Pidgin

This is a guide to Pidgin, a free-as-in-freedom instant messaging client with support for many messaging protocols. Accounts To add an existing account: Accounts > Manage Accounts Click "Add". Fill-in the form, choosing Protocol, entering User Name, and switching between Basic, Advanced, and Proxy tabs. If you choose to enter password, beware that it is stored on your computer unencrypted. From a security standpoint, entering your password to be stored with your account is inadvisable. Click "Add". To disable an account without deleting it: Accounts > Manage Accounts Uncheck "Enabled" at the account To delete an account: Accounts > Manage Accounts Select the account. Click "Delete" Logging By default, Pidgin logs all instant messages you send and receive to a file. To change this: Tools > Preferences Logging Uncheck "Log all instant messages" Buddies To add a buddy: Buddies > Add Buddy... Fill-in the form To remove a buddy: Right-click on the buddy in the buddy list Choose Remove Chat To start a chat: Buddies > Add Chat... Enter Room, Exchange, Alias and Group Files To send a file to a buddy: Right-click on the buddy in the buddy list Choose Send File... Protocols Supported protocols: Bonjour Gadu-Gadu IRC Lotus Sametime MySpaceIM MXit MSNP Novell GroupWise OSCAR (AIM, ICQ, MobileMe) SIP/SIMPLE SILC XMPP/Jingle (Google Talk, Jabber, Facebook Chat, LJ Talk, Gizmo5, etc.) YMSG (YIM only basic chat and file transfers) Zephyr Shortcuts Keyboards shortcuts: New Instant Message...: Ctrl+M Join a Chat...: Ctrl+C Get User Info...: Ctrl+I View User Log...: Ctrl+L Add Buddy...: Ctrl+B Quit: Ctrl+Q ---- Manage Accounts: Ctrl+A ---- Custom Smileys: Ctrl+Y Plugins: Ctrl+U Preferences: Ctrl+P Set Mood: Ctrl+D File Transfers: Ctrl+T Mute Sounds: Ctrl+S ---- Online Help: F1 Preferences To edits preferences aka settings: Tools > Preferences Versions The latest release is 2.10.7 from 2013-02-14. Links: Pidgin files at sourceforge.net ChangeLog, release notes at pidgin.im FullChangeLog release notes at pidgin.im Gallery See also Commons:Category:Pidgin (instant messaging client). See also Pidgin/Installing OTR - Installing OTR for secure messaging with pidgin External links pidgin.im, Pidgin home page FAQ at pidgin.im Using Pidgin at pidgin.im pidgin at sourceforge.net W:Pidgin (software) Computer software fr:Pidgin