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1 | Dolda Connect - README |
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3 | Introduction |
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5 | Dolda Connect is a peer-to-peer file sharing program, designed around |
6 | the Direct Connect protocol. It is written in a fashion that is |
7 | intended for flexibility and easy extension. It currently only |
8 | supports the normal Direct Connect protocol, but support is also |
9 | planned for the ADC protocol, and it can most likely be made to |
10 | support a great deal of other file sharing protocols as well. |
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12 | Extensibility |
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14 | Dolda Connect is built around a client-server model, in the way that |
15 | there is a server (daemon) program carrying out all the actual |
16 | file-sharing work, and a number of client programs that connect to the |
17 | server in order to command it and display its status. The interaction |
18 | between the client and server is carried out using a well-defined |
19 | protocol, making it fairly easy to write new clients for specialized |
20 | tasks. |
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22 | To make it easier to write new clients, a C library has been written |
23 | to make common functions easier, such as connecting, authenticating, |
24 | sending requests and parsing the responses. The C library also has a |
25 | wrapper module for GNU Guile, so that clients can be written in |
26 | Scheme. |
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28 | None of these are documented (yet), but there are a number of examples |
29 | scattered around the source tree, so it should not be awfully hard to |
30 | figure out how to do simple things. If in doubt, just contact the |
31 | author. |
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33 | Clients |
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35 | So far, the following clients are distributet along with the source |
36 | tree: |
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38 | * A Gtk2 based GUI, which loosely resembles a normal Direct Connect |
39 | client program. |
40 | * A GNOME panel applet for showing the status of current downloads in |
41 | progress. |
42 | * A Gaim chat plugin for chatting in hubs and writing private |
43 | messages. |
44 | * A command-line automatic downloader written in Scheme. |
45 | * A chat logger written in Scheme. |
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47 | The GNOME applet and Gaim plugin are somewhat experimental. The applet |
48 | seems to be working well, but the installation have some quirks (since |
49 | GNOME does not normally look in /usr/local, care must be taken with |
50 | the installation prefix). The Gaim plugin has some performance issues |
51 | and seems to be leaking some memory. The performance problems lie in |
52 | Gaim itself, however, and the Gaim developers have indicated that they |
53 | will be fixed in Gaim 2.0.0. |
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55 | Installation |
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57 | See the INSTALL file. |
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59 | Documentation |
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61 | Documentation is still spotty at best. For any information not found |
62 | in the README or INSTALL files (or the source code, if you are a |
63 | programmer), contact the author. |
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65 | Credits |
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67 | Dolda Connect is primarily written by Fredrik Tolf. He can be reached |
68 | through the e-mail address <fredrik@dolda2000.com>. His homepage is |
69 | <http://www.dolda2000.com/~fredrik/>. |
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73 | This documented was last updated 2006-06-24, reflecting release 0.1 of |
74 | Dolda Connect. |