README
1This is a plugin for Pidgin [1] that allows you to display LaTeX [2] output into your IMs.
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3Important : this plugin is not compatible with gaim-encryption plugin. If you have this plugin, please be sure not having the 2 working at the same time. (for any other imcompability, please contact qjuh@users.sourceforge.net )
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5You need to have convert (from Image Magick [3]).
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7To build and install :
8You can compile the plugin using
9$ make
10and install it with
11$ make install
12This will install it in ~/.purple/plugins so that only the user who install it can use it.
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14To install it for everybody on your computer,
15$ make
16$ su
17# make install PREFIX="/path/to/pidgin" (this command as root user)
18generally /path/to/pidgin is /usr or /usr/local. If you don't know the path then you can find out using
19$ whereis pidgin
20and look for the part before "/lib/pidgin".
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22To use
23- put LaTeX code into $$ ... $$ markup, for example $$x \in \mathbb{R}$$
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25[1] http://www.pidgin.im/
26[2] http://www.latex-project.org/
27[3] http://www.imagemagick.org/
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29Developer : Benjamin Moll <qjuh@users.sourceforge.net> (contact me for all infomations or suggestions)
30Former Developer : Nicolas Schoonbroodt <nicolas@ffsa.be>
31Thanks for help or patch these other developer :
32 Eric Betts <bettse@onid.orst.edu>
33 GRIm@ <thegrima@altern.org>
34 Gof <ogoffart@kde. org>
35 Nicolai Stange (nic-stange@t-online.de)
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