[Erc-discuss] Re: FOR-RELEASE items

[Ryan Yeske]

Michael Olson <address@hidden> writes:

>   *** Change keybinding definitions for `erc-track-switch-buffer'.
>   `C-c C-SPC' / `C-c C-@' is set as a global keybinding and is known
>   to conflict with rcirc, for example.  Would setting
>   `erc-track-mode-map' work?  Otherwise we could encourage people to
>   use something like `C-c e SPC' or `C-c c'.
>
> I really don't want to change that keybinding -- it's comfortable, and
> rather famous in terms of features that attract people to Emacs-based
> IRC clients.  Better perhaps would be to have a compatibility function
> that would get activated whenever either erc.el or rcirc.el was
> loaded, and choose between them depending on which has an open
> connection.  If both have open connections, prompt for which client to
> connect to.  This function would be bound to C-c C-SPC in Emacs 22,
> but not in the standalone ERC releases.

I use rcirc-track-minor-mode for the C-c C-SPC binding in rcirc.  I
would like to make it possible to run both clients at the same time,
and have C-c C-SPC dtrt.

So, I'm open to making whatever changes might be necessary on my end
to make this co-operation possible.

Ryan

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