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* bug#67767: 30.0.50; ERC 5.6: Add track integration to the nicks module
@ 2023-12-11 15:28 J.P.
  2023-12-12  2:18 ` J.P.
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  To: 67767; +Cc: emacs-erc

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ERC's `nicks' module doesn't currently play nice with `track'. Enabling
it breaks the cycling effect normally occurring among faces in
`erc-track-faces-normal-list' [1]. To address this, I'm proposing we
expose two internal seams:

  1. A function-valued variable for modifying or discarding faces
     gleaned in the narrowed buffer while `track' visits a message.

  2. A buffer-local hash table created on init from the contents of
     `erc-track-faces-normal-list'.

The first brings a small performance penalty and the second a small UX
hiccup [2]. The proposed implementation offsets the first by passing
around more refined data to cut down on some waste during processing.
The second is only currently addressed via doc string, although there's
a public compatibility flag to revert to a related historical behavior,
which dispenses with the issue indirectly.

The only actual addition to the `nicks' module is a user option named
`erc-nicks-track-faces'. It's a boolean that lets you opt out of seeing
nick colors as faces in the mode line indicator. There's also a loosely
related patch that adds some caching to the uniquified name shortening
performed by `track', although it should mainly benefit batch processing
and history playback. Suggestions welcome, as always.

Thanks.


[1] Although, what we typically perceive as this effect is somewhat
    illusory, if not underrealized. See comments preceding the new tests
    in the first patch.

[2] Users will have to toggle the module's minor-mode to update the
    variable mid-session, but we can provide a Custom :set function to
    help with this. Also, there's actually a resource penalty that comes
    with this change too. We can probably use per-server instead of
    per-channel hash tables, or only go per-channel if a local value for
    `erc-track-faces-normal-list' exists on `erc-track-mode' init.


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From 1a35b08698dfdfb3cd6568b8dc474ddb45c8da43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 05:33:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [5.6] Always promote "normal" faces in erc-track

* etc/ERC-NEWS: Add entry for new behavior involving the option
`erc-track-faces-normal-list'.
* lisp/erc/erc-track.el (erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p):
New compatibility switch to access pre-5.6 behavior, in which
faces in `erc-track-faces-normal-list' were only considered for
promotion to the mode line if the current face occupying that pole
position wasn't present.
(erc-track-mode, erc-track-enable, erc-track-disable): Add FIXME
comments regarding perceived futility of `erc-server-001-functions and
likely unneeded hook removal.  Run common buffer-local setup and
teardown.
(erc-track--normal-faces): New local variable, a snapshot of
`erc-track-faces-normal-list'.
(erc-track--setup): New function to stash
`erc-track-faces-normal-list' on init.
(erc-track-select-mode-line-face): Offer alternate explanation of
certain particulars in doc string.
(erc-track--select-mode-line-face): New function similar to its public
namesake except that it considers other viable candidates among the
"normal" alternatives.
(erc-track-modified-channels): Only run face selection portion when
faces are actually found.  Use `erc-track--select-mode-line-face'
instead of `erc-track-select-mode-line-face'.
* test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
(erc-track-select-mode-line-face): New test.
(erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face): New function.
(erc-track--select-mode-line-face): New test.
---
 etc/ERC-NEWS                     |  22 +++++
 lisp/erc/erc-track.el            | 143 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 280 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/ERC-NEWS b/etc/ERC-NEWS
index 4642c742b0f..a5ebdef508e 100644
--- a/etc/ERC-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ERC-NEWS
@@ -170,6 +170,19 @@ options, like 'erc-command-indicator', have moved to the 'erc-goodies'
 library, although their Custom groups remain the same.  Add
 'command-indicator' to 'erc-modules' to get started.
 
+** Option 'erc-track-faces-normal-list' slightly more influential.
+This option has always been a source of confusion for users, mainly
+because its influence rode heavily on the makeup of faces in a given
+message.  Historically, when a buffer's current mode-line face was a
+member of this option's value, ERC would only swap it out for a fellow
+"normal" if it was absent from message being processed.  Beginning
+with this release, ERC now looks to other ranked and (if necessary)
+unranked "normals" instead of sustaining the same face between
+messages.  This was done to better honor the stated purpose of the
+option, which is to provide consistent visual feedback when buffer
+activity occurs.  If you experience problems with this development,
+see the compatibility flag 'erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p'.
+
 ** 'erc-button-alist' and 'erc-nick-popup-alist' have evolved slightly.
 It's no secret that the 'buttons' module treats potential nicknames
 specially.  This is perhaps most evident in its treatment of the
@@ -306,6 +319,15 @@ from 't' to the more useful 'erc-prompt', although the property of the
 same name has been retained and now has a value of 'hidden' when
 disconnected.
 
+*** Lists of faces in buttonized text are no longer nested.
+Previously, when "buttonizing" a new region, ERC would combine faces
+by blindly consing the new onto the existing.  In theory, this kept a
+nice record of all modifications to a given region.  However, it also
+complicated life for other modules wanting to analyze and operate on
+these regions.  Beginning with this release, ERC now merges combined
+faces together when creating buttons, although the odd nested list may
+still crop up here and there.
+
 *** Members of insert- and send-related hooks have been reordered.
 As anyone reading this is no doubt aware, both built-in and
 third-party modules rely on certain hooks for adjusting incoming and
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
index a36b781e04d..a341ea42d24 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
@@ -224,10 +224,23 @@ erc-track-faces-normal-list
 message.  This gives a rough indication that active conversations
 are occurring in these channels.
 
+Note that ERC makes a copy of this option when initializing the
+module.  To see your changes reflected mid-session, cycle
+\\[erc-track-mode].
+
 The effect may be disabled by setting this variable to nil."
   :type '(repeat (choice face
 			 (repeat :tag "Combination" face))))
 
+(defvar erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p nil
+  "Compatibility flag to promote only exclusively new \"normal\" faces.
+When non-nil, revert to pre-5.6 behavior in which a current
+mode-line face that both outranks and is absent from the current
+message is eligible for replacement with a fellow face from
+`erc-track-faces-normal-list' that does appear in the message.
+By extension, when enabled, never replace the current, reigning
+mode-line face if it's present in the current message.")
+
 (defcustom erc-track-position-in-mode-line 'before-modes
   "Where to show modified channel information in the mode-line.
 
@@ -518,6 +531,9 @@ track
 	 (progn
 	   (add-hook 'window-configuration-change-hook #'erc-user-is-active)
 	   (add-hook 'erc-send-completed-hook #'erc-user-is-active)
+           ;; FIXME find out why this uses `erc-server-001-functions'.
+           ;; `erc-user-is-active' runs when `erc-server-connected' is
+           ;; non-nil.  But this hook usually only runs when it's nil.
 	   (add-hook 'erc-server-001-functions #'erc-user-is-active))
        (erc-track-add-to-mode-line erc-track-position-in-mode-line)
        (erc-update-mode-line)
@@ -528,6 +544,8 @@ track
      ;; enable the tracking keybindings
      (add-hook 'erc-connect-pre-hook #'erc-track-minor-mode-maybe)
      (erc-track-minor-mode-maybe))
+   (add-hook 'erc-mode-hook #'erc-track--setup)
+   (unless erc--updating-modules-p (erc-buffer-do #'erc-track--setup))
    (add-hook 'erc-networks--copy-server-buffer-functions
              #'erc-track--replace-killed-buffer))
   ;; Disable:
@@ -539,6 +557,7 @@ track
 			#'erc-user-is-active)
 	   (remove-hook 'erc-send-completed-hook #'erc-user-is-active)
 	   (remove-hook 'erc-server-001-functions #'erc-user-is-active)
+           ;; FIXME remove this if unused.
 	   (remove-hook 'erc-timer-hook #'erc-user-is-active))
        (remove-hook 'window-configuration-change-hook
 		    #'erc-window-configuration-change)
@@ -548,9 +567,12 @@ track
      (remove-hook 'erc-connect-pre-hook #'erc-track-minor-mode-maybe)
      (when erc-track-minor-mode
        (erc-track-minor-mode -1)))
+   (remove-hook 'erc-mode-hook #'erc-track--setup)
+   (erc-buffer-do #'erc-track--setup)
    (remove-hook 'erc-networks--copy-server-buffer-functions
                 #'erc-track--replace-killed-buffer)))
 
+;; FIXME move this above the module definition.
 (defcustom erc-track-when-inactive nil
   "Enable channel tracking even for visible buffers, if you are inactive."
   :type 'boolean
@@ -562,6 +584,18 @@ erc-track-when-inactive
 	       (erc-track-enable))
 	   (set sym val))))
 
+(defvar-local erc-track--normal-faces nil
+  "Local copy of `erc-track-faces-normal-list' as a hash table.")
+
+(defun erc-track--setup ()
+  "Initialize a buffer for use with the `track' module."
+  (if erc-track-mode
+      (setq erc-track--normal-faces
+            (map-into (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f t))
+                              erc-track-faces-normal-list)
+                      '(hash-table :test equal)))
+    (kill-local-variable 'erc-track--normal-faces)))
+
 ;;; Visibility
 
 (defvar erc-buffer-activity nil
@@ -766,7 +800,12 @@ erc-track-select-mode-line-face
 face, if a member of `erc-track-faces-normal-list', to be
 replaced with another with lower priority face from NEW-FACES, if
 that face with highest priority in NEW-FACES is also a member of
-`erc-track-faces-normal-list'."
+`erc-track-faces-normal-list'.
+
+To put it another way, when CUR-FACE outranks all NEW-FACES and
+doesn't appear among them, it's eligible to be replaced with a
+fellow \"normal\" from NEW-FACES.  But if it does appear among
+them, it can't be replaced."
   (let ((choice (catch 'face
                   (dolist (candidate erc-track-faces-priority-list)
                     (when (or (equal candidate cur-face)
@@ -785,6 +824,44 @@ erc-track-select-mode-line-face
               choice))
         choice))))
 
+(defun erc-track--select-mode-line-face (cur-face new-faces ranked normals)
+  "Return CUR-FACE or a replacement for displaying in the mode-line, or nil.
+Expect RANKED to be a list of faces and both NORMALS and the car
+of NEW-FACES to be hash tables mapping faces to non-nil values.
+Assume the latter's makeup and that of RANKED to resemble
+`erc-track-face-normal-list' and `erc-track-faces-priority-list'.
+If NEW-FACES has a cdr, expect it to be its car's contents
+ordered from most recently seen (later in the buffer) to
+earliest.  In general, act like `erc-track-select-mode-line-face'
+except reconsider NEW-FACES when CUR-FACE outranks all its
+members.  That is, choose the highest RANKED among NEW-FACES not
+equal to CUR-FACE.  Failing that, choose the first face in
+NORMALS to appear anywhere in NEW-FACES, but only if NEW-FACES
+has a cdr."
+  (cl-check-type erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p null)
+  (cl-check-type new-faces cons)
+  (cl-check-type normals hash-table)
+  (when-let ((choice (catch 'face
+                       (dolist (candidate ranked)
+                         (when (or (equal candidate cur-face)
+                                   (gethash candidate (car new-faces)))
+                           (throw 'face candidate))))))
+    (when-let (((equal choice cur-face))
+               ((gethash choice normals))
+               (contender (catch 'face
+                            (progn
+                              (dolist (candidate ranked)
+                                (when (and (not (equal candidate choice))
+                                           (gethash candidate (car new-faces))
+                                           (gethash candidate normals))
+                                  (throw 'face candidate)))
+                              (dolist (f (cdr new-faces))
+                                (when (and (not (equal f choice))
+                                           (gethash f normals))
+                                  (throw 'face f)))))))
+      (setq choice contender))
+    choice))
+
 (defvar erc-track--skipped-msgs '(datestamp)
   "Values of `erc-msg' text prop to ignore.")
 
@@ -819,31 +896,43 @@ erc-track-modified-channels
 	;; (in the car), change its face attribute (in the cddr) if
 	;; necessary.  See `erc-modified-channels-alist' for the
 	;; exact data structure used.
-        (let ((faces (erc-faces-in (buffer-string)))
-              (erc-track-faces-priority-list
-               `(,@erc-track--attn-faces ,@erc-track-faces-priority-list)))
-	  (unless (and
-		   (or (eq erc-track-priority-faces-only 'all)
-		       (member this-channel erc-track-priority-faces-only))
-		   (not (catch 'found
-			  (dolist (f faces)
-			    (when (member f erc-track-faces-priority-list)
-			      (throw 'found t))))))
+        (when-let
+            ((faces (if erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p
+                        (erc-faces-in (buffer-string))
+                      (erc-track--get-faces-in-current-message)))
+             (ranked erc-track-faces-priority-list)
+             (normals erc-track--normal-faces)
+             (erc-track-faces-priority-list
+              `(,@erc-track--attn-faces ,@erc-track-faces-priority-list))
+             ((not (and
+                    (or (eq erc-track-priority-faces-only 'all)
+                        (member this-channel erc-track-priority-faces-only))
+                    (not (catch 'found
+                           (dolist (f erc-track-faces-priority-list)
+                             (when (gethash f (or (car-safe faces) faces))
+                               (throw 'found t)))))))))
+          (progn ; FIXME remove `progn' on next major edit
 	    (if (not (assq (current-buffer) erc-modified-channels-alist))
 		;; Add buffer, faces and counts
 		(setq erc-modified-channels-alist
 		      (cons (cons (current-buffer)
 				  (cons
-                                   1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
-                                      nil faces)))
+                                   1 (if erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p
+                                         (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
+                                          nil faces)
+                                       (erc-track--select-mode-line-face
+                                        nil faces ranked normals))))
 			    erc-modified-channels-alist))
 	      ;; Else modify the face for the buffer, if necessary.
 	      (when faces
 		(let* ((cell (assq (current-buffer)
 				   erc-modified-channels-alist))
 		       (old-face (cddr cell))
-		       (new-face (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
-                                  old-face faces)))
+                       (new-face (if erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p
+                                     (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
+                                      old-face faces)
+                                   (erc-track--select-mode-line-face
+                                    old-face faces ranked normals))))
 		  (setcdr cell (cons (1+ (cadr cell)) new-face)))))
 	    ;; And display it
 	    (erc-modified-channels-display)))
@@ -872,6 +961,30 @@ erc-faces-in
 	   (push cur faces)))
     faces))
 
+(defvar erc-track--face-reject-function nil
+  "Function called with face in current buffer to massage or reject.")
+
+(defun erc-track--get-faces-in-current-message ()
+  "Collect all faces in the narrowed buffer.
+Return a cons of a hash table and a list ordered from most
+recently seen to earliest seen."
+  (let ((i (text-property-not-all (point-min) (point-max) 'font-lock-face nil))
+        (seen (make-hash-table :test #'equal))
+        ;;
+        (rfaces ())
+        (faces (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
+    (while-let ((i)
+                (cur (get-text-property i 'face)))
+      (unless (gethash cur seen)
+        (puthash cur t seen)
+        (when erc-track--face-reject-function
+          (setq cur (funcall erc-track--face-reject-function cur)))
+        (when cur
+          (push cur rfaces)
+          (puthash cur t faces)))
+      (setq i (next-single-property-change i 'font-lock-face)))
+    (cons faces rfaces)))
+
 ;;; Buffer switching
 
 (defvar erc-track-last-non-erc-buffer nil
diff --git a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
index ab8d708b721..4477727be8a 100644
--- a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
@@ -120,4 +120,134 @@ erc-track--erc-faces-in
     (should (erc-faces-in str0))
     (should (erc-faces-in str1)) ))
 
+;; This simulates an alternating bold/non-bold [#c] in the mode-line,
+;; i.e., an `erc-modified-channels-alist' that vacillates between
+;;
+;;   ((#<buffer #chan> 42 . erc-default-face))
+;;
+;; and
+;;
+;;   ((#<buffer #chan> 42 erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face))
+;;
+;; This is a fairly typical scenario where consecutive messages
+;; feature speaker and addressee button highlighting and otherwise
+;; plain message bodies.  This mapping of phony to real faces
+;; describes the picture in 5.6:
+;;
+;;   `1': (erc-button erc-default-face)                 ; URL
+;;   `2': (erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)      ; mention
+;;   `3': erc-default-face                              ; body
+;;   `_': (erc-nick-default-face erc-nick-default-face) ; speaker
+;;
+;; The `_' represents a commonly occurring face (a <speaker>) that's
+;; not present in either option's default (standard) value.  It's a
+;; no-op from the POV of `erc-track-select-mode-line-face'.
+
+(ert-deftest erc-track-select-mode-line-face ()
+
+  ;; Observed (see key above).
+  (let ((erc-track-faces-priority-list '(1 2 3))
+        (erc-track-faces-normal-list   '(1 2 3)))
+
+    (should (equal 2 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 3 '(2 _ 3))))
+    (should (equal 2 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 2 '(2 _ 3))))
+    (should (equal 3 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 2 '(_ 3))))
+    (should (equal 2 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 3 '(2 3))))
+    (should (equal 3 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 2 '(3))))
+
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(2 1 3))))
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(1 3))))
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(1 3 2))))
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(3 1)))))
+
+  ;; When the current face outranks all new faces and doesn't appear
+  ;; among them, it's eligible to be replaced with a fellow "normal"
+  ;; from those new faces.  But if it does appear among them, it's
+  ;; never replaced.
+  (let ((erc-track-faces-priority-list '(a b))
+        (erc-track-faces-normal-list   '(a b)))
+
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(a b))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(a b))))
+
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(a))))
+    (should (equal 'b (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(b)))))
+
+  ;; The ordering of the "normal" list doesn't matter.
+  (let ((erc-track-faces-priority-list '(a b))
+        (erc-track-faces-normal-list   '(b a)))
+
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(a b))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(a b))))))
+
+(defun erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face (ranked normals cases)
+  (setq normals (map-into (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f t)) normals)
+                          '(hash-table :test equal)))
+  (pcase-dolist (`(,want ,cur-face ,new-faces) cases)
+
+    (ert-info ((format "Observed: {cur: %S, new: %S, want: %S}"
+                       cur-face new-faces want))
+      (setq new-faces (cons (map-into
+                             (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f t)) new-faces)
+                             '(hash-table :test equal))
+                            (reverse new-faces)))
+      (should (equal want (funcall #'erc-track--select-mode-line-face
+                                   cur-face new-faces ranked normals))))))
+
+;; The main difference between these variants is that with the above,
+;; when given alternating lines like
+;;
+;;  CUR      NEW                          CHOICE
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;   mention  ($speaker text)          =>   text
+;;
+;; we see the effect of alternating faces in the indicator.  But when
+;; given consecutive lines with a similar composition, like
+;;
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;
+;; we lose the effect.  With the variant below, we get
+;;
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   text
+;;
+
+(ert-deftest erc-track--select-mode-line-face ()
+  (should-not erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p)
+
+  ;; These are the same test cases from the previous test.  The syntax
+  ;; is (expected cur-face new-faces).
+  (erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face
+   '(1 2 3) '(1 2 3)
+   '((2 3 (2 _ 3))
+     (3 2 (2 _ 3))
+     (3 2 (_ 3))
+     (2 3 (2 3))
+     (3 2 (3))
+     (2 1 (2 1 3))
+     (3 1 (1 3))
+     (2 1 (1 3 2))
+     (3 1 (3 1))))
+
+  (erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face
+   '(a b) '(a b)
+   '((b a (b a))
+     (b a (a b))
+     (a b (b a))
+     (a b (a b))
+     (a b (a))
+     (b a (b))))
+
+  (erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face
+   '(a b) '(b a)
+   '((b a (b a))
+     (b a (a b))
+     (a b (b a))
+     (a b (a b)))))
+
 ;;; erc-track-tests.el ends here
-- 
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From 67b729dbb9f7bb5b24d66298a354a7c155abf544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:26:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] [5.6] Cache shortened channel names in erc-track

