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Subject: rxIRC 2.0 for VM/CMS available
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Newsgroups: bit.listserv.vm-util,alt.irc,de.comm.internet,de.talk.chat
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Keywords: IRC rxIRC rexx vm cms internet bitnet rexx/socket lynx
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Introducing rxIRC:
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rxIRC is a client software for VM to connect to the IRC network, the
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Internet Relay Chat, which nowadays counts an average of 1200 users online
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day and night, from all over the world, therefore being the biggest
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international interactive conferencing system on the planet.
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You can make use of this program only if you have access to a machine
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with VM/CMS-type operating system with TCPIP extension installed. To find
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out you logon and type 'CP QUERY TCPIP', if it replies 'TCPIP - DSC' then
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you can make use of this program, otherwise check with your administration.
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rxIRC is a program written in interpreted RexX, a rather easy to learn
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language that gives you a chance to add own features if you miss something
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or modify things you dislike. rxIRC supports the complete set of standard
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IRC client commands plus a bunch of extras and is more or less up to date
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with the current state of development of the IRC protocol.
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New features in rxIRC 2.0:
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- now uses RXSOCKET and REXXWAIT
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- has extensive BITNet messaging support
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(for instance /query +nick queries a bitnet user)
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- /alias with parameter handling
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- variables: /set, /expr (rexx expressions), /echo
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- /if <condition> then <command>
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- /source <scripts>, skip <lines>, stop (sourcing)
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- /pf<n>, /toggle (setup a pf key with alternating commands)
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- /localwho, /catalog
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- /chop, /unchop, /k(ick), /t(opic)
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- /viewlog, /interpret, /applaud
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- documentation has doubled its size.. ;)
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- :show_time, display time every now and then
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- ircII-bold-code displayed with hilighting, :bold_char
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Requirements:
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The TCPIP handling of rxIRC is done with help of RXSOCKET version 2.
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You need to have this package installed, or at least the basic modules.
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There are some restrictions concerning the use of RXSOCKET:
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- The new version is not compatible to the old one, if you have
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programs using version 1 they won't work when you install version 2.
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- VM TCP/IP version 2 is required.
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- rxIRC should run on CMS 3 up to 9 (370, XA, ESA or XC MACHINE modes)
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If you are going to install rxIRC on a big public disk, you probably
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want to install the complete REXX/SOCKET package. You can do so by issueing
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TELL LISTSERV AT CUNYVM GET RXSOCKET PACKAGE. Beware that you will be sent
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the beauty of over 80 files after this!
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If you want to run rxIRC just by yourself, and RXSOCKET isn't available
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already (rxIRC tells you so) then merely issue these commands to get the
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modules:
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TELL LISTSERV AT CUNYVM GET RXSOCKET MODULE
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TELL LISTSERV AT CUNYVM GET REXXWAIT MODULE
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rxIRC 2.0 itself can be obtained from:
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<Internet>
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Europe: ftp nic.funet.fi
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mget /pub/unix/irc/rxirc/*.*
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[Home Site] ftp ftp.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (134.106.1.9)
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mget /pub/irc/rxirc/*.*
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America: ftp ftp.iastate.edu
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mget /pub/irc/clients/rxirc/2.0/*.*
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ftp slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com
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mget /pub/irc/clients/rxirc/*.*
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Australia: ftp coombs.anu.edu.au
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mget /pub/irc/rxirc/*.*
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<BITnet>
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[Mexico] TELL LISTSERV AT VMTECQRO GET RXIRC PACKAGE
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rxIRC installers are invited to join the rxIRC mailing list by sending a
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'SUB RXIRC-L <your-full-name>' command to LISTSERV AT VMTECQRO.
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