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CLChatGUI for Windows.

Introduction'

Welcome to the "CLChatGUI", a full-featured GUI client to the "CLChatSystem" for `AmiTCP'.  The `CLChatSystem', which is originally part of the "Connectline" BBS package, provides a multi-server, IRC-like chat system with multiple channels, private messaging, operator privileges and more.

Within `Connectline', also online user and `Hydra' file transfer protocol chat user may join the chat.  See the `CLChatServer Documentation' for more information about `Connectline'.

Connecting to a Server

When started, `CLChatGUI' will prompt you for a server name and a port number to connect to.

If you are connected to a LAN, you should ask your network adminstrator for both server name and port number.

If you are connected to the Internet, you may try `pluribus.wupper.de' at port 5555, but be warned that the Internet link of this machine is temporary and generally down.  See the ARCnet section for a good choice of servers to connect to.

You must also specify a `Nickname' and your `Realname'.  The nickname is a kind of username used within the chat system.  It may be up to 15 byte long and must consist of letters, digits and the characters `.' and `_'. The realname is used for informational purposes only.

Note that the server may reject your connection attempt because the entered nickname is invalid or already in use by another chat user. Change your nick and retry the connection.

CLChatGUI will keep a history of the last five hosts you have connected to; you may simply select one of the hosts offered in the list box.

All these parameters are stored in the private CLChat.INI file in the windows directory and are directly available when you start CLChatGUI again. If you have selected Auto Connect, CLChatGUI will directly attempt a connection with the last used parameters on startup.

Usage

After connection, you are automatically joined to the channel MAIN. You send text to the chat server by simply entering it in the input gadget.  Commands are also send to the server by entering them in the input gadget.  You may want to use the `/HELP' command to learn about available server commands.

The status bar on top of the input gadget has three fields. The first displays your current nick name, the second the name of the channel you are on and the third the topic of the current channel.

Server Commands

Below is a list of normally available server commands. Don't forget to use the `/HELP' command to learn if your server supports a different command set. Many of the standard server commands are available via menu or the shortcut gadgets on top of the window.

/CHANNEL [name]	Join or create a channel

/INFO [name]	Show all or specific channel

/WHO	List users in channel

/USERS	List all users in chat

/USERS S	List all users in chat together with the servers they are on

/WHOIS nick	Show info about user

/MSG nick msg	Send private msg to nick

/NICK [nick]	View or change your nick

/ME msg	Send action string

/VERSION	Show server version

/SERVERS	Show other servers connected to your local server

Operator only commands:

/OP nick	Give operator state to nick

/DEOP nick	Remove operator state from nick

/TOPIC topic	Set topic of channel

/KICK nick reason	Kick nick out of channel

There are also special *Chat operator commands* which are not visible to the normal user or channel operator.  Use the `/HELP' command to obtain a list of chat operator commands directly from the server.

ARCnet

"ARCnet", the "Amiga Relay Chat Network", is a Internet based network of `CLChatServers' available for public usage. As the time of writing, the following servers were connected to the network:

ramiga.cts.com

will.achilles.net

online.via.nl

wizard.hip.cam.org

nverenin.extern.ucsd.edu

svcrppp27.epix.net

All servers run the `CLChatServer' on port 5555. Note that some of these servers are not available for 24h/day.

Copyright

The `CLChatSystem' (`CLChatServer', `CLChatD' , `CLChatLink' and `CLChatGUI') is (C) 1994-1995 Oliver Wagner, All Rights Reserved.

The package may be distributed freely as long as all files are distributed as a whole archive and are not modified in any way.

Please send bug-reports, suggestions and comments via E-Mail to

o.wagner@pluribus.wupper.de.

Updates are placed on `AmiNet'; they can also be downloaded via anonymous FTP directly from `pluribus.wupper.de'.  You can also check out anonymous FTP at the servers listed in the ARCnet reference if they have a better link to your host.