Chat for coding collaboration

[Andy Ray Terrel]

I guess by using GChat you really mean use PartyChat (
http://techwalla.googlepages.com/home )?  No google doesn't support
IMAP or POP with GChat.  There are some codes out there that do turn
any jabber server into emails but they don't seem very polished (
http://people.happycoders.org/dax/projects/jmc ).  I guess since most
people are into gchat I shouldn't go on about irc.

If you are going to use chat rooms I would also recommend getting to
know dpaste ( http://dpaste.com ) which I find invaluable when
debugging someone's code over a chat room.

-- Andy