View topic - irssi the irc client that rocks. Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems.
It also supports SILC, XMPP and ICB protocols via plugins. Google chat in irssi. When I’m AFK, I like to have irc PMs forwarded to google chat on my phone.
However, when I’m at my laptop, I don’t want to have to type google chat messages into my phone. (And I certainly don’t want to have to open up firefox for that). Luckily, it’s trivial to use google chat over irssi! It actually took me a few minutes to figure out some of the details, because noone seems to describe exactly how they do it. So here goes: Tor. Tor is an open source implementation of 2nd generation onion routing that provides free access to an anonymous proxy network.
Its primary goal is to enable online anonymity by protecting against traffic analysis attacks. Introduction Users of the Tor network run an onion proxy on their machine. This software connects out to Tor, periodically negotiating a virtual circuit through the Tor network. Tor employs cryptography in a layered manner (hence the 'onion' analogy), ensuring perfect forward secrecy between routers. Warning: Tor by itself is not all you need to maintain your anonymity.
Through this process the onion proxy manages networking traffic for end-user anonymity. Installation Install tor, available in the official repositories. Additionally, there is a Qt frontend for Tor in package vidalia. Configuration. Freenode with tor+irssi « Ñu. First of all you need tsocks and tor configured and running, it is quite simple, more information can be seen in the link below[1], in short: On RH Based: sudo yum install tor tsocks -y On Debian Based: sudo apt-get install tor tsocks -y Freenode allows tor connections only to a specific tor hidden service p4fsi4ockecnea7l.onion.
Ten Irssi scripts you should try before you die. We all know it — the only real IRC client left is Irssi.
Irssi is good, better & best but even the best piece of software can be adapted for your own needs. Pimped, in other words. As for theming, window handling, effective use of screen and other cool tricks you will find plenty of guides out there. But I thought I’d offer you my take on the Irssi scripts that turn an IRC client into a spaceship control panel… Of course, there’s a craptic megaton of nice Irssi scripts out there. The client of the future. To new Irssi users (not to new IRC users ..)
Copyright (c) 2000-2002 by Timo Sirainen, release under GNU FDL 1.1 license. Index with some FAQ questions that are answered in the chapter: For all the lazy people This window management is just weird, I want it exactly like ircII Basic user interface usage Split windows work in weird way How can I easily switch between windows? But alt-1 etc. don't work! Server and channel automation How do I automatically connect to servers at startup? 1. These settings should give you pretty good defaults (the ones I use): If colors don't work, and you know you're not going to use some weird non-VT compatible terminal (you most probably aren't), just say: /SET term_force_colors ON I don't like automatic query windows, I don't like status window, I do like msgs window where all messages go: /SET autocreate_own_query OFF /SET autocreate_query_level DCCMSGS /SET use_status_window OFF /SET use_msgs_window ON /SET autoclose_windows OFF /SET reuse_unused_windows ON.
A Guide to Efficiently Using Irssi and Screen. Irssi is a text-only IRC client.
It does not get in your way and its commands are intuitive and useful. Non-standard features are implemented with perl scripts, rather than in the core. Irssi can range from a functional, no-frills client to a highly-customized and automated client. Irssi is not the only focus of this guide. GNU screen, the well-known terminal multiplexer, is also discussed. Getting Connected The first step is to start irssi.
Irssi You should now see Irssi in its default state–disconnected, with some blue bars at the top and bottom. In Irssi, there are three important connection-related commands: /server, /connect, and /disconnect. For example, typing /connect irc.foo.com will open a new network connection and connect to irc.foo.com. . (05:23:10) (ms[+abilorsuwxyz]) (1:NullIRC (change with ^X)) In this example, NullIRC is the active network. At this point you should have a just-opened instance of Irssi, with no connections to any server.