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IRC Clients
« Topic Start: February 28, 2011, 11:49:11 PM »
What client(s) do you use for irc?

I use IRSSI.  It's okay...but I don't know how to make macros except write perl scripts, and I don't know perl (don't really wanna learn it :P )

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Re: Clients
« Reply #1: March 01, 2011, 12:32:51 AM »
IRSSI is, at least under Windows, by far the absolute worst IRC client I have ever seen, bar none. Whatever merits it may have for being free, open source, proxy server, etc.... it is an absolute piece of junk as a client. At least under Windows. :p

For Windows clients: mIRC, http://mirc.com, is pretty much the most popular. I understand that some recent versions may enforce the 30-day shareware trial period? I've not had any problems with it. I use it with the prepackaged Invision script: http://i-n-v-i-s-i-o-n.com.

X-Chat is another popular Windows client. http://xchat.org (Not .com! :o) It's not free, but has a 30-day trial. This page lists a couple places that produce free Windows builds form the freely available source code: http://xchatdata.net/Using/BuildLineup

Then of course there are other non-dedicated IRC clients, such as:
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Re: Clients
« Reply #2: March 01, 2011, 01:16:16 AM »
Pidgin is okay, I've used it before, but with lots of channels it becomes hard to manage, especially if you use MSN or gtalk with it as well.

IRSSI is pretty awesome under linux, as it is text based and looks pretty good with a few simple plugins.  By the way, I just run one instance... it's been up... maybe ~150 days?

mIRC I've tried, but never understood or got into, and there's always a huge delay at the start.

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Re: Clients
« Reply #3: March 01, 2011, 02:48:14 AM »
I use irssi on my server, and connect to the irssi proxy from Colloquy: http://colloquy.info/ on my Macs.  I find irssi to be an excellent Linux client, and if I had to use Windows I'd probably use it there, too.

Foundation, if all you want to do with macros is expand some simple commands, you don't need perl to do that.  There should be an irssi config file (~/.irssi/config on Linux), and about halfway down that there should be an aliases section.  There's reasonably useful documentation on how to format aliases here: http://irssi.org/documentation/settings#a_b, but the really simple stuff is like
Code: [Select]
explode = "me explodes into a cloud of glittering dust";
ferret = "me whistles, and a dozen ferrets frolic out and start bouncing all around and on *";
herring = "me slaps $0 around a bit with seven kippered herring";
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Re: Clients
« Reply #4: March 01, 2011, 03:04:46 AM »
Quote from: danaris on March 01, 2011, 02:48:14 AM
I find irssi to be an excellent Linux client, and if I had to use Windows I'd probably use it there, too.
Have you ever actually used IRSSI on Windows? Maybe the Linux version is better than the Windows one. The build I got for Windows (the latest as of a few weeks ago) has some very bad display problems that make it, at times, very confusing and hard to use. I'm not sure if these are bugs, or just very bad design choices.

Besides, it's lacking everything that makes Windows, well... Windows. It's a total throw-back to the bad-old days of DOS. Yes, command-line interfaces can do some stuff really well. (Scripting, batch files, etc.) But making a user-friendly program is not one of them.
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Re: Clients
« Reply #5: March 01, 2011, 03:09:28 AM »
Quote from: Indirik on March 01, 2011, 03:04:46 AM
Have you ever actually used IRSSI on Windows? Maybe the Linux version is better than the Windows one.

I didn't say it was an excellent Windows client, just that I'd use it...
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Re: Clients
« Reply #6: March 01, 2011, 11:51:43 AM »
ChatZilla is quite nice and intuitive in my opinion. Lately I've been installing Firefox just to use it..
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Re: Clients
« Reply #7: March 01, 2011, 12:25:57 PM »
Quote from: danaris on March 01, 2011, 02:48:14 AM
I use irssi on my server, and connect to the irssi proxy from Colloquy: http://colloquy.info/ on my Macs.  I find irssi to be an excellent Linux client, and if I had to use Windows I'd probably use it there, too.

Foundation, if all you want to do with macros is expand some simple commands, you don't need perl to do that.  There should be an irssi config file (~/.irssi/config on Linux), and about halfway down that there should be an aliases section.  There's reasonably useful documentation on how to format aliases here: http://irssi.org/documentation/settings#a_b, but the really simple stuff is like
Code: [Select]
explode = "me explodes into a cloud of glittering dust";
ferret = "me whistles, and a dozen ferrets frolic out and start bouncing all around and on *";
herring = "me slaps $0 around a bit with seven kippered herring";

Thanks!  I will try that. :D

By the way, Rob, no, I never tried the Windows version. ;)
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Re: Clients
« Reply #8: March 01, 2011, 01:39:05 PM »
I grew very fond to Chatzilla and also use Pidgin at work and at home, the other clients I haven't tried them so I can't tell...
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Re: Clients
« Reply #9: March 08, 2011, 03:15:28 PM »
When I'm at school and don't have access to my PC, I go to webchat.quakenet.org since it doesn't require me to install anything. I'm not sure if it's the best one to use in such a situation though.
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Re: Clients
« Reply #10: June 06, 2011, 07:56:50 PM »
Quote from: Anaris on March 01, 2011, 03:09:28 AM
I didn't say it was an excellent Windows client, just that I'd use it...

Hah, sounds like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. And I like Sheldon.
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