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ERC NEWS -*- outline -*-
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* Changes in ERC 5.1.1
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** Fix a requirement on cl.el.
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** Use tls.el for SSL connections, rather than ssl.el.
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** Changes and additions to modules
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*** ibuffer integration (erc-ibuffer.el)
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**** Update this to work with the version of ibuffer.el that comes with
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recent Emacs variants.
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*** Old completion (erc-complete.el)
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**** Fix a few errors.
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*** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el)
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**** Make this work with the version of speedbar.el that comes with
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recent Emacs variants.
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*** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
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**** By default, use a more failsafe method of displaying right timestamps.
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To get right timestamps to align perfectly in Emacs22 using X, set the
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new `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' option to non-nil.
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*** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el)
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**** Since most of these changes are now merged into Emacs22, detect
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whether we need these changes and install them only if necessary.
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* Changes in ERC 5.1
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** Improve XEmacs compatibility.
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** Namespace changes
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*** Now ERC doesn't use global variable space.
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Renamed all variables that didn't start with "erc-".
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o `away' is now `erc-away'
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o `current-nick' is now `erc-server-current-nick'
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o `last-peers' is now `erc-server-last-peers'
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o `last-ping-time' is now `erc-server-last-ping-time'
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o `last-sent-time' is now `erc-server-last-sent-time'
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o `lines-sent' is now `erc-server-lines-sent'
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o `quitting' is now `erc-server-quitting'
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*** Remove the `with-erc-channel-buffer' function.
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** Bugfixes
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*** Don't inadvertently destroy face properties.
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*** Load erc scripts in a safer way.
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*** Don't insert a timestamp if text at point is invisible.
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*** Don't hide messages from those in `erc-fools' by default.
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Color their nicks instead.
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*** Use a more foolproof method of encoding and decoding strings
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before sending to a channel.
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** Backend changes
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*** Renamed some server-specific variables
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o `erc-announced-server-name' is now `erc-server-announced-name'
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o `erc-auto-reconnect' is now `erc-server-auto-reconnect'
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o `erc-connect-function' is now `erc-server-connect-function'
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o `erc-default-coding-system' is now `erc-server-coding-system'
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o `erc-duplicate-timeout' is now `erc-server-duplicate-timeout'
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o `erc-duplicates' is now `erc-server-duplicates'
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o `erc-lag' is now `erc-server-lag'
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o `erc-prevent-duplicates' is now `erc-server-prevent-duplicates'
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o `erc-previous-read' is now `erc-server-filter-data'
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o `erc-process' is now `erc-server-process'
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o `erc-ping-handler' is now `erc-server-send-ping-handler'
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o `erc-ping-interval' is now `erc-server-send-ping-interval'
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*** Renamed some functions
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o `erc-connect' is now `erc-server-connect'
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o `erc-process-filter' is now `erc-server-filter-function'
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o `erc-send-command' is now `erc-server-send'
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o `erc-send-single-line' is now `erc-send-input'
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o `erc-setup-periodical-server-ping' is now
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`erc-server-setup-periodical-server-ping'
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o `erc-split-command is now `erc-split-line'
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*** New options
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o erc-server-flood-margin, erc-server-flood-penalty: New options
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that allow tweaking of flood control.
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o erc-split-line-length: The maximum line length of a single
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message.
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*** New variables
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o erc-server-flood-last-message, erc-server-flood-queue,
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erc-server-flood-timer: Flood control.
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o erc-server-processing-p: Indicate when we're currently processing
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a message.
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*** Remove some options
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o `erc-flood-limit'
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o `erc-flood-limit2'
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** New customization group `erc-server' for dealing with IRC servers.
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** ERC can now be installed by doing `make install' from the command line.
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** ERC now has a manual in erc.texi.
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Type `make doc' to generate HTML and Info versions of it.
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** ERC no longer depends on cl.el.
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Only the macros in cl-macs.el are used.
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** Fix an edge case when quitting as new messages come in.
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** Make flood protection toggle-able as on/off, removing the 'strict option.
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** If possible, re-use channel buffers when reconnecting to a server.
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** Text in ERC buffers is now read-only by default.
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To get the previous behavior,
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** Changes and additions to modules
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*** Auto-join (erc-autojoin.el)
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**** Recognize the Azzurra server.
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*** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el)
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**** When the user types /WHOIS, ask for a record to merge to.
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**** Store the displayed name of a BitlBee contact.
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The new `erc-bbdb-bitlbee-name-field' option specifies the field to use
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to store this information.
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**** Don't prompt for a name on /JOIN or /NICK.
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*** Button (erc-button.el)
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**** Fix customization of `erc-button-alist'
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**** New option `erc-button-nickname-face' determines the face to use
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when coloring ERC nicknames.
