From d74b66f240144407664ddb8280be9afd3b823210 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Enterprisey Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2023 23:40:53 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] contrib/clients: Warn about Hexchat password limit Hexchat truncates passwords, so add a warning about that and a workaround for Sourcehut users. --- contrib/clients.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/contrib/clients.md b/contrib/clients.md index a35c3dc..2ac5fff 100644 --- a/contrib/clients.md +++ b/contrib/clients.md @@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ outgoing messages: /set irc_reconnect_rejoin off /set net_throttle off +Older Hexchat versions (without the [hexchat password length fix]) do not +support long passwords, which include personal access tokens from sourcehut with +limited scope. To work around this issue for sourcehut, [generate a sourcehut +personal access token] without limiting the grant (by not selecting any +permissions). + # [irssi] Assuming you want to connect irssi to your soju instance for one network @@ -115,5 +121,7 @@ See `/help cap` for more information. [soju.py]: https://weechat.org/scripts/source/soju.py.html/ [read_marker.py]: https://weechat.org/scripts/source/read_marker.py.html/ [Hexchat]: https://hexchat.github.io/ +[hexchat password length fix]: https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/commit/778047bc65e529804c3342ee0f3a8d5d7550fde5 +[generate a sourcehut personal access token]: https://meta.sr.ht/oauth2/personal-token [Emacs]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ [irssi]: https://irssi.org/