1 ERC NEWS -*- outline -*-
3 * Changes in ERC 5.2 (stable pre-release for Emacs 22)
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'.
11 ** New command: /RECONNECT
12 This command tries to reconnect to the current IRC server exactly
13 once. It does not work in server buffers (throws an error before the
14 command is run), but works in query and channel buffers.
18 *** erc-server-reconnect-attempts: Determines the number of
19 reconnection attempts that ERC will make per server.
21 *** erc-server-reconnect-timeout: New option that determines the
22 amount of time, in seconds, that ERC will wait between successive
25 ** New face: `erc-my-nick-face'
26 This helps make it easier to distinguish messages sent by yourself
27 from messages sent by other users when the value of the variable
28 `erc-show-my-nick' is non-nil.
32 *** Capab identify (erc-capab.el)
33 Mark users who haven't identified to NickServ on servers supporting
36 ** Changes and additions to modules
38 *** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
40 **** This has been removed from Emacs 22, since a major contributor
41 to it has not yet assigned changes.
43 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
45 **** Use mouse-face and help-echo for channel names in the mode-line.
46 This helps people using a mouse know that they are buttons and can be
49 * Changes in ERC 5.1.4
51 ** Make find-function and find-variable work in Emacs 22 for
52 names that are constructed by `define-erc-module'.
54 ** Fix bug introduced in ERC 5.1.3 that caused messages to go the
57 ** Changes and additions to modules
59 *** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
61 **** Don't activate view-mode.
63 *** Logging (erc-log.el)
65 **** When this module is activated, make sure logging is enabled on
66 already-opened buffers. Ditto for disabling logging when the module
69 **** Fix some errors that occur when exiting Emacs without first
70 quitting open IRC servers.
72 * Changes in ERC 5.1.3
74 ** Fix use of /quote command with no initial whitespace.
76 ** Make it possible to customize the colorization of the header line.
77 The `erc-header-line' face is used to color the header line.
78 The `erc-header-line-face-method' determines the method to use when
79 colorizing the header line.
81 ** Add the new function `erc-handle-irc-url', which is a suitable
82 candidate to use for `url-irc-function'. This permits some
83 integration of url.el and ERC.
85 ** Fix several errors that occur when server or channel buffers are killed
88 ** Fix toggling of flood control.
90 ** Match the patterns in `erc-encoding-coding-alist' as regexps,
91 instead of verbatim text. Also, match case-insensitively.
93 ** The /SMV command has been removed, since we no longer have
94 meaningful module-specific version information.
96 ** Fix a "(stringp nil)" error that can happen when doing /PART.
98 ** Use a better example in the `erc-part-reason-various-alist'
101 ** When using `erc-quit-reason-various' and `erc-part-reason-various'
102 and no matches are found, default to using the ERC version string
105 ** Add the `list' and `page' modules to the `erc-modules' customize
108 ** Changes to the ERC manual
110 *** Update the list of available modules.
112 *** Revise information about releases and development.
114 *** Provide a simpler example in the "Getting Started" chapter.
116 *** Fully document how to connect to an IRC server in the new
117 "Connecting" chapter.
119 ** Changes and additions to modules
121 *** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el)
123 **** Rename the `erc-autoaway-use-emacs-idle' option to
124 `erc-autoaway-idle-method'.
126 **** Add support for autoaway based on user idle time.
127 This is now the default.
129 **** If you set the AWAY status yourself, erc-autoaway will not
130 interfere by un-setting AWAY prematurely.
132 **** If you are set away while visiting a non-ERC buffer,
133 erc-autoaway used to fail in bringing the user back. This is now
136 *** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el)
138 **** Add new option `erc-bbdb-electric-p', which determines whether
139 to make the BBDB buffer electric. This defaults to not electric.
141 *** Button (erc-button.el)
143 **** Use <backtab> instead of <C-tab> for `erc-button-previous'.
145 *** Identd (erc-identd.el)
147 **** Fix a bug that involves starting the identd server.
149 **** Make this work with Emacs 22.
151 **** Provide a real ERC module named `identd'.
153 **** Don't create an extra buffer for the identd process.
155 *** Logging (erc-log.el)
157 **** By default, don't insert old logs when opening an ERC buffer.
