From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to implement function copy-subword-to-irc-buffer Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:46:16 -0600 Message-ID: <7N6dnURpDZ0NSYfWnZ2dnUVZ_oAAAAAA@sysmatrix.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260052914 19570 80.91.229.12 (5 Dec 2009 22:41:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 22:41:54 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 05 23:41:47 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NH3Jy-0003Ib-Fa for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:41:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36373 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NH3Jy-00027t-7R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:41:46 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:45:51 -0600 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: X-No-Archive: yes Original-Lines: 53 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.73.131.252 Original-X-Trace: sv3-rrpowVLgNHYaeTaiTjOYLxTIDJbZVDwZ1RcJRwRZ2IkDKvwxwwFXh3arSMlVN0q+SKBrzTosWIY+qcv!t7GcgTVP5GUym2kF/YnfLQS0Ip7FyOioGNeY46JyIjB2v2QYulqcquVeZIEaIaYqn0LvCXcS3/6x!ZuTOW4RmAvvLcoOQ9dX7Rxxh46UBwKk= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:175374 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org X-Gmane-Expiry: 2009-12-19 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:70450 Archived-At: Kevin Rodgers wrote: > B. T. Raven wrote: >> Kevin Rodgers wrote: > ... >>> You should be able to wrap that in a defun and put it in your emacs >>> as is. >>> What happened when you tried? >> >> After connecting to server and channel I see: >> >> and: Symbol's value as variable is void: rcirc-server-buffer >> >> server buffer name is irc.dal.net:6667 in buffer list but >> Atlanta.ga.us.dal.net in mode line. I suppose that mismatch is normal? >> Nothing was copied out of dictionary buffer into channel buffer at point >> (ERC>) > > The version of rcirc.el distributed with Emacs 22.3 defvar's > rcirc-server-buffer, so it has a global value (nil) and buffer-local-value > will not signal an error (for any BUFFER argument). This leads me to > conclude > that you have not loaded the 22.3 rcirc library, but some other IRC client. > > In emacs -Q, `M-x rcirc' creates and selects a buffer named > *irc.freenode.net*; > it also creates a buffer named #rcirc@irc.freenode.net, where `C-h v > rcirc-server-buffer' yields #. > > How does that compare with your experience? > > ... >>> If you want to use a binding that is "in keeping with traditional key >>> assignment philosophy", then use C-c LETTER. >> >> Yeah, I know but I'm already using all of those. But those bindingS are >> just for inserting single unicode characters so they could be reassigned >> now that ver. 23 represents unicode internally. > > 26 letters times lower/upper case = 52 bindings -- a very small subset of > Unicode indeed. You would probably benefit from using an input method -- > probably one of the Latin methods as you appear to be in the UK, or perhaps > one of the UTF-8 methods. See `M-x list-input-methods', `C-h I' and > `C-x C-\'. > > Hope that helps, > Okay. Your function does work if I use rcirc instead of erc. But since there is no menu support for rcirc I don't know how to get slash commands without /help. I did just learn C-u M-x rcirc. I'll try changing from ERC to rcirc. Ed