From 0e11b7f0cd3715c1cc5d7a2c40cdc7009b777a3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gary Kramlich Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 22:12:52 -0600 Subject: A few readme tweaks --- README | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index cf480c230a..1fc9197137 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ See AUTHORS and COPYRIGHT for the list of contributors. libpurple is a library intended to be used by programmers seeking -to write an IM client that connects to many IM networks. It supports -AIM, ICQ, and XMPP, among others. +to write an IM client that connects to many IM networks. It comes +with support for Bonjour, IRC, XMPP, among others, and there are +many more networks supported via third party protocols. Pidgin is a graphical IM client written in C which uses the GTK+ toolkit. @@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ toolkit. Finch is a text-based IM client written in C which uses the ncurses toolkit. -These programs are not endorsed by, nor affiliated with, AOL nor any -other company in any way. +These programs are not endorsed by, nor affiliated with, any +proprietary instant messagin company in any way. ## BUILD @@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ You can quickly build Pidgin with the following commands meson build cd build ninja - sudo ninja install + ninja install There are quite a few options for the build that you can view by looking at `meson_options.txt`. You can specify the options when running meson like the following: @@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ If you've already ran meson you can use `meson configure` Currently Pidgin can not be run from a build directory which means you must install it first. Once you've done that, you only need to run 'pidgin' or -'finch'. +'finch'. If it fails to launch you may need to run `ldconfig` as root. To get started, simply add a new account. -- cgit v1.2.1