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xchat-gnome

XCHAT-GNOME(1)							   User Commands						    XCHAT-GNOME(1)

NAME

       xchat-gnome - a new front-end to the popular xchat IRC client

SYNOPSIS

	      xchat-gnome [OPTION...]

OPTIONS

   Help Options:
       -?, --help
	      Show help options

       --help-all
	      Show all help options

       --help-gtk
	      Show GTK+ Options

       --help-bonobo-activation
	      Show Bonobo Activation options

       --help-gnome
	      Show GNOME options

       --help-gnome-session
	      Show session management options

       --help-gnome-ui
	      Show GNOME GUI options

   Application Options:
       -d, --cfgdir=directory
	      Use directory instead of the default config dir

       -a, --no-auto
	      Don't auto-connect to servers

       -n, --no-plugins
	      Don't auto-load plugins

       -u, --url=irc://server:port/channel
	      Open an irc:// url

       -e, --existing
	      Open URL in an existing XChat-GNOME instance

       -v, --version
	      Show version information

       --display=DISPLAY
	      X display to use

SEE ALSO

       http://live.gnome.org/Xchat-Gnome

AUTHOR

       Marco Cabizza <marco87@gmail.com>
       Guillaume Desmottes <cass@skynet.be>

xchat-gnome 0.14						    August 2006 						    XCHAT-GNOME(1)