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1 Dolda Connect - README
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3 Introduction
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5Dolda Connect is a peer-to-peer file sharing program, designed around
6the Direct Connect protocol. It is written in a fashion that is
7intended for flexibility and easy extension. It currently only
8supports the normal Direct Connect protocol, but support is also
9planned for the ADC protocol, and it can most likely be made to
10support a great deal of other file sharing protocols as well.
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12 Extensibility
13
14Dolda Connect is built around a client-server model, in the way that
15there is a server (daemon) program carrying out all the actual
16file-sharing work, and a number of client programs that connect to the
17server in order to command it and display its status. The interaction
18between the client and server is carried out using a well-defined
19protocol, making it fairly easy to write new clients for specialized
20tasks.
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22To make it easier to write new clients, a C library has been written
23to make common functions easier, such as connecting, authenticating,
24sending requests and parsing the responses. The C library also has a
25wrapper module for GNU Guile, so that clients can be written in
26Scheme.
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28None of these are documented (yet), but there are a number of examples
29scattered around the source tree, so it should not be awfully hard to
30figure out how to do simple things. If in doubt, just contact the
31author.
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33 Clients
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35So far, the following clients are distributet along with the source
36tree:
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38 * A Gtk2 based GUI, which loosely resembles a normal Direct Connect
39 client program.
40 * A GNOME panel applet for showing the status of current downloads in
41 progress.
42 * A Gaim chat plugin for chatting in hubs and writing private
43 messages.
44 * A command-line automatic downloader written in Scheme.
45 * A chat logger written in Scheme.
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47The GNOME applet and Gaim plugin are somewhat experimental. The applet
48seems to be working well, but the installation have some quirks (since
49GNOME does not normally look in /usr/local, care must be taken with
50the installation prefix). The Gaim plugin has some performance issues
51and seems to be leaking some memory. The performance problems lie in
52Gaim itself, however, and the Gaim developers have indicated that they
53will be fixed in Gaim 2.0.0.
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55 Installation
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57See the INSTALL file.
58
59 Documentation
60
61Documentation is still spotty at best. For any information not found
62in the README or INSTALL files (or the source code, if you are a
63programmer), contact the author.
64
65 Credits
66
67Dolda Connect is primarily written by Fredrik Tolf. He can be reached
68through the e-mail address <fredrik@dolda2000.com>. His homepage is
69<http://www.dolda2000.com/~fredrik/>.
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73This documented was last updated 2006-06-24, reflecting release 0.1 of
74Dolda Connect.