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Jacobo221 at 12:37, 7 December 2005

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Jacobo221: =Miscellaneous=

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=Miscellaneous=

Jacobo221 at 01:29, 7 December 2005

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−	~~== Version ==~~
−	~~Created by Jacobo221 on 07.12.05 at 00:53<br>~~
−	~~Updated by Vollstrecker on 23.01.08 at 14:46~~

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 == Description ==
 The Messages window allows you to talk with other ed2k and Kad netowork users. It also provide an easy way to keep a list of friends on the network to easily contact and share files.
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 == Usage ==
 We must understand that the Messages window has two different purposes:
 *Keeping a list of friends
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 === Friends list ===
 The Friends list is located to the left of the window:
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 ==== Add a friend ====
 You may want to add a friend to the friends list. If so, right click on the list and select '''Add a friend'''.
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 http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages24.jpg
-Here you must fill the first two fields ([[IP]] and [[port]]) with the IP and port (the client's standard TCP port, usually ''4662'') of the client you want to add as a friend.
+Here you must fill the first two fields ([[IP address|IP]] and [[port]]) with the IP and port (the client's standard TCP port, usually ''4662'') of the client you want to add as a friend.
 Additionally you may want to enter the cleint's [[username]]. This will be useful while the client isn't conntacted since it will be displayed in the list with that username instead of the IP address. Once the client is reached, hte displayed name will be replaced with the username the client is really using.
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 ==== Remove friend ====
 If you select a friend, right-click over it and select the '''Remove Friend''' item you will remove that client from your friends list.
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 ==== Send message ====
 There are two ways to send a message.
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 ==== Show details ====
 If you select a friend, right-click over it and select the '''Show Details''' you will be able to see the [[Usage client details|client details]] of that client.
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 ==== View files ====
 By selecting a friend, right-clicking over it and selecting '''View Files''' you can request that client (friend) to give a list of the files it is sharing.
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 ==== Establish a friend slot ====
 You have a very powerfull option which only friends are able to be given: establishing an [[friend slot|upload slot (friend slot)]].
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 === Messaging ===
 If you have sent a message or started a chat dialog with a client or friend you will want to look at the messaging dialog.
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 ==== Chatting ====
 Once a chat has began, a chat tab will appear:
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 ==== Close a conversation ====
 To stop an active search just click on the '''Close''' button (or close the active tab as explained later in this article):
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 ==== Tabs ====
 ===== Main descriptions and usage =====
 Whenever you start a chat a tab is displayed:
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 ===== Close a tab =====
 When passing the mouse over the friend icon in the tab, the icon will become an 'X' button, which allows you to close the tab by clicking it.
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 ===== Scroll tabs =====
 When there are enough openned tabs not to fit in the window you will be able to scroll through the tabs by using the two arrows displayed to the right and left  of the tabs.
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 ===== Tabs extended options (right-click) menu =====
 By right clicking on a tab you get a menu like this:
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 ==== Detecting incoming messages ====
 If you are not expecting a message or you are not viewing the Messages window, you may still notice when new messages arrive. You have two ways to notice:
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 == Miscellaneous ==
 Even if you are only connected to the ed2k network and the other client is only connected to the Kad network, you will still be able to talk. An viceversa. Even if you aren't connected to any network at all!
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 == Overview ==
 {|
 |+ Messages window
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 |}
-<center>[[Usage aMule|Back to Index]]</center>
+== Version ==

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-|+ Tab options
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-| '''Number''' || '''''Description'''''
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-| 1 || ''Close the selected tab''
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-| 2 || ''Close all tabs''
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-| 3 || ''Close all tabs except the selected one''
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 <center>[[Usage aMule|Back to Index]]</center>

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 http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages24.jpg
-Here you must fill the first two fields ([[IP]] and [[port]]) with the IP and port (the main TCP port) of the client you want to add as a friend.
+Here you must fill the first two fields ([[IP]] and [[port]]) with the IP and port (the client's standard TCP port, usually ''4662'') of the client you want to add as a friend.
 Additionally you may want to enter the cleint's [[username]]. This will be useful while the client isn't conntacted since it will be displayed in the list with that username instead of the IP address. Once the client is reached, hte displayed name will be replaced with the username the client is really using.
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 == Overview ==
 {|
-|+ Quick Reference
+|+ Messages window
 | '''Number''' || '''''Description'''''
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 | 15 || ''Close this chat''
 |}
 <center>[[Usage aMule|Back to Index]]</center>

