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3 | * Changes in ERC 5.2 (stable pre-release for Emacs 22) |
4 | ||
5 | ** M-x erc RET now starts ERC. | |
6 | `erc-select' has been changed to `erc'. `erc-select' still remains as | |
7 | an alias of `erc'. Likewise, `erc-select-ssl' has been renamed to | |
8 | `erc-ssl' with `erc-select-ssl' as its alias. The function that was | |
9 | known as `erc' is now `erc-open'. | |
10 | ||
11 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
12 | ||
13 | *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el) | |
14 | ||
15 | **** Use mouse-face and help-echo for channel names in the mode-line. | |
16 | This helps people using a mouse know that they are buttons and can be | |
17 | clicked on. | |
18 | ||
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19 | * Changes in ERC 5.1.4 |
20 | ||
21 | ** Make find-function and find-variable work in Emacs 22 for | |
22 | names that are constructed by `define-erc-module'. | |
23 | ||
24 | ** Fix bug introduced in ERC 5.1.3 that caused messages to go the | |
25 | wrong buffer. | |
26 | ||
27 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
28 | ||
29 | *** Highlighting (erc-match.el) | |
30 | ||
31 | **** Don't activate view-mode. | |
32 | ||
33 | *** Logging (erc-log.el) | |
34 | ||
35 | **** When this module is activated, make sure logging is enabled on | |
36 | already-opened buffers. Ditto for disabling logging when the module | |
37 | is deactivated. | |
38 | ||
39 | **** Fix some errors that occur when exiting Emacs without first | |
40 | quitting open IRC servers. | |
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42 | * Changes in ERC 5.1.3 |
43 | ||
44 | ** Fix use of /quote command with no initial whitespace. | |
45 | ||
46 | ** Make it possible to customize the colorization of the header line. | |
47 | The `erc-header-line' face is used to color the header line. | |
48 | The `erc-header-line-face-method' determines the method to use when | |
49 | colorizing the header line. | |
50 | ||
51 | ** Add the new function `erc-handle-irc-url', which is a suitable | |
52 | candidate to use for `url-irc-function'. This permits some | |
53 | integration of url.el and ERC. | |
54 | ||
55 | ** Fix several errors that occur when server or channel buffers are killed | |
56 | prematurely. | |
57 | ||
58 | ** Fix toggling of flood control. | |
59 | ||
60 | ** Match the patterns in `erc-encoding-coding-alist' as regexps, | |
61 | instead of verbatim text. Also, match case-insensitively. | |
62 | ||
63 | ** The /SMV command has been removed, since we no longer have | |
64 | meaningful module-specific version information. | |
65 | ||
66 | ** Fix a "(stringp nil)" error that can happen when doing /PART. | |
67 | ||
68 | ** Use a better example in the `erc-part-reason-various-alist' | |
69 | documentation. | |
70 | ||
71 | ** When using `erc-quit-reason-various' and `erc-part-reason-various' | |
72 | and no matches are found, default to using the ERC version string | |
73 | rather than "nil". | |
74 | ||
75 | ** Add the `list' and `page' modules to the `erc-modules' customize | |
76 | interface. | |
77 | ||
78 | ** Changes to the ERC manual | |
79 | ||
80 | *** Update the list of available modules. | |
81 | ||
82 | *** Revise information about releases and development. | |
83 | ||
84 | *** Provide a simpler example in the "Getting Started" chapter. | |
85 | ||
86 | *** Fully document how to connect to an IRC server in the new | |
87 | "Connecting" chapter. | |
88 | ||
89 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
90 | ||
91 | *** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el) | |
92 | ||
93 | **** Rename the `erc-autoaway-use-emacs-idle' option to | |
94 | `erc-autoaway-idle-method'. | |
95 | ||
96 | **** Add support for autoaway based on user idle time. | |
97 | This is now the default. | |
98 | ||
99 | **** If you set the AWAY status yourself, erc-autoaway will not | |
100 | interfere by un-setting AWAY prematurely. | |
101 | ||
102 | **** If you are set away while visiting a non-ERC buffer, | |
103 | erc-autoaway used to fail in bringing the user back. This is now | |
104 | fixed. | |
105 | ||
106 | *** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el) | |
107 | ||
108 | **** Add new option `erc-bbdb-electric-p', which determines whether | |
