• cmake
• pkg-config
• Glib 2.0
• OpenSSL
• irssi includes or source code

# cmake .
# make

To install to /usr instead of /usr/local

# cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr .
# make

Finally run a make install as a privileged user (if needed) to install it.

Irssi looks for the modules in /usr/lib/irssi/modules or /usr/local/lib/irssi/modules. The install script copies libfish to $PREFIX/lib/irssi/modules.

If you installed the module in the default directory, you just need to run the following command inside irssi to load it:

/load fish

If not, just include the path while loading:

/load /home/username/libfish.so

To load automatically at startup:

echo "load fish" >> /home/username/.irssi/startup

FiSH has a few configurations that can be defined via /set on Irssi

• process_outgoing (boolean)

  FiSH outgoing messages

  default value is 1

• process_incoming (boolean)

  unFiSH incoming messages

  default value is 1

• auto_keyxchange (boolean)

  Do an automatic key exchange in private messages

  default value is 1

• plain_prefix (string)

  Prefix needed to send an unFiSHed message. For example:

  +p Hi there in cleartext

  default value is "+p "

• mark_encrypted (string)

  String used to mark a FiSHed message

  default value is "\002>\002 "

• mark_position (boolean)

  Defines if the mark should be a prefix (1) or a suffix (0)

  default value is 1

• nicktracker (boolean)

  default value is 1

• mark_broken_block (string)

  default value is "\002&\002"

• /topic+ <message>

  Sets a FiSHed topic in the current channel.

• /notice+ [nick / #channel] <message>

  Sends a FiSHed notice to the current window or to the specified target.

• /me+ <message>

  Send a FiSHed action to the current window.

• /setkey [servertag] [nick / #channel] <key>

  Sets the key used to FiSH the messages for the current window or to the specified target.

• /delkey [servertag] [nick/#channel]

  Unsets the key used to FiSH the messages for the current window or to the specified target.

• /key [servertag] [nick / #channel] or /showkey [servertag] [nick / #channel]

  Shows the used key to FiSH the messages for the current window or to the specified target. The key will be printed in the target window.

• /keyx

  Forces a DH key exchange in the current window.

• /setinipw <password>

  Sets a custom password used to cipher the contents of blow.ini.

• /unsetinipw

  Unsets the custom password used to cipher blow.ini

• /fishlogin

  Used to ask again for the blow.ini password if the user inserts an invalid password at startup.

• /fishhelp or /helpfish

  Show a little help inside Irssi

• Linux/x86
• Linux/sparc
• OpenBSD/x86
• OpenBSD/macppc
• OpenBSD/sgi
• FreeBSD/x86
• NetBSD/x86