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*** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
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**** Remove channels from the modified channels list if not currently
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connected. This should remove residue from the mode line after
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quitting ERC.
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**** Recognize buttonized text
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*** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
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**** Highlight current nickname by default.
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**** Added the option of beeping when certain matches occur.
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Add `erc-beep-on-match' to `erc-text-matched-hook' to enable
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beeping. Set the new variable `erc-beep-match-types' which match
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types that make beeps.
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*** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el)
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**** Fix a couple of errors.
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**** Make sure a stray mouse click doesn't trigger an error.
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**** Insert icons from the /images directory next to nicks.
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This indicates their away status. The location is customizable via
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the new `erc-nicklist-icons-directory' option.
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If you do not want these icons, set `erc-nicklist-use-icons' to nil.
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*** Nickserv identification (erc-nickserv.el)
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**** Recognize Azzurra and OFTC networks.
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*** Old completion (erc-complete.el)
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**** Disable by default.
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*** Programmable completion (erc-pcomplete.el)
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**** Enable by default.
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*** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
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**** On Emacs22, align right timestamps perfectly, even if variable-width
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characters are used. If we aren't using Emacs22, move text farther
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away from the right margin when variable-width characters are used.
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It is considered better to misalign the stamp by a bit than to go past
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the right margin.
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**** Enable by default
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** New modules
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*** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el)
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**** Use flyspell in ERC.
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*** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el)
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**** Helps ERC work correctly in viper-mode.
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* Changes in ERC 5.0.4
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** Fix a problem with undo in channels.
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* Changes in ERC 5.0.3
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** Fix typo in the `ctcp-request-to' entry of the English catalog.
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** Debugging with edegug has been made easier in all of the
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erc-with-* and with-erc* macros.
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** Non-ASCII character sets should be better supported when sending
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and processing messages.
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** A load failure with erc-autoaway.el and Emacs21 has been fixed.
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** A few XEmacs warnings were fixed.
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** Changes and additions to modules
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*** Backend (erc-backend.el)
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**** Move the check for hidden messages into `erc-display-message'
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so there isn't so much replicated code.
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**** Add `definition-name' property to constructed symbols so that
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`find-function' and `find-variable' will be able to locate them.
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**** Make sure logs are inserted info the correct channel buffers.
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There was previously an error when using `erc-insert-log-on-open' in
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combination with autojoin to multiple channels.
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*** Button (erc-button.el)
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**** The layering of `erc-button-face' on other faces in ERC buffers
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has been improved.
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*** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
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**** Use optimal amount of whitespace around modified channels
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indicator. Previously, there was an additional unnecessary space.
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**** Fix an error that occurred when unchecked buffers existed when
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invoking /QUIT.
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* Changes in ERC 5.0.2
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** If a channel key is required for a certain channel, ERC will prompt
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for one if `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' is non-nil.
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** ERC doesn't try to reconnect if the network connection is refused
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when using `open-network-stream-nowait' as the `erc-connect-function'.
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** Messages from multiple servers will not go to the currently active
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buffer. The messages from each server will be contained in the most
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recently active channel/server buffer that corresponds with the
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server.
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** Some text messages were cleaned up slightly.
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** Button faces should no longer "cover" other faces.
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** Made some XEmacs compatibility fixes.
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** Nicknames containing a backslash are now correctly highlighted as
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current-nick and buttonized as nicks.
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** `erc-server-select' doesn't offer networks without servers as a
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choice anymore.
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** Non-ASCII character support has been improved.
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** Changes and additions to modules
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*** Menu (erc-menu.el)
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**** You can now save logs and truncate buffers from the menu-bar.
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* Changes in ERC 5.0.1
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** Narrowing in ERC buffers no longer causes formatting errors.
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** The BBDB module now loads correctly when customizing `erc-modules'.
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** The value of `erc-button-face' is now respected.
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** Fixed a bug which caused a read-only error during connection.
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** Server buffers are now tracked correctly.
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This means that `erc-track-priority-faces-only', `erc-track-exclude',
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and `erc-track-exclude-types' now work with server buffers.
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* Changes in ERC 5.0
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** Channel members are now stored as a hash-table.
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`erc-server-users' and `erc-channel-users' are now hash-tables, rather
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than alists. This significantly increases performance, especially in
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large channels. Each channel member is stored as an `erc-server-user'
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struct, with additional information about the channels they are on
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stored in an `erc-channel-user' struct. Code using old alist-style
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channel members needs to be updated to work with hash-tables.
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This new code also removes the need for erc-members.el, which has been
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removed.
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** The way ERC deals with input from the server has changed.
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All server response code is now in a new file, erc-backend.el. There
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should be no real user visible changes. There are, however, a few
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major changes for implementers, and module writers:
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*** The PARSED response that all handlers get called with is
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no longer a vector, but an `erc-response' struct.
