From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alex Schroeder Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: IRC client for Emacs Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:47:53 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87vg6efpty.fsf@emacswiki.org> References: <873ctot40n.fsf@emacswiki.org> <20020809223753.955308.FMU31823@piglet.prv.splode.com> <200208110355.g7B3tOo06247@wijiji.santafe.edu> <877kixtg8w.fsf@emacswiki.org> <200208130147.g7D1l9t06929@wijiji.santafe.edu> <87adnri6tt.fsf@alice.dynodns.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1029271614 11537 127.0.0.1 (13 Aug 2002 20:46:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 20:46:54 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17eiZ3-0002zy-00 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:46:53 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17eixj-00075S-00 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 23:12:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17eiZs-0001Xv-00; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:47:44 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17eiZ8-0001O9-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:46:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17eiZ7-0001Nx-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:46:58 -0400 Original-Received: from relay01.cablecom.net ([62.2.33.101]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17eiZ6-0001NC-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:46:57 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.swissonline.ch (mail-4.swissonline.ch [62.2.32.85]) by relay01.cablecom.net (8.11.6/8.11.4/SOL/AWF/MXRELAY/06072001) with ESMTP id g7DKkrN04733 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:46:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from confusibombus (dclient217-162-239-43.hispeed.ch [217.162.239.43]) by smtp.swissonline.ch (8.11.6/8.11.6/SMTPSOL/AWF/2002040101) with ESMTP id g7DKkmH28486 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:46:49 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from alex by confusibombus with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17eia6-0000Hk-00 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:47:58 +0200 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Face: ^BC$`[IcggstLPyen&dqF+b2'zyK#r.mU*'Nms}@&4zw%SJ#5!/7SMVjBS7'lb;QK)|IPU5U'o1'522W4TyzB3Ab*IBo^iw]l4|kUbdZuUDO6=Um-.4IzhNiV'B"@K#jy_(wW|Zbk[34flKY^|PrQ?$u2\fKg^]AY>wOX#H32i In-Reply-To: <87adnri6tt.fsf@alice.dynodns.net> (John Wiegley's message of "Mon, 12 Aug 2002 23:57:50 -0700") Original-Lines: 19 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.2.90 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:6505 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6505 John Wiegley writes: > I have been a fairly active user of both at one time, and they each > have strengths and weaknesses. ERC tends to be a little simpler to > setup and use, but zenirc is much more extensible. Personally, I > would like to see them merged someday. I realized that this has happened in the past. It seems that Mario got inspiration for the localization stuff and event-handling from ZenIRC, so I just sent out a mail to the ZenIRC dev list to see wether they would sign papers. I am not sure wether "drawing inspiration" has legal implications -- I would hope not! -- but better safe than sorry. Alex. -- http://www.electronicintifada.net/diaries/index.html http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/US-Israel/hr2506c.html