/* logjam, a GTK LiveJournal client.
 * Copyright (C) 2000,2001 Evan Martin <eeyem@u.washington.edu>
 */

Introduction
------------
"LiveJournal.com... because you like to think other people care."
LogJam is a client for LiveJournal.  It sits unobtrusively in the
corner of your screen, waiting for you to have something worthwhile to
tell the world.

Visit http://logjam.danga.com for the latest version.


Requirements
------------
LogJam requires GTK+ 1.2 or greater.  
There have been crashes reported on Solaris with GTK+ versions less
than 1.2.8.  Get GTK+ at http://www.gtk.org.

LogJam also requires libcurl, an HTTP library.
Debian users need libcurl-dev and libcurl2.
RPMs of libcurl are linked from the LogJam page.


Enhancements
------------
Spell checking requires ispell or an equivalent (aspell).
If you don't have either, get aspell at http://aspell.sourceforge.net.
For more information about GtkSpell, 
visit http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net.

Current music autodetection requires XMMS 1.2 or later.
Visit http://www.xmms.org.


Getting Started
---------------
You need a LiveJournal account to use LogJam.
LogJam cannot create this.  Visit http://www.livejournal.com to get
a free account.

(LogJam can also be used with alternative LiveJournal sites, though
you'll have to find them yourself.)

LogJam has a pretty standard setup.
Running:
	$ ./configure 
	$ make
	$ su
	# make install
should be all you need to install it.

The installed executable is called "logjam".

Finally, is easy to make an icon for LogJam (see pixmaps/goat.png for
a GNOME-compatible image).


Package-based installation
--------------------------
If you're on a Debian system, you can install the following to compile
LogJam: 

Required packages:
  libgtk1.2
  libgtk1.2-dev 
  libcurl2
  libcurl-dev
Suggested packages: 
  aspell / ispell  (for spell checking)
  xmms             (for song information-grabbing)


Using LogJam
------------
If you have any questions or topics that should be covered in this section,
let me know.


Known Bugs
----------
The color preview in the friends list breaks on a pixmap-based GTK theme.  This
is apparently a known bug in the GTK pixmap engine.  (The bug is that an
application can't override the pixmaps).

If there is anything you don't like, don't just complain about it in your
LiveJournal, tell me!  I can't fix it if I don't know about it.

  -- Evan <evan@livejournal.com>


Authors
-------
Evan Martin (LiveJournal user "evan") -- http://neugierig.org
wrote most of this.

Brad Fitzpatrick (LiveJournal user "bradfitz") -- http://www.bradfitz.com
did a bunch of code that isn't really the client anymore, and said he
should be removed from the "official" list of authors-- but y'know, he
was an author at one time.


Thanks
------
In reverse-chronological order (newest contributor first)

Sergei Barbarash <sgt@fep.ru> - support for cyrillic translation
Michael Bravo <mbravo@tag-ltd.spb.ru> - locale fixes
Ari Pollak <compwiz@aripollak.com> - automake fixes
Steve Bernacki, Jr. <steve@copacetic.net> - typo in configure.in
Artem Baguinski <artm@v2.nl> - locale setting
nulld <nulld@encryptedemail.net> - OpenBSD box to test on
Decklin Foster <decklin@red-bean.com> - window geometry save/restore
Matthew Vernon <matthew@pick.ucam.org> - simple login proxy patch
Bill Crawford <bill@eb0ne.net> - "make link" selection fixes
Gabriel "diamondc" Martinez <gabrielfm@yahoo.com> - Solaris box to test on
Tom "spot" Calloway <spot@redhat.com> - Advanced RPM packakaging
Alexander Graefe <nachtfalke@retrogra.de> - Initial RPM packaging 
Joe "piman" Wreschnig <piman@sacredchao.net> - Debian package help
Ryan Younce <ryan@manunkind.org> - FreeBSD packaging
Raja Mukerji <mukerji@pobox.com> - a multitude of patches
Adam Bidema <hijinx@klone.nwraves.net> - initial file save patch
Matt Roper <mdroper@ucdavis.edu> - parallel make tips

And these people helped so long ago, I can't remember why they're
even listed here:
Simon Huet <detourds@bellsouth.net>
Scott Hammack <shammack@goldinc.com>
Damian Bickhoff <q9405096@brampton.cqu.edu.au>

License
-------
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

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