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1 ERC NEWS -*- outline -*-
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3 Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 See the end of the file for license conditions.
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6 * Changes in ERC 5.3
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8 ** New function `erc-tls' is to be used for connecting to a server via TLS.
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9 It requires the tls.el library.
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11 ** The function `erc-ssl' will now always use ssl.el, even in the version
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12 of ERC that comes with Emacs.
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14 ** Type `C-u' before `C-c C-j' to prompt for a channel key
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15 `erc-join-channel' now accepts a prefix-argument to prompt for the key
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16 when channels are protected by keywords.
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18 ** ERC will now automatically determine which nick prefixes are valid
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19 when joining a server.
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21 ** Figure out which directory contains startup files when looking for
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22 .erc.el. For Emacs this is usually ~/.emacs.d, and for XEmacs this is
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23 usually ~/.xemacs.
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25 ** Fix bug with view-mode when running erc-toggle-debug-irc-protocol.
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27 ** Permit several commands to be run even when the server connection is dead.
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28 This includes /CLEAR, /COUNTRY, /HELP, /LASTLOG, /QUIT, /GQUIT,
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29 /RECONNECT, /SERVER, and /SET.
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31 ** Make /RECONNECT work better when the server connection is dead.
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32 Also, handle case where the server buffer has been killed.
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34 ** Better handle interaction with /RECONNECT and indefinite reconnect
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35 attempts. Display message which tells the user that they can stop the
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36 reconnect attempts by killing the server buffer.
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38 ** New option `erc-reuse-frames' determines whether new frames are always
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39 created. It defaults to not creating a new frame for an ERC buffer if
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40 there is already a window displaying it. This only has an effect when
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41 the `erc-join-buffer' option is set to 'frame.
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43 ** New command /ME'S handles the case where someone types "/me's" in an
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44 ERC buffer. It concatenates the text " 's" to the beginning of the
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45 input and then sends the result like a normal /ME command.
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47 ** Fix bug where some messages were being sent to the server too soon.
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48 In the past, this may have resulted in strange problems like seeing
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49 the connection attempt stall, which may have especially affected
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50 spotty or traffic-shaped connections.
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52 ** Handle 307 (nick has identified) responses from the server.
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54 ** Display a less-confusing message if the connection attempt fails.
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56 ** On a tty, make sure that notices are displayed in blue rather than pink.
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58 ** By default, open query buffers that are initiated by others in a new
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59 unselected window. This may be changed by customizing the
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60 `erc-auto-query' option. This should make ERC more friendly to new
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61 users.
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63 ** New option `erc-query-display' indicates how to display a query buffer
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64 that is made using the /QUERY command. The default is to display the
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65 query in a new selected window.
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67 ** By default, display network name rather than server name in the modeline.
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68 This should ERC use less space in the modeline. To get the old
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69 behavior back, set `erc-mode-line-format' to "%s %a".
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71 ** New option `erc-remove-parsed-property' determines whether to remove
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72 the 'erc-parsed property. This should save some memory in channels
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73 with large amounts of text on screen. It is enabled by default.
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75 ** Modules newly enabled by default
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77 *** move-to-prompt: Move to the prompt when typing text.
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78 *** networks: Provide data about IRC networks.
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80 ** New formatting variables allowed in `erc-format-network':
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82 *** `%N': the name of the network.
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83 *** `%S': much like %s, but let the network name trump the server name.
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85 ** Compatibility with old releases
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87 *** In `erc-server-coding-system' and `erc-coding-system-for-target', pass
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88 the `target' argument as the first and only argument to the function
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89 named by these options.
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91 *** In `erc-track-faces-priority-list', permit list entries to be lists of
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92 faces. This can be used to differentiate between, for example,
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93 buttons in default text and buttons in notices.
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95 *** The `erc-assert' function has been removed in favor of using `assert'
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96 from cl-macs.el.
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98 *** If your application uses the 'erc-parsed text property outside of
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100 to nil.
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102 ** Changes and additions to modules
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104 *** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el)
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106 **** Work around bug in XEmacs 21.4 that causes an error to be thrown when
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107 the first argument to `run-at-time' is nil.
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109 *** Button (erc-button.el)
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111 **** Recognize parentheses that are part of URLs.
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113 **** When in a channel, only buttonize nicks from that channel.
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115 *** DCC support (erc-dcc.el)
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117 **** Turn this into the "dcc" module for ERC, so that it can be more
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118 easily enabled.
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120 **** New option `erc-dcc-listen-host' determines which IP address to listen
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121 on for outside connection attempts.
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123 **** New option `erc-dcc-public-host' determines which IP address to advertise
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124 when sending a file. This is useful for people who are on a local
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125 subnet. Together, these two options replace the `erc-dcc-host'
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126 option.
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128 **** New option `erc-dcc-receive-cache' indicates how much of a received
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129 file to store in an Emacs buffer before flushing it to disk. The
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130 default is 0.5 MB.
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132 **** Save only parts of received files in buffers, writing repeatedly to
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133 disk after we get at least `erc-dcc-receive-cache' bytes. This allows
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134 users to receive very large files without running out of memory.
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137 default it to nil.
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139 **** Fix edge case in erc-dcc-send-sentinel.
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141 **** If client confirms too much, then display byte count and kill the
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142 file buffer.
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144 *** Goodies (erc-goodies.el)
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146 **** New module move-to-prompt causes the point to be moved to the prompt
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147 if a user tries to type elsewhere in the buffer, and then inserts
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148 their keystrokes after the prompt. It is enabled by default.
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149
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150 **** New module keep-place keeps your place in unvisited ERC buffers
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151 when new messages arrive.
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153 **** Enable scroll-to-bottom in all ERC buffers when the module is enabled,
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154 rather than having the user do it manually.
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156 **** Fix bug with buffer ordering and scroll-to-bottom module.
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158 **** In the unmorse module, handle the morse code style that has "/ " at
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159 the end of every letter.
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161 *** Identd (erc-identd.el)
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163 **** Fix bad behavior when closing the identd process.
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165 *** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
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167 **** Replace the old module with a rewritten one, so that we can include
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173 **** Don't display lots of output in the server buffer when running /LIST.
