEl page of EmacsWiki</a>, <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emacs-jabber-general">
  17 the mailing list</a> and <a href="xmpp:jabber.el@conference.jabber.se?join">the chat room</a> (it's <code>jabber.el@conference.jabber.se</code>, if your web browser is not configured for XMPP URIs).</p>
  18
  19 <p>if you use <a href="http://wiki.gnuarch.org">GNU Arch</a>, you can use the
  20 Arch mirror of the CVS repository.  these commands get it for you:</p>
  21
  22 <pre>tla register-archive http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~henoch/archive-2005
  23 tla get mange@freemail.hu--2005/emacs-jabber--cvs-head--0 emacs-jabber</pre>
  24
  25 <p>it's manually maintained, so bug Magnus (JID: <a href="xmpp:legoscia@jabber.cd.chalmers.se">legoscia@jabber.cd.chalmers.se</a>) if it
  26 doesn't seem up to date.</p>
  27
  28 <h3>version 0.7.1 - <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=88346&amp;package_id=92339&amp;release_id=482983">31-Jan-2007</a></h3>
  29
  30 <ul>
  31 <li>STARTTLS</li>
  32 <li>SRV records (requires No Gnus)</li>
  33 <li>Message composition buffer</li>
  34 <li>XMPP URIs are handled (see <a href="manual-0.7.1/XMPP-URIs.html">manual</a> for setup)</li>
  35 <li>Autoaway</li>
  36 <li>MUC improvements
  37
  38 <ul>
  39 <li>Don't display alerts for your own messages</li>
  40 <li>Presence changes are sent to MUC rooms too</li>
  41 <li>Check room features before joining</li>
  42 </ul>
  43
  44 <li>Avatars</li>
  45
  46 <li>File transfer</li>
  47
  48 <li>Sound files per contact for alerts</li>
  49
  50 <li>New function: jabber-send-directed-presence</li>
  51
  52 <li>Entity time supported (XEP-0090)</li>
  53
  54 <li>Last activity supported (XEP-0012)</li>
  55 </ul>
  56
  57 <p>Read the <a href="manual-0.7.1/">manual</a>.</p>
  58
  59
  60 <h3>version 0.7 - <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=88346&amp;package_id=92339&amp;release_id=381160">27-Dec-2005</a></h3>
  61
  62 <ul>
  63 <li>SSL connections possible</li>
  64 <li>Chat buffers rewritten</li>
  65 <li>MUC improved</li>
  66 <li>Global key bindings under C-x C-j</li>
  67 <li>Vcard viewer and editor</li>
  68 <li>Roster export</li>
  69 <li>Message events (JEP-0022)</li>
  70 <li>Easy way to define external notifiers</li>
  71 <li>Activity mode improved</li>
  72 <li>Roster display optimized</li>
  73 <li>Optionally use per-contact history files</li>
  74 <li>Jabber menu in menubar not enabled by default</li>
  75 <li>Flyspell in chat buffers</li>
  76 <li>Different time formats for instant and delayed messages</li>
  77 <li>Chat buffers in inactive windows are scrolled</li>
  78 <li>Roster is sorted by name also</li>
  79 <li>Countless bugfixes</li>
  80 </ul>
  81
  82 <p>Read the <a href="http://emacs-jabber.sourceforge.net/manual-0.7/">manual</a>.</p>
  83
  84 <h3>version 0.6.1 - <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=88346&amp;package_id=92339&amp;release_id=292750">27-Dec-2004</a></h3>
  85
  86 <ul>
  87 <li>Now works with ejabberd</li>
  88 <li>Message history (Mathias Dahl)</li>
  89 <li>Backlogs</li>
  90 <li>Activity tracking on the mode line (Carl Henrik Lunde)</li>
  91 <li>Receive an alert when a specific person goes online (Mathias Dahl)</li>
  92 <li>Support for /me in chats (Nolan Eakins)</li>
  93 <li>Message alerts for current buffer can be disabled</li>
  94 <li>Basic moderation support in MUC</li>
  95 <li>MUC alerts are separated from ordinary message alerts</li>
  96 </ul>
  97
  98 <p>Read the
  99 <a href="http://emacs-jabber.sourceforge.net/manual-0.6.1/">manual</a>,
 100 in which there is now a section on
 101 <a href="http://emacs-jabber.sourceforge.net/manual-0.6.1/Protocol-support.html">protocol support</a>.</p>
 102
