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author | Dan Winship <danw@src.gnome.org> | 2004-08-26 17:26:04 +0000 |
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committer | Dan Winship <danw@src.gnome.org> | 2004-08-26 17:26:04 +0000 |
commit | b5514a0dc7852f2c8696bd21279b97ce631cd820 (patch) | |
tree | 7d105c1af54cc72c9d97e8213ce3555d2defe9ba /README | |
parent | afd1b9daee050c8f127b0a747c336327d1f46e6c (diff) | |
download | libsoup-b5514a0dc7852f2c8696bd21279b97ce631cd820.tar.gz |
Update this to reflect the last 2 years.
* AUTHORS: Update this to reflect the last 2 years.
* NEWS: Brief summary of 1.99.x -> 2.2 changes
* README, TODO: Updates
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@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Soup is an HTTP library implementation in C. It was originally part of -a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation, but most of the -SOAP code has since been removed. +a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation, but the SOAP +code was later removed (and then later partially reimplemented...) -Soup uses the Glib main loop and is designed to work well with GTK -applications. This enables GNOME applications to access HTTP servers -on the network in a completely asynchronous fashion, very similar to -the Gtk+ programming model (a synchronous operation mode is also -supported for those who want it). +Soup uses GObjects and the glib main loop, and is designed to work +well with Gtk/GNOME applications. This enables GNOME applications to +access HTTP servers on the network in a completely asynchronous +fashion, very similar to the Gtk+ programming model (a synchronous +operation mode is also supported for those who want it). Soup also contains code to implement an HTTP/1.1 server. @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ Features: * Client support for Digest, NTLM, and Basic authentication * Server support for Digest and Basic authentication +See the test programs in tests/ for simple examples of how to use the +code, or evolution-data-server and evolution-exchange for more +complicated examples. + + To subscribe to the Soup discussion list, send mail with the word "Subscribe" in the message body to soup-list-request@ximian.com. |