'''[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1459%|%Internet Relay Chat Protocol]''' , or '''IRC''' , originally developed in Finland by Jarkko Oikarinen for use in the university network , is a protocol for interactive messenging between [Internet] users .
** Reference **
[http://www.irc.org/%|%irc.org]: the original home of IRC
[http://www.irchelp.org/%|%irchelp.org]: the website of 30 or so volunteers who run the #IRChelp channel on EFnet and IRCnet
[http://www.botlending.info/docs/translated/character_en.html%|%How to write eggdrop scripts that won't choke on special characters] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130629014820/http://www.peterre.info/characters.html%|%alternate]) , by Peterre: A valuable tutorial that's more rigorous than much IRC programming . See also [Writing Tcl scripts for eggdrop] .
** Tools **
[Tcllib IRC]:
[Tcl IrCd] , by [Salvatore Sanfilippo]: a pure Tcl IRC server under the BSD license
** Tcl channels on IRC **
'''http://freenode.net%|%freenode%|%''': #tcl employs [ijchain], which bridges the Tcler's Chat to IRC . Probably the best area for Tcl-related chat . (Unless you're talking [Eggdrop]) . Also bridged to [Tcl Chatroom]
'''http://efnet.net%|%EFnet%|%''': #eggtcl for eggdrop scripters , and #tcl (the intelligent crowd will wake up if you ask something interesting)
'''http://ircnet.org%|%IRCnet%|%''': #tcl (mostly eggdrop scripters), #tcltk
'''http://dal.net%|%DALnet%|%''': #tcl (eggdrop), #tcltk
'''http://quakenet.org%|%QuakeNet%|%''': #tcl
** Tcl IRC Clients **
For some reason, Tcl/Tk seems to be quite popular among client authors -
here are the ones I know about:
[http://sourceforge.net/projects/irk/%|%IRK] , by [Jacob Levy]: [Jacob Levy] 2002-09-29: just in the concept stage, I'd call this code Alpha quality. If someone wanted to pick up where I left off... :)
**B**
What: BitchX
Where: http://www.bitchx.org
Description: ANSI color IRC client.
Updated: 08/2002
Contact: edwards at bitchx dot org (Colten D. Edwards)
**C**
What: ChatIT
Where: http://sourceforge.net/projects/chat-it/
Description: Cross platform IRC client that aims to support all IRC
protocols. Written in Tcl.
Updated: 09/2001
Contact: See web site
SITE SAYS IN 02/2004: This Project Has Not Released Any Files
Note however that many SF.net projects work directly from the CVS repository without regular releases occuring. In this particular case, they have put
nothing in their CVS repository either. Too bad - appears to be
[vaporware].
**D**
What: dirc
Where: http://www.dircchat.com/
Description: ActiveX and windows based IRC client.
Updated: 09/2002
Contact: info at algenta dot com (Kemal Hadimli)
What: DMAT
Where: http://eazy-living.de/dmat-0.27/dmat-0.27.tar.bz2
Description: IRC proxy which allows you to detach from your session and
then reattach to the session using a different client or changing
client's host. Written in Tcl.
Current version 0.27.
Updated: 10/2007
Contact: eazy at eazy-living dot de
**E**
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Eembot Dead Link ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
What: Eembot
Where: http://www.cs.vu.nl/%7Eerbruijn/
Description: An IRC client with Tcl, terminal, X11, Windows 95 and WWW
interfaces.
Updated: 04/1998
Contact: erbruijn at cs dot vu dot nl (Emiel Bruijntjes)
**G**
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Go-IRC Dead Link ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
What: Go-IRC
Where: No longer available for download from the author
Description: A Tcl based IRC client, integrating Microsoft Internet Explorer,
Active-X, CTCP/2, etc. Designed for Windows 96/Windows NT 4.0.
Updated: 07/1997
Contact: jamie at thehunters dot org (Jamie Hunter)
**H**
What: Hermes fserv
Where: http://devel.degoeij.org/
Description: Hermes fserv is a Tcl script for use with the BitchX IRC client
to provide ftp-like access to local file archives.
Currently at version 0.1.6 .
Updated: 08/2001
Contact: j dot ellerbroek at student dot tudelft dot nl
**J**
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ JiMM Dead Link ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
What: JiMM
Where: http://www.atlink.it/personal/avatar/Jnews.html
Description: Full featured Tcl/Tk Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
Updated: 06/1997
Contact: dasnake at freenet dot hut dot fi
**K**
What: Kalich
Where: http://kalich.sourceforge.net/
Description: Intelligent IRC bot written in Tcl.
Currently at version 0.05.
