From 6ccb606e3f33345946b8ef474fa9d5c2d83011c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ed Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:11:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] readme: add features section --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a488a90..76803c9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,6 +21,22 @@ retr0chat is the lightweight, no-dependencies, runs-anywhere solution for when l * linemode * no vt100 / ansi escape codes +## features + +irc-like: +* public channels with persistent history (pgup/pgdn) +* private messages (`/msg acidburn hey`) +* nick completion with `` +* notifications (bell/visual) on hilights and PMs +* command subset (`/nick`, `/join`, `/part`, `/names`, `/topic`, `/me`) +* inline message coloring, see `/help` + +technical: +* client behavior detection (echo, colors, charset, newline) +* readline-like message input (arrow-keys, home/end, backspace) + * history of sent messages (arrow-up) +* bandwidth-conservative (push/pop lines instead of full redraws; scroll-regions) + ## windows clients * use [putty](https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/w32/putty.exe) in telnet mode