109 | to make the BBDB buffer electric. This defaults to not electric. | |
110 | ||
111 | *** Button (erc-button.el) | |
112 | ||
113 | **** Use <backtab> instead of <C-tab> for `erc-button-previous'. | |
114 | ||
115 | *** Identd (erc-identd.el) | |
116 | ||
117 | **** Fix a bug that involves starting the identd server. | |
118 | ||
119 | **** Make this work with Emacs 22. | |
120 | ||
121 | **** Provide a real ERC module named `identd'. | |
122 | ||
123 | **** Don't create an extra buffer for the identd process. | |
124 | ||
125 | *** Logging (erc-log.el) | |
126 | ||
127 | **** By default, don't insert old logs when opening an ERC buffer. | |
128 | This may be changed by customizing `erc-log-insert-log-on-open'. | |
129 | ||
130 | **** New option `erc-log-write-after-send' determines whether the | |
131 | log file will be written to after every sent message. The default is | |
132 | not to do this. | |
133 | ||
134 | **** New option `erc-log-write-after-insert' determines whether the | |
135 | log file will be written to when new text is added to a logged ERC | |
136 | buffer. The default is not to do this. With this option and the | |
137 | previous option, logging should no longer slow down ERC as much. | |
138 | ||
139 | **** Default to saving buffers and queries on quit. | |
140 | This may be changed by customizing the `erc-save-buffer-on-quit' and | |
141 | `erc-save-queries-on-quit' options, respectively. | |
142 | ||
143 | **** Only perform logging when the `logging' module is added to | |
144 | `erc-modules'. This prevents logging from being activated just by | |
145 | loading the erc-log.el file, and makes logging act like other ERC | |
146 | modules. | |
147 | ||
148 | *** Programmable completion (erc-pcomplete.el) | |
149 | ||
150 | **** Don't complete the user's current nickname. | |
151 | ||
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153 | |
154 | ** Fix compiler errors in erc-autojoin.el and erc-dcc.el. | |
155 | ||
156 | ** Move to end of prompt when ERC reconnects to a server. | |
157 | ||
158 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
159 | ||
160 | *** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el) | |
161 | ||
162 | **** Don't spell-check nicks or words that are prefixed with '/'. | |
163 | ||
164 | **** Remove flyspell properties from words we shouldn't spell-check. | |
165 | ||
166 | **** Fix an issue that caused the ispell process to reload every time | |
167 | we switch to an ERC buffer. | |
168 | ||
169 | *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el) | |
170 | ||
171 | **** Fix an inconsistency in calculating width of right timestamps. | |
172 | ||
173 | **** Rename option `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' to | |
174 | `erc-timestamp-use-align-to'. This controls whether to use the more | |
175 | fail-proof method of aligning right timestamps, as mentioned below. | |
176 | ||
177 | **** Fix a right timestamp spacing problem that used to occur when | |
178 | erc-stamp.el was byte-compiled. Now that this is fixed, it is safe to | |
179 | use the method that aligns right timestamps perfectly in Emacs22 with | |
180 | X. If the current version of Emacs doesn't support this method, use | |
181 | the simpler method, which is prone to alignment issues for math | |
182 | symbols and other variable-width text. | |
183 | ||
184 | A side effect of using this new method is that there will only be one | |
185 | space before a right timestamp in any saved logs. If this is | |
186 | unacceptable, set `erc-timestamp-use-align-to' to nil. | |
187 | ||
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188 | * Changes in ERC 5.1.1 |
189 | ||
190 | ** Fix a requirement on cl.el. | |
191 | ||
192 | ** Use tls.el for SSL connections, rather than ssl.el. | |
193 | ||
194 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
195 | ||
196 | *** ibuffer integration (erc-ibuffer.el) | |
197 | ||
198 | **** Update this to work with the version of ibuffer.el that comes with | |
199 | recent Emacs variants. | |
200 | ||
201 | *** Old completion (erc-complete.el) | |
202 | ||
203 | **** Fix a few errors. | |
204 | ||
205 | *** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el) | |
206 | ||
207 | **** Make this work with the version of speedbar.el that comes with | |