Updated: 08/2001
Contact: l3ech at l3ech dot com
What: keirc
Where: http://www.indonesia-undernet.org/keirc/
http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/%7Esalim/keirc/download/
Description: KDE based IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client program. Uses
Tcl 7.5 for scripting. Supports multiclient, multicolor and font,
DCC chat and file, small webserver, sound, ignore list,
communicates with Netscape, etc.
Updated: 04/1999
Contact: sj039su at uni-duisburg dot de (Eko Bono)
**M**
What: MilkBot
Where: http://www.cowofdoom.com/archive/pub/aim/milkbot.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.cowofdoom.com/pub/aim/milkbot.tar.gz
Description: Eggdrop Tcl script that connects the Eggdrop IRC channel bot
to AIM.
Updated: 07/1999
Contact: wwoods at wam dot umd dot edu (Will Woods)
**N**
What: NetPlug
Where: http://www.box.eu.org/%7Edl/netplug.html
Description: An extensible multi-connection, multi-protocol network client
program, written in pure Tcl/Tk. Currently supports an IRC client
and a GO game client, as well as a memory plugin, an async event
driven file pipeline and a TCP/IP gateway and multiplexer.
Can be the basis of a tool to debug various
networking services. Uses Tcl 7.5/Tk 4.1 and newer platforms.
Can run on Unix, Windows and Macintosh platforms.
Updates on a regular basis. V0.62 works with Tcl 8.
Updated: 04/1997
Contact: L at demailly dot com (Laurent Demailly)
What: Netscape client Tcl Tclets (Demailly)
Where: http://www.lyot.obspm.fr/%7Edl/Tclets/
Description: A go game, an adaptive optics simulation demo,
and an IRC Tclet are all available at this time.
are available at this time.
Updated: 06/1997
Contact: L at demailly dot com (Laurent Demailly)
**P**
What: Progeny
Where: http://www.fdcor.net/misc/progeny.shtml
Description: Altenrative to Infobot, written solely in Tcl.
Updated: 09/2001
Contact: concept at fdcor dot net
**Q**
What: QuIRC
Where: http://quirc.sourceforge.net/
http://quirc.org/
http://quirc.org/quirc.tar.gz
Description: X based IRC client with full Tcl/Tk scripting support.
Coded in C/C++ for speed and some advanced features. Supports
use of themes, and socks5.
Currently at version v0.9.82 .
Updated: 02/2000
Contact: hynato at quirc dot org
What: Quotesaq
Where: http://rad.capecod.net/quote/
http://rad.capecod.net/quote/Quotesaq-v2.1.tar.gz
Description: Advanced quote system for Eggdrop IRC bots. Uses
Tcl script to interface to Perl scripts.
Updated: 07/1999
Contact: RADKade1 at i-hate-the-internet dot com
**S**
What: savIRC
Where: http://www.savirc.com/
Description: IRC client for both Linux and Windows, supporting multiple server
connections, SOCKS5 connections (Server __and__ DCC), CTCP, DCC, ignore
and notify lists, mIRC colors, nick completion, dedicated windows, logs,
custom popups, pre-defined events, Tcl/Tk scripting, and much more.
Currently at version 2.1.0 .
Updated: 03/2007
Contact: casey at savirc dot com
Contact: phobie at savirc dot com
[Please do not use emailslinks, we get spam because of this, I remove the "@"'s for the other developers too... - phobie 05-05-23]
**T**
===
What: [T2I]
===
What: TclBot
Where: http://www.crosswinds.net/%7Eyeutham/
Description: Tcl IRC bot being developed. Curently at v0.4.0.
Provides structure for providing support functions such as uptime,
dictionary, fact triggers, fortune, etc.
Updated: 07/1999
Contact: yeutham at crosswinds dot net
What: tcl file server
Where: http://dejavo.n3.net/
Description: tclfserv is a IRC File server written in Tcl.
Currently at version 3.3-7 .
Updated: 08/2001
Contact: dejavo at PunkAss dot com
===
What: [tkirc]
Where: http://www.north.de/%7Eatte/tkirc/
http://www.leo.org/pub/comp/networking/irc/clients/unix/ircII/
http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/irc/
http://www.tenebrous.com/ (???)
Description: Graphical front end for ircII. Requires ircII and Tcl/Tk 8.x.
The tenebrous site is said to have a patch to allow you to change
the small max-topic length in tkIRC.
Currently at version 2.46.
Updated: 02/2000
Contact: atte at gecko dot north dot de
===
What: Tomahawk
Where: http://sf.net/projects/tomasoft/
Description: An effort to build a better Tcl-enabled IRC client.