158 This may be changed by customizing `erc-log-insert-log-on-open'.
160 **** New option `erc-log-write-after-send' determines whether the
161 log file will be written to after every sent message. The default is
164 **** New option `erc-log-write-after-insert' determines whether the
165 log file will be written to when new text is added to a logged ERC
166 buffer. The default is not to do this. With this option and the
167 previous option, logging should no longer slow down ERC as much.
169 **** Default to saving buffers and queries on quit.
170 This may be changed by customizing the `erc-save-buffer-on-quit' and
171 `erc-save-queries-on-quit' options, respectively.
173 **** Only perform logging when the `logging' module is added to
174 `erc-modules'. This prevents logging from being activated just by
175 loading the erc-log.el file, and makes logging act like other ERC
178 *** Programmable completion (erc-pcomplete.el)
180 **** Don't complete the user's current nickname.
182 * Changes in ERC 5.1.2
184 ** Fix compiler errors in erc-autojoin.el and erc-dcc.el.
186 ** Move to end of prompt when ERC reconnects to a server.
188 ** Changes and additions to modules
190 *** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el)
192 **** Don't spell-check nicks or words that are prefixed with '/'.
194 **** Remove flyspell properties from words we shouldn't spell-check.
196 **** Fix an issue that caused the ispell process to reload every time
197 we switch to an ERC buffer.
199 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
201 **** Fix an inconsistency in calculating width of right timestamps.
203 **** Rename option `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' to
204 `erc-timestamp-use-align-to'. This controls whether to use the more
205 fail-proof method of aligning right timestamps, as mentioned below.
207 **** Fix a right timestamp spacing problem that used to occur when
208 erc-stamp.el was byte-compiled. Now that this is fixed, it is safe to
209 use the method that aligns right timestamps perfectly in Emacs22 with
210 X. If the current version of Emacs doesn't support this method, use
211 the simpler method, which is prone to alignment issues for math
212 symbols and other variable-width text.
214 A side effect of using this new method is that there will only be one
215 space before a right timestamp in any saved logs. If this is
216 unacceptable, set `erc-timestamp-use-align-to' to nil.
218 * Changes in ERC 5.1.1
220 ** Fix a requirement on cl.el.
222 ** Use tls.el for SSL connections, rather than ssl.el.
224 ** Changes and additions to modules
226 *** ibuffer integration (erc-ibuffer.el)
228 **** Update this to work with the version of ibuffer.el that comes with
229 recent Emacs variants.
231 *** Old completion (erc-complete.el)
233 **** Fix a few errors.
235 *** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el)
237 **** Make this work with the version of speedbar.el that comes with
238 recent Emacs variants.
240 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
242 **** By default, use a more failsafe method of displaying right timestamps.
243 To get right timestamps to align perfectly in Emacs22 using X, set the
244 new `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' option to non-nil.
246 *** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el)
248 **** Since most of these changes are now merged into Emacs22, detect
249 whether we need these changes and install them only if necessary.
253 ** Improve XEmacs compatibility.
257 *** Now ERC doesn't use global variable space.
258 Renamed all variables that didn't start with "erc-".
260 o `away' is now `erc-away'
262 o `current-nick' is now `erc-server-current-nick'
264 o `last-peers' is now `erc-server-last-peers'
266 o `last-ping-time' is now `erc-server-last-ping-time'
268 o `last-sent-time' is now `erc-server-last-sent-time'
270 o `lines-sent' is now `erc-server-lines-sent'
272 o `quitting' is now `erc-server-quitting'
274 *** Remove the `with-erc-channel-buffer' function.
278 *** Don't inadvertently destroy face properties.
280 *** Load erc scripts in a safer way.
282 *** Don't insert a timestamp if text at point is invisible.
284 *** Don't hide messages from those in `erc-fools' by default.
285 Color their nicks instead.
287 *** Use a more foolproof method of encoding and decoding strings
288 before sending to a channel.
