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NAME

6       KVIrc - an Internet Relay Chat client.
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SYNOPSIS

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

13       KVIrc is a Visual Internet Relay Chat client based on the Qt library.
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15       It  is  intended to be an "user friendly" interface to the IRC protocol
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OPTIONS

19       KVIrc accepts the following options:
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21       -h, --help
22               Display a list of all commandline options and exit.
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24       -v, --version
25               Output the version info.
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27       -c <file>
28               Use <file> as configuration  file  instead  of  ~/.kvirc4.rc  .
29               Defaults to $HOME/.kvirc4.rc if <file> doesn't exists
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31       -n <file>
32               Use  <file>  as  configuration  file  instead of ~/.kvirc4.rc .
33               Create <file> if it doesn't exist.
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35       -f      Force a new KVIrc session, even if there is already  a  running
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38       -e <commands>
39               If  a  KVIrc session is already running, execute the <commands>
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41               mands>.   <commands>  must  be  a  single shell token.  You can
42               eventually use this switch more than once.
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44       -x <commands>
45               If a KVIrc session is already running, execute  the  <commands>
46               in  that  session,  otherwise  do nothing and exit.  <commands>
47               must be a single shell token.   You  can  eventually  use  this
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50       -r <commands>
51               If  a  KVIrc session is already running, execute the <commands>
52               in that session, otherwise start up normally (do not  execute).
53               <commands>  must  be  a single shell token.  You can eventually
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56       -m      If a KVIrc session is already running,  show  an  informational
57               popup dialog instead of writing to the console.  This is useful
58               when starting KVIrc from a graphical taskbar button.
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60       [server]
61               Connect to this server after startup.
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63       [port]  Use this port for connection.   This  option  requires  also  a
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67               An URL in the following form:
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71               For  each  URL  on the commandline create a new irc-context and
72               attempt to connect to <server> on the  specified  <port>.   The
73               optional <channel> is joined just after the connection has been
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ENVIRONMENT

78       KVIRC_LANG
79               Language setting.  If not set KVIrc will check for $LANG
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81       LANG    Language setting.  If not set (or set to 'EN','POSIX'  or  'C')
82               KVIrc will use the default language (English).
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88              $PREFIX/share/kvirc/VERSION/*  Directory  with  the global KVIrc
89              settings, modules etc...
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91              $HOME/.kvirc4.rc . This is the first file that KVIrc looks  for.
92              If  the  -c commandline option is specified , the file passed as
93              the option parameter is used instead of this one.  If  the  file
94              is found , KVIrc reads the first non-empty line and treats it as
95              the path to the KVIrc Local directory.  If the file can  not  be
96              found  or  the  KVIrc  Local  directory  is not existing , KVIrc
97              enters the setup mode and allows selecting  a  new  KVIrc  Local
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100              KVIrc  Local  directory/*  Directory  with  the local (per user)
101              KVIrc settings.  Similar to the global one.
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SEE ALSO

105       X(1) talk(1)
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COPYRIGHT

108       Copyright ©  1999-2009 Szymon Stefanek and The KVIrc Development Team
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110       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software  and  its
111       documentation  for  any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro‐
112       vided that the above copyright notice appear in  all  copies  and  that
113       both  that  copyright  notice and this permission notice appear in sup‐
114       porting documentation.
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SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS

118       Any bugs found (and feature requests) should be reported to the tracker
119       at: <https://github.com/kvirc/KVIrc/issues/>
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OFFICIAL WWW SITE

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

127       Szymon 'Pragma' Stefanek <pragma at kvirc dot net>
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129       Code, fixes, new features, and much more from Alessandro 'Noldor@freen‐
130       ode'  Carbone,  Elvio   'HelLViS69@freenode'   Basello,   Fabio   'Ctr‐
131       lAltCa@freenode' Bas, Alexey 'Alexey@freenode' Uzhva, Voker57@freenode
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133       Old authors
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135       With  patches,  fixes,  extensions, and more from [Anodine]@efnet, Till
136       'BuTi@ircnet' Busch, Fritz 'KNFritz@ircnet' Elfert, RAD Kade 1
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138       With bug-hunting, hard-thinking, eyes-consuming, nights spent  on  IRC,
139       great  suggestions  and  more  from  lots  of  people all over the net,
140       including but not limited to Paul 'infected@ircnet' Boehm, Olle 'Croco‐
141       dile@ircnet'  Hällnäs,  Diablo@ircnet,  Andrew  'Drosha@ircnet' Frolov,
142       MalboroLi@ircnet, munehiro@ircnet
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