Updated: 08/2002
Contact: davygrvy at pobox dot com (David Gravereaux)
**X**
What: XiRCON
Where: http://www.xircon.com/
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1616&package_id=27045
Description: beta release IRC client for Windows 95/NT. The author
no longer is working on this application.
Contact #xircon on the efnet IRC network for help with the client.
D. Gravereaux has also provided the above 'hack' so that XiRCON
works with Tcl v8.1.0 and beyond.
Updated: 08/2002
Contact: mhanson at servtech dot com (Mark Hanson)
davygrvy at pobox dot com (David Gravereaux)
**Z**
What: Zipper
Where: http://users.vnet.net/ashman/zipper/
http://users.vnet.net/ashman/zipper/zipper-1.62.tar.gz
Description: Zipper is a Linux X/Tcl/Tk based IRC client. Supports many
functions including scripting, DCC Transfers and Chats, Colors,
sounds, and many others.
Updated: 10/1998
Contact: wolfie at vnet dot net (Ash Bowers)
+++
What: [Zircon]
Where: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Programs/Zircon/
ftp://catless.ncl.ac.uk/pub/zircon-1.18.256.tar.gz
ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/pub/irc/tcl/
Description: A Tk interface to IRC. Does not permit commercial use.
Updated: 06/2002
Contact: zircon-request at catless dot newcastle dot ac dot uk
Lindsay dot Marshall at newcastle dot ac dot uk
+++
What: NeoSoft Tcl
Where: ftp://ftp.procplace.com/pub/tcl/neosoft/neotcl/
Description: Tcl 7.6 and 8.0 set of commands and libraries providing
interfaces to disk-based btree and hashtables,
TCP/IP server-client objects,
along with examples of an IRC robot object, RFC931 authentication
object, support for WWW CGI scripts, WWW log file parsing.
Also, this includes file requestors, dialog boxes, pull-down menus,
class libraries for databases, listboxes, a Tk notepad, progress
notifiers, UDP-based object sharing, and more. Package includes
Tcl, Tk, itcl, Tcl-DP, tclX, color pixmap and GIF support,
and Expect.
Updated: 10/1998
Contact: See web site
NOTE: [Karl Lehenbauer], Neosoft's Tcl champion, has moved on to procplace. Contact him regarding the status of this software.
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What: RoxIRC
Where: http://roxirc.lighter.net/
Description: Another Tcl/Tk IRC client. BSD licensed.
Updated: 11/2004
Contact: roxirc at lighter dot net
What: mbot
Where: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mbot/
Description: C++ IRC bot with embedded Tcl scripting.
Partially compatible with eggdrop.
Currently at version 0.0 .
Updated: 07/2003
Contact: See web site
----
The most popular IRC clients are probably [mirc] for windows and [xchat] for Linux. Although [XiRCON] is most definitely the most scriptable windows client. A XiRCON clone is being built :) Jump to [XiRCON-II]
[steveo] offers that "the only decent *free* IRC client I have found for windows is roxirc".
[[Trillian? GAIM?]]
** Misc **
[RS] tried this little example to post one message to #tcl:
======
proc IRC msg {
set fd [socket irc.freenode.org 6667]
puts $fd "NICK tcltest"
puts $fd "USER tcltest 0 - :my real name"
puts $fd "JOIN #tcl"
puts $fd "PRIVMSG #tcl :$msg"
close $fd
}
======
... and to write a clock bot (that posts my local time every hour) is as easy as this:
======
proc every {ms body} {eval $body; after $ms [info level 0]}
every 3600000 {IRC [clock format [clock sec] -format %H:%M:%S]}
======
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[SS] 2004-12-05: The following is a minimal Tk IRC client (44 lines of code) with the hardcoded server/channel info to enter the Tclers chat:
======
package require Tk
set ::server irc.freenode.org
set ::chan #tcl
text .text -width 50 -height 40
entry .cmd -width 50
grid .text
grid .cmd
bind .cmd usercommand
proc send str {
puts $::fd $str
flush $::fd
}
set ::fd [socket $::server 6667]
set ::me guest[expr {int(rand()*10000)}]
send "NICK $::me"
send "USER $::me 0 * :PicoIRC user"
send "JOIN $::chan"
fileevent $::fd readable recv
proc recv {} {
gets $::fd line
puts $line
if {[regexp {:([^!]*)![^ ].* +PRIVMSG ([^ ].*) +:(.*)} $line -> \
nick target msg]} {
.text insert end "<$nick> $msg\n"
.text yview end
}
}
proc usercommand {} {
set cmd [.cmd get]
.cmd delete 0 end
.text insert end "<$::me> $cmd\n"
.text yview end
send "PRIVMSG $::chan :$cmd"
}
======
See [picoIRC 0.2] for [RS]'s variation on the above. Or [minibot]
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