292 *** Renamed some server-specific variables
294 o `erc-announced-server-name' is now `erc-server-announced-name'
296 o `erc-auto-reconnect' is now `erc-server-auto-reconnect'
298 o `erc-connect-function' is now `erc-server-connect-function'
300 o `erc-default-coding-system' is now `erc-server-coding-system'
302 o `erc-duplicate-timeout' is now `erc-server-duplicate-timeout'
304 o `erc-duplicates' is now `erc-server-duplicates'
306 o `erc-lag' is now `erc-server-lag'
308 o `erc-prevent-duplicates' is now `erc-server-prevent-duplicates'
310 o `erc-previous-read' is now `erc-server-filter-data'
312 o `erc-process' is now `erc-server-process'
314 o `erc-ping-handler' is now `erc-server-send-ping-handler'
316 o `erc-ping-interval' is now `erc-server-send-ping-interval'
318 *** Renamed some functions
320 o `erc-connect' is now `erc-server-connect'
322 o `erc-process-filter' is now `erc-server-filter-function'
324 o `erc-send-command' is now `erc-server-send'
326 o `erc-send-single-line' is now `erc-send-input'
328 o `erc-setup-periodical-server-ping' is now
329 `erc-server-setup-periodical-server-ping'
331 o `erc-split-command is now `erc-split-line'
335 o erc-server-flood-margin, erc-server-flood-penalty: New options
336 that allow tweaking of flood control.
338 o erc-split-line-length: The maximum line length of a single
343 o erc-server-flood-last-message, erc-server-flood-queue,
344 erc-server-flood-timer: Flood control.
346 o erc-server-processing-p: Indicate when we're currently processing
349 *** Remove some options
354 ** New customization group `erc-server' for dealing with IRC servers.
356 ** ERC can now be installed by doing `make install' from the command line.
358 ** ERC now has a manual in erc.texi.
359 Type `make doc' to generate HTML and Info versions of it.
361 ** ERC no longer depends on cl.el.
362 Only the macros in cl-macs.el are used.
364 ** Fix an edge case when quitting as new messages come in.
366 ** Make flood protection toggle-able as on/off, removing the 'strict option.
368 ** If possible, re-use channel buffers when reconnecting to a server.
370 ** Text in ERC buffers is now read-only by default.
371 To get the previous behavior,
373 ** Changes and additions to modules
375 *** Auto-join (erc-autojoin.el)
377 **** Recognize the Azzurra server.
379 *** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el)
381 **** When the user types /WHOIS, ask for a record to merge to.
383 **** Store the displayed name of a BitlBee contact.
384 The new `erc-bbdb-bitlbee-name-field' option specifies the field to use
385 to store this information.
387 **** Don't prompt for a name on /JOIN or /NICK.
389 *** Button (erc-button.el)
391 **** Fix customization of `erc-button-alist'
393 **** New option `erc-button-nickname-face' determines the face to use
394 when coloring ERC nicknames.
396 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
398 **** Remove channels from the modified channels list if not currently
399 connected. This should remove residue from the mode line after
402 **** Recognize buttonized text
404 *** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
406 **** Highlight current nickname by default.
408 **** Added the option of beeping when certain matches occur.
409 Add `erc-beep-on-match' to `erc-text-matched-hook' to enable
410 beeping. Set the new variable `erc-beep-match-types' which match
411 types that make beeps.
413 *** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el)
415 **** Fix a couple of errors.
417 **** Make sure a stray mouse click doesn't trigger an error.
419 **** Insert icons from the /images directory next to nicks.
420 This indicates their away status. The location is customizable via
421 the new `erc-nicklist-icons-directory' option.
423 If you do not want these icons, set `erc-nicklist-use-icons' to nil.
425 *** Nickserv identification (erc-nickserv.el)
427 **** Recognize Azzurra and OFTC networks.
429 *** Old completion (erc-complete.el)
431 **** Disable by default.
433 *** Programmable completion (erc-pcomplete.el)
435 **** Enable by default.
437 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
439 **** On Emacs22, align right timestamps perfectly, even if variable-width
440 characters are used. If we aren't using Emacs22, move text farther
441 away from the right margin when variable-width characters are used.
442 It is considered better to misalign the stamp by a bit than to go past
445 **** Enable by default
449 *** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el)
451 **** Use flyspell in ERC.
453 *** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el)
455 **** Helps ERC work correctly in viper-mode.
457 * Changes in ERC 5.0.4
459 ** Fix a problem with undo in channels.
461 * Changes in ERC 5.0.3
463 ** Fix typo in the `ctcp-request-to' entry of the English catalog.
465 ** Debugging with edegug has been made easier in all of the
466 erc-with-* and with-erc* macros.
