Re: how to implement function copy-subword-to-irc-buffer

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>]

B. T. Raven wrote:
> Kevin Rodgers wrote:
>> B. T. Raven wrote:
>>> 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 #<buffer *irc.freenode.net*>.
>>
>> How does that compare with your experience?
> 
> 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.

Or modify what I suggested to find and switch to an erc buffer instead
of an rcirc buffer.  Perhaps

	(or erc-active-buffer (car (erc-buffer-list)))

and

	(pop-to-buffer irc-buffer)

respectively.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA