mIRC is excellent and is what I use, free for 30 days I think then costs around $20 but continues on past 30 days anyway.
http://mirc.com/ Gav... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 12:48 PM Subject: [off topic] irc client for windows? [was: Re: Forrest Friday for November (was Re: LaTeX output plugin) |I usually participate by ssh'ing to my linux box and using xchat but | I'm on travel and don't have that capability. the windows version of | xchat apparently costs money. so, can someone recommend a good free | irc client for windows? I've got cygwin too but don't immediately see | an irc capability in there either. | | --tim | | On 11/10/05, David Crossley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > 11 November starting at 06:00 Greenwich Mean Time. | > See the calendar for your time zone. | > | > We will use conventional IRC. The main communication | > medium is still the dev mailing list. | > | > The channel name is "for-n". | > | > The topic is to finish locationmap, clean up Jira, | > prioritise issues for next release, more xhtml2 dev. | > See below. | > | > So the start time is 2 hours away. | > | > -David | > | > Ross Gardler wrote: | > > Gav.... wrote: | > > >From: "Ross Gardler" | > > >| Ferdinand Soethe wrote: | > > >| > | > > >| > Does it make sense to base all transformations on XHTML2 (out soon to | > > >| > be meta-format) rather than document13? | > > >| | > > >| I would love to say yes, but then the danger is not actually getting the | > > >| move to XHTML2 done. We keep agreeing it should be done (for around 2 | > > >| years now), but we seem to be failing in actually tackling the job | > > >| because it is such a major task. | > > >| | > > >| At present I am thinking the only way it will ever happen is if we have | > > >| a complete rewrite of Forrest from the bottom up. | > > >| | > > >| Personally, I think the only way it is ever going to happen, with the | > > >| current method of working, is if an individual just does it. How long it | > > >| will be before one of us has that kind of time is anyones guess. | > > >| | > > >| Therefore, I (that is, me as an individual, this is not necessarily the | > > >| view of the community) would recommend using XDoc for fear of waiting | > > >| forever to make XHTML2 usable. | > > > | > > >Well, maybe this can be part of the discussion for Forrest Friday which | > > >happens | > > >to be THIS FRIDAY people, so whos going to make it for any amount of time | > > >and what should the topic of the day be. | > > > | > > >My opinion, keep on with http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOR-184 | > > >issues and | > > >keep XHTML2 as the main focus along with the usual Jira cleanup. | > > > | > > >I will be there at various points in time. | > > | > > Thanks for bringing this up, sorry I've not been able to respond quicker | > > and help develop a plan for FF. | > > | > > I will present for some of the time. My own focus will be on finishing | > > off the locationmap stuff (FOR-200) which is a precursor to the views | > > integration which, in turn is a precursor to the XHTML2 move. | > > | > > I'll also be spending some time sorting out the issue tracker to | > > prioritise for a 0.8 release - maybe I'll even fix a couple of issues! | > > | > > It would be great if we can see the tasks in FOR-184 (XHTML2) fleshed | > > out by those who understand how the views 2 stuff impacts them. | > > | > > Ross | > | | | -- | This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender. | For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/ | | | | | -- | No virus found in this incoming message. | Checked by AVG Free Edition. | Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/166 - Release Date: 10/11/2005 | | -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/166 - Release Date: 10/11/2005 -- This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender. For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/
