
    Welcome to PSPIRC


1. INTRODUCTION
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  PSPIRC is a basic IRC client for the PSP. It is based on the IRC engine
  written by Danzel.

  Many thanks to Danzel for his Virtual kerboard and his IRC stuff, 
  and to all PSPSDK developpers.

  Special thanks to Snaap06 for EBOOT icons.

  This software is distributed under GNU V2 License, see GPLV2.txt file 
  for all details and information about it.

2. INSTALLATION
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  Unzip the zip file, and copy the content of the directory fw1.5 or fw3.x
  (depending of the version of your firmware) on the psp/game, or psp/game340
  if you use custom firmware 3.40-OE.

  It has been developped on linux using Firmware 3.40-OE.

  For any comments or questions on this version, please visit 
  http://zx81.zx81.free.fr, http://www.dcemu.co.uk, or 
  http://pspupdates.qj.net

3. CONTROL
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3.1 - Virtual keyboard

  In the console window, press Start to open/close the 
  On-Screen keyboard

  The On-Screen Keyboard of "Danzel" and "Jeff Chen"

  Use Analog stick to choose one of the 9 squares, and
  use Triangle, Square, Cross and Circle to choose one
  of the 4 letters of the highlighted square.

3.2 - IR keyboard

  You can also use IR keyboard. Edit the pspirkeyb.ini file
  to specify your IR keyboard model, and modify eventually
  layout keyboard files in the keymap directory.


4. HOW DOES-IT WORK ?
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4.1 - Create a connection with host, user, channel :
 
  Host : The name of the IRC server you want to connect to
  User : The nickname for this connection 
  Pass : The password (optional) for this connection
  Port : By default it's set to 6667, which is the standard 
         IRC port but you can change it.

  All those parameters can be easily entered using the Virtual 
  Keyboard (Press Start to display the keyboard)

  You can save your parameters in a binary encoded file if you
  want using the "Save" menu.
  
4.2 - Connect to the IRC server

  Then you can connect to the host you've specified using the
  "Connect" menu.

  If everything is going right, you should see a console with
  a prompt few seconds after.

4.5 - Enter commands in the console window

  In the console window you can use the Virtual Keyboard to
  enter text or IRC commands.

  The D-pad is mapped as follows :

    Up    : /
    Down  : <ENTER>
    Left  : <Backspace>
    Right : <Space>

  Using LTrigger and RTrigger you can scroll the console window.
  Using the start button you can use the Virtual keyboard.

  Press the Select key to enter in the Console menu. You will
  then be able to choose IRC commands in a list. Use the 
  Virtual Keyboard to specify the first letter of the command
  (using the UPPERCASE letters panel)

  All those commands are written in a file command.txt than
  can be edited using your favorite ASCII-text editor, and
  you can add your own custom commands.

  (NOTE) All commands should be alphabetically sorted !

5. Save snapshots and log files
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  You can save snapshot in PNG format using the snapshot option.
  Files would be saved in the scr directory.

  You can also save the IRC console window as a text file.
  Files would be saved in the log directory.
  

6. COMPILATION
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  It has been developped under Linux using gcc with PSPSDK. 
  To rebuild the homebrew run the Makefile in the src archive.

