From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sharon Kimble Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Best irc client for non geek Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 15:40:34 +0100 Message-ID: <87oax398d9.fsf@skimble.plus.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1404571288 14290 80.91.229.3 (5 Jul 2014 14:41:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 14:41:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: James Freer Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 05 16:41:22 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X3R9V-0003dA-6Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 16:41:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42718 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X3R9U-0006OV-Mk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 10:41:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56460) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X3R9A-0006Np-IR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 10:41:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X3R93-0003zh-Kf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 10:41:00 -0400 Original-Received: from avasout04.plus.net ([212.159.14.19]:51728) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X3R93-0003z0-EV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 10:40:53 -0400 Original-Received: from london ([87.113.62.235]) by avasout04 with smtp id Negm1o00554Xw6n01ego7Z; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 15:40:49 +0100 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=OZcWD3jY c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=ghyiixEhfiOnuEZknAzLeA==:117 a=ghyiixEhfiOnuEZknAzLeA==:17 a=0Bzu9jTXAAAA:8 a=EGPZCNv1iLEA:10 a=HHO7mHuT6MAA:10 a=ihvODaAuJD4A:10 a=EBOSESyhAAAA:8 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=LlzXLoV6AAAA:8 a=xtERp6CFAAAA:8 a=iI7HsYTVAAAA:8 a=XnV7WikdqgjmMXkNyLwA:9 a=Hx__2D6yEZqegcHj:21 a=bEbQ5NOL6yVhkgCp:21 a=O-G6f6ZMCz8A:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=UfcM4WNQLhXKmOvRgLEA:9 X-AUTH: skimble:2500 In-Reply-To: (James Freer's message of "Sat, 5 Jul 2014 10:51:44 +0100 (BST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x (no timestamps) [generic] X-Received-From: 212.159.14.19 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:98544 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable James Freer writes: > I have just been reading into the various possibilities. Basically I > am seeking to use something simple like xchat, easy to set up and > use. I thought rcirc was perhaps what I was looking for - erc seems > the main app but I think I would find its setting up a bit much. > > james > Save your poor emacs and try "hexchat". Its in active development, which xchat isn't, and is very stable. I've been using it now for several years with no problems at all. Sharon. =2D-=20 A taste of linux =3D http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo =3D https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds =3D http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.92.1 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJTuA5jAAoJEDaBgBkK+INbMVkP/ieOGEFFmA7+yuY8qzUUU5mT yV/H/pCxcBPfPiIpdiZHeWMbgrRLAxgsXf+ETsiErwBuZlyT6gQka9tLijVv5MGe ELrvw250TUNb8NV02sHlEp/fpU0vHbcYUfpf1iOHuHuOsRfdAHfJkgnzsyDRqnLR L70b+u0CX7PH63JSfir3UBgJMjWDNtKED6hyRQMpN4OU2GAqiqWgFRE3hGUEOFDJ BwTFHGKWm3qgkBvtFMxpgJV8fUA9cpgllA6oxKuveNOiDIBMCPY2f8o+dwfQkqrR ClnjOewuy6vaiSuooFCuLtSZVNYFoUmmxdMVti2Hu4Eu7iF24jEUMMrlZyEutj3P 9kss0wbmNEsLG62S1xsvIBK4TX4Ej1LEYt+i23du3mXjNJLWs14l5MgolchBZfiN YXrU8oIoA9MR6P1XZlEE45Fc7rXjNxRZIaVxQA6nZnQIN+9FL58oYFWwUa5D5WRo 6Loq98oLPXTRJ9oSZAMjQ8vgWfEve3jnQycqebdQPDRuFz8EyiCjo2Tp75clT5ga W/xKruLOJSBr3DHST3I45TYg4sa0Zo7fbbXSJ/IdMa+DAMUa6OkuKbFru3O4DITp W+MmFh0Qa2QLX8/n/uaLksARB6g3Gp5DC2BGGAv4Czfxvy/ZUNf2YUnuCdkZeb92 4M2wCqRS0j5tWIJgsBmU =1ADY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--