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NAME

       irc - Create IRC connection and interface.

SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl

       package require irc  ?0.6.2?

       ::irc::config ?key? ?value?

       ::irc::connection

       ::irc::connections

       net registerevent event script

       net getevent event script

       net eventexists event script

       net connect hostname ?port?

       net config ?key? ?value?

       net log level message

       net logname

       net connected

       net sockname

       net peername

       net socket

       net user username localhostname localdomainname userinfo

       net nick nick

       net ping target

       net serverping

       net join channel ?key?

       net part channel ?message?

       net quit ?message?

       net privmsg target message

       net notice target message

       net ctcp target message

       net kick channel target ?message?

       net mode target args

       net topic channel message

       net invite channel target

       net send text

       net destroy

       who ?address?

       action

       target

       additional

       header

       msg

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DESCRIPTION

       This  package  provides  low-level  commands to deal with the IRC protocol (Internet Relay
       Chat) for immediate and interactive multi-cast communication.

       ::irc::config ?key? ?value?
              Sets configuration ?key? to ?value?. The configuration keys currently  defined  are
              the  boolean  flags  logger and debug.  logger makes irc use the logger package for
              printing error. debug requires logger and prints extra debug output.  If  no  ?key?
              or ?value? is given the current values are returned.

       ::irc::connection
              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 connect instead to specify this information.

       ::irc::connections
              Returns a list of all the current connections that were created with connection

PER-CONNECTION COMMANDS

       In  the following list of available connection methods net represents a connection command
       as returned by ::irc::connection.

       net registerevent event script
              Registers a callback handler for the specific event.  Events  available  are  those
              described  in  RFC  1459  http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1459.txt.   In addition,
              there are several other events defined.  defaultcmd adds a command that  is  called
              if no other callback is present.  EOF is called if the connection signals an End of
              File condition. The events defaultcmd, defaultnumeric, defaultevent,  and  EOF  are
              required.  script is executed in the connection namespace, which can take advantage
              of several commands (see Callback Commands below) to aid in the parsing of data.

       net getevent event script
              Returns the current handler for the event if one exists. Otherwise an empty  string
              is returned.

       net eventexists event script
              Returns a boolean value indicating the existence of the event handler.

       net connect hostname ?port?
              This  causes the socket to be established.  ::irc::connection 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.

       net config ?key? ?value?
              The same as ::irc::config but sets and gets options for the net connection only.

       net log level message
              If logger is turned on by config this will write a log message at level.

       net logname
              Returns the name of the logger instance if logger is turned on.

       net connected
              Returns a boolean value indicating if this connection is connected to a server.

       net sockname
              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.

       net peername
              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.

       net socket
              Return the Tcl channel for the socket used by the connection.

       net user username localhostname localdomainname userinfo
              Sends  USER  command  to  server.   username  is  the  username you want to appear.
              localhostname is the host portion of your hostname, localdomainname is your  domain
              name, and userinfo is a short description of who you are. The 2nd and 3rd arguments
              are normally ignored by the IRC server.

       net nick nick
              NICK command.  nick is the nickname you wish to use for the particular connection.

       net ping target
              Send a CTCP PING to target.

       net serverping
              PING the server.

       net join channel ?key?
              channel is the IRC channel to join.  IRC channels typically begin with  a  hashmark
              ("#") or ampersand ("&").

       net part channel ?message?
              Makes  the  client  leave  channel. Some networks may support the optional argument
              message

       net quit ?message?
              Instructs the IRC server to close the current connection. The package  will  use  a
              generic default if no message was specified.

       net privmsg target message
              Sends  message  to target, which can be either a channel, or another user, in which
              case their nick is used.

       net notice target message
              Sends a notice with message message to target, which can be either  a  channel,  or
              another user, in which case their nick is used.

       net ctcp target message
              Sends a CTCP of type message to target

       net kick channel target ?message?
              Kicks  the  user target from the channel channel with a message.  The latter can be
              left out.

       net mode target args
              Sets the mode args on the target target. target may be a channel, a  channel  user,
              or yourself.

       net topic channel message
              Sets  the  topic  on  channel to message specifying an empty string will remove the
              topic.

       net invite channel target
              Invites target to join the channel channel

       net send text
              Sends text to the IRC server.

       net destroy
              Deletes the connection and its associated namespace and information.

CALLBACK COMMANDS

       These commands can be used within callbacks

       who ?address?
              Returns the nick of the user who performed a command.  The optional keyword address
              causes the command to return the user in the format "username@address".

       action Returns  the  action  performed,  such as KICK, PRIVMSG, MODE, etc...  Normally not
              useful, as callbacks are bound to a particular event.

       target Returns the target of a particular command, such as the channel or user to  whom  a
              PRIVMSG is sent.

       additional
              Returns a list of any additional arguments after the target.

       header Returns the entire event header (everything up to the :) as a proper list.

       msg    Returns the message portion of the command (the part after the :).

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK

       This  document,  and  the  package  it  describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other
       problems.   Please  report  such  in   the   category   irc   of   the   Tcllib   Trackers
       [http://core.tcl.tk/tcllib/reportlist].  Please also report any ideas for enhancements you
       may have for either package and/or documentation.

       When proposing code changes, please provide unified diffs, i.e the output of diff -u.

       Note further that attachments are strongly preferred over inlined patches. Attachments can
       be  made  by going to the Edit form of the ticket immediately after its creation, and then
       using the left-most button in the secondary navigation bar.

SEE ALSO

       rfc 1459

KEYWORDS

       chat, irc

CATEGORY

       Networking