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diff --git a/network/irssi-python/README b/network/irssi-python/README index 221c1f7730..efe5a65fb2 100644 --- a/network/irssi-python/README +++ b/network/irssi-python/README @@ -1,28 +1,39 @@ -irssi-python (Python 2.x scripting support for irssi) +irssi-python (Python 3 scripting support for irssi) irssi-python embeds Python into an Irssi module, providing most of the functionality of the Perl wrapper to Python scripts using a similar interface. -After the package is installed, you can test it from within irssi -by running "/load python". If this works OK, you can configure irssi -to always load the module with a command like: +After the package is installed, you can test it from within irssi by +running "/load python". If this works OK, you can configure irssi to +always load the module with a command like: $ echo 'load python' >> ~/.irssi/startup +Example python scripts can be found in /usr/share/irssi/scripts/*.py + +Note that previous versions of irssi-python used Python 2. If you've +written any scripts, they may have to be modified for Python 3. + Beware of upgrades: if Slackware's irssi or python packages are ever upgraded, you'll almost certainly have to rebuild & reinstall this. -Symptoms may include irssi ABI version mismatch errors or segfaults. +Symptoms may include irssi ABI version mismatch errors, undefined +symbols, or segfaults. If you get a warning about an irssi version mismatch when building -irssi-python, first update your irssi package to the latest one in -patches/: +irssi-python, first update your irssi package to the latest one for +your Slackware version: # slackpkg update # slackpkg upgrade irssi -If you still get the warning, set the environment variable IRSSI_VER -to the correct irssi version. You'll also have to have the irssi source -tarball in the SlackBuild directory. It should be available from: +If you still get the warning, set the environment variable VERSION. +The first part of VERSION (before the last _) should not change, but +the part after the last _ is the irssi version. Example: + +# VERSION="20230512_9ab753d_1.4.5" sh irssi-python.SlackBuild + +You'll also have to have the irssi .tar.xz source tarball in the +SlackBuild directory. It should be available from: -http://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/source/irssi/ +https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases/ |