younix / lchat

line chat is a simple and elegant front end for ii-like chat programs

line chat

lchat (line chat) is a line oriented front end for ii-like chat programs. It handles the input from keyboard and output file in parallel. Thus, you are able to type messages while new chat lines are arriving. Its main focus is on usability and simplicity.

Programs you can use lchat as a front end for:

• https://tools.suckless.org/ii/
• https://git.2f30.org/ratox
• https://github.com/younix/sj/
• https://23.fi/jj/
• https://github.com/czarkoff/icb

Requirements

• libgrapheme
• tail(1)
• grep(1)

TODO

• fix: cursor positions in cases of line wrapping
• add input history
• split slackline as an extra project
• add support for vi/emacs mode

lchat's Issues

Missing <utf.h>

I tried to install this great project, but it seems that my system does not have the utf.h header. Which one is it? Suckless' libutf, plan9's libutf?

Use of BSD-specific function "strlcat"?

I managed to get my local libutf working. But I now got this error message:

cc -o lchat lchat.o slackline.o -L /home/josuah/.local/lib/ -lutf
lchat.o: In function `main':
/home/josuah/lchat/lchat.c:264: undefined reference to `strlcat'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:21: lchat] Error 1

At first glance, I would say that the function strlcat is not on linux, but I may be wrong.