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As described in a previous section (the section called Roster), the roster is the central point of Gabber. Several functions are provided for managing the users in the roster.
As noted in the section called Status for Roster Items, to keep track of a user's presence, a subscription request must be sent and approved. When adding a user, Gabber automatically sends a subscription request to the user being added. To manually send a subscription request, select Re-request Subscription from the User Context Menu (see the section called User Context Menu).
On the receiving end of a subscription request, Gabber displays the Subscription Request dialog (displayed in Figure 11). This dialog also allows the user to add the sender to the roster and to rename the nickname used for the user (to be displayed throughout Gabber). After changing the customizable information, simply approve or deny the request by clicking Yes or No.
To add a user, simply load the Add User druid by selecting Add User... from the Roster menu or the first icon on the toolbar. The Add User druid will step through the entire process of adding a new user. If the new user's address is not known, the druid allows for searching through several Jabber user databases to find the user. Directions are provided through every step of the process.
The Edit User dialog (loaded from User Context Menu, Edit User...), displays a dialog for editing and viewing user information (nickname, groups, client information, etc.).
The General Info, Personal Info and Address tabs provides current vCard information (full name, email address, address, web site, etc.) about a user. This information is submitted through the user's client. Gabber provides editing of vCard information from the My User Information dialog. The value of the Nickname field is used for display in the roster and in messages.
With the Groups tab, user's can be easily added and removed from groups. The centerpoint of the tab is a list of the groups that the user is currently included in. The Add to Group... button loads a simple dialog to add the user to a group. The Remove from Group button removes the user from the currently selected group. Figure 13 shows a sample Groups tab.
To add a user to a specific group, simply click on Add to Group... to load the Add User to a Group dialog (as shown in Figure 14). The dialog box shows existing groups that the user can be added to as well as provides a text dialog for inserting a new group. To add the user to an existing group, select the group name from the list and click Add to Group. The group will now be listed in the Groups tab of the Edit User dialog. To add the user to another group, simply click the Add to Group... button again and select another group. The Edit User dialog also allows a new group to be added to add the user to. Simply type the new name in the Group Name: text box on the click Add to Group on the Add User to a Group dialog.
To remove a user from a group, simply select the group in the Current Groups list on the Groups tab and click Remove from Group. The user will be removed from the group after the User Info dialog is closed. If no other users exist within a group, the group will be automatically removed from the roster. If the user has no other groups to be shown in, they will appear in the Unfiled group.
The Client Info tab shows information queried from the user's client application. If no information is shown or if the fields are blank, the user's client does not support that type of query.
To delete a user from the roster, simply right click on the user and select Delete User from the User Context Menu (see the section called User Context Menu).
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