BitchX: Difference between revisions

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| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]

| genre = [[IRC client]]

| license = [[3 clause BSD ~~license~~|BSD-3-~~Clause]] [[GPLv2|GNU General Public License~~]]

| license = [[BSD licenses#3-clause license ("BSD License 2.0", "Revised BSD License", "New BSD License", or "Modified BSD License")|BSD 3-clause license]]

| website = {{URL|https://bitchx.sourceforge.net}}

}}

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|chapter-url-access = registration

|chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/bookofirc00char/page/44

}}</ref> The initial implementation, written by "Trench" and "HappyCrappy", was a [[script (computer programming)|script]] for the IrcII chat client.<ref name="the book of irc" /> It was converted to a program in its own right by panasync (Colten Edwards). BitchX 1.1 final was released in 2004. It is written in [[C (programming language)|C]] and is a [[Text-based user interface|TUI application]] utilizing [[ncurses]]. [[GTK+]] toolkit support has been dropped. It works on all [[Unix-like]] operating systems, and is distributed under a [[BSD licenses|BSD license]]. It was originally based on ircII-EPIC,<ref name="the book of irc" /> and eventually it was merged into the [[Enhanced Programmable ircII Client|EPIC IRC client]]. It supports [[IPv6]],<ref>{{cite book |title=IPv6: Theory, Protocol, and Practice |author=Peter Loshin |year=2004 |publisher=Morgan Kaufmann |page=316 |isbn=9780080495873 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6dlixBQyP4C&dq=BitchX&pg=PA316}}</ref> multiple servers and [[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]], and a subset of [[UTF-8]] (characters contained in [[ISO/IEC 8859-1|ISO-8859-1]]) with an [[unofficial patch]].<ref>{{cite web|url=~~http~~://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3204631&group_id=217909&atid=1041465 |title=bitchx: Detail: 3204631 - Add UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1 conversion in output text |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=2011-03-09 |access-date=2011-07-09}}</ref>

}}</ref> The initial implementation, written by "Trench" and "HappyCrappy", was a [[script (computer programming)|script]] for the IrcII chat client.<ref name="the book of irc" /> It was converted to a program in its own right by panasync (Colten Edwards). BitchX 1.1 final was released in 2004. It is written in [[C (programming language)|C]] and is a [[Text-based user interface|TUI application]] utilizing [[ncurses]]. [[GTK+]] toolkit support has been dropped. It works on all [[Unix-like]] operating systems, and is distributed under a [[BSD licenses|BSD license]]. It was originally based on ircII-EPIC,<ref name="the book of irc" /> and eventually it was merged into the [[Enhanced Programmable ircII Client|EPIC IRC client]]. It supports [[IPv6]],<ref>{{cite book |title=IPv6: Theory, Protocol, and Practice |author=Peter Loshin |year=2004 |publisher=Morgan Kaufmann |page=316 |isbn=9780080495873 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6dlixBQyP4C&dq=BitchX&pg=PA316}}</ref> multiple servers and [[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]], and a subset of [[UTF-8]] (characters contained in [[ISO/IEC 8859-1|ISO-8859-1]]) with an [[unofficial patch]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3204631&group_id=217909&atid=1041465 |title=bitchx: Detail: 3204631 - Add UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1 conversion in output text |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=2011-03-09 |access-date=2011-07-09}}</ref>

On several occasions, BitchX has been noted to be a popular IRC client for Unix-like systems.<ref name="cnn-1"/><ref name="ircreviews">[http://www.ircreviews.org/clients/bitchx.html Review:BitchX (Amiga)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207102937/http://www.ircreviews.org/clients/bitchx.html |date=2018-12-07 }}, IRCreviews.org, Retrieved 2009-09-29 ("BitchX is favoured by many more experienced IRC users")</ref><ref name="osdir-1">[http://www.osdir.com/Article4735.phtml A Day in the Life of #Apache] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316020332/http://www.osdir.com/Article4735.phtml |date=2016-03-16 }}, OSDir.com (March 25, 2005), Retrieved 2009-09-29 ("XChat, mIRC, and bitchx are several popular clients")</ref><ref name="overclockers">[http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/ircguide/ How to use IRC guide], Overclockersclub.com (Dec. 4, 2006), Retrieved 2009-09-29 ("There are many different clients available, some of the more popular ones include BitchX, XChat, Trillian, BeserIRC, Klient ....")</ref><ref name="broadbandreports">[http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/5165 What about P2P on *nix?], Broadbandreports.com (Sept. 13, 2002), Retrieved 2009-09-29 ("There are several IRC clients for Linux. Among the best are X-Chat and BitchX.")</ref><ref name="linuxhelp">[http://www.linuxhelp.net/guides/bitchx/ BitchX Configuration Guide], Linuxhelp.net (last updated Sept. 19, 2003), Retrieved 2009-09-29 ("BitchX is one of the most popular IRC Client available today for *nix systems.")</ref>

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[[Category:Unix IRC clients]]

[[Category:Free IRC clients]]

[[Category:~~IRC clients~~]]

[[Category:Software using the BSD license]]

[[Category:Free software programmed in C]]

