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[ AimCik v0.8 User Manual ]
[ Legal stuff ]
Palpa, the original developer of the country Hungary, has officially signed
over AimCik and all of its source code/resources to CyberBrain Computing
©1999-2000. We are the sole developers for AimCik and Palpa no longer has
anything to do with AimCik.
ANY SOURCE CODE that was priorly released, may NOT BE USED without direct
permission from Neil A. Palumbo/CyberBrain Computing at
amiaim@cyberbraincomputing.com. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
This software is freeware. That means you don't have to pay money to use full
functionality of this software.
You may FREELY distribute this software, but you may NEVER upload it to a
public ftp site, like AmiNet, etc. The only way of getting the latest version
is downloading it from cyberbraincomputing.com/AmiAIM.
We at CyberBrain Computing reject any liability or responsibility for damages
or loss of data directly or indirectly caused by this software!
[ Introduction ]
AmiAIM is the one and only AIM (America Online's Instant Messenger) client
for AmigaOS 3.xx. There are a lot of people using AIM, and it has been
available since March 1999 for the Amiga. We hope it'll be useful for you in
its beginning stages of development and continuing development through the
year 2000.
[ Requirements ]
* Will not work with Amiga OS 1.xx
* Tested but not guaranteed with Amiga OS 2.xx
* Needs AmigaOS 3.xx or higher
* Miami 3.xx or higher
* MUI 3.8 or higher
* NList.mcc
* An AIM account ( http://www.aol.com/aim )
[ Contents ]
Installation is very straight-forward. An install script will be released in
the next beta release. Just copy the contents, for now,of the archive to
wherever-you-like.
The files in the archive are:
* AmiAIM : Program.
* Manual : This document.
* History : New Features of all Aimcik versions, plus recent bugs.
* amiaim.cfg : Configuration file.
* buddies.cfg : Your buddy list.
* sounds/ : Sound samples for alerts.
* rexx/ : Rexx script(s) for Aimcik. (NEW)
* libs/ : .library
[ Installation ]
Installation is very straight-forward. An install script will be released in
a near beta release. Just copy the contents, for now, of the archive to
wherever-you-like. A Rexx directory is to be created within the directory
where you place AmiAIM.
*Quickstart Install*
Start AmiAIM from shell or Workbench. Since this is your first time, a
preferences requester appears and asks your account information. Type
your screenname and password which you have taken from http://www.aol.com/aim
Click the 'Save' button to save your account information.
When main window appears, click the 'Add Buddy' button, then type one of your
friend's screenname or nickname that they use on AOL. You can add unlimited
number of buddies. You can select 'Save Buddy List' from menu to save your
list of nicknames.
Now click 'Online' button. Wait until 'You are NOW Online!' message appears.
If you see a '+' mark in front of a buddy name, that buddy is online now,
and you can send messages to him (or her).
Chat is simple. Just click on the buddy name which you want to send a message,
and type your message in the string gadget, then press return key.
Double-click on a buddy name brings a new window for that buddy.
Click 'Online' button again to log off from AIM server.
You can change sound alerts from 'sounds' page of preferences window. Since
AmiAIM uses datatype.library for playing, they can be any file format (wav,
au, aiff, iff...) as long as its datatype is installed.
[ FAQ ]
* What does "AmiAIM mean?
The Aim means AOL Instant Messenger and, of course, the Ami means Amiga :)
* Does it work on UAE ?
No it doesn't! Use serial emulation + Miami instead of the buggy bsdsocket
emulation.
[ Arexx Commands ]
LOGIN
LOGOFF
SENDIM screenname/A message/A
WHOAMI
BUDDY
ADDBUDDY screenname/A
SAYREXX message/A
ISONLINE
[ Todo List ]
(not in this order)
* cleaner source code
* amigaguide documentation
* better documentation
* away/back modes
* buddylist save requester on exit
* message history
* improved html parser
* more arexx commands
* importing/exporting orginal aim config files
* using treelist.mcc instead of nlist.mcc for buddy list
* working 'save buffer' option in all windows
* and all the other IBM functions, but not right away :)
[ Acknowledgements ]
A BIG Thank You to:
* Palpa for releasing development to CyberBrain Computing
* All users of AimCik, for sticking with us in AmiAIM
* All beta-testers for AmiAIM
* Timothy La Forest for Amiga Development with CyberBrain Computing
[ Author ]
CyberBrain Computing ©1999-2000
WebSite : http://cyberbraincomputing.com/amiaim
Support : amiaim@cyberbraincomputing.com
Bug Reports : aimbugs@cyberbraincomputing.com
former developer Palpa ©1999
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