IRCe - new features

Stephan B. Wessels swessels at cox.net
Thu Mar 3 04:02:20 UTC 2005


Nice work Frank!

On Mar 1, 2005, at 9:50 PM, Frank Caggiano wrote:

> If you are using IRCe (and if you're not why not?) I just put a new 
> version on SqueakSource, 10.5.3.
>
> http links are clickable.
> Tabbed completion of nicks was already in the code but now if the nick 
> starts the line a ';' is appended. If the nick is inline no : is 
> appended.  (Thanks to Ken for suggesting this).
>
> Know problems: Right now the code assumes the link ends with a space 
> or ends the text line.  If the link ends with another char (such as . 
> or ) ) that char gets included in the link.
>
> If mIrc colors is selected in the setup>current options window the 
> link color will not change. The link is still clickable however.
>
> The browser opened will be whatever the default browser is in your 
> image. As scamper isn't really of much use right now you may want to 
> load 'ExternalWebBrowser' from SqueakMap. I've been using i for some 
> time now and It works great for all URL's not just IRCe. If your on a 
> Mac you may want to also load 'Applescript' from SqueakMap.
>
> I'm not much of an IRC user. My exposure to other clients is limited 
> so I'm not sure what features others may find  useful in a client. So 
> if you have any suggestions, comments or criticisms let me know.
>
> regards
>
>
> ------------------------
> Frank Caggiano
> frankcag at crystal-objects dot com
> http://www.crystal-objects.com
>
> The best education for the best is the best education for all.
> 					Robert Maynard Hutchins
>
>
>
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