valknut(1) Multi-platform direct connect client

SYNOPSIS

valknut [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Valknut is a program the uses the Direct Connect protocol. It is compatible with other DC clients, such as the original DC from Neomodus, DC++, and Shakespeer.

-c <directory>
Lets you specify the path where valknut should find its configuration files. Useful if you want to have multiple configurations, eg. for testing.
--check-theme
Displays how many themes/styles are available and exits.
--disable-backtrace
is useful when you have compiled a debug version of valknut. If you want to produce a core file (for a bug report) you have to put this option when launching valknut.
--disable-splash
Startup splash screen is not shown.
--disable-theme
Theme support is turned off. Could be useful if buggy themes are making valknut crash.
--enable-tray
The system tray icon is now controlled from the options dialog, but this option will enable it, ignoring the saved setting.
--disable-tray
The system tray icon is now controlled from the options dialog, but this option will disable it, ignoring the saved setting. Useful if your window manager doesn't support tray icons.
--help
Show the list of command line options and brief help on what they do.
--socketlog <param>
Outputs a log of socket data to the file dcsocket.log. Valid values for param are none, send, recv or both.
--trayicon
Starts the application in tray icon mode, meaning the main window will not be visible.
-v verboselevel 1
-vv verboselevel 2
With level 1 you can see every path on create sharelist and with level 2 you see every path and file.

Environment Variables:

http_proxy
If set, the HTTP proxy server to use for downloading public hub lists. Needs to be in the form http://<server>[:port]

Keyboard Shortcuts:

Ctrl+A
Set Away Mode -> Away
Ctrl+F
Open Users Window
Ctrl+N
Set Away Mode -> Normal
Ctrl+O
Open Options Window
Ctrl+P
Open Spy Window
Ctrl+Q
Exit Program
Ctrl+S
Open Hub Search Window
Ctrl+T
Open Transfer List Drawer
Ctrl+U
Open Hub List Window

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program did not have a manual page.
 

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Pasi Savilaakso [email protected] for the Debian system (but may be used by others) with help of Andrew Greig. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.