* lisp/erc/erc-track.el (erc-track--shortened-names): New variable to
stash both the latest inputs and most recent result of
`erc-track-shorten-function'.
(erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash,
erc-track--shortened-names-set, erc-track--shortened-names-get): New
pair of generalized-variable functions and helper variable for
accessing and mutating `erc-track--shorten-prefixes'.
(erc-modified-channels-display): Avoid redundant calls to
`erc-track-shorten-function'.  Mainly for use during batch processing.
* test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
(erc-track--shortened-names): New test.
---
 lisp/erc/erc-track.el            | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
index a341ea42d24..85e7b398573 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
@@ -357,6 +357,37 @@ erc-track-add-to-mode-line
 
 ;;; Shortening of names
 
+(defvar erc-track--shortened-names nil
+  "A cons of the last novel name-shortening params and the result.
+The CAR is a hash of environmental inputs such as options and
+parameters passed to `erc-track-shorten-function'.  Its effect is
+only really noticeable during batch processing.")
+
+(defvar erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash nil)
+
+(defun erc-track--shortened-names-set (_ shortened)
+  "Remember SHORTENED names with hash of contextual params."
+  (cl-assert erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash)
+  (setq erc-track--shortened-names
+        (cons erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash shortened)))
+
+(defun erc-track--shortened-names-get (channel-names)
+  "Cache CHANNEL-NAMES with various contextual parameters.
+For now, omit relevant options like `erc-track-shorten-start' and
+friends, even though they do affect the outcome, because they
+likely change too infrequently to matter over sub-second
+intervals and are unlikely to be let-bound or set locally."
+  (when-let ((hash (setq erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash
+                         (sxhash-equal (list channel-names
+                                             (buffer-list)
+                                             erc-track-shorten-function))))
+             (erc-track--shortened-names)
+             ((= hash (car erc-track--shortened-names))))
+    (cdr erc-track--shortened-names)))
+
+(gv-define-simple-setter erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                         erc-track--shortened-names-set)
+
 (defun erc-track-shorten-names (channel-names)
   "Call `erc-unique-channel-names' with the correct parameters.
 This function is a good value for `erc-track-shorten-function'.
@@ -739,10 +770,13 @@ erc-modified-channels-display
                                            (or (buffer-name buf)
                                                ""))
 					 buffers))
-		     (short-names (if (functionp erc-track-shorten-function)
-				      (funcall erc-track-shorten-function
-					       long-names)
-				    long-names))
+                     (erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash nil)
+                     (short-names
+                      (if (functionp erc-track-shorten-function)
+                          (with-memoization
+                              (erc-track--shortened-names-get long-names)
+                            (funcall erc-track-shorten-function long-names))
+                        long-names))
 		     strings)
 		(while buffers
 		  (when (car short-names)
diff --git a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
index 4477727be8a..ed3d190928f 100644
--- a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
@@ -104,6 +104,42 @@ erc-track--shorten-aggressive-max
                                       '("#emacs" "#vi"))
             '("#e" "#v"))) ))
 
+(ert-deftest erc-track--shortened-names ()
+  (let (erc-track--shortened-names
+        erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash
+        results)
+
+    (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                       '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+      '("a" "b" "c"))
+    (should (integerp (car erc-track--shortened-names)))
+    (should (equal (cdr erc-track--shortened-names) '("a" "b" "c")))
+    (push erc-track--shortened-names results)
+
+    ;; Redundant call doesn't run.
+    (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                       '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+      (should-not 'run)
+      '("a" "b" "c"))
+    (should (equal erc-track--shortened-names (car results)))
+
+    ;; Change in environment or context forces run.
+    (with-temp-buffer
+      (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                         '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+        '("x" "y" "z")))
+    (should (and (integerp (car erc-track--shortened-names))
+                 (/= (car erc-track--shortened-names) (caar results))))
+    (should (equal (cdr erc-track--shortened-names) '("x" "y" "z")))
+    (push erc-track--shortened-names results)
+
+    (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                       '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+      '("1" "2" "3"))
+    (should (and (integerp (car erc-track--shortened-names))
+                 (/= (car erc-track--shortened-names) (caar results))))
+    (should (equal (cdr erc-track--shortened-names) '("1" "2" "3")))))
+
 (ert-deftest erc-track--erc-faces-in ()
   "`erc-faces-in' should pick up both 'face and 'font-lock-face properties."
   (let ((str0 (copy-sequence "is bold"))
-- 
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From 9466b7ebb1ac4a8316f764e76cc57406d15d0f18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 01:30:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] [5.6] Add erc-track integration to erc-nicks

* lisp/erc/erc-button.el (erc-button-add-button): Use
`erc--merge-prop' instead of `erc-button-add-face' to apply button
faces.  Hold off on deprecating the latter because it provides unique
functionality for nesting faces.
* lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el (erc-nicks-track-faces): New option.
(erc-nicks--highlight-button): Add faces to `erc-track' "normal" table.
(erc-nicks-mode, erc-nicks-enable, erc-nicks-disable): Add and remove
`track' integration.
(erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces): New function to remove faces
created by `nicks' from buttonized speakers and mentions.  Conform
to `erc-track--face-reject-function' interface.
(erc-nicks--setup-track-integration): New function.
(erc-nicks--track-nick-face-as-normal): New function to add newly
created face and known likely combination working store of "normal"
faces maintained by `track'.
---
 lisp/erc/erc-button.el |  4 ++--
 lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el  | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
index e1c10be53f6..e72ceb705de 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
@@ -535,9 +535,9 @@ erc-button-add-button
           (move-marker pos (point))))))
   (if nick-p
       (when erc-button-nickname-face
-        (erc-button-add-face from to erc-button-nickname-face))
+        (erc--merge-prop from to 'font-lock-face erc-button-nickname-face))
     (when erc-button-face
-      (erc-button-add-face from to erc-button-face)))
+      (erc--merge-prop from to 'font-lock-face erc-button-face)))
   (add-text-properties
    from to
    (nconc (and erc-button-mouse-face
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
index fcd3afdbbc4..3043ad37f78 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ erc-nicks-key-suffix-format
 like \"@%-012n\"."
   :type 'string)
 
+(defcustom erc-nicks-track-faces t
+  "Show nick faces in the `track' module's portion of the mode line."
+  :type 'boolean)
+
 (defvar erc-nicks--max-skip-search 3 ; make this an option?
   "Max number of faces to visit when testing `erc-nicks-skip-faces'.")
 
@@ -518,6 +522,8 @@ erc-nicks--highlight-button
                                 'font-lock-face))
        (nick (erc-server-user-nickname (erc-button--nick-user nick-object)))
        (out (erc-nicks--highlight nick face)))
+    (when erc-nicks-track-faces
+      (erc-nicks--track-nick-face-as-normal out))
     (setf (erc-button--nick-nickname-face nick-object) out))
   nick-object)
 
@@ -561,6 +567,9 @@ nicks
        erc-nicks--face-table (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
    (setf (alist-get "Edit face" erc-button--nick-popup-alist nil nil #'equal)
          #'erc-nicks-customize-face)
+   (unless erc-nicks-track-faces
+     (erc-nicks--setup-track-integration)
+     (add-hook 'erc-track-mode #'erc-nicks--setup-track-integration 50 t))
    (advice-add 'widget-create-child-and-convert :filter-args
                #'erc-nicks--redirect-face-widget-link))
   ((kill-local-variable 'erc-nicks--face-table)
@@ -572,6 +581,8 @@ nicks
    (kill-local-variable 'erc-nicks--downcased-skip-nicks)
    (when (fboundp 'erc-button--phantom-users-mode)
      (erc-button--phantom-users-mode -1))
+   (remove-function (local 'erc-track--face-reject-function)
+                    #'erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces)
    (remove-function (local 'erc-button--modify-nick-function)
                     #'erc-nicks--highlight-button)
    (setf (alist-get "Edit face"
@@ -693,6 +704,28 @@ erc-nicks--colors-from-faces
                  (color (face-foreground face)))
         (push color out)))))
 
+(defun erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces (candidate)
+  "Remove own faces from CANDIDATE if it's a combination of faces."
+  (while-let ((next (car-safe candidate))
+              ((facep next))
+              ((not (intern-soft next))))
+    (setq candidate (cdr candidate)))
+  (if (and (consp candidate) (not (cdr candidate))) (car candidate) candidate))
+
+(defun erc-nicks--setup-track-integration ()
+  "Restore traditional \"alternating normal\" face functionality to mode-line."
+  (cl-assert (not erc-nicks-track-faces))
+  (when (bound-and-true-p erc-track-mode)
+    (add-function :override (local 'erc-track--face-reject-function)
+                  #'erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces)))
+
+(defun erc-nicks--track-nick-face-as-normal (face)
+  "Add FACE to local hash table maintained by `track' module."
+  (when (bound-and-true-p erc-track--normal-faces)
+    (puthash `(,@(ensure-list face) erc-default-face) t
+             erc-track--normal-faces)
+    (puthash face t erc-track--normal-faces)))
+
 (provide 'erc-nicks)
 
 ;;; erc-nicks.el ends here
-- 
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^ permalink raw reply related	[flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread

* bug#67767: 30.0.50; ERC 5.6: Add track integration to the nicks module
  2023-12-11 15:28 bug#67767: 30.0.50; ERC 5.6: Add track integration to the nicks module J.P.
@ 2023-12-12  2:18 ` J.P.
  2023-12-12 14:49 ` J.P.
                   ` (2 subsequent siblings)
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: J.P. @ 2023-12-12  2:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 67767; +Cc: emacs-erc

"J.P." <jp@neverwas.me> writes:

> [2] Users will have to toggle the module's minor-mode to update the
>     variable mid-session, but we can provide a Custom :set function to
>     help with this. Also, there's actually a resource penalty that comes
>     with this change too. We can probably use per-server instead of
>     per-channel hash tables, or only go per-channel if a local value for
>     `erc-track-faces-normal-list' exists on `erc-track-mode' init.

It turns out these changes may require more planning than originally
budgeted. There's a growing dependency on aspects of the `button' module
that haven't been fully sorted, along with a rather heightened potential
for leaking memory, so I'd rather not move too hastily without good
reason. As such, I'll likely be putting a hold on this until 5.7 and
retitling the bug accordingly.





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* bug#67767: 30.0.50; ERC 5.6: Add track integration to the nicks module
  2023-12-11 15:28 bug#67767: 30.0.50; ERC 5.6: Add track integration to the nicks module J.P.
  2023-12-12  2:18 ` J.P.
@ 2023-12-12 14:49 ` J.P.
  2023-12-13 14:06 ` J.P.
       [not found] ` <8734w6yz76.fsf@neverwas.me>
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: J.P. @ 2023-12-12 14:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 67767; +Cc: emacs-erc

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v2. Make "normal"-face hash table local to server buffers and double as
cache for inserted `nicks' faces. "Pre-combine" generated `nicks' faces
with `erc-nicks-backing-face' via :include. Overload
`erc-button-add-button' NICKP param (internally) for conveying current
`erc-button--nick' object. Remove `match'-based combo faces from
`erc-track-faces-priority-list' and `erc-track-faces-normal-list'.
Change default of `erc-button-nickname-face' to new face for
distinguishing between button-applied and "speaker" faces.


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From 41117716e971088c62a48ca638102cca069c6751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 06:06:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] *** NOT A PATCH ***

*** BLURB HERE ***

F. Jason Park (4):
  [5.6] Have nick faces :inherit from erc-nicks-backing-face
  [5.7] Promote "normal" faces in erc-track
  [5.7] Cache shortened channel names in erc-track
  [5.7] Add erc-track integration to erc-nicks

 etc/ERC-NEWS                     |  39 +++++
 lisp/erc/erc-button.el           |  49 +++---
 lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el            |  54 ++++++-
 lisp/erc/erc-track.el            | 261 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 lisp/erc/erc.el                  |   8 +-
 test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el |   2 +-
 test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el | 166 ++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 522 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

Interdiff:
diff --git a/etc/ERC-NEWS b/etc/ERC-NEWS
index a5ebdef508e..40e3d5d5638 100644
--- a/etc/ERC-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ERC-NEWS
@@ -197,6 +197,23 @@ s-expressions, which ERC will continue to honor.  Although the default
 lineup remains functionally equivalent, its members have all been
 updated accordingly.
 
+** 'erc-track-faces-priority-list' and 'erc-track-faces-normal-list' slimmed.
+These options have been purged of certain 'button'-related face
+combinations.  Originally added in ERC 5.3, these combinations
+described the effect of "buttonizing" atop faces added by the 'match'
+module, like '(erc-nick-default-face erc-pal-face)'.  However, since
+at least Emacs 27, 'match' has run before 'button' in
+'erc-insert-modify-hook', meaning such permutations aren't possible.
+
+More importantly, users who've customized either of these options
+should update them with the new default value of the option
+'erc-button-nickname-face'.  Like 'erc-nick-default-face', which it
+replaces, the new 'erc-button-nick-default-face' is also a "real"
+face.  Its sole reason for existing is to make it easier for users and
+modules to distinguish between basic buttonized faces and
+'erc-nick-default-face', which is now reserved to mean the base
+"speaker" face.
+
 ** Option 'erc-query-on-unjoined-chan-privmsg' restored and renamed.
 This option was accidentally removed from the default client in ERC
 5.5 and was thus prevented from influencing PRIVMSG routing.  It's now
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
index e72ceb705de..fc2511bad42 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ erc-button
   "ERC button face."
   :group 'erc-faces)
 
+(defface erc-button-nick-default-face '((t :inherit erc-nick-default-face))
+  "Default face for a buttonized nickname."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
+  :group 'erc-faces)
+
 (defcustom erc-button-face 'erc-button
   "Face used for highlighting buttons in ERC buffers.
 
@@ -78,8 +83,9 @@ erc-button-face
   :type 'face
   :group 'erc-faces)
 
-(defcustom erc-button-nickname-face 'erc-nick-default-face
+(defcustom erc-button-nickname-face 'erc-button-nick-default-face
   "Face used for ERC nickname buttons."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
   :type 'face
   :group 'erc-faces)
 
@@ -363,7 +369,8 @@ erc-button--nick
   ( nickname-face erc-button-nickname-face :type symbol
     :documentation "Temp `erc-button-nickname-face' while buttonizing.")
   ( mouse-face erc-button-mouse-face :type symbol
-    :documentation "Temp `erc-button-mouse-face' while buttonizing."))
+    :documentation "Function to return possibly cached face.")
+  ( face-cache nil :type (or null function)))
 
 ;; This variable is intended to serve as a "core" to be wrapped by
 ;; (built-in) modules during setup.  It's unclear whether
@@ -454,8 +461,7 @@ erc-button-add-nickname-buttons
                      (erc-bounds-of-word-at-point)))
          (word (buffer-substring-no-properties (car bounds) (cdr bounds)))
          (down (erc-downcase word)))
-      (let* ((erc-button-mouse-face erc-button-mouse-face)
-             (erc-button-nickname-face erc-button-nickname-face)
+      (let* ((nick-obj t)
              (cuser (and erc-channel-users
                          (or (gethash down erc-channel-users)
                              (funcall erc-button--fallback-cmem-function
@@ -464,19 +470,15 @@ erc-button-add-nickname-buttons
                        (and erc-server-users (gethash down erc-server-users))))
              (data (list word)))
         (when (or (not (functionp form))
-                  (and-let* ((user)
-                             (obj (funcall form (make-erc-button--nick
-                                                 :bounds bounds :data data
-                                                 :downcased down :user user
-                                                 :cuser (cdr cuser)))))
-                    (setq erc-button-mouse-face ; might be null
-                          (erc-button--nick-mouse-face obj)
-                          erc-button-nickname-face ; might be null
-                          (erc-button--nick-nickname-face obj)
-                          data (erc-button--nick-data obj)
-                          bounds (erc-button--nick-bounds obj))))
+                  (and user
+                       (setq nick-obj (funcall form (make-erc-button--nick
+                                                     :bounds bounds :data data
+                                                     :downcased down :user user
+                                                     :cuser (cdr cuser)))
+                             data (erc-button--nick-data nick-obj)
+                             bounds (erc-button--nick-bounds nick-obj))))
           (erc-button-add-button (car bounds) (cdr bounds) (nth 3 entry)
-                                 'nickp data))))))
+                                 nick-obj data))))))
 
 (defun erc-button-add-buttons-1 (regexp entry)
   "Search through the buffer for matches to ENTRY and add buttons."
@@ -535,13 +537,20 @@ erc-button-add-button
           (move-marker pos (point))))))
   (if nick-p
       (when erc-button-nickname-face
-        (erc--merge-prop from to 'font-lock-face erc-button-nickname-face))
+        (erc--merge-prop from to 'font-lock-face
+                         (or (and (erc-button--nick-p nick-p)
+                                  (erc-button--nick-nickname-face nick-p))
+                             erc-button-nickname-face)
+                         nil (and (erc-button--nick-p nick-p)
+                                  (erc-button--nick-face-cache nick-p))))
     (when erc-button-face
       (erc--merge-prop from to 'font-lock-face erc-button-face)))
   (add-text-properties
    from to
-   (nconc (and erc-button-mouse-face
-               (list 'mouse-face erc-button-mouse-face))
+   (nconc (and-let* ((face (or (and (erc-button--nick-p nick-p)
+                                    (erc-button--nick-mouse-face nick-p))
+                               erc-button-mouse-face)))
+            (list 'mouse-face face))
           (list 'erc-callback fun)
           (list 'keymap erc-button-keymap)
           (list 'rear-nonsticky t)
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
index 3043ad37f78..92dd03912e6 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
@@ -458,7 +458,9 @@ erc-nicks--get-face
           (put new-face 'erc-nicks--nick nick)
           (put new-face 'erc-nicks--netid erc-networks--id)
           (put new-face 'erc-nicks--key key)
-          (face-spec-set new-face `((t :foreground ,color)) 'face-defface-spec)
+          (face-spec-set new-face `((t :foreground ,color
+                                       :inherit ,erc-nicks-backing-face))
+                         'face-defface-spec)
           (set-face-documentation
            new-face (format "Internal face for %s on %s." nick (erc-network)))
           (puthash nick new-face table)))))
@@ -507,12 +509,8 @@ erc-nicks--highlight
              ((not (and base-face
                         (erc-nicks--skip-p base-face erc-nicks-skip-faces
                                            erc-nicks--max-skip-search))))
-             (key (erc-nicks--gen-key-from-format-spec trimmed))
-             (out (erc-nicks--get-face trimmed key)))
-    (if (or (null erc-nicks-backing-face)
-            (eq base-face erc-nicks-backing-face))
-        out
-      (cons out (erc-list erc-nicks-backing-face)))))
+             (key (erc-nicks--gen-key-from-format-spec trimmed)))
+    (erc-nicks--get-face trimmed key)))
 
