KISS for IRC, a tiny IRC client written in POSIX C99.
## Objectives
*"Do one thing and do it well"* — Per the [Unix philosophy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy), emphasis was placed on building simple, short, clear, modular, and extensible code that can be easily maintained and repurposed.
*Portability* — [POSIX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX) compliance ensures seamless compatibility and interoperability between variants of Unix and other operating systems.
*Usability* — Commands and shortcuts should feel natural and accessible using a [standard 104-key US keyboard layout](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout). Where possible, the number of keystrokes shall be minimized.
Usage
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```shell
usage: kirc [-s hostname] [-p port] [-c channel] [-n nick] [-r real name] [-u username] [-k password] [-w columns] [-W columns] [-o path] [-v|V]
-s server address (default: 'irc.freenode.org')
-p server port (default: '6667')
-c channel name (default: '#kisslinux')
-n nickname (required)
-u server username (optional)
-k server password (optional)
-r real name (optional)
-v version information
-V verbose output (e.g. raw stream)
-o output path to log irc stream
-w maximum width of the printed left column (default: '10')
-W maximum width of the entire printed stream (default '80')
```
Features
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- No dependencies other than a [C99 compiler](https://gcc.gnu.org/).
- Automatic server *PING* response.
- Complies with [RFC 2812](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2812) standard.
- vi-like command shortcuts:
```shell
Send a message to the current channel.
/m Send a message to a specified channel or nick.
/M Send a message to NickServ.
/Q Send a message and close the host connection.
/x Send a message directly to the server.
/j Join a specified channel.
/p Leave (part) a specified channel.
/n List all users on the current channel.
/q Close the host connection.
```
- Color scheme definition via [ANSI 8-bit colors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code). Therefore, one could theoretically achieve uniform color definition across all shell applications and tools.
Screenshots
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Installation
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Building and installing on **KISS Linux** using the Community repository:
```shell
kiss b kirc
kiss i kirc
```
Building and installing on **Arch Linux** or **Manjaro** using the Arch AUR:
```shell
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/kirc-git.git
cd kirc
makepkg -si
```
Building and installing from source (works on **Rasbian**, **Debian**, **Ubuntu** and many other distributions):
```shell
git clone https://github.com/mcpcpc/kirc.git
cd kirc
make
make install
```