Hi Victor,
Just to be sure, have logged out and back in after changing DPI settings
before trying to launch Pidgin? This is required for Windows to properly
sync the scaling for some applications.
Otherwise, this is probably a limitation of the GTK+ library we use for
our UI and how Windows 10
On 06/02/2015 03:13 PM, Mark Riesenberger wrote:
Dear Michael,
All the clients experiencing this issue deny having any other instance of
Pidgin running---only one device using Pidgin. What other options? Is there a
cache file that I can delete? It's a Windows 7 Ultimate laptop.
Do you
Please make sure you reply back to the mailing list when you reply so
that other people can participate in the conversation.
On 11/12/2014 11:15 PM, Brian Henson wrote:
You are correct, we are using bonjour.
The server's firewall is disabled, everything on the network goes through a
On 11/11/2014 08:20 PM, Brian Henson wrote:
Wanted to ask about this again
because I never got a real answer.
I am trying to get Pidgin to work on a Windows Server
installation. The server is not multihomed.
When I run it, it appears to work, but does not display any
of the other
On 08/06/2014 02:41 PM, Vision Source of Park Square wrote:
I accidentally merged 2 of my contacts together and I was wondering how
to unmerge them.
Right-click your contact, and select Expand, then drag one of the
contacts back to the top-level group.
This FAQ has the anwer, even though its
On 08/24/2013 11:13 AM, Fernando Jung wrote:
is there any way to encrypt the ~/.purple/accounts.xml files? in it is
all my accounts setting saved as plain text, including my passwords,
which is not very secure
Please see:
https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords
In 3.0.0, which is
On 08/21/2013 10:32 PM, senta...@riseup.net wrote:
I am surprised that it needs to be installed separately. Currently I am
using JITSI for my secure communication. One of the reasons I installed
PIDGIN is that I am looking to use TAILS and TAILS includes a default
installation of PIDGIN. In
On 05/06/2013 12:24 AM, dtin...@aol.com wrote:
what am i doing wrong
You're going to need to provide a great deal more context in order for
us to help you. Please describe what you are trying to do and what
errors or messages you see. Please indicate what type of service or
account you are
On 01/22/2013 02:08 AM, Matthias Apitz wrote:
Hello,
Is there a way to unload the mail addrs of all my MSN contacts in Pidgin
to an ASCII file? This is with 2.10.0 on FreeBSD.
You can just extract this data from the blist.xml file, in the sense
that the MSN user IDs are most likely email
On 11/01/2012 08:00 AM, Tres Finocchiaro wrote:
Historically I've had a hard time distinguishing which protocol I'm
using too. Colors sound like a good way to do it.
If all you want to do is show which protocol your conversation is using,
you can enable the protocol icon in the information
On 10/27/2012 07:47 AM, Steven Ferreira wrote:
It should be rewritten and learn of his mistakes and perhaps follow new
design guidelines.
In our development process, we rewrite parts of the application
periodically as new features require it, though some code that has
worked well hasn't been
On 09/25/2012 02:21 PM, Jovan wrote:
Hi,
i am using pidgin under Fedora Linux but Fedora Linux don't provide
security updates for pidging what can i do?
The current release of Pidgin is 2.10.6, but there are no security
issues fixed in this version. Both Fedora 16 and 17 contain Pidgin
On 05/24/2012 12:51 AM, Calab wrote:
It appears that the hide-inactive-buddies plug-in found on the
developer wiki (here: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ThirdPartyPlugins
) does not work with Pidgin 2.10.4 on Windows 7.
Is there a way to make this plug-in work with 2.10.4? It would be VERY
On 02/22/12 10:05, Kelly Carr wrote:
I cannot get it to run on my laptop.
Pidgin is supported on Windows 7. In order to suggest solutions, please
provide a detailed explanation of the steps you performed and the result
versus what you expected to happen.