 (defun erc-nicks--highlight-button (nick-object)
   "Possibly add face to `erc-button--nick-user' NICK-OBJECT."
@@ -522,9 +520,12 @@ erc-nicks--highlight-button
                                 'font-lock-face))
        (nick (erc-server-user-nickname (erc-button--nick-user nick-object)))
        (out (erc-nicks--highlight nick face)))
-    (when erc-nicks-track-faces
-      (erc-nicks--track-nick-face-as-normal out))
-    (setf (erc-button--nick-nickname-face nick-object) out))
+    (setf (erc-button--nick-nickname-face nick-object) out
+          ;;
+          (erc-button--nick-face-cache nick-object)
+          (and erc-nicks-track-faces
+               (bound-and-true-p erc-track--normal-faces)
+               #'erc-nicks--remember-face-for-track)))
   nick-object)
 
 (define-erc-module nicks nil
@@ -719,12 +720,16 @@ erc-nicks--setup-track-integration
     (add-function :override (local 'erc-track--face-reject-function)
                   #'erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces)))
 
-(defun erc-nicks--track-nick-face-as-normal (face)
+(defun erc-nicks--remember-face-for-track (face)
   "Add FACE to local hash table maintained by `track' module."
-  (when (bound-and-true-p erc-track--normal-faces)
-    (puthash `(,@(ensure-list face) erc-default-face) t
-             erc-track--normal-faces)
-    (puthash face t erc-track--normal-faces)))
+  (defvar erc-track--normal-faces)
+  (cl-assert erc-track--normal-faces)
+  (or (gethash face erc-track--normal-faces)
+      (if-let ((sym (or (car-safe face) face))
+               ((symbolp sym))
+               ((get sym 'erc-nicks--key)))
+          (puthash face face erc-track--normal-faces)
+        face)))
 
 (provide 'erc-nicks)
 
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
index 85e7b398573..4c3c7ca49a5 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
@@ -161,23 +161,39 @@ erc-track-use-faces
 \(e.g. `erc-pal-face' is used if a pal sent a message to that channel.)"
   :type 'boolean)
 
+;; Historically, `erc-track-faces-priority-list' had members
+;; describing the effect of buttonizing atop faces from `match', e.g.,
+;; (erc-nick-default-face erc-pal-face).  However, since at least
+;; Emacs 27, `match' has done its damage after `button' in
+;; `erc-insert-modify-hook', meaning such permutations cannot exist.
+(defvar erc-track--old-nick-button-faces
+  '((erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face))
+  "List of obsolete nick button faces.")
+
+(defun erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces (val)
+  "Update members of face list VAL to have the default nick button face.
+In ERC 5.7, it changed from `erc-current-nick-face' to
+`erc-button-nick-default-face'."
+  (mapcar (lambda (f)
+            (if (and (eq (car-safe f) 'erc-nick-default-face)
+                     (member f erc-track--old-nick-button-faces))
+                (cons 'erc-button-nick-default-face (cdr f))
+              f))
+          val))
+
 (defcustom erc-track-faces-priority-list
   '(erc-error-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-current-nick-face)
     erc-current-nick-face
     erc-keyword-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-pal-face)
     erc-pal-face
     erc-nick-msg-face
     erc-direct-msg-face
     (erc-button erc-default-face)
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-dangerous-host-face)
     erc-dangerous-host-face
     erc-nick-default-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
+    (erc-button-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
     erc-default-face
     erc-action-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-fool-face)
     erc-fool-face
     erc-notice-face
     erc-input-face
@@ -188,6 +204,9 @@ erc-track-faces-priority-list
 
 Note that ERC prioritizes certain faces reserved for critical
 messages regardless of this option's value."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
+  :set (lambda (sym val)
+         (set-default sym (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces val)))
   :type (erc--with-dependent-type-match
          (repeat (choice face (repeat :tag "Combination" face)))
          erc-button))
@@ -209,10 +228,9 @@ erc-track-priority-faces-only
 
 (defcustom erc-track-faces-normal-list
   '((erc-button erc-default-face)
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-dangerous-host-face)
     erc-dangerous-host-face
     erc-nick-default-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
+    (erc-button-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
     erc-default-face
     erc-action-face)
   "A list of faces considered to be part of normal conversations.
@@ -229,6 +247,9 @@ erc-track-faces-normal-list
 \\[erc-track-mode].
 
 The effect may be disabled by setting this variable to nil."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
+  :set (lambda (sym val)
+         (set-default sym (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces val)))
   :type '(repeat (choice face
 			 (repeat :tag "Combination" face))))
 
@@ -619,12 +640,46 @@ erc-track--normal-faces
   "Local copy of `erc-track-faces-normal-list' as a hash table.")
 
 (defun erc-track--setup ()
-  "Initialize a buffer for use with the `track' module."
+  "Initialize a buffer for use with the `track' module.
+If this is a server buffer or `erc-track-faces-normal-list' is
+locally bound, create a new `erc-track--normal-faces' for the
+current buffer.  Otherwise, set the local value to the server
+buffer's."
   (if erc-track-mode
-      (setq erc-track--normal-faces
-            (map-into (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f t))
-                              erc-track-faces-normal-list)
-                      '(hash-table :test equal)))
+      (let ((existing (erc-with-server-buffer erc-track--normal-faces))
+            (localp (and erc--target
+                         (local-variable-p 'erc-track-faces-normal-list)))
+            warnp table)
+        (unless (or erc--target (not (or (bound-and-true-p erc-button-mode)
+                                         (memq 'button erc-modules))))
+          (dolist (opt '(erc-track-faces-normal-list
+                         erc-track-faces-priority-list))
+            (when (seq-some
+                   (lambda (f)
+                     (and (eq (car-safe f) 'erc-nick-default-face)
+                          (member f erc-track--old-nick-button-faces)))
+                   (symbol-value opt))
+              (push opt warnp)
+              (set opt (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces
+                        (symbol-value opt)))))
+          (when warnp
+            (erc--warn-once-before-connect 'erc-track-mode
+              (if (cdr warnp) "Options " "Option ")
+              (mapconcat (lambda (o) (format "`%S'" o)) warnp " and ")
+              (if (cdr warnp) " contain" " contains")
+              " obsolete list-style faces intended to match buttonized"
+              " nicknames. To silence this warning, please update members"
+              " with `%S' at their head, like %S, by converting them to %S."
+              " ERC has done this for you for this session."
+              'erc-nick-default-face '(erc-nick-default-face foo)
+              '(erc-button-nick-default-face foo))))
+        (when (or (null existing) localp)
+          (setq table (map-into (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f f))
+                                        erc-track-faces-normal-list)
+                                '(hash-table :test equal :weakness value))))
+        (setq erc-track--normal-faces (or table existing))
+        (unless (or localp existing)
+          (erc-with-server-buffer (setq erc-track--normal-faces table))))
     (kill-local-variable 'erc-track--normal-faces)))
 
 ;;; Visibility
@@ -858,40 +913,47 @@ erc-track-select-mode-line-face
               choice))
         choice))))
 
-(defun erc-track--select-mode-line-face (cur-face new-faces ranked normals)
+(define-inline erc-track--gett (table-or-function key)
+  "Look up KEY via TABLE-OR-FUNCTION."
+  (inline-quote
+   (if (functionp ,table-or-function)
+       (funcall ,table-or-function ,key)
+     (gethash ,key ,table-or-function))))
+
+(defun erc-track--select-mode-line-face (cur-face new-faces ranks normals)
   "Return CUR-FACE or a replacement for displaying in the mode-line, or nil.
-Expect RANKED to be a list of faces and both NORMALS and the car
+Expect RANKS to be a list of faces and both NORMALS and the car
 of NEW-FACES to be hash tables mapping faces to non-nil values.
-Assume the latter's makeup and that of RANKED to resemble
+Assume the latter's makeup and that of RANKS to resemble
 `erc-track-face-normal-list' and `erc-track-faces-priority-list'.
 If NEW-FACES has a cdr, expect it to be its car's contents
 ordered from most recently seen (later in the buffer) to
 earliest.  In general, act like `erc-track-select-mode-line-face'
 except reconsider NEW-FACES when CUR-FACE outranks all its
-members.  That is, choose the highest RANKED among NEW-FACES not
+members.  That is, choose the highest RANKS among NEW-FACES not
 equal to CUR-FACE.  Failing that, choose the first face in
 NORMALS to appear anywhere in NEW-FACES, but only if NEW-FACES
-has a cdr."
+has a cdr.  If NORMALS is a function, call it with the name of a
+face to query membership."
   (cl-check-type erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p null)
   (cl-check-type new-faces cons)
-  (cl-check-type normals hash-table)
   (when-let ((choice (catch 'face
-                       (dolist (candidate ranked)
+                       (dolist (candidate ranks)
                          (when (or (equal candidate cur-face)
                                    (gethash candidate (car new-faces)))
                            (throw 'face candidate))))))
     (when-let (((equal choice cur-face))
-               ((gethash choice normals))
+               ((erc-track--gett normals choice))
                (contender (catch 'face
                             (progn
-                              (dolist (candidate ranked)
+                              (dolist (candidate ranks)
                                 (when (and (not (equal candidate choice))
                                            (gethash candidate (car new-faces))
-                                           (gethash candidate normals))
+                                           (erc-track--gett normals candidate))
                                   (throw 'face candidate)))
                               (dolist (f (cdr new-faces))
                                 (when (and (not (equal f choice))
-                                           (gethash f normals))
+                                           (erc-track--gett normals f))
                                   (throw 'face f)))))))
       (setq choice contender))
     choice))
@@ -934,15 +996,15 @@ erc-track-modified-channels
             ((faces (if erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p
                         (erc-faces-in (buffer-string))
                       (erc-track--get-faces-in-current-message)))
-             (ranked erc-track-faces-priority-list)
              (normals erc-track--normal-faces)
              (erc-track-faces-priority-list
               `(,@erc-track--attn-faces ,@erc-track-faces-priority-list))
+             (ranks erc-track-faces-priority-list)
              ((not (and
                     (or (eq erc-track-priority-faces-only 'all)
                         (member this-channel erc-track-priority-faces-only))
                     (not (catch 'found
-                           (dolist (f erc-track-faces-priority-list)
+                           (dolist (f ranks)
                              (when (gethash f (or (car-safe faces) faces))
                                (throw 'found t)))))))))
           (progn ; FIXME remove `progn' on next major edit
@@ -955,7 +1017,7 @@ erc-track-modified-channels
                                          (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
                                           nil faces)
                                        (erc-track--select-mode-line-face
-                                        nil faces ranked normals))))
+                                        nil faces ranks normals))))
 			    erc-modified-channels-alist))
 	      ;; Else modify the face for the buffer, if necessary.
 	      (when faces
@@ -966,7 +1028,7 @@ erc-track-modified-channels
                                      (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
                                       old-face faces)
                                    (erc-track--select-mode-line-face
-                                    old-face faces ranked normals))))
+                                    old-face faces ranks normals))))
 		  (setcdr cell (cons (1+ (cadr cell)) new-face)))))
 	    ;; And display it
 	    (erc-modified-channels-display)))
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc.el b/lisp/erc/erc.el
index 62fdc0ad6e8..2734c602fa2 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc.el
@@ -3351,12 +3351,14 @@ erc--merge-text-properties-p
 ;; values and optionally dispense archetypal constants in their place
 ;; in order to ensure all occurrences of some list (a b) across all
 ;; text-properties in all ERC buffers are actually the same object.
-(defun erc--merge-prop (from to prop val &optional object)
+(defun erc--merge-prop (from to prop val &optional object cache-fn)
   "Combine existing PROP values with VAL between FROM and TO in OBJECT.
 For spans where PROP is non-nil, cons VAL onto the existing
 value, ensuring a proper list.  Otherwise, just set PROP to VAL.
 When VAL is itself a list, prepend its members onto an existing
-value.  See also `erc-button-add-face'."
+value.  Call CACHE-FN, when given, with the new value for prop.
+It must return a suitable replacement or the same value.  See
+also `erc-button-add-face'."
   (let ((old (get-text-property from prop object))
         (pos from)
         (end (next-single-property-change from prop object to))
@@ -3370,6 +3372,8 @@ erc--merge-prop
                           (append val (ensure-list old))
                         (cons val (ensure-list old))))
                   val))
+      (when cache-fn
+        (setq new (funcall cache-fn new)))
       (put-text-property pos end prop new object)
       (setq pos end
             old (get-text-property pos prop object)
diff --git a/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el b/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el
index 35264a23caa..54882278139 100644
--- a/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ erc-nicks-list-faces
              (push-button)
              (should (search-forward-regexp
                       (rx "Foreground: #" (group (+ xdigit)) eol)))
-             (forward-button 1)
+             (forward-button 2) ; skip Inherit:...
              (push-button))
 
            (ert-info ("First entry's sample is rendered correctly")
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From 214ad79b5cfdb8e9baa9ad7f7ec2a38634b46081 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:24:17 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] [5.6] Have nick faces :inherit from
 erc-nicks-backing-face

* lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el (erc-nicks--get-face): Make generated face
:inherit from `erc-nicks-backing-face'.
(erc-nicks--highlight): Just return the generated face instead of
combining it with `erc-nicks-backing-face' or the existing face in the
buffer.
* test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el (erc-nicks-list-faces): Skip
"Inherit: " button.
---
 lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el            | 12 +++++-------
 test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
index fcd3afdbbc4..2f0c3261266 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
@@ -454,7 +454,9 @@ erc-nicks--get-face
           (put new-face 'erc-nicks--nick nick)
           (put new-face 'erc-nicks--netid erc-networks--id)
           (put new-face 'erc-nicks--key key)
-          (face-spec-set new-face `((t :foreground ,color)) 'face-defface-spec)
+          (face-spec-set new-face `((t :foreground ,color
+                                       :inherit ,erc-nicks-backing-face))
+                         'face-defface-spec)
           (set-face-documentation
            new-face (format "Internal face for %s on %s." nick (erc-network)))
           (puthash nick new-face table)))))
@@ -503,12 +505,8 @@ erc-nicks--highlight
              ((not (and base-face
                         (erc-nicks--skip-p base-face erc-nicks-skip-faces
                                            erc-nicks--max-skip-search))))
-             (key (erc-nicks--gen-key-from-format-spec trimmed))
-             (out (erc-nicks--get-face trimmed key)))
-    (if (or (null erc-nicks-backing-face)
-            (eq base-face erc-nicks-backing-face))
-        out
-      (cons out (erc-list erc-nicks-backing-face)))))
+             (key (erc-nicks--gen-key-from-format-spec trimmed)))
+    (erc-nicks--get-face trimmed key)))
 
 (defun erc-nicks--highlight-button (nick-object)
   "Possibly add face to `erc-button--nick-user' NICK-OBJECT."
diff --git a/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el b/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el
index 35264a23caa..54882278139 100644
--- a/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ erc-nicks-list-faces
              (push-button)
              (should (search-forward-regexp
                       (rx "Foreground: #" (group (+ xdigit)) eol)))
-             (forward-button 1)
+             (forward-button 2) ; skip Inherit:...
              (push-button))
 
            (ert-info ("First entry's sample is rendered correctly")
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From 666e2cd2546c7a9bda48f5857b032f97accac6fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 05:33:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] [5.7] Promote "normal" faces in erc-track

* etc/ERC-NEWS: Add entry for new behavior involving the option
`erc-track-faces-normal-list'.
* lisp/erc/erc-button.el (erc-button-nick-default-face): New face to
serve as default for `erc-button-nickname-face'.
(erc-button-nickname-face): Change default value to
`erc-button-nick-default-face'.
* lisp/erc/erc-track.el (erc-track--old-nick-button-faces,
erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces): New supporting variable and
function to serve as Custom :set function for priority and "normal"
face-list options.
(erc-track-faces-priority-list, erc-track-faces-normal-list): Change
values for `match' module faces to feature
`erc-button-nick-default-face' instead of `erc-nick-default-face'.
(erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p): New compatibility switch to
access pre-5.6 behavior, in which faces in
`erc-track-faces-normal-list' were only considered for promotion to
the mode line if the current face occupying that pole position wasn't
present.
(erc-track-mode, erc-track-enable, erc-track-disable): Add FIXME
comments regarding perceived futility of `erc-server-001-functions and
likely unneeded hook removal.  Run common buffer-local setup and
teardown.
(erc-track--normal-faces): New local variable, a snapshot of
`erc-track-faces-normal-list'.
(erc-track--setup): New function to stash
`erc-track-faces-normal-list' on init.
(erc-track-select-mode-line-face): Offer alternate explanation of
certain particulars in doc string.
(erc-track--gett): New helper function.
(erc-track--select-mode-line-face): New function similar to its public
namesake except that it considers other viable candidates among the
"normal" alternatives.
(erc-track-modified-channels): Only run face selection portion when
faces are actually found.  Use `erc-track--select-mode-line-face'
instead of `erc-track-select-mode-line-face'.
* test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
(erc-track-select-mode-line-face): New test.
(erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face): New function.
(erc-track--select-mode-line-face): New test.  (Bug#67767)
---
 etc/ERC-NEWS                     |  39 ++++++
 lisp/erc/erc-button.el           |   8 +-
 lisp/erc/erc-track.el            | 219 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el | 130 ++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 373 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/ERC-NEWS b/etc/ERC-NEWS
index 4642c742b0f..40e3d5d5638 100644
--- a/etc/ERC-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ERC-NEWS
@@ -170,6 +170,19 @@ options, like 'erc-command-indicator', have moved to the 'erc-goodies'
 library, although their Custom groups remain the same.  Add
 'command-indicator' to 'erc-modules' to get started.
 
+** Option 'erc-track-faces-normal-list' slightly more influential.
+This option has always been a source of confusion for users, mainly
+because its influence rode heavily on the makeup of faces in a given
+message.  Historically, when a buffer's current mode-line face was a
+member of this option's value, ERC would only swap it out for a fellow
+"normal" if it was absent from message being processed.  Beginning
+with this release, ERC now looks to other ranked and (if necessary)
+unranked "normals" instead of sustaining the same face between
+messages.  This was done to better honor the stated purpose of the
+option, which is to provide consistent visual feedback when buffer
+activity occurs.  If you experience problems with this development,
+see the compatibility flag 'erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p'.
+
 ** 'erc-button-alist' and 'erc-nick-popup-alist' have evolved slightly.
 It's no secret that the 'buttons' module treats potential nicknames
 specially.  This is perhaps most evident in its treatment of the
@@ -184,6 +197,23 @@ s-expressions, which ERC will continue to honor.  Although the default
 lineup remains functionally equivalent, its members have all been
 updated accordingly.
 
