ERC
| Description | IRC in Emacs |
|---|---|
| Author | Alexander L. Belikoff & Others |
| Maintainer | Michael Olson |
| Source | http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/erc/ |
| Part of Emacs | yes, since 22.1 |
ERC is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client built into Emacs.
Basic setup
Start ERC using M-x erc to connect without SSL or M-x erc-tls if to connect with SSL.
Helpful keybindings
Common customization
(eval-after-load "erc"
'(progn
;; Set personal information
(setq erc-nick "defaultnick")
(setq erc-user-full-name "My Full Name")
;; Set autojoin channels
(setq erc-autojoin-channels-alist
'(("freenode.net" "#emacs" "#foo" "#bar")))))
;; Set autoconnect networks
(defun my-erc ()
"Connect to my default ERC servers."
(interactive)
(erc-tls :server "irc.freenode.net" :port 7000))
Using the above configuration calling M-x my-erc will start ERC and connect to Freenode using SSL, then join the three channels listed above.