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diff --git a/network/weechat/README b/network/weechat/README index 559b831967..0acafadeb3 100644 --- a/network/weechat/README +++ b/network/weechat/README @@ -1,16 +1,27 @@ -weechat (IRC client) +weechat: weechat (IRC client) -WeeChat is a light & fast multilingual curses-based multiplatform IRC client. +WeeChat is a light, fast, multilingual, curses-based multiplatform +IRC client. WeeChat supports: - DCC files and chats, multi-server connections, background connections, - IPv6, SSL, proxy, auto-reconnection, DCC2, nicklist, window splitting, - FIFO pipe for remote control, Aspell, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Ruby, - nick auto-completion, lag indication, auto-logging and client upgrades - without dropping connections. +- DCC files and chats, multi-server connections, background connections. +- IPv6, SSL, proxy, auto-reconnection, DCC2, nicklist, window splitting. +- FIFO pipe for remote control; Aspell; scripting in Perl, Python 3, + Ruby, Tcl, Scheme, Lua[1], JavaScript[2], PHP[3]; nick + auto-completion; lag indication; auto-logging; and client upgrades + without dropping connections. -WeeChat will be built with support for Perl, Python and Ruby scripting. If Lua -is installed, it will be auto-detected and scripting support will also be -included. +WeeChat will be built with support for Perl, Python 3, Guile, Ruby, +and Tcl scripting[1]. Once WeeChat is running, you can install scripts +using the built-in script manager ("/help script" to get started). -WeeChat man pages will be built if rubygem-asciidoctor is installed. +[1] To enable Lua scripting, install one of these optional dependencies: + lua53, lua52, or lua. The highest-numbered version of lua will be + used, if multiple versions are installed. + +[2] JavaScript is not currently supported in this build of WeeChat. It + also isn't supported in Debian's set of weechat packages, for what + that's worth. + +[3] PHP is not supported in this SlackBuild because Slackware's php + package isn't built with --enable-embed. |