.TH LICQ 1 "08 Oct 2006"
.SH NAME
licq \- ICQ client
.PP
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBlicq\fR [\fIOPTION\fR]... [-- \fIPLUGIN-OPTIONS\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBlicq\fR is an ICQ instant messaging client daemon that supports a
number of interfaces via plug-ins, primarily Qt, but also GTK+, console,
and other utility plug-ins.  At least one plug-in is required for Licq
to function.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB-b\fR \fIDIR\fR
Set the base directory for configuration and data files
(default: \fI$HOME/.licq\fR)
.TP
\fB-c\fR
Disable color at standard output.
.TP
\fB-d\fR \fINUMBER\fR
Set what information is logged to standard output:
.br
1 - status information
.br
2 - unknown packets
.br
4 - errors
.br
8 - warnings
.br
16 - all packets
.br
Add values together for multiple options.
.TP
\fB-h\fR
Print a help screen on standard output, then exit.
.TP
\fB-I\fR
Force initialization of the given base directory.
.TP
\fB-o\fR \fIFILE\fR
Redirect standard error to \fIFILE\fR, which can be a device (e.g., \fI/dev/ttyp4\fR).
.TP
\fB-p\fR \fIPLUGIN\fR
Load the given plug-in library.
.SH EXAMPLES
To start \fBlicq\fR with the KDE GUI plug-in:
.RS
.sp
licq \-p kde-gui
.sp
.RE
This choice is recorded, so next time it suffices to start without any options.
.SH FILES
.TP 5
\fI$HOME/.licq/\fR
per-user configuration data
.SH AUTHOR
This man page was written by Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org> and
Peter Eisentraut <petere@debian.org> for the Debian project.