1 ERC NEWS -*- outline -*-
3 Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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7 * Changes in ERC 5.2 (stable pre-release for Emacs 22)
9 ** M-x erc RET now starts ERC.
10 `erc-select' has been changed to `erc'. `erc-select' still remains as
11 an alias of `erc'. Likewise, `erc-select-ssl' has been renamed to
12 `erc-ssl' with `erc-select-ssl' as its alias. The function that was
13 known as `erc' is now `erc-open'.
15 ** New command: /RECONNECT
16 This command tries to reconnect to the current IRC server exactly
17 once. It does not work in server buffers (throws an error before the
18 command is run), but works in query and channel buffers.
22 *** erc-server-reconnect-attempts: Determines the number of
23 reconnection attempts that ERC will make per server.
25 *** erc-server-reconnect-timeout: New option that determines the
26 amount of time, in seconds, that ERC will wait between successive
29 ** New face: `erc-my-nick-face'
30 This helps make it easier to distinguish messages sent by yourself
31 from messages sent by other users when the value of the variable
32 `erc-show-my-nick' is non-nil.
36 *** Capab identify (erc-capab.el)
37 Mark users who haven't identified to NickServ on servers supporting
40 ** Changes and additions to modules
42 *** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
44 **** This has been removed from Emacs 22, since a major contributor
45 to it has not yet assigned changes.
47 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
49 **** Use mouse-face and help-echo for channel names in the mode-line.
50 This helps people using a mouse know that they are buttons and can be
53 * Changes in ERC 5.1.4
55 ** Make find-function and find-variable work in Emacs 22 for
56 names that are constructed by `define-erc-module'.
58 ** Fix bug introduced in ERC 5.1.3 that caused messages to go the
61 ** Changes and additions to modules
63 *** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
65 **** Don't activate view-mode.
67 *** Logging (erc-log.el)
69 **** When this module is activated, make sure logging is enabled on
70 already-opened buffers. Ditto for disabling logging when the module
73 **** Fix some errors that occur when exiting Emacs without first
74 quitting open IRC servers.
76 * Changes in ERC 5.1.3
78 ** Fix use of /quote command with no initial whitespace.
80 ** Make it possible to customize the colorization of the header line.
81 The `erc-header-line' face is used to color the header line.
82 The `erc-header-line-face-method' determines the method to use when
83 colorizing the header line.
85 ** Add the new function `erc-handle-irc-url', which is a suitable
86 candidate to use for `url-irc-function'. This permits some
87 integration of url.el and ERC.
89 ** Fix several errors that occur when server or channel buffers are killed
92 ** Fix toggling of flood control.
94 ** Match the patterns in `erc-encoding-coding-alist' as regexps,
95 instead of verbatim text. Also, match case-insensitively.
97 ** The /SMV command has been removed, since we no longer have
98 meaningful module-specific version information.
100 ** Fix a "(stringp nil)" error that can happen when doing /PART.
102 ** Use a better example in the `erc-part-reason-various-alist'
105 ** When using `erc-quit-reason-various' and `erc-part-reason-various'
106 and no matches are found, default to using the ERC version string
109 ** Add the `list' and `page' modules to the `erc-modules' customize
112 ** Changes to the ERC manual
114 *** Update the list of available modules.
116 *** Revise information about releases and development.
118 *** Provide a simpler example in the "Getting Started" chapter.
120 *** Fully document how to connect to an IRC server in the new
121 "Connecting" chapter.
123 ** Changes and additions to modules
125 *** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el)
127 **** Rename the `erc-autoaway-use-emacs-idle' option to
128 `erc-autoaway-idle-method'.
130 **** Add support for autoaway based on user idle time.
131 This is now the default.
133 **** If you set the AWAY status yourself, erc-autoaway will not
134 interfere by un-setting AWAY prematurely.
136 **** If you are set away while visiting a non-ERC buffer,
137 erc-autoaway used to fail in bringing the user back. This is now
140 *** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el)
142 **** Add new option `erc-bbdb-electric-p', which determines whether
143 to make the BBDB buffer electric. This defaults to not electric.
145 *** Button (erc-button.el)
147 **** Use <backtab> instead of <C-tab> for `erc-button-previous'.
149 *** Identd (erc-identd.el)
151 **** Fix a bug that involves starting the identd server.
153 **** Make this work with Emacs 22.