208 | recent Emacs variants. | |
209 | ||
210 | *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el) | |
211 | ||
212 | **** By default, use a more failsafe method of displaying right timestamps. | |
213 | To get right timestamps to align perfectly in Emacs22 using X, set the | |
214 | new `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' option to non-nil. | |
215 | ||
216 | *** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el) | |
217 | ||
218 | **** Since most of these changes are now merged into Emacs22, detect | |
219 | whether we need these changes and install them only if necessary. | |
220 | ||
221 | * Changes in ERC 5.1 | |
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222 | |
223 | ** Improve XEmacs compatibility. | |
224 | ||
225 | ** Namespace changes | |
226 | ||
227 | *** Now ERC doesn't use global variable space. | |
228 | Renamed all variables that didn't start with "erc-". | |
229 | ||
230 | o `away' is now `erc-away' | |
231 | ||
232 | o `current-nick' is now `erc-server-current-nick' | |
233 | ||
234 | o `last-peers' is now `erc-server-last-peers' | |
235 | ||
236 | o `last-ping-time' is now `erc-server-last-ping-time' | |
237 | ||
238 | o `last-sent-time' is now `erc-server-last-sent-time' | |
239 | ||
240 | o `lines-sent' is now `erc-server-lines-sent' | |
241 | ||
242 | o `quitting' is now `erc-server-quitting' | |
243 | ||
244 | *** Remove the `with-erc-channel-buffer' function. | |
245 | ||
246 | ** Bugfixes | |
247 | ||
248 | *** Don't inadvertently destroy face properties. | |
249 | ||
250 | *** Load erc scripts in a safer way. | |
251 | ||
252 | *** Don't insert a timestamp if text at point is invisible. | |
253 | ||
254 | *** Don't hide messages from those in `erc-fools' by default. | |
255 | Color their nicks instead. | |
256 | ||
257 | *** Use a more foolproof method of encoding and decoding strings | |
258 | before sending to a channel. | |
259 | ||
260 | ** Backend changes | |
261 | ||
262 | *** Renamed some server-specific variables | |
263 | ||
264 | o `erc-announced-server-name' is now `erc-server-announced-name' | |
265 | ||
266 | o `erc-auto-reconnect' is now `erc-server-auto-reconnect' | |
267 | ||
268 | o `erc-connect-function' is now `erc-server-connect-function' | |
269 | ||
270 | o `erc-default-coding-system' is now `erc-server-coding-system' | |
271 | ||
272 | o `erc-duplicate-timeout' is now `erc-server-duplicate-timeout' | |
273 | ||
274 | o `erc-duplicates' is now `erc-server-duplicates' | |
275 | ||
276 | o `erc-lag' is now `erc-server-lag' | |
277 | ||
278 | o `erc-prevent-duplicates' is now `erc-server-prevent-duplicates' | |
279 | ||
280 | o `erc-previous-read' is now `erc-server-filter-data' | |
281 | ||
282 | o `erc-process' is now `erc-server-process' | |
283 | ||
284 | o `erc-ping-handler' is now `erc-server-send-ping-handler' | |
285 | ||
286 | o `erc-ping-interval' is now `erc-server-send-ping-interval' | |
287 | ||
288 | *** Renamed some functions | |
289 | ||
290 | o `erc-connect' is now `erc-server-connect' | |
291 | ||
292 | o `erc-process-filter' is now `erc-server-filter-function' | |
293 | ||
294 | o `erc-send-command' is now `erc-server-send' | |
295 | ||
296 | o `erc-send-single-line' is now `erc-send-input' | |
297 | ||
298 | o `erc-setup-periodical-server-ping' is now | |
299 | `erc-server-setup-periodical-server-ping' | |
300 | ||
301 | o `erc-split-command is now `erc-split-line' | |
302 | ||
303 | *** New options | |
304 | ||
305 | o erc-server-flood-margin, erc-server-flood-penalty: New options | |
306 | that allow tweaking of flood control. | |
307 | ||
308 | o erc-split-line-length: The maximum line length of a single | |
309 | message. | |
310 | ||
311 | *** New variables | |
312 | ||
313 | o erc-server-flood-last-message, erc-server-flood-queue, | |
314 | erc-server-flood-timer: Flood control. | |
315 | ||
316 | o erc-server-processing-p: Indicate when we're currently processing | |
317 | a message. | |
318 | ||
319 | *** Remove some options | |
320 | ||
321 | o `erc-flood-limit' | |
322 | o `erc-flood-limit2' | |
323 | ||
324 | ** New customization group `erc-server' for dealing with IRC servers. | |
325 | ||
326 | ** ERC can now be installed by doing `make install' from the command line. | |
327 | ||
328 | ** ERC now has a manual in erc.texi. | |
