| 1 | = Skype plugin for BitlBee |
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| 2 | Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> |
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| 3 | |
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| 4 | == Status |
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| 5 | |
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| 6 | One day I browsed the BitlBee bugtracker and found |
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| 7 | http://bugs.bitlbee.org/bitlbee/ticket/82[this] ticket. Then after a while I |
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| 8 | returned and saw that it was still open. So I wrote it. Not a big deal, I wrote |
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| 9 | it in two days or so (and not because I'm a genius or anything ;-) ). I think |
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| 10 | it's pretty stable, but it needs wider testing. Also see the 'Known bugs' |
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| 11 | section, I really hope those random hangups will be fixed soon by Skype. |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | Oh, before I forget. I'm not a wizard, the Skype API documentation is |
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| 14 | https://developer.skype.com/Docs/ApiDoc[here] if you're interested. |
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| 15 | |
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| 16 | == How to set it up |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | Before you start. The setup is the following: BitlBee can't connect directly to |
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| 19 | Skype servers (the company's ones). It needs a running Skype client to do so. |
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| 20 | In fact BitlBee will connect to `skyped` (a tcp server, provided in this |
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| 21 | package) and `skyped` will connecto to your Skype client. |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | NOTE: The order is important. First you have to start Skype. Then `skyped` can |
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| 24 | connect to it, finally BitlBee can connect to `skyped`. |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | - If you happen to be a happy Frugalware user, you can install the `bitlbee` |
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| 27 | and `bitlbee-skype` packages from |
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| 28 | http://ftp.frugalware.org/pub/other/people/vmiklos/bmf/[my repo]. |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | - You need the BitlBee bzr branch: |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | ---- |
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| 33 | bzr branch http://code.bitlbee.org/bitlbee/ |
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| 34 | ---- |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | - You need some additional patches: |
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| 37 | |
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| 38 | ---- |
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| 39 | http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/bitlbee-configure-plugins.patch |
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| 40 | http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/bitlbee-global-conf-may-be-null.patch |
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| 41 | http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/bitlbee-makefile-headers.patch |
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| 42 | http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/patches/bitlbee-more-verbose-on-plugin-errors.patch |
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| 43 | ---- |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | (Yes, I submitted all of them to the |
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| 46 | http://bugs.bitlbee.org/bitlbee/[bugtracker] already.) |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | - Now compile and install it: |
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| 49 | |
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| 50 | ---- |
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| 51 | ./configure |
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| 52 | make |
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| 53 | make install install-dev |
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| 54 | ---- |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | - Get the plugin code: |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | ---- |
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| 59 | git clone http://ftp.frugalware.org/pub/other/people/vmiklos/bitlbee-skype |
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| 60 | ---- |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | - Compile and install it: |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | ---- |
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| 65 | make prepare |
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| 66 | ./configure |
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| 67 | make |
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| 68 | make install |
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| 69 | ---- |
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| 70 | |
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| 71 | - Start Skype and `skyped` (the tcp server): |
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| 72 | |
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| 73 | ---- |
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| 74 | skype |
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| 75 | skyped |
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| 76 | ---- |
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| 77 | |
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| 78 | NOTE: It's important to start skyped on the same machine and using the same |
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| 79 | user as you run Skype as it uses the session DBus for communication! |
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| 80 | |
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| 81 | - Start your IRC client, connect to BitlBee and add your account: |
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| 82 | |
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| 83 | ---- |
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| 84 | account add skype <user> <pass> |
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| 85 | account set 0/server localhost |
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| 86 | ---- |
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| 87 | |
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| 88 | IMPORTANT: <user> should be your skype account name. This way you won't see |
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| 89 | yourself joining to `&bitlbee`. |
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| 90 | |
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| 91 | NOTE: the <pass> option is not used currently. |
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| 92 | |
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| 93 | == What works |
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| 94 | |
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| 95 | - Download nicks and away statuses from Skype |
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| 96 | |
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| 97 | - Noticing joins / parts while we're connected |
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| 98 | |
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| 99 | - Sending messages |
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| 100 | |
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| 101 | - Receiving messages |
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| 102 | |
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| 103 | - Receiving away status changes |
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| 104 | |
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| 105 | - `skyped` (the tcp daemon that is a gateway between Skype and tcp) |
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| 106 | |
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| 107 | - Error handling when `skyped` is not running and when it exits |
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| 108 | |
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| 109 | - Marking received messages as seen so that Skype won't say there are unread messages |
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| 110 | |
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| 111 | - Adding / removing contacts |
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| 112 | |
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| 113 | - Set away state when you do a `/away`. |
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| 114 | |
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| 115 | - When you `account off`, Skype will set status to `Offline` |
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| 116 | |
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| 117 | - When you `account on`, Skype will set status to `Online` |
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| 118 | |
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| 119 | - Detect when somebody wants to add you and ask for confirmation |
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| 120 | |
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| 121 | == What needs to be done (aka. TODO) |
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| 122 | |
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| 123 | - `--daemon` option for `skyped` |
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| 124 | |
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| 125 | - document how do I run skype on a server using vnc |
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| 126 | |
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| 127 | == I would like to have support for ... |
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| 128 | |
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| 129 | If something does not work and it's not in the TODO section, then please contact me! |
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| 130 | |
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| 131 | == Known bugs |
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| 132 | |
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| 133 | - Sometimes when you get a lot of messages in a short time, some of the |
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| 134 | messages are dropped. This is a known bug in Skype itself as of version |
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| 135 | 1.4.0.99 |
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| 136 | (http://forum.skype.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=94545&view=findpost&p=431710[link]). |
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| 137 | |
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| 138 | == Screenshots |
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| 139 | |
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| 140 | You can reach some screenshots http://frugalware.org/~vmiklos/pics/shots/bitlbee-skype/[here]. |
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| 141 | |
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| 142 | == Changelog |
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| 143 | |
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| 144 | You can reach the Changelog link:Changelog[here]. |
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| 145 | |
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| 146 | // vim: ft=asciidoc |
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