Gus Verdun's RX-Plugin (BETA)

What Is This Plugin For?

This plug-in is for all Windows® based AIM® Enabled clients such as AIM® 6.x.

What Does It Do?

This plug-in adds features to your IM client that let you modify your IM messages using regular expressions, shake your IM window (IMpulse) when your buddy sends you an IM with the trigger word, have complete control over your idle state (Idle Lock), and more.

Features

• Modify IMs using regular expressions
• Define any number of rules (limited only by CPU.)
• Define the order of rules.
• Each rule can be enabled individually and can also be disabled for chat rooms.
• Rules can also be enabled, via enable zones, on a per conversation basis.
• Rules can be applied to incoming and/or outgoing message.
• Rules can ignore case.
• Rules can replace just the first or all (global) matches.
• Rules can skip a match if found inside of an anchor tag.
• Rules can be scoped to the entire markup or just plain-text portions of an IM.
• Replacement expression can specify up to nine back-references.
• Back-references can be inserted in the replacement expression in several encodings and case.
• You can insert your or your buddy's screen name into a replacement expression.
• You can copy a rule to the clipboard and paste it in an HTML editor or IM compose window.
• You can import a rule from a web page or IM.
• Remote Control
• You can grant remote control rights to any number of screen names.
• You can also grant these rights to phone numbers in the format +1AAABBBCCCC where the three letters represent the area code, exchange, and number parts.
• Lets the granted screen names send special commands to change the away and status messages reported by the client and also sign you out.
• Remote commands: (Send these from any of the granted screen names)
  • .rc away — Sets the away message of the recipient's client to the text that follows this command. (short: ".rc a")
  • .rc status — Sets the status message of the recipient's client to the text that follows this command. (short: ".rc s")
  • .rc signout — Signs the recipient's client out. (short: ".rc so")
  • .rc offline — Toggles the invisibility mode on the recipient's client out. (short: ".rc o")
  • .rc idle — Toggles the idle lock mode on the recipient's client out. (short: ".rc i")
• Translate IMs you send into Leets (1337)
• Send "/leet Your message here" to translate "Your message here" into Leetspeak.
• Send "/leet on" to enable automatic leet translations on a per conversation basis. Your messages are then automatically translated into Leets so you don't have to prefix it with /leet.
• Send "/leet off" to turn this off.
• Translated messages can be generated using duplicate translations that are randomly selected. This means that the same message will get translated in many ways.
• You can fully customize the translations.
• Idle Lock—"Get complete control over your idle state."
• New and improved in build 1.0.1.
• Idle Lock works even if you are running multiple AIM clients with this plug-in loaded.
• Lets you immediately appear as idle while you continue to work at your computer.
• Idle Lock can be toggled via a user defined hotkey.
• A user defined initial idle time can be set when activating Idle Lock.
• Optional system tray icon can show you when Idle Lock is active.
• Can be automatically deactivated when you send an IM.
• Idle Lock can also be activated passively allowing you to continue to appear as being idle when you return.
• Idle Commands:
  • /idle — Toggles idle lock.
  • /idle # — Where # is a number. Sets the current idle time to the number of minutes you entered.
  • /idle p — Toggles the passive activation of idle lock for this instance.
  • /idle s — Opens the RX-Plugin Settings window on the Idle Lock tab.
• Set your away message from an IM conversation
• Set your away message via "a/away your away message here/" in plain text only.
• You can also set your away message with all font and colors by sending "/away your away message here." or "/a your away message here" from any IM.
• Clear your away message by sending "a//", "/a", or "/away" from any IM window. This message will not be sent to your buddy.
• You can specify the message that is automatically sent to your buddy when you set your away message via this feature. Note that your buddy will see you typing while you set your away message.
• Set your status message from an IM conversation
• You can set your status message by sending "/status your status message here." or "/s your status message here" from any IM compose window.
• Clear your status message by sending "/s", or "/status". This message will not be sent to your buddy.
• Correct your previous IM message
• Enter "s/wrong/right/" to replace "wrong" with "right".
• Append an i to the above to make the match case insensitive.
• Append a g to the above to make the replace all occurrences of "wrong" with "right".
• An optional prefix message can be inserted in the corrected message.
• The replaced text can also optionally be inserted in bold.
• IMpulse
• Shakes your IM window and plays a sound when you receive one of the trigger words.
• Control who can send you an IMpulse. Anyone, just your buddies, or just the buddies in a specific group.
• Three levels of intensity.
• Custom trigger words.
• Custom sounds.
• Specify the target window.
• IM Trace
• Lets you view the IMs you send and receive in text form.
• Use this to create and debug your own custom rules.
• Logs IM messages at the following points (You can select which ones you want to see):
• Before it is changed by any rule. This is as it is received by the plug-in. Note that it could have been modified by another plug-in.
• After it was changed by all applicable rules. This will only appear if the plug-in made any changes.
• As it is displayed in the IM form.
• You can control the IM Trace window via dot commands (see below).
• Dot Commands—Type them into any IM compose window and press send. These messages will not be sent to your buddy.
  • .rx — Opens the RX-Plugin Settings window.
  • .rxi — Tells you if your buddy has the RX-Plugin installed.
  • .calc — Opens the Windows Calculator.
  • .trace — Toggles the IM Trace window (open/close).
  • .trace clear — Clears the contents of the IM Trace window.
  • .trace top — Makes the IM Trace window top-most.
  • .trace show — Brings the IM Trace window to the top of the z-order and removes the top-most state.
•  Send Calendar Command
• You can now plan an event and "talk dates" by sending a calendar in an IM
• Send /cal [month] [year] to send a calendar of the specific month and year. []'s denote optional arguments.
• Examples:
  • /cal — Sends the calendar for the current month and year
  • /cal 1 — Sends the calendar for the specified month (January in this example)
  • /cal 5 2008 — Sends the calendar for the specified month and year (May 2008 in this example)
• Last Seen
  • Shows the current status, time since last seen, last IM received, last eight away messages set, and last 16 status messages set by your buddy.
  • Can be displayed in the IM history by sending "/ls" or "/lastseen".
  • It can also be displayed and updated automatically in a window by using the People menu in the IM form or right-clicking on the buddy and selecting "Last seen..."
  • The Last Seen window is resizable.
  • Drag and drop support for AIM 6. Just drag a buddy from your Buddy List and drop it in the Last Seen window to change shown buddy.
• Written in C++ using COM, ATL, WTL, PCRE, Expat, and AOL's Official AIM SDK.

