[OTR-dev] Command-Line OTR Proxy?

Keith Beckman kbeckman at students.mcg.edu
Mon Feb 20 22:44:55 EST 2006


I've just installed OTR Proxy on Mac OS X 10.4.3, running on a  
PowerBook G4 500MHz. I've noted two things that would make it a much  
nicer program to run, in my opinion. The first is that the "quit"  
option doesn't work correctly. Rather than killing the proxy, it sits  
indefinitely with the file menu darkened and the proxy still running.  
It always requires a kill to shut the program down.

The second is that it would be really nice to have the proxy be  
executable as a command-line app. That way I could just launch it  
into the background from the terminal, maybe defining an alternate  
oscar server (since AOL has been known to change that), and perhaps  
an alternate .otrproxyrc file (which would be a nice, tidy way to  
house settings). It's just a thought, but I don't think it ought to  
be too difficult to implement. I'd give it a shot, but I've never  
actually worked with C before . . .

Thanks!
      Keith



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