This directory contains tiny additional programs which you might just like or need to run BitlBee: * bitlbeed.c If you want to run BitlBee on a machine you don't have root access to, this utility will help you. Compiling it is easy: 'gcc bitlbeed.c -o bitlbeed', you don't need any special flags. Use 'bitlbeed -h' to get more help. For example, 'bitlbeed -p6669 -n1 /home/wilmer/bin/bitlbee' will start listening on TCP port 6669 (on any interface, you might not want that!) and connect the specified BitlBee program to this socket as soon as someone connects. The -n1 makes sure only one person can be connected at once. Of course this program can be used for other programs too, not just BitlBee. * create_nicksfile.pl (Christian Friedl ) This program reads your ~/.licq/ configuration data and convert it to a correct .nicks file. This program can be extended to read other contact list file formats as well. * centericq2bitlbee.sh (geno ) Converter script for CenterICQ ICQ contact lists. See the documentation for more information. * convert_gnomeicu.txt Not a program, but this one contains a regex which should correctly convert GnomeICU configuration files into the BitlBee format. * Dynamic MOTD for BitlBee (Geert Hauwaerts ) Originally, I wanted to put this program here, but Geert put it online on his own server, with docs and stuff, so I guess it's better to put a link here. dmotd is a little script which generates a motd with some nice statistics, especially nice for servers with many people on it. See http://dmotd.hauwaerts.be/ for more information. * BitlBee-specific Irssi scripts for: tab completion, typing notifica- tions, auto-away and more, by Tijmen Ruizendaal . There are too many scripts to include them all with BitlBee (and keep them up-to-date), so you should get them from Tijmen's site: http://fokdat.nl/~tijmen/software/irssi-bitlbee.html Please do send your sources if you write anything useful for the Bee!