1$Id: README,v 1.16 2001/08/01 22:15:20 kalt Exp $
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3With hundreds of IRC clients out there, it's sometimes hard to believe that
4a new one was needed.  Here are the highlights of this software:
5
6   + absolutely NO scripting ability.
7   + termcap based (e.g. fast!).
8   + emacs-style key bindings
9   + compliant with RFC 2810, 2811 and 2812.
10   + virtual windows � la screen(1).
11   + multi server support.
12   + non blocking TCP connections.
13   + basic support for multi-homed systems.
14   + IPv6 support (requires RFC2533 compliant API).
15   + everything goes and stays in the lastlog.
16   + convenient scrolling (with searching capabilities) in the lastlog.
17   + 10 display filters! (2 ignore features based on this).
18   + built-in counters to hide repeating messages.
19   + highly customizable. (format strings, filters, reformating, ..)
20   + customization possible at every level (channel, window, server..).
21   + non blocking DNS lookups (A and PTR records).
22   + convenient multi-server "tabkey" style completion (for /msg, /squery).
23   + "space key" style completion (for public discussion).
24   + DCC support.
25   + CTCP support.
26
27sic is still alpha, so you should expect alpha quality.  However, it is quite
28stable and no longer crashes when something isn't implemented yet.
29
30Primary site:
31	ftp://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/sic/
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33Mirrors:
34	ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/irc/sic/			(Finland)
35	ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/unix/comm/irc/sic/	(Germany)
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37Announces:
38	echo subscribe | mail sic-announce-request@lists.sourceforge.net
39	http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sic-announce
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