IRCTk search extension README file.

1. Introduction

The search extension, is a tcl script that, given a regular expression,
scan the lines in a channel's log file, returning them to IRCTk.

To install:

	# make install

Or, if a specific prefix is required (for example, the user's home directory):

	$ PREFIX=${HOME} make install

By default, the extension will be installed into ${PREFIX}/libexec/irctk.
If IRCTk was installed with the same prefix, the extension will be loaded
automatically at startup.

2. Usage

The extension implements the custom SEARCH irc command. After
loading it, just type:

	//SEARCH regexp

In any of the joined channels. "regexp" is a regular expression as
supported by tcl. For example, to search all the messages written in
2023:

	// SEARCH ^2023-.*$

The extension will return all the results in a read-only channel called
"channel-search" where "channel" is the name of the channel you
were searching the logs for. Just to say, if your channel is called
"#libera", the results will appear in the "#libera-search" channel.
Once done reading the results, just double click with the mouse button
2 to close it.

3. Author.

Andrea Biscuola <a@abiscuola.com>
