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.TH smirc 1 "smirc @VERSION@" "Double Precision, Inc."
.SH NAME
smirc \- X11R6/Motif IRC client
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B smirc [-u userid] [-v]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fISmIRC\fP is an X11R6 IRC client, written using the Motif widget set.
It provides most of the functionality expected in an IRC client.
The only popular missing function is DCC.
.PP
\fISmIRC\fP has its own HTML help pages.
Therefore, this manual page contains the bare minimum information
required to get it up and running.
\fISmIRC\fP needs to know the command used to launch an external
HTML browser.
Choose \fISetup\fP from the \fIHelp\fP menu, then enter the command.
The command must launch the HTML browser in the background.
\fISmIRC\fP will substitute any occurence of the @ character with
the filename of the initial index.html file.
A suitable default is provided with the \fISmIRC\fP distribution.
Another possible command is:
.sp 2
xterm -e lynx @ &
.P
\fISmIRC\fP's appearance is highly customizable via its resource file.
Study it religiously.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -u userid
- user ID to send to the IRC server, instead of your real one.
Won't work if your machine is running identd.
This option may be disabled by your system administrator.
.TP
.B -v
- display \fISmIRC\fP version number.
.SH FILES
.TP
.B /usr/lib/smirc/config
- global configuration file
.TP
.B /usr/local/lib/smirc/config
- alternate location of the global configuration file
.TP
.B /usr/lib/smirc/config/help/*
- help files
.TP
.B /usr/local/lib/smirc/config/help/*
- alternate location of help files
.TP
.B $HOME/.smirc/config
- local configuration data.
.TP
.B /usr/lib/smirc/*.bot
- bots for everyone's use.
.TP
.B /usr/local/lib/smirc/*.bot
- bots for everyone's use.
.TP
.B $HOME/.smirc/*.bot
- your personal bots.
.TP
.B $HOME/.smirc/chanbots
- your personal bots which are automatically started every time you join
a channel.
.TP
.B $HOME/.smirc/serverbots
- your personal bots which are automatically started every time you run
\fISmIRC\fP (or open another server window).
.PP
.SH AUTHOR
.sp 2
Double Precision, Inc.
.br
PO Box 668
.br
Greenwood Lake, NY 10925
.sp 1
mrsam@geocities.com
.SH BUGS
.PP
If you send a private message, and the nickname no longer exists, the
error message appears in the main server window (as most other error
messages).
Unless you have the server window visible, you will not be aware of the
fact that you are talking into thin air.
If you have a misfortune of using a private message window, you may be
totally oblivious for quite some time, that your messages aren't going
anywhere.
.SH SEE ALSO
X(1), RFC 1459