X-Chat README
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 X-Chat v1.2.1 Copyright (c) 1998-99 By Peter Zelezny.


What is it?
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 X-Chat is a X11 (X Window System) IRC client, using the GTK+ toolkit.


Requirements:
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 - A UNIX computer (Linux/BSD etc) and C compiler (gcc)
 - X11 (X Window System)
 - GTK+ 1.2.0+ (this is available at http://www.gtk.org)

 X-Chat is known to work on, at least:

	- Linux
	- FreeBSD
	- OpenBSD
	- NetBSD
	- Solaris
	- AIX
	- IRIX
	- SunOS


Updates?
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 Latest version is available at:

 http://xchat.org

 Please refer your suggestions/bug reports to zed@linux.com


Some X-Chat features explained:
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 These are just some options that are not so obvious or self
 explainatory.

 In Settings->Setup->Channel Windows

	"Use ZVT" - Makes X-Chat use ZVT instead of gtk_text
                    for the main text box. ZVT can be somewhat
                    faster and use transparent backgrounds, but
                    it will not refresh when resizing the window.

	"Fast DCC Send" - When sending data to a user, each packet
                          is normally acknowledged before the next
                          one is sent. With this feature ON, it
                          will not wait for ACKs but just keep
                          sending regardless.


Autoloading Perl Scripts and Plugins
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 - X-Chat automatically loads any ~/.xchat/*.pl scripts at startup.
 - X-Chat automatically loads any ~/.xchat/*.so plugins at startup.


Control Codes:
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 %%	-	A single percentage sign
 %C	-	Control-C (mIRC color code)
 %B	-	Bold Text
 %U	-	Underline Text (not seen in X-Chat)
 %R	- 	Reverse Text (not seen in X-Chat)
 %O     -       Reset all Text attributes
 %XXX	-	ASCII XXX (where XXX is a decimal 3 digit number)
		(Eg: %007 sends a BEEP)

 %Cforeground,background will produce a color code, eg: %C03,10
