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NAME
     Irssi - a modular IRC client for UNIX

SYNOPSIS
     irssi [-dv!?] [-c server] [-p port] [-n nickname] [-w  pass-
     word] [-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

     -c, --connect=SERVER
          connects to SERVER

     -w, --password=PASWORD
          use PASWORD 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.





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SEE ALSO
     Irssi has been supplied with a huge amount of documentation.
     Check   /help   or   look   at   the   files   contained  by
     /usr/share/doc/irssi*

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

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWirssi                   
    
     Interface stability          Uncommitted                 
    






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AUTHORS/CREDITS
     Irssi was written by Timo Sirainen 

     This   manpage   was    written    by    Istvan    Sebestyen
             and        Stefan        Tomanek
     

















































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