
About KMess:
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KMess is a Windows Live Messenger client for Linux. It enables
Linux, Mac and even Windows users to chat with friends online
who are using the official Messenger client for Windows. The
strengths of KMess are its integration with the KDE desktop
environment, its focus on Live Messenger specific features
and an easy-to-use interface.

Like many Linux and KDE applications, KMess is free software.
The licensing terms are the GNU General Public License.



Installing KMess:
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Please see the INSTALL file for help with compiling and installing
KMess from source.



Updating the translations
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You can help translating KMess!

This is what you need to do:
  - Get the latest version of KMess
  - Install "lokalize" (supplied with "kdesdk")
  - To create a new translation file, copy "kmess.pot"
    to a new file named "<your language>.po".
  - Open the language "po" file, and start translating!
    Also watch for translations marked as "fuzzy",
    they often need updating.
  - Update the translations.
  - Test the new translation.
    (to test other languages, run 'KDE_LANG=<code> kmess')
  - Contact the KMess developers to send your changes!

A more detailed tutorial can be found online
at http://trac.kmess.org/wiki/Translating%20KMess



Building RPM Packages
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To build a RPM package for your distribution, run:

  rpmbuild -tb kmess-<version>.tar.gz



Building Slackware Packages
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To build a TGZ package for Slackware, run:

  rpmbuild -tb kmess-2.0.tar.gz



Licensing
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We provide along with KMess some Oxygen icons which are usually bundled with Kopete.
They are released under LGPL 3.0 (see http://www.oxygen-icons.org/).
See COPYING_ICONS for full license text.

The remainder of KMess is released under the GPL2+ . See COPYING for full license text.



More Information
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For more information about KMess, help forums, and the latest
releases, visit the homepage at http://www.kmess.org/