329 | Type `make doc' to generate HTML and Info versions of it. | |
330 | ||
331 | ** ERC no longer depends on cl.el. | |
332 | Only the macros in cl-macs.el are used. | |
333 | ||
334 | ** Fix an edge case when quitting as new messages come in. | |
335 | ||
336 | ** Make flood protection toggle-able as on/off, removing the 'strict option. | |
337 | ||
338 | ** If possible, re-use channel buffers when reconnecting to a server. | |
339 | ||
340 | ** Text in ERC buffers is now read-only by default. | |
341 | To get the previous behavior, | |
342 | ||
343 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
344 | ||
345 | *** Auto-join (erc-autojoin.el) | |
346 | ||
347 | **** Recognize the Azzurra server. | |
348 | ||
349 | *** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el) | |
350 | ||
351 | **** When the user types /WHOIS, ask for a record to merge to. | |
352 | ||
353 | **** Store the displayed name of a BitlBee contact. | |
354 | The new `erc-bbdb-bitlbee-name-field' option specifies the field to use | |
355 | to store this information. | |
356 | ||
357 | **** Don't prompt for a name on /JOIN or /NICK. | |
358 | ||
359 | *** Button (erc-button.el) | |
360 | ||
361 | **** Fix customization of `erc-button-alist' | |
362 | ||
363 | **** New option `erc-button-nickname-face' determines the face to use | |
364 | when coloring ERC nicknames. | |
365 | ||
366 | *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el) | |
367 | ||
368 | **** Remove channels from the modified channels list if not currently | |
369 | connected. This should remove residue from the mode line after | |
370 | quitting ERC. | |
371 | ||
372 | **** Recognize buttonized text | |
373 | ||
374 | *** Highlighting (erc-match.el) | |
375 | ||
376 | **** Highlight current nickname by default. | |
377 | ||
378 | **** Added the option of beeping when certain matches occur. | |
379 | Add `erc-beep-on-match' to `erc-text-matched-hook' to enable | |
380 | beeping. Set the new variable `erc-beep-match-types' which match | |
381 | types that make beeps. | |
382 | ||
383 | *** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el) | |
384 | ||
385 | **** Fix a couple of errors. | |
386 | ||
387 | **** Make sure a stray mouse click doesn't trigger an error. | |
388 | ||
389 | **** Insert icons from the /images directory next to nicks. | |
390 | This indicates their away status. The location is customizable via | |
391 | the new `erc-nicklist-icons-directory' option. | |
392 | ||
393 | If you do not want these icons, set `erc-nicklist-use-icons' to nil. | |
394 | ||
395 | *** Nickserv identification (erc-nickserv.el) | |
396 | ||
397 | **** Recognize Azzurra and OFTC networks. | |
398 | ||
399 | *** Old completion (erc-complete.el) | |
400 | ||
401 | **** Disable by default. | |
402 | ||
403 | *** Programmable completion (erc-pcomplete.el) | |
404 | ||
405 | **** Enable by default. | |
406 | ||
407 | *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el) | |
408 | ||
409 | **** On Emacs22, align right timestamps perfectly, even if variable-width | |
410 | characters are used. If we aren't using Emacs22, move text farther | |
411 | away from the right margin when variable-width characters are used. | |
412 | It is considered better to misalign the stamp by a bit than to go past | |
413 | the right margin. | |
414 | ||
415 | **** Enable by default | |
416 | ||
417 | ** New modules | |
418 | ||
419 | *** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el) | |
420 | ||
421 | **** Use flyspell in ERC. | |
422 | ||
423 | *** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el) | |
424 | ||
425 | **** Helps ERC work correctly in viper-mode. | |
426 | ||
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428 | |
429 | ** Fix a problem with undo in channels. | |
430 | ||
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432 | |
433 | ** Fix typo in the `ctcp-request-to' entry of the English catalog. | |
434 | ||
435 | ** Debugging with edegug has been made easier in all of the | |
436 | erc-with-* and with-erc* macros. | |
437 | ||
438 | ** Non-ASCII character sets should be better supported when sending | |
439 | and processing messages. | |
440 | ||
441 | ** A load failure with erc-autoaway.el and Emacs21 has been fixed. | |
442 | ||
443 | ** A few XEmacs warnings were fixed. | |
444 | ||
