Gajim - 2024-11-25

Has the text box setting disapeared

> Has the text box setting disapeared 👍 ↺

What is a text box setting?

any help on getting the zip files for gajim extensions? setting the plugin repository them in my ~/.local/share/gajim/plugins doesn't change anything

specifically XEP 0080

Depends on what version of gajim you are using

the last master version

actually 1.9.0.

https://ftp.gajim.org/plugins_releases/

> the main use case of a instant messenger is to write short messages, you dont draft documents here. That's the problem. I really want "email, but secure". I don't want to be forced into a tiny IM text box.

It would also be nice to be able to to/cc/bcc multiple people at once, while still being end to end encrypted

Not sure how possible that is

I know PGP exists

But everyone hates that for some reason

And also it doesn't provide all the Signal protocol stuff

hyol: sounds like a very specific use case of yours. Not necessarily applicable to other users

> It would also be nice to be able to to/cc/bcc multiple people at once, while still being end to end encrypted That's called email + some encryption method, not a IM app job ✏ ↺

Email is a weirdly complex protocol though, from what I've read. There are many different types of server and I don't know what they all do.

SMTP as a protocol is not much more difficult than IRC imo

hyol: all you really needa know is that smtp is for server <=> server communication, imap is for accessing mails when you wanna store them on the server, and pop3 is for accessing them when you want em on your machine

understanding what the 3 protocols are for was what helped me understand it enough for what i needa do with it

I meant servers, not protocols

https://explained-from-first-principles.com/email/#official-architecture

SMTP sure is simple, if you read the specification and not how it's actually implemented

I guess it's mainly the Mail Transfer Agent that I'm confused by.

I should make clear that I'm not really a programmer. I just like to read specifications sometimes so I know how the tools I'm using work.

For instance, cryptographic primitives/protocols so I know whether to trust them (which reminds me: I need to learn more about the relevant maths)

> I meant servers, not protocols oh ↺

you mean the whole

postfix + dovecot + blablabla stuff?

Follow the link I posted

Are those implementations of the things described in the link?

how do i get images to work in themes? i'm trying to set a linear gradient in css and pasting in from the gtk3 docs onto one of the selectors that the app uses

Hi I tried to rewrite the gentoo package for Gajim to bump it from 1.9.3 to 1.9.5 but the make.py makes it quite difficult. Is there any chance that you use a "real" build system like meson. This would help a lot to distribute and maintain the package

maintaining thousands of packages is doable, if all use similar build systems. But very individual things require lots of efford

jstein: maybe https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/gajim/-/blob/main/PKGBUILD helps :)

hannibal, thank you. That is a good start. But I fear it will still be painfull as make.py will likely try to do thing it may not do in the sandbox...