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-= uirc3
+uirc3
+=====
+:compact-option:
The unethical IRC trinity. This project consists of an experimental IRC client,
daemon, and bot. It's all you're ever going to need for chatting.
@@ -11,8 +13,8 @@ All of them have these potentially interesting properties:
- very compact and easy to hack on
- permissive license
-== degesch
-
+degesch
+-------
The IRC client. It is largely defined by being built on top of GNU Readline.
Its interface should however feel familiar for weechat or irssi users.
@@ -22,8 +24,8 @@ servers, powerful configuration system, integrated help, mIRC text formatting,
CTCP queries, automatic splitting of overlong messages, autocomplete, logging
to file, and command aliases.
-== kike
-
+kike
+----
The IRC daemon. It is designed to be used as a regular user application rather
than a system-wide daemon. If all you want is a decent, minimal IRCd for
a small network of respectful users (or bots), or testing, this one will do it.
@@ -42,8 +44,8 @@ Not supported:
- online changes to configuration; the config system from degesch could be used
- limits of almost any kind, just connections and mode `+l`
-== ZyklonB
-
+ZyklonB
+-------
The IRC bot. It builds upon the concept of my other VitaminA IRC bot. The main
characteristic of these two bots is that they run plugins as coprocesses, which
allows for enhanced reliability and programming language freedom.
@@ -58,8 +60,8 @@ Notable features:
- resilient against crashes, server disconnects and timeouts
- SOCKS support (even though socksify can add that easily to any program)
-== Building
-
+Building
+--------
Build dependencies: CMake, pkg-config, help2man, awk, sh, liberty (included) +
Runtime dependencies: openssl, curses (degesch),
readline or libedit >= 2013-07-12 (degesch)
@@ -83,9 +85,9 @@ Or you can try telling CMake to make a package for you. For Debian it is:
Note that for versions of CMake before 2.8.9, you need to prefix `cpack` with
`fakeroot` or file ownership will end up wrong.
-== Running
-
-_degesch_ has in-program configuration. Just run it and read the instructions.
+Running
+-------
+'degesch' has in-program configuration. Just run it and read the instructions.
For the rest you might want to generate a configuration file:
@@ -98,34 +100,34 @@ doing that), simply run the appropriate program with no arguments:
$ zyklonb
$ kike
-_ZyklonB_ stays running in the foreground, therefore I recommend launching it
+'ZyklonB' stays running in the foreground, therefore I recommend launching it
inside a Screen or tmux session.
-_kike_, on the other hand, immediately forks into the background. Use the PID
+'kike', on the other hand, immediately forks into the background. Use the PID
file or something like `killall` if you want to terminate it. You can run it
as a `forking` type systemd user service.
-== Client Certificates
-
-_kike_ uses SHA1 fingerprints of TLS client certificates to authenticate users.
+Client Certificates
+-------------------
+'kike' uses SHA1 fingerprints of TLS client certificates to authenticate users.
To get the fingerprint from a certificate file in the required form, use:
$ openssl x509 -in public.pem -outform DER | sha1sum
-== Contributing and Support
-
+Contributing and Support
+------------------------
Use this project's GitHub to report any bugs, request features, or submit pull
requests. If you want to discuss this project, or maybe just hang out with
the developer, feel free to join me at irc://anathema.irc.so, channel #anathema.
-== Disclaimer
-
+Disclaimer
+----------
I am not an antisemitist, I'm just being an offensive asshole with the naming.
And no, I'm not going to change the names.
-== License
-
-`uirc3' is written by Přemysl Janouch <p.janouch@gmail.com>.
+License
+-------
+'uirc3' is written by Přemysl Janouch <p.janouch@gmail.com>.
You may use the software under the terms of the ISC license, the text of which
is included within the package, or, at your option, you may relicense the work