155 **** Provide a real ERC module named `identd'.
157 **** Don't create an extra buffer for the identd process.
159 *** Logging (erc-log.el)
161 **** By default, don't insert old logs when opening an ERC buffer.
162 This may be changed by customizing `erc-log-insert-log-on-open'.
164 **** New option `erc-log-write-after-send' determines whether the
165 log file will be written to after every sent message. The default is
168 **** New option `erc-log-write-after-insert' determines whether the
169 log file will be written to when new text is added to a logged ERC
170 buffer. The default is not to do this. With this option and the
171 previous option, logging should no longer slow down ERC as much.
173 **** Default to saving buffers and queries on quit.
174 This may be changed by customizing the `erc-save-buffer-on-quit' and
175 `erc-save-queries-on-quit' options, respectively.
177 **** Only perform logging when the `logging' module is added to
178 `erc-modules'. This prevents logging from being activated just by
179 loading the erc-log.el file, and makes logging act like other ERC
182 *** Programmable completion (erc-pcomplete.el)
184 **** Don't complete the user's current nickname.
186 * Changes in ERC 5.1.2
188 ** Fix compiler errors in erc-autojoin.el and erc-dcc.el.
190 ** Move to end of prompt when ERC reconnects to a server.
192 ** Changes and additions to modules
194 *** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el)
196 **** Don't spell-check nicks or words that are prefixed with '/'.
198 **** Remove flyspell properties from words we shouldn't spell-check.
200 **** Fix an issue that caused the ispell process to reload every time
201 we switch to an ERC buffer.
203 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
205 **** Fix an inconsistency in calculating width of right timestamps.
207 **** Rename option `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' to
208 `erc-timestamp-use-align-to'. This controls whether to use the more
209 fail-proof method of aligning right timestamps, as mentioned below.
211 **** Fix a right timestamp spacing problem that used to occur when
212 erc-stamp.el was byte-compiled. Now that this is fixed, it is safe to
213 use the method that aligns right timestamps perfectly in Emacs22 with
214 X. If the current version of Emacs doesn't support this method, use
215 the simpler method, which is prone to alignment issues for math
216 symbols and other variable-width text.
218 A side effect of using this new method is that there will only be one
219 space before a right timestamp in any saved logs. If this is
220 unacceptable, set `erc-timestamp-use-align-to' to nil.
222 * Changes in ERC 5.1.1
224 ** Fix a requirement on cl.el.
226 ** Use tls.el for SSL connections, rather than ssl.el.
228 ** Changes and additions to modules
230 *** ibuffer integration (erc-ibuffer.el)
232 **** Update this to work with the version of ibuffer.el that comes with
233 recent Emacs variants.
235 *** Old completion (erc-complete.el)
237 **** Fix a few errors.
239 *** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el)
241 **** Make this work with the version of speedbar.el that comes with
242 recent Emacs variants.
244 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
246 **** By default, use a more failsafe method of displaying right timestamps.
247 To get right timestamps to align perfectly in Emacs22 using X, set the
248 new `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' option to non-nil.
250 *** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el)
252 **** Since most of these changes are now merged into Emacs22, detect
253 whether we need these changes and install them only if necessary.
257 ** Improve XEmacs compatibility.
261 *** Now ERC doesn't use global variable space.
262 Renamed all variables that didn't start with "erc-".
264 o `away' is now `erc-away'
266 o `current-nick' is now `erc-server-current-nick'
268 o `last-peers' is now `erc-server-last-peers'
270 o `last-ping-time' is now `erc-server-last-ping-time'
272 o `last-sent-time' is now `erc-server-last-sent-time'
274 o `lines-sent' is now `erc-server-lines-sent'
276 o `quitting' is now `erc-server-quitting'
278 *** Remove the `with-erc-channel-buffer' function.
282 *** Don't inadvertently destroy face properties.
284 *** Load erc scripts in a safer way.
286 *** Don't insert a timestamp if text at point is invisible.
288 *** Don't hide messages from those in `erc-fools' by default.
289 Color their nicks instead.
291 *** Use a more foolproof method of encoding and decoding strings
292 before sending to a channel.
