Short:        Powerful and configurable Amiga IRC Bot
Author:       Rune "Shitlips" Jacobsen Ťshitlips@fido.euroline.noť
Uploader:     Rune "Shitlips" Jacobsen Ťshitlips fido euroline noť
Type:         comm/irc
Replaces:     comm/irc/Henry.lha
Requires:     68020+, AmigaOS v39+, AmiTCP-compatible TCP/IP-stack
Architecture: m68k-amigaos


                        Information for beta versions of
                                     Henry
                                by Rune Jacobsen


ˇ  General Information

This is another intermediate beta version of  Henry,  v0.39ß.  Following  a  few
recent  breaktroughs  in  developement,  Henry  is now on the path to becoming a
mature program with some fairly advanced features.  However,  most  people  will
probably  not  see  this until the next public release, which will include a lot
more nice'n'juicy stuff. For the little info there actually is in this  release,
see  Docs/History.  Also,  if you want to help out with the Henry project in any
way, please consider joining one of the mailing lists.

ˇ  New features

   ˇ  Event support - crontab-like functionality.
   ˇ  Added ARexx commands ADDEVENT, DELEVENT, TIME2DATE, DATE2TIME, ACCESS,
      DATE2WDAY, DATE2YDAY and SAVEDB.
   ˇ  Added internal commands GREET, PLUGINCTRL and SAVEDB.
   ˇ  Changed the definition of ARexx scripts started at particular events.
   ˇ  A lot of developement on plugin control, plus bug fixes etc.
   ˇ  Included GUI plugin, same as the old GUI + string gadget. :)
   ˇ  Added a way to supply additional parameters to ARexx scripts.
   ˇ  Added several advanced (and cool!) ARexx scripts by CISC.

ˇ  Henry mailing list

Henry now has two public mailing lists, one for general  Henry  discussion,  and
one  for  developement  discussion, i.e. for ARexx script and plugin writers. To
subscribe to them, send a mail to one of these addresses:

henry-request@rex.euroline.no
henrydev-request@rex.euroline.no

There is no need for a subject, and the body of the mail should  simply  contain
the following:

subscribe youremailaddress

Then,  to  write  a  mail  to   either   of   the   lists,   use   the   address
henry@rex.euroline.no or henrydev@rex.euroline.no - fairly simple!

ˇ  Problems

If you have any problems running Henry, please ask on the mailing lists, or mail
me at one of the following addresses:

   henrysupport@fido.euroline.no    (Official Henry support address)
   rune@euroline.no                 (Work)
   shitlips@fido.euroline.no        (Home)

Please mail me instead of talking to me on IRC etc., as I tend to forget stuff.

ˇ  Henry on the WWW

Go to http://fido.euroline.no/Henry/ to find the official (public)  Henry  page.
This  page  is  VERY  under  construction,  nothing  sensible is on there at the
moment.

ˇ  Docs

I know the lack of docs have been a problem in the  past.  There  are  still  no
finished docs availible, but a simple tutorial and a FAQ has been included. Read
these, and the chances that you'll understand how to  configure  and  use  Henry
will grow considerably.

ˇ  Legal mush

Using Henry means you accept to not  hold  me  responsible  for  any  damage  or
anything  else  resulting  from its use. If you can not accept this, you are not
allowed to run Henry. I'm sorry, but thanks to Microsoft and their  likes,  this
is what the world has turned into.

Distribution of this beta version is limited to the Henry home page and  Aminet.
Appearance  of this Henry archive, in part or whole, on any Microsoft controlled
media (except the internet) is very illegal and means  they  accept  a  fine  of
150000 norwegian kroner, to be paid to me (Rune Jacobsen). Report violations and
pay notifications to shitlips@fido.euroline.no

ˇ  Other stuff

MUI is copyright Š 1992-98 by Stefan Stuntz.
AmiTCP is copyright Š 1993 - 1996 AmiTCP/IP Group, Network Solutions Development
Inc.,  Finland.  +  copyright  Š  1980  -  1991 The Regents of the University of
California.
Miami is copyright Š 1996, 1998 by Nordic Global Inc. and Holger Kruse.
Henry is copyright Š 1996-1998 by Rune Jacobsen.