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 docdir = $(datadir)/doc/irssi
 
+man_MANS = \
+	irssi.1
+
 doc_DATA = \
 	botnet.txt \
 	design.txt \
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+.TH Irssi 1 "September 2002" "Irssi IRC client"
+.SH NAME
+Irssi \- a modular IRC client for UNIX
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B irssi
+[-dv!?] [-c server] [-p port] [-n nickname] [-w password] [-h hostname]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B Irssi
+is a modular Internet Relay Chat client. It is highly extensible and
+very secure. Being a fullscreen, termcap based client with many
+features,
+.B Irssi
+is easily extensible through scripts and modules.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BI "\-\-config="FILE
+use 
+.I FILE
+instead of ~/.irssi/config.
+.TP
+.BI "\-\-home="PATH
+.I PATH 
+specifies the home directory of Irssi.
+Default is 
+.BR ~/.irssi
+.TP
+.BI "\-\-session="PATH
+this option is here just for internal use. It is needed during an /UPGRADE.
+For more information see /help upgrade.
+.TP
+.BI "\-c, \-\-connect="SERVER
+connects to 
+.I SERVER
+.TP
+.BI "\-w, \-\-password="PASSWORD
+use
+.I PASSWORD 
+for authentification.
+.TP
+.BI "\-p, \-\-port="PORT
+automatically connect to 
+.I PORT 
+on server.
+.TP
+.BI "\-!, \-\-noconnect"
+disables autoconnecting.
+.TP
+.BI "\-n, \-\-nick="NICKNAME
+specify 
+.I NICKNAME 
+as your nick.
+.TP
+.BI "\-h, \-\-hostname="HOSTNAME
+use
+.I HOSTNAME
+for your irc session.
+.TP
+.BI "\-d, \-\-dummy"
+use dummy terminal mode.
+.TP
+.BI "\-v, \-\-version"
+display the version of Irssi.
+.TP
+.BI "\-?, \-\-help"
+show a help message.
+.TP
+.BI "\-\-usage"
+display brief usage message.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.B Irssi
+has been supplied with a huge amount of documentation. Check /help or look
+at the files contained by /usr/share/doc/irssi*
+.SH FILES
+.TP
+.I /etc/irssi.conf
+Global configuration file
+.TP
+.I ~/.irssi/config
+Personal configuration file
+.TP
+.I ~/.irssi/config.autosave
+Automatic save of the personal config file when it was changed externally
+.TP
+.I ~/.irssi/default.theme
+Default irssi theme
+.TP
+.I ~/.irssi/away.log
+Logged messages in away status
+.TP
+.I /usr/share/irssi/help/
+Directory including many help files
+.TP
+.I /usr/share/irssi/scripts/
+Global scripts directory
+.TP
+.I /usr/share/irssi/themes/
+Global themes directory
+.TP
+.I ~/.irssi/scripts/
+Default scripts directory
+.TP
+.I ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/
+Directory containing links to scripts that should be loaded
+automatically on startup
+.SH AUTHORS/CREDITS
+.B Irssi
+was written by Timo Sirainen
+.B <cras@irssi.org>
+.sp
+This manpage was written by Istvan Sebestyen
+.BR <stevee@alphanet.ch>
+and Stefan Tomanek
+.BR <stefan@pico.ruhr.de>