I would like to (re)write an irc bot using sic, but the formatted output is making this harder then it could/should be. For example, the first field, the channel or irc server, is cut off at 12 characters by a colon. This becomes a problem when trying to parse the output because longer field names can be cut off. It can also cause the number of fields (seperated by whitespace) to change since a field with >=12 characters will be missing a space between the name and the colon.
To make this program more useful, wouldn't it be better if all the information was presented to the user? Doing so would make writing bots much easier and would allow the user to easily format the output any way he/she wants to by passing sic's output to awk. Josh Rickmar
