Tkirc is a frontend for unix's ircII (shell-client for the Internet Relay Chat) based on Tcl/Tk. If you know how to use ircII, you should not have any problems using tkirc. See /usr/local/share/doc/tkirc/README for more information. Also, copy /usr/local/share/doc/tkirc/tkircrc-example to $HOME/.tkircrc. WWW: http://www.north.de/~atte/tkirc/