Hi Matt, Much thanks for the information. I hadn't realized sjabber's limitations. I'll look at the other clients. Chris On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 01:25:04PM -0500, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Chris Nestrud wrote: > > > Try looking into jabber > > I have looked into Jabber quite a bit already. The sjabber client you > mentioned appears to be written for group-chat only, and not for > general instant-message functions. There is another more > general-purpose console Jabber client. This one is called JabberX, > and the Web site is at: > > http://jabber-x.sourceforge.net/ > > This client currently lacks a decent line-input routine that includes > the usual editing features and properly clears the input area once the > user has pressed enter. I have looked for re-usable solutions to this > problem, and every ncurses-based program implements its own input > routine, so it's not a matter of just using functions in a standard > library. > > The next thing that JabberX needs is the ability to register new > accounts and register with the various transports (ICQ, AIM, MSN > Messenger Service, etc.). > > Another possibility is EJab, a Jabber client for Emacs. The Web site > for that is at: > > http://ejab.sourceforge.net/ > > -- > Web site: http://www.pobox.com/~mattcampbell/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
