PJIRC 2.1.1 review

Download
by rbytes.net on

PJIRC is an IRC client, just like Opera is a HTTP client

License: GPL (GNU General Public License)
File size: 0K
Developer: Plouf
0 stars award from rbytes.net

PJIRC is an IRC client, just like Opera is a HTTP client. PJIRC is just another front-end for the well-known IRC network. You're supposed to be familiar with the IRC concepts. If not, you should try to find more information about it before going further in this document and trying
to install and use PJIRC.

PJIRC has two distinct parts : the IRC engine and the GUI. The IRC engine handles all the boring and uninteresting stuff such as managing the connection, formatting messages and so on. You might think of it as being the "kernel". On the other hand, the GUI is responsible for displaying the result with a nice layout using plenty of CPU-consuming graphical stuff and so on.

PJIRC has several guis and you can choose what you want. You might think of them as "skins", but they are much more than that. The standard PJIRC package comes with a default GUI, the "Pixx GUI". You should find its specific documentation within this package. This document will only describe the IRC engine part.

Here are some key features of "PJIRC":
Highlight support
ASL handling
Graphical bitmap used for smiley's
Nickname auto completion
Nick, channel and URL catcher
Sound support
Multilingual support
Esthetical options such as background image, per-channel color configuration, and so on...
UTF-8 encoding support
Support for external control via javascript
"On connect" command list
Time stamping
Fast, light and reliable
Free and open source

PJIRC 2.1.1 keywords