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1 | ERC NEWS -*- outline -*- |
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3 | * Changes in ERC 5.1.2 (unreleased) |
4 | ||
5 | ** Fix compiler errors in erc-autojoin.el and erc-dcc.el. | |
6 | ||
7 | ** Move to end of prompt when ERC reconnects to a server. | |
8 | ||
9 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
10 | ||
11 | *** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el) | |
12 | ||
13 | **** Don't spell-check nicks or words that are prefixed with '/'. | |
14 | ||
15 | **** Remove flyspell properties from words we shouldn't spell-check. | |
16 | ||
17 | **** Fix an issue that caused the ispell process to reload every time | |
18 | we switch to an ERC buffer. | |
19 | ||
20 | *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el) | |
21 | ||
22 | **** Fix an inconsistency in calculating width of right timestamps. | |
23 | ||
24 | **** Rename option `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' to | |
25 | `erc-timestamp-use-align-to'. This controls whether to use the more | |
26 | fail-proof method of aligning right timestamps, as mentioned below. | |
27 | ||
28 | **** Fix a right timestamp spacing problem that used to occur when | |
29 | erc-stamp.el was byte-compiled. Now that this is fixed, it is safe to | |
30 | use the method that aligns right timestamps perfectly in Emacs22 with | |
31 | X. If the current version of Emacs doesn't support this method, use | |
32 | the simpler method, which is prone to alignment issues for math | |
33 | symbols and other variable-width text. | |
34 | ||
35 | A side effect of using this new method is that there will only be one | |
36 | space before a right timestamp in any saved logs. If this is | |
37 | unacceptable, set `erc-timestamp-use-align-to' to nil. | |
38 | ||
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39 | * Changes in ERC 5.1.1 |
40 | ||
41 | ** Fix a requirement on cl.el. | |
42 | ||
43 | ** Use tls.el for SSL connections, rather than ssl.el. | |
44 | ||
45 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
46 | ||
47 | *** ibuffer integration (erc-ibuffer.el) | |
48 | ||
49 | **** Update this to work with the version of ibuffer.el that comes with | |
50 | recent Emacs variants. | |
51 | ||
52 | *** Old completion (erc-complete.el) | |
53 | ||
54 | **** Fix a few errors. | |
55 | ||
56 | *** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el) | |
57 | ||
58 | **** Make this work with the version of speedbar.el that comes with | |
59 | recent Emacs variants. | |
60 | ||
61 | *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el) | |
62 | ||
63 | **** By default, use a more failsafe method of displaying right timestamps. | |
64 | To get right timestamps to align perfectly in Emacs22 using X, set the | |
65 | new `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' option to non-nil. | |
66 | ||
67 | *** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el) | |
68 | ||
69 | **** Since most of these changes are now merged into Emacs22, detect | |
70 | whether we need these changes and install them only if necessary. | |
71 | ||
72 | * Changes in ERC 5.1 | |
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73 | |
74 | ** Improve XEmacs compatibility. | |
75 | ||
76 | ** Namespace changes | |
77 | ||
78 | *** Now ERC doesn't use global variable space. | |
79 | Renamed all variables that didn't start with "erc-". | |
80 | ||
81 | o `away' is now `erc-away' | |
82 | ||
83 | o `current-nick' is now `erc-server-current-nick' | |
84 | ||
85 | o `last-peers' is now `erc-server-last-peers' | |
86 | ||
87 | o `last-ping-time' is now `erc-server-last-ping-time' | |
88 | ||
89 | o `last-sent-time' is now `erc-server-last-sent-time' | |
90 | ||
91 | o `lines-sent' is now `erc-server-lines-sent' | |
92 | ||
93 | o `quitting' is now `erc-server-quitting' | |
94 | ||
95 | *** Remove the `with-erc-channel-buffer' function. | |
96 | ||
97 | ** Bugfixes | |
98 | ||
99 | *** Don't inadvertently destroy face properties. | |
100 | ||
101 | *** Load erc scripts in a safer way. | |
