Re: zenirc has an experimental package

Sunday, 16 August 1998

        Charles G Waldman <cgw(a)pgt.com&gt; writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:

...
 If we're going to supply an IRC client for XEmacs, I think
"irchat"
 might be a better choice. Irchat gives you a split window for commands
 and the channel dialog, it has keybindings for common actions; I think
 I like it better than "zenirc" (just my opinion).  I need to play with
 Zenirc a little more, maybe I'm missing something... 
Well, if I'm going to waste time fiddling with IRC, I might as well
*really* waste time.  I upload an irchat package for comparison:

(irchat
  (standards-version 1.0
   version "1.00"
   author-version "980625-2"
   date "oc
	  key "
   build-date "1998-08-16"
   maintainer "XEmacs Development Team <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org&gt;&quot;
   distribution stable
   priority medium
   category "comm"
   dump nil
   description "ZENIRC IRC Client."
   filename "irchat-1.00-pkg.tar.gz"
   md5sum "fe58080b11e11315aa8116daf9f52658"
   size 212739
   provides (irchat)
   requires ()
   type regular
))

This is a snapshot, and it's rough.

 ...
...
 If we're going to start an IRC channel we ought to do
 it on the Undernet - for instance, this is where the good #linux
 channel is; the EFnet #linux channel tends to be a zoo.   
...
 Undernet servers all have geographically descriptive hostnames like
 "phoenix.az.us.undernet.org", it's pretty easy to find one near you.
 Right now, I'm holding onto the operator privileges for the Undernet
 #xemacs channel, maybe I'll see some of you there. 
Of the two, I think I like zenirc better, but I am a total IRC
novice.  There's no reason not to include both.

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