purpled
purpled is a network daemon that implements the nuqql interface and uses libpurple to connect to various instant-messaging networks. It can be used as a backend for nuqql or as a standalone chat client daemon.
About:
purpled is a fork of the purpleD libpurple daemon authored by the original project members:
The original code mirrored from sourceforge.net is tagged as "mirrored". In the current code, see orig/README for original description and orig/INSTALL for original building information.
Later commits contain the changes described in the "Changes" section.
Installation:
You can install purpled with the following steps:
- Download purpled
- Build and install purpled with:
meson builddir
ninja -C builddir install
Note: these steps require the meson build system.
In case you want to use the old Makefiles etc., you can find them in the orig
directory.
Usage:
You can run purpled with the following command line arguments:
Usage: purpled [OPTION...]
--af=AF set socket address family: "inet" for AF_INET or
"unix" for AF_UNIX
-d, --daemonize run purpled as a unix daemon
--disable-history disable message history
--filter-own enable filtering of own messages
-i, --inet-socket use AF_INET/TCP socket
-l, --address=LISTEN_IP listen on IP address LISTEN_IP
--loglevel=LEVEL set logging level to LEVEL
-p, --port=PORT listen on TCP port PORT
--push-accounts push accounts to client
--sockfile=FILE use AF_UNIX socket file in DIR
-u, --unix-socket use AF_UNIX socket
-w, --dir=DIR set working directory to DIR
-?, --help Give this help list
--usage Give a short usage message
-V, --version Print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
Changes:
- v0.6.0:
- Add command line arguments and update argument parsing
- Allow pushing accounts to the client
- Allow disabling the message history
- Add simple logging and logging level definition
- Allow filtering of own messages in chats
- Rewrite sender of own messages to
<self>
- Add welcome message, account adding help, account added info messages
- Cleanups and fixes
- Add command line arguments and update argument parsing
- v0.5:
- Add new commands:
bye
: disconnect from purpled.quit
: quit purpled.help
: show list of commands and their description.
- Add and use "chat msg" message format for group chat messages
- Make "message" message format more similar to other nuqql backends.
- Cleanups and fixes
- Add new commands:
- v0.4:
- Add chat room messages:
- List joined chat rooms:
account <id> chat list
- Join a chat room:
account <id> chat join <chat_room>
- Leave a chat room:
account <id> chat part <chat_room>
- List users in a chat room:
account <id> chat users <chat_room>
- Invite user to a chat room:
account <id> chat invite <chat_room> <user>
- Send a message to a chat room:
account <id> chat send <chat_room> <msg>
- List joined chat rooms:
- Add chat room messages:
- v0.3:
- Add account status message
- Set current status with:
account <id> status set <status>
- Get current status with:
account <id> status get
- Set current status with:
- Add account status message
- v0.2:
- Switched to meson and made purpled installable with it. Old Makefiles etc.
are in folder
orig
. - Message format updates: made
account list
reply easier to parse. Added more CR/LF message terminations. Introducedinfo:
anderror:
message types. - Introduced command line parameter to specify working directory.
- Switched to meson and made purpled installable with it. Old Makefiles etc.
are in folder
- v0.1:
- Support for Unix Domain Sockets/AF_UNIX sockets; use command line
parameter
-i
for an AF_INET socket and-u
for an AF_UNIX socket - Changes to the messages sent from purpleD to clients to make parsing easier: they now contain the "message type" and use CR/LF to mark the end of messages
- A meson.build file
- Support for Unix Domain Sockets/AF_UNIX sockets; use command line
parameter
- v0.0.1:
- A patch from Leandro Britez to show
the (online) buddies of an account with
account ID buddies [ONLINE]
- A patch from Leandro Britez to show
the (online) buddies of an account with
- mirrored:
- original code from sf.net