Here is an example of configuration settings for ERC. This can go into
your Emacs configuration file. Everything after the (require
'erc)
command can optionally go into ~/.emacs.d/.ercrc.el.
;;; Sample ERC configuration ;; Load authentication info from an external source. Put sensitive ;; passwords and the like in here. (load "~/.emacs.d/.erc-auth") ;; This is an example of how to make a new command. Type "/uptime" to ;; use it. (defun erc-cmd-UPTIME (&rest ignore) "Display the uptime of the system, as well as some load-related stuff, to the current ERC buffer." (let ((uname-output (replace-regexp-in-string ", load average: " "] {Load average} [" ;; Collapse spaces, remove (replace-regexp-in-string " +" " " ;; Remove beginning and trailing whitespace (replace-regexp-in-string "^ +\\|[ \n]+$" "" (shell-command-to-string "uptime")))))) (erc-send-message (concat "{Uptime} [" uname-output "]")))) ;; This causes ERC to connect to the Libera.Chat network upon hitting ;; C-c e f. Replace MYNICK with your IRC nick. (global-set-key "\C-cef" (lambda () (interactive) (erc :server "irc.libera.chat" :port "6667" :nick "MYNICK"))) ;; This causes ERC to connect to the IRC server on your own machine (if ;; you have one) upon hitting C-c e b. Replace MYNICK with your IRC ;; nick. Often, people like to run bitlbee (https://bitlbee.org/) as an ;; AIM/Jabber/MSN to IRC gateway, so that they can use ERC to chat with ;; people on those networks. (global-set-key "\C-ceb" (lambda () (interactive) (erc :server "localhost" :port "6667" :nick "MYNICK"))) ;; Make C-c RET (or C-c C-RET) send messages instead of RET. This has ;; been commented out to avoid confusing new users. ;; (define-key erc-mode-map (kbd "RET") nil) ;; (define-key erc-mode-map (kbd "C-c RET") 'erc-send-current-line) ;; (define-key erc-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-RET") 'erc-send-current-line) ;;; Options ;; Join the #emacs and #erc channels whenever connecting to ;; Libera.Chat. (setq erc-autojoin-channels-alist '(("Libera.Chat" "#emacs" "#erc"))) ;; Interpret mIRC-style color commands in IRC chats (setq erc-interpret-mirc-color t) ;; The following are commented out by default, but users of other ;; non-Emacs IRC clients might find them useful. ;; Kill buffers for channels after /part ;; (setq erc-kill-buffer-on-part t) ;; Kill buffers for private queries after quitting the server ;; (setq erc-kill-queries-on-quit t) ;; Kill buffers for server messages after quitting the server ;; (setq erc-kill-server-buffer-on-quit t)