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###### . . . It's Just Not Lame
==========================
Frequently-asked questions
==========================
Q: The tab key doesn't do what I want it to!
A: Step 1: Start Light's Configuration Assistant by typing /config
Step 2: Select the Miscellaneous Options menu
Step 3: Make sure the "Prefer nick completion over TabKey" option is
turned ON.
Q: I installed Light into ~/.Light, and /configure only worked the
first time!
A: Don't install Light into ~/.Light, because Light saves your
configuration in there. The first time you save your configuration,
you'll obliterate Light's configuration system.
Q: I've turned off the "Automatically use double-height status bars"
option in the Status Bar Options menu, but all my windows still have
double-height status bars.
A: This option only controls whether *new* windows will have their status
bars doubled. Existing windows are not affected. To turn off a
window's double-height status bars, use the /window double off command.
Q: I don't want all my messages to go into window 1.
A: Add this line to your .ircrc or .epicrc, -after- the 'load loader'
line:
window 1 level none
Q: When I start EPIC, I see local: file not found. What's wrong?
A: EPIC has two files that it automatically reads on startup from its
script directory, called global and local. global contains stuff that
every copy of EPIC everywhere loads on startup, and local contains
stuff that the local machine's administrator has put in it. If you
haven't created a file called local in EPIC's script directory, then
EPIC can't, of course, load it. Let me repeat: this isn't Light,
it's EPIC doing this.
Q: The Lines Per Minute counter seems to be counting everything that
goes to a window, not just channel traffic.
A: Yes, it does. This is by design.
Q: Light's help sucks!
A: I know. Want to help me fix it?
===================
Script requirements
===================
Light requires a minimum of EPIC4-1.0 or later. Prior versions of EPIC4
do not work with Light 2.8.
=========================
Installation instructions
=========================
* Before you begin:
*** WARNING: DO NOT install Light into ~/.Light, or it WILL break!
* To install:
cd ~
gunzip -c path/to/Light-2.8.0.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
or: bunzip2 -c path/to/Light-2.8.0.tar.bz2 | tar -xvf -
Then edit your .ircrc, and add in these two lines somewhere:
eval set load_path ~/Light:$LOAD_PATH
load loader
* To make sure Light is set up to your liking, be sure to check out
/config!
Where to find it
================
Although this may sound a bit redundant, since you already have it,
I'd just like to list the various places you can get it from:
Via FTP:
========
Light's "canonical" home is ftp://ftp.light.canuck.gen.nz/pub/Light/
which is a round-robin of the following sites:
* ftp://ftp.silug.org/pub/Light/
* ftp://ftp.miranda.org/pub/Light/
* ftp://ftp.orcas.net/pub/Light/
I only provide this list in case one of the mirror sites is broken - if
you find such a site, email me and I'll either get it fixed or remove it.
Via HTTP:
=========
Light currently doesn't have a homepage of its own, but I'm working on it.
In the meantime, you can download Light via HTTP at the following site:
* http://www.silug.org/pub/Light/
Call for Features
=================
Don't let Light stagnate -- submit your bug reports and ideas for new
features to light@canuck.gen.nz without delay!
Known Bugs in 2.8
=================
Patches and suggestions for anything in this list are always appreciated.
Send bug reports, patches, and feature requests to light@canuck.gen.nz.
* Light doesn't retry channel joins or nickname changes if you're
connected to a Hybrid6 server that has "no join on netsplit" enabled.
(For the list of new and fixed stuff, see the file CHANGELOG.)
Summary of Changes in 2.8
=========================
This marks the first time in nearly five years that Light's minor version
number has changed. 2.7.30 was ten months in the making, and 2.7 and
2.8 just seemed to stretch on and on and on. But no more -- 2.8 is here!
This release marks the return of the auto-op/auto-voice feature.
It's finally integrated into /config! Any auto-ops and auto-voices
you configured prior to 2.7.30 will continue to work in this release,
after laying dormant during 2.7.30.
New to this release as well is a rather unobtrusive feature: Light now
preserves its state around a /reload.
Thanks and acknowledgements
===========================
Pooka and flux, for providing me with the shell accounts that started
this; #chatzone, for providing me with impetus for getting one; Poet,
whose opak was the first thing to be assimilated; orabidoo, for zer0;
Shadow, for coming back to his terminal; HoopyCat, for AMES; Nuke, for
goading me into continuing; Paul-K, for comic relief; mwilson, Apollo,
and stephen_, Light's QA team; silug and Bret and Terry, for FTP space;
stephen_, for interfacing with Debian; my beloved tiger cub, for just
being there; and everyone else who's suggested features and reported
bugs over the last eight years and change.
Special Message to Testers
==========================
Light's development has always proceeded in fits and starts. 2.7 went
on *way* too long. I have some rather ambitious goals for 2.8, but I
need your help to pull them off.
One of the biggest complaints over the years I've been releasing Light
to the public -- Light recently turned eight years old! -- has been its
near-total lack of keybindings. Let me take a moment to explain why.
The original philosophy of Light -- and the origin of its name -- was
that it should interfere with the normal operation of the client as
little as possible. One of the ways Light wouldn't interfere was was
to only bind the ^I (tab) and ^R (backwards tab) keys. My assumption
was that the users of Light had set up keybindings of their own, just
like me, and would appreciate it more if I left them alone. As well,
my own personal keybindings were rather strange, and not really suited
to general use.
What I'm going to do is make /config responsible for setting keybindings.
You'll get several pages of choices of things to bind to keys, and when
you choose one, you'd be prompted to press the key you want.
However, I don't know what keybindings should be provided as a default.
Please, somebody, anybody, give me a hint! ;)
Bug Reports and Mailing Lists
=============================
Please send bug reports and feature requests to light@canuck.gen.nz.
There is also a Light-users mailing list, which I strongly urge every
user of Light to subscribe to, if only to be notified when new versions
come out. Besides, it's nice to get bug reports against the latest
version. =)
To subscribe to Light-users via the Web, visit:
http://www.canuck.gen.nz/mailman/light-users
To subscribe via email, send an email to light-users-request@canuck.gen.nz
with:
subscribe
in the body of the message.
If you make any changes to Light that others might be interested in,
please submit them to light@canuck.gen.nz for possible future inclusion
in Light.
Copyright
=========
Light is (C) 1994-2004 J. S. Connell. License details can be found in
the accompanying file, LICENSE (oddly enough). LagMeter, LightPaste,
and SmartBans are trademarks of J. S. Connell. The Automatic Moron
Ejection System probably isn't a trademark of Ryan Tucker, but since
popular opinion holds that he started it, I acknowledge him anyway.
--Liandrin
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