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  <refentryinfo>
    <author>
      <firstname>Nathaniel</firstname>
      <othername role="mi">W</othername>
      <surname>Turner</surname>
      <email>nate@houseofnate.net</email>
    </author>
    <copyright>
      <year>2004</year>
      <holder>Nathaniel W. Turner</holder>
    </copyright>
    <!-- XXX IMPORTANT XXX -->
    <!-- Keep this date up to date: -->
    <date>2005-05-31</date>
    <!--  ^^^^^^^^^^ -->
  </refentryinfo>
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>KONVERSATION</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
    <refname>konversation</refname>
    <refpurpose>user friendly IRC client for TDE</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>konversation</command>
      <arg choice="opt">
        <option><replaceable>Qt-options</replaceable></option>
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
        <option><replaceable>TDE-options</replaceable></option>
      </arg>
      <arg choice="opt">
        <option><replaceable>options</replaceable></option>
      </arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
  <refsect1>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
    <para>
      Konversation is client for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) protocol.
    </para>
    <para>
      IRC is a great way to meet friends on the net, make new acquaintances and
      lose yourself in talk about your favorite subject.
    </para>
    <para>
      Konversation is under active development and is currently in beta.
    </para>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>OPTIONS</title>
    <para>
      All <productname>TDE</productname> and <productname>Qt</productname>
      programs accept a some common command-line options.
    </para>
    <para>
      <variablelist>
        <title>Generic options:</title>
        <varlistentry>
          <term> <option>--help</option> </term>
          <listitem> <para>Show help about options</para> </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term> <option>--help-qt</option> </term>
          <listitem> <para>Show Qt specific options</para> </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term> <option>--help-tde</option> </term>
          <listitem> <para>Show TDE specific options</para> </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term> <option>--help-all</option> </term>
          <listitem> <para>Show all options</para> </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term> <option>--author</option> </term>
          <listitem> <para>Show author information</para> </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term> <option>-v</option>, <option>--version</option> </term>
          <listitem> <para>Show version information</para> </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term> <option>--license</option> </term>
          <listitem> <para>Show license information</para> </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term> <option>--</option> </term>
          <listitem> <para>Indicates end of options</para> </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>
    <para>
      <variablelist>
        <title>Options</title>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--server</option>
            <arg choice="req"><replaceable>server</replaceable></arg></term>
          <listitem><para>Server to connect</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--port</option>
            <arg choice="req"><replaceable>port</replaceable></arg></term>
          <listitem><para>Port to use (default: 6667)</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--channel</option>
            <arg choice="req"><replaceable>channel</replaceable></arg></term>
          <listitem><para>Channel to join after connection</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--nick</option>
            <arg choice="req"><replaceable>nickname</replaceable></arg></term>
          <listitem><para>Nickname to use</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--password</option>
            <arg choice="req"><replaceable>password</replaceable></arg></term>
          <listitem><para>Password for connection</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--ssl</option></term>
          <listitem><para>Use SSL for connection (default:
              false)</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>
    <!-- TODO * add all the rest of the options, but maybe find an automated
    way to keep it up to date -->
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>SCRIPTING</title>
    <para>Konversation looks for scripts in <filename
        class="directory">/opt/trinity/share/apps/konversation/scripts</filename> and
      in <filename
        class="directory">~/.trinity/share/apps/konversation/scripts</filename>.
      To execute a script, use the <command>exec</command> command:</para>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>/exec</command> 
      <arg choice="req"><replaceable>scriptname</replaceable></arg>
      <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>arguments</replaceable></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
    <para>
      For example:
    </para>
    <para><userinput>/exec gauge 75</userinput></para>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>FILES</title>
    <para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><filename>~/.trinity/share/config/konversationrc</filename></term>
          <listitem><para>Main configuration</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <filename>~/.trinity/share/config/konversation.eventsrc</filename>
          </term>
          <listitem><para>Notification settings</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
            <filename
              class="directory">~/.trinity/share/apps/konversation/logs</filename>
          </term>
          <listitem><para>Directory containing channel log
              files</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <para>
      The Konversation Handbook is an excellent resource for further reading.
      It can be found under the <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu in Konversation.
    </para>
    <para>
      The following manual pages may also be of interest:
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>konversationircprotocolhandler</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>dcop</refentrytitle>
        <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>COPYRIGHT</title>
    <para>
      This manual page was written by Nathaniel W. Turner
      <email>nate@houseofnate.net</email> for the
      <productname>Debian</productname> system (but may be used by others).
      Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
      under the terms of the <acronym>GNU</acronym> General Public License,
      Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
    </para>
    <para>
      On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
      License can be found in
      <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL</filename>.
    </para>
  </refsect1>
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