 103 <h3>version 0.6 - <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=88346&amp;package_id=92339&amp;release_id=275815">17-Oct-2004</a></h3>
 104
 105 <ul>
 106 <li>Chat buffers no longer use the minibuffer, making it easier to use
 107   ordinary editor commands and to pause writing halfway</li>
 108 <li>The roster display and the chat buffer prompts are now customizable</li>
 109 <li>The online status of the contact is displayed in the chat buffer
 110   (Emacs only)</li>
 111 <li>The connect function automatically sends presence after connecting</li>
 112 <li>The names of the roster buffer and chat buffers are customizable</li>
 113 <li>RET and C-k do what you would expect in the roster buffer</li>
 114 </ul>
 115
 116 <p>Read the <a href="http://emacs-jabber.sourceforge.net/manual-0.6/">manual</a>.</p>
 117
 118 <h3>version 0.5.1 - <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=88346&amp;package_id=92339&amp;release_id=236857">08-May-2004</a></h3>
 119
 120 <ul>
 121 <li>Nicknames are accepted whenever a JID is asked for.</li>
 122 <li>Roster entry spacing is customizable (default is none)</li>
 123 <li>Bug fix regarding mixed-case JIDs</li>
 124 <li>Experimental code for receiving files - see the README</li>
 125 <li>Read the <a href="http://emacs-jabber.sourceforge.net/manual-0.5.1/">manual</a></li>
 126 </ul>
 127
 128 <h3>version 0.5 - <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=88346&amp;package_id=92339&amp;release_id=228471">03-April-2004</a></h3>
 129
 130 <ul>
 131 <li>Modular design; plugins easier to write</li>
 132 <li>Support for Ad-Hoc Commands and setting presence remotely</li>
 133 <li><a href="manual-0.5/">Browse documentation here</a></li>
 134 </ul>
 135
 136 <h3>version 0.4.1 - <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=88346&amp;package_id=92339&amp;release_id=217577">16-February-2004</a></h3>
 137 <ul>
 138 <li> XEmacs support - basically works, needs testing and care.</li>
 139 <li> "Set status" menu fixed</li>
 140 </ul>
 141
 142 <h3>version 0.4 - 05-February-2004</h3>
 143 <ul>
 144 <li> SHA-1 password hashing</li>
 145 <li> customisation hooks</li>
 146 <li> browsing improved</li>
 147 <li> added service discovery</li>
 148 <li> added in-band registration</li>
 149 <li> added searching</li>
 150 <li> <a href="/emacs-jabber/jabber.html">new manual</a></li>
 151 </ul>
 152 <h3>version 0.3 - 21-April-2002</h3>
 153 <ul>
 154 <li> improved groupchat support (thanks to nimrod for tip)</li>
 155 <li> improved roster (buddy-list) display</li>
 156 <li> infoquery rewritten - great improvement</li>
 157 <li> improved minimal browsing support !</li>
 158 <li> added customizable faces</li>
 159 <li> added more customizable variables</li>
 160 <li> more (helpful) comments in code</li>
 161 <li> added explicit licensing (GPL, like emacs itself)</li>
 162 </ul><br>
 163 <h3>version 0.2 - 05-April-2002</h3>
 164 <ul>
 165 <li> added groupchat support !</li>
 166 <li> added minimal browsing support !</li>
 167 <li> fixed bug in chat mode</li>
 168 <li> abolished message mode (i only use chat mode anyway)</li>
 169 <li> fixed some problems with incoming xml</li>
 170 <li> added a pull-down menu</li>
 171 <li> added customizable variables</li>
 172 </ul><br>
 173 <br>
 174 <h3>features currently missing (TODO)</h3>
 175 <ul>
 176 <li> global keymaps</li>
 177 <li> logging (history)</li>
 178 <li> overall exception handling</li>
 179 <li> sanity checks (for incoming xml, and for myself :)</li>
 180 <li> clickable URLs in messages</li>
 181 <li> support for versions other than gnu-emacs-21 (older emacs, xemacs, jemacs)</li>
 182 <li> and more...</li>
 183 </ul><br>
 184 <br>
 185 <h3>installation</h3>
 186 <p>get the module <kbd>emacs-jabber</kbd> from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=88346">Sourceforge CVS</a>.
