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KVIRC(1)			     4.0.0			      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 .  Cre‐
	       ate <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	 <com‐
	       mands>.	 <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, pro‐
       vided that the above copyright notice appear in	all  copies  and  that
       both  that  copyright  notice and this permission notice appear in sup‐
       porting 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@freen‐
       ode'  Carbone,  Elvio   'HelLViS69@freenode'   Basello,	 Fabio	 'Ctr‐
       lAltCa@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 'Croco‐
       dile@ircnet'  Hällnäs,  Diablo@ircnet,  Andrew  'Drosha@ircnet' Frolov,
       MalboroLi@ircnet, munehiro@ircnet

Version				  02/09/2009			      KVIRC(1)

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