SYNOPSIS
weechat [-a|--no-connect] [-d|--dir <path>] [-p|--no-plugin] [-r|--run-command <command>] [-s|--no-script] [--upgrade] [plugin:option...]
weechat [-c|--colors]
weechat [-h|--help]
weechat [-l|--license]
weechat [-v|--version]
DESCRIPTION
WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a free chat client, fast and light, designed for many operating systems. It is highly customizable and extensible with scripts.
OPTIONS
-a, --no-connect
- Disable auto-connect to servers when WeeChat is starting.
-c, --colors
- Display default colors in terminal.
-d, --dir <path>
- Set path as home for WeeChat (used for configuration files, logs, user plugins and scripts), default value is ~/.weechat (note: directory is created if not found by WeeChat). If this option is not given, the environment variable WEECHAT_HOME is used (if not empty).
-h, --help
- Display help.
-l, --license
- Display WeeChat license.
-p, --no-plugin
- Disable plugins auto-load.
-r, --run-command <command>
- Run command(s) after startup (many commands can be separated by semicolons).
-s, --no-script
- Disable scripts auto-load.
--upgrade
- Upgrade WeeChat using session files generated with command /upgrade -quit.
-v, --version
- Display WeeChat version.
plugin:option
- Option for a plugin.
PLUGIN OPTIONS
For complete doc on plugin options, please look at plugins documentation in WeeChat user's guide.
With irc plugin, you can connect to temporary server with an URL like:
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irc[6][s]://[[nickname][:password]@]server[:port][/#channel1[,#channel2...]]
To join WeeChat IRC channel support with nick "mynick":
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irc://[email protected]/#weechat
IPv6 address can be enclosed in brackets to add a port after address, for example:
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irc://mynick@[2001:db8:0:85a3::ac1f:8001]:6668/#test
FILES
$HOME/.weechat/weechat.conf
- main WeeChat configuration file
$HOME/.weechat/plugins.conf
- plugins configuration file
$HOME/.weechat/sec.conf
- configuration file with secured data
$HOME/.weechat/alias.conf
- configuration file for alias plugin
$HOME/.weechat/aspell.conf
- configuration file for aspell plugin
$HOME/.weechat/charset.conf
- configuration file for charset plugin
$HOME/.weechat/exec.conf
- configuration file for exec plugin
$HOME/.weechat/irc.conf
- configuration file for irc plugin
$HOME/.weechat/logger.conf
- configuration file for logger plugin
$HOME/.weechat/relay.conf
- configuration file for relay plugin
$HOME/.weechat/script.conf
- configuration file for script plugin
$HOME/.weechat/trigger.conf
- configuration file for trigger plugin
$HOME/.weechat/xfer.conf
- configuration file for xfer plugin
$HOME/.weechat/weechat.log
- WeeChat log file
AUTHORS
This manpage was written by Sébastien Helleu <[email protected]>.
COPYRIGHT
WeeChat is written by Sébastien Helleu and contributors (complete list is in the AUTHORS.asciidoc file).
Copyright © 2003-2016 Sébastien Helleu <[email protected]>
WeeChat is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Please read the COPYING file for more information.
Web: https://weechat.org/