BitchX-1.0 Readme file by NovaHak <novahak@bitchx.org> ====================================================== BitchX is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client by Colten Edwards aka panasync@efnet. BitchX was originally based on ircII 2.8, but is currently based on the ircii-EPIC4 releases by Jeremy Nelson. BitchX was originally started as a script by Trench and HappyCrappy for the popular UNIX IRC client ircII. Around Christmas of 1994 the script was patched directly into the client by panasync. Below is a poll of favorite IRC clients: Favorite IRC Client Displaying results of the poll. BitchX [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 1386 / 36% Kirc [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 148 / 3% ircII [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 713 / 18% Mirc [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 419 / 10% Virc [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 180 / 4% Epic [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 235 / 6% Other [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] 507 / 13% 3818 total votes. Quite clearly you can see that BitchX is by far the head of the poll =] BitchX Mailing List: ==================== There is a BitchX mailing list, to subscribe you must e-mail majordomo@lists.bitchx.com with the words "subscribe bitchx" in the body (without the quotes) and NOTHING else. You will almost instantly get a reply with a confirmation code that you must paste into the body of a new message and send back. You will then receive another e-mail giving you information about the list, etc. Once subscribed you can post your comments by e-mailing bitchx@lists.bitchx.com. Links: ====== http://www.bitchx.com/ <-- The official BitchX web site ftp://ftp.bitchx.com/ <-- The official BitchX ftp site http://www.bitchx.com/gtk/ <-- The official gtkBitchX web site http://www.bitchx.com/pm/ <-- The official PMBitchX web site http://scripts.bitchx.com/ <-- The official BitchX script web site http://we.got.net/~brian/ <-- Another BitchX script site (fudd's) http://chemlab.org/~novahak/ <-- My BitchX related web site (NovaHak) ftp://ftp.bitchx.org/ ftp://ftp.gr.bitchx.com/ <-- BitchX.com mirror in greece ftp://ftp.ircii.org/pub/BitchX/ <-- BitchX.com mirror Contacts: ======== Readme File Maintainer: novahak@bitchx.org FAQ Maintainers: novahak@bitchx.org || power@power.zepa.net BitchX Maintainer: edwards@bitchx.dimension6.com gtkBitchX Maintainer: dbsoft@technologist.com PMBitchX Maintainer: dbsoft@technologist.com Configure Scripts: david@bitchx.org Lists Maintainer: raistlin@tacorp.net Scripts Maintainer: openface@puckrock.com ====================================================================== After reading this PLEASE read BitchX.faq and BitchX.doc ======================================================================
