console.ctrlkey_passthru state.
As it was, if the irc.js abended, many ctrl-keys (e.g. ^C) would not work
after exiting. A lot of scripts that much with the console.ctrlkey_passthru
have this/similar issue and this is a simple but very reliable fix.

for it.

on Win32.

and irritate people who send DEL when backspace is pressed (same as getstr())

most common problem for people using it.

They're likely to have other problems as well, but that's not my problem.

was "()", but really, not function is needed anyway, just an expression, so
further simplified.

Use high-intensity blue for "People in <channel>" message (dark blue is too
hard to read).

(and kick them out when they run out of time).

command.  Bug reported by a2fan on alt.bbs.synchro.net  Thanks!

Hopefully, he'll fix this one up so I don't need to.

matter what you enter" bug.
Thanks karloch.

Fix up some timing issues.

exit if js.terminated is true.

current topic is empty.

Don't display command during wait_for()

platforms.
Move topic bar to above status bar so the terminals scrollback is usefull.
Fix nick completion...
   1) The "Matching nicks" string was being borked (was using nick[i]
      instead of this.nick[i]
   2) input_buffer manupulation is now done only by the screen object as
      it should be... no more passing the whole input buffer
Nick changes now only remove the first char of the new nick if it's a :
  (Cyan: check me on this one)
Fix the arg copying FIXME
There's still an issue in screen.print_line() where a NOTICE can cause
the topic line to be duplicated in the output area.

socket instead of the broken sleep(1) on input previously used.

This allows irc.js to run with MUCH lower CPU utilization.

  for examples on how to change the look of irc.js
* Prefix on join/part/kick, etc no long shows the nick! part of the n!u@h
* Tab completion bug fixed. (hitting tab wouldn't force cursor to end of line)
* Preparation for numeric theming ability (numerics will be looked up via an
  array defined inside of the theme)
* Default IRC server is now irc.synchro.net, channel #synchronet
* ircd.js is no longer vapourware (pass BBS user's password automatically)

Socket.bind() argument and server.interface_ip_address property.

Fix command-line parsing.