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 ~/.kvirc4.rc .
               Defaults to $HOME/.kvirc4.rc if <file> doesn't exists

       -n <file>
               Use <file> as configuration file instead of ~/.kvirc4.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.

       [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
               established.


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/.kvirc4.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 (C)  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://github.com/kvirc/KVIrc/issues/>


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' Hallnas, Diablo@ircnet, Andrew 'Drosha@ircnet'
       Frolov, MalboroLi@ircnet, munehiro@ircnet

Version                           02/09/2009                          KVIRC(1)