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.TH "irc" n 0\&.6\&.2 tcllib "Low Level Tcl IRC Interface"
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.SH NAME
irc \- Create IRC connection and interface\&.
.SH SYNOPSIS
package require \fBTcl \fR
.sp
package require \fBirc  ?0\&.6\&.2?\fR
.sp
\fB::irc::config\fR ?key? ?value?
.sp
\fB::irc::connection\fR
.sp
\fB::irc::connections\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBregisterevent\fR \fIevent\fR \fIscript\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBgetevent\fR \fIevent\fR \fIscript\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBeventexists\fR \fIevent\fR \fIscript\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBconnect\fR \fIhostname\fR ?port?
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBconfig\fR ?key? ?value?
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBlog\fR \fIlevel\fR \fImessage\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBlogname\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBconnected\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBsockname\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBpeername\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBsocket\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBuser\fR \fIusername\fR \fIlocalhostname\fR \fIlocaldomainname\fR \fIuserinfo\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBnick\fR \fInick\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBping\fR \fItarget\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBserverping\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBjoin\fR \fIchannel\fR ?\fIkey\fR?
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBpart\fR \fIchannel\fR ?\fImessage\fR?
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBquit\fR ?\fImessage\fR?
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBprivmsg\fR \fItarget\fR \fImessage\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBnotice\fR \fItarget\fR \fImessage\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBctcp\fR \fItarget\fR \fImessage\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBkick\fR \fIchannel\fR \fItarget\fR ?\fImessage\fR?
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBmode\fR \fItarget\fR \fIargs\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBtopic\fR \fIchannel\fR \fImessage\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBinvite\fR \fIchannel\fR \fItarget\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBsend\fR \fItext\fR
.sp
\fInet\fR \fBdestroy\fR
.sp
\fBwho\fR ?\fBaddress\fR?
.sp
\fBaction\fR
.sp
\fBtarget\fR
.sp
\fBadditional\fR
.sp
\fBheader\fR
.sp
\fBmsg\fR
.sp
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
This package provides low-level commands to deal with the IRC protocol
(Internet Relay Chat) for immediate and interactive multi-cast
communication\&.
.PP
.TP
\fB::irc::config\fR ?key? ?value?
Sets configuration ?key? to ?value?\&. The configuration keys
currently defined are the boolean flags \fBlogger\fR and \fBdebug\fR\&.
\fBlogger\fR makes \fBirc\fR use the logger package for printing
error\&. \fBdebug\fR requires \fBlogger\fR and prints extra debug output\&.
If no ?key? or ?value? is given the current values are returned\&.
.TP
\fB::irc::connection\fR
The command creates a new object to deal with an IRC connection\&.
Creating this IRC object does not automatically create the network
connection\&.  It returns a new irc namespace command which can be used
to interact with the new IRC connection\&.  NOTE: the old form of the
connection command, which took a hostname and port as arguments, is
deprecated\&.  Use \fBconnect\fR instead to specify this information\&.
.TP
\fB::irc::connections\fR
Returns a list of all the current connections that were created with
\fBconnection\fR
.PP
.SH "PER-CONNECTION COMMANDS"
.PP
In the following list of available connection methods \fInet\fR
represents a connection command as returned by
\fB::irc::connection\fR\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBregisterevent\fR \fIevent\fR \fIscript\fR
Registers a callback handler for the specific event\&.  Events available
are those described in RFC 1459
\fIhttp://www\&.rfc-editor\&.org/rfc/rfc1459\&.txt\fR\&.
In addition, there are several other events defined\&.
\fBdefaultcmd\fR adds a command that is called if no other callback
is present\&.  \fBEOF\fR is called if the connection signals an End of
File condition\&. The events \fBdefaultcmd\fR, \fBdefaultnumeric\fR,
\fBdefaultevent\fR, and \fBEOF\fR are required\&.
\fIscript\fR is executed in the connection namespace, which can take
advantage of several commands (see \fBCallback Commands\fR
below) to aid in the parsing of data\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBgetevent\fR \fIevent\fR \fIscript\fR
Returns the current handler for the event if one exists\&. Otherwise an
empty string is returned\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBeventexists\fR \fIevent\fR \fIscript\fR
Returns a boolean value indicating the existence of the event handler\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBconnect\fR \fIhostname\fR ?port?
This causes the socket to be established\&.  \fB::irc::connection\fR
created the namespace and the commands to be used, but did not
actually open the socket\&. This is done here\&.  NOTE: the older form of
\'connect' did not require the user to specify a hostname and port,
which were specified with 'connection'\&.  That form is deprecated\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBconfig\fR ?key? ?value?