However, please note that Pidgin is
On 02/14/12 10:39, Jerry Welborn wrote:
I did an upgrade this morning to Pidgin 2.10.0 (libpurple 2.10.0) and
now my Pidgin is not working. I can see my groups, it shows as no one
online. and my status start to show as available and never completes. I
contacted one of my buddies and they do
On 01/15/12 18:21, Isaac Witmer wrote:
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 1:43 AM, Kevin Stange ksta...@pidgin.im wrote:
On 01/14/12 23:13, Dennis Carr wrote:
On Sat, 14 Jan 2012, jjc...@dstsystems.com wrote:
passwords are NOT stored in plaintext (examination of
~/.purple/accounts.xml) - I'm not clear
On 01/14/12 22:12, jjc...@dstsystems.com wrote:
Hello
My name is Josh. Every year our group is charged with coming up a way to
improve productivity. For my yearly improvement, I am trying to find a
IM program that we could use as a backup when our IM server crashes,
which is often. We use
On 01/14/12 23:13, Dennis Carr wrote:
On Sat, 14 Jan 2012, jjc...@dstsystems.com wrote:
passwords are NOT stored in plaintext (examination of
~/.purple/accounts.xml) - I'm not clear on the encryption scheme though.
This is not a correct statement. Passwords are not encrypted in the
On 01/06/12 18:36, Jared Bristow wrote:
Did you ever get an answer to this? I'm testing out Chromebooks for my
company, and I'm looking for a web-based im client
Pidgin is not a web-based IM client. If you could run regular programs
on the chromebook and could obtain Pidgin's dependencies, it
On 11/07/2011 11:13 AM, Chuck Bankoff wrote:
Is there an way to set the permissions so I can be logged in
simultaneously in the two places, or at least transfer where I am logged
in? Something not to technical?
You can enable simultaneous logins by going to Accounts your account
Okay, a few things:
On 11/04/2011 06:43 PM, Jerry Wilson wrote:
I went to Yahoo Messenger to set up an account, but the site said it now
uses Pidgin which allegedly works with MSN, Yahoo and other messaging
programs.
You did not go to Yahoo's web site, you clicked on an advertisement on
your
On 09/28/2011 05:02 AM, James Monroe wrote:
Just a heads up your program stored all my passwords (for pidgin) in
plain txt in a file in the .purple directory.
We are, of course, aware of this. Please read:
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords
them for nefarious purposes.
On 09/28/2011 07:24 AM, Rob Dunn wrote:
Here's my tip - don't store your password in Pidgin, just have it prompt you
every time. But, not everyone will follow this rule (knowing users).
As an aside, it would be nice if there was a plugin developed for pidgin that
would disallow password
On 06/08/2011 01:00 AM, Ryan B wrote:
According to the changelog, 2.8.0 was released,
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
The website still shows 2.7.11, normally any new releases are quickly
uploaded, whats going on?
(Using Windows)
You can pick up the source code package off of
On 04/03/2011 11:09 AM, Devon Harris wrote:
HI there
im having a problem with the mxit protocol in pigdin.
i have just upgraded from version 2.7.10 to 2.7.11 and now i cant log
into my mxit account.
yet i can log on with different chat programs.
the account worked in 2.7.10 but not
On 03/06/2011 01:37 PM, Jeffrey Steben wrote:
Dear Pidgin Support,
I'm not sure if you know how to solve my problem because it's with a
third party plugin but I figured I would email you guys and ask anyways.
I have been using the facebook plugin for the linux version of pidgin
for a while
On 01/11/2011 06:30 AM, eth2 Gazeta.pl wrote:
I've noticed that when I am using pidgin with multiple protocol
accounts it looses some functionality. For example I have enabled
Gadu-Gadu and jabber account. In Gadu-Gadu user can have 3 statuses
(available, away, invisible) and in jabber 5. For
On 12/30/2010 11:53 PM, Lima Ribu wrote:
Dear Pidgin Team,
I used pidgin and finch since long time ago.
In the new version, I saw there is new protocol for facebook chat using
XMPP, it's great.
XMPP also used do GTalk.
I want to ask, when create account for GTalk or facebook, the icon look
On 12/31/2010 09:24 PM, V S Rawat wrote:
I would be helpful if pidgin could have a keyboard shortcut to show/
hide offline buddies. That is quite frequently required and it is
lengthy to go through menu.
This is possible and addressed in the FAQ:
On 12/06/2010 04:34 AM, NISHANTHA wrote:
sorry do disturb you again.but i'm seeing some problem using sinhala
unicode chars(iskole potha font) on windows7 on pidgin.while typeing
and on the menus i can's see the letters bt the same symbol like a
keybord key.please let me know how to fix it and
On 12/05/2010 10:27 PM, NISHANTHA wrote:
I would like to translat pidgin im to my lang.pls let me know whether
it stpports unicode chars or not.and about license
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/TipsForTranslators
Pidgin is licensed under the GPL and supports unicode.
