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Subject: Re: irc
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 01:57:57 -0500
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I'll say xchat. I have my x windows going and I love the graphical inter
face.

----- Original Message -----
From: "kirt" <noodle@pwnd.org>
To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: irc


> > Hello all,
> >
> > A long time ago (96ish) I used Mirc for a while to communicate with some
> friends, since then everyone has moved to aolim, icq or yahooim.  I keep
> hearing that there is a wealth of info and supports for opensource apps on
> irc so im going to have a try at it again.
> >
> > I havee a few questions....
> >
> > Is it worth it?
> > Can anyone suggest a good app to use?  Im fairly comfortable in a shell
> environment.
> > Also, anyone have a prefered how-to?  I googled a bunch, but they seem
to
> be app specific.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Brian
> >
>
> BitchX is nice enough
>
> www.bitchx.org
>
> runs happily in your average shell or in X
>
> /usr/ports/irc/bitchx/ for the port
>
> supports "windows" to allow you to view multiple channels and easy
keystroke
> navigation of said windows (if you've ever used screen, it's very similar)
>
> the cypress script for BitchX has some handy features as well
>
> http://www.mindcryme.com/~void/
>
> --kirt
> --www.pwnd.org
>
>
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