468 ** Non-ASCII character sets should be better supported when sending
469 and processing messages.
471 ** A load failure with erc-autoaway.el and Emacs21 has been fixed.
473 ** A few XEmacs warnings were fixed.
475 ** Changes and additions to modules
477 *** Backend (erc-backend.el)
479 **** Move the check for hidden messages into `erc-display-message'
480 so there isn't so much replicated code.
482 **** Add `definition-name' property to constructed symbols so that
483 `find-function' and `find-variable' will be able to locate them.
485 **** Make sure logs are inserted info the correct channel buffers.
486 There was previously an error when using `erc-insert-log-on-open' in
487 combination with autojoin to multiple channels.
489 *** Button (erc-button.el)
491 **** The layering of `erc-button-face' on other faces in ERC buffers
494 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
496 **** Use optimal amount of whitespace around modified channels
497 indicator. Previously, there was an additional unnecessary space.
499 **** Fix an error that occurred when unchecked buffers existed when
502 * Changes in ERC 5.0.2
504 ** If a channel key is required for a certain channel, ERC will prompt
505 for one if `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' is non-nil.
507 ** ERC doesn't try to reconnect if the network connection is refused
508 when using `open-network-stream-nowait' as the `erc-connect-function'.
510 ** Messages from multiple servers will not go to the currently active
511 buffer. The messages from each server will be contained in the most
512 recently active channel/server buffer that corresponds with the
515 ** Some text messages were cleaned up slightly.
517 ** Button faces should no longer "cover" other faces.
519 ** Made some XEmacs compatibility fixes.
521 ** Nicknames containing a backslash are now correctly highlighted as
522 current-nick and buttonized as nicks.
524 ** `erc-server-select' doesn't offer networks without servers as a
527 ** Non-ASCII character support has been improved.
529 ** Changes and additions to modules
531 *** Menu (erc-menu.el)
533 **** You can now save logs and truncate buffers from the menu-bar.
535 * Changes in ERC 5.0.1
537 ** Narrowing in ERC buffers no longer causes formatting errors.
539 ** The BBDB module now loads correctly when customizing `erc-modules'.
541 ** The value of `erc-button-face' is now respected.
543 ** Fixed a bug which caused a read-only error during connection.
545 ** Server buffers are now tracked correctly.
546 This means that `erc-track-priority-faces-only', `erc-track-exclude',
547 and `erc-track-exclude-types' now work with server buffers.
551 ** Channel members are now stored as a hash-table.
552 `erc-server-users' and `erc-channel-users' are now hash-tables, rather
553 than alists. This significantly increases performance, especially in
554 large channels. Each channel member is stored as an `erc-server-user'
555 struct, with additional information about the channels they are on
556 stored in an `erc-channel-user' struct. Code using old alist-style
557 channel members needs to be updated to work with hash-tables.
558 This new code also removes the need for erc-members.el, which has been
561 ** The way ERC deals with input from the server has changed.
562 All server response code is now in a new file, erc-backend.el. There
563 should be no real user visible changes. There are, however, a few
564 major changes for implementers, and module writers:
566 *** The PARSED response that all handlers get called with is
567 no longer a vector, but an `erc-response' struct.
569 This means LESS MAGIC NUMBERS in the ERC source code, but a few
570 changes in how you get at parsed responses.
572 The sender is accessed via `erc-response.sender'.
574 The command is accessed via `erc-response.command'.
576 The arguments to the command (everything after the command and
577 before the colon) are accessed via `erc-response.command-args'.
578 This is a /list/ of arguments in the order they appear in the
581 The contents of the response is accessed via
582 `erc-response.contents'.
584 Should, for some reason, you want to do something with the
585 /unparsed/ response, you can get it via `erc-response.unparsed'.
587 *** The `erc-server-hook-list' mechanism is gone.
589 All server response handlers should be defined with
590 `define-erc-response-handler'. This defines functions and
591 corresponding hook variables.
593 The mapping of server commands to hook variables is no longer
594 done via `erc-event-to-hook', but through an #'equal hashtable,
595 `erc-server-responses'. In order to find a hook you do:
597 (erc-get-hook command)
599 See the docstring of `define-erc-response-handler' for more
602 *** ALL hook variables have been renamed.
