I recently started using weechat IRC client on Ubuntu. After the installation the client can be started by either running weechat or weechat-curses commands. Can someone explain the difference in both?
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weechat is the more recent version, as described here in the Wiki (in German)
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1@Zanna The wiki just says which one is the older version. weechat.org has docs in English.– lysiumFeb 10, 2017 at 11:05
It looks like it is the command line version of weechat. The -curses references curses which is a programming library, that is used to create Text User Interfaces (TUI).
You can learn more at:
Edit: It looks like I did not research this well enough, both commands launch a command line app.
I've just installed weechat. It's v2.4. By checking /usr/local/bin directory.
$ ls -l /usr/local/bin | grep weechat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1205168 Apr 8 11:49 weechat
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 8 10:46 weechat-curses -> weechat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1208600 Apr 8 11:49 weechat-headless
It is clear that weechat-curses is a link to weechat. In short, both commands run the same program.
You should run only "weechat".
"weechat-curses" is the legacy binary name, it is a symbolic link to "weechat" and still present for compatibility reasons.