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175 *** Logging (erc-log.el)
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177 **** Permit the `erc-log-channels-directory' option to be set to a function
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178 name. This makes it easier to write custom functions that determine
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179 where log files should be placed.
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181 **** New option `erc-log-filter-function' specifies the function to call
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183 filtering is performed.
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185 *** Networks (erc-networks.el)
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187 **** Turn this into the "networks" module for ERC, so that it can be more
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188 easily enabled. Enable it by default.
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190 **** Add support for Rizon.
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192 *** Internet services / Nickserv (erc-services.el)
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194 **** New hook option `erc-nickserv-identified-hook' is run after NickServ
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195 acknowledges a successful identification.
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197 **** Add support for the GRnet and Rizon networks.
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199 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
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200
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201 **** By default, place timestamps on both the left and the right.
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202 The left timestamps appear once a day, and the right timestamps appear
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203 once a minute when new messages arrive. To change this, customize the
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204 `erc-insert-timestamp-function' and
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205 `erc-insert-away-timestamp-function' options.
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207 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
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209 **** If `erc-track-position-in-mode-line' is set to nil, the tracking
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210 information won't be shown in the mode line, which is a change from
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211 the previous behavior of showing it "After all other information".
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213 If this variable is set to t, then the information will be added to
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214 the very end of the mode line.
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216 **** New option `erc-track-remove-disconnected-buffers' controls whether
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217 buffers associated with a server that is disconnected should be
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218 removed from the modified buffers list. The default is to keep them
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221 **** New hook option `erc-track-list-changed-hook' is run whenever the
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222 contents of the modified channels list changes. It is useful for
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223 people who use a separate mechanism to provide notification of channel
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224 activity.
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226 **** The `erc-track-switch-direction' option now can be set to the value
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227 'importance. If set to this value, ERC will switch to channels in
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228 order of importance, which is determined by the position of the
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229 channel's face in `erc-track-faces-priority-list'.
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230
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231 **** Activate erc-track-minor-mode earlier in the connection process.
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233 **** Don't track buttons in notices.
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235 **** Get a rough idea for which channels are currently active by
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236 switching between several normal conversation faces in the modeline.
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237 This behavior can be modified by changing the new
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238 `erc-track-faces-normal-list' option.
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239
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240 **** Ignore display of who set the default channel topic and listing of
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241 users on the current channel. Customize the `erc-track-exclude-types'
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242 option to indicate the types of messages to exclude. These two
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243 message types are "333" and "353", respectively.
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245 *** Support for acting as an XDCC file-server (erc-xdcc.el)
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247 **** Turn this into the "xdcc" module for ERC, so that it can be more
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248 easily enabled.
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250 * Changes in ERC 5.2
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252 ** M-x erc RET now starts ERC.
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253 `erc-select' has been changed to `erc'. `erc-select' still remains as
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254 an alias of `erc'. Likewise, `erc-select-ssl' has been renamed to
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255 `erc-ssl' with `erc-select-ssl' as its alias. The function that was
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256 known as `erc' is now `erc-open'.
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258 ** Open query buffers by default when private messages are received.
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259 The default value of `erc-auto-query' has been changed to 'bury.
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261 ** New command: /RECONNECT
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262 This command tries to reconnect to the current IRC server exactly
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263 once. It does not work in server buffers (throws an error before the
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266 ** In MS-DOS environments, look for _ercrc.el rather than .ercrc.el.
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268 ** Fix buggy interaction with multi-tty Emacs.
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270 ** After running /QUIT, make sure that the IRC process is killed within
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271 4 seconds. Freenode, in particular, needs this at times.
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273 ** If the IRC process has not responded to our PINGs within a certain
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274 time, kill it and restart the connection. See
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276 `erc-server-reconnect-timeout', `erc-server-send-ping-interval', and
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277 `erc-server-send-ping-timeout' to fine-tune ERC's behavior.
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278
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279 ** Avoid getting into an infinite connection loop.
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280 Previously, this could happen if your nick was banned, you were using
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281 Tor, incorrect information was entered, or the connection was bad.
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282
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283 ** Make ban messages less confusing.
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284
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285 ** Restore the point correctly when reconnecting to an IRC server.
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286
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287 ** Make /IGNORE and /UNIGNORE prompt to determine whether their
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288 argument is a user or a regexp. This results in less-confusing
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289 behavior when trying to ignore someone who has a bracket in their
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290 nick.
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291
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292 ** Make the default port "6667" rather than "ircd", because some
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293 operating systems don't know what port "ircd" maps to.
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294
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295 ** Fix several bugs in erc-iswitchb (C-c C-b).
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296
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297 ** Clean up internal documentation.
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298 Special thanks go to Juanma Barranquero for the thorough vetting of
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299 ERC's internal documentation.
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300
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301 ** Display a more informative message when a module is not found.
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302
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303 ** Fix a bug where paths were being colored like IRC commands.
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304
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305 ** In the customize interface for `erc-modules', add the name of the module.
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306 This makes it easier to find modules by name.
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307
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308 ** erc-server-send-ping-interval: Change to use a default of 30 seconds.
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309
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310 ** Some files which are included with the release of ERC 5.2 will not
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311 appear in the version of ERC that is bundled with Emacs 22. These
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312 extras files may be found at:
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313
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314 o http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/erc/erc-5.2-extras.tar.gz, or
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315 o http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/erc/erc-5.2-extras.zip.
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316
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317 ** Renamed files
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318
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319 Several files were renamed so as to make them distinct to users of the
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320 MS-DOS operating system.
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321
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322 o erc-autojoin.el -> erc-join.el
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323 o erc-complete.el -> erc-hecomplete.el
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324 o erc-nickserv.el -> erc-services.el
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325 o ChangeLog.NNNN -> ChangeLog.NN
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326
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327 ** Header line changes
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328
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329 *** Remove "[IRC]" from the header line.
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330
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331 *** Add the %l format character to `erc-header-line-format',
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332
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333 *** Document how to remove the header line.
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334 Namely: (setq erc-header-line-format nil).
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335
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336 ** New options
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337
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338 *** erc-server-reconnect-attempts: Determines the number of
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339 reconnection attempts that ERC will make per server.
