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Random notes.

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2010-01-01 – 0.3.0 ∞

Tested 2010-01-01 on Unity Linux 64bit-beta1, updated 2009-12-28.

\wget  https://weechat.org/files/src/weechat-0.3.0.tar.bz2
\tar  xvvjf                         weechat-0.3.0.tar.bz2
\cd                                 weechat-0.3.0
\su
\smart  install \
  lib64aspell-devel \
  lib64ncursesw-devel \
  lib64lua-devel \
  perl-devel \
  ruby-devel \
  lib64tcl-devel
./configure
\make
\make install

• lib64gtk+-devel can be installed if you want something slightly more graphical. If so, run it with weechat-gtk.
• I’m not installing asciidoc since I don’t have source-highlight in the repository and I don’t want to bother installing it from source
• Not exploring Jabber support

• Not exploring direct connect

I have not been able to get python to work even though I installed lib64python-devel.  Reinstalling python and it has changed nothing.  I’m not going to bother to troubleshoot right now, but I’ll have to if I want to get Python scripts running.

checking for python... /usr/bin/python
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named distutils.sysconfig
checking for Python header files... configure: WARNING:
*** Python header files couldn't be found on your system.
*** Try to install them with your software package manager.
*** WeeChat will be built without Python support.

Running weechat-curses works just fine.  Basic usage:

/connect freenode
/nick <username>
/msg nickserv <yourpass>
/join #unitylinux

• looks like a lot of things have changed.. sigh
• How do I do autoconnect?

• How do I automatically message nickserv?

Key bindings ∞

Delete the current line of text – doesn’t seem to really work

/key bind ctrl-C /input delete_line

pasting – 0.4.2 update – shift-control-v works, but not control-v. I think that’s bound to another function somewhere. I can’t remember.

/key bind ctrl-V /input clipboard_paste

alt-left/right – 0.4.2 update – this is default now.

/key bind meta2-1;3D /buffer -1
/key bind meta2-1;3C /buffer +1

control-left/right – 0.4.2 update – this is default now.

/key bind meta2-1;5D /input move_previous_word
/key bind meta2-1;5C /input move_next_word

control-delete

/key bind meta2-3;5~ /input delete_next_word

alt-backspace

/key bind meta-ctrl-? /input delete_previous_word

control-backspace – 0.4.2 update – this is default now.

/key bind ctrl-H /input delete_previous_word

control-/ – 0.4.2 update – this does not work. I’m given an error.

/key bind control-_ /input search_text

control-pageup/pagedown, alt-pageup/pagedown note: use control-shift pageup/down if you want to scroll back in xterm to see the terminal history from before you launched weechat. – 0.4.2 update – control pageup/pagedown is used by most tabbed terminals.

TODO – control-[ and control-], control-shift-tab and control-tab, control-, and control-.

/key bind meta2-5;5~ /window page_up
/key bind meta2-6;5~ /window page_down
/key bind meta2-5;3~ /window page_up
/key bind meta2-6;3~ /window page_down

home/end – 0.4.2 update – this is default now.

/key bind meta2-H /input move_beginning_of_line
/key bind meta2-F /input move_end_of_line

I haven’t played around with scripts yet.