System Requirements

• Windows® XP, Windows® 2K, Windows® XP 64-Bit.
• 128MB RAM (It is highly recommended that you get at least 256MB).
• Can only be used with the U.S. based version of the AIM® Service
• You will need a compatible AIM® application such as AIM® 6.x
• Also works with AIM Pro (AIM Pro does not officially support plugins so YMMV) and AIM ET (AKA AIM Light)
• At least 2 MB of disk space.

Privacy Policy

THIS PLUG-IN IS 100% SPYWARE, MALWARE, AND ADWARE FREE.

I value your patronage, and I am honored that you would put my software on your computer. I don't take that lightly and I will always work to gain and keep your confidence and trust in me. The installer will put less than a dozen files on your computer and will never hijack your home page or do anything other than install and register the plug-in. You can remove this software from your computer via the "Add or Remove Programs" control panel.

Download

You must register for an activation key before you can use this product. Click here to read the EULA

This plug-in has been downloaded 4681 times as of September 30th, 2007

Installation Instructions

1. Click on the Download Now button.

2. Exit from all of your IM clients.

3. Run the installer you downloaded in step 1.

4. If you don't already have an activation key, then click on the register for an activation key link.

5. Copy the activation key as described in your e-mail or registration web page.

6. Sign in using your IM client. The key should be automatically pasted into your activation window.

7. Press activate to complete this installation.

Need More Information?

Please use the feedback page for any questions, comments, suggestions, or bug reports.

FAQ

How long will this beta period last?

TBA.

Where can I get more information about this plug-in?

I will be covering the features of this plug-in under the RX-Plugin category of my blog.

How do I install and activate this plug-in?

1. Download the plug-in using the link provided after you register.
2. Signoff or completely exit from your IM client.
3. Install the plug-in by running the installer.
4. Sign-on through your IM client.
5. You should see a product activation dialog within a minute of going online.
   Enter the e-mail and Code parameters of your Activation Key.
   (Try re-booting your computer if you don't see the product activation dialog the first time.)

