Changes between Version 61 and Version 62 of Using Pidgin

Timestamp:

Sep 22, 2007, 8:20:23 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

John Bailey

Comment:

Some more FAQ migration.

Using Pidgin

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 The two plugins we provide are the Timestamp plugin and the Message Timestamp Formats plugin.  Timestamp allows you to have iChat style timestamps, but it is implemented to behave slightly differently.  The Message Timestamp Formats plugin allows you to manipulate the timestamps in a couple different ways, such as restoring 24-hour timestamps and/or causing all timestamps to have dates in them.
 
+=== Does Pidgin support animated smileys? ===
+Yes, but there is a bug which can cause animation to be lost if Pidgin has to resize the image.  Also, only the most recent 20 emoticons are animated.
+
 === What is a "Buddy Pounce"? ===
 Pidgin introduced buddy pounces a few releases before AOL came out with "Buddy Alerts."  Despite this, you could think of a buddy pounce as an alert and get an idea of the most minimal use of a buddy pounce.  In reality, a buddy pounce is much like a macro, or a recorded action.  When you set a pounce on someone, you can choose from a number of events, such as sign on or status change, and then you choose from a number of actions.  These actions include everything from playing a sound (like an alert would do) to sending a message to the person, to executing a command.  This action will occur the next time pidgin detects the event, i.e. the next time the person in your buddy list who you have pounced signs on.
 
-=== Can I use Pidgin for e-mail, blogging, an RSS feed, or something else that isn't IM-related? ===
+=== Can I use Pidgin for e-mail, blogging, RSS feeds, or anything else that isn't IM-related? ===
 No, you can't.  We get requests for this often, but Pidgin is indeed a messaging client.  Aside from the capabilities each protocol may support, the Pidgin developers have no intention to turn Pidgin into a multi-feature Internet client capable of doing everything under the sun.  We also won't be helping to develop plugins to turn it into that.  There are many Internet applications available for Linux, Windows, or whatever operating system you use that would undoubtedly do a better job.