102 | ||
103 | *** Don't insert a timestamp if text at point is invisible. | |
104 | ||
105 | *** Don't hide messages from those in `erc-fools' by default. | |
106 | Color their nicks instead. | |
107 | ||
108 | *** Use a more foolproof method of encoding and decoding strings | |
109 | before sending to a channel. | |
110 | ||
111 | ** Backend changes | |
112 | ||
113 | *** Renamed some server-specific variables | |
114 | ||
115 | o `erc-announced-server-name' is now `erc-server-announced-name' | |
116 | ||
117 | o `erc-auto-reconnect' is now `erc-server-auto-reconnect' | |
118 | ||
119 | o `erc-connect-function' is now `erc-server-connect-function' | |
120 | ||
121 | o `erc-default-coding-system' is now `erc-server-coding-system' | |
122 | ||
123 | o `erc-duplicate-timeout' is now `erc-server-duplicate-timeout' | |
124 | ||
125 | o `erc-duplicates' is now `erc-server-duplicates' | |
126 | ||
127 | o `erc-lag' is now `erc-server-lag' | |
128 | ||
129 | o `erc-prevent-duplicates' is now `erc-server-prevent-duplicates' | |
130 | ||
131 | o `erc-previous-read' is now `erc-server-filter-data' | |
132 | ||
133 | o `erc-process' is now `erc-server-process' | |
134 | ||
135 | o `erc-ping-handler' is now `erc-server-send-ping-handler' | |
136 | ||
137 | o `erc-ping-interval' is now `erc-server-send-ping-interval' | |
138 | ||
139 | *** Renamed some functions | |
140 | ||
141 | o `erc-connect' is now `erc-server-connect' | |
142 | ||
143 | o `erc-process-filter' is now `erc-server-filter-function' | |
144 | ||
145 | o `erc-send-command' is now `erc-server-send' | |
146 | ||
147 | o `erc-send-single-line' is now `erc-send-input' | |
148 | ||
149 | o `erc-setup-periodical-server-ping' is now | |
150 | `erc-server-setup-periodical-server-ping' | |
151 | ||
152 | o `erc-split-command is now `erc-split-line' | |
153 | ||
154 | *** New options | |
155 | ||
156 | o erc-server-flood-margin, erc-server-flood-penalty: New options | |
157 | that allow tweaking of flood control. | |
158 | ||
159 | o erc-split-line-length: The maximum line length of a single | |
160 | message. | |
161 | ||
162 | *** New variables | |
163 | ||
164 | o erc-server-flood-last-message, erc-server-flood-queue, | |
165 | erc-server-flood-timer: Flood control. | |
166 | ||
167 | o erc-server-processing-p: Indicate when we're currently processing | |
168 | a message. | |
169 | ||
170 | *** Remove some options | |
171 | ||
172 | o `erc-flood-limit' | |
173 | o `erc-flood-limit2' | |
174 | ||
175 | ** New customization group `erc-server' for dealing with IRC servers. | |
176 | ||
177 | ** ERC can now be installed by doing `make install' from the command line. | |
178 | ||
179 | ** ERC now has a manual in erc.texi. | |
180 | Type `make doc' to generate HTML and Info versions of it. | |
181 | ||
182 | ** ERC no longer depends on cl.el. | |
183 | Only the macros in cl-macs.el are used. | |
184 | ||
185 | ** Fix an edge case when quitting as new messages come in. | |
186 | ||
187 | ** Make flood protection toggle-able as on/off, removing the 'strict option. | |
188 | ||
189 | ** If possible, re-use channel buffers when reconnecting to a server. | |
190 | ||
191 | ** Text in ERC buffers is now read-only by default. | |
192 | To get the previous behavior, | |
193 | ||
194 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
195 | ||
196 | *** Auto-join (erc-autojoin.el) | |
197 | ||
198 | **** Recognize the Azzurra server. | |
199 | ||
200 | *** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el) | |
201 | ||
202 | **** When the user types /WHOIS, ask for a record to merge to. | |
203 | ||
204 | **** Store the displayed name of a BitlBee contact. | |
205 | The new `erc-bbdb-bitlbee-name-field' option specifies the field to use | |
206 | to store this information. | |
207 | ||
208 | **** Don't prompt for a name on /JOIN or /NICK. | |
209 | ||
210 | *** Button (erc-button.el) | |
211 | ||
212 | **** Fix customization of `erc-button-alist' | |
213 | ||
214 | **** New option `erc-button-nickname-face' determines the face to use | |
