Emacs ERC
ERC is a powerful, modular, and extensible IRC client for Emacs. You can run a command which prompts you for the parameters, you can save those parameters in variables or you can write a command with all of the parameters in it.
- Simple connection
- Type M-x erc-tls.
- press the return key.
- Emacs will ask for the server, port, username and password.
- Emacs Lisp command
You can also do it by writting a command to run. Instructions below.
- Connect Emacs ERC (IRC chat client) to IRC client
Use Emacs ERC to connect to the IRCNow chat server
- copy this command on the *Scratch* buffer (erc-tls :server "irc.ircnow.org" :port 6697 :nick "my_nick" :password "my_password")
- place point (the cursor) at the end of the line
- Type C-x C-e (control + x , then control + e)
Note: replace my_nick with your nick; replace my_password with your password; replace irc_server with the IRC server hostname or IP addres s
- Connect Emacs ERC to an IRC bouncer (ZNC):
It is the same process as above. The command is different. (erc-tls :server "my_bouncer" :port 31337 :nick "my_nick" :password "my_nick:my_password") Same notes as above. Just my_bouncer is the address of your IRC bouncer and the password is preceded by the bouncer username.
- Emacs customize utility
You can also configure the parameters into variables with M-x customize or edit .emacs file. (M-x stands for Meta-x which is Alt-x or Option-x depending on your keyboard).