604 In accordance with recommendations in the Emacs Lisp manual,
605 the hook variables are no longer called `erc-server-FOO-hook',
606 but rather `erc-server-FOO-functions'. This is to indicate
607 that the functions they call take arguments.
609 All the modules in ERC have been updated to reflect this change,
610 but external module authors should beware.
612 ** The values of `erc-mode-line-format' and `erc-header-line-format'
613 are now defined as strings to be formatted using `format-spec'.
614 `erc-mode-line-format' does not replace the whole mode-line anymore,
615 only `mode-line-buffer-identification' is set. This way, personal
616 mode-line configurations are not modified and all key bindings work as
617 expected. The process status (connecting, closed) is now shown in
620 ** Customization of ERC variables has been made easier. Variables
621 have been split into more groups for better organization.
625 o `erc-send-whitespace-lines' - Set this to send lines even if they
628 o `erc-manual-set-nick-on-bad-nick-p' - If the nickname you chose is
629 already taken or not allowed, your nick is not changed and you can
630 try again manually if this is non-nil.
632 o `erc-mode-line-away-status-format' - You can now set what is shown
633 in the mode-line when you are away.
635 o `erc-header-line-uses-help-echo-p' - The header-line now uses the
636 help-echo property. You can set this to nil to disable it.
638 o `erc-format-query-as-channel-p' - Set this to nil to have messages
639 in the query buffer formatted like private messages.
641 o `erc-show-channel-key-p' - The channel key is now shown with the
642 other channel modes in the header line. Set this to nil if you
645 o `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' - Set this if you want to be prompted
646 for the channel key (channel's mode is +k) when you call
647 `erc-join-channel' interactively.
649 o `erc-kill-server-buffer-on-quit' - If non-nil, kill the server
650 buffer automatically when you quit.
654 o `erc-join-hook' - Called when you join a channel.
656 o `erc-kick-hook' - Called when you are kicked from a channel. The
657 channel's buffer is sent as an argument to functions called from
660 o `erc-nick-changed-functions' - Whenever your nickname changes
661 successfully, the functions in this hook are run with the
662 arguments NEW-NICK and OLD-NICK.
664 ** New command /WHOAMI - Do a /WHOIS on your current nickname.
666 ** The key binding for changing channel modes is now C-c C-o.
670 o `erc-echo-notices-in-minibuffer-flag' and
671 `erc-echo-notices-in-current-buffer' - You should use
672 `erc-echo-notice-hook' and `erc-echo-notice-always-hook' instead.
674 o `erc-prompt-interactive-input' has been removed (commented out)
675 because nickname completion does not work with it.
677 o All INFO buffer-related variables and functions have been removed.
679 ** You can now disable modules by setting `erc-modules' with the
680 customization interface.
682 ** Changes and additions to modules
684 *** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el)
686 **** New variable `erc-autoaway-no-auto-back-regexp' - Add text which,
687 when you type anything matching it, will not automatically discard
688 your away status when `erc-auto-discard-away' is non-nil.
690 *** Filling (erc-fill.el)
692 **** New variable `erc-fill-variable-maximum-indentation' - Don't
693 indent more than this many characters when indenting a message from a
694 user with a long nickname.
696 *** Goodies (erc-goodies.el)
698 **** Miscellaneous small modules have been moved from erc.el.
699 The functions erc-add-scroll-to-bottom, erc-make-read-only,
700 erc-send-distinguish-noncommands, erc-interpret-controls, erc-unmorse,
701 erc-smiley, and erc-occur, which were defined in the main erc.el file
702 have been moved to erc-goodies.el and have mostly been translated to
703 the modules scrolltobottom, readonly, noncommands, irccontrols, smiley
708 o `erc-input-line-position' - The line number to use with
709 `erc-scroll-to-bottom'.
711 o `erc-beep-p' - Beep if there is a \C-g control character in a
714 *** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
716 **** New variable `erc-chanlist-highlight-face' - A face used for
717 highlighting the current line.
719 *** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
721 **** `erc-current-nick-highlight-type' has new options: 'keyword and
724 *** Menu (erc-menu.el)
726 **** The `IRC' menu is now automatically added to `erc-mode' buffers.
728 *** Networks (erc-nets.el)
730 **** The functions for determining current network are in this file.