215 | when coloring ERC nicknames. | |
216 | ||
217 | *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el) | |
218 | ||
219 | **** Remove channels from the modified channels list if not currently | |
220 | connected. This should remove residue from the mode line after | |
221 | quitting ERC. | |
222 | ||
223 | **** Recognize buttonized text | |
224 | ||
225 | *** Highlighting (erc-match.el) | |
226 | ||
227 | **** Highlight current nickname by default. | |
228 | ||
229 | **** Added the option of beeping when certain matches occur. | |
230 | Add `erc-beep-on-match' to `erc-text-matched-hook' to enable | |
231 | beeping. Set the new variable `erc-beep-match-types' which match | |
232 | types that make beeps. | |
233 | ||
234 | *** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el) | |
235 | ||
236 | **** Fix a couple of errors. | |
237 | ||
238 | **** Make sure a stray mouse click doesn't trigger an error. | |
239 | ||
240 | **** Insert icons from the /images directory next to nicks. | |
241 | This indicates their away status. The location is customizable via | |
242 | the new `erc-nicklist-icons-directory' option. | |
243 | ||
244 | If you do not want these icons, set `erc-nicklist-use-icons' to nil. | |
245 | ||
246 | *** Nickserv identification (erc-nickserv.el) | |
247 | ||
248 | **** Recognize Azzurra and OFTC networks. | |
249 | ||
250 | *** Old completion (erc-complete.el) | |
251 | ||
252 | **** Disable by default. | |
253 | ||
254 | *** Programmable completion (erc-pcomplete.el) | |
255 | ||
256 | **** Enable by default. | |
257 | ||
258 | *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el) | |
259 | ||
260 | **** On Emacs22, align right timestamps perfectly, even if variable-width | |
261 | characters are used. If we aren't using Emacs22, move text farther | |
262 | away from the right margin when variable-width characters are used. | |
263 | It is considered better to misalign the stamp by a bit than to go past | |
264 | the right margin. | |
265 | ||
266 | **** Enable by default | |
267 | ||
268 | ** New modules | |
269 | ||
270 | *** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el) | |
271 | ||
272 | **** Use flyspell in ERC. | |
273 | ||
274 | *** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el) | |
275 | ||
276 | **** Helps ERC work correctly in viper-mode. | |
277 | ||
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279 | |
280 | ** Fix a problem with undo in channels. | |
281 | ||
8508e990 | 282 | * Changes in ERC 5.0.3 |
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283 | |
284 | ** Fix typo in the `ctcp-request-to' entry of the English catalog. | |
285 | ||
286 | ** Debugging with edegug has been made easier in all of the | |
287 | erc-with-* and with-erc* macros. | |
288 | ||
289 | ** Non-ASCII character sets should be better supported when sending | |
290 | and processing messages. | |
291 | ||
292 | ** A load failure with erc-autoaway.el and Emacs21 has been fixed. | |
293 | ||
294 | ** A few XEmacs warnings were fixed. | |
295 | ||
296 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
297 | ||
298 | *** Backend (erc-backend.el) | |
299 | ||
300 | **** Move the check for hidden messages into `erc-display-message' | |
301 | so there isn't so much replicated code. | |
302 | ||
303 | **** Add `definition-name' property to constructed symbols so that | |
304 | `find-function' and `find-variable' will be able to locate them. | |
305 | ||
306 | **** Make sure logs are inserted info the correct channel buffers. | |
307 | There was previously an error when using `erc-insert-log-on-open' in | |
308 | combination with autojoin to multiple channels. | |
309 | ||
310 | *** Button (erc-button.el) | |
311 | ||
312 | **** The layering of `erc-button-face' on other faces in ERC buffers | |
313 | has been improved. | |
314 | ||
315 | *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el) | |
316 | ||
317 | **** Use optimal amount of whitespace around modified channels | |
318 | indicator. Previously, there was an additional unnecessary space. | |
319 | ||
