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Re: irc:// style URLs

On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 10:07:07 +0100
"Fran Boon" <flavour@partyvibe.com> wrote:

> These are a nice way to interlink IRC & the Web.
> They are supported by at least 2 Windows clients - mIRC & ViRC
> 
> X-Chat doesn't support any command line options, is that correct?

No, did you try xchat -h ?


> The simple way to support irc:// style URLs would be if X-Chat would run:
> xchat irc://irc.server.org/channel
> 
> & then launch a new x-chat instance (if one wasn't running already) &
> connect to this server & channel.
> 
> How easy would this kind of functionality be to add?
> 
> Best Wishes,
> Fran.

1.9.1+ already supports this, but it always launches a new instance.

$ ./xchat -h
xchat 1.9.1
Usage: ./xchat [OPTIONS]... [URL]

Options:
  -d,  --cfgdir DIRECTORY   use a different config dir
  -a,  --no-auto            don't auto connect
  -v,  --version            show version information

URL:
  irc://server:port/channel

$ xchat -h
xchat 1.8.9 Options:

   --cfgdir <dir> -d	 : use a different config dir
   --noauto       -a	 : don't auto connect
   --version      -v	 : show version information


-- 
Peter Zelezny.
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