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The ofono section was a bit too prominent in the README considering that it's not actively developed. The section was moved to its own file.
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Calls
A phone dialer and call handler.
License
Calls is licensed under the GPLv3+.
Dependencies
To build Calls you need to first install the build-deps defined by the debian/control file
If you are running a Debian based distribution, you can easily install all those the dependencies making use of the following command
sudo apt-get build-dep .
Building
We use the meson and thereby Ninja. The quickest way to get going is to do the following:
meson . _build
ninja -C _build
ninja -C _build install
If you don't want to pollute your filesystem please be aware, that you can also
use --prefix=~/install.
Build the documentation
If you want to build the documentation you have to configure the meson project
with -Ggtk_doc=true
meson . _build -Dgtk_doc=true
ninja -C _build
ninja -C _build calls-doc
Running
Calls has a variety of backends. The default backend is "mm", which utilises ModemManager. To choose a different backend, use the -p command-line option. For example, to run with the dummy backend and some useful debugging output:
export G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all
/usr/local/bin/gnome-calls -p dummy
If using ModemManager, Calls will wait for ModemManager to appear on D-Bus and then wait for usable modems to appear. The UI will be inactive and display a status message until a usable modem appears.
Running from the build directory
You can run calls without having to install it by executing the run script in
the build folder, i.e. _build/run. This script will setup the needed environment
and start Calls.
Call provider backends
Call provider backends are compiled as plugins and can be loaded and unloaded at runtime
using the -p command line flag, followed by the plugin name.
Setting the CALLS_PLUGIN_DIR environment variable will include the specified
directory in the plugin search path. F.e.
export CALLS_PLUGIN_DIR=_build/plugins/
/usr/local/bin/gnome-calls -p dummy
oFono
This plugin is not in active development anymore, so your mileage may vary. See here for more information.