ii/lchat setup (too easy)

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A suckless IRC package

Get ii and lchat running on your machine
together. This is the guide. For up-to-date code and improvements go to the git repo. https://github.com/equwal/ii-lchat-metapackage

INSTALL

• Go install ii with the SSL patch added. This will run as a local server that makes files named in and out for lchat to use.

• Go install lchat. It uses the suckless library grapheme that you will need to install and link up.

• Go to services and edit/install the file. You will need to register with nickserv on liberachat. Install it on your machine. If you are using a service that isn’t in there, or you find it doesn’t work, please contribute.

Copy irc-connect and lchat-connect to your path. Modify as needed.

Make aliases for lchat-connect.

# example
alias lispirc='/home/jose/src/sh/lchat-connect "$HOME/irc" "irc.libera.chat" "#lisp"'

irc-connect

#!/bin/sh

TIMEOUT=10
CHANNELSWAIT=1

# IRC client connector script
# Usage: irc-connect <server> <nick> <pass> <dir> [channel1] [channel2] ...

SERVER="$1"
NICK="$2"
PASS="$3"
DIR="$4"
shift 4

ii -s "$SERVER" -n "$NICK" -i "$DIR" -e &
II_PID=$!
sleep "$TIMEOUT"
echo "IDENTIFY $NICK $PASS" >"$DIR"/"$SERVER"/nickerv/in
sleep $CHANNELSWAIT

# Join all provided channels
for channel in "$@"; do
    echo "/j $channel" >"$DIR"/"$SERVER"/in
    sleep "$CHANNELSWAIT"
done

wait $II_PID

lchat-connect

#!/bin/sh

# lchat connector script
# Usage: lchat-connect <dir> <server> <channel>

DIR="$1"
SERVER="$2"
CHANNEL="$3"

lchat -a "$DIR"/"$SERVER"/"$CHANNEL"

openRC service for liberachat

#!/sbin/openrc-run

name="lispirc"
description="IRC client for #lisp on irc.libera.chat"

command="/home/jose/src/sh/irc-connect"
command_args="(irc.libera.chat) <YOUR NICKSERV IDENT> <YOUR NICKSERV PASSWORD> <IRC FILES PATH> CHANNELS CHANNELS CHANNELS (eg. \#lisp)"
command_user="<USER>"
pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
command_background="yes"

depend() {
    need net
    after logger
}

stop() {
    local pid=$(cat "$pidfile")
    ebegin "Stopping $name"
    kill "$pid" 2>/dev/null
    rm -f "$pidfile"
    eend $?
}

TODO

• SSL using socat or some other external program

• ii on your VPS for bouncing

• other init systems

Using an init system for many instances of simple programs · irc relay · suckless · sic