Text messaging is a common feature of practically all communications
protocols. In Telepathy it is done using
text channels.
See Section 6.5 ― Text Channels for a description of how to set
up a text channel.
Telepathy provides two APIs for text messaging. The preferred API is the
new Messages interface, which
provides for rich-text messages, attachments and other messaging
capabilities.
The second API is the simple
interface. This API only supports plain text messages, and no
advanced features like attachments and may be deprecated in the future.
Some connection managers do not currently support
Messages. If your client needs to be
compatible with older connection managers, it is advisable to implement
both interfaces.
