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Alicq
http://alicq.sourceforge.net/
INTRODUCTION
Alicq is pure Tcl/Tk implementation of ICQ client with flexible
modularized architecture, support for ICQv8 (ICQ2000/OSCAR) protocol,
and ability to pick up Licq configuration files and user database.
Why would you use it? It is small, about 2500 lines as of release
0.6. It is modular and extendable in best tradition of the Tcl
scripting language. New modules are easy to write, and dozen lines
Tcl module can do a lot. It is crossplatfrom: works on Unix, Windows,
Macintosh, and on any other system supported by Tcl/Tk.
FEATURES
* New ICQv8 (ICQ2000/OSCAR) TCP-based protocol that works better
than older UDP-based protocol versions
* Most functionality is divided into independent modules, which can
be included/excluded from config file
* New modules for extended functionality are easy to write
* Send and receive online and offline messages
* Receive URLs
* Send authorization on request
* Change personal info, get contact info, search ICQ whitepages
* Connect through HTTP proxy
* Look at MODULES section below to see features of available
modules
INSTALL
* Unix:
Make sure you have tcl, tk (8.3 or greater) and bwidget installed. To
connect through HTTP proxy with authorization, install tcllib. To
play sounds on incoming messages, install sox. To try experimental
OpenPGP encryption support, install GnuPG.
tar xzf alicq.tar.gz
cd alicq
./alicq.tcl
At that point it will parse your .licq/ (if you have one) and start
working. If you don't have Licq or want to configure Alicq, copy
alicqrc.example to ~/.alicqrc or ~/.alicq/alicqrc, and edit it to get
configuration you like. You can also use tools/convert.tcl to convert
your Licq contacts to Alicq format.
* Windows:
In Windows, you should get ActiveTcl installed (it includes bwidget),
and put configuration file with name alicq.cfg at %USERPROFILE%\alicq
or at Alicq starting directory. (%USERPOFILE% points to folder with
user settings in Windows NT/2000.)
* Macintosh:
No one tried yet.
INTERFACE
Alicq Main window shows your contact list in groups. To move user
from one group to another, drag-and-drop her to the target group's
title.
There are two menus available at the bottom of the Main Window, both
can be opened with F10 key. Icon menu on the left represents your
status: Online, Away, Do Not Disturb, Occupied, Free For Chat, Not
Available, Offline; in that order. Menu on the right allows to access
ICQ whitepages, add users and groups, and set interface options. To
quickly show and hide offline users, press Ctrl-O.
Double-click or press Enter on any user to open a User dialog, where
you can type and send messages to the user, and where messages from
the user are displayed. Following actions are available:
* click on 'Send' or press Ctrl-Enter to send message
* click on 'Cite' to quote previous message from this user
* click on 'History' to see past messages from that user
* click on 'Cancel' or press Esc to close User window
Right-click on a contact to open a context menu, where you can choose
to send special type of message (Authorization, URL, or SMS), change
your visibility to this user (Visible means that you are visible to
this user when you are in Invisible mode, Invisible means that you
are invisible to this user even when you are Online), view user info
and message history, rename or delete user from contact list.
Enjoy the simplicity!
MODULES
You can load and configure existing modules from config file, or
write your own (read modules-devel.txt to learn more about Alicq
modules development).
GUI modules:
* base.tcl: basic GUI module
* colorer.tcl: colorize incoming and outgoing messages
* sound.tcl: play sound on incoming messages
* url.tcl: highlight URLs and handles clicks on them
* whitepages.tcl: change personal info, get contact info, search
ICQ whitepages
* wmdock.tcl: primitive WindowMaker dock applet
Utility modules:
* encoding.tcl: automatic character set detection (based on user
locale settings) and translation
* licq.tcl: Licq configuration parser module allows to
automagically pick up Licq configuration and user database, write
Licq history files and Licq config files when contacts added or
moved between groups
* antispam.tcl: filter out messages that contain specified words,
from UINs not on your contact list
ADVANCED
You can play with running Alicq from the command line. Just feed the
commands like this:
echo "send alicq {set base::TimeFormat {%X}};exit"|wish
or this:
echo "send alicq {icq::SendMessage <UIN> hi};exit"|wish
where <UIN> should be replaced with numeric UIN of the recipient.
Remember that you can't change effect of module options that are not
traced in the program (look for 'trace variable' in the code).
You can also change appearance of Alicq with X resources. Just put
something like this into your .Xdefaults:
Alicq*geometry: 150x768-0+64
Alicq*Text.font: karev
Alicq*Entry.font: karev
and run xrdb to re-read the resource database. When you run Alicq
next time, it will show up in the long window on the right edge of
you desktop.
CONTACT
Author:
Ihar Viarheichyk <iverg@mail.ru> (ICQ UIN 47298730)
Contributors:
Dmitry Borodaenko <angdraug@debian.org>
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