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Chat. I did a proof of concept a while back (on my github) that wasn't quite usable day to day, but it'd be nice to check and see if I had any new messages fro

by runT1ME 10y ago

Chat. I did a proof of concept a while back (on my github) that wasn't quite usable day to day, but it'd be nice to check and see if I had any new messages from the command line without having to drop back to my very busy, distracting, "UI" desktop space.

yolesaber 10y ago
Try https://irssi.org/ https://irssi.org/
- maxaf 10y ago
  I used Irssi back when it first came out; it blew BitchX, ircII and even LiCe out of the water. Unfortunately, IRC isn't widely used in commercial contexts. Most of us are stuck using moronic graphical chat UIs. Shout out to HipChat, yo.
  - skrowl 10y ago
    WeeChat is a more modern client. Lots of scripting possibilities and you can hook into it from remote / mobile easily.
  - tga 10y ago
    For better or worse, Slack is widely used in commercial contexts, and you can connect to it using an IRC client. https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201727913-Connecting-to-Slack-over-IRC-and-XMPP https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201727913-Connectin...
nextweek2 10y ago
What about Finch? https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Finch https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Finch