Re: [9fans] IRC

[andrey mirtchovski <mirtchov@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>]

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:

> > some of us from this list are gathering on #plan9 @
> > irc.freenode.net
>
> when it comes to IRC, I'm green.  have you tried it with irctools?
> what is the port number?  I've tried 59/113 and 194.
>
> p.s.  are there updates to irctools?  btw, i don't see them on rsc's
> page or in sources.
>

I use IRC on unix, unfortunately. There are several irc clients written for
Plan 9 (even I did one back in 2000) but their usability is at best
questionable. Try googling for 9irc. Another one is called 'ircc' but I
haven't had a chance to look at it.

'sirc' is a unix irc client written in Perl, it works fine in Plan 9 after
slight modifications. Email me privately if you want it (or if anyone else
wants it).

Ideally we'd have an ircfs and an Irc module for acme. Nobody willing to
write it, though :)

andrey

ps: the irc port to connect to is 6667, then you'd '/join #plan9'