731 There were a couple of functions spread about in different files which
732 each had a different way of determining the current network. The
733 methods have been combined, and the big list of known networks
734 (`erc-networks-alist') is being put to use. You can access the
735 network's name by calling the new function `erc-network'. This
736 returns the name of the current network as a symbol or 'Unknown if it
737 could not determine which network it is.
739 *** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el)
741 **** ERC has a new way of displaying nicknames in a channel.
742 The new file erc-nicklist.el defines a new command `erc-nicklist'
743 which pops up a small Emacs window showing the nicknames of all
744 members of the current channel. The implementation is not complete
745 and is rather proof-of-concept for now. The result is something a bit
746 like erc-speedbar, but not quite as invasive, and doesn't require use
749 *** Internet services / Nickserv (erc-nickserv.el)
751 **** Network detection is now taken care of by erc-nets.el.
752 The function `erc-current-network' is deprecated, use `erc-network'
753 instead. The variable `erc-networks' has been removed, use
754 `erc-networks-alist'. The network symbols used in
755 `erc-nickserv-alist' now match those in `erc-networks-alist'.
757 **** New variable `erc-nickserv-identify-mode' - Choose which method
758 to use for automatic identification: you can wait for Nickserv to ask
759 you to identify (the default), or send an identify message
760 automatically after you change your nickname.
762 *** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el)
764 **** New variable `erc-speedbar-sort-users-type' - Sort users in a
765 channel by activity, alphabetically, or not at all.
767 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
769 **** `erc-timestamp-only-if-changed-flag' now works when
770 `erc-insert-timestamp-function' is set to 'erc-insert-timestamp-left.
772 **** New variable `erc-timestamp-intangible' - Set this to nil if
773 timestamps should not have the 'intangible property.
775 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
777 **** Using faces to indicate channel activity in the modeline now works
782 o `erc-track-priority-faces-only' - Ignore changes in a channel
783 unless there is a face from the `erc-track-faces-priority-list' in
786 o `erc-track-exclude-server-buffer' - Ignore changes in the server
789 o `erc-track-position-in-mode-line' - Set the position in the
790 mode-line where modified channels are shown (only works in GNU
791 Emacs versions above 21.3).
795 ** The module system has again changed a lot. You can now customize
796 the variable `erc-modules' and define once and for all which
797 extension modules you want to use. This unfortunately may require
798 you to change your current erc initialisation code a bit, if you
799 have some existing customsations. On the other hand, this change
800 makes the configuration of extension modules a lot easier for new
801 users. In theory, you should be able to configure all aspects of
802 ERC by using the customize interface, you should no longer really
803 need to write Lisp code for trivial customizations.
805 By default, the following modules are now loaded: (pcomplete
806 netsplit fill track ring button autojoin)
808 Please use M-x customize-variable RET erc-modules RET to change the
809 default if it does not suite your needs.
811 ** THe symbol used in `erc-nickserv-passwords' for debian.org IRC servers
812 (formerly called OpenProjects, now FreeNode) has changed from
813 openprojects to freenode. You may need to update your configuration
814 for a successful automatic nickserv identification.
816 * Changes in ERC 3.0.cvs.20030119
818 ** New module erc-dcc:
820 This finally implements DCC. It requires server sockets to fully work
821 in both directions. This feature is currently only available in Emacs
822 21.3.50 (CVS). Here is a short list of what should work though.
825 * Emacs 21.2, DCC get, and accepting DCC chat offers.
826 * XEmacs 21, Only accepting DCC chat offers.
828 ** erc is switching to global-minor-modes for activation of submodules.
830 This allows you to customize such a mode and get automatic loading of
831 the module. No longer putting a lot of require statments in .emacs.
832 At least this is the long-term plan, not all modules are converted
835 ** The most important user visible change is that you now need to activate
836 erc-completion-mode, to get TAB completion. The new completion code
837 is based on pcomplete. To get the old code, manually load
838 erc-complete and bind TAB to erc-complete in erc-mode-map.
840 To activate completion on startup, put (erc-completion-mode 1) in your
843 Same applies to timestamps. You no longer need to (require
844 'erc-stamp), you can customize the variable `erc-timestamp-mode', and
845 the rest should be automatic.
847 arch-tag: 2b21b387-6cdc-4192-889c-6743cfffdcb1