Running WeeChat

Command line arguments:

ParameterDescription
-a, --no-connect Disable auto-connect to servers at startup
-c, --config Display config help (list of options)
-d, --dir <path> Set path as home for WeeChat (used for configuration files, logs, user plugins and scripts). Default value is "~/.weechat". Please note that directory is created if not found by WeeChat.
-f, --key-functions Display WeeChat internal functions for keys
-h, --help Display help
-i, --irc-commands Display IRC commands list
-k, --keys Display WeeChat default keys
-l, --license Display WeeChat license
-p, --no-plugin Disable plugins auto-load
-v, --version Display WeeChat version
-w, --weechat-commands Display WeeChat commands list

It is also possible to give URL for one or many IRC servers, as follow:

irc[6][s]://[pseudo[:mot_passe]@]irc.example.org[:port][/channel][,channel[...]

Example to join #weechat and #toto on "irc.freenode.net" server, default port (6667), with "nono" nick:

$ weechat-curses irc://nono@irc.freenode.net/#weechat,#toto

To start WeeChat, issue this command:

When you run WeeChat for the first time, a default configuration file is created, with default options. The default configuration file is: "~/.weechat/weechat.rc"

You can edit this file at your convenience to configure WeeChat (ONLY if WeeChat is not running), or you can set parameters with "/set" command in WeeChat (see the section called “WeeChat commands”)