irc.txt

net plug source code

More to come...
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Users with some experience of Irc and IrcII should feel confortable...


+ Changes.txt is a must read to know all the new features !  
  [menu buttons , autoexec , shift...]

+ If you want to take advantage of NetPlug's Irc auto multiple
  server tries on error/reconnect, you need to have a line like
    set irc(serverlist) {{srv1.someplace 6667} {srv2.elsewhere 6666} {.. ..}}
  in your ircrc (add nicks to irc(nicklist) for auto nick tries too)
  
+ to extend NetPlug's irc you can look at iwantop.tcl  as an exemple
  as well as the ircAlias , ircCmd and ircOn definitions in irc.pli

+ obviously you might want to edit color scheme :)
  (to edit/change the highlighting,... use /save and edit the
   ~/.netplug/ircrc and the /load)
  The colors are set for a light grey background, you migh need an
  Netplug*background: #d8d8d8
  to see them fine
+ everything unrecognized starting with a / is sent to the server
  untouched (or in fact with first word in upper case) and recognized
  commands list are shown by /help and /alias.

+ New: use <tab> and <ctrl-r> to browse your /msg list !
  (put 0 in ircrc for msgmem,inclchans if you don't want channels
   in this list)

+ New: Sound Effects :
  By default an Xbeep (tk bell command) is generated on ^G
  You can silence it by typing
  "/tcl proc IU_Beep {} {}"         ( "/tcl proc IU_Beep {} {bell}" to restore)
  (and /save to keep the def)
  On Linux & Sun, you can play your favorite sound by defining
/tcl proc IU_Beep {} {exec cp /path/to/your/sound.au /dev/audio >& /dev/null &}
  (and /save ... or copy the "proc IU_Beep {} {command-to-do-on-beep}" into
   your ~/.netplug/ircrc ...)

  (/tcl is a general call to tcl interp, you can thus define your favorite
   commands,... all IU_* are save by /save )

+ new: aliases now do variables / command substitution (see /alias umode)

+ alt-v for inverse, alt-b for bold, and alt-_ for underline
  and support in the display. alt-a for raw ^A (ctcp).

+ see /help and /alias for list of commands and try them out!

+ DCC CHAT : /chat nick to send a chat query (a new window
  will pop up as soon as he'll accept)
                 /accept to accept incoming request
  (you can also use /dcc connect directly)

+ DCC file transfer receive (GET)

+ DCC SEND too !!! (btw you can use this over a term connection too
  send me mail for details)  {some troubles on the Mac/Win... see TODO.txt}

+ New progress bar of DCC transfers !

+ see Changes.txt for info about auto reconnect feature

+ to get usefull /list replacement : 
  http://www.ludd.luth.se/irc/efnet/list.html

--dl