+** 'erc-track-faces-priority-list' and 'erc-track-faces-normal-list' slimmed.
+These options have been purged of certain 'button'-related face
+combinations.  Originally added in ERC 5.3, these combinations
+described the effect of "buttonizing" atop faces added by the 'match'
+module, like '(erc-nick-default-face erc-pal-face)'.  However, since
+at least Emacs 27, 'match' has run before 'button' in
+'erc-insert-modify-hook', meaning such permutations aren't possible.
+
+More importantly, users who've customized either of these options
+should update them with the new default value of the option
+'erc-button-nickname-face'.  Like 'erc-nick-default-face', which it
+replaces, the new 'erc-button-nick-default-face' is also a "real"
+face.  Its sole reason for existing is to make it easier for users and
+modules to distinguish between basic buttonized faces and
+'erc-nick-default-face', which is now reserved to mean the base
+"speaker" face.
+
 ** Option 'erc-query-on-unjoined-chan-privmsg' restored and renamed.
 This option was accidentally removed from the default client in ERC
 5.5 and was thus prevented from influencing PRIVMSG routing.  It's now
@@ -306,6 +336,15 @@ from 't' to the more useful 'erc-prompt', although the property of the
 same name has been retained and now has a value of 'hidden' when
 disconnected.
 
+*** Lists of faces in buttonized text are no longer nested.
+Previously, when "buttonizing" a new region, ERC would combine faces
+by blindly consing the new onto the existing.  In theory, this kept a
+nice record of all modifications to a given region.  However, it also
+complicated life for other modules wanting to analyze and operate on
+these regions.  Beginning with this release, ERC now merges combined
+faces together when creating buttons, although the odd nested list may
+still crop up here and there.
+
 *** Members of insert- and send-related hooks have been reordered.
 As anyone reading this is no doubt aware, both built-in and
 third-party modules rely on certain hooks for adjusting incoming and
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
index e1c10be53f6..f10d7a2fce7 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ erc-button
   "ERC button face."
   :group 'erc-faces)
 
+(defface erc-button-nick-default-face '((t :inherit erc-nick-default-face))
+  "Default face for a buttonized nickname."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
+  :group 'erc-faces)
+
 (defcustom erc-button-face 'erc-button
   "Face used for highlighting buttons in ERC buffers.
 
@@ -78,8 +83,9 @@ erc-button-face
   :type 'face
   :group 'erc-faces)
 
-(defcustom erc-button-nickname-face 'erc-nick-default-face
+(defcustom erc-button-nickname-face 'erc-button-nick-default-face
   "Face used for ERC nickname buttons."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
   :type 'face
   :group 'erc-faces)
 
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
index a36b781e04d..478eabaa961 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
@@ -161,23 +161,39 @@ erc-track-use-faces
 \(e.g. `erc-pal-face' is used if a pal sent a message to that channel.)"
   :type 'boolean)
 
+;; Historically, `erc-track-faces-priority-list' had members
+;; describing the effect of buttonizing atop faces from `match', e.g.,
+;; (erc-nick-default-face erc-pal-face).  However, since at least
+;; Emacs 27, `match' has done its damage after `button' in
+;; `erc-insert-modify-hook', meaning such permutations cannot exist.
+(defvar erc-track--old-nick-button-faces
+  '((erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face))
+  "List of obsolete nick button faces.")
+
+(defun erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces (val)
+  "Update members of face list VAL to have the default nick button face.
+In ERC 5.7, it changed from `erc-current-nick-face' to
+`erc-button-nick-default-face'."
+  (mapcar (lambda (f)
+            (if (and (eq (car-safe f) 'erc-nick-default-face)
+                     (member f erc-track--old-nick-button-faces))
+                (cons 'erc-button-nick-default-face (cdr f))
+              f))
+          val))
+
 (defcustom erc-track-faces-priority-list
   '(erc-error-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-current-nick-face)
     erc-current-nick-face
     erc-keyword-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-pal-face)
     erc-pal-face
     erc-nick-msg-face
     erc-direct-msg-face
     (erc-button erc-default-face)
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-dangerous-host-face)
     erc-dangerous-host-face
     erc-nick-default-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
+    (erc-button-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
     erc-default-face
     erc-action-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-fool-face)
     erc-fool-face
     erc-notice-face
     erc-input-face
@@ -188,6 +204,9 @@ erc-track-faces-priority-list
 
 Note that ERC prioritizes certain faces reserved for critical
 messages regardless of this option's value."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
+  :set (lambda (sym val)
+         (set-default sym (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces val)))
   :type (erc--with-dependent-type-match
          (repeat (choice face (repeat :tag "Combination" face)))
          erc-button))
@@ -209,10 +228,9 @@ erc-track-priority-faces-only
 
 (defcustom erc-track-faces-normal-list
   '((erc-button erc-default-face)
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-dangerous-host-face)
     erc-dangerous-host-face
     erc-nick-default-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
+    (erc-button-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
     erc-default-face
     erc-action-face)
   "A list of faces considered to be part of normal conversations.
@@ -224,10 +242,26 @@ erc-track-faces-normal-list
 message.  This gives a rough indication that active conversations
 are occurring in these channels.
 
+Note that ERC makes a copy of this option when initializing the
+module.  To see your changes reflected mid-session, cycle
+\\[erc-track-mode].
+
 The effect may be disabled by setting this variable to nil."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
+  :set (lambda (sym val)
+         (set-default sym (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces val)))
   :type '(repeat (choice face
 			 (repeat :tag "Combination" face))))
 
+(defvar erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p nil
+  "Compatibility flag to promote only exclusively new \"normal\" faces.
+When non-nil, revert to pre-5.6 behavior in which a current
+mode-line face that both outranks and is absent from the current
+message is eligible for replacement with a fellow face from
+`erc-track-faces-normal-list' that does appear in the message.
+By extension, when enabled, never replace the current, reigning
+mode-line face if it's present in the current message.")
+
 (defcustom erc-track-position-in-mode-line 'before-modes
   "Where to show modified channel information in the mode-line.
 
@@ -518,6 +552,9 @@ track
 	 (progn
 	   (add-hook 'window-configuration-change-hook #'erc-user-is-active)
 	   (add-hook 'erc-send-completed-hook #'erc-user-is-active)
+           ;; FIXME find out why this uses `erc-server-001-functions'.
+           ;; `erc-user-is-active' runs when `erc-server-connected' is
+           ;; non-nil.  But this hook usually only runs when it's nil.
 	   (add-hook 'erc-server-001-functions #'erc-user-is-active))
        (erc-track-add-to-mode-line erc-track-position-in-mode-line)
        (erc-update-mode-line)
@@ -528,6 +565,8 @@ track
      ;; enable the tracking keybindings
      (add-hook 'erc-connect-pre-hook #'erc-track-minor-mode-maybe)
      (erc-track-minor-mode-maybe))
+   (add-hook 'erc-mode-hook #'erc-track--setup)
+   (unless erc--updating-modules-p (erc-buffer-do #'erc-track--setup))
    (add-hook 'erc-networks--copy-server-buffer-functions
              #'erc-track--replace-killed-buffer))
   ;; Disable:
@@ -539,6 +578,7 @@ track
 			#'erc-user-is-active)
 	   (remove-hook 'erc-send-completed-hook #'erc-user-is-active)
 	   (remove-hook 'erc-server-001-functions #'erc-user-is-active)
+           ;; FIXME remove this if unused.
 	   (remove-hook 'erc-timer-hook #'erc-user-is-active))
        (remove-hook 'window-configuration-change-hook
 		    #'erc-window-configuration-change)
@@ -548,9 +588,12 @@ track
      (remove-hook 'erc-connect-pre-hook #'erc-track-minor-mode-maybe)
      (when erc-track-minor-mode
        (erc-track-minor-mode -1)))
+   (remove-hook 'erc-mode-hook #'erc-track--setup)
+   (erc-buffer-do #'erc-track--setup)
    (remove-hook 'erc-networks--copy-server-buffer-functions
                 #'erc-track--replace-killed-buffer)))
 
+;; FIXME move this above the module definition.
 (defcustom erc-track-when-inactive nil
   "Enable channel tracking even for visible buffers, if you are inactive."
   :type 'boolean
@@ -562,6 +605,52 @@ erc-track-when-inactive
 	       (erc-track-enable))
 	   (set sym val))))
 
+(defvar-local erc-track--normal-faces nil
+  "Local copy of `erc-track-faces-normal-list' as a hash table.")
+
+(defun erc-track--setup ()
+  "Initialize a buffer for use with the `track' module.
+If this is a server buffer or `erc-track-faces-normal-list' is
+locally bound, create a new `erc-track--normal-faces' for the
+current buffer.  Otherwise, set the local value to the server
+buffer's."
+  (if erc-track-mode
+      (let ((existing (erc-with-server-buffer erc-track--normal-faces))
+            (localp (and erc--target
+                         (local-variable-p 'erc-track-faces-normal-list)))
+            warnp table)
+        (unless (or erc--target (not (or (bound-and-true-p erc-button-mode)
+                                         (memq 'button erc-modules))))
+          (dolist (opt '(erc-track-faces-normal-list
+                         erc-track-faces-priority-list))
+            (when (seq-some
+                   (lambda (f)
+                     (and (eq (car-safe f) 'erc-nick-default-face)
+                          (member f erc-track--old-nick-button-faces)))
+                   (symbol-value opt))
+              (push opt warnp)
+              (set opt (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces
+                        (symbol-value opt)))))
+          (when warnp
+            (erc--warn-once-before-connect 'erc-track-mode
+              (if (cdr warnp) "Options " "Option ")
+              (mapconcat (lambda (o) (format "`%S'" o)) warnp " and ")
+              (if (cdr warnp) " contain" " contains")
+              " obsolete list-style faces intended to match buttonized"
+              " nicknames. To silence this warning, please update members"
+              " with `%S' at their head, like %S, by converting them to %S."
+              " ERC has done this for you for this session."
+              'erc-nick-default-face '(erc-nick-default-face foo)
+              '(erc-button-nick-default-face foo))))
+        (when (or (null existing) localp)
+          (setq table (map-into (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f f))
+                                        erc-track-faces-normal-list)
+                                '(hash-table :test equal :weakness value))))
+        (setq erc-track--normal-faces (or table existing))
+        (unless (or localp existing)
+          (erc-with-server-buffer (setq erc-track--normal-faces table))))
+    (kill-local-variable 'erc-track--normal-faces)))
+
 ;;; Visibility
 
 (defvar erc-buffer-activity nil
@@ -766,7 +855,12 @@ erc-track-select-mode-line-face
 face, if a member of `erc-track-faces-normal-list', to be
 replaced with another with lower priority face from NEW-FACES, if
 that face with highest priority in NEW-FACES is also a member of
-`erc-track-faces-normal-list'."
+`erc-track-faces-normal-list'.
+
+To put it another way, when CUR-FACE outranks all NEW-FACES and
+doesn't appear among them, it's eligible to be replaced with a
+fellow \"normal\" from NEW-FACES.  But if it does appear among
+them, it can't be replaced."
   (let ((choice (catch 'face
                   (dolist (candidate erc-track-faces-priority-list)
                     (when (or (equal candidate cur-face)
@@ -785,6 +879,51 @@ erc-track-select-mode-line-face
               choice))
         choice))))
 
+(define-inline erc-track--gett (table-or-function key)
+  "Look up KEY via TABLE-OR-FUNCTION."
+  (inline-quote
+   (if (functionp ,table-or-function)
+       (funcall ,table-or-function ,key)
+     (gethash ,key ,table-or-function))))
+
+(defun erc-track--select-mode-line-face (cur-face new-faces ranks normals)
+  "Return CUR-FACE or a replacement for displaying in the mode-line, or nil.
+Expect RANKS to be a list of faces and both NORMALS and the car
+of NEW-FACES to be hash tables mapping faces to non-nil values.
+Assume the latter's makeup and that of RANKS to resemble
+`erc-track-face-normal-list' and `erc-track-faces-priority-list'.
+If NEW-FACES has a cdr, expect it to be its car's contents
+ordered from most recently seen (later in the buffer) to
+earliest.  In general, act like `erc-track-select-mode-line-face'
+except reconsider NEW-FACES when CUR-FACE outranks all its
+members.  That is, choose the highest RANKS among NEW-FACES not
+equal to CUR-FACE.  Failing that, choose the first face in
+NORMALS to appear anywhere in NEW-FACES, but only if NEW-FACES
+has a cdr.  If NORMALS is a function, call it with the name of a
+face to query membership."
+  (cl-check-type erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p null)
+  (cl-check-type new-faces cons)
+  (when-let ((choice (catch 'face
+                       (dolist (candidate ranks)
+                         (when (or (equal candidate cur-face)
+                                   (gethash candidate (car new-faces)))
+                           (throw 'face candidate))))))
+    (when-let (((equal choice cur-face))
+               ((erc-track--gett normals choice))
+               (contender (catch 'face
+                            (progn
+                              (dolist (candidate ranks)
+                                (when (and (not (equal candidate choice))
+                                           (gethash candidate (car new-faces))
+                                           (erc-track--gett normals candidate))
+                                  (throw 'face candidate)))
+                              (dolist (f (cdr new-faces))
+                                (when (and (not (equal f choice))
+                                           (erc-track--gett normals f))
+                                  (throw 'face f)))))))
+      (setq choice contender))
+    choice))
+
 (defvar erc-track--skipped-msgs '(datestamp)
   "Values of `erc-msg' text prop to ignore.")
 
@@ -819,31 +958,43 @@ erc-track-modified-channels
 	;; (in the car), change its face attribute (in the cddr) if
 	;; necessary.  See `erc-modified-channels-alist' for the
 	;; exact data structure used.
-        (let ((faces (erc-faces-in (buffer-string)))
-              (erc-track-faces-priority-list
-               `(,@erc-track--attn-faces ,@erc-track-faces-priority-list)))
-	  (unless (and
-		   (or (eq erc-track-priority-faces-only 'all)
-		       (member this-channel erc-track-priority-faces-only))
-		   (not (catch 'found
-			  (dolist (f faces)
-			    (when (member f erc-track-faces-priority-list)
-			      (throw 'found t))))))
+        (when-let
+            ((faces (if erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p
+                        (erc-faces-in (buffer-string))
+                      (erc-track--get-faces-in-current-message)))
+             (normals erc-track--normal-faces)
+             (erc-track-faces-priority-list
+              `(,@erc-track--attn-faces ,@erc-track-faces-priority-list))
+             (ranks erc-track-faces-priority-list)
+             ((not (and
+                    (or (eq erc-track-priority-faces-only 'all)
+                        (member this-channel erc-track-priority-faces-only))
+                    (not (catch 'found
+                           (dolist (f ranks)
+                             (when (gethash f (or (car-safe faces) faces))
+                               (throw 'found t)))))))))
+          (progn ; FIXME remove `progn' on next major edit
 	    (if (not (assq (current-buffer) erc-modified-channels-alist))
 		;; Add buffer, faces and counts
 		(setq erc-modified-channels-alist
 		      (cons (cons (current-buffer)
 				  (cons
-                                   1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
-                                      nil faces)))
+                                   1 (if erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p
+                                         (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
+                                          nil faces)
+                                       (erc-track--select-mode-line-face
+                                        nil faces ranks normals))))
 			    erc-modified-channels-alist))
 	      ;; Else modify the face for the buffer, if necessary.
 	      (when faces
 		(let* ((cell (assq (current-buffer)
 				   erc-modified-channels-alist))
 		       (old-face (cddr cell))
-		       (new-face (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
-                                  old-face faces)))
+                       (new-face (if erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p
+                                     (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
+                                      old-face faces)
+                                   (erc-track--select-mode-line-face
+                                    old-face faces ranks normals))))
 		  (setcdr cell (cons (1+ (cadr cell)) new-face)))))
 	    ;; And display it
 	    (erc-modified-channels-display)))
@@ -872,6 +1023,30 @@ erc-faces-in
 	   (push cur faces)))
     faces))
 
+(defvar erc-track--face-reject-function nil
+  "Function called with face in current buffer to massage or reject.")
+
+(defun erc-track--get-faces-in-current-message ()
+  "Collect all faces in the narrowed buffer.
+Return a cons of a hash table and a list ordered from most
+recently seen to earliest seen."
+  (let ((i (text-property-not-all (point-min) (point-max) 'font-lock-face nil))
+        (seen (make-hash-table :test #'equal))
+        ;;
+        (rfaces ())
+        (faces (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
+    (while-let ((i)
+                (cur (get-text-property i 'face)))
+      (unless (gethash cur seen)
+        (puthash cur t seen)
+        (when erc-track--face-reject-function
+          (setq cur (funcall erc-track--face-reject-function cur)))
+        (when cur
+          (push cur rfaces)
+          (puthash cur t faces)))
+      (setq i (next-single-property-change i 'font-lock-face)))
+    (cons faces rfaces)))
+
 ;;; Buffer switching
 
 (defvar erc-track-last-non-erc-buffer nil
diff --git a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
index ab8d708b721..4477727be8a 100644
--- a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
@@ -120,4 +120,134 @@ erc-track--erc-faces-in
     (should (erc-faces-in str0))
     (should (erc-faces-in str1)) ))
 
+;; This simulates an alternating bold/non-bold [#c] in the mode-line,
+;; i.e., an `erc-modified-channels-alist' that vacillates between
+;;
+;;   ((#<buffer #chan> 42 . erc-default-face))
+;;
+;; and
+;;
+;;   ((#<buffer #chan> 42 erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face))
+;;
+;; This is a fairly typical scenario where consecutive messages
+;; feature speaker and addressee button highlighting and otherwise
+;; plain message bodies.  This mapping of phony to real faces
+;; describes the picture in 5.6:
+;;
+;;   `1': (erc-button erc-default-face)                 ; URL
+;;   `2': (erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)      ; mention
+;;   `3': erc-default-face                              ; body
+;;   `_': (erc-nick-default-face erc-nick-default-face) ; speaker
+;;
+;; The `_' represents a commonly occurring face (a <speaker>) that's
+;; not present in either option's default (standard) value.  It's a
+;; no-op from the POV of `erc-track-select-mode-line-face'.
+
+(ert-deftest erc-track-select-mode-line-face ()
+
+  ;; Observed (see key above).
+  (let ((erc-track-faces-priority-list '(1 2 3))
+        (erc-track-faces-normal-list   '(1 2 3)))
+
+    (should (equal 2 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 3 '(2 _ 3))))
+    (should (equal 2 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 2 '(2 _ 3))))
+    (should (equal 3 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 2 '(_ 3))))
+    (should (equal 2 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 3 '(2 3))))
+    (should (equal 3 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 2 '(3))))
+
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(2 1 3))))
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(1 3))))
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(1 3 2))))
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(3 1)))))
+
+  ;; When the current face outranks all new faces and doesn't appear
+  ;; among them, it's eligible to be replaced with a fellow "normal"
+  ;; from those new faces.  But if it does appear among them, it's
+  ;; never replaced.
+  (let ((erc-track-faces-priority-list '(a b))
+        (erc-track-faces-normal-list   '(a b)))
+
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(a b))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(a b))))
+
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(a))))
+    (should (equal 'b (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(b)))))
+
+  ;; The ordering of the "normal" list doesn't matter.
+  (let ((erc-track-faces-priority-list '(a b))
+        (erc-track-faces-normal-list   '(b a)))
+
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(a b))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(a b))))))
+
+(defun erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face (ranked normals cases)
+  (setq normals (map-into (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f t)) normals)
+                          '(hash-table :test equal)))
+  (pcase-dolist (`(,want ,cur-face ,new-faces) cases)
+
+    (ert-info ((format "Observed: {cur: %S, new: %S, want: %S}"
+                       cur-face new-faces want))
+      (setq new-faces (cons (map-into
+                             (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f t)) new-faces)
+                             '(hash-table :test equal))
+                            (reverse new-faces)))
+      (should (equal want (funcall #'erc-track--select-mode-line-face
+                                   cur-face new-faces ranked normals))))))
+
+;; The main difference between these variants is that with the above,
+;; when given alternating lines like
+;;
+;;  CUR      NEW                          CHOICE
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;   mention  ($speaker text)          =>   text
+;;
+;; we see the effect of alternating faces in the indicator.  But when
+;; given consecutive lines with a similar composition, like
+;;
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;
+;; we lose the effect.  With the variant below, we get
+;;
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   text
+;;
+
+(ert-deftest erc-track--select-mode-line-face ()
+  (should-not erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p)
+
+  ;; These are the same test cases from the previous test.  The syntax
+  ;; is (expected cur-face new-faces).
+  (erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face
+   '(1 2 3) '(1 2 3)
+   '((2 3 (2 _ 3))
+     (3 2 (2 _ 3))
+     (3 2 (_ 3))
+     (2 3 (2 3))
+     (3 2 (3))
+     (2 1 (2 1 3))
+     (3 1 (1 3))
+     (2 1 (1 3 2))
+     (3 1 (3 1))))
+
+  (erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face
+   '(a b) '(a b)
+   '((b a (b a))
+     (b a (a b))
+     (a b (b a))
+     (a b (a b))
+     (a b (a))
+     (b a (b))))
+
+  (erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face
+   '(a b) '(b a)
+   '((b a (b a))
+     (b a (a b))
+     (a b (b a))
+     (a b (a b)))))
+
 ;;; erc-track-tests.el ends here
-- 
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From 712d8426f1fe86e141485698dee2c71f960fd8ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:26:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] [5.7] Cache shortened channel names in erc-track

