X-Chat README
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 X-Chat v0.9.7 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.linuxpower.org

 Please refer your suggestions/bug reports to zed@linuxpower.org


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
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 X-Chat automatically loads any ~/.xchat/*.pl files 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)
 %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