 187 additionally, if you don't have Gnus 5.10 (<kbd>M-x gnus-version</kbd> will tell), you will need <kbd>hex-util.el</kbd>
 188 and <kbd>sha1-el.el</kbd> from <a href="http://quimby.gnus.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gnus/lisp/">Gnus CVS</a>.
 189 copy these to a directory in your emacs load path.</p>
 190 <p>in your .emacs file add the call <kbd>(require 'jabber)</kbd>. you can also use auto-load.</p>
 191 <p>set your account details with <kbd>M-x jabber-customize</kbd>.  then, type <kbd>M-x jabber-connect</kbd> to connect,
 192 and <kbd>M-x jabber-send-presence</kbd> to send initial presence.</p>
 193 <p>please note that the current version is dependant on gnu-emacs-21 - it depends on xml.el (which you can download separately) and on some newer functions.</p>
 194 <h3>howto</h3>
 195 <p>as jabber.el is still very young, you'll have to be rather emacs-savvy to use it (or at least have the willingness to learn a little).<br></p>
 196 <p>to connect to the server, call <i>(<b>jabber-connect</b>)</i>.<br>
 197 call it from the pull-down menu or call interactively : [M-x jabber-connect RET] and enter the parameters from the minibuffer.</p>
 198 <p>after a successful connection, a new buffer should appear, named <b>*-jabber-*</b>. this buffer is your roster view. click any user with the mouse to start a 1-on-1 chat.</p>
 199 <p>alternatively, you can also call <i>(<b>jabber-chat-with</b> jid)</i>.<br>
 200 for example : (jabber-chat-with "object@magaf.org")<br>
 201 or [M-x jabber-chat-with RET]. in that case you will be asked for a jid. use the TAB key to complete a partial jid from the roster. (nice, eh?)</p>
 202 <p>to send a message, call <i>(<b>jabber-send-message</b> to body subject type)</i><br>
 203 for example : (jabber-send-message "object@magaf.org" "hi there" "" "") will appear as an instant message.<br>
 204 (jabber-send-message "object@magaf.org" "tom, you are the best" "the truth, nothing but the truth" "normal") too.<br>
 205 (jabber-send-message "object@magaf.org" "hya" "" "chat") will appear as a 1-on-1 chat<br>
 206 of course, this too can be called interactively : [M-x jabber-send-message RET] (with jid completion, like anywhere else).</p>
 207 <p>to change your status, call <i>(<b>jabber-send-presence</b> show status)</i>.<br>
 208 for example : (jabber-send-presence "" "Online") to appear online, or (jabber-send-presence "dnd" "copulating") to appear lucky.<br>
 209 needless to say, this can be called from the minibuffer too. do [M-x jabber-send-presence RET] and enjoy TAB completion from "", "away", "xa", "dnd" or "chat" for the first parameter (show).</p>
 210 <p>when a new chat message arrives, it is sent to the chat buffer ("*jabber-chat-:-user*"). if such a buffer does not exist it is created. in this buffer, all straight keystrokes are being captured for starting the reply command. to send a line, simply start typing...</p>
 211 <p>all messages are converted to 1-on-1 chats (simply because i find that more convinient).</p>
 212 <h3>contact</h3>
 213 <p>jabber.el is written by <a href="http://intellectronica.net/object/">Tom Berger</a> (Jabber: object@jabber.org.uk) and
 214 Magnus Henoch (Jabber: legoscia@jabber.cd.chalmers.se).  feel free to contact us.  you can also report bugs at the
 215 <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/emacs-jabber/">Sourceforge project page</a>.</p>
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