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340
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341 *** erc-server-reconnect-timeout: Determines the amount of time,
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342 in seconds, that ERC will wait between successive reconnect attempts.
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343
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344 *** erc-server-send-ping-timeout: Determines when to consider a connection
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345 stalled and restart it. The default is after 120 seconds.
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346
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347 *** erc-system-name: Determines the system name to use when logging in.
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348 The default is to figure this out by calling `system-name'.
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349
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350 ** New face: `erc-my-nick-face'
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351 This helps make it easier to distinguish messages sent by yourself
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352 from messages sent by other users when the value of the variable
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353 `erc-show-my-nick' is non-nil.
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354
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355 ** Namespace changes
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356
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357 *** New macro: `erc-with-server-buffer'
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358 Switches to the current ERC server buffer and runs some code. If no
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359 server buffer is available, return nil. This is a useful way to
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360 access variables in the server buffer.
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361
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362 *** New function: `erc-open-server-buffer-p'
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363 Returns non-nil if the given buffer is an ERC server buffer that has
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364 an open IRC process.
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365
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366 *** New function: `erc-format-lag-time'
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367 Returns the estimated lag time to server, `erc-server-lag'.
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368
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369 *** Renamed items
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370
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371 o `erc-server-setup-periodical-server-ping' is now
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372 `erc-server-setup-periodical-ping'
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373
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374 o `erc-away-p' is now `erc-away-time'
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375
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376 ** Changes to the ERC manual
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377
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378 *** New section: Sample Session.
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379 Describes a sample ERC session for connecting to the #emacs channel on
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380 Freenode. Also mention the #erc channel.
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381
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382 *** New section: Special Features.
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383 Describes some of the special features of ERC.
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384
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385 *** Getting Started: Mention ~/.emacs.d/.ercrc.el and the Customize
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386 interface.
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387
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388 *** Development: Mention ErcDevelopment page on emacswiki.org.
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389
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390 *** Tips and Tricks: Remove empty section for now.
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391
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392 *** Options: Mention how to see available ERC options.
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393
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394 *** Sample Configuration: Add an example of how to configure ERC.
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395
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396 ** New modules
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397
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398 *** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el)
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399
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400 **** Make this much more reliable.
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401
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402 **** Avoid duplicate messages when coming back from being away.
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403
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404 **** Fix bug where autoaway was enabled just by loading the file.
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405
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406 *** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el)
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407
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408 **** Display information on how to cancel merging of info or how to
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409 create a new John Doe record.
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410
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411 **** Make it so that information from /whois continues to come in, even
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412 while prompting for a record to merge.
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413
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414 **** Make hitting C-g correctly abort merging the record.
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416 *** Capab identify (erc-capab.el)
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417 Mark users who haven't identified to NickServ on servers supporting
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418 CAPAB IDENTIFY-MSG.
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419
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420 ** Changes and additions to modules
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422 *** Button (erc-button.el)
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423
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424 **** Make <backtab> go to the previous button.
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425
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426 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
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427
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428 **** Use mouse-face and help-echo for channel names in the mode-line.
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429 This helps people using a mouse know that they are buttons and can be
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430 clicked on.
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431
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432 **** Fix issue where C-c C-SPC could conflict with user-defined keybindings.
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433 This is accomplished by moving these bindings to their own global
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434 minor mode. Now the default is to check whether the user has bound
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435 something to C-c C-SPC or C-c C-@. If they have, prompt them about
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436 whether to really override that binding. This also has the effect of
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437 preventing ERC from clobbering rcirc's keybinding, unless this is
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438 desired. See `erc-track-enable-keybindings' for more details.
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439
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440 **** New option: erc-track-enable-keybindings.
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441 Determine whether or not to enable the C-c C-SPC and C-c C-@
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442 keybindings. The default is to ask whether to do this if a binding to
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443 these keys already exists. It can also be set to t or nil to always
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444 bind or never bind, respectively.
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445
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446 **** Remove `track-when-inactive' module.
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447 See `erc-track-when-inactive' for further details.
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448
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449 **** New option: erc-track-when-inactive.
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450 This option replaces the track-when-inactive module. Set it to
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451 non-nil to track activity even in visible buffers when inactive. The
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452 default is nil.
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453
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454 **** Remove the `track-modified-channels' alias for the `track' module.
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455
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456 *** DCC support (erc-dcc.el)
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457
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458 **** Add Usage section to Commentary.
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459
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460 **** Fix a bug in the server message output.
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461
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462 *** Filling (erc-fill.el)
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463
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464 **** Fix bug involving messages that start with one or more blank lines.
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465
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466 *** Identd (erc-identd.el)
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467
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468 **** New option `erc-identd-port'
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469 Specifies the port to use if none is given as an argument to
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470 `erc-identd-start'. This is placed in the new customization group
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471 `erc-identd'.
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472
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473 **** New function: `erc-identd-quickstart'
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474 Ignores any arguments and calls `erc-identd-start'.
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475
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476 *** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
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477
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478 **** Enable by default, except in the version of ERC bundled with Emacs 22.
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479
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480 *** Logging (erc-log.el)
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481
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482 **** Make sure filenames are safe to use before writing to them.
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483
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484 **** Save all log buffers when exiting Emacs.
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485
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486 **** erc-generate-log-file-name-function: Add option for
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487 `erc-generate-log-file-name-network', which is a new function that
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488 uses the network name rather than the server name when possible.
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489
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490 *** Menu (erc-menu.el)
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491
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492 **** Name the menu "ERC" instead of "IRC" to avoid confusion with rcirc
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493 and other clients.
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494
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495 **** Make this into a proper module and load it by default.
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496
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497 **** Add "Current channel" submenu.
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498
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499 *** Networks (erc-networks.el)
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500
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501 **** Add support for Ars OpenIRC, LinuxChix, and OFTC networks.
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502
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503 **** Escape periods in Konfido.Net and Kewl.Org.
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504
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505 *** Internet services / Nickserv (erc-nickserv.el)
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506
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507 **** Add new 'both method for the `erc-nickserv-identify-mode' option
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508 and make it the default. This tries to do the right thing both when a
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509 known nickserv message exists for an IRC network, and when it does
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510 not.
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511
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512 **** Support nickserv authentication on OFTC, Azzurra, Ars, and QuakeNet.
