ERC NEWS -*- outline -*-
+* Changes in ERC 5.2 (stable pre-release for Emacs 22)
+
+** M-x erc RET now starts ERC.
+`erc-select' has been changed to `erc'. `erc-select' still remains as
+an alias of `erc'. Likewise, `erc-select-ssl' has been renamed to
+`erc-ssl' with `erc-select-ssl' as its alias. The function that was
+known as `erc' is now `erc-open'.
+
+** New command: /RECONNECT
+This command tries to reconnect to the current IRC server exactly
+once. It does not work in server buffers (throws an error before the
+command is run), but works in query and channel buffers.
+
+** New options
+
+*** erc-server-reconnect-attempts: Determines the number of
+reconnection attempts that ERC will make per server.
+
+*** erc-server-reconnect-timeout: New option that determines the
+amount of time, in seconds, that ERC will wait between successive
+reconnect attempts.
+
+** New face: `erc-my-nick-face'
+This helps make it easier to distinguish messages sent by yourself
+from messages sent by other users when the value of the variable
+`erc-show-my-nick' is non-nil.
+
+** New modules
+
+*** Capab identify (erc-capab.el)
+Mark users who haven't identified to NickServ on servers supporting
+CAPAB IDENTIFY-MSG.
+
+** Changes and additions to modules
+
+*** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
+
+**** This has been removed from Emacs 22, since a major contributor
+to it has not yet assigned changes.
+
+*** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
+
+**** Use mouse-face and help-echo for channel names in the mode-line.
+This helps people using a mouse know that they are buttons and can be
+clicked on.
+
+* Changes in ERC 5.1.4
+
+** Make find-function and find-variable work in Emacs 22 for
+names that are constructed by `define-erc-module'.
+
+** Fix bug introduced in ERC 5.1.3 that caused messages to go the
+wrong buffer.
+
+** Changes and additions to modules
+
+*** Highlighting (erc-match.el)
+
+**** Don't activate view-mode.
+
+*** Logging (erc-log.el)
+
+**** When this module is activated, make sure logging is enabled on
+already-opened buffers. Ditto for disabling logging when the module
+is deactivated.
+
+**** Fix some errors that occur when exiting Emacs without first
+quitting open IRC servers.
+
+* Changes in ERC 5.1.3
+
+** Fix use of /quote command with no initial whitespace.
+
+** Make it possible to customize the colorization of the header line.
+The `erc-header-line' face is used to color the header line.
+The `erc-header-line-face-method' determines the method to use when
+colorizing the header line.
+
+** Add the new function `erc-handle-irc-url', which is a suitable
+candidate to use for `url-irc-function'. This permits some
+integration of url.el and ERC.
+
+** Fix several errors that occur when server or channel buffers are killed
+prematurely.
+
+** Fix toggling of flood control.
+
+** Match the patterns in `erc-encoding-coding-alist' as regexps,
+instead of verbatim text. Also, match case-insensitively.
+
+** The /SMV command has been removed, since we no longer have
+meaningful module-specific version information.
+
+** Fix a "(stringp nil)" error that can happen when doing /PART.
+
+** Use a better example in the `erc-part-reason-various-alist'
+documentation.
+
+** When using `erc-quit-reason-various' and `erc-part-reason-various'
+and no matches are found, default to using the ERC version string
+rather than "nil".
+
+** Add the `list' and `page' modules to the `erc-modules' customize
+interface.
+
+** Changes to the ERC manual
+
+*** Update the list of available modules.
+
+*** Revise information about releases and development.
+
+*** Provide a simpler example in the "Getting Started" chapter.
+
+*** Fully document how to connect to an IRC server in the new
+"Connecting" chapter.
+
+** Changes and additions to modules
+
+*** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el)
+
+**** Rename the `erc-autoaway-use-emacs-idle' option to
+`erc-autoaway-idle-method'.
+
+**** Add support for autoaway based on user idle time.
+This is now the default.
+
+**** If you set the AWAY status yourself, erc-autoaway will not
+interfere by un-setting AWAY prematurely.
+
+**** If you are set away while visiting a non-ERC buffer,
+erc-autoaway used to fail in bringing the user back. This is now
+fixed.
+
+*** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el)
+
+**** Add new option `erc-bbdb-electric-p', which determines whether
+to make the BBDB buffer electric. This defaults to not electric.
+
+*** Button (erc-button.el)
+
+**** Use <backtab> instead of <C-tab> for `erc-button-previous'.
+
+*** Identd (erc-identd.el)
+
+**** Fix a bug that involves starting the identd server.
+
+**** Make this work with Emacs 22.
+
+**** Provide a real ERC module named `identd'.
+
+**** Don't create an extra buffer for the identd process.
+
+*** Logging (erc-log.el)
+
+**** By default, don't insert old logs when opening an ERC buffer.
+This may be changed by customizing `erc-log-insert-log-on-open'.
+
+**** New option `erc-log-write-after-send' determines whether the
+log file will be written to after every sent message. The default is
+not to do this.
+
+**** New option `erc-log-write-after-insert' determines whether the
+log file will be written to when new text is added to a logged ERC
+buffer. The default is not to do this. With this option and the
+previous option, logging should no longer slow down ERC as much.
+
+**** Default to saving buffers and queries on quit.
+This may be changed by customizing the `erc-save-buffer-on-quit' and
+`erc-save-queries-on-quit' options, respectively.
+
+**** Only perform logging when the `logging' module is added to
+`erc-modules'. This prevents logging from being activated just by
+loading the erc-log.el file, and makes logging act like other ERC
+modules.
+
+*** Programmable completion (erc-pcomplete.el)
+
+**** Don't complete the user's current nickname.
+
+* Changes in ERC 5.1.2
+
+** Fix compiler errors in erc-autojoin.el and erc-dcc.el.
+
+** Move to end of prompt when ERC reconnects to a server.
+
+** Changes and additions to modules
+
+*** Spell-checking (erc-spelling.el)
+
+**** Don't spell-check nicks or words that are prefixed with '/'.
+
+**** Remove flyspell properties from words we shouldn't spell-check.
+
+**** Fix an issue that caused the ispell process to reload every time
+we switch to an ERC buffer.
+
+*** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
+
+**** Fix an inconsistency in calculating width of right timestamps.
+
+**** Rename option `erc-timestamp-right-align-by-pixel' to
+`erc-timestamp-use-align-to'. This controls whether to use the more
+fail-proof method of aligning right timestamps, as mentioned below.
+
+**** Fix a right timestamp spacing problem that used to occur when
+erc-stamp.el was byte-compiled. Now that this is fixed, it is safe to
+use the method that aligns right timestamps perfectly in Emacs22 with
+X. If the current version of Emacs doesn't support this method, use
+the simpler method, which is prone to alignment issues for math
+symbols and other variable-width text.
+
+A side effect of using this new method is that there will only be one
+space before a right timestamp in any saved logs. If this is
+unacceptable, set `erc-timestamp-use-align-to' to nil.
+
* Changes in ERC 5.1.1
** Fix a requirement on cl.el.