See http://www.jabber.org/ for detailed information about what Jabber is about. The basic idea however is that Jabber is bridging software - a definition of a client that can talk ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, IRC, MSN Messenger and other instant messaging protocols.
There are at least three attempts at a Tcl Jabber client:
What: Tkabber
Where: http://tkabber.jabber.ru/
Description: A very complete implementation of Jabber. According to
http://www.jabber.org/user/clientlist.php?Platform=Linux
it is the most complete version of Jabber for Linux.
Runs under other platforms too (it's pure Tcl/Tk).
Updated: 07/2004
Contact: http://lists.jabber.ru/mailman/listinfo/tkabber
What: Coccinella
Where: http://hem.fyristorg.com/matben/
Description: Tcl/Tk whiteboard, shared desktop, text chat with images, MP3, etc.
supporting plugins and compatible with Jabber.
Uses GPL licensing. Should run on most
Linux, MacOS, Windows, and other platforms with appropriate
Tcl/Tk extensions ported.
Currently at version 0.95.0 .
Updated: 04/2004
Contact: http://hem.fyristorg.com/matben/contact/contact.html
What: Tcl Jabber (defunct project)
Where: http://jabbertcl.sf.net/ - dead link
Description: At least two Tcl related Jabber software projects
were once hosted here - JabberLib is a Jabber Client Library
written in Tcl and zABBER is a Tcl/Tk Jabber client.
Updated: 06/2006
Contact: http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/tcl-dev - this link is dead too, and has no counterpart
on the current mailing-list server at http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfoThere is also a jabber library, JabberLib, that comes with Coccinella. I don't know if this is the same as with Tcl Jabber.
PT The jabberlib that comes with tkabber is a fork of an earlier version of jabberlib. There are some similarities between the two but the code has diverged quite a lot.
What: JabberLib
Where: http://hem.fyristorg.com/matben/development/jabberlib/index.html
Description: One of the core parts in the Coccinella is the
JabberLib, written in Tcl. In order to serve other Tcl
developers, it is downloadable here as a separate
archive. It's already included in the Coccinella
distribution. It hides all of the XML stuff that the
Jabber protocol uses. Some test files are included to
get you started. No docs available, except a brief
summary of commands in the prefix header of each
source file.
Included is also a patched TclXML package that is
needed for XML parsing in Tcl.
Updated: 06/2006
Contact: http://hem.fyristorg.com/matben/contact/index.htmlSee also Coccinella and Tkabber
Steps to connect to Tcler's Wiki chat with Jabber