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kvirc(1)


NAME

   KVIrc - an Internet Relay Chat client.

SYNOPSIS

   kvirc [options] [server [port]] [ircurl [ircurl [...]]]

DESCRIPTION

   KVIrc is a Visual Internet Relay Chat client based on the Qt library.

   It  is  intended to be an "user friendly" interface to the IRC protocol
   (see RFC1459) and its extensions.

OPTIONS

   KVIrc accepts the following options:

   -h, --help
           Display a list of all commandline options and exit.

   -v, --version
           Output the version info.

   -c <file>
           Use <file> as  configuration  file  instead  of  ~/.kvirc.rc  .
           Defaults to $HOME/.kvirc.rc if <file> doesn't exists

   -n <file>
           Use  <file>  as  configuration  file  instead  of ~/.kvirc.rc .
           Create <file> if it doesn't exist.

   -f      Force a new KVIrc session, even if there is already  a  running
           one.

   -e <commands>
           If  a  KVIrc session is already running, execute the <commands>
           in  that  session,  otherwise  startup  normally  and   execute
           <commands>.   <commands> must be a single shell token.  You can
           eventually use this switch more than once.

   -x <commands>
           If a KVIrc session is already running, execute  the  <commands>
           in  that  session,  otherwise  do nothing and exit.  <commands>
           must be a single shell token.   You  can  eventually  use  this
           switch more than once.

   -r <commands>
           If  a  KVIrc session is already running, execute the <commands>
           in that session, otherwise start up normally (do not  execute).
           <commands>  must  be  a single shell token.  You can eventually
           use this switch more than once.

   -m      If a KVIrc session is already running,  show  an  informational
           popup dialog instead of writing to the console.  This is useful
           when starting KVIrc from a graphical taskbar button.

   --nosplash
           Do not show the splash screen at startup

   [server]
           Connect to this server after startup.

   [port]  Use this port for connection.   This  option  requires  also  a
           server name.

   [ircurl]
           An url in the following form:

             irc[6]://<server>[:<port>][/<channel>[?<pass>]]

           For  each  url  on the commandline create a new irc-context and
           attempt to connect to <server> on the  specified  <port>.   The
           optional <channel> is joined just after the connection has been
           estabilished.

ENVIRONMENT

   KVIRC_LANG
           Language setting.  If not set KVIrc will check for $LANG

   LANG    Language setting.  If not set (or set to 'EN','POSIX'  or  'C')
           KVIrc will use the default language (english).

   FILES

          $PREFIX/share/kvirc/VERSION/*  Directory  with  the global KVIrc
          settings, modules etc...

          $HOME/.kvirc.rc . This is the first file that KVIrc  looks  for.
          If  the  -c commandline option is specified , the file passed as
          the option parameter is used instead of this one.  If  the  file
          is found , KVIrc reads the first non-empty line and treats it as
          the path to the KVIrc Local directory.  If the file can  not  be
          found  or  the  KVIrc  Local  directory  is not existing , KVIrc
          enters the setup mode and allows selecting  a  new  KVIrc  Local
          directory.

          KVIrc  Local  directory/*  Directory  with  the local (per user)
          KVIrc settings.  Similar to the global one.

SEE ALSO

   X(1) talk(1)

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright   1999-2009 Szymon Stefanek and The KVIrc Development Team

   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software  and  its
   documentation  for  any  purpose  and  without  fee  is hereby granted,
   provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and  that
   both  that  copyright  notice  and  this  permission  notice  appear in
   supporting documentation.

SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS

   Any bugs found (and feature requests) should be reported to the tracker
   at: <https://svn.kvirc.de/>

OFFICIAL WWW SITE

   http://www.kvirc.net In Russian - http://www.kvirc.net.ru

AUTHORS

   Szymon 'Pragma' Stefanek <pragma at kvirc dot net>

   Code,   fixes,   new   features,   and   much   more   from  Alessandro
   'Noldor@freenode' Carbone, Elvio  'HelLViS69@freenode'  Basello,  Fabio
   'CtrlAltCa@freenode'     Bas,     Alexey    'Alexey@freenode'    Uzhva,
   Voker57@freenode

   Old authors

   With patches, fixes, extensions, and more  from  [Anodine]@efnet,  Till
   'BuTi@ircnet' Busch, Fritz 'KNFritz@ircnet' Elfert, RAD Kade 1

   With  bug-hunting,  hard-thinking, eyes-consuming, nights spent on IRC,
   great suggestions and more from  lots  of  people  all  over  the  net,
   including  but  not  limited  to  Paul  'infected@ircnet'  Boehm,  Olle
   'Crocodile@ircnet'  Hllns,  Diablo@ircnet,   Andrew   'Drosha@ircnet'
   Frolov, MalboroLi@ircnet, munehiro@ircnet



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