Initial import of the ircii-pana-1.1-final source tree.

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+Synopsis:
+   ping <nickname|channel>
+
+Description:
+   PING is used to determine (roughly) how long messages from your side of
+   the network to the recipient's take to arrive.  In a sense, it allows
+   you to measure how fast or slow the network is relative to you. The
+   accuracy of the ping can be changed with /set ping_type.
+        0 just in seconds.
+        1 in seconds and millisecs.
+        2 use echo instead of ping
+
+Examples:
+   To see how far away your friend booya is from you:
+      /ping booya
+
+   To see how far away everyone in channel #blah is:
+      /ping #blah
+
+Aliases:
+   This command is identical to CTCP PING.
+
+See Also:
+   ctcp(1) uping
+
+Restrictions:
+   This command makes use of CTCP (client-to-client protocol), which is not
+   part of the IRC protocol.  Most modern IRC clients understand CTCP, but
+   not all do, while others might not support the same CTCP commands that
+   ircII-EPIC supports.  If you receive an error of some sort, then the
+   client on the receiving end is unable to properly handle your CTCP
+   message.
+