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513
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514 **** Support authentication on BitlBee.
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515
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516 **** Make source code easier to understand by using accessor functions.
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517
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518 *** Sound support (erc-sound.el)
2fae574a2382 Release ERC 5.2.
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519
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520 **** Make this work with both Emacs 21 and Emacs 22.
2fae574a2382 Release ERC 5.2.
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521
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522 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
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523
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524 **** Exclude the newline from the erc-timestamp field.
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525
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526 **** New function: `erc-toggle-timestamps'.
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527 Toggles display of timestamps.
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528
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529 * Changes in ERC 5.1.4
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530
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531 ** Make find-function and find-variable work in Emacs 22 for
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532 names that are constructed by `define-erc-module'.
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533
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534 ** Fix bug introduced in ERC 5.1.3 that caused messages to go the
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535 wrong buffer.
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536
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537 ** Changes and additions to modules
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538
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539 *** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
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540
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541 **** Don't activate view-mode.
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542
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543 *** Logging (erc-log.el)
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544
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545 **** When this module is activated, make sure logging is enabled on
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546 already-opened buffers. Ditto for disabling logging when the module
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547 is deactivated.
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548
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549 **** Fix some errors that occur when exiting Emacs without first
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550 quitting open IRC servers.
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551
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552 * Changes in ERC 5.1.3
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553
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554 ** Fix use of /quote command with no initial whitespace.
3d0d6e217db9 Update for ERC 5.1.3.
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555
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556 ** Make it possible to customize the colorization of the header line.
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557 The `erc-header-line' face is used to color the header line.
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558 The `erc-header-line-face-method' determines the method to use when
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559 colorizing the header line.
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560
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561 ** Add the new function `erc-handle-irc-url', which is a suitable
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562 candidate to use for `url-irc-function'. This permits some
3d0d6e217db9 Update for ERC 5.1.3.
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563 integration of url.el and ERC.
3d0d6e217db9 Update for ERC 5.1.3.
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564
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565 ** Fix several errors that occur when server or channel buffers are killed
3d0d6e217db9 Update for ERC 5.1.3.
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parents: 69034
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566 prematurely.
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567
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parents: 69034
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568 ** Fix toggling of flood control.
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parents: 69034
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569
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parents: 69034
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570 ** Match the patterns in `erc-encoding-coding-alist' as regexps,
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571 instead of verbatim text. Also, match case-insensitively.
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572
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573 ** The /SMV command has been removed, since we no longer have
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parents: 69034
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574 meaningful module-specific version information.
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parents: 69034
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575
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parents: 69034
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576 ** Fix a "(stringp nil)" error that can happen when doing /PART.
3d0d6e217db9 Update for ERC 5.1.3.
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parents: 69034
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577
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parents: 69034
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578 ** Use a better example in the `erc-part-reason-various-alist'
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parents: 69034
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579 documentation.
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parents: 69034
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580
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parents: 69034
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581 ** When using `erc-quit-reason-various' and `erc-part-reason-various'
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582 and no matches are found, default to using the ERC version string
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583 rather than "nil".
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584
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585 ** Add the `list' and `page' modules to the `erc-modules' customize
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586 interface.
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587
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588 ** Changes to the ERC manual
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589
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590 *** Update the list of available modules.
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591
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592 *** Revise information about releases and development.
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593
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594 *** Provide a simpler example in the "Getting Started" chapter.
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595
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596 *** Fully document how to connect to an IRC server in the new
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597 "Connecting" chapter.
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598
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599 ** Changes and additions to modules
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600
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601 *** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el)
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602
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603 **** Rename the `erc-autoaway-use-emacs-idle' option to
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604 `erc-autoaway-idle-method'.
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605
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606 **** Add support for autoaway based on user idle time.
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607 This is now the default.
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608
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609 **** If you set the AWAY status yourself, erc-autoaway will not
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610 interfere by un-setting AWAY prematurely.
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611
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612 **** If you are set away while visiting a non-ERC buffer,
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613 erc-autoaway used to fail in bringing the user back. This is now
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614 fixed.
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615
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616 *** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el)
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617
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618 **** Add new option `erc-bbdb-electric-p', which determines whether
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619 to make the BBDB buffer electric. This defaults to not electric.
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620
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621 *** Button (erc-button.el)
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622
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623 **** Use <backtab> instead of <C-tab> for `erc-button-previous'.
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624
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625 *** Identd (erc-identd.el)
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626
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627 **** Fix a bug that involves starting the identd server.
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628
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629 **** Make this work with Emacs 22.
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630
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631 **** Provide a real ERC module named `identd'.
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632
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633 **** Don't create an extra buffer for the identd process.
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634
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635 *** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
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636
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637 **** Enable by default, except in the version of ERC bundled with Emacs 22.
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638
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639 *** Logging (erc-log.el)
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640
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641 **** By default, don't insert old logs when opening an ERC buffer.
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642 This may be changed by customizing `erc-log-insert-log-on-open'.
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643
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644 **** New option `erc-log-write-after-send' determines whether the
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645 log file will be written to after every sent message. The default is
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646 not to do this.
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647
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648 **** New option `erc-log-write-after-insert' determines whether the
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649 log file will be written to when new text is added to a logged ERC
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650 buffer. The default is not to do this. With this option and the
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651 previous option, logging should no longer slow down ERC as much.
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652
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653 **** Default to saving buffers and queries on quit.
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654 This may be changed by customizing the `erc-save-buffer-on-quit' and
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655 `erc-save-queries-on-quit' options, respectively.
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656
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657 **** Only perform logging when the `logging' module is added to
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658 `erc-modules'. This prevents logging from being activated just by
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659 loading the erc-log.el file, and makes logging act like other ERC
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660 modules.
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661
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662 *** Programmable completion (erc-pcomplete.el)
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663
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664 **** Don't complete the user's current nickname.
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665
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666 * Changes in ERC 5.1.2
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667
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668 ** Fix compiler errors in erc-autojoin.el and erc-dcc.el.
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669
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670 ** Move to end of prompt when ERC reconnects to a server.
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671
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672 ** Changes and additions to modules
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673
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674 *** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el)
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675
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676 **** Don't spell-check nicks or words that are prefixed with '/'.
