Gajim

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Gajim
is a full featured and easy to use
XMPP
client.
Installation
Install
the
gajim
package.
Configuration
Gajim is a
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
, all configuration is done through the interface under
preferences
, you can access this via the top left
gajim
drop down, and selecting
preferences
or using the
Ctrl+p
shortcut.
Within the
Preferences
menu, you can find the following configuration categories:
General - General behaviour of the client, such as how it should behave when closed.
Chats - General behaviour of chat windows, such as allowing you to disable status change notifications, or join/leave messages.
Notification - General behaviour of notifications within the client, allowing you to enable/disable audible notifications.
Status - General configuration of notifications, such as automatic status changes invoked by events such as inactivity for a certain period of time.
Style - Configuration of the client theme.
Advanced - Settings aimed towards more advanced users, allowing purging of message history, changing client proxy settings, and enabling/disabling debug logging
D-Bus remote control
To enable D-Bus remote control support, go to
Advanced
menu within
Preferences
and enable
D-Bus Interface
, then restart gajim.
Show/hide roster
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If you would like to be able to show/hide the roster using a script or your window manager, you can use the following command:
$ gajim-remote toggle_roster_appearance
It may be necessary to restart Gajim if this does not work.
OMEMO support
OMEMO Multi-End Message and Object Encryption
is an XMPP Extension Protocol (XEP) for secure multi-client end-to-end encryption. It is an open standard based on Axolotl and PEP and Gajim
implemented
it.
Notification sounds
Install
the
gsound
package.
Enable notification sound under
Notifications
within the
Preferences
menu, then enable the
Play Sounds
setting.
Tip
You can configure the sound, and when it is played under the settings icon next to
Play Sounds
, this will open a second menu where you can enable/disable what events invoke the sound, and pick the sound you want played when an event fires.
Audio and video call support
Currently,
Gajim doesn't support audio and video calls
.
Minimize or close to tray
By default Gajim remains in the taskbar (for Docks) instead of minimizing to tray when closing it, to disable this behavior
enable
the
hide_on_roster_x_button
preference.
Tips and tricks
Save history of messages
If the
Save of Message History
is enabled, a file
~/.local/share/gajim/logs.db
is created. This is a SQLite database. (Open it with DB Browser for SQLite, install
sqlitebrowser
)
To look for a message, first get the
jid_id
of the contact in table
jids
. Click on Tab "Search Data". Choose Table
jids
.
Now click the tab "Run SQL" and run the statement
SELECT time, kind, message FROM logs WHERE jid_id=(the jid_id from table jids) ORDER BY time ASC;
and click the run button. The result ist a list of your messages orderd by time (first message first, latest message at the bottom). The column
kind
shows if the message was sent (Code: 6) or received (Code: 4).
Troubleshooting
Fix dark theme
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When switching to dark mode in the Preferences does not work, set
gtk-theme-name=Adwaita
and
gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=1
in
.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
.
Fix emojis
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Reason:
Are noto emojis hardcoded? Or is this simply a case of user not having installed an
emoji
font? (Discuss in
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The emojis is Gajim require the Noto font. You need to install
noto-fonts
and
noto-fonts-emoji
to fix this.
See also
Official Gajim Documentation