320 | **** Fix an error that occurred when unchecked buffers existed when | |
321 | invoking /QUIT. | |
322 | ||
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324 | |
325 | ** If a channel key is required for a certain channel, ERC will prompt | |
326 | for one if `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' is non-nil. | |
327 | ||
328 | ** ERC doesn't try to reconnect if the network connection is refused | |
329 | when using `open-network-stream-nowait' as the `erc-connect-function'. | |
330 | ||
331 | ** Messages from multiple servers will not go to the currently active | |
332 | buffer. The messages from each server will be contained in the most | |
333 | recently active channel/server buffer that corresponds with the | |
334 | server. | |
335 | ||
336 | ** Some text messages were cleaned up slightly. | |
337 | ||
338 | ** Button faces should no longer "cover" other faces. | |
339 | ||
340 | ** Made some XEmacs compatibility fixes. | |
341 | ||
342 | ** Nicknames containing a backslash are now correctly highlighted as | |
343 | current-nick and buttonized as nicks. | |
344 | ||
345 | ** `erc-server-select' doesn't offer networks without servers as a | |
346 | choice anymore. | |
347 | ||
348 | ** Non-ASCII character support has been improved. | |
349 | ||
350 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
351 | ||
352 | *** Menu (erc-menu.el) | |
353 | ||
354 | **** You can now save logs and truncate buffers from the menu-bar. | |
355 | ||
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357 | |
358 | ** Narrowing in ERC buffers no longer causes formatting errors. | |
359 | ||
360 | ** The BBDB module now loads correctly when customizing `erc-modules'. | |
361 | ||
362 | ** The value of `erc-button-face' is now respected. | |
363 | ||
364 | ** Fixed a bug which caused a read-only error during connection. | |
365 | ||
366 | ** Server buffers are now tracked correctly. | |
367 | This means that `erc-track-priority-faces-only', `erc-track-exclude', | |
368 | and `erc-track-exclude-types' now work with server buffers. | |
369 | ||
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371 | |
372 | ** Channel members are now stored as a hash-table. | |
373 | `erc-server-users' and `erc-channel-users' are now hash-tables, rather | |
374 | than alists. This significantly increases performance, especially in | |
375 | large channels. Each channel member is stored as an `erc-server-user' | |
376 | struct, with additional information about the channels they are on | |
377 | stored in an `erc-channel-user' struct. Code using old alist-style | |
378 | channel members needs to be updated to work with hash-tables. | |
379 | This new code also removes the need for erc-members.el, which has been | |
380 | removed. | |
381 | ||
382 | ** The way ERC deals with input from the server has changed. | |
383 | All server response code is now in a new file, erc-backend.el. There | |
384 | should be no real user visible changes. There are, however, a few | |
385 | major changes for implementers, and module writers: | |
386 | ||
387 | *** The PARSED response that all handlers get called with is | |
388 | no longer a vector, but an `erc-response' struct. | |
389 | ||
390 | This means LESS MAGIC NUMBERS in the ERC source code, but a few | |
391 | changes in how you get at parsed responses. | |
392 | ||
393 | The sender is accessed via `erc-response.sender'. | |
394 | ||
395 | The command is accessed via `erc-response.command'. | |
396 | ||
397 | The arguments to the command (everything after the command and | |
398 | before the colon) are accessed via `erc-response.command-args'. | |
399 | This is a /list/ of arguments in the order they appear in the | |
400 | unparsed response. | |
401 | ||
402 | The contents of the response is accessed via | |
403 | `erc-response.contents'. | |
404 | ||
405 | Should, for some reason, you want to do something with the | |
406 | /unparsed/ response, you can get it via `erc-response.unparsed'. | |
407 | ||
408 | *** The `erc-server-hook-list' mechanism is gone. | |
409 | ||
