hewwo.1

.Dd May 18, 2024
.Dt HEWWO 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm hewwo
.Nd a simplistic IRC client
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl c Ar host
.Op Fl p Ar port
.Op Fl n Ar nick
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a text-mode IRC client,
meant to be intuitive for people new to IRC,
and to overall be a good Unix-y program.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width -c
.It Fl c Ar host
Specifies the host to connect to.
.Nm
can only connect to a single ircd at a time.
.It Fl p Ar port
Specifies the port to connect to.
.Nm
currently can only connect over plaintext.
.It Fl n Ar nick
Specifies the default nick to use.
.El
.Pp
Unless changed in the configuration file,
the default is to connect to localhost on port 6667,
with the nick set to the value of the
.Ev USER
environmental variable.
.Sh FILES
.Nm
can get its configuration files from various places,
which can differ from system to system.
Run
.Ic /config
to see where
.Nm
looks for config files.
You can also run
.Ic /config edit
to (potentially create and) open your config file in your
.Ev EDITOR .
.Pp
In general, per-user config files are located in
.Pa $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hewwo/edge/ ,
which usually is
.Pa .config/hewwo/edge/ .
System-wide config files are located in
.Pa $PREFIX/share/hewwo/edge/ ,
where
.Ev PREFIX
depends on how you've installed
.Nm .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr irssi 1 ,
.Xr weechat 1 .
.Sh BUGS
.Nm
is badly designed in some regards,
and the author has given up on maintaining it before even finishing it.