LuaIrc Vita

luaIrc
General
Author	Rinnegatamante
Type	Other Apps
Version	1.1
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2016/09/15
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LuaIrc is an IRC client for PS Vita wrote with Lua Player Plus Vita, allowing you to chat with your friends whenever you want.

This homebrew was participated in the GekiHEN Homebrew Competition.

Features

• Multichannels support: You can join multiple channels and switch towards chats easily.
• New messages detection: When a new message is detected on an inactive chat, the channel name will change color in the channel list.
• PART, QUIT, JOIN, PRIVMSG, PING, NAMES commands detection.
• Auto-detection of PSN Nickname for default nickname usage.
• (Optional) History logs save.
• Possibility to see the whole list of connected users.

User guide

(Optional) The configuration file config.lua file can be edited and put in ux0:/data/luaIrc to change some default settings.

• nick_default - Default nickname that will be shown at startup. (Default: PSN Nickname)
• server_default - Default server hostname that will be shown at startup. (Default: Freenode)
• channel_default - Default channel name that will be shown at startup. (Default: #henkaku)
• save_log - Enable/Disable history logs saving at ux0:/data/luaIrc/logs.txt (Default: false)

Controls

Cross - Prompt keyboard to send a new message

L - Show connected users list

Start - Prompt keyboard to connect to a new channel

Up/Down - Switch channel

Screenshots

Changelog

v1.1

• Fixed a bug preventing you to connect to servers different from freenode.
• Fixed a bug where logs saving wasn't actually writing QUIT commands.
• Now system chat won't show anymore raw text for detected commands.
• Added private messages support (both detection and starting).
• Added channel's topics showing support when joining a channel.

v1.0

• First Release.

Credits

Original credits: StepS for helping me understand how PART and QUIT commands work.

If you like the author's work and wish to support them, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter.

External links

• Author's website - http://rinnegatamante.it/site/psv_hbs.php
• VitaDB - https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/51
• Wololo - https://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=47107
• GekiHEN Contest - https://gekihen.customprotocol.com/en/project/luaIrc