445 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
446 | ||
447 | *** Backend (erc-backend.el) | |
448 | ||
449 | **** Move the check for hidden messages into `erc-display-message' | |
450 | so there isn't so much replicated code. | |
451 | ||
452 | **** Add `definition-name' property to constructed symbols so that | |
453 | `find-function' and `find-variable' will be able to locate them. | |
454 | ||
455 | **** Make sure logs are inserted info the correct channel buffers. | |
456 | There was previously an error when using `erc-insert-log-on-open' in | |
457 | combination with autojoin to multiple channels. | |
458 | ||
459 | *** Button (erc-button.el) | |
460 | ||
461 | **** The layering of `erc-button-face' on other faces in ERC buffers | |
462 | has been improved. | |
463 | ||
464 | *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el) | |
465 | ||
466 | **** Use optimal amount of whitespace around modified channels | |
467 | indicator. Previously, there was an additional unnecessary space. | |
468 | ||
469 | **** Fix an error that occurred when unchecked buffers existed when | |
470 | invoking /QUIT. | |
471 | ||
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473 | |
474 | ** If a channel key is required for a certain channel, ERC will prompt | |
475 | for one if `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' is non-nil. | |
476 | ||
477 | ** ERC doesn't try to reconnect if the network connection is refused | |
478 | when using `open-network-stream-nowait' as the `erc-connect-function'. | |
479 | ||
480 | ** Messages from multiple servers will not go to the currently active | |
481 | buffer. The messages from each server will be contained in the most | |
482 | recently active channel/server buffer that corresponds with the | |
483 | server. | |
484 | ||
485 | ** Some text messages were cleaned up slightly. | |
486 | ||
487 | ** Button faces should no longer "cover" other faces. | |
488 | ||
489 | ** Made some XEmacs compatibility fixes. | |
490 | ||
491 | ** Nicknames containing a backslash are now correctly highlighted as | |
492 | current-nick and buttonized as nicks. | |
493 | ||
494 | ** `erc-server-select' doesn't offer networks without servers as a | |
495 | choice anymore. | |
496 | ||
497 | ** Non-ASCII character support has been improved. | |
498 | ||
499 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
500 | ||
501 | *** Menu (erc-menu.el) | |
502 | ||
503 | **** You can now save logs and truncate buffers from the menu-bar. | |
504 | ||
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506 | |
507 | ** Narrowing in ERC buffers no longer causes formatting errors. | |
508 | ||
509 | ** The BBDB module now loads correctly when customizing `erc-modules'. | |
510 | ||
511 | ** The value of `erc-button-face' is now respected. | |
512 | ||
513 | ** Fixed a bug which caused a read-only error during connection. | |
514 | ||
515 | ** Server buffers are now tracked correctly. | |
516 | This means that `erc-track-priority-faces-only', `erc-track-exclude', | |
517 | and `erc-track-exclude-types' now work with server buffers. | |
518 | ||
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520 | |
521 | ** Channel members are now stored as a hash-table. | |
522 | `erc-server-users' and `erc-channel-users' are now hash-tables, rather | |
523 | than alists. This significantly increases performance, especially in | |
524 | large channels. Each channel member is stored as an `erc-server-user' | |
525 | struct, with additional information about the channels they are on | |
526 | stored in an `erc-channel-user' struct. Code using old alist-style | |
527 | channel members needs to be updated to work with hash-tables. | |
528 | This new code also removes the need for erc-members.el, which has been | |
529 | removed. | |
530 | ||
531 | ** The way ERC deals with input from the server has changed. | |
532 | All server response code is now in a new file, erc-backend.el. There | |
533 | should be no real user visible changes. There are, however, a few | |
534 | major changes for implementers, and module writers: | |
535 | ||
536 | *** The PARSED response that all handlers get called with is | |
537 | no longer a vector, but an `erc-response' struct. | |
538 | ||
539 | This means LESS MAGIC NUMBERS in the ERC source code, but a few | |
