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Short: v1.25a Personal Communicator like ICQ (MUI)
Uploader: hparting@hem.passagen.se (Håkan Parting)
Author: hparting@hem.passagen.se (Håkan Parting)
Type: comm/net
Version: 1.25a
Requires: dev/mui/MCC_NList0.89.lha
This version is for MC68020/Kickstart 3.0 and higher. A MC68000/kickstart 2.0
version may be found at http://surf.to/AmiComSys/
AmiComSys is a program that you use to communicate with other people on
a tcp/ip-net - e.g Internet. At the same time it make it easier to find
people's IP-addresses, for use with Internet games, and home pages.
It uses AMarquee.library by Jeremy Friesner & Håkan Parting for most of
it's network handling.
Now you can say "Hello!" to your friends on the net, or just see if they are
online.
You can:
* send text messages
* send chat requests
* send WEB-requests.
* transfer files.
* have a public realtime chat
* have a private realtime chat, with photos.
* check your Pagoo message box.
* advertise your homepage, ftp-site, IRC-server, ICQ id and own-made programs.
Future updates will include more.
Please put it in your WBStartup drawer and enjoy ...
Then it will automatically connect to the server when you connect to the Internet.
AmiComSys requires:
* amarquee.library v.49+ in LIBS:. It's included in the archive and will
be installed together with AmiComSys.
and Magic User Interface (MUI) version 3.8 or higher
(The third party packages below is most certainly already installed on your
Amiga. They are used by many other Internet programs, like for example YAM 2.)
* and NList.mcc by Gilles Masson, available at Aminet:dev/mui/MCC_NList0_87.lha
* and BetterString.mcc by Allan Odgaard. Included in the archive
(MUI/libs/BetterString.mcc). Does only work with Kickstart 3.0+. Normal
MUI-string-gadget is used under Kickstart 2.0
* and Toolbar.mcc by Benny Kjær Nielsen. Included in the archive
(MUI/libs/Toolbar.mcc). Does only work with Kickstart 3.0+/68020+. This is not
used in the Kickstart 2.0/68000 version.
* optionally you may also use NewString.mcc by Rüdiger Sopp. (found in
the Ibrowse-archive)
* or Textinput.mcc by Oliver Wagner (found at ftp://ftp.vapor.com/misc/textinput_13.xx.lzx)
(kickstart 3.0+)
Note that the above only apply if your friends is using AmiComSys,
and have an Amiga. AMarquee.library is ported to JAVA(tm) but AmiComSys is not.
Features:
* Send text messages.
* Includes a client list, which shows people which have logged in.
* Send WEB- or Chat-requests.
* Uses Magic User Interface (MUI).
* A message history buffer, which saves all the received messages.
* Logging
* Arexx interface
* File transmission.
* Public chat (HotLine)
* Private chat (PChat)
* Friendsbook.
* TAB- and ':'-nickname-expansion in chat-fields.
* Every window is iconifiable separately from the MUI-application.
* Send WWW, FTP, IRC -addresses to your WEB-browser, FTP-client respective
AmIRC.
* Optional string-gadget class. Choose from Betterstring.mcc, Newstring.cc
and Textinput.mcc
* Show all/Show only friends/Highlight friends.
* Check you Pagoo message box.
* See a photo of the one you are chating with.
* Hide you IP-address from others.
* Ignore users in HotLine, Client-List, PChat, SendFile & Messaging.
* May be put in the WBStartup drawer, and will then automatically
connect to the server when you are online.
* Fully configurable GUI with toolbars.
History changes:
1.25a (08.05.1999)
-----------------
BUGFIX:
Error in my copy of LibFreePooled() amiga.lib replacement.
Memory was not freed correctly on kick 3.0+ versions of Amiga OS :(
That bug probably has been in AmiComSys for a very long time, but until now
there haven't been any Enforcer hits caused by this AFAIK. So if your
copy of AmiComSys occasionally crashed with "Corrupt memory list detected in FreeMem"
at exit that shall be corrected now.
Removed the MessageAccess pattern matching field from the network
settings. It caused much trouble if it was incorrectly set.
NEW:
Free for chat status users now have a help bubble left to their entry
in the contact list. Only registered users sees this, like any other
status images, e.g. away and busy status. The file name of the "Free for chat"
status image is images/status_chat.
Added note in the help bubble for unregistered users on the message
ignore check box in the Ignore List.
1.25 (27.04.1999)
-----------------
NEW:
New default server is acs.hostile.cx
The message requesters now uses MUI instead of Gadtools. This means
that all AmiComSys's windows now have a similar layout. Those of you who like
the GadTools variant, that have been of use in AmiComSys since version 1.12 and
there fore is well tested, don't need to worry. You can switch between the
two variants by changing the option "Use MUI requester" on the Windows-page-Message
Requester-tab in the general settings.
SendFile will now ask if it shall overwrite an existing file or resume
transmission.
Suggested by Frederik Thiesen.
The SendFile now has two CPS-counters(kbytes/sec.).
Added Sound settings page. AmiComSys will now play sounds on several occasions.
Relayouted the main window. The toolbars are inside scrollers, that
disappear when they are not needed. The message text field is in a popup
window, which will open if you click the 'New' button.
The HideIP feature is now available for anyone, both registered and
unregistered users. I changed this to prevent people to find ip-addresses,
to flood, with AmiComSys. This feature is enabled by default. To turn it off go
to the network settings page.
Implemented Multi-Select in ClientList (so now it's possible to send normal
messages to a multiple number of clients).
Reworked Message History. Now the text is saved in the directory PROGDIR:mhistory
and pages is loaded dynamicly.
The result is much faster startup and exit of AmiComSys, offline, and closing of MH Window.
Thanks to David Hamilton for notifying me about the slow Message History.
The images were modified, so please reinstall them. The installer will do
it automatically for you.
The client list is cleared when the program goes offline.
The hotkey now only iconify the main window if it is in activated state.
The window will appear at the front if it's not already activated. Just press
the hot key again, while the window is activated to iconify it.
Added "Send Now!" to the requester that appear if the time interval between
message sending to the same user hasn't exceeded yet.
Removed 'Load as' menuitem from Message History.
The PChat chat lines are now also inserted to the Message History. You may
turn this off and on in the Windows-settings-Chat/PChat-tab.
When the two toolbar parts are merged into one they will be inserted in the
upper part of the group (if moved to the lower GUI area).
Changed the toolbar texts to smaller strings, to make the buttons smaller.
Added the "Super Ignore List"-button on the network-security-page in
the settings.
Messages over 500 character do no longer show up in the Message History in full.
You need to double click the text to get the full.
It seems like NList break messages after a new line character in the Message
History. For now, double click it to show all.
No need to set the Daylight Savings Time flag anymore in the settings. It's
now automatically updated according to the current time.
Added a list with addresses to AmiComSys servers in the network settings.
Removed beep on new message setting in Message Requester settings.
Changed 'chat' in the message type cycle button to 'IRC', which should
be more appropriate.
Added menu item "View/Toolbars". It hides or shows the toolbar(s).
Updated the Rexx/SendEmail.amicomsys script. AmiComSys now supports the
following mailers:
YAM 1.3.x, YAM2, AirMailPro v.3.2+, Eucalyptus, Iris and MicroDot2.
'Snapshotable requesters' added to the Windows->Message requesters settings
page. Normally AmiComSys would decide the size and position of the message
requesters. But if you aren't satisfied with message requester sizes that
AmiComSys decides maybe you should check this one. Then you are able to
snapshot the windows like any other MUI-window.
BUGFIXES:
Freed memory that were not allocated or NULL pointer while adding a