Changes between Version 46 and Version 47 of Using Pidgin

Timestamp:

Jul 24, 2007, 8:41:26 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

sd2d2

Comment:

added info on how to enable pop-ups, added relevant info about googletalk.

Using Pidgin

@@ -5 +5 @@
 == All Platforms ==
 
-=== How do I use AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber/XMPP, ICQ, or any other protocol? ===
-Use the Account Editor (Accounts->Add/Edit) to add the account of the appropriate messaging service.  Use the checkbox in the account editor to enable the current account.
+=== How do I use AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk / Jabber / XMPP, ICQ, or any other protocol? ===
+Use the Account Editor (Accounts->Add/Edit) to add the account of the appropriate messaging service.  Use the checkbox in the account editor to enable the current account.[[BR]]
+For Googletalk, below Screen name, googlemail.com (or gmail.com) goes in the Domain box.
 
 === How do I set a buddy icon or avatar? ===
@@ -23 +24 @@
 
 Pidgin itself (for the chat window) will scale icons up to 48x48 or down to 50x50.  In general, to maintain the aspect ratio, you should begin with a square icon.
+
+=== How do I make Pidgin display "toaster" pop-up notifications?  ===
+
+See [http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/wiki/Guifications Guifications] plug-in. Click on Download.[[BR]]
+Guifications defaults to notifying about everything. Individual pop-ups (such as (Contact) is typing a message, (Contact) is not typing) can be unchecked. The Penguins theme can be selected to make the pop-ups more readable.
 
 === How do I make Enter make a newline and Ctrl+Enter send? ===