Desktop IRC client most likely requires a non-standard port to be open in the firewall. Which is a very bad restriction to connect from various places. So a web-based client need to be sought--see my earlier message for an example. (Note: Java IRC does not work--it's just an install-free client, which still uses your machine to connect through port 6667)
On the IJX bot thing. The idea is great. But I believe the original idea of the bot is that it is transparently integrated into any channel, like #jsoftware -- not a separate channel. How the bot is triggered, is through a well-known prefix, e.g. "IJX:". Example of session: user1> so can u give an eg? user2> here it is: user2> IJX: i.2 3 IJX> user2: i.2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 user1> ok now I get it So the bot is a fake IRC user, which is logged into the channel as user "ijx", and intercepting messages with IJX: prefix, it responds to the channel. This "user:" prefix is standard IRC notation for addressing a specific user. In this case someone addresses the bot and the bot responds to that user (also good to distinguish nearly simultaneous requests from different users). I guess it should possible to implement an IRC both like that using scripting extensions of a particular client, like mIRC. Which will have the benefit of implementing the protocol details as opposed to Perl. --- Dan Bron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew wrote: > > [Jgeneral] #jsoftware, irc channel > > join in > > Terrence wrote: > > [Jgeneral] new JWiki page unveils ... > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/A_Fine_Line > > For those of you who enjoyed that essay, I should point out that it was a > result of an exchange > between Terrence and myself on IRC. > > IRC is an interesting medium, and has a different flavor from both the Forums > and the Wiki. I'd > recommend you each give it a shot, if only to see if you like it. > > Steps to get started: > > (A) Download and install an IRC client: > http://www.mirc.com/get.html (Windows) > http://www.snak.com/Snak.html (Mac) > http://www.irssi.org/download (*X) > http://www.xchat.org/ (Any OS, I believe) > > (B) Type /server efnet (which should pick a random EFNet server). > If that doesn't work, type /server irc.efnet.org (which is a > specific EFNet server). > > (C) Once you're connected to the server, type > /join #jsoftware > > An extra incentive is that Andrew and I are working on a IRC J interface. > This will allow you > to type J into the IRC client and get the answers back, not unlike the > session manager. In > fact, the room we've chosen for this purpose is ... you've guessed it .... > #ijx . > > Since J is so terse, this bot will allow IRC participants to have "J > Conversations" in realtime. > Also it will allow anyone who's IRC savvy to try J, without installing the > interpreter (for > newbies, or from the road). > > With all that said, it is proper at this point to give full disclosure: IRC > is addictive. > > -Dan > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
