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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Kde::instantMessaging()?
From:       Neil Stevens <neil () qualityassistant ! com>
Date:       2002-12-01 22:12:02
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On Sunday December 01, 2002 02:00, Whitehawk Stormchaser wrote:
> Greetings!
> I have one very interesting question conserning Yahoo! client... I'm
> right now working on improvement of the KYIM, but it looks, that the
> code architecture is very dirty; as it has many unwanted thinng inside;
> Even the things, that aren't used anymore are kept inside <sigh>
> How many people would mind one REAL Yahoo! instant messenger? I know,
> that there are the workings in Kopete for this, but still... Would
> anyone mind if I transfer KYIM to kdenonbeta for a further development?
> It may not keep the name, as I will speak to KYIM developer for
> borrowing the Yahoo! protocol, and basically rewrite the interface from
> scratch... Hmmm... Sounds nice :)

I would just suggest you be aware of legal issues surrounding the service 
when deciding whether to put it into KDE cvs.  Was the information used to 
implement the protocol illegally obtained (reverse-engineered in violation 
of a license, perhaps)?  Are there any trademarked names or copyrighted 
images in the application?  Has Yahoo shown hostility to third parties 
making clients, by making undocumented changes to the protocol?

> ...and for Kit (Neil: Listen) I have another question... can I build a
> patch for a multi-line edit in the mesage window? I build one for KYIM
> and well... I can asily make another one for KIT...

Oh, patches are always nice.  :-)

But, will it work?  How will one distinguish between pressing enter to send 
a message (long-established habit for users of ksirc and kit), and 
pressing enter to go to the next line (long-established habit for users of 
multilineedits)?  If we can work out a solution to that problem, I'd 
gladly add the support (even going as far as to write it myself :-)

- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil@qualityassistant.com
Delenda est Carthago
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