NAME

       swirc — curses icb and irc client

SYNOPSIS

       swirc  [-46?CPRSdipv] [-W password] [-c server[:port]] [-j join] [-n nickname] [-r rl name] [-u username]
             [-x config]

DESCRIPTION

       swirc is a BSD licensed, console based and lightweight ICB and IRC client written in C/C++,  whose  goals
       are to be portable and secure.

OPTIONS

       -4      Use IPv4 addresses only

       -6      Use IPv6 addresses only

       -?      Output help

       -C      Do  not  change  color definitions.  If the terminal used to run swirc supports >= 256 colors and
               can_change_color(3) is true swirc  uses  init_color(3)  to  initialize  the  extended  IRC  color
               palette.   Which  may or may not already be set correctly by the terminal.  This option is useful
               in case the terminal look strange after exit, which is possible to fix by simply restarting it.

       -P      Permanently disable SASL authentication.  If specified, the effect is final  (i.e.  it  overrides
               any config file value.)

       -R      Disable TLS/SSL peer verification

       -S      Force TLS (Transport Layer Security)

       -W password
               Equal  effect  as  flag -p but operates in a non-interactive manner.  Be careful if you are using
               this option on a public computer with multiple other users because  the  password  will  then  be
               visible to them in the output of ps(1).

       -c server[:port]
               Connect  to  given  server.  If the port is omitted port 6667 will be chosen.  And if the port is
               7326 ICB mode is turned on automatically.  Further,  if  the  port  is  6697  swirc  attempts  to
               initiate a TLS/SSL connection.

       -d      Debug logging

       -i      Turn on Internet Citizen's Band mode

       -j join
               A comma-separated list of channels to join.  For example:

                     -j libera,linux,c,c++

       -n nickname
               Online nickname

       -p      Server  password  (for  private servers). However: InspIRCd has a module called password forward,
               which means that if a server password is specified by this flag, it will be used to  identify  to
               NickServ.   If  so:  connect  with a TLS/SSL connection, i.e. an encrypted connection, to prevent
               your password from being disclosed in clear text.  swirc also supports IRCv3 SASL  authentication
               which is probably a better alternative.

       -r rl name
               Your real name

       -u username
               Your username

       -v      Output swirc version

       -x config
               Config file

KEYS

       CTRL+a      Move to beginning of line
       CTRL+e      Move to end of line
       CTRL+b      Move cursor backward
       CTRL+f      Move cursor forward
       CTRL+d      Delete
       CTRL+g      Clear readline input.  Also useful to trigger terminal resize signal.
       CTRL+l      Per window basis toggle logging on/off and works while IRC connected
       CTRL+n      Next window
       CTRL+p      Previous window
       PG UP       Scroll up
       PG DOWN     Scroll down
       Up arrow    History previous
       Down arrow  History next
       F2          Spell word
       F3          Scroll nicklist up
       F4          Scroll nicklist down
       F11         Close window
       F12         Close all private conversations

INSERTING TEXT-DECORATION

       F5          Blink
       F6          Bold
       F7          Color
       F8          Normal
       F9          Reverse
       F10         Underline

MITIGATIONS

       On  OpenBSD  pledge(2)  is  used  per default in order to force swirc into a restricted-service operating
       mode.  This since version 1.1.  Further, as of 2.3, pledge(2) is used in combination with unveil(2).

FILES

       ~/.swirc/swirc.conf        swirc configuration file
       ~/.swirc/default.thm       swirc default theme
       ~/.swirc/log/error.log     swirc error log

SEE ALSO

       swirc.conf(5), swirc.theme(5)

HISTORY

       The first version of swirc was released in mid  2016.   Starting  from  Debian  12  (Bookworm)  swirc  is
       available  for  multiple  architectures via Debian's official APT repository.  And on OpenBSD version 6.7
       and greater swirc can be installed by using pkg_add(1).

AUTHORS

       swirc was written by Markus Uhlin ⟨markus.uhlin@bredband.net⟩

BUGS

       https://github.com/uhlin/swirc/issues

       If many errors regarding "In perform_convert_buffer: characters lost: Illegal byte sequence" are  present
       in  the  error  log,  then  additional  encodings for your locale should be installed.  See locale(1) for
       supported character encodings.  swirc can handle and are looking for:

       -   UTF-8
       -   ISO-8859-1
       -   ISO-8859-15

       Unfortunately some operating systems have decided to only support the UTF-8 character encoding.

Debian                                          October 22, 2023                                        SWIRC(1)