From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Freer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Best irc client for non geek Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 10:51:44 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1404553944 27741 80.91.229.3 (5 Jul 2014 09:52:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 09:52:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 05 11:52:18 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 1X3Mdl-0005Xx-Ar for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 11:52:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39774 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X3Mdk-0008IG-KI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 05:52:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37917) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X3MdR-0008I5-83 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 05:52:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X3MdI-00028o-7a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 05:51:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::22f]:44824) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X3MdI-00028e-08 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 05:51:48 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wi0-f175.google.com with SMTP id r20so13755349wiv.14 for ; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 02:51:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:user-agent:mime-version :content-type; bh=xINXNqyyYneS0XSSCKM0AQlWiRiW6n4KKegqeF4fFcE=; b=xlUsLEwVp1wYyiLVt7ltDCpbanaOgvWihC3fLXlUOmfU7WvLUvP5W6Qbcl0oGgDsVD NJlVRBxvafW6cgD2kC/Fq/PDJAunvMtsLmiQlDWusrQSasx0ZsXBbdEJjwlfm0Jiklws u6YdcmRhIR6I+EFXHf5/XaeuiSQU1FmLblvSIJSeeG18tfc1lkg4T0jET7gf4vXSncYS KpkTuWyfb2ghcLzdlU8AvQqBg68Izd2ypkZ8bjQOnERkcaw5GG870H48ipAWge906YI6 NxxpwY6rSDaUe/MBRfcWAh+Lm+oRIVb+54whrInOcUDP3nRd8zbnqbjnz6WHbjRjOlG6 ZQag== X-Received: by 10.194.87.134 with SMTP id ay6mr17388044wjb.84.1404553906516; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 02:51:46 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from james.home (host31-48-221-251.range31-48.btcentralplus.com. [31.48.221.251]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id go4sm3251744wjc.39.2014.07.05.02.51.45 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 05 Jul 2014 02:51:45 -0700 (PDT) X-X-Sender: james@james User-Agent: Alpine 2.10 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::22f 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:98542 Archived-At: 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