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Posted on 30-Jun-2004 10:55 GMT by James Carroll23 comments
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WookieChat is a new Amiga IRC client, for chatting on Internet Relay Chat networks. Version 1.1b has been released today. New in this release is the addition of a basic prefs and server selection window, so you dont have to manually type "/server irc.vapor.com" everytime you want to connect to a server.. you can now just select the server name, then click connect, or connect in new tab if you wish to use multiple servers at once. Adding/deleting/editing servers and server groups is possible now too. Version 1.1 did not have a configurable username, which annoyed a lot of people, but that has been fixed. Download the latest version from the WookieChat homepage. Dont forget to read the readme, theres important information in there.
WookieChat Update : Comment 1 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by smithy on 30-Jun-2004 18:57 GMT
WookieChat is looking great. It's fantastic to see new developments, especially more complicated applications like an IRC client. Good luck James!
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Posted by Tronman on 01-Jul-2004 01:50 GMT
This is great! BitchX wouldn't seem to compile/work right for me on MOS (But, I'm not much of a coder :-) and I had some MUI issues with BlackIRC. It works, but is slow. Now I'm off to see how MOS handles this new software.. Thanks!
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Posted by hooligan/dcs on 01-Jul-2004 04:07 GMT
Good to see progress! Hope to see OS4 and MOS compiles soon.. not that irc is so cpu hungry put.. you know.. :)
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Posted by Anonymous on 01-Jul-2004 09:04 GMT
What is with these MOS dudes? They've got a registered version of AmIRC, for free, which is a much better program. They don't need WookieChat.
WookieChat Update : Comment 5 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by hooligan/dcs on 01-Jul-2004 09:44 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Anonymous):
>What is with these MOS dudes? They've got a registered version of AmIRC, for free, which is a much better program.

For free? Care to point us where we can download registered AmIrc for free, please.

>They don't need WookieChat.

And Windows users have Mirc.
Why they also need Advanced IRC, Babbel, Bersirc, BoxedIRC, Cabral, CHOCOA, CiRcLe, Diplomat, dIRC, FlexIRC, FreeIRC, hirc, HydraIRC, IamC, ichat, IRC Gold, IRC Messenger, IRCaman, Irssi, ircbase, klient, leafchat, Masquerade, MaxxChat, ML IRC, MonIRC, MuriChat, OrbitIRC, Pirch, PowerChat, QuIRC, Relay-WFC, RoxIRC, TCustomIRC, TeleCafe, Trillian, TurboIRC, TurboIRC 2000, TuxIRC, ViRC, Winsock, WiRC, WSIRC, X-Chat, XiRCON or Zirc?
WookieChat Update : Comment 6 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 01-Jul-2004 14:48 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (hooligan/dcs):
>>What is with these MOS dudes? They've got a registered version of AmIRC, for >>free, which is a much better program.

>For free? Care to point us where we can download registered AmIrc for free, >please.

I was under the impression that this came bundled with MOS, fully registered.
So you mean this isn't the case? This was the original intent, AFAIK.
WookieChat Update : Comment 7 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 01-Jul-2004 15:58 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (Anonymous):
Ain't AmIRC/PPC bundled with AmigaOS 4.0? This was the original intent, AFAIK.
WookieChat Update : Comment 8 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by James Carroll on 02-Jul-2004 01:39 GMT
In reply to Comment 7 (Anonymous):
Oi, stop polluting my thread with blue troll/red troll bullshit.
WookieChat Update : Comment 9 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Crumb // AAT on 02-Jul-2004 04:45 GMT
Good job :-)

Server selection is a nice feature :-)
WookieChat Update : Comment 10 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Klaus on 02-Jul-2004 07:59 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (Anonymous):
There is Voyager Bundled in MorphOS but no AmIRC.
WookieChat Update : Comment 11 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Leo on 02-Jul-2004 13:06 GMT
Small suggestions for upcoming versions:

.DCC send (I'm sure this is on the todo list but...)
.Leds in users listview to represent ops, voices,... (see Amirc, Xchat)
.When an unselected tab receive new text, the title of the bar button is highlighted in white... With some bright skins it is unreadable ;( => the color should configurable
.Position of the tabs configurable (up or bottom)
.Graphic smileys ;)
.More to come ;)

Leo.
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Posted by hooligan/dcs on 02-Jul-2004 14:16 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Leo):
graphic smilies? Are you NUTS!?????? =)
WookieChat Update : Comment 13 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Michal Bergseth on 02-Jul-2004 15:34 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Leo):
Hey :)

This is how wookiechat looks on MorphOS:
http://www.amigaworld.org/MorphOS/wookiechat.png

Its not stable. Especially when opening new tabs etc. It sometimes freezes completely. And if you have 3 tabs open, .. closes the second one, then a big whole between tab 1 and 3 will be there. Not pretty.

