Re: newbie, XMPP framework

[Alex Perez]

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Frédéric LOUI wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've walked around the web and found a Good IM client for MACOSX:
> http://fire.sourceforge.net/
> It currently support several IM protocols:Jabber,AIM,ICQ,MSN, Yahoo messenger
> According to some user's experience it is one of the best IM client for 
> MACOSX.
I use this daily, but the problem is that it uses Apple's 
Security.framework for keychain management, and we do not currently have 
an equivalent. One could be written, however CDSA, the standard on which 
the framework is build, is extremely complicated.
 > 
> I've checked out the code and guess waht ? It is written in ObjC.
> In addition you'll find all re-usable code (in library form) in their 
> repective directory.
Yes, but there are probably more than a few carbon calls here and there 
that'd have to be culled out.
> 
> Hope this help 
> BGRDS/Fred
> 
> > Message du 02/12/03 21:09
> > De : Pierre-Henri Quelen <phq@guzoid.org>
> > A : discuss-gnustep@gnu.org
> > Copie à : 
> > Objet : newbie, XMPP framework
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm new to GNUstep and I'd like to contribute. I'm teaching myself ObjC
> > and GNUstep/Openstep/Cocoa. I'm interested in writing some software,
> > although I'm not ready for anything too difficult. I have some experience
> > in programming.
> > 
> > I'd like to write an Instant Messaging gnustep application. I noticed
> > there's already Hydroxide but it only supports MSN and I don't believe
> > it's maintained anymore. I think Jabber/XMPP would be a good choice, but
> > then there's a need for a XMPP framework (it's in the Framework Wishlist
> > on the wiki). I noticed that Acid
> > (http://www.jabberstudio.org/projects/acid/project/view.php) already
> > exists, it's supposed to be for Mac OS X, and I don't know anything about
> > its design or compatibility. It seems to have its own xml parsing and
> > generation code.
> > 
> > What is the best XML framework ?
> > Renaissance and other apps like HelpViewer seems to use GSXML, but it only
> > seems to do XML parsing, and I've read arguments about its design over
> > this list. Is it ok to use the ED frameworks ? using them would make
> > portability easier since they're available for Mac OS X.
> > 
> > Do you think the IM client should support other IM protocols (like Gaim
> > does) or should it just let the server handle this through its gateways
> > (like regular jabber clients do) ? I think it would be easy to just have a
> > Jabber bundle using the XMPP framework. and there could be other bundles
> > handling other protocols.
> > 
> > thanks for reading.
> > 
> > Pierre-Henri Quelen
> > 
> > 
> > 
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