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      Rica -- Ruby Internet relay Chat Agents (based on RFC1459)

                                     NISHI Takao <zophos@koka-in.org>
                             Time-stamp: <2001/11/11 17:10:13 zophos>
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What's Rica?
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    Rica is RFC1459 matched irc clients class library for Ruby
    1.6.x.


Features
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    * Multiple server connection supported
    * Event driven classes
    * Easy to create user agents
    * 100% pure Ruby :)


Requirement
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    * Ruby 1.6.x
    * Socket, Thread, Observer, Singleton, Delegate and Kconv
      libraries (Ruby archive consits all of those liblaries.)
    * jcode and curses liblaries required for ricaco.rb
    * ruby/gtk liblaries required for erica.rb
    * A little bit of your energy


Download and more information
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    You can get latest version of Rica from;
      http://www.koka-in.org/%7Ezophos/lib/rica/

    There are more information at
      http://www.koka-in.org/%7Ezophos/SideA/lsnt/rica.html


Files
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    README  ................... This file
    COPYING ................... Artistic Copyright
    CHANGES ................... Change log
    rica.rb ................... Rica main modules
    rica-example.rb ........... Rica Example Code
    ctptresponder.rb .......... Rica ctcp auto responding module
    logholder.rb .............. Rica logging modules
    connectiondiag.rb ......... Rica connection diagnostic module
    ricaco.rb ................. Rica sample application (based on Cursor)
    erica.rb .................. Rica sample application (based on GTK)
    erica.txt ................. erica manual (in Japanese)
    classes_and_methods.txt ... Rica's classes and method list
    event.lst ................. Rica's event list
    rica_classes.png .......... Rica's message flow diagram
    rica_uml.png .............. Rica's classes relationship diagram

Copying
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    RICA is copyrighted free software by NISHI Takao
    <zophos@koka-in.org>.
    You can redistribute it and/or modify it under either the terms of
    the Artistic.