* lisp/erc/erc-track.el (erc-track--shortened-names): New variable to
stash both the latest inputs and most recent result of
`erc-track-shorten-function'.
(erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash,
erc-track--shortened-names-set, erc-track--shortened-names-get): New
pair of generalized-variable functions and helper variable for
accessing and mutating `erc-track--shorten-prefixes'.
(erc-modified-channels-display): Avoid redundant calls to
`erc-track-shorten-function'.  Mainly for use during batch processing.
* test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
(erc-track--shortened-names): New test.  (Bug#67767)
---
 lisp/erc/erc-track.el            | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
index 478eabaa961..4c3c7ca49a5 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
@@ -378,6 +378,37 @@ erc-track-add-to-mode-line
 
 ;;; Shortening of names
 
+(defvar erc-track--shortened-names nil
+  "A cons of the last novel name-shortening params and the result.
+The CAR is a hash of environmental inputs such as options and
+parameters passed to `erc-track-shorten-function'.  Its effect is
+only really noticeable during batch processing.")
+
+(defvar erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash nil)
+
+(defun erc-track--shortened-names-set (_ shortened)
+  "Remember SHORTENED names with hash of contextual params."
+  (cl-assert erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash)
+  (setq erc-track--shortened-names
+        (cons erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash shortened)))
+
+(defun erc-track--shortened-names-get (channel-names)
+  "Cache CHANNEL-NAMES with various contextual parameters.
+For now, omit relevant options like `erc-track-shorten-start' and
+friends, even though they do affect the outcome, because they
+likely change too infrequently to matter over sub-second
+intervals and are unlikely to be let-bound or set locally."
+  (when-let ((hash (setq erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash
+                         (sxhash-equal (list channel-names
+                                             (buffer-list)
+                                             erc-track-shorten-function))))
+             (erc-track--shortened-names)
+             ((= hash (car erc-track--shortened-names))))
+    (cdr erc-track--shortened-names)))
+
+(gv-define-simple-setter erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                         erc-track--shortened-names-set)
+
 (defun erc-track-shorten-names (channel-names)
   "Call `erc-unique-channel-names' with the correct parameters.
 This function is a good value for `erc-track-shorten-function'.
@@ -794,10 +825,13 @@ erc-modified-channels-display
                                            (or (buffer-name buf)
                                                ""))
 					 buffers))
-		     (short-names (if (functionp erc-track-shorten-function)
-				      (funcall erc-track-shorten-function
-					       long-names)
-				    long-names))
+                     (erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash nil)
+                     (short-names
+                      (if (functionp erc-track-shorten-function)
+                          (with-memoization
+                              (erc-track--shortened-names-get long-names)
+                            (funcall erc-track-shorten-function long-names))
+                        long-names))
 		     strings)
 		(while buffers
 		  (when (car short-names)
diff --git a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
index 4477727be8a..ed3d190928f 100644
--- a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
@@ -104,6 +104,42 @@ erc-track--shorten-aggressive-max
                                       '("#emacs" "#vi"))
             '("#e" "#v"))) ))
 
+(ert-deftest erc-track--shortened-names ()
+  (let (erc-track--shortened-names
+        erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash
+        results)
+
+    (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                       '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+      '("a" "b" "c"))
+    (should (integerp (car erc-track--shortened-names)))
+    (should (equal (cdr erc-track--shortened-names) '("a" "b" "c")))
+    (push erc-track--shortened-names results)
+
+    ;; Redundant call doesn't run.
+    (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                       '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+      (should-not 'run)
+      '("a" "b" "c"))
+    (should (equal erc-track--shortened-names (car results)))
+
+    ;; Change in environment or context forces run.
+    (with-temp-buffer
+      (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                         '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+        '("x" "y" "z")))
+    (should (and (integerp (car erc-track--shortened-names))
+                 (/= (car erc-track--shortened-names) (caar results))))
+    (should (equal (cdr erc-track--shortened-names) '("x" "y" "z")))
+    (push erc-track--shortened-names results)
+
+    (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                       '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+      '("1" "2" "3"))
+    (should (and (integerp (car erc-track--shortened-names))
+                 (/= (car erc-track--shortened-names) (caar results))))
+    (should (equal (cdr erc-track--shortened-names) '("1" "2" "3")))))
+
 (ert-deftest erc-track--erc-faces-in ()
   "`erc-faces-in' should pick up both 'face and 'font-lock-face properties."
   (let ((str0 (copy-sequence "is bold"))
-- 
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From 41117716e971088c62a48ca638102cca069c6751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 01:30:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] [5.7] Add erc-track integration to erc-nicks

* lisp/erc/erc-button.el (erc-button--nick): Add `face-cache' slot.
(erc-button-add-nickname-buttons): Pass `erc-button--nick' object, if
created' as the boolean NICK-P parameter when calling
`erc-button-add-button'.  Keeping the latter ignorant
`erc-button--nick' is of course preferable, but some coordination is
now required to convey and use the face cache.  We could introduce an
abstraction, like a local variable, if this becomes an issue.
(erc-button-add-button): Use `erc--merge-prop' instead of
`erc-button-add-face' to apply button faces.  Hold off on deprecating
the latter because it provides unique functionality for nesting faces.
Also, consult NICK-P if it's an `erc-button--nick' object for the
various overriding faces it knows about.
* lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el (erc-nicks-track-faces): New option.
(erc-nicks--highlight-button): Set the `face-cache' slot of the
`erc-button--nick' object when `track' is loaded and initialized.
(erc-nicks-mode, erc-nicks-enable, erc-nicks-disable): Add and remove
`track' integration.
(erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces): New function to remove faces
created by `nicks' from buttonized speakers and mentions.  Conform
to `erc-track--face-reject-function' interface.
(erc-nicks--setup-track-integration): New function.
(erc-nicks--remember-face-for-track): New function to cache
nick faces owned by this module.  (Bug#67767)
---
 lisp/erc/erc-button.el | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el  | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 lisp/erc/erc.el        |  8 ++++++--
 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
index f10d7a2fce7..fc2511bad42 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ erc-button--nick
   ( nickname-face erc-button-nickname-face :type symbol
     :documentation "Temp `erc-button-nickname-face' while buttonizing.")
   ( mouse-face erc-button-mouse-face :type symbol
-    :documentation "Temp `erc-button-mouse-face' while buttonizing."))
+    :documentation "Function to return possibly cached face.")
+  ( face-cache nil :type (or null function)))
 
 ;; This variable is intended to serve as a "core" to be wrapped by
 ;; (built-in) modules during setup.  It's unclear whether
@@ -460,8 +461,7 @@ erc-button-add-nickname-buttons
                      (erc-bounds-of-word-at-point)))
          (word (buffer-substring-no-properties (car bounds) (cdr bounds)))
          (down (erc-downcase word)))
-      (let* ((erc-button-mouse-face erc-button-mouse-face)
-             (erc-button-nickname-face erc-button-nickname-face)
+      (let* ((nick-obj t)
              (cuser (and erc-channel-users
                          (or (gethash down erc-channel-users)
                              (funcall erc-button--fallback-cmem-function
@@ -470,19 +470,15 @@ erc-button-add-nickname-buttons
                        (and erc-server-users (gethash down erc-server-users))))
              (data (list word)))
         (when (or (not (functionp form))
-                  (and-let* ((user)
-                             (obj (funcall form (make-erc-button--nick
-                                                 :bounds bounds :data data
-                                                 :downcased down :user user
-                                                 :cuser (cdr cuser)))))
-                    (setq erc-button-mouse-face ; might be null
-                          (erc-button--nick-mouse-face obj)
-                          erc-button-nickname-face ; might be null
-                          (erc-button--nick-nickname-face obj)
-                          data (erc-button--nick-data obj)
-                          bounds (erc-button--nick-bounds obj))))
+                  (and user
+                       (setq nick-obj (funcall form (make-erc-button--nick
+                                                     :bounds bounds :data data
+                                                     :downcased down :user user
+                                                     :cuser (cdr cuser)))
+                             data (erc-button--nick-data nick-obj)
+                             bounds (erc-button--nick-bounds nick-obj))))
           (erc-button-add-button (car bounds) (cdr bounds) (nth 3 entry)
-                                 'nickp data))))))
+                                 nick-obj data))))))
 
 (defun erc-button-add-buttons-1 (regexp entry)
   "Search through the buffer for matches to ENTRY and add buttons."
@@ -541,13 +537,20 @@ erc-button-add-button
           (move-marker pos (point))))))
   (if nick-p
       (when erc-button-nickname-face
-        (erc-button-add-face from to erc-button-nickname-face))
+        (erc--merge-prop from to 'font-lock-face
+                         (or (and (erc-button--nick-p nick-p)
+                                  (erc-button--nick-nickname-face nick-p))
+                             erc-button-nickname-face)
+                         nil (and (erc-button--nick-p nick-p)
+                                  (erc-button--nick-face-cache nick-p))))
     (when erc-button-face
-      (erc-button-add-face from to erc-button-face)))
+      (erc--merge-prop from to 'font-lock-face erc-button-face)))
   (add-text-properties
    from to
-   (nconc (and erc-button-mouse-face
-               (list 'mouse-face erc-button-mouse-face))
+   (nconc (and-let* ((face (or (and (erc-button--nick-p nick-p)
+                                    (erc-button--nick-mouse-face nick-p))
+                               erc-button-mouse-face)))
+            (list 'mouse-face face))
           (list 'erc-callback fun)
           (list 'keymap erc-button-keymap)
           (list 'rear-nonsticky t)
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
index 2f0c3261266..92dd03912e6 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ erc-nicks-key-suffix-format
 like \"@%-012n\"."
   :type 'string)
 
+(defcustom erc-nicks-track-faces t
+  "Show nick faces in the `track' module's portion of the mode line."
+  :type 'boolean)
+
 (defvar erc-nicks--max-skip-search 3 ; make this an option?
   "Max number of faces to visit when testing `erc-nicks-skip-faces'.")
 
@@ -516,7 +520,12 @@ erc-nicks--highlight-button
                                 'font-lock-face))
        (nick (erc-server-user-nickname (erc-button--nick-user nick-object)))
        (out (erc-nicks--highlight nick face)))
-    (setf (erc-button--nick-nickname-face nick-object) out))
+    (setf (erc-button--nick-nickname-face nick-object) out
+          ;;
+          (erc-button--nick-face-cache nick-object)
+          (and erc-nicks-track-faces
+               (bound-and-true-p erc-track--normal-faces)
+               #'erc-nicks--remember-face-for-track)))
   nick-object)
 
 (define-erc-module nicks nil
@@ -559,6 +568,9 @@ nicks
        erc-nicks--face-table (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
    (setf (alist-get "Edit face" erc-button--nick-popup-alist nil nil #'equal)
          #'erc-nicks-customize-face)
+   (unless erc-nicks-track-faces
+     (erc-nicks--setup-track-integration)
+     (add-hook 'erc-track-mode #'erc-nicks--setup-track-integration 50 t))
    (advice-add 'widget-create-child-and-convert :filter-args
                #'erc-nicks--redirect-face-widget-link))
   ((kill-local-variable 'erc-nicks--face-table)
@@ -570,6 +582,8 @@ nicks
    (kill-local-variable 'erc-nicks--downcased-skip-nicks)
    (when (fboundp 'erc-button--phantom-users-mode)
      (erc-button--phantom-users-mode -1))
+   (remove-function (local 'erc-track--face-reject-function)
+                    #'erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces)
    (remove-function (local 'erc-button--modify-nick-function)
                     #'erc-nicks--highlight-button)
    (setf (alist-get "Edit face"
@@ -691,6 +705,32 @@ erc-nicks--colors-from-faces
                  (color (face-foreground face)))
         (push color out)))))
 
+(defun erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces (candidate)
+  "Remove own faces from CANDIDATE if it's a combination of faces."
+  (while-let ((next (car-safe candidate))
+              ((facep next))
+              ((not (intern-soft next))))
+    (setq candidate (cdr candidate)))
+  (if (and (consp candidate) (not (cdr candidate))) (car candidate) candidate))
+
+(defun erc-nicks--setup-track-integration ()
+  "Restore traditional \"alternating normal\" face functionality to mode-line."
+  (cl-assert (not erc-nicks-track-faces))
+  (when (bound-and-true-p erc-track-mode)
+    (add-function :override (local 'erc-track--face-reject-function)
+                  #'erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces)))
+
+(defun erc-nicks--remember-face-for-track (face)
+  "Add FACE to local hash table maintained by `track' module."
+  (defvar erc-track--normal-faces)
+  (cl-assert erc-track--normal-faces)
+  (or (gethash face erc-track--normal-faces)
+      (if-let ((sym (or (car-safe face) face))
+               ((symbolp sym))
+               ((get sym 'erc-nicks--key)))
+          (puthash face face erc-track--normal-faces)
+        face)))
+
 (provide 'erc-nicks)
 
 ;;; erc-nicks.el ends here
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc.el b/lisp/erc/erc.el
index 62fdc0ad6e8..2734c602fa2 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc.el
@@ -3351,12 +3351,14 @@ erc--merge-text-properties-p
 ;; values and optionally dispense archetypal constants in their place
 ;; in order to ensure all occurrences of some list (a b) across all
 ;; text-properties in all ERC buffers are actually the same object.
-(defun erc--merge-prop (from to prop val &optional object)
+(defun erc--merge-prop (from to prop val &optional object cache-fn)
   "Combine existing PROP values with VAL between FROM and TO in OBJECT.
 For spans where PROP is non-nil, cons VAL onto the existing
 value, ensuring a proper list.  Otherwise, just set PROP to VAL.
 When VAL is itself a list, prepend its members onto an existing
-value.  See also `erc-button-add-face'."
+value.  Call CACHE-FN, when given, with the new value for prop.
+It must return a suitable replacement or the same value.  See
+also `erc-button-add-face'."
   (let ((old (get-text-property from prop object))
         (pos from)
         (end (next-single-property-change from prop object to))
@@ -3370,6 +3372,8 @@ erc--merge-prop
                           (append val (ensure-list old))
                         (cons val (ensure-list old))))
                   val))
+      (when cache-fn
+        (setq new (funcall cache-fn new)))
       (put-text-property pos end prop new object)
       (setq pos end
             old (get-text-property pos prop object)
-- 
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* bug#67767: 30.0.50; ERC 5.6: Add track integration to the nicks module
  2023-12-11 15:28 bug#67767: 30.0.50; ERC 5.6: Add track integration to the nicks module J.P.
  2023-12-12  2:18 ` J.P.
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v3. Make default behavior of `erc-nicks-track-faces' more intuitive. Fix
issue with detection of obsolete button face in `track' options. Make
`erc-track--select-mode-line-face' more convenient to modify.


