IRC

IRC

[Gottfried]

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Hi Guix,

to use IRC

what do I have to install?

I guess: Pidgin
or are there other clients I should prefer?

what else?

Is it enough to install that client or do I have to add something in my 
config.scm?


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Kind regards and thanks for help

Gottfried


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Re: IRC

[Parnikkapore via]

On Thu, 2024-01-18 at 13:58 +0000, Gottfried wrote:
> to use IRC<br>
> 
> what do I have to install?

I'm partial to [Hexchat], although it is on the old-school side UI-wise.

[Hexchat]: https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/hexchat

Installing the client is enough.

If you don't use IRC often, Guix gives the option of downloading and running Hexchat without really installing it (like any other package) - this would look like this:

```sh
guix shell hexchat gtk:bin -- hexchat
```

I had to add `gtk:bin` to make it use my selected icon theme. AFAIK it can be made unnecessary in the packaging process, but I guess it's not done here.

Re: IRC

[Julien Lepiller]

Hi Gottfried,

It's a matter of personal preference. I use hexchat, others use emacs, …

I also have a bouncer (znc) on my server which stays connected for me.

HTH!

Le 18 janvier 2024 14:58:32 GMT+01:00, Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> a écrit :
>Hi Guix,
>
>to use IRC
>
>what do I have to install?
>
>I guess: Pidgin
>or are there other clients I should prefer?
>
>what else?
>
>Is it enough to install that client or do I have to add something in my config.scm?
>
>

Re: IRC

[Felix Lechner via]

On Thu, Jan 18 2024, Gottfried wrote:

> to use IRC
> what do I have to install?

I can warmly recommend Circe in Emacs. Before that, I used WeeChat and
Irssi but they are harder to configure, especially the latter.

Kind regards
Felix

Re: IRC

[Clément Lassieur]

On Thu, Jan 18 2024, Gottfried wrote:

> Hi Guix,
>
> to use IRC
>
> what do I have to install?

You can also just go to https://web.libera.chat/, join #guix and say
"Hi" :)

>
> I guess: Pidgin
> or are there other clients I should prefer?
>
> what else?
>
> Is it enough to install that client or do I have to add something in my
> config.scm?