kicq v2.0.0
Denis V. Dmitrienko <denis@null.net>
Bill Soudan <soudan@kde.org>

Needs Qt 2.2.0, KDE 2.0+, icqlib 2.0.0+

DESCRIPTION
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kicq is an ICQ (I seek you) client, specifically designed for the KDE
desktop. kicq has a simple, clean interface very similar to the
original Windows ICQ client, and includes all of the most commonly
used ICQ features such as messaging, real-time chat, and file transfer.

kicq is beta code - use it at your own risk. It was developed under
the GPL without consent from AOL/Mirabilis. No reverse engineering or
decompilation of code was performed in order to create this program.

Features:
* messaging, both direct user-to-user and through the server
* chat and file transfer supported
* familiar interface, well integrated into the KDE desktop
* complete message history
* 'New ICQ User' registration window
* supports multiple ICQ accounts
* SOCKS5 proxy inline support
* configurable sound events
* cyrillic koi8-r - cp1251 recoding
* resizable dialogs and windows
* ICQ UDP v5 and ICQ TCP v2 protocols

DOWNLOAD
--------
Home page:
      http://kicq.sourceforge.net
Direct download:
      http://download.sourceforge.net/kicq/kicq-1.0.0.tar.gz
      ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/unstable/apps/network/kicq-1.0.0.tar.gz
Get icqlib here:
      http://download.sourceforge.net/icqlib/icqlib-1.0.0.tar.gz
      ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/unstable/apps/network/icqlib-1.0.0.tar.gz

INSTALL
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This is very basic:
      ./configure
      make
      su -c "make install"

If configure script can't find icqlib includes/libraries:
      ./configure --with-icq-includes=/path/to/icqlib/include
                  --with-icq-libs=/path/to/icqlib/lib
      make
      su -c "make install"

If you don't have root permissions you may install kicq in your home
directory like this:
1. Install icqlib
      ./configure --prefix=/home/user/icq
      make install
2. Install kicq
      ./configure --with-icq-includes=/home/user/icq/include
                  --with-icq-libs=/home/user/icq/lib
		  --exec-prefix=/home/user/icq
                  --datadir=/home/user/.kde/share
      make install
3. That's all! Find kicq in your Personal menu.

For more details read INSTALL file.

BUGS
----
- blocking gethostbyname() system call, try to use IP address
  instead of hostname (icq1.mirabilis.com = 204.91.243.41)

If you find one that isn't listed, submit your bugreport here:
http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=332
And if you have a fix for it, so much the better! Submit your patch
here:
http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=332

PARTICIPATION
-------------
You can participate in kicq project in any way here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kicq
Send your feature requests here:
http://sourceforge.net/support/?group_id=332

Please try to avoid abusing developers with direct email messages,
especially if your question could be already answered somewhere in
the project forums or mailing lists. Please use provided above web
forms to submit your reports and requests. And of course, any kind of
contributions and propositions are very appreciated and welcomed, and
could be sent directly. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

THANKS
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To
- Matthew Smith, Magnus Ihse, Jeremy Wise, Henrik Isaksson and other
  people from ICQDev <icq-devel@lists.realminfo.com> and
  micq <micq@phantom.iquest.net> mailing lists for their contribution
  in icq protocol research
- K Desktop Environment developers
- icqlib and kicq users

And finally
- Linus Torvalds, Alan Cox and other Linux programmers for great OS

--
Enjoy!
kicq development team.