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 == Miscellaneous ==
-Even if you are only connected to the ed2k network and hte other client is only connected to the Kad network, you will still be able to talk. An viceversa. Even if you aren't connected to any network at all!
+Even if you are only connected to the ed2k network and the other client is only connected to the Kad network, you will still be able to talk. An viceversa. Even if you aren't connected to any network at all!
-The only requisite is that both you and the other client are online with your *[[Mule]] client and know each other.
+The only requisite is that both you and the other client are online (in the sense of "connected to the net") with your *[[Mule]] client open and know each other, since the connections are done through direct IP:Port messages ([[packet]]s), not over the ed2k or Kad networks.
 == Overview ==

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 When there are enough openned tabs not to fit in the window you will be able to scroll through the tabs by using the two arrows displayed to the right and left  of the tabs.
-http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages10.jpg.jpg
+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages10.jpg
 ===== Tabs extended options (right-click) menu =====

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 | '''Number''' || '''''Description'''''
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-| 1 || ''''
+| 1 || ''Friends list''
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 <center>[[Usage aMule|Back to Index]]</center>

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 It is a place where you can keep a list of friends. Once a client is in your friend list it will never be removed unless you explicitely ask to do so. This allows to easily locate your friends (since they are always on your friends list, even if they are not known to be online) without having to scroll through all the known clients list in the [[Usage Transfers|Transfers]] window.
 The following operations can be perfomed from the friends list:
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 ==== Add a friend ====
-!!
+You may want to add a friend to the friends list. If so, right click on the list and select '''Add a friend'''.
 ==== Remove friend ====
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 If you select a friend, right-click over it and select the '''Remove Friend''' item you will remove that client from your friends list.
-http://
+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages19.jpg
 You can also remove a friend by selecting it and pressing the SUPR key on the keyboard.
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 First, you can right click over the friend you want to send a message to and select the item '''Send Message'''.
-http://
+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages20.jpg
 The alternate, more straight-forward, way is by double clicking on the friend.
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 If you select a friend, right-click over it and select the '''Show Details''' you will be able to see the [[Usage client details|client details]] of that client.
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+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages21.jpg
 This option might be disabled if the friend is not confirmed to be online.
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 By selecting a friend, right-clicking over it and selecting '''View Files''' you can request that client (friend) to give a list of the files it is sharing.
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+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages22.jpg
 If the request succeedes, the list of files will be available in the [[Usage Searches|Searches]] window. The tab name will be the username of the friend.
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 Usually, however, this requst will fail, since by default, for security issues, sharing the shared files list is denied. You will notice if the request failed because it will be reported in the log and, therefore, in the status bar:
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+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages17.jpg
 ==== Establish a friend slot ====
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 To give a friend the upload slot, select the friend from the friends list, right-click over it and select the '''Establish Friend Slot'''.
-http://
+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages23.jpg
 === Messaging ===
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 If you have sent a message or started a chat dialog with a client or friend you will want to look at the messaging dialog.
-http://
+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages3.jpg
 ==== Chatting ====
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 Once a chat has began, a chat tab will appear:
-http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_
+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages15.jpg
 On the chat tab you will see all the messages you have sent/recieved to the other user, that is, the whole conversation.
-http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_
+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages14.jpg
 Each message is preceded with the time it was sent/received and the username of the client who sent the message (so that you know which messages are yours and which aren't). Your username is displayed in green while the other client's name is displayed in blue. This coulred display helps keeping a syncronized conversation.
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 To send a message, make sure you are on the tab of the user you want to send the message to. Then enter the message in the message box.
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+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages12.jpg
 To send it, either type the ENTER key on the keyboard or click on the '''Send''' button.
 ==== Close a conversation ====
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 To stop an active search just click on the '''Close''' button (or close the active tab as explained later in this article):
-http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_
+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages7.jpg
 ==== Tabs ====
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 Whenever you start a chat a tab is displayed:
-http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_
+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages15.jpg
 If you now start another chat, a new tab will appear and the other chat tab(s) will go to background leaving the new tab in forground:
-http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_
+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages16.jpg
 Each tab shows a text which corresponds to the [[username]] of the client you are talking to on that tab.
-http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_
+http://www.amule.org/dev-up/window_messages18.jpg
 If you click on any of the tabs, you will switch to the chat you are/were having with the client who's username is in the tab title. This allows you to have multple chats simultaneously.
 ===== Close a tab =====
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 ==== Detecting incoming messages ====
-!! HOWTO NOTICE, message statusbar + red icon (also when conversation started but not on messages window)
+If you are not expecting a message or you are not viewing the Messages window, you may still notice when new messages arrive. You have two ways to notice:
 == Miscellaneous ==