diff --git a/app-text/lchat/Manifest b/app-text/lchat/Manifest
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+DIST lchat-1.0.tar.gz 24455 BLAKE2B d46aad891fa40acc4f41317e652f09f14c0c063be0c99d0e1263c65e0f939c6bcbfceed16080b6368f39dc02fec0a90989cfda132d372f08d60ff87fa1ff2019 SHA512 cde5fd193d7c8251ca94bc8a4e648faaad01ec9eac5b09365c34a51646aa70e7031ec40acce121e8187cec2f692caa16a0a3fb68223b2fcfba1a411757e70923
diff --git a/app-text/lchat/lchat-1.0.ebuild b/app-text/lchat/lchat-1.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
+DESCRIPTION="Line oriented front end for ii-like chat programs"
+HOMEPAGE="https://tools.suckless.org/lchat/"
+SRC_URI="https://dl.suckless.org/tools/${P}.tar.gz"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+RDEPEND="dev-libs/libgrapheme"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+IUSE="+examples"
+
+src_compile() {
+	emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" all $(usex examples filter/indent)
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	doman lchat.1
+	dobin lchat
+	mv filter/indent lchat-indent
+	use examples && dobin lchat-indent
+}
diff --git a/app-text/lchat/metadata.xml b/app-text/lchat/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="person">
+    <email>carana2099@gmail.com</email>
+    <description>Carlos Eduardo</description>
+  </maintainer>
+  <longdescription>
+    lchat (line chat) is a line oriented front end for ii-like chat programs.
+    It handles the input from keyboard and output file in parallel. Thus,
+    you are able to type messages while new chat lines are arriving. Its main
+    focus is on usability and simplicity.
+  </longdescription>
+  <use>
+    <flag name="examples">install the example indent .filter</flag>
+  </use>
+</pkgmetadata>