410 | All server response handlers should be defined with | |
411 | `define-erc-response-handler'. This defines functions and | |
412 | corresponding hook variables. | |
413 | ||
414 | The mapping of server commands to hook variables is no longer | |
415 | done via `erc-event-to-hook', but through an #'equal hashtable, | |
416 | `erc-server-responses'. In order to find a hook you do: | |
417 | ||
418 | (erc-get-hook command) | |
419 | ||
420 | See the docstring of `define-erc-response-handler' for more | |
421 | information. | |
422 | ||
423 | *** ALL hook variables have been renamed. | |
424 | ||
425 | In accordance with recommendations in the Emacs Lisp manual, | |
426 | the hook variables are no longer called `erc-server-FOO-hook', | |
427 | but rather `erc-server-FOO-functions'. This is to indicate | |
428 | that the functions they call take arguments. | |
429 | ||
430 | All the modules in ERC have been updated to reflect this change, | |
431 | but external module authors should beware. | |
432 | ||
433 | ** The values of `erc-mode-line-format' and `erc-header-line-format' | |
434 | are now defined as strings to be formatted using `format-spec'. | |
435 | `erc-mode-line-format' does not replace the whole mode-line anymore, | |
436 | only `mode-line-buffer-identification' is set. This way, personal | |
437 | mode-line configurations are not modified and all key bindings work as | |
438 | expected. The process status (connecting, closed) is now shown in | |
439 | `mode-line-process'. | |
440 | ||
441 | ** Customization of ERC variables has been made easier. Variables | |
442 | have been split into more groups for better organization. | |
443 | ||
444 | ** New variables | |
445 | ||
446 | o `erc-send-whitespace-lines' - Set this to send lines even if they | |
447 | are empty. | |
448 | ||
449 | o `erc-manual-set-nick-on-bad-nick-p' - If the nickname you chose is | |
450 | already taken or not allowed, your nick is not changed and you can | |
451 | try again manually if this is non-nil. | |
452 | ||
453 | o `erc-mode-line-away-status-format' - You can now set what is shown | |
454 | in the mode-line when you are away. | |
455 | ||
456 | o `erc-header-line-uses-help-echo-p' - The header-line now uses the | |
457 | help-echo property. You can set this to nil to disable it. | |
458 | ||
459 | o `erc-format-query-as-channel-p' - Set this to nil to have messages | |
460 | in the query buffer formatted like private messages. | |
461 | ||
462 | o `erc-show-channel-key-p' - The channel key is now shown with the | |
463 | other channel modes in the header line. Set this to nil if you | |
464 | want it hidden. | |
465 | ||
466 | o `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' - Set this if you want to be prompted | |
467 | for the channel key (channel's mode is +k) when you call | |
468 | `erc-join-channel' interactively. | |
469 | ||
470 | o `erc-kill-server-buffer-on-quit' - If non-nil, kill the server | |
471 | buffer automatically when you quit. | |
472 | ||
473 | ** New hooks | |
474 | ||
475 | o `erc-join-hook' - Called when you join a channel. | |
476 | ||
477 | o `erc-kick-hook' - Called when you are kicked from a channel. The | |
478 | channel's buffer is sent as an argument to functions called from | |
479 | this hook. | |
480 | ||
481 | o `erc-nick-changed-functions' - Whenever your nickname changes | |
482 | successfully, the functions in this hook are run with the | |
483 | arguments NEW-NICK and OLD-NICK. | |
484 | ||
485 | ** New command /WHOAMI - Do a /WHOIS on your current nickname. | |
486 | ||
487 | ** The key binding for changing channel modes is now C-c C-o. | |
488 | ||
489 | ** Removed variables | |
490 | ||
491 | o `erc-echo-notices-in-minibuffer-flag' and | |
492 | `erc-echo-notices-in-current-buffer' - You should use | |
493 | `erc-echo-notice-hook' and `erc-echo-notice-always-hook' instead. | |
494 | ||
495 | o `erc-prompt-interactive-input' has been removed (commented out) | |
496 | because nickname completion does not work with it. | |
497 | ||
498 | o All INFO buffer-related variables and functions have been removed. | |
