So, I need a fairly specific IRC client. Here are the absolute, non-negotiable requirements:
- Must run on Linux (I don't have access to the system)
- Must be commandline only (I don't have X)
- Must support good logging (I absolutely need both date and time, preferably all in one file)
Other things that would be nice:
- Multiple channels (I assume they all do this)
- Multiple servers (preferably logged to different files)
- Configured through a file (servers, channels, log files, etc)
Does anybody know of a client that matches that? irssi is the one I'm using right now, but it doesn't have a date in its logs so it's useless. I haven't tried BitchX (it's hard to talk about in an office :) ), so I'm wondering if it supports what I need.
I'm also willing to write this myself if there are no good options. That's not a huge problem. But I don't want to waste my time if there's another option.
Couldn't you just add a printDate() function or something to irssi's logging system?
True, .. shuttup! :P
I didn't actually install it from source, but I could probably arrange for that to be done. It's a work server, I'm just a user.
Good idea, though! I'll keep that as a backup plan, though I'd still rather have a client that supports it.
Couldn't you compile and run from your /home though? Or a floppy or something?
Possibly -- some programs will run fine from ~, and others will fail. It depends.
I imagine it would, but it's not 100%.
For anybody who cares: irssi actually covers all the stuff I need, with some configuration tweaks (their manpage sucks++). It doesn't work exactly how I'd like it to, but fairly well!
Yes, I'd recommend irssi. I even got it building under interix/SFU once, though I had to split out the perl parts.
I also use the irssi version with SILC injected into it as my SILC client. I'd recommend moving to SILC entirely, actually...
It would be nice to use SILC, but the purpose of this IRC client is to monitor a network, and I can't tell others to change the network that they use.
Quote from: Skywing on April 22, 2007, 08:58:41 PM
Yes, I'd recommend irssi. I even got it building under interix/SFU once, though I had to split out the perl parts.
That's impressive. I've had a bitch of a time moving some applications over to SUA in Vista...