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.
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