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 | programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
 | genre                  = [[IRC client]]
-| license                = [[3 clause BSD license|BSD-3-Clause]] [[GPLv2|GNU General Public License]]
+| license                = [[BSD licenses#3-clause license ("BSD License 2.0", "Revised BSD License", "New BSD License", or "Modified BSD License")|BSD 3-clause license]]
 | website                = {{URL|https://bitchx.sourceforge.net}}
 }}
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   |chapter-url-access = registration
   |chapter-url        = https://archive.org/details/bookofirc00char/page/44
-}}</ref> The initial implementation, written by "Trench" and "HappyCrappy", was a [[script (computer programming)|script]] for the IrcII chat client.<ref name="the book of irc" /> It was converted to a program in its own right by panasync (Colten Edwards). BitchX 1.1 final was released in 2004. It is written in [[C (programming language)|C]] and is a [[Text-based user interface|TUI application]] utilizing [[ncurses]]. [[GTK+]] toolkit support has been dropped. It works on all [[Unix-like]] operating systems, and is distributed under a [[BSD licenses|BSD license]]. It was originally based on ircII-EPIC,<ref name="the book of irc" /> and eventually it was merged into the [[Enhanced Programmable ircII Client|EPIC IRC client]]. It supports [[IPv6]],<ref>{{cite book |title=IPv6: Theory, Protocol, and Practice |author=Peter Loshin |year=2004 |publisher=Morgan Kaufmann |page=316 |isbn=9780080495873 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6dlixBQyP4C&dq=BitchX&pg=PA316}}</ref> multiple servers and [[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]], and a subset of [[UTF-8]] (characters contained in [[ISO/IEC 8859-1|ISO-8859-1]]) with an [[unofficial patch]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3204631&group_id=217909&atid=1041465 |title=bitchx: Detail: 3204631 - Add UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1 conversion in output text |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=2011-03-09 |access-date=2011-07-09}}</ref>
+}}</ref> The initial implementation, written by "Trench" and "HappyCrappy", was a [[script (computer programming)|script]] for the IrcII chat client.<ref name="the book of irc" /> It was converted to a program in its own right by panasync (Colten Edwards). BitchX 1.1 final was released in 2004. It is written in [[C (programming language)|C]] and is a [[Text-based user interface|TUI application]] utilizing [[ncurses]]. [[GTK+]] toolkit support has been dropped. It works on all [[Unix-like]] operating systems, and is distributed under a [[BSD licenses|BSD license]]. It was originally based on ircII-EPIC,<ref name="the book of irc" /> and eventually it was merged into the [[Enhanced Programmable ircII Client|EPIC IRC client]]. It supports [[IPv6]],<ref>{{cite book |title=IPv6: Theory, Protocol, and Practice |author=Peter Loshin |year=2004 |publisher=Morgan Kaufmann |page=316 |isbn=9780080495873 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6dlixBQyP4C&dq=BitchX&pg=PA316}}</ref> multiple servers and [[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]], and a subset of [[UTF-8]] (characters contained in [[ISO/IEC 8859-1|ISO-8859-1]]) with an [[unofficial patch]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3204631&group_id=217909&atid=1041465 |title=bitchx: Detail: 3204631 - Add UTF-8 to ISO-8859-1 conversion in output text |publisher=SourceForge.net |date=2011-03-09 |access-date=2011-07-09}}</ref>
 On several occasions, BitchX has been noted to be a popular IRC client for Unix-like systems.<ref name="cnn-1"/><ref name="ircreviews">[http://www.ircreviews.org/clients/bitchx.html Review:BitchX (Amiga)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207102937/http://www.ircreviews.org/clients/bitchx.html |date=2018-12-07 }}, IRCreviews.org, Retrieved 2009-09-29 ("BitchX is favoured by many more experienced IRC users")</ref><ref name="osdir-1">[http://www.osdir.com/Article4735.phtml A Day in the Life of #Apache] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316020332/http://www.osdir.com/Article4735.phtml |date=2016-03-16 }}, OSDir.com (March 25, 2005), Retrieved 2009-09-29 ("XChat, mIRC, and bitchx are several popular clients")</ref><ref name="overclockers">[http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/ircguide/ How to use IRC guide], Overclockersclub.com (Dec. 4, 2006), Retrieved 2009-09-29 ("There are many different clients available, some of the more popular ones include BitchX, XChat, Trillian, BeserIRC, Klient ....")</ref><ref name="broadbandreports">[http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/5165 What about P2P on *nix?], Broadbandreports.com (Sept. 13, 2002), Retrieved 2009-09-29 ("There are several IRC clients for Linux. Among the best are X-Chat and BitchX.")</ref><ref name="linuxhelp">[http://www.linuxhelp.net/guides/bitchx/ BitchX Configuration Guide], Linuxhelp.net (last updated Sept. 19, 2003), Retrieved 2009-09-29 ("BitchX is one of the most popular IRC Client available today for *nix systems.")</ref>
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 [[Category:Unix IRC clients]]
 [[Category:Free IRC clients]]
-[[Category:IRC clients]]
+[[Category:Software using the BSD license]]
 [[Category:Free software programmed in C]]

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