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- Como: Java - Based Multi User programming system
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- Introduction
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- Como is a system for multi user communication under java.
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- It provides a programming interface to develop applets that in some way
- implement a way of communication between two or more internet users.
- We call these applets "commlets".
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- For example, internet users from all over the world can chat with each other
- in a much more convenient way than using irc or talk. Groups of people can meet
- in a virtual class room for remote teaching. Conferences can be held assisted
- by tools such as a whitebaord where everyone can draw something to illustrate the
- ideas they are expressing. And of course, multi player games are also just
- a way of communication.
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- These Groupware applications and games can rapidly be developed
- as como commlets. The programmer does not have to worry about socket
- programming and data exchange protocols. Arbitrary objects can be
- send over the net to make high level programming possible.
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- A more thorough description and a running installation of Como can be
- found in the included html documentation files and on our server in
- Erlangen at
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- http:// http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/IMMD-IV/Projects/como/javacup
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- However, during the day the lines are usually pretty slow. Please be patient
- enough-- it's worth it.
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- Installation
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- Como requires an irc server to run on the same machine as the http daemon
- where it came from.
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- We have implemented a simple irc server program in java. It is included
- in this tar file under src/ircd/ .
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- We have also included the regular, widely used ircd program in this tar file.
- (under other/irc/ircd)
- We usually use this server, because it allows server-to-server connections,
- and that way users loading the applet from different servers can
- communicate with each other.
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- To start the ircd, change to other/ircd/include and edit the file "config.h"
- according to your local installation. If you have problems installing,
- we will be glad to assist you.
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- To start our java ircd, simply change to src/ircd/ and type "java ircd 6667".
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- Again, one of the strengths of como is the ability to connect to the widely-
- used ircd program written in c. That way, java is not required to run on
- the http server machine, and it is possible to interconnect different
- server machines.
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- The como applets and commlets need the directory structure of this file.
- Please keep it intact. If you have any trouble, please contact us to
- assist you. The system has been running quite stable for a while, so if
- you encounter any problems, they can most likely be solved easily.
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