ZIC - Zaurus Internet Chat Files

Zic version 0.1 README
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Zic is Copyright 2001 Matthew Stephenson
This software is released under the GNU GPL version 2
See file COPYING for details.


What is Zic?
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Zic is a graphical IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client for Qtopia (formerly 
qpe). It is designed for (and tested on) the Sharp SL-5000 series PDA 
(Zaurus), but will run on the Compaq iPaq under Qtopia as well.


Homepage
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http://zic.sourceforge.net


Features (or lack thereof)
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THIS IS A VERY EARLY VERSION. Some features which are planned may not have 
been implemented yet. Expect many bugs. Do not blame me if Zic manages 
to break your computer. 

Things that you can do with Zic v0.1:

- Connect to an IRC server
- Join / Leave channels
- Talk in channels
- Send / recieve messages (PRIVMSG and NOTICE)
- Set modes (using the /mode command - not /op etc)
- Change your nick
- Use /quote to send raw text to the server
- Use /close to close a tab

Things that you can't do with Zic v0.1:

- Use /me (CTCP ACTION)
- Send / recieve any form of CTCP
- Use / see mIRC colours
- Send / recieve any form of DCC (does anyone actually want this on a PDA?)
- Use /whois, /who, or any other command I haven't specified here
- Connect to more than one IRC server at once
- Re-order the tabs
- Set your username (ident). It's hardcoded to zic. Sorry!
- Set your realname. It's hardcoded to "Zaurus Internet Chat". Sorry!
- Use / recieve /kick - this messes up the userlist as well :/

Please feel free to send me feedback and feature-requests.


Bugs / Known issues
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I'm sure there are more than this, but the ones that spring to mind are:

- Usermodes are not displayed (but are set when you use the /mode command)
- The windows do not have any length limit on them (lines, or bytes), so 
  you can expect that if you use Zic for a long period in active channels, 
  you may run into memory problems
- /quit will not close the connection to the server. It is expected that 
  the server will do this. If there is a lot of latency, you might not 
  sign off quickly. /server will close the connection and open a new one.
- CTCP ACTIONs (/me) are displayed strangely, as are mIRC colours, bold, 
  etc
- Some server messages are displayed incompletely in the server window.
- The userlist will not update on a /kick - to refresh it, send 
  /quote NAMES #channel

There are bound to be many more, and more serious, bugs than are listed 
here. Please send me bug reports. You can get a raw server window and a 
debug window by compiling with IRCDEBUG defined (in options.h)


Planned features
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- Lots of pop-up menus. On the userlist, the channel window, the tabs, etc.
- Fixes to the bugs listed above
- Preferences, including preset servers, autojoin, perform, username, 
  realname, etc
- Aliases
- Poll: Would a dropdown box containing user-defined preset phrases be 
  useful, or annoying?
- Topic bar
- Menu bar
- Anything else that will mean you have to type less :)


The Author
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Contact me: matthew@mainmast.org.uk