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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
WeeChat documentation (english version)
Copyright (c) 2003-2008 by FlashCode <flashcode@flashtux.org>
This manual is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-->
<chapter id="chapIntroduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
This chapter describes WeeChat and pre-requisites for its installation.
</para>
<section id="secDescription">
<title>Description</title>
<para>
WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a free chat client,
fast and light, designed for many operating systems.
</para>
<para>
Main features are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
multi-protocols (IRC and other soon)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
multi-servers connection (with SSL, IPv6, proxy)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
many GUI: Curses (wxWidgets, Gtk and Qt under development)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
small, fast and light
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
customizable and extensible with plugins and scripts
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
compliant with IRC <acronym>RFC</acronym>s
<ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1459.txt">1459</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2810.txt">2810</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2811.txt">2811</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2812.txt">2812</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2813.txt">2813</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
multi-platform (GNU/Linux, *BSD, MacOS X, Windows and other)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
100% GPL, free software
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
WeeChat homepage is here:
<ulink url="http://weechat.flashtux.org">
http://weechat.flashtux.org
</ulink>
</para>
</section>
<section id="secPreRequisites">
<title>Pre-requisites</title>
<para>
In order to install WeeChat, you <emphasis>need</emphasis>:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
a running GNU/Linux system (with compiler tools for source
package), or compatible OS (see above)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
"root" privileges (to install WeeChat in a system directory)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
according to GUI, one of the following libraries:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Curses: ncurses library
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Gtk: <emphasis>*** GUI not developed ***</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
WxWidgets: <emphasis>*** GUI not developed ***</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Qt: <emphasis>*** GUI not developed ***</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
</chapter>
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