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xK
==
-'xK' (chat kit) is an IRC software suite consisting of a terminal client,
-daemon, and bot. It's all you're ever going to need for chatting,
-so long as you can make do with slightly minimalist software.
+'xK' (chat kit) is an IRC software suite consisting of a daemon, bot, terminal
+client, and X11/web frontends for the client. It's all you're ever going to
+need for chatting, so long as you can make do with slightly minimalist software.
They're all lean on dependencies, and offer a maximally permissive licence.
@@ -20,8 +20,18 @@ a powerful configuration system, integrated help, text formatting, automatic
message splitting, multiline editing, bracketed paste support, word wrapping
that doesn't break links, autocomplete, logging, CTCP queries, auto-away,
command aliases, SOCKS proxying, SASL EXTERNAL authentication using TLS client
-certificates, or basic support for Lua scripting. As a unique bonus, you can
-launch a full text editor from within.
+certificates, a remote relay interface, or basic support for Lua scripting.
+As a unique bonus, you can launch a full text editor from within.
+
+xF
+--
+The X11 frontend for 'xC', making use of its networked relay interface.
+It's currently in development, and is hidden behind a CMake option.
+
+xP
+--
+The web frontend for 'xC', making use of its networked relay interface.
+It's currently rather elementary, and can be built from within its directory.
xD
--
@@ -38,9 +48,8 @@ What it notably doesn't support is online changes to configuration, any limits
besides the total number of connections and mode `+l`, or server linking
(which also means no services).
-This program has been
-https://git.janouch.name/p/haven/src/branch/master/hid[ported to Go],
-and development continues over there.
+This program has been https://git.janouch.name/p/haven/src/branch/master/hid[
+ported to Go] in a different project, and development continues over there.
xB
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@@ -60,11 +69,12 @@ a package with the latest development version from Archlinux's AUR.
Building
--------
-Build dependencies: CMake, pkg-config, asciidoctor or asciidoc, awk,
- liberty (included) +
-Runtime dependencies: openssl +
-Additionally for 'xC': curses, libffi, lua >= 5.3 (optional),
- readline >= 6.0 or libedit >= 2013-07-12
+Build-only dependencies:
+ CMake, pkg-config, asciidoctor or asciidoc, awk, liberty (included) +
+Common runtime dependencies: openssl +
+Additionally for 'xC': curses, libffi, +
+ readline >= 6.0 or libedit >= 2013-07-12, lua >= 5.3 (optional) +
+Additionally for 'xF': x11, xft
$ git clone --recursive https://git.janouch.name/p/xK.git
$ mkdir xK/build