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~Micq Ver 0.2a~ I know this is formated badly, sorry, I'm not a writer.
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July 4, 1998
This program and the author are in no way affiliated with Mirabilis.
This program is designed as a text mode unix ICQ since the only ICQ client that
will run on a unix box is the java version which is slow and resource intensive.
Ok this is a work in progress but I figure this might help people
now that there's some semblence of an UI.
Micq is an ICQ client for text mode unix that is not in any way supported
by Mirabilis. This was done for two reasons : I wanted to see if I could
and Mirabilis has been slow ( at best ) in releasing a unix port.
Download
ftp://micq.ml.org/pub/micq look for the newest directory.
Files can be downloaded seperately or in a tgz archive. It doesn't
make sense to download both as they're the same thing.
Compiling
A linux i386 binary is included on the ftp site. The program has been known
to compile on FreeBSD with no modifications at all. It will run under win32
(95, 98, NT) and a VC make file is included. It should run under pretty much
any UNIX. IT should compile on Amigas with a GNU developement environment.
Let me know how it handles.
To make micq type 'gmake' in the source directory. If it doesn't work email
me at mds1281@rit.edu.
Usage
Ok to run it type micq
It will ask for your uin and password. Two users are in the default contact
list. The two users are two different uin's I use. You can add more by editing
the ~/.micqrc file.
Ok if you successfully login then you can type
msg uin/message
-or-
msg nickname/messgae
this will send message to the user uin.
For multi-line messages leave the initial message blank. This will put you in
multi-line mode ( msg> ) Now type the message and when you're done enter . on
a line by itself to end the message. # on a line by itself cancels the message.
To exit just type quit or q and you will be logged off.
You can change your online status to NA or Away just like in the mirabilis
client. Type help to receive a list of modes you can change to.
To view info about all the people in your contact list type w. This
gives not only people in your list's information but also your current status
mode.
Passwords
If you don't want your password stored on disk edit the ~/.micqrc file and
remove the password line and you will be prompted to type it everytime Micq
starts.
Coding
Anyone who wants to add anything to this program or suggest features or
report bugs or bug fixes is welcome to do so. I'll try to incorporate the
stuff as soon as possible. If you don't want to give ma anything just leech
the code and do your own thing with it that's you choice. I won't stop you
unless you say that you made it or own it or anything stupid like that. Please
give me your improvments though so that development will go faster.
Linux Master
11290140 -- Micq
11300897 -- Java :(
mds1281@rit.edu