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This means LESS MAGIC NUMBERS in the ERC source code, but a few
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changes in how you get at parsed responses.
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The sender is accessed via `erc-response.sender'.
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The command is accessed via `erc-response.command'.
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The arguments to the command (everything after the command and
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before the colon) are accessed via `erc-response.command-args'.
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This is a /list/ of arguments in the order they appear in the
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unparsed response.
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The contents of the response is accessed via
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`erc-response.contents'.
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Should, for some reason, you want to do something with the
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/unparsed/ response, you can get it via `erc-response.unparsed'.
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*** The `erc-server-hook-list' mechanism is gone.
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All server response handlers should be defined with
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`define-erc-response-handler'. This defines functions and
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corresponding hook variables.
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The mapping of server commands to hook variables is no longer
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done via `erc-event-to-hook', but through an #'equal hashtable,
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`erc-server-responses'. In order to find a hook you do:
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(erc-get-hook command)
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See the docstring of `define-erc-response-handler' for more
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information.
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*** ALL hook variables have been renamed.
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In accordance with recommendations in the Emacs Lisp manual,
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the hook variables are no longer called `erc-server-FOO-hook',
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but rather `erc-server-FOO-functions'. This is to indicate
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that the functions they call take arguments.
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All the modules in ERC have been updated to reflect this change,
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but external module authors should beware.
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** The values of `erc-mode-line-format' and `erc-header-line-format'
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are now defined as strings to be formatted using `format-spec'.
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`erc-mode-line-format' does not replace the whole mode-line anymore,
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only `mode-line-buffer-identification' is set. This way, personal
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mode-line configurations are not modified and all key bindings work as
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expected. The process status (connecting, closed) is now shown in
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`mode-line-process'.
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** Customization of ERC variables has been made easier. Variables
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have been split into more groups for better organization.
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** New variables
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o `erc-send-whitespace-lines' - Set this to send lines even if they
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are empty.
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o `erc-manual-set-nick-on-bad-nick-p' - If the nickname you chose is
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already taken or not allowed, your nick is not changed and you can
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try again manually if this is non-nil.
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o `erc-mode-line-away-status-format' - You can now set what is shown
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in the mode-line when you are away.
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o `erc-header-line-uses-help-echo-p' - The header-line now uses the
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help-echo property. You can set this to nil to disable it.
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o `erc-format-query-as-channel-p' - Set this to nil to have messages
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in the query buffer formatted like private messages.
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o `erc-show-channel-key-p' - The channel key is now shown with the
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other channel modes in the header line. Set this to nil if you
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want it hidden.
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o `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' - Set this if you want to be prompted
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for the channel key (channel's mode is +k) when you call
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`erc-join-channel' interactively.
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o `erc-kill-server-buffer-on-quit' - If non-nil, kill the server
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buffer automatically when you quit.
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** New hooks
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o `erc-join-hook' - Called when you join a channel.
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o `erc-kick-hook' - Called when you are kicked from a channel. The
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channel's buffer is sent as an argument to functions called from
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this hook.
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o `erc-nick-changed-functions' - Whenever your nickname changes
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successfully, the functions in this hook are run with the
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arguments NEW-NICK and OLD-NICK.
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** New command /WHOAMI - Do a /WHOIS on your current nickname.
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** The key binding for changing channel modes is now C-c C-o.
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** Removed variables
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o `erc-echo-notices-in-minibuffer-flag' and
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`erc-echo-notices-in-current-buffer' - You should use
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`erc-echo-notice-hook' and `erc-echo-notice-always-hook' instead.
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o `erc-prompt-interactive-input' has been removed (commented out)
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because nickname completion does not work with it.
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o All INFO buffer-related variables and functions have been removed.
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** You can now disable modules by setting `erc-modules' with the
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customization interface.
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** Changes and additions to modules
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*** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el)
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**** New variable `erc-autoaway-no-auto-back-regexp' - Add text which,
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when you type anything matching it, will not automatically discard
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your away status when `erc-auto-discard-away' is non-nil.
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*** Filling (erc-fill.el)
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**** New variable `erc-fill-variable-maximum-indentation' - Don't
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indent more than this many characters when indenting a message from a
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user with a long nickname.
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*** Goodies (erc-goodies.el)
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**** Miscellaneous small modules have been moved from erc.el.
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The functions erc-add-scroll-to-bottom, erc-make-read-only,
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erc-send-distinguish-noncommands, erc-interpret-controls, erc-unmorse,
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erc-smiley, and erc-occur, which were defined in the main erc.el file
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have been moved to erc-goodies.el and have mostly been translated to
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the modules scrolltobottom, readonly, noncommands, irccontrols, smiley
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and unmorse.
