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 ©  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'    Hällnäs,    Diablo@ircnet,   Andrew   'Drosha@ircnet'   Frolov,   MalboroLi@ircnet,
       munehiro@ircnet