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@@ -5,18 +5,9 @@ an IRC client for X11 and Motif
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-Nebula aims to be a graphical IRC client, aimed at the unix and compatible platforms and using the motif/openmotif or the lesstif ToolKit.
-The goals are
-- portability to various unix systems (planned are already Linux, *BSD, Solaris, Irix and AIX)
-- small footprint and low system resource usage
-- speed
-- clear, non intrusive GUI
-- security
-
-
-TODO
-- implement some sort of preferences for nickname and channel
-- implement more CTCP commands
-- implement channel operator commands
-- add configure checks and guards for gethostname and sys/param.h (for the hostname stuff)
-- add configure checks and potential workaround for uname call for system information (use ARCHOS)
+Nebula aims to be a mechanically simple graphical IRC client for POSIX and X11 MOTIF systems.
+The goals are:
+    - portability to various unix systems (planned are already Linux, *BSD, Solaris, Irix and AIX)
+    - small footprint and low system resource usage
+    - speed
+    - clear, non intrusive GUI