Use "tmi" instead of "irc" as browser global (breaking change)

Using “tmi” or “tmijs” would make more sense and be more clear in the browser as a global and in the documentation for other platforms like NodeJS.

Seeing:

var irc = require('tmi.js');

… irks me because every other module I use, I use either the name of the module or in some cases, a specific character (typically related in a visual context and/or popularized by the authors and users). It would also be better for avoiding clashing with some other library that might be loaded.

Examples:

var request = require('request'); // Exact

var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); // Camel-cased

var _ = require('lodash'); // Visual representation by symbol (a low dash) and popularization of a symbol

var jQuery = $ = require('jquery'); // Popularization of a symbol

Suggestions:

// Browser
var client = new tmi.client(/*...*/);
var client = new tmijs.client(/*...*/);

// Nodejs
var tmi = require('tmi.js'),
    client = new tmi.client(/*...*/);

var tmijs = require('tmi.js'),
    client = new tmijs.client(/*...*/);

[Schmoopiie]

Totally agree with this, we could actually keep the old one for a while and provide a deprecation notice, that way it won’t be a breaking change.

[ben-eb]

I guess it isn’t really a big deal.