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