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diff --git a/development/index.markdown b/development/index.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d964d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/development/index.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +--- +layout: page +title: Contributing +permalink: /development/ +--- + +# Irssi - Contributing + +### Development sources + +To get started with Irssi development, first check out the git repository: + + git clone https://github.com/irssi/irssi + +After check-out, you **must** run `./autogen.sh`. It may be necessary to install additional packages. More information can be found on [the wiki.][1]{:rel='external'} + +## Helping Development + +Hey you! Irssi is desperately looking for developers. No groundbreaking development has occured since ten years. Apart from fixing [bugs][2]{:rel='external'} and reviewing [patches][3]{:rel='external'}, there are also many huge issues which noone is tackling at the moment. Some of those are: + +* Rewrite the fe-text front-end to include vertical splits, flexible and multi-line status bars, vertical bars, zoom, layout pre-sets, dynamic themes, message tags, time-stamped messages, etc. +* Rewrite the core to optionally work in a distributed manner (where you can run the server connections on one server and connect to it with multiple fe-text front-ends) +* Revamp the API to better integrate multiple scripting languages (like Javascript, Lua) and require less (Perl-specific) glue code +* Fix and improve network Proxy support (SSL-enabled proxies, SSL connections over proxies, native SOCKS proxies in Irssi, better TOR support, per network proxies) ([#148][4]{:rel='external'}) +* Extend the IRC code to work better with any IRCv3 features. +* XMPP improvements +* Website improvements + +Also review the [Unofficial Roadmap][5]{:rel='external'} for a further source of TODOs. + +If you're lucky, you might find issues in the tracker that are [labeled 'easy'][6]{:rel='external'} + +### Scripts + +Perl scripts can be submitted to the [Irssi Script Repository][7]{:rel='external'} by following the instructions and sending a Pull Request on Github. Next to the perl and signals [documentation][8], the [Unofficial Irssi Scripting Documentation Wiki][9]{:rel='external'} may have additional helpful resources about writing scripts. + +### Themes + +Most of the existing documentation regarding themes can be found in the `default.theme` file created by Irssi when you `/save`, or `/save -formats`. Much of themeing is artistic skills combined with trial and error. Nice themes can be submitted to the [Irssi Themes Collection][10]{:rel='external'} through a Github Pull Request. + +[1]: https://github.com/shabble/irssi-docs/wiki/Irssi-0.8.17#compiling-from-git +[2]: //github.com/irssi/irssi/issues +[3]: //github/com/irssi/irssi/pulls +[4]: //github.com/irssi/irssi/pull/148 +[5]: //github.com/shabble/irssi-docs/wiki/Roadmap +[6]: //github.com/irssi/irssi/labels/easy +[7]: http://scripts.irssi.org/ +[8]: /documentation/ +[9]: //github.com/shabble/irssi-docs/wiki +[10]: //irssi-import.github.io/themes/ |