TY  - BOOK
AU  - Egan,Sean
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Open Source Messaging Application Development: Building and Extending Gaim 
SN  - 9781430200475
AV  - QA76.758 
U1  - 005.1 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Berkeley, CA
PB  - Apress
KW  - Computer science
KW  - Software engineering
KW  - Computer Science
KW  - Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems
N1  - Getting Started -- The Open Source Development Process -- Development Tools -- Programming Gaim -- GTK+ Basics -- Advanced GTK+ -- Sockets -- Protocol Plug-Ins -- Internationalization -- Portability
N2  - Are you enamored with instant messaging? Would you like to learn how to create your own messaging application? This book shows you how, by dissecting Gaim—the world's most popular open source instant messaging application. Authored by the Gaim maintainer, Sean Egan, you are presented with a thorough overview of Gaim architecture and application programming interface. You'll learn how to make the most of the popular GTK+ graphical user interface toolkit. Egan guides you through the creation and installation of plug-ins, and discusses strategies involved in supporting messaging protocols like MSN Messenger, AIM and IRC. He also covers topics such as multi-platform support and internationalization
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0047-5
ER  -