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Windows irc client via command line install#
Windows irc client via command line software#
Windows irc client via command line zip#
Windows irc client via command line windows#

merk.zip is copied into the downloads directory, and is copied to merk-latest.This post will cover the basic setup of Unreal IRC server.

If merk-latest.zip exists in the downloads directory, it is deleted.

If merk.zip exists in the downloads directory, the version in the downloads directory is deleted.

Renames dist.zip to "merk- MAJOR VERSION.zip", referred to as merk.zip in this description.

Deletes the dist directory and its contents.

Windows irc client via command line zip#

Zips up the dist directory either using PowerShell (if the host system is Windows) or the zip utility (if the host system is Linux) into a file named dist.zip.

The spellchecker directory and its contents.

The qt5reactor directory and its contents.

Creates a new directory named dist, and copies into it:.

Overwrites README.md with the edited contents of README.txt.

! _FULL_VERSION_ ! (without spaces) is replaced with MERK's major and minor version, with a period in between them.

! _MINOR_ ! (without spaces) is replaced with MERK's minor version.

! _VERSION_ ! (without spaces) is replaced with MERK's major version.

Reads README.txt into memory and replaces several symbols in it:.

Increments the MERK's minor version (which is stored in merk/data/minor.txt) and saves it.

Windows irc client via command line windows#

Executes either compile_resources.bat (if the host system is Windows) or compile_resources.sh (if the host system is Linux) if the host system is not running either Windows or Linux, build_dist.py will exit with an error.

build_dist.py - This is a Python 3 script that, when executed, does several things:.

compile_resources.sh - This shell script basically does the same thing that compile_resources.bat does, only it's for development on the Linux platform.

This is for development on the Windows platform.

compile_resources.bat - This batch file compiles the miscellaneous resources (graphics, fonts, etc) required by MERK into a single file, resources.py, and inserts the file into the MERK source code.

These are only needed if you're developing MERK, and can be ignored if you're only using the MERK IRC client.

Windows irc client via command line install#

The pyrcc5 utility is required, and should be installed automatically when you install PyQt. Several tools are included in the official MERK repository for developing MERK. N, -noask Don't ask for connection information on start qtstyle NAME Set Qt widget style (default: Windows) config-name NAME Name of the configuration file directory (default: D DIRECTORY, -config-directory DIRECTORY reconnect Reconnect to servers on disconnection h, -help show this help message and exit Open a command prompt, navigate to the directory you extracted MERK to, and type: python merk.py Extract the zipfile to a directory of your choice using your favorite archive/zip program. There are three libraries that comes bundled with MERK:įirst, make sure that all the requirements are installed.

Windows irc client via command line software#

To run properly on Linux, the latest version of all required software is recommended. You can also install this with pip: pip install pywin32 If you're running Windows, and you're getting errors when trying to run MERK, you may have to install another library, pywin32. MERK is being developed with Python 3.7 on Windows 11, and Python 3.8.5 on Linux Mint. To connect to IRC servers via SSL, two additional libraries are needed: pip install pyOpenSSL PyQt5 and Twisted can be installed by using pip: pip install pyqt5 MERK requires Python 3, PyQt5, and Twisted. Later, user settings and logs will be stored in the user's home directory (or, via a command-line option, another directory of the user's choosing). Private chat works, too.Ĭurrently, user settings and logs are stored in the application directory. A lot of the fancier features don't work, but you can connect to a server, join channels, and chat with people. MERK is written in Python 3, using the PyQt5 and Twisted libraries, and runs on both Windows and Linux. It uses a multiple-document interface, much like the popular Windows IRC client mIRC. The current development version is 020.002. MERK is a graphical open source Internet relay chat client. MERK connected to Libera, 2600net, and a local IRC server. A multiple-document interface IRC client for Windows and Linux