valknut(1) General Commands Manual valknut(1)
NAME
valknut -- 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. Use-
ful 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.
SEE ALSO
none
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Pasi Savilaakso pasi.savilaakso@pp.inet.fi 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.
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