Add NEWS items for changes to ERC since 5.3 to etc/ERC-NEWS
* etc/ERC-NEWS: copy ERC NEWS items from etc/NEWS, etc/NEWS.27, etc/NEWS.26, etc/NEWS.25, and etc/NEWS.24 to here. Future ERC NEWS are also to be added here. This is in motivated by preparation for addition of ERC to GNU ELPA, along with the ERC manual and NEWS. * etc/NEWS: remove ERC-related entries, and refer the reader to ERC-NEWS instead.
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@ -3,7 +3,150 @@ ERC NEWS -*- outline -*-
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Copyright (C) 2006-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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See the end of the file for license conditions.
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* For changes after ERC 5.3, see the main Emacs NEWS file
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* Changes in ERC 5.4
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** Starting with Emacs 28.1 and ERC 5.4, ERC NEWS are added here again.
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After ERC 5.3, since November 2012, ERC's NEWS items were added in the
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main Emacs NEWS file, and users were referred to there. Now, starting
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with Emacs 28.1 and ERC 5.4, which mark ERC's release to GNU ELPA, ERC
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NEWS have been moved to this file again, so that we can include a NEWS
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file consisting only of ERC changes in ERC's package on GNU ELPA.
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The NEWS entries for ERC changes in Emacs 28.1 have been moved from
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the main Emacs NEWS file to here. For ERC NEWS entries corresponding
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to Emacs versions before 28, to avoid modifying the NEWS file for all
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of those releases, the ERC NEWS entries have only been copied below,
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and the NEWS.* files were left intact.
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*** New option 'erc-rename-buffers'.
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*** New faces 'erc-my-nick-prefix-face' and 'erc-nick-prefix-face'.
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*** 'erc-format-@nick' displays all user modes instead of only op and voice.
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*** The display of irc commands in the current buffer has been disabled.
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*** 'erc-version' now follows the Emacs version.
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*** ERC can now hide message types by network or channel.
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'erc-hide-list' will hide all messages of the specified type, while
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'erc-network-hide-list' and 'erc-channel-hide-list' will only hide the
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specified message types for the respective specified targets.
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*** Reconnection is now asynchronous.
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*** Nick completion is now case-insensitive again after inadvertently
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being made case-sensitive in Emacs 24.2.
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*** New variable 'erc-default-port-tls' used to connect to TLS IRC
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servers.
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*** New hook 'erc-insert-done-hook'.
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This hook is called after strings have been inserted into the buffer,
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and is free to alter point and window configurations, as it's not
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called from inside a 'save-excursion', as opposed to 'erc-insert-post-hook'.
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*** 'erc-button-google-url' has been renamed to 'erc-button-search-url'
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and its value has been changed to Duck Duck Go.
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*** 'erc-send-pre-hook' and 'erc-send-this' have been obsoleted.
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The user option to use instead to alter text to be sent is now
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'erc-pre-send-functions'.
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*** Improve matching/highlighting of nicknames.
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Open and close parenthesis and apostrophe are not considered valid
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nick characters anymore, matching the given grammar in RFC 2812
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section 2.3.1. This enables correct matching and highlighting of
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nicks when they are surrounded by parentheses, like "(nick)", and when
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adjacent to an apostrophe, like "nick's".
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*** Set 'erc-button-url-regexp' to 'browse-url-button-regexp'
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which better handles surrounding pair of parentheses.
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*** New function 'erc-switch-to-buffer-other-window'
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which is like 'erc-switch-to-buffer', but opens the buffer in another
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window.
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*** New function 'erc-track-switch-buffer-other-window'
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which is like 'erc-track-switch-buffer', but opens the buffer in
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another window.
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*** NickServ passwords can now be retrieved from auth-source.
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The 'erc-use-auth-source-for-nickserv-password' user option enables
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querying auth-source for NickServ passwords. To enable this, add the
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following to your init file:
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(setq erc-use-auth-source-for-nickserv-password t)
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*** NickServ identification now prompts for password last.
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When 'erc-prompt-for-nickserv-password' is non-nil, the user used to
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be unconditionally prompted interactively for a password, regardless
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of the value of 'erc-nickserv-passwords', which was effectively
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ignored (same for the new
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'erc-use-auth-source-for-nickserv-password'). This limitation is now
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lifted, and the user is interactively prompted last, after the other
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identification methods have run.
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*** The '/ignore' command will now ask for a timeout to stop ignoring the user.
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Allowed inputs are seconds or ISO8601-like periods like "1h" or "4h30m".
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*** ERC now recognizes 'C-]' for italic text.
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Italic text is displayed in the new 'erc-italic-face'.
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*** erc-match.el now supports 'message' highlight type (not including the nick).
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The 'erc-current-nick-highlight-type', 'erc-pal-highlight-type',
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'erc-fool-highlight-type', 'erc-keyword-highlight-type', and
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'erc-dangerous-host-highlight-type' user options now support a
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'message' type for highlighting the entire message but not the
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sender's nick.
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*** erc-status-sidebar.el is now part of ERC.
