Re: rcirc IRC implementation for Emacs

[Nic Ferrier <nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk>]

karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) writes:

> An IRC implementation for Emacs has been offered to GNU:
>   http://www.nongnu.org/rcirc
>
> It seems reasonable enough, but none of the evaluators are IRC experts,
> so we thought someone here might like to take a look and give an
> opinion.  Nitpicking the code isn't necessary, just whether it is a
> decent package that we should add to Emacs.  It is a single file,
> rcirc.el.
>
> The author (Ryan Yeske) looked into other IRC Emacs implementations and
> had various reasons for writing a new one.  If anyone here is happily
> using another IRC Emacs package, I'd be especially grateful for any
> details and/or a comparison.
>
> Please include me in any replies, as I'm not on the list.  Thanks.

I use ERC (an Emacs IRC client) to talk to a free IRC to
MSN/AIM/etc... gateway called Bitlbee.

rcirc is ok... but it's not as slick as rcirc.

But it's ok as a basic irc client. I'd be quite happy if it came with
emacs to be honest. I'd probably stop using ERC.


Nic Ferrier