(rcirc-startup-channels-alist): Add irc.freenode.net and #emacs as defaults. (rcirc-ignore-all-activity-flag): Remove variable. (rcirc-authinfo): New variable. (rcirc-authinfo-filename): Remove variable. (rcirc-always-use-server-buffer-flag): New flag. (rcirc): M-x rcirc will automatically connect without prompting. C-u M-x rcirc will prompt. Use rcirc-connect to create a connection in lisp. (rcirc-process-server-response-1): Remove everything but the nick portion of the sender so it doesn't need to be done everywhere else. Update related code. (global-map): Remove global keybindings. (rcirc-get-buffer-create): Make sure rcirc-topic is set. (rcirc-send-input): Split into several functions. (rcirc-process-input-line, rcirc-process-message, rcirc-process-command): New functions. (rcirc-target-buffer): Add function to determine where to route messages. (rcirc-user-nick): Save match data. (rcirc-toggle-ignore-buffer-activity) (rcirc-update-activity-string): Remove global ignore functionality, which can be done now by toggling rcirc-track-minor-mode. (rcirc-track-minor-mode-map): New keymap. (rcirc-track-minor-mode): New minor-mode. (ignore): Make the ignore output nicer. Always print it when adding or removing nicks. (rcirc-url-regexp): Improve. (rcirc-mangle-text): Remove properties before using text in the modeline. (rcirc-authenticate): Authentication data comes from rcirc-authinfo, not the file pointed to by rcirc-authinfo-file. (rcirc-server-prefix): Inherit from rcirc-server.