Fixed HTTP-client query-string handling bug.

[doldaconnect.git] / README

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@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ file-sharing work, and a number of client programs that connect to the
 server in order to command  it and display its status. The interaction
 between  the client  and server  is carried  out using  a well-defined
 protocol, making it  fairly easy to write new  clients for specialized
-tasks.
+tasks.   It is  worthy of  note  that the  default configuration  file
+disables  running  clients  over   the  network,  for  convenience  of
+setup. See  the INSTALL  file for details  and instructions on  how to
+enabled networked clients.
 
 To make it  easier to write new clients, a C  library has been written
 to make  common functions easier, such  as connecting, authenticating,
@@ -39,27 +42,29 @@ tree:
    client program.
  * A GNOME panel applet for showing the status of current downloads in
    progress.
- * A Gaim chat plugin for chatting in hubs and writing private
+ * A Gaim/Pidgin chat plugin for chatting in hubs and writing private
    messages (only for Gaim 2.0.0 and above).
  * A command-line automatic downloader written in Scheme.
  * A chat logger written in Scheme.
  * A hub manager written in Scheme.
 
-The GNOME applet and Gaim plugin are somewhat experimental. The applet
-seems to be working well, but the installation have some quirks (since
-GNOME does  not normally look in  /usr/local, care must  be taken with
-the installation  prefix). The  Gaim plugin seems  to be  leaking some
-memory.
+The GNOME applet and Gaim  plugin are somewhat experimental. Both work
+fairly  well, but they  do require  special care  during installation,
+since neither  GNOME nor Gaim/Pidgin usually  look for applets/plugins
+in the directories where Dolda Connect gets installed by default.  See
+the files doc/INSTALL.applet and doc/INSTALL.gaim for further details.
 
                             Installation
 
-See the INSTALL file.
+See the doc/INSTALL file.
 
                            Documentation
 
-Documentation is still  spotty at best. For any  information not found
-in  the README or  INSTALL files  (or the  source code,  if you  are a
-programmer), contact the author.
+Documentation is still rather weak,  but it is getting better. Besides
+the README and INSTALL* files, there  are now manpages for a number of
+the constituent programs. For  any information still not found, please
+do not hesitate to contact the author. Any further documentation aside
+from this README file is located in the `doc' directory.
 
                               Credits
 
@@ -69,5 +74,5 @@ through  the e-mail address  <fredrik@dolda2000.com>. His  homepage is
 
 
 
-This documented was last updated 2007-04-11, reflecting release 0.3 of
+This document  was last updated 2008-02-14, reflecting  release 1.1 of
 Dolda Connect.