WeeChat

weechat is the preferred irc client of most members of vtluug. It is very featureful, requires little initial configuration, and is based on ncurses.

Features

This is a partial list of weechat features

• IRC proxy and weechat relay
• 256 colour
• Highly customizable
• Macros
• Extensions in python, perl, ruby, TCL, bash, and other languages

How to use for idling purposes

//This section is under construction. If this tag shows up after 9/9/16, shout at bgregos in IRC. Say you wanted to idle on #VTLUUG using weechat. All you would need to do are folow the following:

1. Find a linux box, up 24/7, for hosting weechat. Many VTLUUG members use acidburn for this purpose.
2. Make sure weechat is installed. This step is done for you on acidburn.
3. Log in via SSH. For those new to ssh, you can do this for acidburn by typing ssh yourUsername@acidburn.vtluug.org in your favorite terminal.
4. Open a new tmux session. If you're new to tmux, read up on it here.
5. Launch weechat. (NOTE ON NAVIGATION: You can change "tabs" in weechat by holding alt and pressing left or right arrow, or jump to a buffer by typing it's number while holding alt.
6. Type