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677
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678 **** Remove flyspell properties from words we shouldn't spell-check.
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679
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680 **** Fix an issue that caused the ispell process to reload every time
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681 we switch to an ERC buffer.
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682
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683 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
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684
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685 **** Fix an inconsistency in calculating width of right timestamps.
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686
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687 **** Rename option `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' to
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688 `erc-timestamp-use-align-to'. This controls whether to use the more
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689 fail-proof method of aligning right timestamps, as mentioned below.
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690
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691 **** Fix a right timestamp spacing problem that used to occur when
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692 erc-stamp.el was byte-compiled. Now that this is fixed, it is safe to
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693 use the method that aligns right timestamps perfectly in Emacs22 with
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694 X. If the current version of Emacs doesn't support this method, use
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695 the simpler method, which is prone to alignment issues for math
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696 symbols and other variable-width text.
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697
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698 A side effect of using this new method is that there will only be one
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699 space before a right timestamp in any saved logs. If this is
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700 unacceptable, set `erc-timestamp-use-align-to' to nil.
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701
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702 * Changes in ERC 5.1.1
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703
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704 ** Fix a requirement on cl.el.
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705
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706 ** Use tls.el for SSL connections, rather than ssl.el.
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707
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708 ** Changes and additions to modules
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709
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710 *** ibuffer integration (erc-ibuffer.el)
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711
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712 **** Update this to work with the version of ibuffer.el that comes with
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713 recent Emacs variants.
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714
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715 *** Old completion (erc-complete.el)
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716
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717 **** Fix a few errors.
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718
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719 *** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el)
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720
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721 **** Make this work with the version of speedbar.el that comes with
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722 recent Emacs variants.
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723
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724 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
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725
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726 **** By default, use a more failsafe method of displaying right timestamps.
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727 To get right timestamps to align perfectly in Emacs22 using X, set the
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728 new `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' option to non-nil.
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729
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730 *** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el)
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731
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732 **** Since most of these changes are now merged into Emacs22, detect
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733 whether we need these changes and install them only if necessary.
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734
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735 * Changes in ERC 5.1
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736
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737 ** Improve XEmacs compatibility.
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738
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739 ** Namespace changes
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740
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741 *** Now ERC doesn't use global variable space.
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742 Renamed all variables that didn't start with "erc-".
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743
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744 o `away' is now `erc-away'
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745
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746 o `current-nick' is now `erc-server-current-nick'
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747
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748 o `last-peers' is now `erc-server-last-peers'
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749
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750 o `last-ping-time' is now `erc-server-last-ping-time'
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751
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752 o `last-sent-time' is now `erc-server-last-sent-time'
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753
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754 o `lines-sent' is now `erc-server-lines-sent'
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755
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756 o `quitting' is now `erc-server-quitting'
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757
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758 *** Remove the `with-erc-channel-buffer' function.
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759
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760 ** Bugfixes
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761
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762 *** Don't inadvertently destroy face properties.
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763
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764 *** Load erc scripts in a safer way.
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765
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766 *** Don't insert a timestamp if text at point is invisible.
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767
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768 *** Don't hide messages from those in `erc-fools' by default.
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769 Color their nicks instead.
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770
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771 *** Use a more foolproof method of encoding and decoding strings
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772 before sending to a channel.
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773
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774 ** Backend changes
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775
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776 *** Renamed some server-specific variables
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777
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778 o `erc-announced-server-name' is now `erc-server-announced-name'
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779
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780 o `erc-auto-reconnect' is now `erc-server-auto-reconnect'
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781
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782 o `erc-connect-function' is now `erc-server-connect-function'
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783
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784 o `erc-default-coding-system' is now `erc-server-coding-system'
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785
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786 o `erc-duplicate-timeout' is now `erc-server-duplicate-timeout'
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787
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788 o `erc-duplicates' is now `erc-server-duplicates'
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789
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790 o `erc-lag' is now `erc-server-lag'
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791
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792 o `erc-prevent-duplicates' is now `erc-server-prevent-duplicates'
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793
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794 o `erc-previous-read' is now `erc-server-filter-data'
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795
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796 o `erc-process' is now `erc-server-process'
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797
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798 o `erc-ping-handler' is now `erc-server-send-ping-handler'
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799
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800 o `erc-ping-interval' is now `erc-server-send-ping-interval'
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801
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802 *** Renamed some functions
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803
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804 o `erc-connect' is now `erc-server-connect'
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805
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806 o `erc-process-filter' is now `erc-server-filter-function'
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807
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808 o `erc-send-command' is now `erc-server-send'
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809
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810 o `erc-send-single-line' is now `erc-send-input'
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811
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812 o `erc-setup-periodical-server-ping' is now
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813 `erc-server-setup-periodical-server-ping'
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814
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815 o `erc-split-command is now `erc-split-line'
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816
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817 *** New options
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818
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819 o erc-server-flood-margin, erc-server-flood-penalty: New options
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820 that allow tweaking of flood control.
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821
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822 o erc-split-line-length: The maximum line length of a single
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823 message.
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824
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825 *** New variables
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826
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827 o erc-server-flood-last-message, erc-server-flood-queue,
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828 erc-server-flood-timer: Flood control.
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829
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830 o erc-server-processing-p: Indicate when we're currently processing
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831 a message.
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832
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833 *** Remove some options
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834
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835 o `erc-flood-limit'
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836 o `erc-flood-limit2'
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837
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838 ** New customization group `erc-server' for dealing with IRC servers.
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839
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840 ** ERC can now be installed by doing `make install' from the command line.
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841
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842 ** ERC now has a manual in erc.texi.
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843 Type `make doc' to generate HTML and Info versions of it.
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844
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845 ** ERC no longer depends on cl.el.
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846 Only the macros in cl-macs.el are used.
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847
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848 ** Fix an edge case when quitting as new messages come in.
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849
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850 ** Make flood protection toggle-able as on/off, removing the 'strict option.
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851
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852 ** If possible, re-use channel buffers when reconnecting to a server.
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853
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854 ** Text in ERC buffers is now read-only by default.