Release Notes

Version 1.0.11 April 23, 2008

Added send calendar command: /cal

Added support for new uninstall command (See AIM 6.8 beta and IAccCommand in 1.6.7 SDK)

Bug Fix: The idle privacy disabled alert was shown even if Idle Lock was disabled

Bug Fix: Now translates messages that start out in the "application/xhtml-xml" format

Plus more bug fixes

Version 1.0.10 December 15th, 2007

Added /status (or /s) command to set you status from any IM compose field.

Added .rc offline (.rc o) to toggle invisibility mode remotely.

Added .rc idle (.rc i) to toggle idle lock remotely.

Expanded the maximum lengths of the match and replace fields for rules. It was 512 characters, now they are 1024 and 2048 respectively.

Added a way to insert a copy of the selected rule.

CTRL+SHIFT+INSERT - Inserts a copy of the selected rule. Like most other keys you can also hold down the same modifiers (CTRL+SHIFT) and click on the + button.

Fixed the 'Redskins Yell' rule that shipped with the plug-in. Click the link below to update to the fixed version if you previously installed this plug-in. NOTE: You will see a conflict warning dialog box when importing this rule. Just select the "Replace" option to overwrite the old rule.

• Fixed 'Redskins Yell' rule.

Installer now puts all RX-Plugin shortcuts in a sub-folder under "Gus Verdun".

Minor bug fixes and code cleanup.

Version 1.0.9 September 30th, 2007

Added remote control (.rc) feature.

Added /idle commands.

Added About RX-Plugin window.

Moved to new registration model.

Activation window now has an easy way to automatically paste in your registration key.

Now saves last tab used in RX-Plugin Settings window.

Last seen feature now saves the last 8 away messages and last 16 status messages set by your buddy while you are online.

Fixed bugs with leets. (works in chat rooms, won't stomp on entities, avoids entities that may not be supported on some clients.)

Fixed hang when opening RX-Plugin Settings window that happens when you have a hung application.

Fixed problems converting messages that were created from alternate mime-types.

Version 1.0.8 September 4th, 2007

Added Leet conversion feature

Added ability to minimize RX-Settings window

Improved the "Disclose idle preference is off in your IM client. Idle Lock is disabled." warning to indicate it's a preference in the IM client and not the plug-in.

Added support for AIMcc SDK 1.3.0

Version 1.0.7 June 28th, 2007

Added Feedback tab. A quick and easy way to send me some much needed and appreciated feedback.

Added automatic checks for new versions at signon. (Ok, that really went into version 1.0.6 but you will start to notice it here.)

More internal improvements.

Version 1.0.5 June 18th, 2007

Internal improvements.

Version 1.0.4 June 16th, 2007

Fixes "Last Seen" feature which was broken in previous 1.0.x builds. Also made sure Last Seen window does not steal focus when it is updated.

Version 1.0.1 June 12th, 2007

Idle Lock 2.0 — New and improved in this build.

Got Idle Lock to work when you are running multiple AIM clients with this plug-in loaded. The first client to load guides the Idle Lock setting and shares the same hotkey.

Removed auto-response from IMpulse. This is now sent only if your buddy has the RX-Plugin installed. The auto-response now makes sure both sides of the conversation shake with the same intensity.

Improved the inline corrections s/wrong/right/. You can now specify the prefix markup and automatically insert the replaced text in bold.

Improved the inline away message. You can now set your away message from the IM form via "/away" and "/a". You can also now specify an optional IM that is sent to the buddy from which you set your away message form.

Improved the window detection logic for IMpulse. This now works better with AIM Lite.

Added .rxi command.

Versions prior to 0.12.1 have been disabled. Please update to the latest version.

Version 0.12.1 Jan 7th, 2007

Added .calc command to open the Windows calculator.

Added support for drag and drop with AIM 6. You can drag a buddy from your Buddy List and drop it in the Last Seen window to see the information for that buddy.

Added an option to exclude a rule in chat rooms.

Reduced volume of IMpulse sounds.

Last seen now saves away messages for buddies that were already away at sign-on.

