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    Those of us who prefer to use a terminal for everything thank you! Commented Aug 6, 2010 at 18:09
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    How are you handling chat time-out periods, message migrations, message editing, flagging, starring, multiline messages, de-beautifying oneboxes, ... :/ Commented Sep 1, 2010 at 16:15
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    @badp: I'm not (to much extent) yet, but those can be considered as enhanced GUI features. IRC is a basic interface, you get just the facts. However the chat server interface code can of course see those events happening, and inform the IRC user in some appropriate way. Commented Sep 1, 2010 at 19:46
  • Thanks for your excellent work on this @Greg! I plan to use your code as a guide in my attempt to create an XMPP interface Commented Sep 11, 2010 at 15:48
  • Looks like it would be nice if SO supported an API to the chat to get raw markdown instead of HTML messages. Then it would be easier to transform them to use irc-style formatting. Commented Feb 14, 2012 at 19:06
  • Project abandoned? Last commit was 2010. Commented Mar 18, 2012 at 23:08
  • @Tshepang: Yup, I'm not using it anymore. Feel free to fork and improve it! Commented Mar 18, 2012 at 23:09
  • Nah. Just wanted a note added to that effect. Commented Mar 18, 2012 at 23:10
  • ........ #soirc Commented Jul 15, 2016 at 21:32