is a full screen, termcap based interface to Internet Relay Chat. Based on ircII-2.8.2, it gives full access to all of the normal functions, plus a wide variety of additional options, including many that are highly useful to server operators and administrators. The screen is split into two parts, separated by an inverse-video status line The upper part of the screen displays responses from the server. The lower part of the screen accepts keyboard input. Some terminals do not support certain features required by in which case you receive a message stating this. If this occurs, try changing the terminal type or run with the option. Any line beginning with the slash character is regarded as a command Any line not beginning with this character is treated as a message to be sent to the current channel. To produce a listing of commands, type To receive information about the commands type When is executed, it checks the user's home directory for a file, executing the commands in the file. Commands in this file do not need to have a leading slash character This allows predefinition of aliases and other features. All of the commands are fully described in the help files package. The best way to start help is with the command as this prints a listing of all available help files. Automatically join channel Set the port number to port Only supply this if you connect to a server which uses a port other than 6667. Use flow control to stop and start the display. Normally these are both bound to other functions within This switch is ignored if the switch is used. Don't use flow control to stop and start the display. This switch is ignored if the switch is used. Don't start up the ircserv process to connect to the server Start up the ircserv process to connect to the server. Start in mode. All input is taken directly from stdin and all output goes to stdout without using any of the screen control codes. Set the nickname default: the username Set the list of servers with which will try to connect upon startup. This list is also used by the program's command. The format for lines in the list is: hostname [:portno[:password[:nick]]] Selects a different file to be used as the .ircrc file for There is no exansion of $ expandos when using this option. The default is Selects a different file to be used as the .ircrc file for Expansion of $ expandos happens with this option. The default is This adds the normal server list to the command line list of servers. Print the version and release date of and exit. Start up quickly -- don't load the file. It can be helpful to predefine certain variables in in the or file: The user's IRC nickname. The user's IRC realname (otherwise retreived from The default IRC server(s) (see server option for details) The hostname or IP from which to connect to IRC servers. Useful for virtual hosts. Alternative name for Alternative name for The location of the .ircrc initialization file. The default is Overrides the default home path in The type of terminal in use. the executable program default initialization file directory you can put your own scripts into, that can then be loaded with directory containing message-of-the-day, master initialization, help files and scripts handles the following signals: Closes all connections and processes spawned with Drops back to the command line. Connect to port number 5555 of the default host and immediately join channel #irchelp. Use the nickname Use the nickname and the modified server list. Use dumb mode. Allow use of ^S/^Q to stop/start screen display. setenv IRCNICK Mermaid setenv IRCNAME "The one and only :)" blackened Set the nickname to The user's name command To report bugs in the latest version of send email to with as much pertinent information as possible. Please avoid creating duplicate bug reports by checking the list on the official website prior to sending email. Names of contributors and contact addresses can be retrieved with the command. Official Website: