VyQChat v.0.2.2
(w)by Pawel Stolowski <yogin@linux.bydg.org>
Released under terms of GNU General Public License

1. Introduction

VyQChat is a real-time, text-based, serverless chat program dedicated to
LANs, that runs on Linux using Qt/X11 library. It is almost 100%
compatible with Vypress Chat(TM) for Windows. It allows you to chat with
friends on public or private channels, send and recieve messages etc.
The GUI is meant to be user-friendly and lets you to do most things with
mouse. There is also optional sound support.

2. Requirements

To compile this program you need:
gcc C++ compiler
make
Qt 3.x library (make sure you have developement package installed, too)

And optionally:
aRts library (only if you want aRts sound support)

VyQChat has been developed and tested under Slackware Linux. Current version
has been tested under Slackware 9.1 with gcc 3.3.2 and Qt 3.2.2.

3. Installation

After unpacking the sources somewhere type:
./configure
make
make install

And you should be done. If something goes wrong, make sure you got all
the needed stuff (see 2nd chapter -- requirements).

If you want aRts sound support, use ./configure --with-arts.

This is my first try with automake/autoconf, so if something fails and you
think it is a bug in configure or Makefile, please report it. The configure
script uses bnv_have_qt macro by Bastiaan N. Veelo. See aclocal.m4 for details.

4. Bugs

If you think you found a bug, please contact me: yogin@linux.bydg.org.
But first, read this README and TODO carefully and make sure it is
really a bug. Please don't send me any binary files without approval.

5. Known issues

Please keep in mind that VyQChat is not finished and polished yet (although
it is usable and I encourage you to give it a try). If you need something
more reliable, try echat (see below).

* Currently pasting large text from clipboard doesn't work correctly. It
  requires some more work, but it will be done soon.

* If using Arts, only 22050 Hz, mono wavs can be used for sound events. You
  can however play any kind of sound when using external command.

* IPX is not and won't be supported.

* Due to its design (no server needed, just using UDP packets on port
  8167) there is a limitation of one user per machine. Although it would
  be probably possible to workaround this on Linux, it would broke
  compatibility with Vypress Chat for Windows, so it doesn't make sense
  at all. If you need such functionality, look for some client-server
  based software.

* Settings are not saved when running VyQChat as root. This behaviour is
  intended and won't be changed.
  
* VypressChat protocol is not secure. If security is a point, use other
  software.

6. References

See http://www.vypress.com for original software as well as other clones,
including echat by Vasily Krysin (see THANKS file).

