Index: example.c
===================================================================
--- example.c	(revision 28942)
+++ example.c	(revision 28943)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 		/* split and print fields */
 		printf("Splitting '%s':\n", s);
-		argc = qparse3(s, &argv, QPARSE_DOUBLE_QUOTE | QPARSE_SINGLE_QUOTE | QPARSE_TERM_SEMICOLON | QPARSE_SEP_COMMA, &cons);
+		argc = qparse3(s, &argv, QPARSE_DOUBLE_QUOTE | QPARSE_SINGLE_QUOTE | QPARSE_TERM_SEMICOLON | QPARSE_SEP_COMMA | QPARSE_COLON_LAST, &cons);
 		for(n = 0; n < argc; n++)
 			printf(" [%d] '%s'\n", n, argv[n]);
 		qparse_free(argc, &argv);
Index: qparse.c
===================================================================
--- qparse.c	(revision 28942)
+++ qparse.c	(revision 28943)
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 	qp_normal,
 	qp_dquote,
 	qp_squote,
-	qp_paren
+	qp_paren,
+	qp_lastarg
 } qp_state_t;
 
 #define qpush(chr) \
@@ -88,12 +89,18 @@
 
 	for(s = input; *s != '\0'; s++) {
 		switch (state) {
+			case qp_lastarg:
+				switch (*s) {
+					case '\n':
+					case '\r':
+						if (flg & QPARSE_TERM_NEWLINE)
+							goto stop;
+					default:
+						qpush(*s);
+				}
+				break;
 			case qp_normal:
 				switch (*s) {
-					case '\\':
-						s++;
-						qbackslash(*s);
-						break;
 					case '"':
 						if (flg & QPARSE_DOUBLE_QUOTE)
 							state = qp_dquote;
@@ -113,6 +120,11 @@
 							qpush(*s);
 						break;
 
+					case '\\':
+						s++;
+						qbackslash(*s);
+						break;
+
 					case ';':
 						if (flg & QPARSE_TERM_SEMICOLON)
 							goto stop;
@@ -135,6 +147,10 @@
 						qnext();
 						break;
 					default:
+						if ((flg & QPARSE_COLON_LAST) && (buff_used == 0) && *s == ':') {
+							state = qp_lastarg;
+							break;
+						}
 						qpush(*s);
 				}
 				/* End of qp_normal */
Index: qparse.h
===================================================================
--- qparse.h	(revision 28942)
+++ qparse.h	(revision 28943)
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 	QPARSE_MULTISEP = 8,        /* multiple separators are taken as a single separator */
 	QPARSE_TERM_NEWLINE = 16,   /* terminate parsing at newline */
 	QPARSE_TERM_SEMICOLON = 32, /* terminate parsing at semicolon */
-	QPARSE_SEP_COMMA = 64       /* comma is a separator, like whitespace */
+	QPARSE_SEP_COMMA = 64,      /* comma is a separator, like whitespace */
+	QPARSE_COLON_LAST = 128     /* if an argument starts with a colon, it's the last argument until the end of the message or line (IRC) */
 } flags_t;
 
 int qparse2(const char *input, char **argv_ret[], flags_t flg);