Pidgin Personal Bar Free Download [Win/Mac] This plugin adds a status bar at the top of your buddy list. It shows your display name and personal message. You can change your display name and personal message for multiple accounts. You can also hide the status bar in your buddy list. You need to install: Wine Installing Windows applications on Linux/Mac There are a few ways to do this. Winehq has a good page explaining the different options. The Wine website recommends using PlayOnLinux. If you want to run Windows applications on Mac: Double click the dmg file. Choose open. Click the drop down menu at the top left. Choose the application. There is also a Wine Calculator. Alternatively, I also prefer to use Winetricks and playonlinux. Download Winetricks Download the latest version from winetricks.org. Install Run winetricks for your version of Windows. Here are the steps: Double click winetricks.bat and follow the on screen instructions. Install Pidgin Personal Bar In the same directory as winetricks, run the following command. winetricks pidgin_personal_bar It will look like this: Installing Mac Applications on Linux/Mac There is no official Mac version of Wine. It looks like Wine is a first class citizen in Linux now. In other words, Wine should work on Linux without too much trouble. However, Wine is a bit different in Mac OS X. mac-winetricks mac-winetricks is a popular tool that allows you to install Windows applications on Mac OS X. Install There are two ways to do this. Download the latest version of mac-winetricks from sourceforge. Unzip the tar.gz file and use the script in the directory you unzipped the file to. For example: tar -xzvf mac-winetricks-latest.tar.gz ./mac-winetricks-latest Installing Wine Installing Wine is similar to installing programs in Linux. Download Wine from the Wine project. Run the downloaded file. You should see a screen similar to this: At this point you have everything you need. You can use the new application now. Using the New Application The first time you run winecfg Pidgin Personal Bar Pidgin Personal Bar is a plugin for the Pidgin instant messenger. It extends Pidgin to show your display name, personal message, and last status. It allows you to easily change your display name and personal message for multiple accounts. Installing: For version 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, and 0.9, go to the plugins directory for your version, and unpack the file PidginPersonalBar.tar.gz in it. For version 1.0, go to the plugins directory for your version, and unpack the file PidginPersonalBar1.0.tar.gz in it. Running: Start Pidgin, and go to the Pidgin menu and choose "Plugins". Choose "Pidgin Personal Bar". You may want to change the default size, the buffer, or the fonts for the display name or the personal message: Click the "Preferences" button, and choose "Preferences" from the right list. Choosing an Account: From the right list, select the account you want to use, and choose "Set display name/Message". You can also click on the "+" and choose multiple accounts. You may want to choose to have the display name or the personal message hidden: Click the "Hide status bar" check box. You may want to change the size of the display name or the personal message, or the font: Click the "Preferences" button, and choose "Preferences". From the right list, select the font you want, and choose "Set display name/Message font". You may want to change the color of the display name or the personal message: Click the "Preferences" button, and choose "Preferences". From the right list, select the color you want, and choose "Set display name/Message color". You may want to change the position of the display name and the personal message: Click the "Preferences" button, and choose "Preferences". From the right list, select the position you want for each box, and choose "Set display name/Message positions". Hiding the status bar: From the right list, select the check box "Hide status bar". You may want to change the height of the display name and the personal message: Click the "Pref 1a423ce670 Pidgin Personal Bar Activation Key PC - Pidgin Personal Bar (Karma Ace) has a special keybinding to open it. Mac - Pidgin Personal Bar can be controlled by the following key combinations: PC: Alt+C Mac: Ctrl+1 (Opens personal bar) Mac: Ctrl+3 (Hides personal bar) HOW TO USE: 1. Open the Preferences dialog. 2. Click on the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tab. 3. Open the "Menus" section. 4. Click on the "Keyboard" button. 5. In the "Keyboard" dialog, enter "PersonalBar" (without quotes) for the command, and press the "Add Shortcut" button. 6. In the "Shortcut Key" text box, enter "Alt+C" (without quotes) for the shortcut, and press the "Add" button. 7. Click on the "OK" button. 8. Click on the "Quit" button to close the "Keyboard" dialog. 9. To see the shortcut, click on the "PersonalBar" button. NOTE: 1. To hide or show the Personal Bar, click on the "PersonalBar" button. 2. To toggle Personal Bar visibility, click on the "PersonalBar" button. 3. To show a small menu at the top of your buddy list, click on the "PersonalBar Menu" button. 4. The sidebar will only appear if there are more than one account. 5. If the sidebar is visible, clicking on the "PersonalBar Menu" button will hide it. 6. The sidebar can be resized by dragging the right border. 7. You can resize the width of the sidebar by double-clicking on the right edge of the bar. 8. The Personal Bar can be resized by dragging the left edge. 9. You can move the Personal Bar to a different location by dragging the title bar. 10. You can show all messages by double-clicking on the middle of the bar. 11. The only message in the bar will be the message you set in the dialog. NICE TO HAVE: 1. To delete one of the accounts, select it, and click on the "Remove" button. 2. To have multiple personal messages, create multiple personal messages. What's New in the? System Requirements For Pidgin Personal Bar: Minimum: Requires a computer with a DirectX 9-compatible video card and Windows 7. We recommend: Requires a computer with a DirectX 11-compatible video card and Windows 7. Worst case scenario: Requires a DirectX 9-compatible video card, Windows 7 (SP1 or later), and high quality DXT textures. Minimum hardware specifications: Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 or later Processor: Any dual- or quad-core processor running at 2.6 GHz or faster
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