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The 'erc-status-sidebar' package which provides a HexChat-like
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activity overview sidebar for joined IRC channels is now part of ERC.
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*** erc-tls now supports specifying a TLS client certificate.
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The 'erc-tls' function has been updated to allow specifying a TLS
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client certificate for authentication, as an alternative to NickServ
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password-based authentication. This is referred to as "CertFP" (short
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for Certificate Fingerprint) by several IRC networks. See the Info
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node "(erc) Connecting" in the ERC manual for more details and
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examples on how to specify and use TLS client certificates with
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'erc-tls'.
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*** Update IRC-related references to point to Libera.Chat.
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The Free Software Foundation and the GNU Project have moved their
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official IRC channels from the Freenode network to Libera.Chat.
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For the original announcement and the follow-up update, including
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more details, see:
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https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2021-06/msg00005.html
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https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2021-06/msg00007.html
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Given the relocation of GNU and FSF's official IRC channels, as well
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as #emacs and various other Emacs-themed channels (see the link below)
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to Libera.Chat, IRC-related references in the Emacs repository have
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now been updated to point to Libera.Chat.
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https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2021-06/msg00000.html
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*** Add 'erc-track-select-mode-line-face' (obsoletes 'erc-track-find-face').
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The 'erc-track-find-face' function of the erc-track module has been
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declared obsolete and rewritten as 'erc-track-select-mode-line-face',
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with different expected arguments (the current and old faces are now
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separated) and clearer documentation.
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*** Add '/opme' and '/deopme' convenience commands.
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The new '/opme' convenience command asks ChanServ to set the operator
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status for the current nick in the current channel, and '/deopme'
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unsets it.
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*** Add '/wii' convenience command for whois with idle time.
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The new '/wii' convenience command calls the '/whois' command with the
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given nick as both arguments, which is useful for displaying the whois
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information for the nick along with idle time, even if the nick is on
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a different server than the one the current user is connected to.
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Using the given nick itself instead of the server it is connected to
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is not standardized, but is widely supported across IRC networks.
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* Changes in ERC 5.3
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** ERC
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---
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*** NickServ passwords can now be retrieved from auth-source.
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The 'erc-use-auth-source-for-nickserv-password' user option enables
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querying auth-source for NickServ passwords. To enable this, add the
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following to your init file:
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(setq erc-use-auth-source-for-nickserv-password t)
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---
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*** NickServ identification now prompts for password last.
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When 'erc-prompt-for-nickserv-password' is non-nil, the user used to
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be unconditionally prompted interactively for a password, regardless
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of the value of 'erc-nickserv-passwords', which was effectively
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ignored (same for the new
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'erc-use-auth-source-for-nickserv-password'). This limitation is now
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lifted, and the user is interactively prompted last, after the other
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identification methods have run.
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---
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*** The '/ignore' command will now ask for a timeout to stop ignoring the user.
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Allowed inputs are seconds or ISO8601-like periods like "1h" or "4h30m".
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---
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*** ERC now recognizes 'C-]' for italic text.
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Italic text is displayed in the new 'erc-italic-face'.
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---
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*** erc-match.el now supports 'message' highlight type (not including the nick).
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The 'erc-current-nick-highlight-type', 'erc-pal-highlight-type',
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'erc-fool-highlight-type', 'erc-keyword-highlight-type', and
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'erc-dangerous-host-highlight-type' user options now support a
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'message' type for highlighting the entire message but not the
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sender's nick.
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---
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*** erc-status-sidebar.el is now part of ERC.
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The 'erc-status-sidebar' package which provides a HexChat-like
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activity overview sidebar for joined IRC channels is now part of ERC.
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+++
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*** erc-tls now supports specifying a TLS client certificate.
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The 'erc-tls' function has been updated to allow specifying a TLS
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client certificate for authentication, as an alternative to NickServ
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password-based authentication. This is referred to as "CertFP" (short
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for Certificate Fingerprint) by several IRC networks. See the Info
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node "(erc) Connecting" in the ERC manual for more details and
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examples on how to specify and use TLS client certificates with
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'erc-tls'.
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---
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*** Add 'erc-track-select-mode-line-face' (obsoletes 'erc-track-find-face').
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The 'erc-track-find-face' function of the erc-track module has been
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declared obsolete and rewritten as 'erc-track-select-mode-line-face',
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with different expected arguments (the current and old faces are now
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separated) and clearer documentation.
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---
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*** Add '/opme' and '/deopme' convenience commands.
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The new '/opme' convenience command asks ChanServ to set the operator
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status for the current nick in the current channel, and '/deopme'
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unsets it.
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---
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*** Add '/wii' convenience command for whois with idle time.
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The new '/wii' convenience command calls the '/whois' command with the
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given nick as both arguments, which is useful for displaying the whois
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information for the nick along with idle time, even if the nick is on
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a different server than the one the current user is connected to.
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Using the given nick itself instead of the server it is connected to
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is not standardized, but is widely supported across IRC networks.
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*** Starting with Emacs 28.1 and ERC 5.4, see the ERC-NEWS file for
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user-visible changes in ERC.
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** xwidget-webkit mode
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