499 | ||
500 | ** You can now disable modules by setting `erc-modules' with the | |
501 | customization interface. | |
502 | ||
503 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
504 | ||
505 | *** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el) | |
506 | ||
507 | **** New variable `erc-autoaway-no-auto-back-regexp' - Add text which, | |
508 | when you type anything matching it, will not automatically discard | |
509 | your away status when `erc-auto-discard-away' is non-nil. | |
510 | ||
511 | *** Filling (erc-fill.el) | |
512 | ||
513 | **** New variable `erc-fill-variable-maximum-indentation' - Don't | |
514 | indent more than this many characters when indenting a message from a | |
515 | user with a long nickname. | |
516 | ||
517 | *** Goodies (erc-goodies.el) | |
518 | ||
519 | **** Miscellaneous small modules have been moved from erc.el. | |
520 | The functions erc-add-scroll-to-bottom, erc-make-read-only, | |
521 | erc-send-distinguish-noncommands, erc-interpret-controls, erc-unmorse, | |
522 | erc-smiley, and erc-occur, which were defined in the main erc.el file | |
523 | have been moved to erc-goodies.el and have mostly been translated to | |
524 | the modules scrolltobottom, readonly, noncommands, irccontrols, smiley | |
525 | and unmorse. | |
526 | ||
527 | **** New variables | |
528 | ||
529 | o `erc-input-line-position' - The line number to use with | |
530 | `erc-scroll-to-bottom'. | |
531 | ||
532 | o `erc-beep-p' - Beep if there is a \C-g control character in a | |
533 | message. | |
534 | ||
535 | *** Channel lists (erc-list.el) | |
536 | ||
537 | **** New variable `erc-chanlist-highlight-face' - A face used for | |
538 | highlighting the current line. | |
539 | ||
540 | *** Highlighting (erc-match.el) | |
541 | ||
542 | **** `erc-current-nick-highlight-type' has new options: 'keyword and | |
543 | 'nick-or-keyword. | |
544 | ||
545 | *** Menu (erc-menu.el) | |
546 | ||
547 | **** The `IRC' menu is now automatically added to `erc-mode' buffers. | |
548 | ||
549 | *** Networks (erc-nets.el) | |
550 | ||
551 | **** The functions for determining current network are in this file. | |
552 | There were a couple of functions spread about in different files which | |
553 | each had a different way of determining the current network. The | |
554 | methods have been combined, and the big list of known networks | |
555 | (`erc-networks-alist') is being put to use. You can access the | |
556 | network's name by calling the new function `erc-network'. This | |
557 | returns the name of the current network as a symbol or 'Unknown if it | |
558 | could not determine which network it is. | |
559 | ||
560 | *** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el) | |
561 | ||
562 | **** ERC has a new way of displaying nicknames in a channel. | |
563 | The new file erc-nicklist.el defines a new command `erc-nicklist' | |
564 | which pops up a small Emacs window showing the nicknames of all | |
565 | members of the current channel. The implementation is not complete | |
566 | and is rather proof-of-concept for now. The result is something a bit | |
567 | like erc-speedbar, but not quite as invasive, and doesn't require use | |
568 | of a new frame. | |
569 | ||
570 | *** Internet services / Nickserv (erc-nickserv.el) | |
571 | ||
572 | **** Network detection is now taken care of by erc-nets.el. | |
573 | The function `erc-current-network' is deprecated, use `erc-network' | |
574 | instead. The variable `erc-networks' has been removed, use | |
575 | `erc-networks-alist'. The network symbols used in | |
576 | `erc-nickserv-alist' now match those in `erc-networks-alist'. | |
577 | ||
578 | **** New variable `erc-nickserv-identify-mode' - Choose which method | |
579 | to use for automatic identification: you can wait for Nickserv to ask | |
580 | you to identify (the default), or send an identify message | |
581 | automatically after you change your nickname. | |
582 | ||
583 | *** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el) | |
584 | ||
