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YAK - Winsock Personal Chat Program and Multi-Document Text Editor - Version 1.0 beta
=====================================================================================
Copyright ⌐ 1996 - Brian Bandy and Ben Smith. All Rights Reserved.
This program is protected by copyright law. Unauthorized reproduction or
distribution of this program, in whole or in part, is not permitted without the
expressed written permission of the authors.
Product Description and Features
=====================================================================================
Yak is a Winsock 1.1 compliant Personal Chat Program for use on any TCP/IP network,
including the Internet. Yak's main feature is to allow two or more individuals to
"chat" with each other over the Internet.
Yak can be extremely useful for several groups of computer users, including:
* Families which are separated by long distances. Yak can be used to save on long
distance phone charges. Most Internet connections are made via a local phone
call for a small, fixed monthly fee.
* Computer hobbyists and small software developers wanting to cooperate and
communicate over the Internet.
* People who enjoy chatting with other people over the Internet.
Yak allows you to establish remote connections with as many as 255 other Yak
users. Everything you type in your Local Broadcast Window is sent to every
remote user you are connected to. You can be connected to a single person for
a private session, or to several people for a "conference" chat.
Yak includes an address book which stores the names and IP addresses of those
you "Yak" with most often.
Yak includes a Notepad-like text editor which supports multiple documents.
You can now be working on a text file (or reviewing one) while online Yaking
with others. (This file was written using the Yak text editor feature!)
Yak supports full cut, copy, paste, and delete functionality ... even ONLINE!
You can cut, paste, and delete to/from any text window and the Local Broadcast
Window. So you can copy a segment from a text file and paste it right into your
conversation. You can copy from any window, including Remote Chat windows, and
then paste into any other window, or any other Windows program.
Yak supports full online editing of the Local Broadcast Window. You can move
or change anything in the Local Broadcast Window, even before the current line,
and your changes are immediately reflected on the remote end. You can even see
when a remote user is simply hi-lighting text in preparation for a cut/copy.
Yak supports a window "Snapshot" feature which allows you to select any window,
local, remote, or document, and make a "Snapshot," or duplicate, in a new Document
window. This makes it possible to instantly capture a copy of an entire remote
conversation for editing purposes, without having to stop Yaking.
Yak allows you to save your conversation windows to text files. Yak will also
let you print any window's contents.
Yak lets you select the font, colors, and tab stops of your choice for each
type of window. There are three window types in Yak: Local Broadcast,
Document, and Remote Chat Windows. Yak remembers these settings between
Yak sessions.
Yak performs Finger and Whois lookups. You no longer have to load a Finger
client along with your chat program to lookup the IPs of those you want to chat
with. Future versions of Yak will include a method of looking up Variable
IP addresses automatically! (See the "Future Enhancements..." section below.)
Yak allows you to transfer files to and from any connected remote user. Yak
will allow multiple files to be transferred simultaneously. Currently you
cannot specify *.* as your filename, but you can start a new file transfer
while another is in progress.
Yak offers an instant "Empty" of your Local Broadcast Window. When you press
<Esc> in the Local Broadcast Window, all text in the window is immediately
erased ... on both the Local AND Remote ends.
Yak includes an "Auto-Tile" feature which, when turned on, will automatically
retile all your windows, in your preference of Horizontal or Vertical
orientation, every time you open or close a Yak window. You can also select
a single menu option to close all open remote windows, all open document
windows, or all open windows of all types at once.
Yak Document windows offer a "word wrap" toggle.
Yak is extremely easy to install and use.
Yak is just as easy to uninstall and upgrade.
Yak consists of only one file, Yak.exe. Yak does not create any additional
files internally with the exception of text files you create using the text
editor. This means Yak won't hog your system's resources.
Files Included in Yak10b.zip
=====================================================================================
Yak.exe The actual Yak Winsock Personal Chat for Windows 95 program file
Readme.txt Documentation, installation, and release notes (This file)
Order.yak Registration order form
License.yak Shareware license agreement -- Read before using Yak
File_id.diz A description file for posting Yak on a BBS for distribution
Installation
=====================================================================================
A complete Yak installation consists of only one file, Yak.exe. Simply move this
file into any folder on your computer's hard drive.
Yak *requires* Windows 95 and an Internet connection using the Dial-up Networking
Services or a Direct Connection. If you try using Yak with any winsock stack
other than the one for Windows 95, we would love to hear if and how well it works.
If you have a variable IP address (one which changes each time you login to the
Internet), Yak may appear to "lock up" if you are not logged in before you run the
Yak.exe program. Don't panic, Yak is simply looking for your IP address and will
timeout and continue operation within a minute or two. This appears to be a
problem with the Windows 95 implementation of Winsock 1.1.
There are two ways around the above problem:
1) Make sure you're logged into the Internet before running Yak.exe.
Yak WILL find your IP if you're online, even if it's a "variable" IP.
2) If you use Dial-up Networking Services for your Internet access, you can turn
on the "AutoDial" feature in Windows 95's Internet Properties dialog.
A) Open the "Control Panel" in Windows 95.
B) Open the "Internet" control.
C) Select the "AutoDial" tab (1st tab in the dialog).
D) Check the "Use AutoDial" box.
From this point on, every time you run Yak without first logging into the
Internet, Windows 95 will prompt you to connect to your provider.
Yak supports several sound events. To set them, first run Yak.exe. Then,
select "Sounds" from the Windows 95 Control Panel and scroll down the list
until you find the "Yak" application heading. Due to copyright restrictions,
and to minimize the size of the Yak distribution file, default sound files are
not provided. Simply select from any sound files already on your system.
Uninstallation
=====================================================================================
A complete Yak installation consists of only three files, Yak.exe. Simply remove
this file from your system to uninstall Yak.
Note, however, that Yak stores all of its run-time "settings" in the Windows 95
Registry. You might want to remove these settings before deleting the Yak files
from your system. To remove these settings, do the following:
1) Run Yak.exe
2) Select "Forget ALL Settings..." from the "Options" menu
3) Click the "Yes" button in the dialog box to remove all registry settings for Yak
4) IMMEDIATELY close Yak!
5) Delete the Yak files
Many of Yak's internal settings are saved in the registry at the time you perform
an action altering them. For example, each time you move or resize the main Yak
application window, the new window coordinates are stored in the registry.
Therefore, to make sure all registry entries have been completely r