Re: bug#59943: 30.0.50; ERC 5.5+: Add visual indicator to ERC keep-place

[J.P.]

Hi TRS-80,

TRS-80 <lists.trs-80@isnotmyreal.name> writes:

> "J.P." <jp@neverwas.me> writes:
>
>> Hi people,
>>
>> There's been some recent talk regarding ERC's lack of a visual element
>> to demarcate the boundary between seen and unseen messages in a target
>> buffer. This approach leverages the existing `keep-place' module located
>> in erc-goodies. (But perhaps there's a smarter way?) Improvements or
>> replacements welcome, as always.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> J.P.
>
> I appreciate you mentioning this thread in #emacs.  I was thinking about
> hacking something together, but I see you're way ahead of me here.  :)

Ahead? Only as far as putting this feature up for discussion officially.
Please don't let my preliminary noodling dissuade you from pursuing a
nicer solution. (The same goes for anyone else possibly interested in
adopting this or any other bug set.)

> When I get some time, I'll see if I can apply the patch and give it a
> whirl.

Sweet! There's certainly no rush. We move pretty slowly around here if
you haven't noticed. So please do get in on the conversation. We could
definitely use some help steering this client in a smarter direction.

Oh, and when commenting on this particular bug, please try and Cc.
59943@debbugs.gnu.org, if possible.

> Thanks for this, and all your other efforts on erc as well!

My pleasure. Appreciate the kind words.

J.P.