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855 To get the previous behavior,
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856
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857 ** Changes and additions to modules
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858
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859 *** Auto-join (erc-autojoin.el)
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860
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861 **** Recognize the Azzurra server.
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862
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863 *** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el)
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864
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865 **** When the user types /WHOIS, ask for a record to merge to.
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866
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867 **** Store the displayed name of a BitlBee contact.
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868 The new `erc-bbdb-bitlbee-name-field' option specifies the field to use
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869 to store this information.
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870
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871 **** Don't prompt for a name on /JOIN or /NICK.
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872
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873 *** Button (erc-button.el)
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874
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875 **** Fix customization of `erc-button-alist'
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876
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877 **** New option `erc-button-nickname-face' determines the face to use
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878 when coloring ERC nicknames.
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879
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880 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
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881
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882 **** Remove channels from the modified channels list if not currently
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883 connected. This should remove residue from the mode line after
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884 quitting ERC.
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885
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886 **** Recognize buttonized text
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887
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888 *** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
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889
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890 **** Highlight current nickname by default.
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891
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892 **** Added the option of beeping when certain matches occur.
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893 Add `erc-beep-on-match' to `erc-text-matched-hook' to enable
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894 beeping. Set the new variable `erc-beep-match-types' which match
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895 types that make beeps.
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896
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897 *** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el)
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898
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899 **** Fix a couple of errors.
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900
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901 **** Make sure a stray mouse click doesn't trigger an error.
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902
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903 **** Insert icons from the /images directory next to nicks.
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904 This indicates their away status. The location is customizable via
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905 the new `erc-nicklist-icons-directory' option.
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906
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907 If you do not want these icons, set `erc-nicklist-use-icons' to nil.
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908
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909 *** Nickserv identification (erc-nickserv.el)
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910
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911 **** Recognize Azzurra and OFTC networks.
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912
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913 *** Old completion (erc-complete.el)
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914
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915 **** Disable by default.
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916
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917 *** Programmable completion (erc-pcomplete.el)
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918
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919 **** Enable by default.
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920
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921 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
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922
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923 **** On Emacs22, align right timestamps perfectly, even if variable-width
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924 characters are used. If we aren't using Emacs22, move text farther
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925 away from the right margin when variable-width characters are used.
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926 It is considered better to misalign the stamp by a bit than to go past
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927 the right margin.
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928
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929 **** Enable by default
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930
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931 ** New modules
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932
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933 *** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el)
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934
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935 **** Use flyspell in ERC.
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936
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937 *** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el)
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938
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939 **** Helps ERC work correctly in viper-mode.
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940
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941 * Changes in ERC 5.0.4
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942
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943 ** Fix a problem with undo in channels.
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944
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945 * Changes in ERC 5.0.3
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946
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947 ** Fix typo in the `ctcp-request-to' entry of the English catalog.
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948
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949 ** Debugging with edegug has been made easier in all of the
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950 erc-with-* and with-erc* macros.
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951
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952 ** Non-ASCII character sets should be better supported when sending
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953 and processing messages.
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954
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955 ** A load failure with erc-autoaway.el and Emacs21 has been fixed.
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956
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957 ** A few XEmacs warnings were fixed.
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958
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959 ** Changes and additions to modules
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960
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961 *** Backend (erc-backend.el)
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962
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963 **** Move the check for hidden messages into `erc-display-message'
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964 so there isn't so much replicated code.
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965
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966 **** Add `definition-name' property to constructed symbols so that
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967 `find-function' and `find-variable' will be able to locate them.
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968
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969 **** Make sure logs are inserted info the correct channel buffers.
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970 There was previously an error when using `erc-insert-log-on-open' in
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971 combination with autojoin to multiple channels.
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972
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973 *** Button (erc-button.el)
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974
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975 **** The layering of `erc-button-face' on other faces in ERC buffers
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976 has been improved.
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977
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978 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
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979
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980 **** Use optimal amount of whitespace around modified channels
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981 indicator. Previously, there was an additional unnecessary space.
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982
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983 **** Fix an error that occurred when unchecked buffers existed when
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984 invoking /QUIT.
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985
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986 * Changes in ERC 5.0.2
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987
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988 ** If a channel key is required for a certain channel, ERC will prompt
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989 for one if `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' is non-nil.
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990
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991 ** ERC doesn't try to reconnect if the network connection is refused
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992 when using `open-network-stream-nowait' as the `erc-connect-function'.
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993
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994 ** Messages from multiple servers will not go to the currently active
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995 buffer. The messages from each server will be contained in the most
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996 recently active channel/server buffer that corresponds with the
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997 server.
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998
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999 ** Some text messages were cleaned up slightly.
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1000
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1001 ** Button faces should no longer "cover" other faces.
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1002
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1003 ** Made some XEmacs compatibility fixes.
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1004
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1005 ** Nicknames containing a backslash are now correctly highlighted as
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1006 current-nick and buttonized as nicks.
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1007
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1008 ** `erc-server-select' doesn't offer networks without servers as a
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1009 choice anymore.
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1010
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1011 ** Non-ASCII character support has been improved.
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1012
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1013 ** Changes and additions to modules
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1014
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1015 *** Menu (erc-menu.el)
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1016
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1017 **** You can now save logs and truncate buffers from the menu-bar.
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1018
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1019 * Changes in ERC 5.0.1
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1020
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1021 ** Narrowing in ERC buffers no longer causes formatting errors.
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1022
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1023 ** The BBDB module now loads correctly when customizing `erc-modules'.
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1024
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1025 ** The value of `erc-button-face' is now respected.
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1026
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1027 ** Fixed a bug which caused a read-only error during connection.
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1028
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1029 ** Server buffers are now tracked correctly.
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1030 This means that `erc-track-priority-faces-only', `erc-track-exclude',
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1031 and `erc-track-exclude-types' now work with server buffers.
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1032
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1033 * Changes in ERC 5.0
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1034
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1035 ** Channel members are now stored as a hash-table.
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1036 `erc-server-users' and `erc-channel-users' are now hash-tables, rather
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1037 than alists. This significantly increases performance, especially in
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1038 large channels. Each channel member is stored as an `erc-server-user'
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1039 struct, with additional information about the channels they are on
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1040 stored in an `erc-channel-user' struct. Code using old alist-style
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1041 channel members needs to be updated to work with hash-tables.
