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Noel · Joined: 11 Sep 2004 Posts: 3

I looked, but did not find a thread summarizing this, so I thought I would try to identify:

How many people are maintaining distributions for Microsoft Windows?
How do they differ?
What do people like best/least about each?

I am aware of:

1. http://www.silverex.org

- Seems the most common.
- Requires separate installation of GTK, which can be shared.
- Doesn't always FIND the GTK runtime, which can be fixed by the end user.
- Uses installers for GTK and X-Chat
- Has problems with window sizes and positions on startup.
- Supports plug-ins

2. https://spunge.org/~puto/xchat24.zip

- Self-contained. Includes non-shared GTK.
- Does not need an installer. Just extract and run.
- Does not appear to support plug-ins
- Does not have a problem with window sizes and positions.

I prefer a self-contained distribution that can just be extracted without an installer. The problems with window size and positioning in the SilvereX distribution are somewhat annoying, but it supports plug-ins. Not sure why the latter doesn't support them. It didn't include any, and when I tried copying over the plug-ins directory from my successful SilvereX install, they were not recognized. This wouldn't be too bad, except that I like xtray.

Are there other distributions? Can we consolidate? What do other people prefer about these, or other distributions for Microsoft Windows?

--- Noel

Pu7o · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 90

my build (the 2nd) doesnt support plugins because i dont want to go through all the trouble of installing perl. its not easy specially when using mingw.

timorg · Joined: 07 Sep 2004 Posts: 4

does it accept c plugins?

Noel · Joined: 11 Sep 2004 Posts: 3

Pu7o · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 90

i dunno, but when i built it i just noticed the plugins menu wasnt working. i did disable perl, python and tcl because i Don't want to have to install them. gonna look at the mingw toolkit and see if theres anything i can do about it.
I'll keep in touch!

Pu7o · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 90

update: just noticed: if you drop the silverex executable on my xchat build's folder, you can use plugins easily Smile

i'll later create a package with silverex's executable (not in the mood to build another xchat exe, it's a p.i.t.a.)

Pu7o · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 90

update: just noticed: if you drop the silverex executable on my xchat build's folder, you can use plugins easily Smile

i'll later create a package with silverex's executable (not in the mood to build another xchat exe, it's a p.i.t.a.)

SilvereX · Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 12 Location: Lithuania

What problems with window sizes and positions? If you don't want X-Chat to run maximized, edit shortcut and select Run: Normal window.

Pu7o · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 90

my build updated to 2.4.1 and with a new webpage/wiki http://www.xchat-free.pt.vu

b0at · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 59

X-Chat on Windows Build Lineup:
http://www.silenceisdefeat.org/~b0at/xchat/win32/

Pu7o · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 90

my build updated to xchat-gnome 0.2 (using the gtk+ frontend, so it's mostly a slightly patched version of xchat, looks and works just like the regular one) for those that want to try it.

psyon · Joined: 23 Dec 2004 Posts: 1

I have one at
http://www.psyon.org/projects/xchat-win32/

Oh, and I just tested, and it works fine with Xtray.

Noel · Joined: 11 Sep 2004 Posts: 3

Pu7o · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 90

update: xchat-gnome 0.3 added, and now it supports plugins.
enjoy Smile

Pu7o · Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 90

update: xchat 2.4.3 - now linked against the newer msvcr71.dll instead of the old msvcrt.dll Smile

enjoy!