version 2.211

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What is sirc?

sirc is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client for Unix programmed and programmable in perl,
by Roger Espel Llima (aka orabidoo).

sirc is much smaller than most clients, and yet has most of their features.

Some of sirc's features:

ircII-like user interface with command-line editing and history, and with enhancements like built-in "tabkey" handling, arrow keys, message redirection, and highlighting of private messages.
All the usual IRC features, including /notify, /ignore, a hold mode, /server, /help, /set ...
A number of functions which are usually defined as aliases are builtin in sirc, like /o to give ops or /w to do a /whois.
Support for connections through SOCKS proxies, including initiating DCC connections.
Compatible with all nets, including Undernet's, extensions like /map.
Full DCC (Direct Client-to-client Connections) support, to chat without going through the servers (DCC CHAT), and transmit files (DCC SEND and GET). DCC SEND is now 3x faster, and you can rename DCC CHATs.
Substitution aliases in the vein of /alias b msg BubbleBot
Possibility to make scripts for sirc, in perl, adding commands and their help, using hooks, userhost queries and timers, and adding new /set variables.
Example script included, which adds message logging, userhost-on-notify, delayed auto-ops, and a lot of time-saving aliases.
Possibility to make bots with sirc, and small included example.
The whole distribution takes just 170k, including the docs. Once installed it takes about 110k of disk space.
All the full-screen handling and command-line editing is done by a front-end in C which can be used with other programs than sirc, so you can (for example) read your mail with an IRC-like interface :)
Compatible with perl versions 4 and 5.
Quick and easy installation:
gunzip sirc-2.211.tar.gz ; tar -xvf sirc-2.211.tar ; cd sirc-2.211 ; ./install

Downloading:

Download sirc in tarred and gzipped (compressed) form:

(these two are the same; the second is provided as a stable URL to link to if you want to link the sirc distribution).

Or you can download or look at the files one by one:

README - the documentation on sirc
README.socks - the docs on using it with socks proxies
ChangeLog - the list of changes between versions
PROGRAMMING - the file about scripting for sirc
LICENSE - the GNU General Public License
install - the installation script
dsirc - the dumb-mode client itself
sirc.help - the help
ssfe.c - the front-end
n0thing.pl - the example script for sirc
socks.pl - the SOCKS add-on script
sirc.1 - unformatted manpage for sirc
ssfe.1 - unformatted manpage for ssfe

To see other stuff I've programmed/hacked, click here

Scripts:

Here are some user-contributed scripts for the sirc client; some of them require perl version 5, and others use parts of the sirc interface that are not documented and could change with time, so use at your own risk, just like with any script.

adcc.pl: prompts you when you get a dcc request whether you want to take it or not (needs perl 5)
akickban.pl: shitlist, to auto-kick-ban people as they join
avoice.pl: an auto-voice list, to give +v automatically to a list of people
country.pl: a port of the popular ircII script - translates country codes to names
finger.pl: fingers accounts in the background - example of how to use fork within a sirc script without breaking it all
ftp.pl: an ftp client inside sirc
howl.pl: HOWL! adds server menu system, includes improved WWW support and does many little more or less interesting things.
hotmail.pl: a script to check your new mail at Hotmail (by JGentry).
lastlog.pl: adds a /lastlog to sirc
nocolor.pl: strips those lame mIRC color codes
patattack.pl: lets you send a lot of *pat*s to someone
prefix.pl: lets you define a prefix that is prepended to all commands
quiet.pl: filters down a lot of join/part/mode noise
quit.pl: lets you /quit with a random message, read from a file
ssfe.diff: apply this diff to have ssfe's cursor return to the input line
thx.pl: adds a message handler, keyword highliting, better bans and a few more random features
winnuke.pl: lets you "winnuke" people (i.e, send TCP out of band data, which is perfectly legal with the protocols, but makes windows crash).
www.pl: adds a command (/www) to access the last URL that was mentioned on IRC (requires to have a copy of netscape for X Windows, running on the same display)
yiff.pl: Yiff adds XDCC, highlighting and random cute extras to sirc (needs perl 5)

You can find some more sirc scripts at this ftp site.

License:

sirc is distributed under the GNU General Public License:


    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
    any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

Feedback:

For bug reports, comments, questions, praise, insults, email me at roger.espel.llima@pobox.com or at espel@iagora.net.
Alternatively, you can often find me on IRC (EFnet) as orabidoo.

You can always find the latest version of sirc at this URL: http://www.iagora.com/~espel/sirc/sirc.html . The old URL, http://www.iagora.com/~espel/sirc.html, still works.

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Contact information

Roger Espel Llima
e-mail: espel@iagora.net or roger.espel.llima@pobox.com
WWW: http://www.iagora.com/~espel/index.html
PGP key available.