I use it with an IRC client. There are some things I take issue with (mainly stripping out IRC color control characters), but it works really nicely as a clien

I use it with an IRC client. There are some things I take issue with (mainly stripping out IRC color control characters), but it works really nicely as a client. I use Irssi so if I need to ignore it, I can tuck it nicely away in a screen session somewhere and put my focus elsewhere.