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       Copyright (c) 2024 Elwynor Technologies

WHAT IS CHAT LOUNGE?

Chat Lounge is a simple teleconference which allows people to use aliases for total anonymity. It includes generic action ("ga" command) support.

USAGE

Enter the module, provide an alias, and chat! Everything you type goes out to everyone in the Chat Lounge.

COMMANDS

Type your message, and it goes out to everyone present. Just hitting enter will display a list of the aliases in the Chat Lounge. Typing help or /h will provide a short help text.

To send an action you can use the "ga" command, for example:

   ga is laughing out loud.

This would send the following message to all other users in the Chat Lounge:

    is laughing out loud.

SysOps can use a "scan" command to learn the identity of users, if necessary.

INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION

Simply unzip the archive to your BBS directory, add the module to your menu, configure the MSG file to your liking, and start the BBS! It's that easy!

MODULE HISTORY

Chat Lounge was written and developed by Mike Polzin of WilderLand Software. Elwynor Technologies acquired the module in 2004, and ported it to Worldgroup v3.2 in February 2006. In September 2024, it was ported to Major BBS V10.

LICENSE

This project is licensed under the AGPL v3. Additional terms apply to contributions and derivative projects. Please see the LICENSE file for more details.

CONTRIBUTING

We welcome contributions from the community. By contributing, you agree to the terms outlined in the CONTRIBUTING file.

CREATING A FORK

If you create an entirely new project based on this work, it must be licensed under the AGPL v3, assign all right, title, and interest, including all copyrights, in and to your fork to Rick Hadsall and Elwynor Technologies, and you must include the additional terms from the LICENSE file in your project's LICENSE file.

COMPILATION

This is a Worldgroup 3.2 / Major BBS v10 module. It's compiled using Borland C/C++ 5.0 for Worldgroup 3.2. If you have a working Worldgroup 3.2 development kit, a simple "make -f ELWCHT" should do it! For Major BBS v10, import this project folder in the isv/ subtree of Visual Studio 2022, right click the project name and choose build! When ready to build for "release", ensure you are building for release.

PACKING UP

The DIST folder includes all of the items that should be packaged up in a ELWCHT.ZIP. When unzipped in a Worldgroup 3.2 or Major BBS V10 installation folder, it "installs" the module.