Irssi

NAME

Irssi - a modular IRC client for UNIX

SYNOPSIS

irssi [-dv!?] [-c server] [-p port] [-n nickname] [-w password] [-h hostname]

DESCRIPTION

Irssi is a modular Internet Relay Chat client. It is highly extensible and very secure. Being a fullscreen, termcap based client with many features, Irssi is easily extensible through scripts and modules.

OPTIONS

--config=FILE: use FILE instead of ~/.irssi/config.
--home=PATH: PATH specifies the home directory of Irssi. Default is ~/.irssi
--session=PATH: this option is here just for internal use. It is needed during an /UPGRADE. For more information see /help upgrade.
-c, --connect=SERVER: connects to SERVER
-w, --password=PASSWORD: use PASSWORD for authentification.
-p, --port=PORT: automatically connect to PORT on server.
-!, --noconnect: disables autoconnecting.
-n, --nick=NICKNAME: specify NICKNAME as your nick.
-h, --hostname=HOSTNAME: use HOSTNAME for your irc session.
-d, --dummy: use dummy terminal mode.
-v, --version: display the version of Irssi.
-?, --help: show a help message.
--usage: display brief usage message.

FILES

/etc/irssi.conf: Global configuration file
~/.irssi/config: Personal configuration file
~/.irssi/config.autosave: Automatic save of the personal config file when it was changed externally
~/.irssi/default.theme: Default irssi theme
~/.irssi/away.log: Logged messages in away status
/usr/share/irssi/help/: Directory including many help files
/usr/share/irssi/scripts/: Global scripts directory
/usr/share/irssi/themes/: Global themes directory
~/.irssi/scripts/: Default scripts directory
~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/: Directory containing links to scripts that should be loaded automatically on startup

AUTHORS/CREDITS

Irssi was written by Timo Sirainen <cras@irssi.org>

This manpage was written by Istvan Sebestyen <stevee@alphanet.ch> and Stefan Tomanek <stefan@pico.ruhr.de>