HexChat

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HexChat is Article description::a graphical IRC client based on XChat.

Installation

`dbus`	Enable dbus support for anything that needs it (gpsd, gnomemeeting, etc)
`debug`	Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
`gtk`	Add support for x11-libs/gtk+ (The GIMP Toolkit)
`libcanberra`	Enable sound event support using media-libs/libcanberra
`libnotify`	Enable desktop notification support
`libproxy`	Enable proxy support.
`libressl`	Use dev-libs/libressl instead of dev-libs/openssl when applicable (see also the ssl useflag)
`lua`	Enable Lua scripting support
`perl`	Add optional support/bindings for the Perl language
`plugin-checksum`	Build Checksum plugin (needs plugins)
`plugin-fishlim`	Build FiSHLiM plugin (needs plugins )
`plugin-sysinfo`	Build SysInfo plugin (needs plugins)
`python`	Add optional support/bindings for the Python language
`ssl`	Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security)
`theme-manager`	Build the theme manager (mono)

Data provided by the Gentoo Package Database · Last update: 2021-01-31 00:06 More information about USE flags

Emerge hexchat:

root #emerge --ask net-irc/hexchat

HexChat stores user specific configuration files in the ~/.config/hexchat/ directory.

Settings can be modified graphically via the Settings tab or using the /set command from the command-line interface.

In HexChat, enable SSL connections in Network List (Ctrl+S)> Freenode > Edit.

In order to automatically reconnect after sleep/hibernate mode, enter the /set net_ping_timeout 31 command.

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