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5. Miscellaneous Applications

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5.1. cwirc

cwirc is an X-Chat plug-in that allows you to send and receive CW (Morse Code) over IRC. May be configured to use the mouse, keyboard or an external keying device (using the serial port) for sending. Operates in a user selectable iambic (electronic) or straight key mode. Active channels include #CW on irc.freenode.net. This program is written by Pierre-Philippe Coupard, F8EJF pcoupard@voo.be http://myspace.voo.be/pcoupard/cwirc/.
This plug-in is loaded with X-Chat and executable by a user button.

5.1.1. Installation and setup

Installing cwirc is straightforward:
	su -c 'yum install cwirc'
5.1.1.1. cwirc 2.0 screenshot
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A screenshot of CWirc in straight key mode.