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CMESG

############################################################################### CMESG is simple terminal communicator build on sockets, written in c.

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BUILD

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make all Builds whole application

make clean Removes the results of the previous build

make dependencies Installs dependencies

make target=client Builds only client side applications

make target=server builds only server side applications

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LAUNCH

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SERVER

Application has server side and client side binaries. First You should launch server side binary on server host machine. To do this, go to build directory and type: ./server.out

For now server works only on port 8889 so You must have this port unlocked in your router, client, and server machine.

To stop server use CTRL + C.

CLIENT

When server is launched build application on client machine, then go to build directory and launch client binary passing server host address and your chat nick name by args. For example:

./client.out -a 127.0.0.1 -n YourNickName

Usage: client [options] -a, --host Setup server ip address -p, --port Setup server port (default 8889) -n, --nick Setup your nick name (max 15 symbols) -h, --help Print help

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MANUAL

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Client GUI consists with two parts. Top part is window where all messages prints. This window is read-only. Bottom part is text input. When user start type text will apear there. All text will be send to server after user will press RETURN key. There are also available commands. All commands starts with slash character. List of available will print after type /help command. To quit type /quit.