296 *** Renamed some server-specific variables
298 o `erc-announced-server-name' is now `erc-server-announced-name'
300 o `erc-auto-reconnect' is now `erc-server-auto-reconnect'
302 o `erc-connect-function' is now `erc-server-connect-function'
304 o `erc-default-coding-system' is now `erc-server-coding-system'
306 o `erc-duplicate-timeout' is now `erc-server-duplicate-timeout'
308 o `erc-duplicates' is now `erc-server-duplicates'
310 o `erc-lag' is now `erc-server-lag'
312 o `erc-prevent-duplicates' is now `erc-server-prevent-duplicates'
314 o `erc-previous-read' is now `erc-server-filter-data'
316 o `erc-process' is now `erc-server-process'
318 o `erc-ping-handler' is now `erc-server-send-ping-handler'
320 o `erc-ping-interval' is now `erc-server-send-ping-interval'
322 *** Renamed some functions
324 o `erc-connect' is now `erc-server-connect'
326 o `erc-process-filter' is now `erc-server-filter-function'
328 o `erc-send-command' is now `erc-server-send'
330 o `erc-send-single-line' is now `erc-send-input'
332 o `erc-setup-periodical-server-ping' is now
333 `erc-server-setup-periodical-server-ping'
335 o `erc-split-command is now `erc-split-line'
339 o erc-server-flood-margin, erc-server-flood-penalty: New options
340 that allow tweaking of flood control.
342 o erc-split-line-length: The maximum line length of a single
347 o erc-server-flood-last-message, erc-server-flood-queue,
348 erc-server-flood-timer: Flood control.
350 o erc-server-processing-p: Indicate when we're currently processing
353 *** Remove some options
358 ** New customization group `erc-server' for dealing with IRC servers.
360 ** ERC can now be installed by doing `make install' from the command line.
362 ** ERC now has a manual in erc.texi.
363 Type `make doc' to generate HTML and Info versions of it.
365 ** ERC no longer depends on cl.el.
366 Only the macros in cl-macs.el are used.
368 ** Fix an edge case when quitting as new messages come in.
370 ** Make flood protection toggle-able as on/off, removing the 'strict option.
372 ** If possible, re-use channel buffers when reconnecting to a server.
374 ** Text in ERC buffers is now read-only by default.
375 To get the previous behavior,
377 ** Changes and additions to modules
379 *** Auto-join (erc-autojoin.el)
381 **** Recognize the Azzurra server.
383 *** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el)
385 **** When the user types /WHOIS, ask for a record to merge to.
387 **** Store the displayed name of a BitlBee contact.
388 The new `erc-bbdb-bitlbee-name-field' option specifies the field to use
389 to store this information.
391 **** Don't prompt for a name on /JOIN or /NICK.
393 *** Button (erc-button.el)
395 **** Fix customization of `erc-button-alist'
397 **** New option `erc-button-nickname-face' determines the face to use
398 when coloring ERC nicknames.
400 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
402 **** Remove channels from the modified channels list if not currently
403 connected. This should remove residue from the mode line after
406 **** Recognize buttonized text
408 *** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
410 **** Highlight current nickname by default.
412 **** Added the option of beeping when certain matches occur.
413 Add `erc-beep-on-match' to `erc-text-matched-hook' to enable
414 beeping. Set the new variable `erc-beep-match-types' which match
415 types that make beeps.
417 *** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el)
419 **** Fix a couple of errors.
421 **** Make sure a stray mouse click doesn't trigger an error.
423 **** Insert icons from the /images directory next to nicks.
424 This indicates their away status. The location is customizable via
425 the new `erc-nicklist-icons-directory' option.
427 If you do not want these icons, set `erc-nicklist-use-icons' to nil.
429 *** Nickserv identification (erc-nickserv.el)
431 **** Recognize Azzurra and OFTC networks.
433 *** Old completion (erc-complete.el)
435 **** Disable by default.
437 *** Programmable completion (erc-pcomplete.el)
439 **** Enable by default.
441 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
443 **** On Emacs22, align right timestamps perfectly, even if variable-width
444 characters are used. If we aren't using Emacs22, move text farther
445 away from the right margin when variable-width characters are used.
446 It is considered better to misalign the stamp by a bit than to go past
449 **** Enable by default
453 *** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el)
455 **** Use flyspell in ERC.
457 *** Viper compatibility (erc-viper.el)
459 **** Helps ERC work correctly in viper-mode.
461 * Changes in ERC 5.0.4
463 ** Fix a problem with undo in channels.
