uii – usable irc it
synopsis:
uii is a wrapper for the minimalistic irc client irc it.
if ii is not running and connected to a server, it will be started.
uii uses iiinotify, a shell script that uses inotify to monitor irc directory.
for messages not displayed in an existing uii instance, a notification is shown.
usage:
uii server [channel] [nickname] [password]
to quit uii, input ^C.
configuration:
the file $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/uii/logins should contain three space-delimited values per line, represening server, username and password.
configuration values are used only if no command line options for nickname and password are given.
dependencies:
uii depends on awk, ii, inotifywait, lsof, nohup, pgrep, ping, rlwrap, sed, sh, stdbuf and tput.
iiinotify depends on notify-send and uii.
on a debian-based system, you should be able to install all of them using:
apt-get install coreutils dash ii inotify-tools iputils-ping libnotify-bin lsof mawk ncurses-bin procps rlwrap sed
bugs:
- channels with slashes in them are not accessible (due to ii fail).
- (u)rxvt may produce artifacts when uii output scrolls.
- resizing the terminal fucks up the layout.
- uii has no channel nick name list.
license:
uii is licensed under the GPL, either version 3 or any later versiona as published by the FSF.
uii was written by Nils Dagsson Moskopp (erlehmann).