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/examples/.tkirc2 to $HOME. WWW: http://www.netsplit.de/tkirc2/index.html