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+ | ~~NOTOC~~ | ||
+ | ======Welcome to EPIC!====== | ||
+ | EPIC is a IRC client that has been under active development for 25+ years in 5 generations. It is stable and mature, and offers an excellent ircII interface for those of us who are accustomed to the ircII way of doing things. ---- | ||
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+ | ======How to get EPIC====== | ||
+ | ===Git==== | ||
+ | EPIC is distributed as source code, and is very portable. | ||
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+ | To get EPIC5: | ||
+ | git clone https:// | ||
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+ | To get EPIC4: | ||
+ | git clone https:// | ||
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+ | ====Source Releases==== | ||
+ | Proper EPIC releases are distributed as tarballs: | ||
+ | * https:// | ||
+ | * https:// | ||
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+ | ====Binary Packages==== | ||
+ | Many OS distributions include an EPIC binary package. | ||
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+ | =====Script Packs (or, How do I know if I need EPIC4 or EPIC5? | ||
+ | EPIC's out of the box experience is pretty austere, trying to be a lot like ircII was in 1993. That doesn' | ||
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+ | ======Using EPIC====== | ||
+ | To start up EPIC, provide it a nickname and a server you want to connect to | ||
+ | epic5 mynick irc.server.com | ||
+ | EPIC will connect to " | ||
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+ | There are a lot of command line options and variations so you can visit [[command line options]] for more details. | ||
+ | epic5 -h | ||
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+ | =====Are you having problems with output on EPIC5? | ||
+ | EPIC5-1.1.8 and later support UTF-8, which is harder to get working than you might think. | ||
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+ | =====Some FAQs===== | ||
+ | ====What is IRC? | ||
+ | IRC is the internet' | ||
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+ | =====Why does EPIC exist? | ||
+ | EPIC exists because we want irc to be fun! You can always find a " | ||
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+ | =====Who uses EPIC? | ||
+ | The scripters who are creating irc experiences, | ||
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+ | =====Help with EPIC===== | ||
+ | EPIC comes with [[help_root|help pages]], which you can help us maintain! | ||
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+ | =====Programming EPIC===== | ||
+ | EPIC comes with a mature, stable programming language which behaves a lot like TCL. Visit [[epic_scripting]] to get started with the adventure! | ||
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