Other than that. Well, gradients of MUI works :) Keep up the good work! And make a MorphOS exclusive version please :)

Cheers!,
Michal
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Posted by Leo on 02-Jul-2004 16:05 GMT
In reply to Comment 13 (Michal Bergseth):
@Michal Bergseth: Here is how it looks with the skin I use... (see how the highlighted tab is unreadable...)

http://nogfx.free.fr/wookie.png

Leo.
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Posted by Anonymous on 02-Jul-2004 17:15 GMT
WookieChat is great!:)

James:

Are you considering implementing DCC send/receive in the future?
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Posted by James Carroll on 02-Jul-2004 23:30 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Leo):
>.DCC send (I'm sure this is on the todo list but...)

Yes, definately want to support that in future. Just gotta get my routers firewall working properly. I cant dcc send from any client yet.

>.Leds in users listview to represent ops, voices,... (see Amirc, Xchat)

Nah I prefer the actual proper symbols.

>.When an unselected tab receive new text, the title of the bar button is >highlighted in white... With some bright skins it is unreadable ;( => the color >should configurable

Yes, definately. But I havent figured out how to do custom pens yet.. once thats sorted then it will be configurable, as well as differnet colours for text for different channel events, like joins/parts/quits/notice/ctcp/mode changes, etc..

>.Position of the tabs configurable (up or bottom)

It wouldnt be too hard to make this configurable but its not high on my todo list...

>.Graphic smileys ;)

Noooooooo!!!! :)

>.More to come ;)

Okay. :)
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Posted by James Carroll on 02-Jul-2004 23:38 GMT
In reply to Comment 13 (Michal Bergseth):
> Its not stable. Especially when opening new tabs etc. It sometimes freezes >completely. And if you have 3 tabs open, .. closes the second one, then a big >whole between tab 1 and 3 will be there. Not pretty.

It shouldnt do that.. it works fine in WinUAE. not sure about OS4..

>Other than that. Well, gradients of MUI works :) Keep up the good work! And make >a MorphOS exclusive version please :)

I dont know if I want to keep maintaining three different versions.. (68k, OS4 and MOS).. or even just two.. (OS4 and 68k).. but we'll see how it goes. I dont have a MOS machine and I'm not keen on letting other people see my source.. partly because of embarassment about how I've coded things, and partly because I dont want anyone to steal anything or develop something from what I've done. :/
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Posted by James Carroll on 02-Jul-2004 23:39 GMT
In reply to Comment 14 (Leo):
I viewed your pic.. I dont know why the menu title is missing, its there in WinUAE... hmmmmmmmmm.
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Posted by itix on 03-Jul-2004 12:32 GMT
In reply to Comment 18 (James Carroll):
> I viewed your pic.. I dont know why the menu title is missing, its there in WinUAE... hmmmmmmmmm. It occurs only when using embedded menus (MUI 3.9 feature).
WookieChat Update : Comment 20 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by Tronman on 04-Jul-2004 00:21 GMT
In reply to Comment 13 (Michal Bergseth):
Wow, you got a lot farther than I did. It just opens its window and nothing happens here. I fired up snoopDOS but even there, nothing. It never gets as far as calling any MUI classes or anything. Hmm.. I better mess with it some more, I must be doing something wrong :-(
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Posted by James Carroll on 04-Jul-2004 02:18 GMT
In reply to Comment 19 (itix):
Okay, thanks for the tip. If you're generating your menus correctly it should work fine, yes? Or do you have to add extra stuff to make it look proper on embedded menus?

If anyones interested, I've just fixed the quit/disconnection bug... when you quit IRC or got disconnected from IRC, the program would go into a neverending loop locking up the program etc.. Its fixed now though. I dont want to release another version until the enforcer hits are fixed as well though. Also I want to add popup menus and possibly preform on connect stuff for the next release.

Whenever I release a new version I get majorly demotivated.. takes me a week or so to get motivated to start implementing new stuff.. hehe.

Anyways.
WookieChat Update : Comment 22 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by James Carroll on 04-Jul-2004 02:32 GMT
In reply to Comment 20 (Tronman):
Tronman: Make sure you have NList, NListtree and BetterString classes installed. Go to us.aminet.net and grab them. If it still doesnt work, can you email me and let me know? Fanks.
WookieChat Update : Comment 23 of 23ANN.lu
Posted by itix on 04-Jul-2004 07:44 GMT
In reply to Comment 21 (James Carroll):
"If you're generating your menus correctly it should work fine, yes?" Yes it should. Looks like a MUI bug if it doesnt work. I wonder if this is same in OS4 MUI with embedded menus?
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