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jIRCii - Beta (34) 05.08.05 - README
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The official jIRCii homepage is at: http://jircii.hick.org

jIRCii is cross platform.  Any desktop platform with the Java 1.4.2+
runtime environment should be able to run jIRCii without any problems.  

For help and information about jIRCii run the application and view the 
Help menu.  

The jIRCii code and binaries are released under the artistic license.  

The source code is available on my personal homepage under the projects 
section:

http://www.hick.org/~raffi/projects.html

Enjoy.

				-- Raffi

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Running and Installation
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1. -   Installation      - -

   Unarchive your respective jIRC archive file.   Copy the files where ever
   you want them.

2. --  Which Java to Use - -

   You need to have the Java 1.4.2 (or later) runtime environment.  To 
   obtain this just visit http://www.java.com, find the Get Java now 
   button and download the appropriate JRE for your operating system.
 
   You do not need to download the software development kit, just the runtime 
   environment.

   Note: jIRCii also works with Java 1.5. 
   
3. - - Running jIRCii    --

   Once the runtime environment is installed you just need to simply 
   launch jIRC.
   
   To do this from a commandline you can type: java -jar jerk.jar

   === Command Line Options ===

   jIRC has a -settings command line option.  This is for specifying 
   where your settings files are located: 

   java -jar jerk.jar -settings c:\mystuff\jirc\

   jIRCii also has a -lnf command line option.  This is for specifying the
   desired Java look and feel to use with jIRCii:

   java -jar jerk.jar -lnf com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif.MotifLookAndFeel

   You can also specify an irc:// URL on the jIRCii command line to specify
   a irc server and channel you want jIRCii to join on startup:

   java -jar jerk.jar irc://irc.freenode.net/jircii

   === Windows ===

   The Windows distribution of jIRCii comes with a jircii.exe file.  You
   can use this to launch jIRCii and pass any of the above command line
   arguments to jIRCii.

   === Mac OS X ===

   If you have the Mac OS X specific archive of jIRCii just double click 

   jIRCii.app

4.  -- Upgrading       --

   If you are upgrading from an older version of jIRCii and you are 
   experiencing problems you may want to delete your jIRCii settings.

   Your jIRCii settings are located in your home directory under the folder 
   ".jIRC".  

   On a UNIX system your home directory is typically /home/<your-user-id>
   On MacOS X your home directory is typically /Users/<your-user-id>

   On Windows your home directory may appear in 
   c:\documents and settings\<your-user-id>

   Delete the ".jIRC" folder.  jIRCii will then recreate this folder with new
   preferences next time you run jIRCii.