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h1. EKG2 Multiplatform, multiprotocol, plugin-based instant messanger with (GTK2 GUI || console UI)!






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EKG2 is "OpenSource":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source IM application for Unix systems (Linux, *BSD, [[SunOS]], Solaris, [[MacOS]], X, [[BeOS]]) available under the terms of "GPL":http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.






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EKG2 is plugin-based, because of this it can support many diffrent protocols. It can also support different GUIs! Below is a list of available plugins.






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0.1.1 version has been released, it can be downloaded from "here":http://ekg2.org/download.php. There is also Release Candidate 1 for version 0.2, still removing bugs and we hope in a near future will be released.






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h2. First steps:






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**** [[getting-ekg2|getting ekg2]],






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**** [[new-session|creating a new session (account)]],






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**** [[basic-use|basic tasks when using EKG2]],






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**** [[support|getting support]]






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**** [[Mouse User Guide]]






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h2. Protocol plugins:






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**** [[feed|feed]] - (nntp and rss reader),






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**** [[gg|GG]] (gadu-gadu) - (using libgadu, the most popular polish IM protocol),






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**** [[irc|IRC]] - (mostly IRCnet oriented),






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**** [[jabber|jabber]] - (xmpp, gtalk and tlen support),






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**** [[polchat|polchat]] - (polchat chat rooms)






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**** [[rivchat|rivchat]] - (LAN chat protocol a bit simillar to irc - it is not "LANChat")






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**** [[gtk|GTK2]] - under development,






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**** [[ncurses|ncurses]] - primary ekg2 ui, console,






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**** [[readline|readline]]






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**** [[logs|logs]] - multi plugin, that allows logging in irssi like format, xml, simple and raw,






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**** [[logsqlite|logsqlite]] - logging in sqlite db file,






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**** [[logsoracle|logsoracle]] - logging in oracle db






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h2. Script languages bindings:






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****  [[perl|Perl]],






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****  [[python|"Python pl"] [[python en" "Python en]]]






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****  [[ruby|Ruby]]






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h2. Other superb plugins:






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**** [[autoresponder|autoresponder]] - hm the name is all ;-)






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**** [[dbus|dbus]] - basic dbus support (allows you creating superb now-playing ;) !),






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**** [[jogger|jogger]] - allows to manipulate "JoggerBot":http://wiki.jogger.pl/wiki/Bot via ekg2,






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**** [[mail|mail]] - checking local maildir/mailbox for new messages,






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**** [[rc_pl|rc_pl]  [wikirc_en rc_en]& [wikihttprc_xajax httprc_xajax]] - rc plugins allows remote control over ekg2,






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**** [[sim|sim]] (using openssl) & gpg & rot ;) - these plugins allow encrypting supported protocols,






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**** [[sms|sms]] - sms sending,






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**** [[xmsg|xmsg]] - receiving notifications/messages over fs,






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**** [[xosd|xosd]] - on screen display






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There are also few others not mentioned here!