no-sync bullshit so i had to delete the fork and make a new one

pathify.py

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+def chn(a):
+    return a.replace(' ','_').replace('.','-').replace('\\','/').replace(':','/')
+def dir(a)
+    return a.replace('/','+')

r2chat.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import pygame as media
 import webbrowser
 import re
 import subprocess
+import pathify
 
 if sys.platform == "win32":
     ROOT = Path("C:/Users/Public")
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ else:
 
 try:
     if sys.argv[1]!='chat':
-        CHANCHAN = sys.argv[1].replace(' ','_').replace('.','-')
+        CHANCHAN = pathify.chn(sys.argv[1])
-        CHANNEL = 'chat_'+CHANCHAN
+        CHANNEL = 'chat_'+pathify.dir(CHANCHAN)
     else:
         CHANNEL = 'chat'
         CHANCHAN = 'chat'
@@ -180,13 +181,13 @@ class r2chat:
         status = new_status
 
         if status == "online":
-            self.write_system_message(msg=f'◉ {self.cfg["status_join"]}')
+            self.write_system_message(msg=f'((#00af00 | ◉)) {self.cfg["status_join"]}')
         elif status == "offline":
-            self.write_system_message(msg=f'◌ {self.cfg["status_leave"]}')
+            self.write_system_message(msg=f'((#000000 | ◌)) {self.cfg["status_leave"]}')
         elif status == "inactive":
-            self.write_system_message(msg=f'◍ {self.cfg["status_inactive"]}')
+            self.write_system_message(msg=f'((#ffaf00 | ◍)) {self.cfg["status_inactive"]}')
         elif status == "busy":
-            self.write_system_message(msg=f'◎ {self.cfg["status_busy"]}')
+            self.write_system_message(msg=f'((#af0000 | ◎)) {self.cfg["status_busy"]}')
 
         self.user_data["status"] = status
         self.save_userdata(self.user_data)
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ class r2chat:
     def show_channels(self):
         win = tk.Toplevel(self.root)
         win.title("Channel list")
-        win.geometry("200x320")
+        win.geometry("600x320")
 
         tree = ttk.Treeview(win, columns=("channel"), show="headings")
         tree.heading("channel", text="Channels")
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ class r2chat:
         tree.bind("<Double-1>", on_select)
 
     def open_channel(self, channel):
-        self.write_system_message(f"⇄ {username} is chatting in {channel}.")
+        self.write_system_message(f"((#006fff | ⇄)) {username} is chatting in {channel}.")
         if sys.platform == "win32":
             subprocess.Popen(f'pythonw "{os.path.abspath(__file__)}" "{channel}"', shell=True)
         else:
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ class r2chat:
         try:
             current_size = os.path.getsize(CHAT_FILE)
 
-            if current_size > self.last_size:
+            if current_size != self.last_size:
                 with open(CHAT_FILE, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                     f.seek(self.last_size)
                     new_data = f.read()

r2chat_LEGACY.py

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import tkinter as tk
+from tkinter import scrolledtext
+import os
+import time
+import getpass
+from json import loads
+
+CHAT_FILE = "C:/Users/Public/r2chat/chat.txt"
+REFRESH_INTERVAL = 1000
+
+BORDER_WIDTH = 3
+THEMES = [['white','white','white','black','Basic'],['#000707','#002727','#001717','white','Aqua']]
+
+username = getpass.getuser()
+CONFIG_FILE = f'C:/r2chat/legacy_config/{username}.r2cc'
+
+if not os.path.exists(CONFIG_FILE):
+    CFILE_C=open(CONFIG_FILE, "a")
+    CFILE_C.write('0\n is now online.\n is now offline.')
+    CFILE_C.close()
+
+def conf_line(n):
+    return((open(CONFIG_FILE).read()).split('\n')[n])
+
+THEME = int(conf_line(0))
+JOIN_MESSAGE = conf_line(1)
+LEAVE_MESSAGE = conf_line(2)
+
+class r2chat:
+    def __init__(self, root):
+        self.root = root
+        self.root.title(f"r2chat Legacy :: {username}")
+
+        self.last_size = 0
+
+        self.chat_area = scrolledtext.ScrolledText(root, wrap='word', font=("Lucida Console", 11), bg=THEMES[THEME][1], fg=THEMES[THEME][3], relief='groove', borderwidth=BORDER_WIDTH)
+        self.chat_area.pack(padx=10, pady=10, fill=tk.BOTH, expand=True)
+        self.chat_area.bind("<Key>", lambda e: "break")
+
+        self.entry = tk.Entry(root, font=("Lucida Console", 11), bg=THEMES[THEME][2], fg=THEMES[THEME][3], relief='groove', borderwidth=BORDER_WIDTH)
+        self.entry.pack(padx=10, pady=(0, 10), fill=tk.X)
+        self.entry.bind("<Return>", self.send_message)
+
+        if not os.path.exists(CHAT_FILE):
+            open(CHAT_FILE, "a").close()
+
+        self.update_chat()
+        self.write_system_message(f"{username}{JOIN_MESSAGE}")
+
+    def on_close(self):
+        self.write_system_message(f"{username}{LEAVE_MESSAGE}")
+        self.root.destroy()
+
+    def write_system_message(self, msg):
+        line = f"---- {msg} ----\n"
+        with open(CHAT_FILE, "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(line)
+
+    def send_message(self, event=None):
+        msg = self.entry.get().strip()
+        if msg:
+            timestamp = time.strftime("%y/%m/%d %H:%M")
+            line = f"[{timestamp}] {username} (legacy): {msg}\n"
+            try:
+                with open(CHAT_FILE, "a", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    f.write(line)
+            except Exception as e:
+                print("oh noes! ", e)
+
+            self.entry.delete(0, tk.END)
+
+    def update_chat(self):
+        try:
+            current_size = os.path.getsize(CHAT_FILE)
+
+            if current_size > self.last_size:
+                with open(CHAT_FILE, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                    f.seek(self.last_size)
+                    new_data = f.read()
+                    self.last_size = current_size
+                self.chat_area.config(state='normal')
+                self.chat_area.insert(tk.END, new_data)
+                self.chat_area.config(state='disabled')
+                self.chat_area.yview(tk.END)
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("oh noes! ", e)
+
+        self.root.after(REFRESH_INTERVAL, self.update_chat)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    root = tk.Tk()
+    app = r2chat(root)
+    root.geometry("500x520")
+    root.minsize(360, 520)
+    root.attributes('-topmost', True)
+    root.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", app.on_close)
+    root.configure(bg=THEMES[THEME][0])
+    root.mainloop()