465 * Changes in ERC 5.0.3
467 ** Fix typo in the `ctcp-request-to' entry of the English catalog.
469 ** Debugging with edegug has been made easier in all of the
470 erc-with-* and with-erc* macros.
472 ** Non-ASCII character sets should be better supported when sending
473 and processing messages.
475 ** A load failure with erc-autoaway.el and Emacs21 has been fixed.
477 ** A few XEmacs warnings were fixed.
479 ** Changes and additions to modules
481 *** Backend (erc-backend.el)
483 **** Move the check for hidden messages into `erc-display-message'
484 so there isn't so much replicated code.
486 **** Add `definition-name' property to constructed symbols so that
487 `find-function' and `find-variable' will be able to locate them.
489 **** Make sure logs are inserted info the correct channel buffers.
490 There was previously an error when using `erc-insert-log-on-open' in
491 combination with autojoin to multiple channels.
493 *** Button (erc-button.el)
495 **** The layering of `erc-button-face' on other faces in ERC buffers
498 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
500 **** Use optimal amount of whitespace around modified channels
501 indicator. Previously, there was an additional unnecessary space.
503 **** Fix an error that occurred when unchecked buffers existed when
506 * Changes in ERC 5.0.2
508 ** If a channel key is required for a certain channel, ERC will prompt
509 for one if `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' is non-nil.
511 ** ERC doesn't try to reconnect if the network connection is refused
512 when using `open-network-stream-nowait' as the `erc-connect-function'.
514 ** Messages from multiple servers will not go to the currently active
515 buffer. The messages from each server will be contained in the most
516 recently active channel/server buffer that corresponds with the
519 ** Some text messages were cleaned up slightly.
521 ** Button faces should no longer "cover" other faces.
523 ** Made some XEmacs compatibility fixes.
525 ** Nicknames containing a backslash are now correctly highlighted as
526 current-nick and buttonized as nicks.
528 ** `erc-server-select' doesn't offer networks without servers as a
531 ** Non-ASCII character support has been improved.
533 ** Changes and additions to modules
535 *** Menu (erc-menu.el)
537 **** You can now save logs and truncate buffers from the menu-bar.
539 * Changes in ERC 5.0.1
541 ** Narrowing in ERC buffers no longer causes formatting errors.
543 ** The BBDB module now loads correctly when customizing `erc-modules'.
545 ** The value of `erc-button-face' is now respected.
547 ** Fixed a bug which caused a read-only error during connection.
549 ** Server buffers are now tracked correctly.
550 This means that `erc-track-priority-faces-only', `erc-track-exclude',
551 and `erc-track-exclude-types' now work with server buffers.
555 ** Channel members are now stored as a hash-table.
556 `erc-server-users' and `erc-channel-users' are now hash-tables, rather
557 than alists. This significantly increases performance, especially in
558 large channels. Each channel member is stored as an `erc-server-user'
559 struct, with additional information about the channels they are on
560 stored in an `erc-channel-user' struct. Code using old alist-style
561 channel members needs to be updated to work with hash-tables.
562 This new code also removes the need for erc-members.el, which has been
565 ** The way ERC deals with input from the server has changed.
566 All server response code is now in a new file, erc-backend.el. There
567 should be no real user visible changes. There are, however, a few
568 major changes for implementers, and module writers:
570 *** The PARSED response that all handlers get called with is
571 no longer a vector, but an `erc-response' struct.
573 This means LESS MAGIC NUMBERS in the ERC source code, but a few
574 changes in how you get at parsed responses.
576 The sender is accessed via `erc-response.sender'.
578 The command is accessed via `erc-response.command'.
580 The arguments to the command (everything after the command and
581 before the colon) are accessed via `erc-response.command-args'.
582 This is a /list/ of arguments in the order they appear in the
585 The contents of the response is accessed via
586 `erc-response.contents'.
588 Should, for some reason, you want to do something with the
589 /unparsed/ response, you can get it via `erc-response.unparsed'.
591 *** The `erc-server-hook-list' mechanism is gone.
593 All server response handlers should be defined with
594 `define-erc-response-handler'. This defines functions and
595 corresponding hook variables.
597 The mapping of server commands to hook variables is no longer
598 done via `erc-event-to-hook', but through an #'equal hashtable,
599 `erc-server-responses'. In order to find a hook you do:
601 (erc-get-hook command)
603 See the docstring of `define-erc-response-handler' for more
606 *** ALL hook variables have been renamed.