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**** New variables
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o `erc-input-line-position' - The line number to use with
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`erc-scroll-to-bottom'.
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o `erc-beep-p' - Beep if there is a \C-g control character in a
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message.
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*** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
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**** New variable `erc-chanlist-highlight-face' - A face used for
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highlighting the current line.
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*** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
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**** `erc-current-nick-highlight-type' has new options: 'keyword and
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'nick-or-keyword.
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*** Menu (erc-menu.el)
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**** The `IRC' menu is now automatically added to `erc-mode' buffers.
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*** Networks (erc-nets.el)
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**** The functions for determining current network are in this file.
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There were a couple of functions spread about in different files which
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each had a different way of determining the current network. The
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methods have been combined, and the big list of known networks
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(`erc-networks-alist') is being put to use. You can access the
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network's name by calling the new function `erc-network'. This
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returns the name of the current network as a symbol or 'Unknown if it
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could not determine which network it is.
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*** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el)
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**** ERC has a new way of displaying nicknames in a channel.
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The new file erc-nicklist.el defines a new command `erc-nicklist'
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which pops up a small Emacs window showing the nicknames of all
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members of the current channel. The implementation is not complete
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and is rather proof-of-concept for now. The result is something a bit
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like erc-speedbar, but not quite as invasive, and doesn't require use
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of a new frame.
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*** Internet services / Nickserv (erc-nickserv.el)
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**** Network detection is now taken care of by erc-nets.el.
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The function `erc-current-network' is deprecated, use `erc-network'
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instead. The variable `erc-networks' has been removed, use
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`erc-networks-alist'. The network symbols used in
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`erc-nickserv-alist' now match those in `erc-networks-alist'.
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**** New variable `erc-nickserv-identify-mode' - Choose which method
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to use for automatic identification: you can wait for Nickserv to ask
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you to identify (the default), or send an identify message
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automatically after you change your nickname.
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*** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el)
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**** New variable `erc-speedbar-sort-users-type' - Sort users in a
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channel by activity, alphabetically, or not at all.
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*** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
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**** `erc-timestamp-only-if-changed-flag' now works when
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`erc-insert-timestamp-function' is set to 'erc-insert-timestamp-left.
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**** New variable `erc-timestamp-intangible' - Set this to nil if
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timestamps should not have the 'intangible property.
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*** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
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**** Using faces to indicate channel activity in the modeline now works
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in XEmacs.
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**** New variables
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o `erc-track-priority-faces-only' - Ignore changes in a channel
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unless there is a face from the `erc-track-faces-priority-list' in
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the message.
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o `erc-track-exclude-server-buffer' - Ignore changes in the server
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buffer.
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o `erc-track-position-in-mode-line' - Set the position in the
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mode-line where modified channels are shown (only works in GNU
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Emacs versions above 21.3).
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* Changes in ERC 4.0
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** The module system has again changed a lot. You can now customize
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the variable `erc-modules' and define once and for all which
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extension modules you want to use. This unfortunately may require
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you to change your current erc initialisation code a bit, if you
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have some existing customsations. On the other hand, this change
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makes the configuration of extension modules a lot easier for new
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users. In theory, you should be able to configure all aspects of
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ERC by using the customize interface, you should no longer really
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need to write Lisp code for trivial customizations.
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By default, the following modules are now loaded: (pcomplete
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netsplit fill track ring button autojoin)
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Please use M-x customize-variable RET erc-modules RET to change the
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default if it does not suite your needs.
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** THe symbol used in `erc-nickserv-passwords' for debian.org IRC servers
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(formerly called OpenProjects, now FreeNode) has changed from
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openprojects to freenode. You may need to update your configuration
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for a successful automatic nickserv identification.
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* Changes in ERC 3.0.cvs.20030119
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** New module erc-dcc:
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This finally implements DCC. It requires server sockets to fully work
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in both directions. This feature is currently only available in Emacs
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21.3.50 (CVS). Here is a short list of what should work though.
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** Compatibility:
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* Emacs 21.2, DCC get, and accepting DCC chat offers.
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* XEmacs 21, Only accepting DCC chat offers.
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** erc is switching to global-minor-modes for activation of submodules.
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This allows you to customize such a mode and get automatic loading of
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the module. No longer putting a lot of require statments in .emacs.
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At least this is the long-term plan, not all modules are converted
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yet.
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** The most important user visible change is that you now need to activate
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erc-completion-mode, to get TAB completion. The new completion code
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is based on pcomplete. To get the old code, manually load
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erc-complete and bind TAB to erc-complete in erc-mode-map.
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To activate completion on startup, put (erc-completion-mode 1) in your
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.emacs file.
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Same applies to timestamps. You no longer need to (require
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'erc-stamp), you can customize the variable `erc-timestamp-mode', and
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the rest should be automatic.
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