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From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@altair.franken.de>
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Subject: Re: HELP: Programming an IRC Client for X Window
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Date: 23 Jun 1997 00:53:30 GMT
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In comp.lang.objective-c Moh <moh@geocities.com> writes:

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Yikes, pgp signing normal postings really isn't necessary and just
adds bloat.

> I intent to program an IRC client for X Window for
> Linux. The reason is beside I could not still find

> I have to ask you all for help. Could you send me
> tips, information, source code smaples (the source

Read RfC 1459, "Internet Relay Chat Protocol", by Oikarinen and Reed,
May 1993.  RfC1459 doesn't cover newer irc 2.9 servers, though, you
have to look at existing client source and conduct tests yourself.

You also want to read a book about Unix programming and network
programming in general, like Stevens "Advanced Programming in the Unix
environment" and "Unix network programming" or similar.  Make sure you
read the BSD sockets FAQ as well.  Also try to make your program _portable_
to Unix, not just a Linux program.  Check regularly against other platforms.

I've written a small client for myself which isn't finished yet but works
quite well already (and is used by some other people, to my surprise ;-).
I consider its code to be much better understandable than that of ircII,
you can find it at ftp://ftp.mayn.de/pub/unix/general/net/tirc-*.

> I hope I can rely on you :-) Thanks in advance.

No prob.

I cut down the Newsgroups-line (which was excessively long) to comp.lang.c
and comp.lang.objective-c.

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