608 In accordance with recommendations in the Emacs Lisp manual,
609 the hook variables are no longer called `erc-server-FOO-hook',
610 but rather `erc-server-FOO-functions'. This is to indicate
611 that the functions they call take arguments.
613 All the modules in ERC have been updated to reflect this change,
614 but external module authors should beware.
616 ** The values of `erc-mode-line-format' and `erc-header-line-format'
617 are now defined as strings to be formatted using `format-spec'.
618 `erc-mode-line-format' does not replace the whole mode-line anymore,
619 only `mode-line-buffer-identification' is set. This way, personal
620 mode-line configurations are not modified and all key bindings work as
621 expected. The process status (connecting, closed) is now shown in
624 ** Customization of ERC variables has been made easier. Variables
625 have been split into more groups for better organization.
629 o `erc-send-whitespace-lines' - Set this to send lines even if they
632 o `erc-manual-set-nick-on-bad-nick-p' - If the nickname you chose is
633 already taken or not allowed, your nick is not changed and you can
634 try again manually if this is non-nil.
636 o `erc-mode-line-away-status-format' - You can now set what is shown
637 in the mode-line when you are away.
639 o `erc-header-line-uses-help-echo-p' - The header-line now uses the
640 help-echo property. You can set this to nil to disable it.
642 o `erc-format-query-as-channel-p' - Set this to nil to have messages
643 in the query buffer formatted like private messages.
645 o `erc-show-channel-key-p' - The channel key is now shown with the
646 other channel modes in the header line. Set this to nil if you
649 o `erc-prompt-for-channel-key' - Set this if you want to be prompted
650 for the channel key (channel's mode is +k) when you call
651 `erc-join-channel' interactively.
653 o `erc-kill-server-buffer-on-quit' - If non-nil, kill the server
654 buffer automatically when you quit.
658 o `erc-join-hook' - Called when you join a channel.
660 o `erc-kick-hook' - Called when you are kicked from a channel. The
661 channel's buffer is sent as an argument to functions called from
664 o `erc-nick-changed-functions' - Whenever your nickname changes
665 successfully, the functions in this hook are run with the
666 arguments NEW-NICK and OLD-NICK.
668 ** New command /WHOAMI - Do a /WHOIS on your current nickname.
670 ** The key binding for changing channel modes is now C-c C-o.
674 o `erc-echo-notices-in-minibuffer-flag' and
675 `erc-echo-notices-in-current-buffer' - You should use
676 `erc-echo-notice-hook' and `erc-echo-notice-always-hook' instead.
678 o `erc-prompt-interactive-input' has been removed (commented out)
679 because nickname completion does not work with it.
681 o All INFO buffer-related variables and functions have been removed.
683 ** You can now disable modules by setting `erc-modules' with the
684 customization interface.
686 ** Changes and additions to modules
688 *** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el)
690 **** New variable `erc-autoaway-no-auto-back-regexp' - Add text which,
691 when you type anything matching it, will not automatically discard
692 your away status when `erc-auto-discard-away' is non-nil.
694 *** Filling (erc-fill.el)
696 **** New variable `erc-fill-variable-maximum-indentation' - Don't
697 indent more than this many characters when indenting a message from a
698 user with a long nickname.
700 *** Goodies (erc-goodies.el)
702 **** Miscellaneous small modules have been moved from erc.el.
703 The functions erc-add-scroll-to-bottom, erc-make-read-only,
704 erc-send-distinguish-noncommands, erc-interpret-controls, erc-unmorse,
705 erc-smiley, and erc-occur, which were defined in the main erc.el file
706 have been moved to erc-goodies.el and have mostly been translated to
707 the modules scrolltobottom, readonly, noncommands, irccontrols, smiley
712 o `erc-input-line-position' - The line number to use with
713 `erc-scroll-to-bottom'.
715 o `erc-beep-p' - Beep if there is a \C-g control character in a
718 *** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
720 **** New variable `erc-chanlist-highlight-face' - A face used for
721 highlighting the current line.
723 *** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
725 **** `erc-current-nick-highlight-type' has new options: 'keyword and
728 *** Menu (erc-menu.el)
730 **** The `IRC' menu is now automatically added to `erc-mode' buffers.
