// name      : kChat
// version   : 1.9b
// author    : Marcin Krzyzanowski <krzak@linux.net.pl>
// homepage  : http://krzak.linux.net.pl
// platform  : Java 1.1.x
// nick      : krzak
// IRCnet    : @#linuxnews
// LICENCE   : GPL

First of all, 
* Remember that java applets can connect only to the same host that he is served from.
* you need JRE or Java SDK
* you have to have open port 1979
* you have to have JAVA_HOME variable set correct to you java tree, in you system. 
    (ex. set JAVAHOME=c:\Program files\Javasoft\jdk)
* CLASSPATH have to be set. (ex. set CLASSPATH=c:\Program files\JavaSoft\jdk\jre\lib\rt.jar)

NOTE: If you are MS Windows user, you can have problem with scripts (.bat) , don't worry, 
it's because I dont use MS Windows right now. If you are Linux/Unix user you are lucky.



==Step-by-step installation.==

Unpack kChat
user@host#tar -xzf kChat1_9b.tar.gz

=Server
Package that you download contain compiled jar archive that is prepared to run by runServer.sh
Typical session:

user@host#cd kChat1_9b/
user@host#./runServer.sh
Running kChat please wait...
kChat Server Listen at port 1979

or by hand
user@host#/usr/local/jdk/bin/java -jar jars/kChatServer.jar etc/kChat.conf

Now you have working kChat server witch configuration from file etc/kChat.conf



=Applet
In "html" directory hou can find example starting php/jsp code. Most important is <applet> tag.

<applet archive = "./kChatApplet.jar"
    code     ="pl.net.linux.krzak.kchat.applet.kChatApplet"
    width="600" height="470"
    alt="Your browser understands the &lt;APPLET&gt; tag but isn't running the applet, for some reason.">
    <param name="login" value="youlogin">
    <param name="color" value="red">
 <!-- any other colour -->
    <param name="pass"  value="somepassword">
    <param name="chan"  value="somechannel">
    <param name="port"  value="1979">
    <param name="background"  value="">
    <param name="backgroundmoder"  value="">
</applet>

If you prepare you html file (ex. calling appletkchat.html) you have to:
1. Copy appletkchat.html to you web server
2. Copy jars/kChatApplet.jar into the same directory

Now it should working.


=Sac (since 2_0pre1)
It's experimental stand-alone java client, that can connect to kChatServer at any host.

user@host#./runSac.sh
Running kChatSac please wait...