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. * convert_purple.py Converts libpurple configs into something BitlBee can use, so you don't have to re-add all your accounts by hand. * 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://the-timing.nl/stuff/irssi-bitlbee Please do send your sources if you write anything useful for the Bee!