HEXCHAT(1)

✨ HEXCHAT ✨

okay bestie, buckle UP 💖 this is the manual page for HexChat, an IRC client, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

HexChat — it's an IRC Client. that's the whole vibe. you talk to people. in channels. on servers. iconic behavior honestly 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

🎀 Usage:

hexchat [OPTION...] URL

like, that's it. that's the shape of it. you run hexchat, you maybe throw some options at it, you maybe hand it a URL. slay.

🌈 Help Options:

• -h, --help — shows you the help options. the "help me help you" of flags 💁
• --help-all — shows ALL the help options. every last one. it's giving completionist ✨
• --help-gtk — shows the GTK+ Options. yes, there's a whole other pile of them hiding in there.

👑 Application Options:

• -a, --no-auto — don't auto connect to servers. you're the main character, you decide when to walk in 🚪✨
• -d, --cfgdir=PATH — use a different config directory. pick your own little home for your settings, bestie.
• -n, --no-plugins — don't auto load any plugins. raw, unfiltered, no add-ons 💀
• -p, --plugindir — show the plugin auto-load directory. just tells you where the plugins live, no cap.
• -u, --configdir — show the user config directory. same energy, but for your config.
• --url=URL — open an irc://server:port/channel?key URL. so you can jump straight into a server, a port, a channel, and its key. one link, whole situation. 🔥
• -c, --command=COMMAND — execute command:
• -e, --existing — open the URL or execute the command in an existing HexChat. not a new one. the one you already have. respect its space 🫶
• --minimize=level — begin minimized. the levels are: Level 0=Normal 1=Iconified 2=Tray. so 0 is normal, 1 is iconified, 2 is tray. pick your fighter 🌈
• -v, --version — show version information. the classic. the legend. ⭐
• --display=DISPLAY — X display to use. tell it which display to show up on 🦋

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💖 AUTHOR 💖

this manual page was written by Davide Puricelli <evo@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). periodt. 👑

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and that's the whole page, bestie. no notes. go forth and IRC 🌸

HexChat 2.16.2 — dated April 2013. yeah, she's vintage. she's still serving. 🎀✨💜