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01-23-2004, 02:23 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
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Linux and IRC!
Hello there,
Im a kindda windows phreak, and i am scripting in mIRC... Now, i want to set up a bot for IRC on my linux machine, but is there some way that i can use my mIRC scripts for on my linux box??? Which IRC client should I use?? Is there a client which can handle scripts written in mIRC??
Thanks in adavance
And btw, im a  @ linux
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01-23-2004, 02:29 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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but is there some way that i can use my mIRC scripts for on my linux box?
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I'd hope not ... mIRC is an abomination of
an IRC client, like winDOHs is of an OS.
Cheers,
Tink
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01-23-2004, 02:31 PM
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: /dev/null
Distribution: FreeBSD 5.4, OpenBSD 3.7
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try X-chat
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01-23-2004, 03:17 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
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yes X-Chat is good and I think comes with slackware/redhat.
I dont think you can apply your mirc scripting in linux irc clients though. But you can learn perl/python/tcl-tk, which would be much more useful for you, and apply them in X-Chat ( I dunno how, but I think it supports them ) 
and btw, Tinkster, mIRC r0x  Its quite user-friendly and mild compared to bitchx and xchat.
peace
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01-23-2004, 03:42 PM
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
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Originally posted by Belize
and btw, Tinkster, mIRC r0x :) Its quite user-friendly and mild compared to bitchx and xchat.
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They say the same about winDOHs, and both
are violating standards (creating a de-facto
standard instead).
Cheers,
Tink
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01-23-2004, 04:01 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 8
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Im quite happy about mIRC, I dont get why you dislike it... But every people have their own opinion, i guess...
I am currently using xchat, but why would it be more useful to learn perl/python/tcl-tk Belize??? I have already written alot of scripts in mIRC, so it would be perfekt if just could get them into my linux box...
Hope someone can help....
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01-23-2004, 04:04 PM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: USA
Distribution: Slackware
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We don't condone the use of mirc in any way, shape, or form. However, it depends on the scripting language you used initially. If you used some built in mirc junk, then you will want to convert this to perl. Perl is what it should be scripted in anyway, as most irc clients support it collectively.
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01-23-2004, 04:07 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
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well... i have written all af them myself... I havent used any build in thing.... I dont know the name of the language, just that it is to mIRC... But is it really NOT possible to run mIRC on your linux box in any way????
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01-23-2004, 04:11 PM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: USA
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Originally posted by Ostemanden
well... i have written all af them myself... I havent used any build in thing.... I dont know the name of the language, just that it is to mIRC... But is it really NOT possible to run mIRC on your linux box in any way????
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What you are saying is that you USED the scripting that is BUILT into mirc. There is no need to run mirc on linux/unix. We have many great irc clients. Port your scripts to perl 
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01-23-2004, 04:11 PM
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
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As i said, because it violates a few IRC standards,
and comes with ideas of its own on how to do certain
things... I'm not going into detail now since it's been
almost two years since I was an IRC Op, and I can't
be bothered to dig my old documentation up.
And people usually don't mind "enhancements",
however, everyone else who's not using mIRC in
the same channel may become quite upset :}
Cheers,
Tink
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01-23-2004, 04:15 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
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Ostemanden : you can run mirc in wine and winex ( search for them in google )
perl/python/tcl-tk will be alot more useful for you because mirc language can be used only for mirc, while those languages are broad and you can use them to make programs/websites/scripts and will help you be better in programming overall.
Good Luck
Kaloian
also, you may have noticed that eggdrop/windrop scripts are called "tcls" and are written in tcl/tk 
Last edited by Belize; 01-23-2004 at 04:57 PM.
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01-23-2004, 08:11 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Miami FL
Distribution: Mac OS X 10.4.11 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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A great Linux IRC client http://www.bitchx.org/ about bots I'm not too familiar
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01-24-2004, 03:27 AM
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Registered: Jan 2004
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k, thx for the help so far guys... I will try to use wine and winex in the first place, and if that doesnt work or i cant figure it out, maybe ill try studying perl etc...
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01-24-2004, 09:44 AM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Norway
Distribution: Slackware 10.0
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Eggdrop is the most popular bot. You can script in TCL and download tousands of scripts from www.egghelp.org and www.tclscript.com etc.
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01-24-2004, 02:18 PM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: The Colony, TX
Distribution: Slackware, Debian Etch, FreeBSD, MicroSh*t free.
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Xchat is a far superior to mIRC IMO. Back when I didn't know any better and used WinBloze for for my everyday desktop pc and Linux only for my servers...I had problems staying connected to the IRC servers. Every 4 hours or so I would get some message like "connection reset by peer" or something like that. Sometimes a different message. I have yet to see Xchat disconnect. And Eggdrop is a great bot. But you MUST read the instructions for it VERY carefully. It will let you know if you don't. LOL
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