BitchX An IRC client based on ircII/EPIC4
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An IRC client based on ircII/EPIC4 BitchX includes many features that are usually relegated to scripts such as CDCC and flood protection - you can just start it and go.It is easier to script things in BitchX because unlike plain, vanilla ircII, half the script does not have to be devoted to changing the appearance of ircII.BitchX is a free and VERY heavily modified ircII client that includes many things such as built in flood protection, built in CDCC (XDCC) offering, etc.BitchX now works with almost all UNIX OSs and Windows 32-bit. Here is the list of OSes that BitchX is reported to work on:· Mac OS X· Windows 95/98/NT/2K/ME/XP· BSDI· SunOS· Linux (All)· HP-UX· OSF/1 (DEC Alpha)· FreeBSD· NetBSD· OpenBSD· DEC Unix· Ultrix· AIX· IRIX· OS/2 Here are some key features of "BitchX": · Built-in ANSI color. · Ease of use. BitchX adds dozens of useful command aliases to reduce typing. · Built-in notify, protection, bot, shit, and user lists. · Built-in mass commands and tools. · Extended set of DCC commands and built-in CDCC/XDCC file offering. · Extended scripting functionality, including functions found nowhere else. · Huge installed user base, an abundance of scripts. · Built-in screen client, allowing you to detach and re-attach to an irc session. What's New in This Release: · Fixed bug with using in expressions (Reported by BlackJac) (Patch from |Rain|) (BugID: 64) (powuh) · Fixed bug in /set show_end_of_msgs. When OFF prevented hooking of some end_of_msg numerics. (Reported by BlackJac) (Patch from |Rain|) (BugID: 51) (powuh) · Fixed incorrect ordering of operations in screen.c which caused an off-by-one access at the end ofthe buffer. (Patch from |Rain|) (BugID: 48) (powuh) · Fixed ischanvoice() to be compatiable with epic. Maintained reverse functionality as not to break existing scripts. (Patch from |Rain|) (BugID: 20) (powuh) · Fixed segfault with convert_output_format not honoring MAX_RECURSE. (Patch from |Rain|) (powuh) · Fixed possble rouge server exploit: If a rogue server sends us a ctcp request from an extremely large nickname (over about 512 bytes), we may attempt to alloca() a negative value, which under gcc will return a invalid pointer the contents of which will then be overwritten. (Reported by O_6) (Patch from |Rain|) (powuh) · Fixed segfault with channel mode parsing. (Patch from O_6) (powuh) · Removed auto_resume script, it's not needed any more (caf). · Fixed string copying snafu in gtkbitchx.c (reported by Huey) (caf). · Added STATUS_USER20 to STATUS_USER39 (patch from BlackJac) (caf). · fixes for buffer handling problems with overlong server reponses (reported by Timo Sirainen) (caf). · addshit fixes for invalid nicks (reported by Huey) (caf). · fix for alias tab-completion bug (reported by Huey) (caf). · properly reconnect after a kill (caf). · added check for protocol violation by server in 353 numeric (caf). · added EPIC-style pattern-matching to $getarrays (caf). · regex support fixed (reported by BlackJac & |Rain|) (caf). · Fix expansion of $var2 type expressions (reported by Blackjac) (caf). · Some fixes for $tdiff (caf). · Updated TLD list (caf). · Added code to honour CONNECT_TIMEOUT for nonblocking connections (caf). · Fix segfault in /paste (reported by O_6 & Blackjac) (caf). · Major overhaul of the XMMS plugin, bump to version 1.0 (caf). · Fixes and documentation update for /saveirc (caf). · Fix segfault in /mkb (reported by Tilt & falcon10) (caf). · Fixed dumb mode for kreca, the last user of dumb mode in the known universe (caf). · Stop bitchx sending PASS twice (reported by wizy & dialtone) (caf). · Make auto-away set away on all connected servers (caf). · /save wasn't correctly saving TIMESTAMP, TIMESTAMP_AWAYLOG_HOURLY and TIMESTAMP_STRING variables (caf). · Fix server password prompt (caf). · The CHANNEL_NICK hook should only trigger on the channels that the nick is in (caf). · Fix for away notification being wrongly sent if you have messages hooked (caf). · Fix for segfault on /url -1 (reported by Kareemy) (caf). · Cleanups in are_you_opped and fix for misleading error (caf). · Added -INQUIET flag to /exec (caf). · Fix /lamekick and change default NUM_KICKS to 1 (hybrid6 and up no longer support multiple nicks in a single kick) (caf). · Some cleanup of /bantype (caf). · Fix /crypt segfault (caf). · Fixed HADES formats and minor problems in default formatting of the hold_lines status and nickname_other fset (caf). · Added support for hybrid7 & ratbox 338 RPL_WHOISACTUALLY numeric (caf). · Applied DCC_FORCE_PORT patch from caf. · Applied Hebrew patches. · Fixed problems with the definition of isalpha() and related functions. · Fixed warnings caused by the gcc 3.0 series of compilers. · Fixed gtkBitchX using 100% CPU when stdin was close.

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