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1042 This new code also removes the need for erc-members.el, which has been
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1043 removed.
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1044
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1045 ** The way ERC deals with input from the server has changed.
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1046 All server response code is now in a new file, erc-backend.el. There
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1047 should be no real user visible changes. There are, however, a few
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1048 major changes for implementers, and module writers:
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1049
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1050 *** The PARSED response that all handlers get called with is
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1051 no longer a vector, but an `erc-response' struct.
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1052
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1053 This means LESS MAGIC NUMBERS in the ERC source code, but a few
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1054 changes in how you get at parsed responses.
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1055
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1056 The sender is accessed via `erc-response.sender'.
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1057
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1058 The command is accessed via `erc-response.command'.
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1059
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1060 The arguments to the command (everything after the command and
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1061 before the colon) are accessed via `erc-response.command-args'.
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1062 This is a /list/ of arguments in the order they appear in the
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1063 unparsed response.
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1064
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1065 The contents of the response is accessed via
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1066 `erc-response.contents'.
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1067
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1068 Should, for some reason, you want to do something with the
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1069 /unparsed/ response, you can get it via `erc-response.unparsed'.
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1070
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1071 *** The `erc-server-hook-list' mechanism is gone.
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1072
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1073 All server response handlers should be defined with
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1074 `define-erc-response-handler'. This defines functions and
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1075 corresponding hook variables.
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1076
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1077 The mapping of server commands to hook variables is no longer
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1078 done via `erc-event-to-hook', but through an #'equal hashtable,
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1079 `erc-server-responses'. In order to find a hook you do:
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1080
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1081 (erc-get-hook command)
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1082
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1083 See the docstring of `define-erc-response-handler' for more
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1085
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1086 *** ALL hook variables have been renamed.
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1087
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1088 In accordance with recommendations in the Emacs Lisp manual,
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1089 the hook variables are no longer called `erc-server-FOO-hook',
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1090 but rather `erc-server-FOO-functions'. This is to indicate
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1091 that the functions they call take arguments.
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1092
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1093 All the modules in ERC have been updated to reflect this change,
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1094 but external module authors should beware.
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1095
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1096 ** The values of `erc-mode-line-format' and `erc-header-line-format'
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1097 are now defined as strings to be formatted using `format-spec'.
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1098 `erc-mode-line-format' does not replace the whole mode-line anymore,
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1099 only `mode-line-buffer-identification' is set. This way, personal
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1100 mode-line configurations are not modified and all key bindings work as
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1101 expected. The process status (connecting, closed) is now shown in
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1102 `mode-line-process'.
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1103
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1104 ** Customization of ERC variables has been made easier. Variables
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1105 have been split into more groups for better organization.
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1106
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1107 ** New variables
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1108
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1109 o `erc-send-whitespace-lines' - Set this to send lines even if they
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1110 are empty.
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1111
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1112 o `erc-manual-set-nick-on-bad-nick-p' - If the nickname you chose is
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1113 already taken or not allowed, your nick is not changed and you can
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1114 try again manually if this is non-nil.
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1115
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1116 o `erc-mode-line-away-status-format' - You can now set what is shown
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1117 in the mode-line when you are away.
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1118
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1119 o `erc-header-line-uses-help-echo-p' - The header-line now uses the
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1120 help-echo property. You can set this to nil to disable it.
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1121
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1122 o `erc-format-query-as-channel-p' - Set this to nil to have messages
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1123 in the query buffer formatted like private messages.
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1124
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1125 o `erc-show-channel-key-p' - The channel key is now shown with the
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1126 other channel modes in the header line. Set this to nil if you
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1127 want it hidden.
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1128
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1129 o `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' - Set this if you want to be prompted
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1130 for the channel key (channel's mode is +k) when you call
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1131 `erc-join-channel' interactively.
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1132
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1133 o `erc-kill-server-buffer-on-quit' - If non-nil, kill the server
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1134 buffer automatically when you quit.
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1135
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1136 ** New hooks
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1137
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1138 o `erc-join-hook' - Called when you join a channel.
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1139
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1140 o `erc-kick-hook' - Called when you are kicked from a channel. The
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1141 channel's buffer is sent as an argument to functions called from
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1142 this hook.
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1143
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1144 o `erc-nick-changed-functions' - Whenever your nickname changes
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1145 successfully, the functions in this hook are run with the
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1146 arguments NEW-NICK and OLD-NICK.
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1147
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1148 ** New command /WHOAMI - Do a /WHOIS on your current nickname.
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1149
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1150 ** The key binding for changing channel modes is now C-c C-o.
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1151
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1152 ** Removed variables
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1153
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1154 o `erc-echo-notices-in-minibuffer-flag' and
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1155 `erc-echo-notices-in-current-buffer' - You should use
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1156 `erc-echo-notice-hook' and `erc-echo-notice-always-hook' instead.
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1157
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1158 o `erc-prompt-interactive-input' has been removed (commented out)
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1159 because nickname completion does not work with it.
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1160
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1161 o All INFO buffer-related variables and functions have been removed.
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1162
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1163 ** You can now disable modules by setting `erc-modules' with the
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1164 customization interface.
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1165
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1166 ** Changes and additions to modules
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1167
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1168 *** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el)
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1169
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1170 **** New variable `erc-autoaway-no-auto-back-regexp' - Add text which,
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1171 when you type anything matching it, will not automatically discard
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1172 your away status when `erc-auto-discard-away' is non-nil.
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1173
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1174 *** Filling (erc-fill.el)
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1175
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1176 **** New variable `erc-fill-variable-maximum-indentation' - Don't
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1177 indent more than this many characters when indenting a message from a
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1178 user with a long nickname.
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1179
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1180 *** Goodies (erc-goodies.el)
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1181
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1182 **** Miscellaneous small modules have been moved from erc.el.
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1183 The functions erc-add-scroll-to-bottom, erc-make-read-only,
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1184 erc-send-distinguish-noncommands, erc-interpret-controls, erc-unmorse,
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1185 erc-smiley, and erc-occur, which were defined in the main erc.el file
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1186 have been moved to erc-goodies.el and have mostly been translated to
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1187 the modules scrolltobottom, readonly, noncommands, irccontrols, smiley
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1188 and unmorse.