Kevin
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On 10/27/2010 09:15 PM, Matt W wrote:
I can't get my facebook plugin to stay connected and when I try to
enable it captcha appears and no matter how many times I type the words
correctly it doesnt connect to facebook chat. Can you tell me what can I
do to fix this so it works?
The Facebook
On 09/20/2010 01:09 AM, V S Rawat wrote:
pidgin has a lovely feature that it shows the number of mails in one or
all accounts and the header details of them. A very useful thing.
After reading the header, it also provides us facility to log in to the
account and do the needful on the mails.
On 09/03/2010 01:44 PM, Florence Gouvrit-Montano wrote:
Help!!
I am new to pidgin, and trying to configure my different IM services:
MSN, FB, Gchat skype.
Configuring the skype account, I had a list with 500 contacts that I
didn't wanted to see there because it wasn't IM but phones
On 08/19/2010 10:30 AM, Jerome Haynes-Smith wrote:
Hi all
I have compiled pidgin 2.7.3 (x64) and I can reproduce a crash every time.
./configure with no changes to any defaults
clean compile
make, make install
You need to remove your old Pidgin and libpurple system packages to
prevent
On 07/30/2010 12:55 AM, Виктор Лапин wrote:
Pidgin 2.7.2, Windows.
Every time I start Pidgin, I continue to receive old offline messages,
those were sent to me 3 days ago, and more.
For example, today is July 30th, I start Pidgin and receive offline
messages from July 27th and 29th. What
Please use the reply all or reply to list functionality when replying so
that your messages go back to the mailing list so that everyone may
assist you as possible.
On 07/09/2010 01:51 AM, eyekay wrote:
Hello kelvin,
I'm rather a newbie at compiling and decompiling source codes. All I
wanted
On 07/08/2010 03:02 AM, eyekay wrote:
Can I get the source codes for the old version of gaim(gaim 1.5)? or
can I get pidgin to edit the source codes for pidgin for me so that
support for other protocols like yahoo, msn and co can be removed so
that Just support for jabber alone exists?
On 05/14/2010 06:41 AM, David Balazic wrote:
Brian Morrison wrote:
On Fri, 14 May 2010 13:32:38 +0200
David Balazic david.bala...@hermes-softlab.com wrote:
Just for info, not every mail received from the list has those
lines at the bottom.
After a very quick look, it seems this is the
On 04/12/2010 01:40 PM, Ethan Blanton wrote:
Narcis Garcia - GiLUG spake unto us the following wisdom:
Something is wrong in this list' setup, because is needed to use the
Answer to all function to reply to Pidgin's mail list.
On the contrary, something is wrong with lists which
On 03/13/2010 03:42 PM, Dave Jacoby wrote:
XMPP
This is somewhat dependent on the XMPP server. Pidgin trusts the groups
from the server, so if your server does not permit the users on your
list to be re-grouped (or support grouping), you may find they keep
going back to where they were.
I've
On 03/07/2010 03:14 PM, Wendy wrote:
I am wondering how to show and use some of the default smileys that came
with the program.
You can enter the smileys by clicking the Smile! button on the toolbar
in your conversation and then on the smiley you want to add to the
conversation. If you hold
Cornell Murrell wrote:
Hi Kevin,
I'm still having an issue. I downloaded/installed Bonjour and Pidgin. When I
launched Pidgin, I added a user and selected Bonjour from the drop down list.
I did this on two computers on my network, and can see the both users that I
setup, but when I try
Cornell Murrell wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering if I could use Pidgin to IM between computers on my
home/private network? We have 5 pc's scattered around the house and I've
been looking for a tool to be able to send quick messages to one another
and to be able to chat while in different parts
Cornell Murrell wrote:
Thanks for your reply Kevin! Just so I'm clear, to get this to work, I would
have to download and install Bonjour for Windows on all my pc's, setup an
account for each person on my network and then use Pidgin to setup the chat
functionality correct?
You'll need to
Michael Secord wrote:
On top of Bill's humor (which I might add, was really good), the answer
is probably not. Adium is the native version of Pidgin, though it's
not actually Pidgin, but it uses the same framework. They would
probably be more apt to create an iPhone version, though from the
Mathias Jungk wrote:
Cologne, 09-07-2009
Hello pidgin-support,
will there be a Pidgin Mobile for PocketPC, Palm, Symbian 60 or Android - or
Apple Iphone ?