Restructured the code to improve performance.

Be sure to pickup the rule fixes below if you installed a copy prior to version 0.11.2.

Versions prior to 0.11.2 have been disabled. Please update to the latest version.

Version 0.11.2 Dec 16th, 2006

Minor UI related fixes.

Fixed user state in Last Seen window for buddies in linked accounts.

Fixed /zone. (A leading space character inserted in all IMs sent by AIM 6.0 broke this.)

Fixed two rules that were also broken by this issue. Click on the links below to update to the fixed versions if you previously installed this plug-in. NOTE: You will see a conflict warning dialog box when importing these rules. Just select the "Replace" option to overwrite the old rule.

• Fixed 'Bold Start' rule.
• Fixed 'Hidden Text' rule.

Version 0.11.1 Dec 1st, 2006

Added Last Seen.

Thanks to a suggestion by JK, added the following keyboard navigation keys to the "RX-Plugin Settings..." window:

• CTRL+SHIFT+TAB - Moves to the previous page.
• CTRL+TAB - Moves to the next page.

Versions prior to 0.10.1 have been disabled. Please update to the latest version.

Version 0.10.1 Nov 15th, 2006

Added IM Trace.

Added Dot Commands.

A little code cleanup.

Updated to Open AIM SDK 1.1.2.1194

Versions prior to 0.8.1 have been disabled. Please update to the latest version.

Version 0.9.2 Oct 30th, 2006.

Added support for suppressing balloon tips on idle lock events.

Fixed a few more bugs.

Version 0.9.1 Oct 15th, 2006.

Added Idle Lock feature.

Added progress indication in the activation window.

Version 0.8.1 Oct 3rd, 2006.

Added support for numeric ampersand entities encoding in replacement strings. This lets you replace characters like, A as A. Use #n (where n is a number from 1 to 9) to insert the nth backreference using the numeric ampersand entities encoding format.

Use ## to insert a single # character.

Added support for rule enable zones. You can enable a rule on a per conversation basis by sending "/zone zonename" from the IM window. Where zonename is the rule's enable zone.

The s/// IM correction command now operates on a per conversation basis.

You can now correct the last message you sent to your buddy instead of the last message sent to anyone.

Fixed issues with multiple clients.

Fixed more bugs.

Version 0.7.1 July 17th, 2006.

Added rxplugin: protocol to make it easy to share rules from a web page or IM.

Added support to export a rule to the clipboard as an "rxplugin:" link.

Added "Check for Updates" button in options page.

Added keyboard accelerators in the "RX-Plugin Settings..." window to make it easy to move from one page to another.

• CTRL+HOME - Moves to the first page.
• CTRL+END - Moves to the last page.
• CTRL+PAGE UP - Moves to the previous page.
• CTRL+PAGE DOWN - Moves to the next page.

Added keyboard accelerators in "Rules" page to help you navigate the rules without having to click on a rule or tab back to the rules list.

• ALT+UP ARROW - Selects the previous rule in the rules list while leaving focus on the current field.
• ALT+DOWN ARROW - Selects the next rule in the list.
• CTRL+UP ARROW - Moves the current rule up in the rules list without leaving focus on the current field.
• CTRL+DOWN ARROW - Moves the current rule down in the list.
• CTRL+INSERT - Inserts a new rule to the end of the list without leaving focus on the current field.
• CTRL+DELETE - Deletes the selected rule in the list.

Improved IMpulse sound options.

Fixed multiple "RX-Plugin Settings..." windows.

Fixed potential multiple "Product Activation" windows.

Fixed issues with Web Hosting Provider server migration.

Fixed several bugs.

Version 0.6.1 July 2nd, 2006.

Added IMpulse feature—Shakes your IM window and plays a sound when you receive one of the trigger words.

Added a confirmation dialog when canceling with unsaved changes.

Added check to make sure the plug-in does not try to modify inbound auto-responses.

Fixed some bugs with settings file initialization.

Fixed bug where a rule could stomp the middle of a tag. This made the message invalid and would therefore not get sent. This was resolved by reverting to the original message in cases like this. A message beep will be heard when it occurs.

Version 0.5.1 June 12th, 2006.

First public beta

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