732 *** Networks (erc-nets.el)
734 **** The functions for determining current network are in this file.
735 There were a couple of functions spread about in different files which
736 each had a different way of determining the current network. The
737 methods have been combined, and the big list of known networks
738 (`erc-networks-alist') is being put to use. You can access the
739 network's name by calling the new function `erc-network'. This
740 returns the name of the current network as a symbol or 'Unknown if it
741 could not determine which network it is.
743 *** Nicklist (erc-nicklist.el)
745 **** ERC has a new way of displaying nicknames in a channel.
746 The new file erc-nicklist.el defines a new command `erc-nicklist'
747 which pops up a small Emacs window showing the nicknames of all
748 members of the current channel. The implementation is not complete
749 and is rather proof-of-concept for now. The result is something a bit
750 like erc-speedbar, but not quite as invasive, and doesn't require use
753 *** Internet services / Nickserv (erc-nickserv.el)
755 **** Network detection is now taken care of by erc-nets.el.
756 The function `erc-current-network' is deprecated, use `erc-network'
757 instead. The variable `erc-networks' has been removed, use
758 `erc-networks-alist'. The network symbols used in
759 `erc-nickserv-alist' now match those in `erc-networks-alist'.
761 **** New variable `erc-nickserv-identify-mode' - Choose which method
762 to use for automatic identification: you can wait for Nickserv to ask
763 you to identify (the default), or send an identify message
764 automatically after you change your nickname.
766 *** Speedbar (erc-speedbar.el)
768 **** New variable `erc-speedbar-sort-users-type' - Sort users in a
769 channel by activity, alphabetically, or not at all.
771 *** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
773 **** `erc-timestamp-only-if-changed-flag' now works when
774 `erc-insert-timestamp-function' is set to 'erc-insert-timestamp-left.
776 **** New variable `erc-timestamp-intangible' - Set this to nil if
777 timestamps should not have the 'intangible property.
779 *** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
781 **** Using faces to indicate channel activity in the modeline now works
786 o `erc-track-priority-faces-only' - Ignore changes in a channel
787 unless there is a face from the `erc-track-faces-priority-list' in
790 o `erc-track-exclude-server-buffer' - Ignore changes in the server
793 o `erc-track-position-in-mode-line' - Set the position in the
794 mode-line where modified channels are shown (only works in GNU
795 Emacs versions above 21.3).
799 ** The module system has again changed a lot. You can now customize
800 the variable `erc-modules' and define once and for all which
801 extension modules you want to use. This unfortunately may require
802 you to change your current erc initialisation code a bit, if you
803 have some existing customsations. On the other hand, this change
804 makes the configuration of extension modules a lot easier for new
805 users. In theory, you should be able to configure all aspects of
806 ERC by using the customize interface, you should no longer really
807 need to write Lisp code for trivial customizations.
809 By default, the following modules are now loaded: (pcomplete
810 netsplit fill track ring button autojoin)
812 Please use M-x customize-variable RET erc-modules RET to change the
813 default if it does not suite your needs.
815 ** THe symbol used in `erc-nickserv-passwords' for debian.org IRC servers
816 (formerly called OpenProjects, now FreeNode) has changed from
817 openprojects to freenode. You may need to update your configuration
818 for a successful automatic nickserv identification.
820 * Changes in ERC 3.0.cvs.20030119
822 ** New module erc-dcc:
824 This finally implements DCC. It requires server sockets to fully work
825 in both directions. This feature is currently only available in Emacs
826 21.3.50 (CVS). Here is a short list of what should work though.
829 * Emacs 21.2, DCC get, and accepting DCC chat offers.
830 * XEmacs 21, Only accepting DCC chat offers.
832 ** erc is switching to global-minor-modes for activation of submodules.
834 This allows you to customize such a mode and get automatic loading of
835 the module. No longer putting a lot of require statments in .emacs.
836 At least this is the long-term plan, not all modules are converted
839 ** The most important user visible change is that you now need to activate
840 erc-completion-mode, to get TAB completion. The new completion code
841 is based on pcomplete. To get the old code, manually load
842 erc-complete and bind TAB to erc-complete in erc-mode-map.
844 To activate completion on startup, put (erc-completion-mode 1) in your
847 Same applies to timestamps. You no longer need to (require
848 'erc-stamp), you can customize the variable `erc-timestamp-mode', and
849 the rest should be automatic.
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