Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 01:57:57 -0500 From: "Chauncey Smith" <csmith@icdc.com> To: "kirt" <noodle@pwnd.org>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: irc Message-ID: <002e01c2e152$3c6476a0$1002a8c0@WAND> References: <20030302215518.A770@bus.shot1.org> <019a01c2e13b$24aec9f0$0a00000a@noodlexp>
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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 > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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