kvirc(1)

NAME

KVIrc - an Internet Relay Chat client.

SYNOPSIS

kvirc [-h] [--help]  [-v]  [--version]  [-c  <configfile>]
[server [port]]

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.

-v, --version

Output the version info.

-c <configfile>

Use <configfile> as configuration file instead of

~/.kvircrc .

[server]

Connect to this server upon startup.

[port] Use this port to connect to the server. This op

tion requires also a server name.

ENVIRONMENT

LANG Language setting. If not set (or set to

'EN','POSIX' or 'C') KVIrc will use the default language (en

glish).

FILES /usr/share/kvirc/config/*.conf Default configura

tion files. These are loaded the first time that KVIrc runs to

provide a set of default options.

/usr/share/kvirc/help/* Directory containing help

files.

/usr/share/kvirc/locale/*.mo Localization string

archives.

/usr/share/kvirc/pics/* Images used internally by

KVIrc.

$HOME/.kvircrc 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

cannot 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/config/*.conf User configura

tion files.

KVIrc Local directory/help/ Directory used to store

search results.

KVIrc Local directory/incoming/ Default directory

for DCC incoming transfers.

KVIrc Local directory/log Directory used for the

logs

KVIrc Local directory/pics Local directory for im

ages. By placing images in this directory you can "override" the

ones in /usr/share/kvirc/pics/* . This is a way to use a personal

set of images.

KVIrc Local directory/scripts Directory used to

save/load KVIrc scripts

SEE ALSO

X(1) talk(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999-2000 Szymon Stefanek

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this soft

ware 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 per

mission notice appear in supporting documentation.

SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS

Any bugs found should be reported to the following email

address: <kvirc@tin.it>

OFFICIAL WWW SITE

http://www.kvirc.org

AUTHORS

Szymon 'Pragma' Stefanek <stefanek@tin.it>

With patches, fixes, extensions, and more from [An

odine]@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' Hällnäs, Diablo@ircnet, Andrew

'Drosha@ircnet' Frolov, MalboroLi@ircnet, munehiro@ircnet

Version 28 Sep 2003

KVIRC(1)