NAME

       weechat - the extensible chat client

SYNOPSIS

       weechat [-a|--no-connect] [-d|--dir <path>] [-p|--no-plugin] [-r|--run-command <command>] [-s|--no-script] [--upgrade] [plugin:option...]
       weechat [-c|--colors]
       weechat [-h|--help]
       weechat [-l|--license]
       weechat [-v|--version]

DESCRIPTION

       WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a free chat client, fast and light,
       designed for many operating systems. It is highly customizable and extensible with
       scripts.

OPTIONS

       -a, --no-connect
           Disable auto-connect to servers when WeeChat is starting.

       -c, --colors
           Display default colors in terminal.

       -d, --dir <path>
           Set path as home for WeeChat (used for configuration files, logs, user plugins and
           scripts), default value is ~/.weechat (note: directory is created if not found by
           WeeChat). If this option is not given, the environment variable WEECHAT_HOME is used
           (if not empty).

       -h, --help
           Display help.

       -l, --license
           Display WeeChat license.

       -p, --no-plugin
           Disable plugins auto-load.

       -r, --run-command <command>
           Run command(s) after startup (many commands can be separated by semicolons).

       -s, --no-script
           Disable scripts auto-load.

       --upgrade
           Upgrade WeeChat using session files generated with command /upgrade -quit.

       -v, --version
           Display WeeChat version.

       plugin:option
           Option for a plugin.

PLUGIN OPTIONS

       For complete doc on plugin options, please look at plugins documentation in WeeChat user’s
       guide.

       With irc plugin, you can connect to temporary server with an URL like:

           irc[6][s]://[[nickname][:password]@]server[:port][/#channel1[,#channel2...]]

       To join WeeChat IRC channel support with nick "mynick":

           irc://mynick@chat.freenode.net/#weechat

       IPv6 address can be enclosed in brackets to add a port after address, for example:

           irc://mynick@[2001:db8:0:85a3::ac1f:8001]:6668/#test

FILES

       $HOME/.weechat/weechat.conf
           main WeeChat configuration file

       $HOME/.weechat/plugins.conf
           plugins configuration file

       $HOME/.weechat/sec.conf
           configuration file with secured data

       $HOME/.weechat/alias.conf
           configuration file for alias plugin

       $HOME/.weechat/aspell.conf
           configuration file for aspell plugin

       $HOME/.weechat/charset.conf
           configuration file for charset plugin

       $HOME/.weechat/exec.conf
           configuration file for exec plugin

       $HOME/.weechat/irc.conf
           configuration file for irc plugin

       $HOME/.weechat/logger.conf
           configuration file for logger plugin

       $HOME/.weechat/relay.conf
           configuration file for relay plugin

       $HOME/.weechat/script.conf
           configuration file for script plugin

       $HOME/.weechat/trigger.conf
           configuration file for trigger plugin

       $HOME/.weechat/xfer.conf
           configuration file for xfer plugin

       $HOME/.weechat/weechat.log
           WeeChat log file

AUTHORS

       This manpage was written by Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       WeeChat is written by Sébastien Helleu and contributors (complete list is in the
       AUTHORS.asciidoc file).

       Copyright © 2003-2017 Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>

       WeeChat is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
       GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
       of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       Please read the COPYING file for more information.

       Web: https://weechat.org/

SUPPORT / REPORTING BUGS

       For help or a bug report: https://weechat.org/dev/support

  WeeChat 1.4                               04/27/2017                                 WEECHAT(1)