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authorBerke Viktor <bviktor@hexchat.org>2013-04-09 03:06:07 +0200
committerBerke Viktor <bviktor@hexchat.org>2013-04-09 03:06:07 +0200
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # HexChat ReadMe
 
 X-Chat ("xchat") Copyright (c) 1998-2010 By Peter Zelezny.  
-HexChat ("hexchat") Copyright (c) 2009-2012 By Berke Viktor.
+HexChat ("hexchat") Copyright (c) 2009-2013 By Berke Viktor.
 
 This program is released under the GPL v2 with the additional exemption
 that compiling, linking, and/or using OpenSSL is allowed. You may
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ See file COPYING for details.
 
 For building instructions, see [Building](http://docs.hexchat.org/en/latest/building.html).
 
+
 ## What is it?
 
 HexChat is an IRC client for Windows and UNIX operating systems. I.R.C. is
 Internet Relay Chat, see [IRCHelp.org](http://irchelp.org) for more information about IRC
 in general. HexChat runs on most BSD and POSIX compliant operating systems.
 
+
 ## Requirements:
 
  * GTK+ 2.14
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ in general. HexChat runs on most BSD and POSIX compliant operating systems.
 
 HexChat is known to work on, at least:
 
- * Windows XP/Vista/7/8
+ * Windows Vista/7/8
  * Linux
  * FreeBSD
  * OpenBSD
@@ -42,40 +44,20 @@ HexChat is known to work on, at least:
 If you need your packages to work on i386, you don't need to compile with
 --disable-mmx, because it's also checked at run-time.
 
-## Python Scripts:
 
-Scripts for XChat 1.8.x are not compatible, a brand new interface has been written. For more info, see the [HexChat Python Interface](http://docs.hexchat.org/en/latest/script_python.html).
+## Python Scripts:
 
 Consider using the Python interface for your scripts, it's a very nice
 API, allows for loading/unloading individual scripts, and gives you
 almost all the features of the C-Plugin API.
 
+For more info, see the [HexChat Python Interface](http://docs.hexchat.org/en/latest/script_python.html).
+
 
 ## Perl Scripts:
 
 Perl 5.8 or newer is required. For more info, see the [HexChat Perl Interface](http://docs.hexchat.org/en/latest/script_perl.html).
 
-Scripts for XChat 1.8.x are compatible with the following exceptions:
-
- * IRC::command will not interpret %C, %B, %U etc.
-
- * user_list and user_list_short:
-  If a user has both op and voice, only the op flag will be 1.
-
- * add_user_list/sub_user_list/clear_user_list
-  These functions do nothing.
-
- * notify_list
-  Not implemented. Always returns an empty list.
-
- * server_list
-  Lists servers that are not connected aswell.
-
- * Some print events may have new names and some were added.
-
- * Text printed by scripts must now be UTF8.
-
- * Text passed to scripts (via add_message_handler) will be encoded in UTF8.
 
 ## Autoloading Scripts and Plugins:
 
@@ -86,10 +68,8 @@ The root of your HexChat config is:
 
 Referred to as &lt;config> from now. HexChat automatically loads, at startup:
 
- * &lt;config>/addons/*.lua Lua scripts
  * &lt;config>/addons/*.pl Perl scripts
  * &lt;config>/addons/*.py Python scripts
- * &lt;config>/addons/*.tcl Tcl scripts
  * &lt;config>/addons/*.dll Plugins (Windows)
  * &lt;config>/addons/*.so Plugins (Unix)