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Hans Freitag 2001 Andreas Kotes vchat-client &dhsection; vchat-clientthis is vchat-client, a GPLed (SSL) client for the vchat protocol. vchat-client -C configfile -l -z -s host -p port -c channel -n nickname -f from vchat-client connects to vchat chat system via ssl -C configfile load an alternative configuration file, overiding the parameters in the default config files. -C should be the first parameter, options set before this parameter can be overridden in the configfile. -l local connect (no SSL + connects localhost:2323) -z don't use certificate files -s host local connect (no SSL + connects localhost:2323) -p port set port (default 2325) -n nickname set nickname -f from set from (default "vc-alpha-0.15") -h prints out a help screen /etc/vchatrc and ~/.vchat/config are the default config files of vchat-client. A third config file can be given as command line Parameter. Hierachie of config files and Options. 1. /etc/vchatrc 2. ~/vchat/config 3. options set before -C option 4. options in the config file set with -C option 5. options set after -C option The config file syntax is "option=value"! it can be used to configure the behavior of vchat-client nick Sets the nickname (default is NULL) from Sets the from (default is "vc-alpha-0.15") host Sets the host to connect to (default is pulse.flatline.de) port Set the port (default 2325) ciphers Set ciphers ("HIGH:MEDIUM") certfile Set the certfile (default ~/.vchat/cert) keyfile Set the keyfile (default ~/.vchat/key) formatfile Set the formatfile (default ~/.vchat/formats) not impemented yet! usessl 1|0 default=1 usecert 1|0 default=1 usetime 1|0 default=1 messages set the heigth of the messages window default is 0 (no messages window) hscroll default=5 I don't know what this does, but I will know in future. maybe you want to tell me. channel number (default=0) privscrollb default=2048 scrollback default=8192 privscrollt default=0 scrolltime default=86400 Ctrl+J clear private window Ctrl+O clear channel window Ctrl+L redraw screen Ctrl+F scroll window up Ctrl+B scroll window down Ctrl+R change active scrolling window (see rightmost character of topic/console lines) Ctrl-T shrink private window size Ctrl-G grow private window size Ctrl+X toggle private window (pops up on private messages) TAB nick completion You can get the most recent version of vchat-client via CVS, e.g: $ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@pulse.flatline.de:/home/cvsroot login $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@pulse.flatline.de:/home/cvsroot co vchat-client (press return at password prompt) no autoconf yet, sorry. required libs: - openssl (0.9.6+ preferred) - readline (4.2+ preferred) - ncurses (5.2 preferred) please adjust the Makefile according to your need, then run 'make' to compile, 'make install' to install and ./vchat-client to start the binary. nope, I don't have any intention to use autoconf for this hack. run 'fakeroot make -f debian/rules binary' or 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot' to build a debian package from the source. The Makefile knows the targets "all, install, uninstall, clean" FILES: README - you're reading it. TODO - list of things to do vchat-client.c - main() and utility functions vchat-config.h - configuration defaults vchat-keygen - key generator with anon CA - server support required vchat-messages.h - server messages -- function correlation vchat-protocol.c - handling of server connection & messages vchat-ui.c - user-interface and readline handling vchat-user.c - userlist handling vchat.h - global structures and functions debian/ - the debian package build directory everything should be self-explantory, but please don't refrain to ask and/or give bug reports, feature requests, hints and tricks, etc etc .. Andreas Kotes count@flatline.de if you want to use an SSL certificate with the default configuration you need to put the key in ~/.vchat/key and the certificate in ~/.vchat/cert, both in PEM format. You can generate a key and a certificate by calling vchat-keygen, but the server you connect needs to know same anon CA provided by vchat-keygen, which currently isn't supported anywhere. to upload your certificate use nick-request.pl from the vchat-server source available at ftp://vchat.vaxbusters.org. Thisfor at least one of the admins has to be logged in. gcc (1), cvs (1). This manual page was written by Hans Freitag &dhemail; for vchat-client system. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.