585 | **** New variable `erc-speedbar-sort-users-type' - Sort users in a | |
586 | channel by activity, alphabetically, or not at all. | |
587 | ||
588 | *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el) | |
589 | ||
590 | **** `erc-timestamp-only-if-changed-flag' now works when | |
591 | `erc-insert-timestamp-function' is set to 'erc-insert-timestamp-left. | |
592 | ||
593 | **** New variable `erc-timestamp-intangible' - Set this to nil if | |
594 | timestamps should not have the 'intangible property. | |
595 | ||
596 | *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el) | |
597 | ||
598 | **** Using faces to indicate channel activity in the modeline now works | |
599 | in XEmacs. | |
600 | ||
601 | **** New variables | |
602 | ||
603 | o `erc-track-priority-faces-only' - Ignore changes in a channel | |
604 | unless there is a face from the `erc-track-faces-priority-list' in | |
605 | the message. | |
606 | ||
607 | o `erc-track-exclude-server-buffer' - Ignore changes in the server | |
608 | buffer. | |
609 | ||
610 | o `erc-track-position-in-mode-line' - Set the position in the | |
611 | mode-line where modified channels are shown (only works in GNU | |
612 | Emacs versions above 21.3). | |
613 | ||
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615 | |
616 | ** The module system has again changed a lot. You can now customize | |
617 | the variable `erc-modules' and define once and for all which | |
618 | extension modules you want to use. This unfortunately may require | |
619 | you to change your current erc initialisation code a bit, if you | |
620 | have some existing customsations. On the other hand, this change | |
621 | makes the configuration of extension modules a lot easier for new | |
622 | users. In theory, you should be able to configure all aspects of | |
623 | ERC by using the customize interface, you should no longer really | |
624 | need to write Lisp code for trivial customizations. | |
625 | ||
626 | By default, the following modules are now loaded: (pcomplete | |
627 | netsplit fill track ring button autojoin) | |
628 | ||
629 | Please use M-x customize-variable RET erc-modules RET to change the | |
630 | default if it does not suite your needs. | |
631 | ||
632 | ** THe symbol used in `erc-nickserv-passwords' for debian.org IRC servers | |
633 | (formerly called OpenProjects, now FreeNode) has changed from | |
634 | openprojects to freenode. You may need to update your configuration | |
635 | for a successful automatic nickserv identification. | |
636 | ||
8508e990 | 637 | * Changes in ERC 3.0.cvs.20030119 |
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638 | |
639 | ** New module erc-dcc: | |
640 | ||
641 | This finally implements DCC. It requires server sockets to fully work | |
642 | in both directions. This feature is currently only available in Emacs | |
643 | 21.3.50 (CVS). Here is a short list of what should work though. | |
644 | ||
645 | ** Compatibility: | |
646 | * Emacs 21.2, DCC get, and accepting DCC chat offers. | |
647 | * XEmacs 21, Only accepting DCC chat offers. | |
648 | ||
649 | ** erc is switching to global-minor-modes for activation of submodules. | |
650 | ||
651 | This allows you to customize such a mode and get automatic loading of | |
652 | the module. No longer putting a lot of require statments in .emacs. | |
653 | At least this is the long-term plan, not all modules are converted | |
654 | yet. | |
655 | ||
656 | ** The most important user visible change is that you now need to activate | |
657 | erc-completion-mode, to get TAB completion. The new completion code | |
658 | is based on pcomplete. To get the old code, manually load | |
659 | erc-complete and bind TAB to erc-complete in erc-mode-map. | |
660 | ||
661 | To activate completion on startup, put (erc-completion-mode 1) in your | |
662 | .emacs file. | |
663 | ||
664 | Same applies to timestamps. You no longer need to (require | |
665 | 'erc-stamp), you can customize the variable `erc-timestamp-mode', and | |
666 | the rest should be automatic. | |
667 | ||
668 | arch-tag: 2b21b387-6cdc-4192-889c-6743cfffdcb1 |