Plugin Creation Guide

[Evan Schoenberg]

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Spenser Jones
<spenser.e.jones at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The link for release source code is:
>>
>>        http://trac.adium.im/wiki/GettingReleaseAdiumSource
>
> I figured it would be best to link to the newest source, as that page says:
>>
>> Adium is an open source project, distributed under the GPL license. This
>> page explains how to get the source code for a particular Adium release. To
>> get the most current source code, which should be used for developing and
>> patching purposes, see GettingNewestAdiumSource.
>
> If you think I would be best off linking to the release source page instead,
> I will change it.
> Otherwise, thanks for the feedback. I made those changes, and am working on
> a guide for adding functionality next.
>
> Spenser Jones
> spenser.e.jones at gmail.com
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Peter Hosey <boredzo at adium.im> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 14, 2010, at 14:08:47, Spenser Jones wrote:
>> > To get this, download and build Adium from
>> > http://trac.adium.im/wiki/GettingNewestAdiumSource. Be sure to download the
>> > version that most of your plugin's users will be using (e.g. stable).
>>
>> The link for release source code is:
>>
>>        http://trac.adium.im/wiki/GettingReleaseAdiumSource
>>
>> > Name the file the same name as your application…
>>
>> You mean plug-in.
>>
>> > Open "Info.plist" and add the following line:
>> > "<key>AIMinimumAdiumVersionRequirement</key> <string>1.3</string>"
>>
>> Generally, this should be the version number of whatever release series
>> the framework you're building against came from. If you're building the
>> framework from 1.3.x source, then yes, 1.3. If you're building it from 1.4
>> source, you should set it to 1.4 instead.
>>
>> Other than that, it looks good to me.

I've added a link to Spenser's guide at
http://trac.adium.im/wiki/DevelopmentTipsAndTricks.

-Evan