Most of these platforms require porting of additional libraries first
before Pidgin or its components can run. We have no plans
Dennis Carr wrote:
Just built 2.5.8 in Debian Lenny (and aptitude'd all the appropriate
lib*-dev packages), but now when I run, it won't start.
From a terminal window, I get this:
pidgin: symbol lookup error: pidgin: undefined symbol:
purple_smileys_get_all
Note the association with
anand arun wrote:
Hi Mark,
Leaving out de...@pidgin.im from the mail chain. I have already tried the
method
you suggested and mentioned the problem with that in previous mail. The buddy
moves back to the original group after logging in and logging out. I checked
with
some of my
Rodger Bell wrote:
Hello
see attached.I changed the pager Server but I am still having
trouble.any ideas
Changing the pager host was a temporary solution at best. It is likely
Yahoo eventually got around to disabling all servers providing access to
the old login method.
In the
Heather Marcoux wrote:
I have been unable to connect using pidgin all day. The following
message shows up for each messenger type:
Which IM service are you using for this account.
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Byron Canfield wrote:
In general, I *LOVE* Pidgin. However, the commandeering of the Ctrl+C
(otherwise universally copy) shortcut, with no option to modify, is
unforgivable!
As far as I know, Ctrl+C is only used for other things where copying and
pasting are generally not even possible (like
Byron Canfield wrote:
I'll give the mod a try. The crucial place where I needed the Ctrl+C was
to copy the Pidgin URL when it informed me that I needed to update.
Ironic, eh?
That dialog is in the buddy list, so that does explain why you're seeing
that behavior. You can try highlighting and
Heru Sutanto wrote:
Where I can download Random Monotone
Where did you pick up the term Random Monotone? Monotone is the name
of the version control system we use to store development source code
for Pidgin. You should not need to deal with monotone unless you are
developing for unreleased
Yang Zhang wrote:
I have a file ~/.purple/gtkrc-2.0 containing the line:
gtk-error-bell = FALSE
However, events still cause a bell in finch. What am I missing? Thanks
in advance.
GTK+ is not used in Finch, so gtkrc settings do not apply to it. The
settings to configure Finch go in a
Joe Siegler wrote:
I've got a question about Pidgin I can't seem to find an answer for. I
used it at work and home, and recently lost my job. I wanted to bring
home (which I have) my IM logs from my work copy, and merge them with
the home copy so that they will be in one set of logs. I
David Balazic wrote:
Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote :
2009/5/25 David Balazic david.bala...@hermes-softlab.com:
Ethan Blanton wrote
David Balazic spake unto us the following wisdom:
- /say /me foo is not sent to channel, but interpreted
as a regular
/me foo command
Not exactly. Pidgin
shay dunnavant wrote:
I have a first generation ITouch.. I have jailbroken it. I am wondering
if there is an app for pidgen for the itouch, or a way to run pidgin on
the itouch (be it app or otherwise).
There is no such release. There was some previous work done to this end
and they had
John Fink wrote:
I know some people prefer them with no sounds, however is there a way to
either enable sounds for smileys ala trillian, or to at least enable the
buzz sound when someone sends the /buzz command in Yahoo Instant
Messager? I tried searching the list but didn't find anything.
j j wrote:
i have pidgin on a public computer and i'd like to be able to sign out
of it completely so that i can log on with a password. when i hit
buddiesquit or X out, and get back in, it signs on automatically. How
do I take that feature off so that I sign in like a normal messenger?
If
j j wrote:
thank you for taking the time to answer my question!
not to sign whiny but is there a way to sign on with just ONE pidgin
password? (instead of the many accounts on my pidgin) :-)
Pidgin does not currently have any means to do this. There was a
previous Google Summer of Code
a a wrote:
= I would like to do a fresh install, but I noticed that even if you
uninstall Pidgin, it saves certain information such as account info.
Where are these settings saved exactly? I'm assuming it's the registry.
Your settings are stored in c:\documents and
Aga, Jason wrote:
I am trying to configure SIMPLE (SIP) for communication within my
office. Currently, we use MS Messenger, using the SIP Communication
Account. When I attempt to configure Pidgin for the same, I get no
connections. What information do I need in order to properly configure
Cross, S. Alicia wrote:
Hi,
I’ve looked at the FAQ and online help, but haven’t been able to find an
answer to my inquiry. I have been using gaim, and I have now upgraded
to pidgin. I log the timestamps in my conversations. In gaim, the
timestamp was in the 24-hour format, but in pidgin
Gary Ruxton wrote:
I just started with Pidgin and I can't input a friend's e-mail address.
