im_kit                                     

For the people interested in im_kit or those who are looking for an uptodate version, here is a page that will help you set-up just that.

• The first file is the main zip, containing all the necessary files: im_kit.zip. In this zip you will find all the files needed to run the im_kit, libraries, icons, sounds and even the emoticon's needed for im_emoclient. (All the extra files are from the svn repository from BeClan for the im_kit, so all credits go out to them, I merely adjusted the build to make it easier to install.) P.S. some of the icons on this page are made from the svg icons and saved as png files to use it this page (with Wonderbrush 1.7.0).

• Secondly there is the im_kit-attributes file. This file can be extracted to a temp folder and can be executed in a terminal. (This is an extraction I made from the original install script from the svn source, this is needed to create the needed mime-types)

This build is made in ZETA 1.0 and tested in the system by myself and other people (even those who only needed a few parts of the total build - thanks to all that tested and gave me the info that led me to make this tutorial). I've tested the build under ZETA, RC3 and Neo and the im_kit worked with no problems there (even with the emotion's). In BeOS R5 it won't work (seems I have to do a separate build there, so that's work on but I don't have the binaries yet so you better use the alpha version over at  BeBits) 
Update: The BeOS R5 Bone binaries can be found at the bottom on this tutorial ;).

P.S. I've had a friend that tested the im_kit in Neo with TrackerNewFS installed and the im_kit works just fine there, only thing is that the TrackerNewFS doesn't load the im_client/im_emoclient Tracker add-on. This will probably be in all distro's with the TrackerNewFS installed.
If you want to use your contacts you can always drag them from the people folder to the client in the Deskbar.

Now lets make things clean first (considering you have any prior installations). We don't want the older file to interfere with the new ones (for those advanced they know how to update the client and can take certain parts of the build to use in their installation). If you would like to be sure that you could still use your old settings you can always do a backup.
One of the things that you will see if you look in the folder /boot/home/config/add-ons is that the alpha version from BeBits still use the uppercase files and the newer builds use lowercase files to store there settings. 
This will effect the way the settings are read in the im_server so it's best not to mix them up, you should better delete the old settings (backup) and any stuff that's lying around from the im_kit. It's better to begin with a clean plate. ;) Considering the changes they made in the past for the protocols like MSN.

If all the files from a prior installation are removed you have to extract the im_kit.zip to /boot. The files will be placed in the correct folder as you can see in the screenshot.

After the im_kit.zip file is extracted it is time to unpack the im-kit_attributes.zip file (to any folder - temp), and run from terminal. This will create the necessary mime-types that you can use in querys and Tracker ...

Now it's time to set the im_kit to work. The first time you have to startup some file manually. These are:

• im_server (/boot/home/config/servers)

• im_client or im_emoclient if you like to use emoticon's  (/boot/apps/im_kit/clients)
• im_infopopper (/boot/apps/im_kit/clients)

Now you should see the im_server icon in the Deskbar and the im_client or im_emoclient bellow that. So up to setting up your connections.

Right click the im_server icon in the Deskbar and go to "Settings". Here you can give your settings for all protocols, be sure to click on "Save" for every protocol separately.

Once you have saved all your settings you can close the window and right click the im_server icon again and then choose "Set Status" on "Available". If everything went well you will see the progress bar from InfoPopper (already included in ZETA 1.0) showing the login for each protocol with a correct login.

It could be that not all your contacts show up immediate in the "People" folder (the standard folder where ZETA/BeOS keeps the contacts), but they will be added in time. If you like to add a contact you can easily do this by performing next steps.Open the People folder and click on Attributes -> Person -> and you will see the 2 mime types added before in the Terminal, IM_Status and IM_Connection. Now you have to create a new person with the "People" app. and then back in the People folder add the IM_Connection info,for instance for ICQ this is mostly a number like 123456, fill in this number right after the persons name under IM Connections like this "icq:123456;". It's the same for the other protocols, you only need to change the info for that. It can't be any easier. 

Although there is an application in progress that could do this work for you "Peat" from Das_Jott. More to come over Peat in the future.

This concludes the info so far, I think you can set-up a working version for im_kit very easy this way. Should you encounter any problems you could always contact me over at BeShare/IRC or through mail: Begasus at skynet dot be. Have fun!!!