From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-01-05T11:31:29+09:00
Subject: Re: IRC like interface

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 06:39:26AM +0900, Juergen Fiedler wrote:
> Chad Perrin wrote:
> [...]
> > I don't know of Ruby projects of that sort, off the top of my head, but
> > there's an open source multiprotocol IM client called centericq that
> > might at least give you some vague ideas.  Without double-checking, I
> > seem to recall that it was written in Perl, though for all I know right
> > now it could be C.  I know it uses ncurses, at least.
> 
> Centericq is what I use when I don't play with new Jabber clients. It is 
> in fact C these days and an 'ldd /usr/bin/centericq' gives me a very 
> long list ending with

I get a list of 27 different dependencies, myself.


> 
> > libkitchensink.so.11 => /usr/lib/libkitchensink.so.11 (0xb782a000)

I'd be highly amused if I saw something called "libkitchensink" in
there, though I'd be far less surprised to see it for a KDE application.


> 
> yet it does not appear to use libreadline.

Now that I'm actually looking at it, you're right.

Sorry I wasn't more helpful.  That was the closest comparison that came
to mind.

-- 
Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ]

"Real ugliness is not harsh-looking syntax, but having to
build programs out of the wrong concepts." - Paul Graham