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From e14973511bf0c845ceaac2121c95cc47c6b17ae5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 0/5] *** NOT A PATCH ***

*** BLURB HERE ***

F. Jason Park (5):
  [5.6] Include rather than combine erc-nicks-backing-face
  [5.6] Fix Custom :type of erc-track-faces-normal-list
  [5.7] Promote "normal" faces in erc-track
  [5.7] Cache shortened channel names in erc-track
  [5.7] Add erc-track integration to erc-nicks

 etc/ERC-NEWS                     |  39 +++++
 lisp/erc/erc-button.el           |  49 +++---
 lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el            |  95 ++++++++++-
 lisp/erc/erc-track.el            | 270 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 lisp/erc/erc.el                  |   8 +-
 test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el |   2 +-
 test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el | 166 +++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 570 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)

Interdiff:
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
index 92dd03912e6..0b1e5e0c050 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
@@ -173,9 +173,19 @@ erc-nicks-key-suffix-format
 like \"@%-012n\"."
   :type 'string)
 
-(defcustom erc-nicks-track-faces t
-  "Show nick faces in the `track' module's portion of the mode line."
-  :type 'boolean)
+(defcustom erc-nicks-track-faces 'prioritize
+  "Show nick faces in the `track' module's portion of the mode line.
+A value of nil means don't show nick faces at all.  A value of
+`defer' means have `track' consider nick faces only after those
+ranked faces in `erc-track-faces-normal-list'.  This has the
+effect of \"alternating\" between a ranked \"normal\" and a nick.
+The value `prioritize' means have `track' consider nick faces to
+be \"normal\" unless the current speaker is the same as the
+previous one, in which case pretend the value is `defer'.  Like
+most options in this module, updating the value mid-session is
+not officially supported, although cycling \\[erc-nicks-mode] may
+be worth a shot."
+  :type '(choice (const nil) (const defer) (const prioritize)))
 
 (defvar erc-nicks--max-skip-search 3 ; make this an option?
   "Max number of faces to visit when testing `erc-nicks-skip-faces'.")
@@ -568,9 +578,8 @@ nicks
        erc-nicks--face-table (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
    (setf (alist-get "Edit face" erc-button--nick-popup-alist nil nil #'equal)
          #'erc-nicks-customize-face)
-   (unless erc-nicks-track-faces
-     (erc-nicks--setup-track-integration)
-     (add-hook 'erc-track-mode #'erc-nicks--setup-track-integration 50 t))
+   (erc-nicks--setup-track-integration)
+   (add-hook 'erc-track-mode #'erc-nicks--setup-track-integration 50 t)
    (advice-add 'widget-create-child-and-convert :filter-args
                #'erc-nicks--redirect-face-widget-link))
   ((kill-local-variable 'erc-nicks--face-table)
@@ -586,6 +595,8 @@ nicks
                     #'erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces)
    (remove-function (local 'erc-button--modify-nick-function)
                     #'erc-nicks--highlight-button)
+   (remove-function (local 'erc-track--alt-normals-function)
+                    #'erc-nicks--check-normals)
    (setf (alist-get "Edit face"
                     erc-button--nick-popup-alist nil 'remove #'equal)
          nil)
@@ -713,12 +724,42 @@ erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces
     (setq candidate (cdr candidate)))
   (if (and (consp candidate) (not (cdr candidate))) (car candidate) candidate))
 
+(define-inline erc-nicks--oursp (face)
+  (inline-quote
+   (and-let* ((sym (car-safe ,face))
+              ((symbolp sym))
+              ((get sym 'erc-nicks--key)))
+     sym)))
+
+(defun erc-nicks--check-normals (current contender contenders normals)
+  "Return a viable `nicks'-owned face from NORMALS in CONTENDERS.
+But only do so if the CURRENT face is also one of ours and in
+NORMALS and if the highest ranked CONTENDER among new faces is
+`erc-default-face', the lowest ranking default priority face."
+  (defvar erc-track--normal-faces)
+  (cl-assert erc-track--normal-faces)
+  (and-let* (((eq contender 'erc-default-face))
+             ((gethash current normals))
+             (spkr (erc-nicks--oursp current)))
+    (catch 'contender
+      (dolist (candidate (cdr contenders) contender)
+        (when-let (((not (equal candidate current)))
+                   ((gethash candidate normals))
+                   (s (erc-nicks--oursp candidate))
+                   ((not (eq s spkr))))
+          (throw 'contender candidate))))))
+
 (defun erc-nicks--setup-track-integration ()
   "Restore traditional \"alternating normal\" face functionality to mode-line."
-  (cl-assert (not erc-nicks-track-faces))
   (when (bound-and-true-p erc-track-mode)
-    (add-function :override (local 'erc-track--face-reject-function)
-                  #'erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces)))
+    (pcase erc-nicks-track-faces
+      ;; Variant `defer' is handled elsewhere.
+      ('prioritize
+       (add-function :override (local 'erc-track--alt-normals-function)
+                     #'erc-nicks--check-normals))
+      ('nil
+       (add-function :override (local 'erc-track--face-reject-function)
+                     #'erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces)))))
 
 (defun erc-nicks--remember-face-for-track (face)
   "Add FACE to local hash table maintained by `track' module."
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
index 4c3c7ca49a5..a6a1539b044 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
@@ -166,20 +166,25 @@ erc-track-use-faces
 ;; (erc-nick-default-face erc-pal-face).  However, since at least
 ;; Emacs 27, `match' has done its damage after `button' in
 ;; `erc-insert-modify-hook', meaning such permutations cannot exist.
-(defvar erc-track--old-nick-button-faces
-  '((erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face))
-  "List of obsolete nick button faces.")
-
-(defun erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces (val)
-  "Update members of face list VAL to have the default nick button face.
-In ERC 5.7, it changed from `erc-current-nick-face' to
-`erc-button-nick-default-face'."
-  (mapcar (lambda (f)
-            (if (and (eq (car-safe f) 'erc-nick-default-face)
-                     (member f erc-track--old-nick-button-faces))
-                (cons 'erc-button-nick-default-face (cdr f))
-              f))
-          val))
+(defun erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces (sym val &optional set-fn)
+  "Transform VAL of face-list option SYM to have new defaults.
+Use `set'-compatible SET-FN when given.  If an update was
+performed, stash a copy of the replaced VAL member in the symbol
+property `erc-track--obsolete-faces' of SYM."
+  (let* ((changedp nil)
+         (new (mapcar
+               (lambda (f)
+                 (if (and (eq (car-safe f) 'erc-nick-default-face)
+                          (equal f '(erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)))
+                     (progn
+                       (setq changedp t)
+                       (put sym 'erc-track--obsolete-faces t)
+                       (cons 'erc-button-nick-default-face (cdr f)))
+                   f))
+               val)))
+    (if set-fn
+        (funcall set-fn sym (if changedp new val))
+      (set-default sym (if changedp new val)))))
 
 (defcustom erc-track-faces-priority-list
   '(erc-error-face
@@ -205,8 +210,7 @@ erc-track-faces-priority-list
 Note that ERC prioritizes certain faces reserved for critical
 messages regardless of this option's value."
   :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
-  :set (lambda (sym val)
-         (set-default sym (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces val)))
+  :set #'erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces
   :type (erc--with-dependent-type-match
          (repeat (choice face (repeat :tag "Combination" face)))
          erc-button))
@@ -248,10 +252,10 @@ erc-track-faces-normal-list
 
 The effect may be disabled by setting this variable to nil."
   :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
-  :set (lambda (sym val)
-         (set-default sym (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces val)))
-  :type '(repeat (choice face
-			 (repeat :tag "Combination" face))))
+  :set #'erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces
+  :type (erc--with-dependent-type-match
+         (repeat (choice face (repeat :tag "Combination" face)))
+         erc-button))
 
 (defvar erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p nil
   "Compatibility flag to promote only exclusively new \"normal\" faces.
@@ -649,30 +653,29 @@ erc-track--setup
       (let ((existing (erc-with-server-buffer erc-track--normal-faces))
             (localp (and erc--target
                          (local-variable-p 'erc-track-faces-normal-list)))
+            (opts '(erc-track-faces-normal-list erc-track-faces-priority-list))
             warnp table)
+        ;; Don't bother warning users who've disabled `button'.
         (unless (or erc--target (not (or (bound-and-true-p erc-button-mode)
                                          (memq 'button erc-modules))))
-          (dolist (opt '(erc-track-faces-normal-list
-                         erc-track-faces-priority-list))
-            (when (seq-some
-                   (lambda (f)
-                     (and (eq (car-safe f) 'erc-nick-default-face)
-                          (member f erc-track--old-nick-button-faces)))
-                   (symbol-value opt))
+          (when (or localp (local-variable-p 'erc-track-faces-priority-list))
+            (dolist (opt opts)
+              (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces opt (symbol-value opt)
+                                                    #'set)))
+          (dolist (opt opts)
+            (when (get opt 'erc-track--obsolete-faces)
               (push opt warnp)
-              (set opt (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces
-                        (symbol-value opt)))))
+              (put opt 'erc-track--obsolete-faces nil)))
           (when warnp
             (erc--warn-once-before-connect 'erc-track-mode
               (if (cdr warnp) "Options " "Option ")
               (mapconcat (lambda (o) (format "`%S'" o)) warnp " and ")
               (if (cdr warnp) " contain" " contains")
-              " obsolete list-style faces intended to match buttonized"
-              " nicknames. To silence this warning, please update members"
-              " with `%S' at their head, like %S, by converting them to %S."
-              " ERC has done this for you for this session."
-              'erc-nick-default-face '(erc-nick-default-face foo)
-              '(erc-button-nick-default-face foo))))
+              " an obsolete item, %S, intended to match buttonized nicknames."
+              " ERC has changed it to %S for the current session."
+              " Please save the current value to silence this message."
+              '(erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
+              '(erc-button-nick-default-face erc-default-face))))
         (when (or (null existing) localp)
           (setq table (map-into (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f f))
                                         erc-track-faces-normal-list)
@@ -913,12 +916,12 @@ erc-track-select-mode-line-face
               choice))
         choice))))
 
-(define-inline erc-track--gett (table-or-function key)
-  "Look up KEY via TABLE-OR-FUNCTION."
-  (inline-quote
-   (if (functionp ,table-or-function)
-       (funcall ,table-or-function ,key)
-     (gethash ,key ,table-or-function))))
+(defvar erc-track--alt-normals-function nil
+  "A function to possibly elect a \"normal\" face.
+Called with the current incumbent and the worthiest new contender
+followed by all new contending faces and so-called \"normal\"
+faces.  See `erc-track--select-mode-line-face' for their meanings
+and expected types.  This function should return a face or nil.")
 
 (defun erc-track--select-mode-line-face (cur-face new-faces ranks normals)
   "Return CUR-FACE or a replacement for displaying in the mode-line, or nil.
@@ -929,12 +932,12 @@ erc-track--select-mode-line-face
 If NEW-FACES has a cdr, expect it to be its car's contents
 ordered from most recently seen (later in the buffer) to
 earliest.  In general, act like `erc-track-select-mode-line-face'
-except reconsider NEW-FACES when CUR-FACE outranks all its
-members.  That is, choose the highest RANKS among NEW-FACES not
-equal to CUR-FACE.  Failing that, choose the first face in
-NORMALS to appear anywhere in NEW-FACES, but only if NEW-FACES
-has a cdr.  If NORMALS is a function, call it with the name of a
-face to query membership."
+except appeal to `erc-track--alt-normals-function' if it's
+non-nil, falling back on reconsidering NEW-FACES when CUR-FACE
+outranks all its members.  That is, choose the first among RANKS
+in NEW-FACES not equal to CUR-FACE.  Failing that, choose the
+first face in NEW-FACES that's also in NORMALS, assuming
+NEW-FACES has a cdr."
   (cl-check-type erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p null)
   (cl-check-type new-faces cons)
   (when-let ((choice (catch 'face
@@ -942,21 +945,23 @@ erc-track--select-mode-line-face
                          (when (or (equal candidate cur-face)
                                    (gethash candidate (car new-faces)))
                            (throw 'face candidate))))))
-    (when-let (((equal choice cur-face))
-               ((erc-track--gett normals choice))
-               (contender (catch 'face
-                            (progn
-                              (dolist (candidate ranks)
-                                (when (and (not (equal candidate choice))
-                                           (gethash candidate (car new-faces))
-                                           (erc-track--gett normals candidate))
-                                  (throw 'face candidate)))
-                              (dolist (f (cdr new-faces))
-                                (when (and (not (equal f choice))
-                                           (erc-track--gett normals f))
-                                  (throw 'face f)))))))
-      (setq choice contender))
-    choice))
+    (or (and erc-track--alt-normals-function
+             (funcall erc-track--alt-normals-function
+                      cur-face choice new-faces normals))
+        (and (equal choice cur-face)
+             (gethash choice normals)
+             (catch 'face
+               (progn
+                 (dolist (candidate ranks)
+                   (when (and (not (equal candidate choice))
+                              (gethash candidate (car new-faces))
+                              (gethash choice normals))
+                     (throw 'face candidate)))
+                 (dolist (candidate (cdr new-faces))
+                   (when (and (not (equal candidate choice))
+                              (gethash candidate normals))
+                     (throw 'face candidate))))))
+        choice)))
 
 (defvar erc-track--skipped-msgs '(datestamp)
   "Values of `erc-msg' text prop to ignore.")
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From 8f3926d0dd13a430bf4d8492e0e418e9677c8091 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:24:17 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] [5.6] Include rather than combine erc-nicks-backing-face

* lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el (erc-nicks--get-face): Make generated face
:inherit from `erc-nicks-backing-face'.
(erc-nicks--highlight): Just return the generated face instead of
combining it with `erc-nicks-backing-face' or the existing face in the
buffer.
* test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el (erc-nicks-list-faces): Skip
"Inherit: " button.
---
 lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el            | 12 +++++-------
 test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
index fcd3afdbbc4..2f0c3261266 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
@@ -454,7 +454,9 @@ erc-nicks--get-face
           (put new-face 'erc-nicks--nick nick)
           (put new-face 'erc-nicks--netid erc-networks--id)
           (put new-face 'erc-nicks--key key)
-          (face-spec-set new-face `((t :foreground ,color)) 'face-defface-spec)
+          (face-spec-set new-face `((t :foreground ,color
+                                       :inherit ,erc-nicks-backing-face))
+                         'face-defface-spec)
           (set-face-documentation
            new-face (format "Internal face for %s on %s." nick (erc-network)))
           (puthash nick new-face table)))))
@@ -503,12 +505,8 @@ erc-nicks--highlight
              ((not (and base-face
                         (erc-nicks--skip-p base-face erc-nicks-skip-faces
                                            erc-nicks--max-skip-search))))
-             (key (erc-nicks--gen-key-from-format-spec trimmed))
-             (out (erc-nicks--get-face trimmed key)))
-    (if (or (null erc-nicks-backing-face)
-            (eq base-face erc-nicks-backing-face))
-        out
-      (cons out (erc-list erc-nicks-backing-face)))))
+             (key (erc-nicks--gen-key-from-format-spec trimmed)))
+    (erc-nicks--get-face trimmed key)))
 
 (defun erc-nicks--highlight-button (nick-object)
   "Possibly add face to `erc-button--nick-user' NICK-OBJECT."
diff --git a/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el b/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el
index 35264a23caa..54882278139 100644
--- a/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/erc/erc-nicks-tests.el
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ erc-nicks-list-faces
              (push-button)
              (should (search-forward-regexp
                       (rx "Foreground: #" (group (+ xdigit)) eol)))
-             (forward-button 1)
+             (forward-button 2) ; skip Inherit:...
              (push-button))
 
            (ert-info ("First entry's sample is rendered correctly")
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From be105b8d876c4e0bace6049726302bde1cae7cdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 19:04:12 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] [5.6] Fix Custom :type of erc-track-faces-normal-list

* lisp/erc/erc-track.el (erc-modified-channels-object):
Load `erc-button' during validation so that Customize chooses the
correct UI instead of a generic field with "(mismatch)" printed
alongside the "STATE" button.
---
 lisp/erc/erc-track.el | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
index a36b781e04d..db10063cafe 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
@@ -225,8 +225,9 @@ erc-track-faces-normal-list
 are occurring in these channels.
 
 The effect may be disabled by setting this variable to nil."
-  :type '(repeat (choice face
-			 (repeat :tag "Combination" face))))
+  :type (erc--with-dependent-type-match
+         (repeat (choice face (repeat :tag "Combination" face)))
+         erc-button))
 
 (defcustom erc-track-position-in-mode-line 'before-modes
   "Where to show modified channel information in the mode-line.
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From 60e297cf14c873bd55a73e80bb77c71a78f6a5e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 05:33:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] [5.7] Promote "normal" faces in erc-track

* etc/ERC-NEWS: Add entry for new behavior involving the option
`erc-track-faces-normal-list'.
* lisp/erc/erc-button.el (erc-button-nick-default-face): New face to
serve as default for `erc-button-nickname-face'.
(erc-button-nickname-face): Change default value to
`erc-button-nick-default-face'.
* lisp/erc/erc-track.el (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces): New
function to serve as Custom :set function for priority and "normal"
face-list options.
(erc-track-faces-priority-list, erc-track-faces-normal-list): Change
values for `match' module faces to feature
`erc-button-nick-default-face' instead of `erc-nick-default-face'.
Use :set function to massage saved user values.
(erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p): New compatibility switch to
access pre-5.6 behavior, in which faces in
`erc-track-faces-normal-list' were only considered for promotion to
the mode line if the current face occupying that pole position wasn't
present.
(erc-track-mode, erc-track-enable, erc-track-disable): Add FIXME
comments regarding perceived futility of `erc-server-001-functions and
likely unneeded hook removal.  Run common buffer-local setup and
teardown.
(erc-track--normal-faces): New local variable, a snapshot of
`erc-track-faces-normal-list'.
(erc-track--setup): New function to stash
`erc-track-faces-normal-list' on init.
(erc-track-select-mode-line-face): Offer alternate explanation of
certain particulars in doc string.
(erc-track--alt-normals-function): New function-valued variable to
allow other modules to intervene in deciding whether to pursue and
promote a "normal" contending face.
(erc-track--select-mode-line-face): New function similar to its public
namesake except that it considers other viable candidates among the
"normal" alternatives.
(erc-track-modified-channels): Only run face selection portion when
faces are actually found.  Use `erc-track--select-mode-line-face'
instead of `erc-track-select-mode-line-face'.
* test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
(erc-track-select-mode-line-face): New test.
(erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face): New function.
(erc-track--select-mode-line-face): New test.  (Bug#67767)
---
 etc/ERC-NEWS                     |  39 ++++++
 lisp/erc/erc-button.el           |   8 +-
 lisp/erc/erc-track.el            | 223 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el | 130 ++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 377 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/ERC-NEWS b/etc/ERC-NEWS
index 4642c742b0f..40e3d5d5638 100644
--- a/etc/ERC-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ERC-NEWS
@@ -170,6 +170,19 @@ options, like 'erc-command-indicator', have moved to the 'erc-goodies'
 library, although their Custom groups remain the same.  Add
 'command-indicator' to 'erc-modules' to get started.
 
+** Option 'erc-track-faces-normal-list' slightly more influential.
+This option has always been a source of confusion for users, mainly
+because its influence rode heavily on the makeup of faces in a given
+message.  Historically, when a buffer's current mode-line face was a
+member of this option's value, ERC would only swap it out for a fellow
+"normal" if it was absent from message being processed.  Beginning
+with this release, ERC now looks to other ranked and (if necessary)
+unranked "normals" instead of sustaining the same face between
+messages.  This was done to better honor the stated purpose of the
+option, which is to provide consistent visual feedback when buffer
+activity occurs.  If you experience problems with this development,
+see the compatibility flag 'erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p'.
+
 ** 'erc-button-alist' and 'erc-nick-popup-alist' have evolved slightly.
 It's no secret that the 'buttons' module treats potential nicknames
 specially.  This is perhaps most evident in its treatment of the
@@ -184,6 +197,23 @@ s-expressions, which ERC will continue to honor.  Although the default
 lineup remains functionally equivalent, its members have all been
 updated accordingly.
 
+** 'erc-track-faces-priority-list' and 'erc-track-faces-normal-list' slimmed.
+These options have been purged of certain 'button'-related face
+combinations.  Originally added in ERC 5.3, these combinations
+described the effect of "buttonizing" atop faces added by the 'match'
+module, like '(erc-nick-default-face erc-pal-face)'.  However, since
+at least Emacs 27, 'match' has run before 'button' in
+'erc-insert-modify-hook', meaning such permutations aren't possible.
+
+More importantly, users who've customized either of these options
+should update them with the new default value of the option
+'erc-button-nickname-face'.  Like 'erc-nick-default-face', which it
+replaces, the new 'erc-button-nick-default-face' is also a "real"
+face.  Its sole reason for existing is to make it easier for users and
+modules to distinguish between basic buttonized faces and
+'erc-nick-default-face', which is now reserved to mean the base
+"speaker" face.
+
 ** Option 'erc-query-on-unjoined-chan-privmsg' restored and renamed.
 This option was accidentally removed from the default client in ERC
 5.5 and was thus prevented from influencing PRIVMSG routing.  It's now
@@ -306,6 +336,15 @@ from 't' to the more useful 'erc-prompt', although the property of the
 same name has been retained and now has a value of 'hidden' when
 disconnected.
 
