1. About ncic

   ncic is a chat client for Michael Kohn's chat server.

2. Who wrote ncic?

   See AUTHORS

3. What is the license that ncic is distributed under?

   The GPL. Also see COPYING

4. What systems does it work on?

   Probably any Unix or Unix derivative that supports NCurses.

   I have tested it on the following platforms. I regularly use it on Linux so that is the best supported option.

   OS	Versions	Arch
   OpenBSD	4.2-5.9	PowerPC
   OpenBSD	4.2-4.5	i386
   FreeBSD	10.2	amd64
   MacOS X Server	10.4.10	i386
   Slackware Linux	12.2+	i386
   Ubuntu	16.04+	amd64
   Debian	9 (Stretch) and higher	amd64

Under Linux, cmake, ncurses and ssl development libraries are required. On a Debian based distribution you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install cmake ncurses-dev libssl-dev

Other versions of Linux/Unix typically have ncurses installed by default.

After, type:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install

You should then be able to simply run ncic by executing ncic. You can connect to a server by typing

/connect yourname naken.cc

and pressing enter. If you use a password use

/connect yourname=password naken.cc