client.js

var blessed = require('blessed');
var screen = blessed.screen();

// FOR THE GLORY OF THE LOG
var fs = require('fs');
var log = require('npmlog');
var stream = fs.createWriteStream('loggit.duh');
log.stream = stream;
log.heading = "node irclient";

var irc = require('irc');
var client = new irc.Client('irc.esper.net', 'nodecli', {
    channels: ['#smth'],
});

var box = blessed.box({
    bottom: 0,
    left: 'center',
    height: 3,
    width: '100%',
    tags: true,
});
screen.append(box);

var buffer = blessed.Text({
    top: 0,
    width: '100%',
    height: '93%',
    border: {
        type: 'line'
    }
});

screen.append(buffer)

var form = blessed.Form({
});
box.append(form);
var text = blessed.Textbox({
    name: 'input',
    inputOnFocus: true,
    keys: true,
    border: {
        type: 'line'
    }
});

box.append(text);
text.key('enter', function (ch, key) {
    // do work with text.getValue()
    msg = text.getValue()
    if (msg == '/quit')
        process.exit(0);
    buffer.setText(buffer.getText() + '\n' + 'nodecli: ' + msg);
    client.say('#smth', msg);
    text.clearValue()
    text.focus()
    screen.render();
});

// irc
client.on('message', function (from, to, message) {
    buffer.setText(buffer.getText() + '\n' + to + ':' + from + ' >  ' + message);
    screen.render();
});

client.on('join', function (channel, nick, message) { // test this
  bufferAppend('* JOIN ' + channel + ' *');
});

client.on('names', function (channel, nicks) {
    var current = buffer.getText() + '\n'
    var i = 0;
    log.info('debug', 'nicks: %j', nicks);
    Object.keys(nicks).forEach(function (nick) {
        current = current + ', ' + nick;
        i++;
        if (i == 8) { // hardcoded
            current = current + '\n';
            i = 0;
        }
    });
    buffer.setText(current + '\n');
    screen.render();
});

client.on('registered', function (msg) {
    bufferAppend('* CONNECTED ' + msg.server + ' *');
});
// BUG -- MOTD fills buffer, buffer won't scroll.
//client.on('motd', function (motd) {
//    bufferAppend(motd);
//});

screen.key(['escape', 'C-c'], function (ch, key) {
    cleanup();
});

function bufferAppend(message) {
    buffer.setText(buffer.getText() + '\n' + message);
    screen.render()
};

function cleanup(msg) {
    var m = msg || 'hasta luego \o';
    // BUG HERE. what happens when there are no channels?
    client.chans.forEach(function (chan) {
        client.part(chan, m, function () {});
    });
    client.disconnect('BUHBYE');
    log.info('die', 'disconnected');
    stream.end();
}

text.focus();
screen.render();