540 | changes in how you get at parsed responses. | |
541 | ||
542 | The sender is accessed via `erc-response.sender'. | |
543 | ||
544 | The command is accessed via `erc-response.command'. | |
545 | ||
546 | The arguments to the command (everything after the command and | |
547 | before the colon) are accessed via `erc-response.command-args'. | |
548 | This is a /list/ of arguments in the order they appear in the | |
549 | unparsed response. | |
550 | ||
551 | The contents of the response is accessed via | |
552 | `erc-response.contents'. | |
553 | ||
554 | Should, for some reason, you want to do something with the | |
555 | /unparsed/ response, you can get it via `erc-response.unparsed'. | |
556 | ||
557 | *** The `erc-server-hook-list' mechanism is gone. | |
558 | ||
559 | All server response handlers should be defined with | |
560 | `define-erc-response-handler'. This defines functions and | |
561 | corresponding hook variables. | |
562 | ||
563 | The mapping of server commands to hook variables is no longer | |
564 | done via `erc-event-to-hook', but through an #'equal hashtable, | |
565 | `erc-server-responses'. In order to find a hook you do: | |
566 | ||
567 | (erc-get-hook command) | |
568 | ||
569 | See the docstring of `define-erc-response-handler' for more | |
570 | information. | |
571 | ||
572 | *** ALL hook variables have been renamed. | |
573 | ||
574 | In accordance with recommendations in the Emacs Lisp manual, | |
575 | the hook variables are no longer called `erc-server-FOO-hook', | |
576 | but rather `erc-server-FOO-functions'. This is to indicate | |
577 | that the functions they call take arguments. | |
578 | ||
579 | All the modules in ERC have been updated to reflect this change, | |
580 | but external module authors should beware. | |
581 | ||
582 | ** The values of `erc-mode-line-format' and `erc-header-line-format' | |
583 | are now defined as strings to be formatted using `format-spec'. | |
584 | `erc-mode-line-format' does not replace the whole mode-line anymore, | |
585 | only `mode-line-buffer-identification' is set. This way, personal | |
586 | mode-line configurations are not modified and all key bindings work as | |
587 | expected. The process status (connecting, closed) is now shown in | |
588 | `mode-line-process'. | |
589 | ||
590 | ** Customization of ERC variables has been made easier. Variables | |
591 | have been split into more groups for better organization. | |
592 | ||
593 | ** New variables | |
594 | ||
595 | o `erc-send-whitespace-lines' - Set this to send lines even if they | |
596 | are empty. | |
597 | ||
598 | o `erc-manual-set-nick-on-bad-nick-p' - If the nickname you chose is | |
599 | already taken or not allowed, your nick is not changed and you can | |
600 | try again manually if this is non-nil. | |
601 | ||
602 | o `erc-mode-line-away-status-format' - You can now set what is shown | |
603 | in the mode-line when you are away. | |
604 | ||
605 | o `erc-header-line-uses-help-echo-p' - The header-line now uses the | |
606 | help-echo property. You can set this to nil to disable it. | |
607 | ||
608 | o `erc-format-query-as-channel-p' - Set this to nil to have messages | |
609 | in the query buffer formatted like private messages. | |
610 | ||
611 | o `erc-show-channel-key-p' - The channel key is now shown with the | |
612 | other channel modes in the header line. Set this to nil if you | |
613 | want it hidden. | |
614 | ||
615 | o `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' - Set this if you want to be prompted | |
616 | for the channel key (channel's mode is +k) when you call | |
617 | `erc-join-channel' interactively. | |
618 | ||
619 | o `erc-kill-server-buffer-on-quit' - If non-nil, kill the server | |
620 | buffer automatically when you quit. | |
621 | ||
622 | ** New hooks | |
623 | ||
624 | o `erc-join-hook' - Called when you join a channel. | |
625 | ||
626 | o `erc-kick-hook' - Called when you are kicked from a channel. The | |
627 | channel's buffer is sent as an argument to functions called from | |
628 | this hook. | |
629 | ||
630 | o `erc-nick-changed-functions' - Whenever your nickname changes | |
631 | successfully, the functions in this hook are run with the | |
632 | arguments NEW-NICK and OLD-NICK. | |
633 | ||
634 | ** New command /WHOAMI - Do a /WHOIS on your current nickname. | |
