howto.icq

AndyChat 是一种用Perl 来编写的多协议的控制台聊天程序。它的目的在于提供一种共同的控制台界面

Section 1.1 - Raw ICQ Support (work not begun!)
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This will probably not happen.  Raw ICQ support would have used the Net::ICQ
module which is no longer in development, and I don't have the time to devote
into learning the ICQ protocol (all 7 versions of it).  The RMS plug-in for
Licq seems to be the best way to go about using ICQ in AndyChat.

Section 1.2 - The Licq RMS Plug-in (work not begun!)
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This is a very exciting feature which will hopefully evolve dramatically over
the next few months.  By using the RMS plug-in for Licq (which is in CVS just
incase you're looking for it :P), you can use AndyChat from *anywhere*
(providing of course you have set appropriate port access to your Licq) to
access your home Licq userlist and all user info WITHOUT having *any* data
stored on the client machine.

This means if you were in a net cafe for example which ran AndyChat (although
this is will never happen), you could just type:

/ICQ RMS <my.home.ip> <my.rms.port> <uin> <password>

And you will be connected to your Licq at home and have your ICQ users and
everything appearing in AndyChat.  All history will be complete too.  The best
thing is, nothing is stored on the client computer (besides AndyChat itself),
so all your history, users, etc stay at home!  And all your messages, files etc
get sent from home.

Section 1.3 - The Licq Parser (work on hold)
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The Licq-Parser is very dodgy and should be avoided.

It is only for experimenting some of the preliminary ICQ functions in AndyChat.

If you do want to play with it, here is what you have to do:

(in your AndyChat directory)

% mkfifo licq-parser

Now edit your andychat.ini and make sure you have the following options:

new_licq_usersconf=/home/myhome/.licq/users.conf
new_licq_basedir=/home/myhome/.licq
new_licq_bin=/usr/local/bin/licq
new_licq_fifo=/home/myhome/.licq/licq_fifo

You shouldn't be running Licq at this time btw :)

Now, you have to be running the X server (unless you want to use another
plug-in for stuff).  I used to qt-gui, so I had to do:

% export DISPLAY=:0

(X server on current box)

Now, just run AndyChat (perl schpati000.pl) and type:

/icq parse [uin]

And it should (hopefully) load up Licq and stuff, and generate a user's 
online list on your right, and result status changes correctly.

You can also /msg <uin> <message> :)

Oh, and as a bonus, nick completion actually turns their nick into their
UIN :)

Anyhow, as I say, this is experimental, and unuseable :)  A proper
interface to Licq will be provided very very very soon though :)

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Andrew Macks <[e-mail]>
Sun Jul 21 03:55:35 EST 2002