From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to implement function copy-subword-to-irc-buffer Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:31:57 -0700 Message-ID: References: <7N6dnURpDZ0NSYfWnZ2dnUVZ_oAAAAAA@sysmatrix.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1260250372 10899 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2009 05:32:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 05:32:52 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 08 06:32:45 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 1NHsgn-0004Ja-73 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:32:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50304 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NHsgm-0006bA-U6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:32:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NHsgM-0006an-AT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:32:18 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NHsgF-0006aD-Jh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:32:15 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58102 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NHsgF-0006aA-Dj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:32:11 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:34059) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NHsgF-0000La-1X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:32:11 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NHsgD-0004CR-0E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:32:09 +0100 Original-Received: from c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([71.237.24.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:32:08 +0100 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:32:08 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 44 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) In-Reply-To: <7N6dnURpDZ0NSYfWnZ2dnUVZ_oAAAAAA@sysmatrix.net> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:70491 Archived-At: 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 #. >> >> 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