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- This is just a binary package of zircon 1.15Tp4
- for those who have problems compiling dpwish under linux.
-
- (there are some prototypes in one of the header files of
- dpwish that don't work with linux because they conflict
- with the system headers. I just put them inside a #ifndef linux
- and it works fine)
-
- Included is zircon and dpwish, but you still need tcl/tk
- on your system (for example the libraries included with
- slackware)
- The original README is included below
-
- To install the binary, just do a tar xvfz in the / directory.
- The files get extracted to /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib
-
- The complete source is on ftp.x.org
-
- Try it out ! It's really the best irc frontend I've ever seen
-
- Stefan
- (strobel@sun1.rz.fh-heilbronn.de)
-
-
- ================================================
-
- Zircon Release 1.15
- -----------------------
-
- This is a release of Zircon, an X11 interface to Internet Relay Chat.
- The software is written in tcl/tk and uses the tcl-dp TCP extensions
- to provide network communications. Suggestions for improvements to
- Zircon are welcome. I am particularly interested in making the
- system useful for those users in groups where JIPS and other national
- character sets are used.
-
- Zircon has more features than you could possibly imagine and
- implements nearly everything that the irc II clients support as well
- as many other useful and interesting features. This reflects the power
- of tcl/tk *not* the fact that I am a wonderful programmer (I am, but
- that is a side issue :-)) tcl/tk is a wonderful system and you need it
- on your machine *NOW*.
-
- Please send all reports, comments and suggestions to:
-
- zircon@catless.newcastle.ac.uk
-
- You can usually find me on the channel #zircon along with other
- helpful Zircon users (and ScottM is often there too 8-; ). N.B. the user
- whose nick is zircon has nothing to do with this progam. You can
- always get the latest release of Zircon from ZirconBot - send the
- message !send current and it will be dcc'ed to you. !send beta will
- often send the latest beta test release of the system. If you use the
- registration feature of Zircon ZirconBot will inform you off new
- releases when you sign on to IRC.
-
- Mail
- ----
- zircon-request@newcastle.ac.uk
-
- to be added to the Zircon users mailing list. Messages to the mailing
- list should be sent to
-
- zircon@newcastle.ac.uk
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Lindsay
- -------
-
- REQUIREMENTS
-
- The software has been developed using:
-
- tcl Version 7.3
- tk Version 3.6
- tcl-dp Version 3.0
-
- You must have the dpwish program rather than the usual wish for Zircon
- to be runnable.
-
- tcl/tk is available from harbor.ecn.purdue.edu in the directory
- /pub/tcl. tcl-dp is available there also, but the latest version can
- always be found on catless.ncl.ac.uk which is also the home of Zircon.
-
- You can configure lots of stuff using X resources, thus it is possible
- to make buttons and text associated with particular users and channels
- appear in special colours and fonts. The system is much easier to use
- than the usual UNIX interfaces to irc and a lot of people are using it
- on a day to day basis. Zircon also supports a distributed drawing
- board, but please do not use this when there are non-Zircon users
- around as they get annoyed when they cant see the pictures.
-
- For people who really cannot do without their ircII style commands a
- subset of these are also supported both in an optional command line
- and from Channel windows - see the MANUAL for details.
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- Make sure you have tcl and tk installed and have built tcl-dp.
- Edit the zircon Makefile and configure the path to dpwish, the name of
- the directory where zircon files are going to live, and where you want
- the main program to go. Then type
-
- make install
-
- Now create a file called rc in the zircon directory. This acts as a
- system wide rc file for all zircon users. Minimally put in here the
- name of the default irc server that you wish users to connect to, and
- the default port if it is not 6667. Also useful would be the name of
- you rnearest irc help service :
-
- Server default -host x.y.z -port 9999
- set helpService "help_XX"
-
- The file DOTzirconrc shows you what you might want to put in your
- .zirconrc file in your HOME directory, but any of that stuff can also
- go in the rc file in the zircon library directory. The HOME rc file
- overrides the system one.
-
- You will also want to edit the file zircon.ad which can be found in
- the zircon library directory. This contains application defaults for
- X resources and is read by zircon on startup.
-
- HELP
-
- Mail problems to zircon@catless.ncl.ac.uk. The zircon mailing list can
- be joined by posting to zircon-request@newcastle.ac.uk and posted to
- at zircon@newcastle.ac.uk You can usually find help in the #zircon
- channel on IRC as well.
-
- Possible Future Extensions
- --------------------------
-
- 1) Automatic AWAY canceling when you type in a window.
-
- 2) Nice icons instead of boring old buttons and text - suggestions welcome.
-
- 3) Face icons for users. Probably using the faces mail icon database.
-
- 4) Sound
-
- 5) Support for extended Server features
-
- Known Features
- --------------
-
- 1) Zircon does not work with pre-2.8 servers.
-
- 2) There is no JIS support. In fact there are problems when you even
- attempt to join a group with JIS characters in its name as tcl tries
- to interpret the $ characters in them.... I have tried the JIPS
- version of tcl but it didnt help.
-
- 3) Character escaping in the low level CTCP protocol is not done
- everywhere, but it *is* done for SED encrypted messages
-
- 4) You cannot configure anything other than Channels using the
- configuration panel. If you wish to configure Message channels then
- you have to do them by hand in the rc file. This restriction will be
- lifted in the next release, along (I hope) with a completely redone
- configuration system.
-
- 5) The Sketch Pad facility is not completely finished.
-