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1189
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1190 **** New variables
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1191
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1192 o `erc-input-line-position' - The line number to use with
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1193 `erc-scroll-to-bottom'.
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1194
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1195 o `erc-beep-p' - Beep if there is a \C-g control character in a
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1196 message.
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1197
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1198 *** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
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1199
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1200 **** New variable `erc-chanlist-highlight-face' - A face used for
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1201 highlighting the current line.
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1202
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1203 *** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
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1204
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1205 **** `erc-current-nick-highlight-type' has new options: 'keyword and
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1206 'nick-or-keyword.
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1207
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1208 *** Menu (erc-menu.el)
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1209
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1210 **** The `IRC' menu is now automatically added to `erc-mode' buffers.
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1211
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1212 *** Networks (erc-nets.el)
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1213
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1214 **** The functions for determining current network are in this file.
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1215 There were a couple of functions spread about in different files which
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1217 methods have been combined, and the big list of known networks
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1219 network's name by calling the new function `erc-network'. This
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1220 returns the name of the current network as a symbol or 'Unknown if it
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1221 could not determine which network it is.
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1222
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1223 *** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el)
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1224
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1225 **** ERC has a new way of displaying nicknames in a channel.
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1226 The new file erc-nicklist.el defines a new command `erc-nicklist'
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1227 which pops up a small Emacs window showing the nicknames of all
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1228 members of the current channel. The implementation is not complete
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1229 and is rather proof-of-concept for now. The result is something a bit
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1230 like erc-speedbar, but not quite as invasive, and doesn't require use
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1231 of a new frame.
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1232
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1233 *** Internet services / Nickserv (erc-nickserv.el)
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1234
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1235 **** Network detection is now taken care of by erc-nets.el.
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1236 The function `erc-current-network' is deprecated, use `erc-network'
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1237 instead. The variable `erc-networks' has been removed, use
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1238 `erc-networks-alist'. The network symbols used in
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1239 `erc-nickserv-alist' now match those in `erc-networks-alist'.
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1240
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1241 **** New variable `erc-nickserv-identify-mode' - Choose which method
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1242 to use for automatic identification: you can wait for Nickserv to ask
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1243 you to identify (the default), or send an identify message
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1244 automatically after you change your nickname.
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1245
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1246 *** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el)
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1247
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1248 **** New variable `erc-speedbar-sort-users-type' - Sort users in a
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1249 channel by activity, alphabetically, or not at all.
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1250
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1251 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
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1252
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1253 **** `erc-timestamp-only-if-changed-flag' now works when
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1254 `erc-insert-timestamp-function' is set to 'erc-insert-timestamp-left.
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1255
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1256 **** New variable `erc-timestamp-intangible' - Set this to nil if
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1257 timestamps should not have the 'intangible property.
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1258
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1259 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
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1260
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1261 **** Using faces to indicate channel activity in the modeline now works
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1262 in XEmacs.
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1263
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1264 **** New variables
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1265
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1266 o `erc-track-priority-faces-only' - Ignore changes in a channel
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1267 unless there is a face from the `erc-track-faces-priority-list' in
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1268 the message.
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1269
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1270 o `erc-track-exclude-server-buffer' - Ignore changes in the server
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1271 buffer.
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1272
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1273 o `erc-track-position-in-mode-line' - Set the position in the
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1274 mode-line where modified channels are shown (only works in GNU
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1275 Emacs versions above 21.3).
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1276
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1277 * Changes in ERC 4.0
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1278
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1279 ** The module system has again changed a lot. You can now customize
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1280 the variable `erc-modules' and define once and for all which
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1281 extension modules you want to use. This unfortunately may require
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1282 you to change your current erc initialisation code a bit, if you
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1283 have some existing customsations. On the other hand, this change
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1284 makes the configuration of extension modules a lot easier for new
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1285 users. In theory, you should be able to configure all aspects of
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1286 ERC by using the customize interface, you should no longer really
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1287 need to write Lisp code for trivial customizations.
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1288
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1289 By default, the following modules are now loaded: (pcomplete
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1290 netsplit fill track ring button autojoin)
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1291
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1292 Please use M-x customize-variable RET erc-modules RET to change the
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1293 default if it does not suite your needs.
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1294
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1295 ** THe symbol used in `erc-nickserv-passwords' for debian.org IRC servers
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1296 (formerly called OpenProjects, now FreeNode) has changed from
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1297 openprojects to freenode. You may need to update your configuration
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1298 for a successful automatic nickserv identification.
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1299
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1300 * Changes in ERC 3.0.cvs.20030119
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1302 ** New module erc-dcc:
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1303
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1304 This finally implements DCC. It requires server sockets to fully work
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1305 in both directions. This feature is currently only available in Emacs
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1306 21.3.50 (CVS). Here is a short list of what should work though.
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1307
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1308 ** Compatibility:
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1309 * Emacs 21.2, DCC get, and accepting DCC chat offers.
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1310 * XEmacs 21, Only accepting DCC chat offers.
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1311
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1312 ** erc is switching to global-minor-modes for activation of submodules.
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1313
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1314 This allows you to customize such a mode and get automatic loading of
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1315 the module. No longer putting a lot of require statments in .emacs.
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1316 At least this is the long-term plan, not all modules are converted
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1317 yet.
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1318
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1319 ** The most important user visible change is that you now need to activate
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1320 erc-completion-mode, to get TAB completion. The new completion code
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1321 is based on pcomplete. To get the old code, manually load
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1322 erc-complete and bind TAB to erc-complete in erc-mode-map.
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1324 To activate completion on startup, put (erc-completion-mode 1) in your
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1325 .emacs file.
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1327 Same applies to timestamps. You no longer need to (require
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1328 'erc-stamp), you can customize the variable `erc-timestamp-mode', and
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1329 the rest should be automatic.
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1330
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1331
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1332 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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1334 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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1335 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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1336 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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1337 (at your option) any later version.
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1339 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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1340 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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1341 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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1342 GNU General Public License for more details.
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1344 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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1347 arch-tag: 2b21b387-6cdc-4192-889c-6743cfffdcb1