635 | ||
636 | ** The key binding for changing channel modes is now C-c C-o. | |
637 | ||
638 | ** Removed variables | |
639 | ||
640 | o `erc-echo-notices-in-minibuffer-flag' and | |
641 | `erc-echo-notices-in-current-buffer' - You should use | |
642 | `erc-echo-notice-hook' and `erc-echo-notice-always-hook' instead. | |
643 | ||
644 | o `erc-prompt-interactive-input' has been removed (commented out) | |
645 | because nickname completion does not work with it. | |
646 | ||
647 | o All INFO buffer-related variables and functions have been removed. | |
648 | ||
649 | ** You can now disable modules by setting `erc-modules' with the | |
650 | customization interface. | |
651 | ||
652 | ** Changes and additions to modules | |
653 | ||
654 | *** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el) | |
655 | ||
656 | **** New variable `erc-autoaway-no-auto-back-regexp' - Add text which, | |
657 | when you type anything matching it, will not automatically discard | |
658 | your away status when `erc-auto-discard-away' is non-nil. | |
659 | ||
660 | *** Filling (erc-fill.el) | |
661 | ||
662 | **** New variable `erc-fill-variable-maximum-indentation' - Don't | |
663 | indent more than this many characters when indenting a message from a | |
664 | user with a long nickname. | |
665 | ||
666 | *** Goodies (erc-goodies.el) | |
667 | ||
668 | **** Miscellaneous small modules have been moved from erc.el. | |
669 | The functions erc-add-scroll-to-bottom, erc-make-read-only, | |
670 | erc-send-distinguish-noncommands, erc-interpret-controls, erc-unmorse, | |
671 | erc-smiley, and erc-occur, which were defined in the main erc.el file | |
672 | have been moved to erc-goodies.el and have mostly been translated to | |
673 | the modules scrolltobottom, readonly, noncommands, irccontrols, smiley | |
674 | and unmorse. | |
675 | ||
676 | **** New variables | |
677 | ||
678 | o `erc-input-line-position' - The line number to use with | |
679 | `erc-scroll-to-bottom'. | |
680 | ||
681 | o `erc-beep-p' - Beep if there is a \C-g control character in a | |
682 | message. | |
683 | ||
684 | *** Channel lists (erc-list.el) | |
685 | ||
686 | **** New variable `erc-chanlist-highlight-face' - A face used for | |
687 | highlighting the current line. | |
688 | ||
689 | *** Highlighting (erc-match.el) | |
690 | ||
691 | **** `erc-current-nick-highlight-type' has new options: 'keyword and | |
692 | 'nick-or-keyword. | |
693 | ||
694 | *** Menu (erc-menu.el) | |
695 | ||
696 | **** The `IRC' menu is now automatically added to `erc-mode' buffers. | |
697 | ||
698 | *** Networks (erc-nets.el) | |
699 | ||
700 | **** The functions for determining current network are in this file. | |
701 | There were a couple of functions spread about in different files which | |
702 | each had a different way of determining the current network. The | |
703 | methods have been combined, and the big list of known networks | |
704 | (`erc-networks-alist') is being put to use. You can access the | |
705 | network's name by calling the new function `erc-network'. This | |
706 | returns the name of the current network as a symbol or 'Unknown if it | |
707 | could not determine which network it is. | |
708 | ||
709 | *** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el) | |
710 | ||
711 | **** ERC has a new way of displaying nicknames in a channel. | |
712 | The new file erc-nicklist.el defines a new command `erc-nicklist' | |
713 | which pops up a small Emacs window showing the nicknames of all | |
714 | members of the current channel. The implementation is not complete | |
715 | and is rather proof-of-concept for now. The result is something a bit | |
716 | like erc-speedbar, but not quite as invasive, and doesn't require use | |
717 | of a new frame. | |
718 | ||
719 | *** Internet services / Nickserv (erc-nickserv.el) | |
720 | ||
721 | **** Network detection is now taken care of by erc-nets.el. | |
722 | The function `erc-current-network' is deprecated, use `erc-network' | |
723 | instead. The variable `erc-networks' has been removed, use | |
724 | `erc-networks-alist'. The network symbols used in | |
725 | `erc-nickserv-alist' now match those in `erc-networks-alist'. | |
726 | ||
727 | **** New variable `erc-nickserv-identify-mode' - Choose which method | |
