From 1c4343058da2a1e0c6d2fd87a9bde4ef4b378eae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Přemysl Eric Janouch Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:35:34 +0200 Subject: Add a Cocoa frontend for xC Some work remains to be done to get it to be even as good as the Win32 frontend, but it's generally usable. --- README.adoc | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.adoc') diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc index 4a82d33..6784e84 100644 --- a/README.adoc +++ b/README.adoc @@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ xK == 'xK' (chat kit) is an IRC software suite consisting of a daemon, bot, terminal -client, and web + Win32 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. +client, and web/Windows/macOS 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. @@ -140,13 +141,23 @@ endpoint as the third command line argument in this case. xW ~~ The Win32 frontend is a separate CMake subproject that should be compiled -using MinGW-w64. In order to run it, make a shortcut for the executable and -include the relay address in its _Target_ field: +using MinGW-w64. To avoid having to specify the relay address each time you +run it, create a shortcut for the executable and include the address in its +_Target_ field: C:\...\xW.exe 127.0.0.1 9000 It works reasonably well starting with Windows 7. +xM +~~ +The Cocoa frontend is a separate CMake subproject that requires Xcode to build. +It is currently not that usable. The relay address can either be passed on +the command line, or preset in the _defaults_ database: + + $ defaults write name.janouch.xM relayHost 127.0.0.1 + $ defaults write name.janouch.xM relayPort 9000 + Client Certificates ------------------- 'xC' will use the SASL EXTERNAL method to authenticate using the TLS client -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2