From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: rcirc.el Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:21:27 +0200 Message-ID: <85sluzme0o.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <871x2u6ina.fsf@cut.bc.hsia.telus.net> <20051010064309.20D5244003@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <87mzlczq3l.fsf@cut.bc.hsia.telus.net> <873bn3nbal.fsf@cut.bc.hsia.telus.net> <878xwrxq6o.fsf@cut.bc.hsia.telus.net> <87y84rz2rx.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1129628511 3037 80.91.229.2 (18 Oct 2005 09:41:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:41:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 18 11:41:50 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERnxT-0005T8-Pn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:40:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERnxT-0007Vb-6q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 05:40:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ERmvU-00083k-RG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:34:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ERmvQ-00082k-8p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:34:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ERmvN-00082G-On for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:34:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ERmvN-0002Gh-UL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:34:22 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ERmvL-0003vO-Uc; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:34:20 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 0B1E31C4CD7F; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:21:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Romain Francoise In-Reply-To: <87y84rz2rx.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> (Romain Francoise's message of "Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:45:54 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:44248 Archived-At: Romain Francoise writes: > Ryan Yeske writes: > >> ;;; rcirc.el --- emacs irc client > > Could you change this to "a minimal IRC client for Emacs", or something? > > Also, I agree with Stefan's suggestion to add a short explanation of how > rcirc compares to other clients (along the lines of "it's designed to be > lightweight and not excessively customizable"). I think the basic entry points (and their aliases) at least should get autoload cookies. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum