Re: [dev] merp is a loneliness mitigation device written in python and Tk

On 12 Jul 2010, at 13:50, Ethan Grammatikidis wrote:

>
> On 12 Jul 2010, at 03:33, Joseph Xu wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>>
>> I switched my main computer to Windows XP a while ago to play some
>> games, and was frustrated with the lack of simple usable IRC
>> clients (among other applications). So I decided to write my own.
>> Since I didn't want to mess with Visual Studio and complicated GUI
>> toolkits, I decided to write it in python using the standard
>> Tkinter library. The result is merp: a simple, cross-platform,
>> graphical, options-dialogs-toolbars-icons-click-okay-to-continue-
>> free irc client. The source is just under 700 lines and poorly
>> written, as it was only meant to be a prototype. I was hoping to
>> get some feedback on the interface design, so if anyone has a few
>> moments to spare, your testing experience would be much appreciated.
>>
>> You can download the current source at
>>
>> http://bitbucket.org/jzxu/merp/downloads
>>
>> You'll need python 2.6 to run it. It should work in both windows
>> and linux, and probably anything else that runs python. Please look
>> at the readme.txt file, as otherwise merp might be a little
>> confusing to use at first.
>>
>
>
> It works on OS X too, except middle and right buttons are swapped.
> I'm not asking for it to be fixed, just surprised Tk doesn't make it
> consistent across platforms. Scrollbar down arrow is also hidden by
> the window resize handle. *shrug*
>
> I may keep using it, I IRC from an old laptop now & Colloquy's a bit
> too memory-hungry, surprisingly. Also, search actually works in
> merp.. :D I'll miss Colloquy's logging and automatic nickserv
> management, but I should really be using a bouncer anyway.
>
> I'm not sure what I think of the interface yet. Oh; one possible bug
> I keep forgetting: when I tried to connect to freenode the cursor
> wouldn't go to the bottom line. I have no idea if my join request
> was sent and freenode ignored it or if it wasn't sent. Speaking of
> freenode, how do you respond to a version request? I think freenode
> ignores everything until you respond. Another thing which could be
> worked around by using a bouncer. hmm.
>

Another bug: it needs to word wrap. (i.e. not break words at the ends
of lines.)

I'm thinking of making something in awk to handle nickserv etc, maybe
version requests too. Still thinking it over.
Received on Mon Jul 12 2010 - 19:46:31 CEST