noonebutme
10-01-2006, 11:11 PM
There's more then a few IRC Clients out there - ranging from a full-fleged irc client to an add-on to Visual Basic 2005, i'll just list a few of them in here.
The most used IRC Client for windows is most likely going to be mIRC. (http://www.mirc.com) It's small, doesnt use much resources, free, and has been around for awhile. If your using mIRC, you can easily get add-on scripts to enhance the client. Some i'd recommend are NoName Script (http://www.nnscript.de) and Darkengine (http://www.darkengine.net/) (Site currently down so grab the script Here) (http://www.darkengine.net/de_beta8_updated.zip)
To set mIRC up, download the installer and install it. If you want to set NNScript up, then close mIRC and run NNScript's installer. If mIRC is open, then NNScript wont install. Same with Invision (Another mIRC add-on script). If you want to load smaller scripts, such as Darkengine or any other .mrc file you find, hit alt + r and then go to file > load and select the file. It's best to place the .mrc files in your \mIRC install folder as some wont work otherwise. If you want to look at mIRC's scripting language, just look through mIRC's help - its the best documentation around.
Another IRC Client for windows is X-Chat (http://www.silverex.org/news/). This client's the same as it's Linux counterpart. You can run TCL, Python, Perl, and Ruby scripts with X-Chat, so it's easier to write scripts if you know a language already. I linked to a free version because if you download it from x-chat's official site, you need to pay for it. The free version's compiled by someone else without the need for registration. Here's (http://xchat.org/docs/) a good resource if you want to write some plugins of your own for X-Chat
You can also use Gaim (http://gaim.sourceforge.net) or Trillian (http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/) to connect to IRC as well. In Gaim, run ctrl + a to create a new IRC account where you enter your nick, server info, and channels you want to join. If you've registered your nick on the server you can also enter your nickserv password.
That should pretty much cover the major IRC clients for windows that i've seen on IRC. There's a few oddball clients out there that i dont know of, but they generally have a really small following and arent widely used.
The most used IRC Client for windows is most likely going to be mIRC. (http://www.mirc.com) It's small, doesnt use much resources, free, and has been around for awhile. If your using mIRC, you can easily get add-on scripts to enhance the client. Some i'd recommend are NoName Script (http://www.nnscript.de) and Darkengine (http://www.darkengine.net/) (Site currently down so grab the script Here) (http://www.darkengine.net/de_beta8_updated.zip)
To set mIRC up, download the installer and install it. If you want to set NNScript up, then close mIRC and run NNScript's installer. If mIRC is open, then NNScript wont install. Same with Invision (Another mIRC add-on script). If you want to load smaller scripts, such as Darkengine or any other .mrc file you find, hit alt + r and then go to file > load and select the file. It's best to place the .mrc files in your \mIRC install folder as some wont work otherwise. If you want to look at mIRC's scripting language, just look through mIRC's help - its the best documentation around.
Another IRC Client for windows is X-Chat (http://www.silverex.org/news/). This client's the same as it's Linux counterpart. You can run TCL, Python, Perl, and Ruby scripts with X-Chat, so it's easier to write scripts if you know a language already. I linked to a free version because if you download it from x-chat's official site, you need to pay for it. The free version's compiled by someone else without the need for registration. Here's (http://xchat.org/docs/) a good resource if you want to write some plugins of your own for X-Chat
You can also use Gaim (http://gaim.sourceforge.net) or Trillian (http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/) to connect to IRC as well. In Gaim, run ctrl + a to create a new IRC account where you enter your nick, server info, and channels you want to join. If you've registered your nick on the server you can also enter your nickserv password.
That should pretty much cover the major IRC clients for windows that i've seen on IRC. There's a few oddball clients out there that i dont know of, but they generally have a really small following and arent widely used.