728 | to use for automatic identification: you can wait for Nickserv to ask | |
729 | you to identify (the default), or send an identify message | |
730 | automatically after you change your nickname. | |
731 | ||
732 | *** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el) | |
733 | ||
734 | **** New variable `erc-speedbar-sort-users-type' - Sort users in a | |
735 | channel by activity, alphabetically, or not at all. | |
736 | ||
737 | *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el) | |
738 | ||
739 | **** `erc-timestamp-only-if-changed-flag' now works when | |
740 | `erc-insert-timestamp-function' is set to 'erc-insert-timestamp-left. | |
741 | ||
742 | **** New variable `erc-timestamp-intangible' - Set this to nil if | |
743 | timestamps should not have the 'intangible property. | |
744 | ||
745 | *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el) | |
746 | ||
747 | **** Using faces to indicate channel activity in the modeline now works | |
748 | in XEmacs. | |
749 | ||
750 | **** New variables | |
751 | ||
752 | o `erc-track-priority-faces-only' - Ignore changes in a channel | |
753 | unless there is a face from the `erc-track-faces-priority-list' in | |
754 | the message. | |
755 | ||
756 | o `erc-track-exclude-server-buffer' - Ignore changes in the server | |
757 | buffer. | |
758 | ||
759 | o `erc-track-position-in-mode-line' - Set the position in the | |
760 | mode-line where modified channels are shown (only works in GNU | |
761 | Emacs versions above 21.3). | |
762 | ||
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764 | |
765 | ** The module system has again changed a lot. You can now customize | |
766 | the variable `erc-modules' and define once and for all which | |
767 | extension modules you want to use. This unfortunately may require | |
768 | you to change your current erc initialisation code a bit, if you | |
769 | have some existing customsations. On the other hand, this change | |
770 | makes the configuration of extension modules a lot easier for new | |
771 | users. In theory, you should be able to configure all aspects of | |
772 | ERC by using the customize interface, you should no longer really | |
773 | need to write Lisp code for trivial customizations. | |
774 | ||
775 | By default, the following modules are now loaded: (pcomplete | |
776 | netsplit fill track ring button autojoin) | |
777 | ||
778 | Please use M-x customize-variable RET erc-modules RET to change the | |
779 | default if it does not suite your needs. | |
780 | ||
781 | ** THe symbol used in `erc-nickserv-passwords' for debian.org IRC servers | |
782 | (formerly called OpenProjects, now FreeNode) has changed from | |
783 | openprojects to freenode. You may need to update your configuration | |
784 | for a successful automatic nickserv identification. | |
785 | ||
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787 | |
788 | ** New module erc-dcc: | |
789 | ||
790 | This finally implements DCC. It requires server sockets to fully work | |
791 | in both directions. This feature is currently only available in Emacs | |
792 | 21.3.50 (CVS). Here is a short list of what should work though. | |
793 | ||
794 | ** Compatibility: | |
795 | * Emacs 21.2, DCC get, and accepting DCC chat offers. | |
796 | * XEmacs 21, Only accepting DCC chat offers. | |
797 | ||
798 | ** erc is switching to global-minor-modes for activation of submodules. | |
799 | ||
800 | This allows you to customize such a mode and get automatic loading of | |
801 | the module. No longer putting a lot of require statments in .emacs. | |
802 | At least this is the long-term plan, not all modules are converted | |
803 | yet. | |
804 | ||
805 | ** The most important user visible change is that you now need to activate | |
806 | erc-completion-mode, to get TAB completion. The new completion code | |
807 | is based on pcomplete. To get the old code, manually load | |
808 | erc-complete and bind TAB to erc-complete in erc-mode-map. | |
809 | ||
810 | To activate completion on startup, put (erc-completion-mode 1) in your | |
811 | .emacs file. | |
812 | ||
813 | Same applies to timestamps. You no longer need to (require | |
814 | 'erc-stamp), you can customize the variable `erc-timestamp-mode', and | |
815 | the rest should be automatic. | |
816 | ||
817 | arch-tag: 2b21b387-6cdc-4192-889c-6743cfffdcb1 |