https://github.com/mcpcpc/kirc

A tiny IRC client written in POSIX C99.
https://github.com/mcpcpc/kirc

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A tiny IRC client written in POSIX C99.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mcpcpc/kirc
• Owner: mcpcpc
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-08-06T20:07:16.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-14T20:07:56.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-24T13:32:41.628Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: c99, irc, irc-client, kirc, posix
• Language: C
• Homepage: https://mcpcpc.github.io/kirc/
• Size: 3.32 MB
• Stars: 515
• Watchers: 8
• Forks: 29
• Open Issues: 6
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# kirc

kirc (KISS for IRC) is a tiny IRC client written in POSIX C99.

## Installation

Building and installing from source:

	git clone https://github.com/mcpcpc/kirc

	cd kirc

	make

	make install

## Usage

Consult `man kirc` for a full list and explanation of available arguments.

    kirc [-s hostname] [-p port] [-c channels] [-n nickname] [-r realname]

         [-u username] [-k password] [-a token] [-o logfile] [-e|x|v|V]

## DCC

	DCC transfers are always accpeted without user interaction and downloaded to the current directory.

## Command Aliases

                       send PRIVMSG to the current channel.

    @    send PRIVMSG to a specified channel or nick.

    @@   send CTCP ACTION message to a specified channel

                                or nick (if no channel or nick is specified, the

                                message will be sent to the default channel).

    /                  send command to the IRC server (see RFC 2812).

    /#                 assign new default message channel.

## Key Bindings

    CTRL+B or LEFT ARROW        move the cursor one character to the left.

    CTRL+F or RIGHT ARROW       move the cursor one character to the right.

    CTRL+P or UP ARROW          move to previous record in the input history buffer.

    CTRL+N or DOWN ARROW        move to next record in the input history buffer.

    CTRL+E                      move the cursor to the end of the line.

    CTRL+A or HOME              move the cursor to the start of the line.

    CTRL+W                      delete the previous word.

    CTRL+U                      delete the entire line.

    CTRL+K                      delete the from current character to end of line.

    CTRL+D                      delete the character to the right of cursor.

    CTRL+C                      force quit kirc.

    CTRL+T                      swap character at cursor with previous character.

    CTRL+H                      equivalent to backspace.

## Support Documentation

Please refer to the [official homepage](http://kirc.io/docs.html) for examples, 

troubleshooting and use cases.

## Contact

For any further questions or concerns, feel free to send me an 

[email](michaelczigler[at]mcpcpc[dot]com).