IRC

IRC

[gfp]

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Hi,
which package is best to install
so that I can use IRC in Guix SD?

thanks

Gottfried

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Re: IRC

[Julien Lepiller]

Hi Gottfried,

I don't know if it's the best, but I use hexchat.

You can run "guix search irc client" to find a few, try them out with guix shell, and figure which one works best for you ;)

Le 24 octobre 2024 12:21:02 GMT+02:00, gfp <gfp@posteo.at> a écrit :
>Hi,
>which package is best to install
>so that I can use IRC in Guix SD?
>
>thanks
>
>Gottfried

Re: IRC

[Marc Chantreux]

hello Gottfried,

On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 10:21:02AM +0000, gfp wrote:
> which package is best to install
> so that I can use IRC in Guix SD?

there is no such thing as "the best …" but softwares that fit your
needs.

I use an IRC client
* from a long running tmux pane somewhere in a server
  (so I can backlog without the need of a bouncer)
* that can be scripted with plugin

and I don't mind the state of the codebase so I use weechat.

If you're on gnome: then you can give polari a chance: it's a
multiprotocol IM client.

I also used ii to create very simple chat bots with an ability to relay
some of my messages: irc channels are just a pair of fifo: in and out.

I used irssi in the past. works well but the TUI isn't as good as
weechat's one.

I never tested the others.

regards

-- 
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Re: IRC

[Luis Felipe]

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On 24/10/24 10:21, gfp wrote:
> Hi,
> which package is best to install
> so that I can use IRC in Guix SD?

I don't use IRC often, but I have Weechat (https://weechat.org/) 
installed and I like it. It has proven useful whenever I need technical 
support from different communities (including Guix), and even more 
useful when the desktop session doesn't work and I only have access to a 
terminal.



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Re: IRC

[Julian Flake]

Hi,

not exactly answering your question, but you and others can take 
that as inspiration for an alternative setup:

Since I use matrix for other chat purposes anyways, I configured 
my matrix homeserver (https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse 
running on my root server in the web) to provide an IRC bridge 
(https://github.com/hifi/heisenbridge). That way I can connect to 
my homeserver via some webapp and some Android app and use IRC 
from there. There are also Desktop apps available, but webapp 
works fine for me. Popular matrix clients (web,desktop,mobile) are 
provided by https://element.io/de or https://schildi.chat/).

Until now, no one complained about sending messages that don't 
look IRC-ish enough.

Best Regards,
nutcase (Julian)

On Thu, Oct 24 2024, gfp wrote:

> Hi,
> which package is best to install
> so that I can use IRC in Guix SD?
>
> thanks
>
> Gottfried
>
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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?


-- 
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?