+*** Lists of faces in buttonized text are no longer nested.
+Previously, when "buttonizing" a new region, ERC would combine faces
+by blindly consing the new onto the existing.  In theory, this kept a
+nice record of all modifications to a given region.  However, it also
+complicated life for other modules wanting to analyze and operate on
+these regions.  Beginning with this release, ERC now merges combined
+faces together when creating buttons, although the odd nested list may
+still crop up here and there.
+
 *** Members of insert- and send-related hooks have been reordered.
 As anyone reading this is no doubt aware, both built-in and
 third-party modules rely on certain hooks for adjusting incoming and
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
index e1c10be53f6..f10d7a2fce7 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ erc-button
   "ERC button face."
   :group 'erc-faces)
 
+(defface erc-button-nick-default-face '((t :inherit erc-nick-default-face))
+  "Default face for a buttonized nickname."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
+  :group 'erc-faces)
+
 (defcustom erc-button-face 'erc-button
   "Face used for highlighting buttons in ERC buffers.
 
@@ -78,8 +83,9 @@ erc-button-face
   :type 'face
   :group 'erc-faces)
 
-(defcustom erc-button-nickname-face 'erc-nick-default-face
+(defcustom erc-button-nickname-face 'erc-button-nick-default-face
   "Face used for ERC nickname buttons."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
   :type 'face
   :group 'erc-faces)
 
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
index db10063cafe..490fc52d42c 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
@@ -161,23 +161,44 @@ erc-track-use-faces
 \(e.g. `erc-pal-face' is used if a pal sent a message to that channel.)"
   :type 'boolean)
 
+;; Historically, `erc-track-faces-priority-list' had members
+;; describing the effect of buttonizing atop faces from `match', e.g.,
+;; (erc-nick-default-face erc-pal-face).  However, since at least
+;; Emacs 27, `match' has done its damage after `button' in
+;; `erc-insert-modify-hook', meaning such permutations cannot exist.
+(defun erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces (sym val &optional set-fn)
+  "Transform VAL of face-list option SYM to have new defaults.
+Use `set'-compatible SET-FN when given.  If an update was
+performed, stash a copy of the replaced VAL member in the symbol
+property `erc-track--obsolete-faces' of SYM."
+  (let* ((changedp nil)
+         (new (mapcar
+               (lambda (f)
+                 (if (and (eq (car-safe f) 'erc-nick-default-face)
+                          (equal f '(erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)))
+                     (progn
+                       (setq changedp t)
+                       (put sym 'erc-track--obsolete-faces t)
+                       (cons 'erc-button-nick-default-face (cdr f)))
+                   f))
+               val)))
+    (if set-fn
+        (funcall set-fn sym (if changedp new val))
+      (set-default sym (if changedp new val)))))
+
 (defcustom erc-track-faces-priority-list
   '(erc-error-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-current-nick-face)
     erc-current-nick-face
     erc-keyword-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-pal-face)
     erc-pal-face
     erc-nick-msg-face
     erc-direct-msg-face
     (erc-button erc-default-face)
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-dangerous-host-face)
     erc-dangerous-host-face
     erc-nick-default-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
+    (erc-button-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
     erc-default-face
     erc-action-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-fool-face)
     erc-fool-face
     erc-notice-face
     erc-input-face
@@ -188,6 +209,8 @@ erc-track-faces-priority-list
 
 Note that ERC prioritizes certain faces reserved for critical
 messages regardless of this option's value."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
+  :set #'erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces
   :type (erc--with-dependent-type-match
          (repeat (choice face (repeat :tag "Combination" face)))
          erc-button))
@@ -209,10 +232,9 @@ erc-track-priority-faces-only
 
 (defcustom erc-track-faces-normal-list
   '((erc-button erc-default-face)
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-dangerous-host-face)
     erc-dangerous-host-face
     erc-nick-default-face
-    (erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
+    (erc-button-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
     erc-default-face
     erc-action-face)
   "A list of faces considered to be part of normal conversations.
@@ -224,11 +246,26 @@ erc-track-faces-normal-list
 message.  This gives a rough indication that active conversations
 are occurring in these channels.
 
+Note that ERC makes a copy of this option when initializing the
+module.  To see your changes reflected mid-session, cycle
+\\[erc-track-mode].
+
 The effect may be disabled by setting this variable to nil."
+  :package-version '(ERC . "5.7") ; FIXME sync on release
+  :set #'erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces
   :type (erc--with-dependent-type-match
          (repeat (choice face (repeat :tag "Combination" face)))
          erc-button))
 
+(defvar erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p nil
+  "Compatibility flag to promote only exclusively new \"normal\" faces.
+When non-nil, revert to pre-5.6 behavior in which a current
+mode-line face that both outranks and is absent from the current
+message is eligible for replacement with a fellow face from
+`erc-track-faces-normal-list' that does appear in the message.
+By extension, when enabled, never replace the current, reigning
+mode-line face if it's present in the current message.")
+
 (defcustom erc-track-position-in-mode-line 'before-modes
   "Where to show modified channel information in the mode-line.
 
@@ -519,6 +556,9 @@ track
 	 (progn
 	   (add-hook 'window-configuration-change-hook #'erc-user-is-active)
 	   (add-hook 'erc-send-completed-hook #'erc-user-is-active)
+           ;; FIXME find out why this uses `erc-server-001-functions'.
+           ;; `erc-user-is-active' runs when `erc-server-connected' is
+           ;; non-nil.  But this hook usually only runs when it's nil.
 	   (add-hook 'erc-server-001-functions #'erc-user-is-active))
        (erc-track-add-to-mode-line erc-track-position-in-mode-line)
        (erc-update-mode-line)
@@ -529,6 +569,8 @@ track
      ;; enable the tracking keybindings
      (add-hook 'erc-connect-pre-hook #'erc-track-minor-mode-maybe)
      (erc-track-minor-mode-maybe))
+   (add-hook 'erc-mode-hook #'erc-track--setup)
+   (unless erc--updating-modules-p (erc-buffer-do #'erc-track--setup))
    (add-hook 'erc-networks--copy-server-buffer-functions
              #'erc-track--replace-killed-buffer))
   ;; Disable:
@@ -540,6 +582,7 @@ track
 			#'erc-user-is-active)
 	   (remove-hook 'erc-send-completed-hook #'erc-user-is-active)
 	   (remove-hook 'erc-server-001-functions #'erc-user-is-active)
+           ;; FIXME remove this if unused.
 	   (remove-hook 'erc-timer-hook #'erc-user-is-active))
        (remove-hook 'window-configuration-change-hook
 		    #'erc-window-configuration-change)
@@ -549,9 +592,12 @@ track
      (remove-hook 'erc-connect-pre-hook #'erc-track-minor-mode-maybe)
      (when erc-track-minor-mode
        (erc-track-minor-mode -1)))
+   (remove-hook 'erc-mode-hook #'erc-track--setup)
+   (erc-buffer-do #'erc-track--setup)
    (remove-hook 'erc-networks--copy-server-buffer-functions
                 #'erc-track--replace-killed-buffer)))
 
+;; FIXME move this above the module definition.
 (defcustom erc-track-when-inactive nil
   "Enable channel tracking even for visible buffers, if you are inactive."
   :type 'boolean
@@ -563,6 +609,51 @@ erc-track-when-inactive
 	       (erc-track-enable))
 	   (set sym val))))
 
+(defvar-local erc-track--normal-faces nil
+  "Local copy of `erc-track-faces-normal-list' as a hash table.")
+
+(defun erc-track--setup ()
+  "Initialize a buffer for use with the `track' module.
+If this is a server buffer or `erc-track-faces-normal-list' is
+locally bound, create a new `erc-track--normal-faces' for the
+current buffer.  Otherwise, set the local value to the server
+buffer's."
+  (if erc-track-mode
+      (let ((existing (erc-with-server-buffer erc-track--normal-faces))
+            (localp (and erc--target
+                         (local-variable-p 'erc-track-faces-normal-list)))
+            (opts '(erc-track-faces-normal-list erc-track-faces-priority-list))
+            warnp table)
+        ;; Don't bother warning users who've disabled `button'.
+        (unless (or erc--target (not (or (bound-and-true-p erc-button-mode)
+                                         (memq 'button erc-modules))))
+          (when (or localp (local-variable-p 'erc-track-faces-priority-list))
+            (dolist (opt opts)
+              (erc-track--massage-nick-button-faces opt (symbol-value opt)
+                                                    #'set)))
+          (dolist (opt opts)
+            (when (get opt 'erc-track--obsolete-faces)
+              (push opt warnp)
+              (put opt 'erc-track--obsolete-faces nil)))
+          (when warnp
+            (erc--warn-once-before-connect 'erc-track-mode
+              (if (cdr warnp) "Options " "Option ")
+              (mapconcat (lambda (o) (format "`%S'" o)) warnp " and ")
+              (if (cdr warnp) " contain" " contains")
+              " an obsolete item, %S, intended to match buttonized nicknames."
+              " ERC has changed it to %S for the current session."
+              " Please save the current value to silence this message."
+              '(erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)
+              '(erc-button-nick-default-face erc-default-face))))
+        (when (or (null existing) localp)
+          (setq table (map-into (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f f))
+                                        erc-track-faces-normal-list)
+                                '(hash-table :test equal :weakness value))))
+        (setq erc-track--normal-faces (or table existing))
+        (unless (or localp existing)
+          (erc-with-server-buffer (setq erc-track--normal-faces table))))
+    (kill-local-variable 'erc-track--normal-faces)))
+
 ;;; Visibility
 
 (defvar erc-buffer-activity nil
@@ -767,7 +858,12 @@ erc-track-select-mode-line-face
 face, if a member of `erc-track-faces-normal-list', to be
 replaced with another with lower priority face from NEW-FACES, if
 that face with highest priority in NEW-FACES is also a member of
-`erc-track-faces-normal-list'."
+`erc-track-faces-normal-list'.
+
+To put it another way, when CUR-FACE outranks all NEW-FACES and
+doesn't appear among them, it's eligible to be replaced with a
+fellow \"normal\" from NEW-FACES.  But if it does appear among
+them, it can't be replaced."
   (let ((choice (catch 'face
                   (dolist (candidate erc-track-faces-priority-list)
                     (when (or (equal candidate cur-face)
@@ -786,6 +882,53 @@ erc-track-select-mode-line-face
               choice))
         choice))))
 
+(defvar erc-track--alt-normals-function nil
+  "A function to possibly elect a \"normal\" face.
+Called with the current incumbent and the worthiest new contender
+followed by all new contending faces and so-called \"normal\"
+faces.  See `erc-track--select-mode-line-face' for their meanings
+and expected types.  This function should return a face or nil.")
+
+(defun erc-track--select-mode-line-face (cur-face new-faces ranks normals)
+  "Return CUR-FACE or a replacement for displaying in the mode-line, or nil.
+Expect RANKS to be a list of faces and both NORMALS and the car
+of NEW-FACES to be hash tables mapping faces to non-nil values.
+Assume the latter's makeup and that of RANKS to resemble
+`erc-track-face-normal-list' and `erc-track-faces-priority-list'.
+If NEW-FACES has a cdr, expect it to be its car's contents
+ordered from most recently seen (later in the buffer) to
+earliest.  In general, act like `erc-track-select-mode-line-face'
+except appeal to `erc-track--alt-normals-function' if it's
+non-nil, falling back on reconsidering NEW-FACES when CUR-FACE
+outranks all its members.  That is, choose the first among RANKS
+in NEW-FACES not equal to CUR-FACE.  Failing that, choose the
+first face in NEW-FACES that's also in NORMALS, assuming
+NEW-FACES has a cdr."
+  (cl-check-type erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p null)
+  (cl-check-type new-faces cons)
+  (when-let ((choice (catch 'face
+                       (dolist (candidate ranks)
+                         (when (or (equal candidate cur-face)
+                                   (gethash candidate (car new-faces)))
+                           (throw 'face candidate))))))
+    (or (and erc-track--alt-normals-function
+             (funcall erc-track--alt-normals-function
+                      cur-face choice new-faces normals))
+        (and (equal choice cur-face)
+             (gethash choice normals)
+             (catch 'face
+               (progn
+                 (dolist (candidate ranks)
+                   (when (and (not (equal candidate choice))
+                              (gethash candidate (car new-faces))
+                              (gethash choice normals))
+                     (throw 'face candidate)))
+                 (dolist (candidate (cdr new-faces))
+                   (when (and (not (equal candidate choice))
+                              (gethash candidate normals))
+                     (throw 'face candidate))))))
+        choice)))
+
 (defvar erc-track--skipped-msgs '(datestamp)
   "Values of `erc-msg' text prop to ignore.")
 
@@ -820,31 +963,43 @@ erc-track-modified-channels
 	;; (in the car), change its face attribute (in the cddr) if
 	;; necessary.  See `erc-modified-channels-alist' for the
 	;; exact data structure used.
-        (let ((faces (erc-faces-in (buffer-string)))
-              (erc-track-faces-priority-list
-               `(,@erc-track--attn-faces ,@erc-track-faces-priority-list)))
-	  (unless (and
-		   (or (eq erc-track-priority-faces-only 'all)
-		       (member this-channel erc-track-priority-faces-only))
-		   (not (catch 'found
-			  (dolist (f faces)
-			    (when (member f erc-track-faces-priority-list)
-			      (throw 'found t))))))
+        (when-let
+            ((faces (if erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p
+                        (erc-faces-in (buffer-string))
+                      (erc-track--get-faces-in-current-message)))
+             (normals erc-track--normal-faces)
+             (erc-track-faces-priority-list
+              `(,@erc-track--attn-faces ,@erc-track-faces-priority-list))
+             (ranks erc-track-faces-priority-list)
+             ((not (and
+                    (or (eq erc-track-priority-faces-only 'all)
+                        (member this-channel erc-track-priority-faces-only))
+                    (not (catch 'found
+                           (dolist (f ranks)
+                             (when (gethash f (or (car-safe faces) faces))
+                               (throw 'found t)))))))))
+          (progn ; FIXME remove `progn' on next major edit
 	    (if (not (assq (current-buffer) erc-modified-channels-alist))
 		;; Add buffer, faces and counts
 		(setq erc-modified-channels-alist
 		      (cons (cons (current-buffer)
 				  (cons
-                                   1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
-                                      nil faces)))
+                                   1 (if erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p
+                                         (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
+                                          nil faces)
+                                       (erc-track--select-mode-line-face
+                                        nil faces ranks normals))))
 			    erc-modified-channels-alist))
 	      ;; Else modify the face for the buffer, if necessary.
 	      (when faces
 		(let* ((cell (assq (current-buffer)
 				   erc-modified-channels-alist))
 		       (old-face (cddr cell))
-		       (new-face (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
-                                  old-face faces)))
+                       (new-face (if erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p
+                                     (erc-track-select-mode-line-face
+                                      old-face faces)
+                                   (erc-track--select-mode-line-face
+                                    old-face faces ranks normals))))
 		  (setcdr cell (cons (1+ (cadr cell)) new-face)))))
 	    ;; And display it
 	    (erc-modified-channels-display)))
@@ -873,6 +1028,30 @@ erc-faces-in
 	   (push cur faces)))
     faces))
 
+(defvar erc-track--face-reject-function nil
+  "Function called with face in current buffer to massage or reject.")
+
+(defun erc-track--get-faces-in-current-message ()
+  "Collect all faces in the narrowed buffer.
+Return a cons of a hash table and a list ordered from most
+recently seen to earliest seen."
+  (let ((i (text-property-not-all (point-min) (point-max) 'font-lock-face nil))
+        (seen (make-hash-table :test #'equal))
+        ;;
+        (rfaces ())
+        (faces (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
+    (while-let ((i)
+                (cur (get-text-property i 'face)))
+      (unless (gethash cur seen)
+        (puthash cur t seen)
+        (when erc-track--face-reject-function
+          (setq cur (funcall erc-track--face-reject-function cur)))
+        (when cur
+          (push cur rfaces)
+          (puthash cur t faces)))
+      (setq i (next-single-property-change i 'font-lock-face)))
+    (cons faces rfaces)))
+
 ;;; Buffer switching
 
 (defvar erc-track-last-non-erc-buffer nil
diff --git a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
index ab8d708b721..4477727be8a 100644
--- a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
@@ -120,4 +120,134 @@ erc-track--erc-faces-in
     (should (erc-faces-in str0))
     (should (erc-faces-in str1)) ))
 
+;; This simulates an alternating bold/non-bold [#c] in the mode-line,
+;; i.e., an `erc-modified-channels-alist' that vacillates between
+;;
+;;   ((#<buffer #chan> 42 . erc-default-face))
+;;
+;; and
+;;
+;;   ((#<buffer #chan> 42 erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face))
+;;
+;; This is a fairly typical scenario where consecutive messages
+;; feature speaker and addressee button highlighting and otherwise
+;; plain message bodies.  This mapping of phony to real faces
+;; describes the picture in 5.6:
+;;
+;;   `1': (erc-button erc-default-face)                 ; URL
+;;   `2': (erc-nick-default-face erc-default-face)      ; mention
+;;   `3': erc-default-face                              ; body
+;;   `_': (erc-nick-default-face erc-nick-default-face) ; speaker
+;;
+;; The `_' represents a commonly occurring face (a <speaker>) that's
+;; not present in either option's default (standard) value.  It's a
+;; no-op from the POV of `erc-track-select-mode-line-face'.
+
+(ert-deftest erc-track-select-mode-line-face ()
+
+  ;; Observed (see key above).
+  (let ((erc-track-faces-priority-list '(1 2 3))
+        (erc-track-faces-normal-list   '(1 2 3)))
+
+    (should (equal 2 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 3 '(2 _ 3))))
+    (should (equal 2 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 2 '(2 _ 3))))
+    (should (equal 3 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 2 '(_ 3))))
+    (should (equal 2 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 3 '(2 3))))
+    (should (equal 3 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 2 '(3))))
+
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(2 1 3))))
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(1 3))))
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(1 3 2))))
+    (should (equal 1 (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 1 '(3 1)))))
+
+  ;; When the current face outranks all new faces and doesn't appear
+  ;; among them, it's eligible to be replaced with a fellow "normal"
+  ;; from those new faces.  But if it does appear among them, it's
+  ;; never replaced.
+  (let ((erc-track-faces-priority-list '(a b))
+        (erc-track-faces-normal-list   '(a b)))
+
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(a b))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(a b))))
+
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(a))))
+    (should (equal 'b (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(b)))))
+
+  ;; The ordering of the "normal" list doesn't matter.
+  (let ((erc-track-faces-priority-list '(a b))
+        (erc-track-faces-normal-list   '(b a)))
+
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'a '(a b))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(b a))))
+    (should (equal 'a (erc-track-select-mode-line-face 'b '(a b))))))
+
+(defun erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face (ranked normals cases)
+  (setq normals (map-into (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f t)) normals)
+                          '(hash-table :test equal)))
+  (pcase-dolist (`(,want ,cur-face ,new-faces) cases)
+
+    (ert-info ((format "Observed: {cur: %S, new: %S, want: %S}"
+                       cur-face new-faces want))
+      (setq new-faces (cons (map-into
+                             (mapcar (lambda (f) (cons f t)) new-faces)
+                             '(hash-table :test equal))
+                            (reverse new-faces)))
+      (should (equal want (funcall #'erc-track--select-mode-line-face
+                                   cur-face new-faces ranked normals))))))
+
+;; The main difference between these variants is that with the above,
+;; when given alternating lines like
+;;
+;;  CUR      NEW                          CHOICE
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;   mention  ($speaker text)          =>   text
+;;
+;; we see the effect of alternating faces in the indicator.  But when
+;; given consecutive lines with a similar composition, like
+;;
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;
+;; we lose the effect.  With the variant below, we get
+;;
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   mention
+;;   text     (mention $speaker text)  =>   text
+;;
+
+(ert-deftest erc-track--select-mode-line-face ()
+  (should-not erc-track-ignore-normal-contenders-p)
+
+  ;; These are the same test cases from the previous test.  The syntax
+  ;; is (expected cur-face new-faces).
+  (erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face
+   '(1 2 3) '(1 2 3)
+   '((2 3 (2 _ 3))
+     (3 2 (2 _ 3))
+     (3 2 (_ 3))
+     (2 3 (2 3))
+     (3 2 (3))
+     (2 1 (2 1 3))
+     (3 1 (1 3))
+     (2 1 (1 3 2))
+     (3 1 (3 1))))
+
+  (erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face
+   '(a b) '(a b)
+   '((b a (b a))
+     (b a (a b))
+     (a b (b a))
+     (a b (a b))
+     (a b (a))
+     (b a (b))))
+
+  (erc-track-tests--select-mode-line-face
+   '(a b) '(b a)
+   '((b a (b a))
+     (b a (a b))
+     (a b (b a))
+     (a b (a b)))))
+
 ;;; erc-track-tests.el ends here
-- 
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From 105d66146f71f7d1060d845255d81c4fb9b9919d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:26:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] [5.7] Cache shortened channel names in erc-track

