* What's this?
-Riece is a redesign of the Liece IRC client.
+Riece is an IRC client for Emacs.
-Note that the letter "R" means not only "redesign" but also "radical
-development version". Please use at your own risk :-)
+Riece provides the following features:
+
+- Several IRC servers may be used at the same time.
+- Essential features can be built upon the extension framework (called
+ "add-on") capable of dependency tracking.
+- Installation is easy. Riece doesn't depend on other packages.
+- Setup is easy. Automatically save/restore the configuration.
+- Riece uses separate windows to display users, channels, and
+ dialogues. The user can select the window layout.
+- Step-by-step instructions (in info format) are included.
+- Mostly compliant with RFC 2812.
* Directory tree
This package contains following directories:
lisp/ - Emacs Lisp files.
+doc/ - Documentation files.
+
+* Requirements
+
+- Emacs 20.7 or later / XEmacs 21.4 or later
+- Ruby 1.8 or later (optional)
-dcc/ - DCC external program source. (currently not used)
+* Installation
-* Bug reports
+$ ./configure
+$ sudo make install
-If you write bug reports and/or suggestions for improvement,
-please send them to the Liece Mailing List.
+Add the following line to your Emacs startup file such as ~/.emacs.
-This mailing list is also for other general discussions (about
-future enhancements, customization, etc). To join the Liece ML,
-send an e-mail to:
+ (autoload 'riece "riece" "Start Riece" t)
- liece-ctl@unixuser.org
+If you are using XEmacs and want to install as a package, supply
+"--with-xemacs" option to the configure script and use
+"install-package" target instead of "install".
-with the message body,
+* Manuals
- subscribe Your Name
+Info manuals are available after installation. To read, start Emacs
+and type M-x info and select "Riece-en".