Tkabber provides a Tcl/Tk interface to the Jabber instant messaging and presence service.
Tcl/Tk is a graphical scripting language that runs on the Unix, Windows, and Macintosh platforms. The choice of Tcl/Tk for a Jabber client is three-fold:
* it is portable: once you install a Tcl/Tk interpreter on your system, the Tkabber script "just runs" - without having to compile anything;
* it is customizable: Tkabber reads a configuration file when it starts that tells it the settings of various parameters; and,
* it is extensible: the configuration file is actually a Tcl script, so you can replace or augment entire portions of Tkabber (if you're so inclined).
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Here are some key features of "Tkabber":
Sessions:
· hashed passwords
· encrypted sessions (if you install an optional extension)
· login via HTTP proxy
· user-defined hooks for connection establishment and release
· XMPP/Jabber MIME type
Messages:
· emoticons
· signed/encrypted messages (if you install an optional extension)
· file transfers (HTTP, DTCP and IBB transports)
· filters
· groupchat (GroupChat-1.0 and Multi-User Chat conferencing protocols)
· headline messages
· message events
· completions of nick and commands
· hyperlinks
· user-defined hooks for chat window events
Presence:
· avatars
· browsing
· groupchat and roster invitations
· conference room bookmarks
· annotations about roster items
· signed presence (if you install an optional extension)
· vCards
· user-defined hooks for presence changes
Windowing:
· configurable look-and-feel via a resources database
· unicode
· tabbed/non-tabbed interface
· sound notifications
· nested roster groups
· for Unix: auto-away, spell checking, KDE docking, and WMaker icons
· for Windows: auto-away, and taskbar icons
Requirements:
· Tcl/Tk
· tcllib
· BWidget
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