XChat

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Overview

XChat is a FOSS IRC client. It is available for Windows, Linux, and possibly other platforms.

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Reference

• official web site
• Wikipedia
• LinuxQuestions wiki page

Issues

• Allows the user to select which rooms will "beep" (which can be a PC Speaker beep or a sound sample) when there is activity, but it does not save this information when the client leaves the room (either by /part or by shutting down).
• Doesn't seem to be any way to set it to automatically open different networks in different windows

Wish List

• Different sounds for different actions, probably based on regex filters

manpage

NAME

xchat - manual page for xchat 2.0.10

SYNOPSIS

xchat

1. REDIRECT Template:arg/opt...
2. REDIRECT Template:fmt/arg/opt

DESCRIPTION

xchat is a client for the Internet Relay Chat with a GTK user interface. It is extensible using scripts in various languages such as perl. It can be used to connect to multiple IRC networks at the same time.

OPTIONS

-d	--cfgdir DIRECTORY	use a different config dir
-a	--no-auto	don’t auto connect
-n	--no-plugins	don’t auto load any plugins
-v	--version	show version information

• URL: irc://server:port/channel

AUTHOR

• This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
• This manual page was written by Davide Puricelli <evospam@spamdebianspam.spamorg>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).