[cl-irc-devel] CL-IRC on CLISP on Win32

[Erik Huelsmann]

On 3/26/08, Victor <bobbie at ua.fm> wrote:
> > On 3/26/08, Victor <bobbie at ua.fm> wrote:
> > > > Hello!
> > > >
> > > > I've been trying to run CL-IRC on CLISP on Win32.
> > > >
> > > > After coping with error messages from the ASDF, I am
> > > > trying to connect to a FreeNode IRC server:
> > > >
> > > > [2]> (in-package :irc)
> > > >
> > > > #<PACKAGE CL-IRC>
> > > >
> > > > IRC[3]> (connect :nickname "bottie" :server "irc.freenode.net")
> > > > *** - Condition of type USOCKET:UNKNOWN-ERROR.
> > > >
> > > > The following restarts are available:
> > > >
> > > > ABORT          :R1      Abort main loop
> > > >
> > > > Break 1 IRC[4]>
> > > >
> > > > I would like to know whether it is known that CL-IRC can be run
> > > > on Win32, and which CL implementation is preferable for
> > > > running it on that operating system.
> > > >
> > > > With best regards,
> > > > Victor
> > >
> > > Issue is solved: the reason was a running Anti-Virus blocking connections
> > > to the irc server.
> > >
> > > Thus, I've been able to run a cl-irc based bot on CLISP on Win32.
> > >
> > > With best regards,
> > > Victor
> >
> > That's great to hear! I'm sorry I didn't respond earlier. I did see your mail.
> >
> > If you have any other issues, please don't hesitate to ask.
> >
>
> Hello!
>
> Well, actually, I am planning to improve bot stability:
> make it automatically reconnect broken connection
> handle "duplicate nickname" issue, better handling of
> errors reported during bot's normal operation.
>
> In the future I would like to simplify bot code maintenance
> efforts and make it usable by other wiki-channels.
>
> So, it is quite possible that I will ask some questions
> on this mailing list.

I'm not sure you can access the server, but I've written similar code
for my own bot. It's located at http://hix.nu/svn-public/alexis/

HTH,

Erik.