The same as \fB::irc::config\fR but sets and gets options for the \fInet\fR
connection only\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBlog\fR \fIlevel\fR \fImessage\fR
If logger is turned on by \fBconfig\fR this will write a log \fImessage\fR
at \fIlevel\fR\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBlogname\fR
Returns the name of the logger instance if logger is turned on\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBconnected\fR
Returns a boolean value indicating if this connection is connected to a server\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBsockname\fR
Returns a 3 element list consisting of the ip address, the hostname, and the port
of the local end of the connection, if currently connected\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBpeername\fR
Returns a 3 element list consisting of the ip address, the hostname, and the port
of the remote end of the connection, if currently connected\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBsocket\fR
Return the Tcl channel for the socket used by the connection\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBuser\fR \fIusername\fR \fIlocalhostname\fR \fIlocaldomainname\fR \fIuserinfo\fR
Sends USER command to server\&.  \fIusername\fR is the username you want
to appear\&.  \fIlocalhostname\fR is the host portion of your hostname, \fIlocaldomainname\fR
is your domain name, and \fIuserinfo\fR is a short description of who you are\&. The 2nd and 3rd
arguments are normally ignored by the IRC server\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBnick\fR \fInick\fR
NICK command\&.  \fInick\fR is the nickname you wish to use for the
particular connection\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBping\fR \fItarget\fR
Send a CTCP PING to \fItarget\fR\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBserverping\fR
PING the server\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBjoin\fR \fIchannel\fR ?\fIkey\fR?
\fIchannel\fR is the IRC channel to join\&.  IRC channels typically
begin with a hashmark ("#") or ampersand ("&")\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBpart\fR \fIchannel\fR ?\fImessage\fR?
Makes the client leave \fIchannel\fR\&. Some networks may support the optional
argument \fImessage\fR
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBquit\fR ?\fImessage\fR?
Instructs the IRC server to close the current connection\&. The package
will use a generic default if no \fImessage\fR was specified\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBprivmsg\fR \fItarget\fR \fImessage\fR
Sends \fImessage\fR to \fItarget\fR, which can be either a channel, or
another user, in which case their nick is used\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBnotice\fR \fItarget\fR \fImessage\fR
Sends a \fBnotice\fR with message \fImessage\fR to \fItarget\fR,
which can be either a channel, or another user, in which case their nick is used\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBctcp\fR \fItarget\fR \fImessage\fR
Sends a CTCP of type \fImessage\fR to \fItarget\fR
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBkick\fR \fIchannel\fR \fItarget\fR ?\fImessage\fR?
Kicks the user \fItarget\fR from the channel \fIchannel\fR with a \fImessage\fR\&.
The latter can be left out\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBmode\fR \fItarget\fR \fIargs\fR
Sets the mode \fIargs\fR on the target \fItarget\fR\&. \fItarget\fR may be a channel,
a channel user, or yourself\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBtopic\fR \fIchannel\fR \fImessage\fR
Sets the topic on \fIchannel\fR to \fImessage\fR specifying an empty string
will remove the topic\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBinvite\fR \fIchannel\fR \fItarget\fR
Invites \fItarget\fR to join the channel \fIchannel\fR
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBsend\fR \fItext\fR
Sends \fItext\fR to the IRC server\&.
.TP
\fInet\fR \fBdestroy\fR
Deletes the connection and its associated namespace and information\&.
.PP
.SH "CALLBACK COMMANDS"
.PP
These commands can be used within callbacks
.TP
\fBwho\fR ?\fBaddress\fR?
Returns the nick of the user who performed a command\&.  The optional
keyword \fBaddress\fR causes the command to return the user in the
format "username@address"\&.
.TP
\fBaction\fR
Returns the action performed, such as KICK, PRIVMSG, MODE, etc\&.\&.\&.
Normally not useful, as callbacks are bound to a particular event\&.
.TP
\fBtarget\fR
Returns the target of a particular command, such as the channel or
user to whom a PRIVMSG is sent\&.
.TP
\fBadditional\fR
Returns a list of any additional arguments after the target\&.
.TP
\fBheader\fR
Returns the entire event header (everything up to the :) as a proper list\&.
.TP
\fBmsg\fR
Returns the message portion of the command (the part after the :)\&.
.PP
.SH "BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK"
This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
bugs and other problems\&.
Please report such in the category \fIirc\fR of the
\fITcllib Trackers\fR [http://core\&.tcl\&.tk/tcllib/reportlist]\&.
Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either
package and/or documentation\&.
.PP
When proposing code changes, please provide \fIunified diffs\fR,
i\&.e the output of \fBdiff -u\fR\&.
.PP
Note further that \fIattachments\fR are strongly preferred over
inlined patches\&. Attachments can be made by going to the \fBEdit\fR
form of the ticket immediately after its creation, and then using the
left-most button in the secondary navigation bar\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
rfc 1459
.SH KEYWORDS
chat, irc
.SH CATEGORY
Networking