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diff --git a/chat/sirc/pkg/DESCR b/chat/sirc/pkg/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ac9be50f469 --- /dev/null +++ b/chat/sirc/pkg/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +This is a simple (well, not so simple anymore *grin*) irc client, +written in perl and C. + +It's divided in two parts, a dumb-mode (meaning, no full screen +interface) client, dsirc, that can be used stand-alone, programmed in +perl, and a separate split-screen front end in C, called ssfe. + +The main point of running this client is that you can get a reasonable +ircII-like interface on an account with a properly installed perl +interpreter, with the perl client taking about 55k (and it's usable on +its own if you don't have access to a C compiler) and with the +interface, once compiled, taking just another 30 or 40k. The two +together, while lacking the huge complexity of ircII, make a very usable +client. And if you know perl, you'll find you can do quite complicated +and interesting things with sirc too :) + +See /usr/pkg/lib/sirc/README for more usage instructions, and see +/usr/pkg/lib/sirc/PROGRAMMING for information on how to extend sirc. +Some example scripts can be found in /usr/pkg/lib/sirc/scripts. |