Re: [orca-list] using skype with orca

["Aruni Sharma" <libranarsh gmail com>]

currently, the plugin has an option whereby it can automatically start
skype if it's not allredy running.

On 6/17/08, Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de> wrote:
> "Aruni Sharma" <libranarsh gmail com> writes:
>
>> Hi will, I'm going to prepare a small document today. shall I forward
>> it to the list? I'll try my best to make it as simple as possible. by
>> the way, you get all the options like calling text chatting etc using
>> this plugin.
>
> I've found the following link to the programer's homepage:
> http://www.myjobspace.co.nz/images/pidgin/
> You can read a brief description of the plugin and how you have to
> install it, and you get links for downloading as well.
> But I've to warn you: Setting the whole thing up is not that easy,
> because you've to install and preconfigure Skype, and the question is:
> How can we do this? I remember having read that it is possible to edit
> the config file manually, since it is an xml file; but anyway it seems a
> bit tricky.
> And, of course, Skype has to be started when using the plugin. On the
> mentioned homepage there's an issue reported, where Pidgin crashes when
> Skype is not running. Not that convenient, since one might use Pidgin
> without Skype sometimes.
> Hermann
>
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