I have a hotmail address, so I used the MSN category to set up my
account. My friend has a business name for a .com. I enter it choosing
Buddy List Buddies Add Buddy. I enter the buddy e-mail address.
Gary Ruxton wrote:
I think I get it now. It isn't my account, it is as:
(snip) also told me at the same time you e-mailed me.
The buddy has to also have an MSN type address. When
I read the following in the help area of the program:
This depends on the protocol.
* AIM: Go to this
Evan Platt wrote:
At 11:17 AM 1/29/2009, you wrote:
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PlainTextPasswords
- the passwords are not sent anywhere in plain text
It was my understanding your password is sent to the IM server in
plain text - un encrypted?
That depends upon the IM service
Moslem.b wrote:
please see this link and fix bug
This is not considered a bug and will not be changed. However, there is
an unfinished master password summer of code project that needs love
and attention so it can be included in Pidgin eventually, which will
allow users to use a desktop
Rogier Wolff wrote:
snip
Pidgin however doesn't seem to support the first method (no -display
option), and it more or less ignores the DISPLAY environment variable:
it mumbles:
Xlib: extension RANDR missing on display :1.0.
and then displays on :0.0
Pidgin has --display= and honors
Cal Bull wrote:
are you going to include facebook IM?
There is a third party plugin for this presently and if and when
Facebook provides an XMPP gateway to their service, we will begin to
support it implicitly. Until then, we have no plans to ship a Facebook
plugin directly with Pidgin.
Marcello Sales wrote:
Hello all,
I'm trying to have the 2.5.1 running on my fresh Ubuntu 8.04 64b
running... I followed a post on a forum...
sudo apt-get install build-essential network-manager-dev
sudo apt-get build-dep pidgin
Then, I decompressed the contents, and run
./configure
Phil Hannent wrote:
1, I think that with the number of very simple questions we are getting
from new users, we would split the support from the development page.
This might be less intimidating for people to choose.
This is an end goal for the web site. If you're willing to pull the
David Balazic wrote:
Richard Laager wrote:
On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 08:11 -0700, Ryan Battles wrote:
Also, is there a removal tool to fully remove Pidgen? I tried
uninstalling and re-installing however I picks up my old accounts.
Uninstalling Microsoft Word shouldn't delete all your Word
Helen McCall wrote:
I've installed the latest pidgin on two xp home computers and one xp
professional. On the professional I can't type the apostrophe key (')
in messages - absolutely nothing happens. If I press the key twice in
quick succession I get this ´ which isn't the same key, not
afceier wrote:
Two major things i noticed with this release:
1. smaller icons in the buddy list.
I personally don't mind this too much. But i can bet my left arm that
some people with bad eye sight will be annoyed by this.
2. The removal of the _option_ to resize the text window.
I thought
Evan Platt wrote:
At 01:04 PM 3/5/2008, Marek Matulka wrote:
You get more flies with honey, or something like that. These people
threatening to ditch Pidgin if this change isn't fixed is just
amusing. You aren't costing the developers any money, but like I
said, you're entiteled to a 100%
Gaurav Chandna wrote:
Got it. Just another follow up question, are there any
incompatibilities or lost functionality due to using the older version
of GTK?
The previous version of GTK+ was in the same minor release, so no major
feature changes should have occurred, only supposed bug fixes.
Mark Scott wrote:
Kevin Stange wrote:
Mark Scott wrote:
I would wager that most Pidgin users don't keep their IM windows this
large most of the time. A lot of the changes in this vein were
motivated by the idea of making the conversation work better at
smaller sizes and may have failed
Lucas Adams wrote:
Does Pidgin function in a 64-bit operating system environment or is it
just available 32-bit only, and if so, will the 32-bit version run
problem-free in x64?
Pidgin is built only as a 32-bit application on Windows. Windows will
run it properly as long as all dependencies
Dayton T. Uphold wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering how I can get Pidgin to startup when my computer starts
up. I am probably just overlooking it, but could you please help?
If you are using Pidgin on Windows, load the Windows Pidgin Options
plugin and enable the option to start Pidgin with
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