* lisp/erc/erc-track.el (erc-track--shortened-names): New variable to
stash both the latest inputs and most recent result of
`erc-track-shorten-function'.
(erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash,
erc-track--shortened-names-set, erc-track--shortened-names-get): New
pair of generalized-variable functions and helper variable for
accessing and mutating `erc-track--shorten-prefixes'.
(erc-modified-channels-display): Avoid redundant calls to
`erc-track-shorten-function'.  Mainly for use during batch processing.
* test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
(erc-track--shortened-names): New test.  (Bug#67767)
---
 lisp/erc/erc-track.el            | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
index 490fc52d42c..a6a1539b044 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-track.el
@@ -382,6 +382,37 @@ erc-track-add-to-mode-line
 
 ;;; Shortening of names
 
+(defvar erc-track--shortened-names nil
+  "A cons of the last novel name-shortening params and the result.
+The CAR is a hash of environmental inputs such as options and
+parameters passed to `erc-track-shorten-function'.  Its effect is
+only really noticeable during batch processing.")
+
+(defvar erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash nil)
+
+(defun erc-track--shortened-names-set (_ shortened)
+  "Remember SHORTENED names with hash of contextual params."
+  (cl-assert erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash)
+  (setq erc-track--shortened-names
+        (cons erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash shortened)))
+
+(defun erc-track--shortened-names-get (channel-names)
+  "Cache CHANNEL-NAMES with various contextual parameters.
+For now, omit relevant options like `erc-track-shorten-start' and
+friends, even though they do affect the outcome, because they
+likely change too infrequently to matter over sub-second
+intervals and are unlikely to be let-bound or set locally."
+  (when-let ((hash (setq erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash
+                         (sxhash-equal (list channel-names
+                                             (buffer-list)
+                                             erc-track-shorten-function))))
+             (erc-track--shortened-names)
+             ((= hash (car erc-track--shortened-names))))
+    (cdr erc-track--shortened-names)))
+
+(gv-define-simple-setter erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                         erc-track--shortened-names-set)
+
 (defun erc-track-shorten-names (channel-names)
   "Call `erc-unique-channel-names' with the correct parameters.
 This function is a good value for `erc-track-shorten-function'.
@@ -797,10 +828,13 @@ erc-modified-channels-display
                                            (or (buffer-name buf)
                                                ""))
 					 buffers))
-		     (short-names (if (functionp erc-track-shorten-function)
-				      (funcall erc-track-shorten-function
-					       long-names)
-				    long-names))
+                     (erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash nil)
+                     (short-names
+                      (if (functionp erc-track-shorten-function)
+                          (with-memoization
+                              (erc-track--shortened-names-get long-names)
+                            (funcall erc-track-shorten-function long-names))
+                        long-names))
 		     strings)
 		(while buffers
 		  (when (car short-names)
diff --git a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
index 4477727be8a..ed3d190928f 100644
--- a/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/erc/erc-track-tests.el
@@ -104,6 +104,42 @@ erc-track--shorten-aggressive-max
                                       '("#emacs" "#vi"))
             '("#e" "#v"))) ))
 
+(ert-deftest erc-track--shortened-names ()
+  (let (erc-track--shortened-names
+        erc-track--shortened-names-current-hash
+        results)
+
+    (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                       '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+      '("a" "b" "c"))
+    (should (integerp (car erc-track--shortened-names)))
+    (should (equal (cdr erc-track--shortened-names) '("a" "b" "c")))
+    (push erc-track--shortened-names results)
+
+    ;; Redundant call doesn't run.
+    (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                       '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+      (should-not 'run)
+      '("a" "b" "c"))
+    (should (equal erc-track--shortened-names (car results)))
+
+    ;; Change in environment or context forces run.
+    (with-temp-buffer
+      (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                         '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+        '("x" "y" "z")))
+    (should (and (integerp (car erc-track--shortened-names))
+                 (/= (car erc-track--shortened-names) (caar results))))
+    (should (equal (cdr erc-track--shortened-names) '("x" "y" "z")))
+    (push erc-track--shortened-names results)
+
+    (with-memoization (erc-track--shortened-names-get
+                       '("apple" "banana" "cherries"))
+      '("1" "2" "3"))
+    (should (and (integerp (car erc-track--shortened-names))
+                 (/= (car erc-track--shortened-names) (caar results))))
+    (should (equal (cdr erc-track--shortened-names) '("1" "2" "3")))))
+
 (ert-deftest erc-track--erc-faces-in ()
   "`erc-faces-in' should pick up both 'face and 'font-lock-face properties."
   (let ((str0 (copy-sequence "is bold"))
-- 
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From e14973511bf0c845ceaac2121c95cc47c6b17ae5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "F. Jason Park" <jp@neverwas.me>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 01:30:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] [5.7] Add erc-track integration to erc-nicks

* lisp/erc/erc-button.el (erc-button--nick): Add `face-cache' slot.
(erc-button-add-nickname-buttons): Pass `erc-button--nick' object, if
created' as the boolean NICK-P parameter when calling
`erc-button-add-button'.  Keeping the latter ignorant
`erc-button--nick' is of course preferable, but some coordination is
now required to convey and use the face cache.  We could introduce an
abstraction, like a local variable, if this becomes an issue.
(erc-button-add-button): Use `erc--merge-prop' instead of
`erc-button-add-face' to apply button faces.  Hold off on deprecating
the latter because it provides unique functionality for nesting faces.
Also, consult NICK-P if it's an `erc-button--nick' object for the
various overriding faces it knows about.
* lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el (erc-nicks-track-faces): New option.
(erc-nicks--highlight-button): Set the `face-cache' slot of the
`erc-button--nick' object when `track' is loaded and initialized.
(erc-nicks-mode, erc-nicks-enable, erc-nicks-disable): Add and remove
`track' integration.
(erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces): New function to remove faces
created by `nicks' from buttonized speakers and mentions.  Conform
to `erc-track--face-reject-function' interface.
(erc-nicks--ourps, erc-nicks--check-normals): New function and helper
for `erc-track--alt-normals-function' interface.
(erc-nicks--setup-track-integration): New function.
(erc-nicks--remember-face-for-track): New function to cache
nick faces owned by this module.  (Bug#67767)
---
 lisp/erc/erc-button.el | 41 +++++++++++----------
 lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el  | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 lisp/erc/erc.el        |  8 +++-
 3 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
index f10d7a2fce7..fc2511bad42 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-button.el
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ erc-button--nick
   ( nickname-face erc-button-nickname-face :type symbol
     :documentation "Temp `erc-button-nickname-face' while buttonizing.")
   ( mouse-face erc-button-mouse-face :type symbol
-    :documentation "Temp `erc-button-mouse-face' while buttonizing."))
+    :documentation "Function to return possibly cached face.")
+  ( face-cache nil :type (or null function)))
 
 ;; This variable is intended to serve as a "core" to be wrapped by
 ;; (built-in) modules during setup.  It's unclear whether
@@ -460,8 +461,7 @@ erc-button-add-nickname-buttons
                      (erc-bounds-of-word-at-point)))
          (word (buffer-substring-no-properties (car bounds) (cdr bounds)))
          (down (erc-downcase word)))
-      (let* ((erc-button-mouse-face erc-button-mouse-face)
-             (erc-button-nickname-face erc-button-nickname-face)
+      (let* ((nick-obj t)
              (cuser (and erc-channel-users
                          (or (gethash down erc-channel-users)
                              (funcall erc-button--fallback-cmem-function
@@ -470,19 +470,15 @@ erc-button-add-nickname-buttons
                        (and erc-server-users (gethash down erc-server-users))))
              (data (list word)))
         (when (or (not (functionp form))
-                  (and-let* ((user)
-                             (obj (funcall form (make-erc-button--nick
-                                                 :bounds bounds :data data
-                                                 :downcased down :user user
-                                                 :cuser (cdr cuser)))))
-                    (setq erc-button-mouse-face ; might be null
-                          (erc-button--nick-mouse-face obj)
-                          erc-button-nickname-face ; might be null
-                          (erc-button--nick-nickname-face obj)
-                          data (erc-button--nick-data obj)
-                          bounds (erc-button--nick-bounds obj))))
+                  (and user
+                       (setq nick-obj (funcall form (make-erc-button--nick
+                                                     :bounds bounds :data data
+                                                     :downcased down :user user
+                                                     :cuser (cdr cuser)))
+                             data (erc-button--nick-data nick-obj)
+                             bounds (erc-button--nick-bounds nick-obj))))
           (erc-button-add-button (car bounds) (cdr bounds) (nth 3 entry)
-                                 'nickp data))))))
+                                 nick-obj data))))))
 
 (defun erc-button-add-buttons-1 (regexp entry)
   "Search through the buffer for matches to ENTRY and add buttons."
@@ -541,13 +537,20 @@ erc-button-add-button
           (move-marker pos (point))))))
   (if nick-p
       (when erc-button-nickname-face
-        (erc-button-add-face from to erc-button-nickname-face))
+        (erc--merge-prop from to 'font-lock-face
+                         (or (and (erc-button--nick-p nick-p)
+                                  (erc-button--nick-nickname-face nick-p))
+                             erc-button-nickname-face)
+                         nil (and (erc-button--nick-p nick-p)
+                                  (erc-button--nick-face-cache nick-p))))
     (when erc-button-face
-      (erc-button-add-face from to erc-button-face)))
+      (erc--merge-prop from to 'font-lock-face erc-button-face)))
   (add-text-properties
    from to
-   (nconc (and erc-button-mouse-face
-               (list 'mouse-face erc-button-mouse-face))
+   (nconc (and-let* ((face (or (and (erc-button--nick-p nick-p)
+                                    (erc-button--nick-mouse-face nick-p))
+                               erc-button-mouse-face)))
+            (list 'mouse-face face))
           (list 'erc-callback fun)
           (list 'keymap erc-button-keymap)
           (list 'rear-nonsticky t)
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
index 2f0c3261266..0b1e5e0c050 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc-nicks.el
@@ -173,6 +173,20 @@ erc-nicks-key-suffix-format
 like \"@%-012n\"."
   :type 'string)
 
+(defcustom erc-nicks-track-faces 'prioritize
+  "Show nick faces in the `track' module's portion of the mode line.
+A value of nil means don't show nick faces at all.  A value of
+`defer' means have `track' consider nick faces only after those
+ranked faces in `erc-track-faces-normal-list'.  This has the
+effect of \"alternating\" between a ranked \"normal\" and a nick.
+The value `prioritize' means have `track' consider nick faces to
+be \"normal\" unless the current speaker is the same as the
+previous one, in which case pretend the value is `defer'.  Like
+most options in this module, updating the value mid-session is
+not officially supported, although cycling \\[erc-nicks-mode] may
+be worth a shot."
+  :type '(choice (const nil) (const defer) (const prioritize)))
+
 (defvar erc-nicks--max-skip-search 3 ; make this an option?
   "Max number of faces to visit when testing `erc-nicks-skip-faces'.")
 
@@ -516,7 +530,12 @@ erc-nicks--highlight-button
                                 'font-lock-face))
        (nick (erc-server-user-nickname (erc-button--nick-user nick-object)))
        (out (erc-nicks--highlight nick face)))
-    (setf (erc-button--nick-nickname-face nick-object) out))
+    (setf (erc-button--nick-nickname-face nick-object) out
+          ;;
+          (erc-button--nick-face-cache nick-object)
+          (and erc-nicks-track-faces
+               (bound-and-true-p erc-track--normal-faces)
+               #'erc-nicks--remember-face-for-track)))
   nick-object)
 
 (define-erc-module nicks nil
@@ -559,6 +578,8 @@ nicks
        erc-nicks--face-table (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
    (setf (alist-get "Edit face" erc-button--nick-popup-alist nil nil #'equal)
          #'erc-nicks-customize-face)
+   (erc-nicks--setup-track-integration)
+   (add-hook 'erc-track-mode #'erc-nicks--setup-track-integration 50 t)
    (advice-add 'widget-create-child-and-convert :filter-args
                #'erc-nicks--redirect-face-widget-link))
   ((kill-local-variable 'erc-nicks--face-table)
@@ -570,8 +591,12 @@ nicks
    (kill-local-variable 'erc-nicks--downcased-skip-nicks)
    (when (fboundp 'erc-button--phantom-users-mode)
      (erc-button--phantom-users-mode -1))
+   (remove-function (local 'erc-track--face-reject-function)
+                    #'erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces)
    (remove-function (local 'erc-button--modify-nick-function)
                     #'erc-nicks--highlight-button)
+   (remove-function (local 'erc-track--alt-normals-function)
+                    #'erc-nicks--check-normals)
    (setf (alist-get "Edit face"
                     erc-button--nick-popup-alist nil 'remove #'equal)
          nil)
@@ -691,6 +716,62 @@ erc-nicks--colors-from-faces
                  (color (face-foreground face)))
         (push color out)))))
 
+(defun erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces (candidate)
+  "Remove own faces from CANDIDATE if it's a combination of faces."
+  (while-let ((next (car-safe candidate))
+              ((facep next))
+              ((not (intern-soft next))))
+    (setq candidate (cdr candidate)))
+  (if (and (consp candidate) (not (cdr candidate))) (car candidate) candidate))
+
+(define-inline erc-nicks--oursp (face)
+  (inline-quote
+   (and-let* ((sym (car-safe ,face))
+              ((symbolp sym))
+              ((get sym 'erc-nicks--key)))
+     sym)))
+
+(defun erc-nicks--check-normals (current contender contenders normals)
+  "Return a viable `nicks'-owned face from NORMALS in CONTENDERS.
+But only do so if the CURRENT face is also one of ours and in
+NORMALS and if the highest ranked CONTENDER among new faces is
+`erc-default-face', the lowest ranking default priority face."
+  (defvar erc-track--normal-faces)
+  (cl-assert erc-track--normal-faces)
+  (and-let* (((eq contender 'erc-default-face))
+             ((gethash current normals))
+             (spkr (erc-nicks--oursp current)))
+    (catch 'contender
+      (dolist (candidate (cdr contenders) contender)
+        (when-let (((not (equal candidate current)))
+                   ((gethash candidate normals))
+                   (s (erc-nicks--oursp candidate))
+                   ((not (eq s spkr))))
+          (throw 'contender candidate))))))
+
+(defun erc-nicks--setup-track-integration ()
+  "Restore traditional \"alternating normal\" face functionality to mode-line."
+  (when (bound-and-true-p erc-track-mode)
+    (pcase erc-nicks-track-faces
+      ;; Variant `defer' is handled elsewhere.
+      ('prioritize
+       (add-function :override (local 'erc-track--alt-normals-function)
+                     #'erc-nicks--check-normals))
+      ('nil
+       (add-function :override (local 'erc-track--face-reject-function)
+                     #'erc-nicks--reject-uninterned-faces)))))
+
+(defun erc-nicks--remember-face-for-track (face)
+  "Add FACE to local hash table maintained by `track' module."
+  (defvar erc-track--normal-faces)
+  (cl-assert erc-track--normal-faces)
+  (or (gethash face erc-track--normal-faces)
+      (if-let ((sym (or (car-safe face) face))
+               ((symbolp sym))
+               ((get sym 'erc-nicks--key)))
+          (puthash face face erc-track--normal-faces)
+        face)))
+
 (provide 'erc-nicks)
 
 ;;; erc-nicks.el ends here
diff --git a/lisp/erc/erc.el b/lisp/erc/erc.el
index 62fdc0ad6e8..2734c602fa2 100644
--- a/lisp/erc/erc.el
+++ b/lisp/erc/erc.el
@@ -3351,12 +3351,14 @@ erc--merge-text-properties-p
 ;; values and optionally dispense archetypal constants in their place
 ;; in order to ensure all occurrences of some list (a b) across all
 ;; text-properties in all ERC buffers are actually the same object.
-(defun erc--merge-prop (from to prop val &optional object)
+(defun erc--merge-prop (from to prop val &optional object cache-fn)
   "Combine existing PROP values with VAL between FROM and TO in OBJECT.
 For spans where PROP is non-nil, cons VAL onto the existing
 value, ensuring a proper list.  Otherwise, just set PROP to VAL.
 When VAL is itself a list, prepend its members onto an existing
-value.  See also `erc-button-add-face'."
+value.  Call CACHE-FN, when given, with the new value for prop.
+It must return a suitable replacement or the same value.  See
+also `erc-button-add-face'."
   (let ((old (get-text-property from prop object))
         (pos from)
         (end (next-single-property-change from prop object to))
@@ -3370,6 +3372,8 @@ erc--merge-prop
                           (append val (ensure-list old))
                         (cons val (ensure-list old))))
                   val))
+      (when cache-fn
+        (setq new (funcall cache-fn new)))
       (put-text-property pos end prop new object)
       (setq pos end
             old (get-text-property pos prop object)
-- 
2.42.0


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* bug#67767: 30.0.50; ERC 5.6: Add track integration to the nicks module
       [not found] ` <8734w6yz76.fsf@neverwas.me>
@ 2023-12-18 14:51   ` J.P.
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: J.P. @ 2023-12-18 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 67767-done; +Cc: emacs-erc

A version of this has been installed (perhaps prematurely) as

  8e06f224a9e * Add erc-track integration to erc-nicks

Also included are some superficial changes to a few essential variables
and data structures, such as `erc-channel-users'. See etc/ERC-NEWS for
details.

Closing for now.





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