cnctty

A simple nakenchat client built in C.

About

I tried to separate the user interface from the main routines logic in my previous client, and got to cnctty.

Features

• Client is written entirely with basic terminal control library termios and ansi escape codes for colors.
• Custom widgets based UI, having three component: a display that holds messages history, an infobar showing basic status information, and a prompt for user input.
• Automatic selection of username and password at startup.
• New control commands starting with semi-colon.
• Vim-like motion control for scrolling the display or moving inside the prompt:

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• C compiler. This project was developed using gcc on Linux.
• openssl development library.
• crypto development library

Building

$ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/panv-00/cnctty.git
...

$ cd cnctty
...

$ make
make[1]: Entering directory './cnctty/build'
gcc -o ../cnctty ../src/cnctty.c \
	cnc_library.o cnc_net.o cnc_message.o  \
	-Wall -O3 -g -lssl -lcrypto -pthread \
	
make[1]: Leaving directory './cnctty/build'

# now you can run with:
$ ./cnctty

# or
$ ./cnctty --version
# display version number and exit

# copy this executable anywhere you like (i.e. ~/.bin or ~/.local/bin)

Basic Usage

key shortcuts

Mode	key	Widget	Action
INSERT	ESC	any	Switch to CMD mode
INSERT	Ctrl + c	any	Switch to CMD mode
INSERT	LEFT	PROMPT	Move cursor left
INSERT	RIGHT	PROMPT	Move cursor right
CMD	INS	any	Switch to INSERT mode
CMD	i	any	Switch to INSERT mode
CMD	a	PROMPT	Append in INSERT mode
CMD	A	PROMPT	Append end in INSERT mode
CMD	0	PROMPT	Move cursor to beginning
CMD	$	PROMPT	Move cursor to end
CMD	k	DISPLAY	Scroll up
CMD	j	DISPLAY	Scroll down
CMD	l	PROMPT	Move cursor right
CMD	h	PROMPT	Move cursor left
CMD	e	PROMPT	Move word right
CMD	b	PROMPT	Move word left
CMD	0	DISPLAY	Scroll to first
CMD	$	DISPLAY	Scroll to last
CMD	x	PROMPT	Delete under cursor
CMD	PAGE UP	DISPLAY	Scroll one page up
CMD	PAGE DOWN	DISPLAY	Scroll one page down

PROMPT commands

Mode	Command	Action
INSERT	:q	quit
INSERT	:Q	quit
INSERT	:c	connect to server
INSERT	:C	connect to server
INSERT	:d	disconnect
INSERT	:D	disconnect
CMD	q	quit
CMD	Q	quit
CMD	c	connect to server
CMD	C	connect to server
CMD	d	disconnect
CMD	D	disconnect

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.