Pidgin用多了难免感觉它的chat窗口单调乏味，正好前几天体验Ubuntu时随便用了下Empathy，觉得它的chat主题挺新鲜（其实也不新鲜，只是Pidgin用太多了）。查了查原来是借用了adium的现成主题包。本打算就此转投empathy怀抱，但它的qq经常连不上很让人烦，还是只能老老实实用回pidgin。不过受empathy启发，折腾了一番把pidgin的chat也用adium主题包装，chatting感觉提升不少哦！
上图看看效果先
图片上传到红联Linux系统教程频道中。
这是adium的Noteboard主题，聊天文字更新时还有动画效果哦，赞一个！下面是详细配置过程，俺的桌面系统是Fedora。
第一步、安装必须的library
Ubuntu下要装的libray名字是pidgin, libnotify-bin, libpurple-dev, pidgin-dev, libwebkit-dev, bzr，F12下则是libnotify,libnotify-devel,pidgin-libnotify, libpurple, libpurple-devel, pidgin-devel, pywebkitgtk, webkitgtk, webkitgtk-devel, bzr；
第二步、生成adium-install.sh文件
文件内容如下，看了看比较短小精悍，学习ing...
#!/bin/bash
# Adium theme AdiumMessageStyle installer for Empathy
# Originally Antono Vasiljev
# Licensed under the same terms as Empathy
# http://antono.info/en/165-install-adium-themes-to-empathy
# Changed by Vertlo Oraerk (did not work with directories containing spaces in the names)
# Changed by h!v from ubuntuforums to work with Pidgin+libwebkit and Notifications
# On Ubuntu you need to install libwebkit and libnotify-bin to get it working properly
# Further info on how to get working adium themes in Pidgin at http://www.webupd8.org/2009/05/pidgin-webkit-plugin-adium-conversation.html
# 02-12-2010 - Support for Adium 1.0 sound themes added. Hooha!
# Sound themes are supported in 2.6.x versions. If there's no file set for event, Pidgin falls to default sound file.
# IM
#Message Sent = send_im
#Message Received (New) = first_im_recv
#Message Received = im_recv
# Chat
#Message Sent = send_chat_msg - you send a message in a chat
#Message Received (Group Chat) = chat_msg_recv - someone else sends a message in a chat
#You Are Mentioned = nick_said - someone says your username in a chat
# Status
#Contact Signed On = login
#Contact Signed Off = logoff
#Contact Joins = join_chat - a person enters a chat
#Contact Leaves = left_chat - a person leaves a chat
types[0]="<key>Message Sent</key>"
types[1]="<key>Message Received (New)</key>"
types[2]="<key>Message Received</key>"
types[3]="<key>Message Sent</key>"
types[4]="<key>Message Received (Group Chat)</key>"
types[5]="<key>You Are Mentioned</key>"
types[6]="<key>Contact Signed On</key>"
types[7]="<key>Contact Signed Off</key>"
types[8]="<key>Contact Joins</key>"
types[9]="<key>Contact Leaves</key>"
events[0]="im_sent"
events[1]="first_im_recv"
events[2]="im_recv"
events[3]="send_chat_msg"
events[4]="chat_msg_rec"
events[5]="nick_said"
events[6]="login"
events[7]="logoff"
events[8]="join_chat"
events[9]="left_chat"
# Creating a file
if [ -z $1 ]
then
echo
echo "Usage:"
echo "`basename $0` adiumxtra://some.url.here/extra"
echo
exit 1
else
TMPDIR=`mktemp -d`
XTRAURL=`echo $1 | sed -e "s/^adiumxtra:/http:/"`
DEST="$HOME/.purple/message_styles/"
if [ ! -d $DEST ]
then
mkdir -v -p $DEST
fi
cd $TMPDIR
notify-send "File this" \ "for Adium to be seems" --icon=pidgin
wget --no-verbose -O xtra.zip $XTRAURL
unzip -qq xtra.zip
ls -d ./*.AdiumMessageStyle/ > themes_to_copy.lst
ls -d ./*.AdiumSoundset/ > sound.lst
num_bytes=`wc -c themes_to_copy.lst | sed 's# themes_to_copy.lst##'`
sound=`wc -c sound.lst | sed 's# sound.lst##'`
NAME=`cat themes_to_copy.lst | cut -f 2 --delimiter='.' | cut -f 2 --delimiter='/'`
NAME_S=`cat sound.lst | cut -f 2 --delimiter='.' | cut -f 2 --delimiter='/'`
if [ $num_bytes = 0 ]
then
if [ $sound = 0 ]
then
notify-send "All here I found" \ "gibberish was" --icon=pidgin
else
while read line_
do
if [ ! -d $line_/Sounds.plist ]
then
notify-send "Found I theme" \ " $NAME_S " --icon=pidgin
DEST="$HOME/.purple/themes/$NAME_S/purple/sound/"
if [ ! -d $DEST ]
then
mkdir -v -p $DEST
fi
# Creating a file
touch theme.xml
echo -e "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?> ">> $line_/theme.xml
echo -e "<theme type=\"sound\" name=\"$NAME_S\">" >> $line_/theme.xml
while read line
do
if [ "$line" = "<key>Info</key>" ]
then
read line
inf=`echo $line | sed -e "s/<string>//" | sed -e "s/<\/string>//"`
echo -e "\t<description>$inf</description>" >> $line_/theme.xml
fi
for ((j=0; j<=9; j++))
do
if [ "$line" = "${types[j]}" ]
then
read line
file=`echo $line | sed -e "s/<string>//" | sed -e "s/<\/string>//"`
echo -e "\t<event name=\"${events[j]}\" file=\"$file\"/>" >> $line_/theme.xml
fi
done
done < $line_/Sounds.plist
echo -e "</theme>" >> $line_/theme.xml
echo cp -r \'$line_\'* $DEST | sh
else
notify-send "Use I force could" \ "none effect, that made" --icon=pidgin
fi
done < sound.lst
fi
else
while read line
do
echo cp -r \'$line\' "$DEST" | sh
done < themes_to_copy.lst
echo
notify-send "Installed I" \ " $NAME for you " --icon=pidgin
fi
rm -r xtra.zip
rm -r $TMPDIR
fi
exit 0
第三步、配置应用关联
假设adium-install.sh已放在/home/<username>/下，执行下列命令
[localhost ~]$ cd /home/<username>
[localhost ~]$ chmod 755 adium-install.sh
[localhost ~]$ gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/adiumxtra/command "/home/<username>/adium-install.sh %s"
[localhost ~]$ gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/adiumxtra/enabled true
[localhost ~]$ gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/adiumxtra/needs_terminal false
第四步、安装pidgin-webkit plugin with karmic fixes
终端中执行下列命令
[localhost ~]$ cd /home/<username>
[localhost ~]$ bzr branch lp:~spoidar/pidgin-webkit/karmic-fixes
[localhost ~]$ cd karmic-fixes
[localhost ~]$ make
如成功make，在/home/<username>/karmic-fixes/中会有webkit.so这个文件，copy此文件到/home/<username>/.purple/plugins目录下。
第五步、下载安装adium的主题
从http://www.adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=search&cat_id=5 下载adium 主题。如果此前的adium-install.sh配置正确，当点击主题页面中的“Install”后，该脚本会自动下载主题并安装到/home/<username>/.purple/message_styles中（notification area还会有相应提示），当然也可以自己下载主题后解压到message_styles目录。
第六步、在Pidgin中配置webkit插件
最后，在pidgin的Tools > Plugins中，选中 "Webkit message styles"插件，点击“Configure plugin”选择已下载的主题，大功告成！