LICQ For OpenServer Released
Dave Richards
I'm pleased to announce that after a LONG road, I have been able to
coordinate with the programmer
of LICQ a port of his program to SCO Openserver. LICQ is an ICQ clone
for Xwindows. Currently, the
only way to run ICQ on Openserver was to use the Java version. This
program was sluggish, and
buggy and there was no way to roll this out to Network
Computer/Xterminal users because it used up
way too much memory. The memory footprint of LICQ is VERY small.
I have placed the binary files, and a small install script at:
http://www.largo.com/skunkware/
Log into your system once it is installed, and run licq (It's in
/usr/local/bin), and it will ask you for your ICQ name and number
and password and then the Xwindows binary will run. It places
everything into a subdirectory called .licq
in the home directory of the user running the program. Therefore, this
will roll out to multiple users correctly.
I will continue to do builds on LICQ as new releases come out and place
them in the same place. This
program will not run correctly on Unixware, but I am getting close on
that port as well.
I will not support the program obviously, but if you get it working and
find it to be 'kewl', drop me a line
and let me know that you like it. It took nearly a year of trying the
various clones to get one that works
correctly.
Dave
Jean-Pierre Radley
Uh, why not submit them to SCO for inclusion on the next SkunkWare
release? Drop Ron Record (r...@sco.com) for details on the Skunkware
mailing lists.
--
Jean-Pierre Radley <j...@jpr.com> XC/XT Custodian Sysop, CompuServe SCOForum
Ben Rosenthal
is a person supposed to know?
Ben Rosenthal
bcr...@ibm.net
Dave Richards wrote:
> All-
>
> I'm pleased to announce that after a LONG road, I have been able to
> coordinate with the programmer
> of LICQ a port of his program to SCO Openserver. LICQ is an ICQ clone
> for Xwindows. Currently, the
> only way to run ICQ on Openserver was to use the Java version. This
> program was sluggish, and
> buggy and there was no way to roll this out to Network
> Computer/Xterminal users because it used up
> way too much memory. The memory footprint of LICQ is VERY small.
>
> I have placed the binary files, and a small install script at:
>
> http://www.largo.com/skunkware/
>
Tony Lawrence
>
> Could you post a small description of what this software is used for? How
> is a person supposed to know?
http://www.icq.com/products/whatisicq.html
--
Tony Lawrence (to...@aplawrence.com)
SCO ACE
SCO articles, help, book reviews: http://www.aplawrence.com
John Temples
Dave Richards <dric...@largo.com> wrote:
> I'm pleased to announce that after a LONG road, I have been able to
>coordinate with the programmer
>of LICQ a port of his program to SCO Openserver.
Have your patches been rolled back into the original distribution?
--
John W. Temples, III
Roger Oberholtzer
distribution is a binary, right?
Dave Richards wrote:
>
> All-
>
> I'm pleased to announce that after a LONG road, I have been able to
> coordinate with the programmer
Dave Richards
Here is the original project home page (including complete information
and screen shots):
Regarding inclusion in the "real" Skunkware:
* I got the build to Ron Record as soon as it compiled cleanly. Because
of the overwhelming
workload he has, he hasn't been able to roll it out yet. This also
has become kind of my
'pet project' for now and I will get new builds out right when they
are finished.
Regarding "What it is":
* LICQ is an ICQ clone for instant messaging to other people. It is
similar to the AOL
buddy list but has a lot more features. After you add someone to
your LICQ list you
can see when they log onto the ICQ server and send them messages.
LICQ let's you
define sounds to play when you receive a message. There are 35
million ICQ numbers
that have been given out, it's widely used.
Regarding "Patches rolled to original distribution":
* Yes. I have been letting the programmer log directly into the
systems and make changes,
and I have been sending him ideas and patches as I find them. I have
been changing some
of the ksh scripts to work with OpenServer as well and getting those
back to him.
Regarding "Unixware Port":
* It finally compiled on Unixware about 2 days ago, but has some serious
bugs. Apparently, Unixware
and OpenServer handle directory and file reading a bit differently,
and it's bombing when you try to modify
the default options. It goes to the disk, and appears to loop and
consume memory until you hit MAXUMEM.
If anyone wants the Unixware binary as it stands now, write me
directly and Ill send it to you--though it's
only barely usable. I have emailed the programmer the bugs and we
are working on them.
Drop me a line "dric...@largo.com" if it works out for you.
Dave
John Temples
Bill Walker <b...@cs3.ecok.EDU> wrote:
> Umm. I read the install script, and unless I am missing something,
> it leaves the binary mode 777, among other things. I think I'll wait.
This version compiles cleanly on OSR5; just roll your own.