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@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ For building instructions, see [Building](http://docs.hexchat.org/en/latest/buil
## 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
Internet Relay Chat, see [IRCHelp.org](http://irchelp.org) for information about IRC
in general. HexChat runs on most BSD and POSIX compliant operating systems.
For more information please read our documentation: http://hexchat.readthedocs.org.
## Requirements:
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* OS X
## Notes for packagers:
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:
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).
[HexChat Python Interface](http://hexchat.readthedocs.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).
[HexChat Perl Interface](http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/script_perl.html).
## Autoloading Scripts and Plugins:
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* <config>/addons/*.py Python scripts
* <config>/addons/*.dll Plugins (Windows)
* <config>/addons/*.so Plugins (Unix)
## Control Codes:
* %% - A single percentage sign
* %C - Control-C (mIRC color code)
* %B - Bold Text
* %U - Underline Text
* %R - Reverse Text
* %O - Reset all Text attributes
* %XXX - ASCII XXX (where XXX is a decimal 3 digit number, e.g.: %007 sends a BEEP)
%Cforeground,background will produce a color code, e.g.: %C03,10
These are now disabled by default (see _Settings_ `->` _Preferences_ `->` _Input Box_).
Instead you can insert the real codes via ctrl-k, ctrl-b and ctrl-o.