> Introduction

This is the first release of xib so some things are not implemented yet, if you want/need an error-safe bot, don't use this one !

Here is the list of the important things that still need to be implemented:
- handle kicks
- handle multiple bridges without risk of resource conflict

and a list of features that should be implemented but are not critical for usual use case:
- split logs into multiple files
- handle password-protected rooms
- handle room deletion and muc server reboot

xib includes its own version of the old irclib.py <http://python-irclib.sourceforge.net/> because this library doesn't correctly handle the different character encodings, I'm sorry about it but I don't have time to contribute to the upstream version right now, I don't know if it still has developers anyway


> xib dependencies:
- python 2.6
- xmppony 0.1


> Contributors:
Changaco <changaco@changaco.net>


> Changelog:
0.1.1:
 - fixed bug that prevented the bot from connecting to freenode and all other servers that don't send "umode"
 - added optional parameter to start_bots_from_xml_config.py
0.1: Initial release


> How to install and run xib bots:

If you are not installing xib from a package manager I suggest you put the files in /usr/local/share/xib
To start xib bots just execute "start_bots_from_xml_config.py", this script takes the path to a configuration file as optional first parameter, if no such parameter is given it will search the *current* directory for a file named "config.xml".


> How to write a configuration file understandable by "start_bots_from_xml_config.py":

Copy "example_config.xml" and modify it to fit your needs.


> The different modes of the xib bots:

Mode is a per-bridge attribute, it can take three values:
- 'normal':
The bot connects on IRC on behalf of XMPP users and connects on XMPP on behalf of IRC users.
In this mode the bot automatically switches from normal to limited mode and back again when the IRC server clones limit is crossed.
- 'limited':
The bot only connects on XMPP on behalf of IRC users but NOT on IRC on behalf of XMPP.
- 'minimal':
The bot does not connect on behalf of the participants.


> How to log xib bots output:

xib does not directly handle logging for now so you have to do it the old school way, for example:
mkdir /var/log/xib
touch /var/log/xib/1.log
cd /usr/local/share/xib && ./start_bots_from_xml_config.py 1>/var/log/xib/log 2>&1 &