ERC NEWS -*- outline -*-
-* Changes in ERC 5.2 (unreleased)
+Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
+
+* Changes in ERC 5.3
+
+** New function `erc-tls' is to be used for connecting to a server via TLS.
+It requires the tls.el library.
+
+** The function `erc-ssl' will now always use ssl.el, even in the version
+of ERC that comes with Emacs.
+
+** Changes and additions to modules
+
+*** Channel tracking (erc-track.el)
+
+If erc-track-position-in-mode-line is set to nil, the tracking
+information won't be shown in the mode line, which is a change
+from the previous behavior of showing it "After all other
+information".
+
+* Changes in ERC 5.2
+
+** 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'.
+
+** Open query buffers by default when private messages are received.
+The default value of `erc-auto-query' has been changed to 'bury.
+
+** 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.
+
+** In MS-DOS environments, look for _ercrc.el rather than .ercrc.el.
+
+** Fix buggy interaction with multi-tty Emacs.
+
+** After running /QUIT, make sure that the IRC process is killed within
+4 seconds. Freenode, in particular, needs this at times.
+
+** If the IRC process has not responded to our PINGs within a certain
+time, kill it and restart the connection. See
+`erc-server-auto-reconnect', `erc-server-reconnect-attempts',
+`erc-server-reconnect-timeout', `erc-server-send-ping-interval', and
+`erc-server-send-ping-timeout' to fine-tune ERC's behavior.
+
+** Avoid getting into an infinite connection loop.
+Previously, this could happen if your nick was banned, you were using
+Tor, incorrect information was entered, or the connection was bad.
+
+** Make ban messages less confusing.
+
+** Restore the point correctly when reconnecting to an IRC server.
+
+** Make /IGNORE and /UNIGNORE prompt to determine whether their
+argument is a user or a regexp. This results in less-confusing
+behavior when trying to ignore someone who has a bracket in their
+nick.
+
+** Make the default port "6667" rather than "ircd", because some
+operating systems don't know what port "ircd" maps to.
+
+** Fix several bugs in erc-iswitchb (C-c C-b).
+
+** Clean up internal documentation.
+Special thanks go to Juanma Barranquero for the thorough vetting of
+ERC's internal documentation.
+
+** Display a more informative message when a module is not found.
+
+** Fix a bug where paths were being colored like IRC commands.
+
+** In the customize interface for `erc-modules', add the name of the module.
+This makes it easier to find modules by name.
+
+** erc-server-send-ping-interval: Change to use a default of 30 seconds.
+
+** Some files which are included with the release of ERC 5.2 will not
+appear in the version of ERC that is bundled with Emacs 22. These
+extras files may be found at:
+
+ o http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/erc/erc-5.2-extras.tar.gz, or
+ o http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/erc/erc-5.2-extras.zip.
+
+** Renamed files
+
+Several files were renamed so as to make them distinct to users of the
+MS-DOS operating system.
+
+ o erc-autojoin.el -> erc-join.el
+ o erc-complete.el -> erc-hecomplete.el
+ o erc-nickserv.el -> erc-services.el
+ o ChangeLog.NNNN -> ChangeLog.NN
+
+** Header line changes
+
+*** Remove "[IRC]" from the header line.
+
+*** Add the %l format character to `erc-header-line-format',
+
+*** Document how to remove the header line.
+Namely: (setq erc-header-line-format nil).
+
+** New options
+
+*** erc-server-reconnect-attempts: Determines the number of
+reconnection attempts that ERC will make per server.
+
+*** erc-server-reconnect-timeout: Determines the amount of time,
+in seconds, that ERC will wait between successive reconnect attempts.
+
+*** erc-server-send-ping-timeout: Determines when to consider a connection
+stalled and restart it. The default is after 120 seconds.
+
+*** erc-system-name: Determines the system name to use when logging in.
+The default is to figure this out by calling `system-name'.
+
+** 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.
+
+** Namespace changes
+
+*** New macro: `erc-with-server-buffer'
+Switches to the current ERC server buffer and runs some code. If no
+server buffer is available, return nil. This is a useful way to
+access variables in the server buffer.
+
+*** New function: `erc-open-server-buffer-p'
+Returns non-nil if the given buffer is an ERC server buffer that has
+an open IRC process.
+
+*** New function: `erc-format-lag-time'
+Returns the estimated lag time to server, `erc-server-lag'.
+
+*** Renamed items
+
+ o `erc-server-setup-periodical-server-ping' is now
+ `erc-server-setup-periodical-ping'
+
+ o `erc-away-p' is now `erc-away-time'
+
+** Changes to the ERC manual
+
+*** New section: Sample Session.
+Describes a sample ERC session for connecting to the #emacs channel on
+Freenode. Also mention the #erc channel.
+
+*** New section: Special Features.
+Describes some of the special features of ERC.
+
+*** Getting Started: Mention ~/.emacs.d/.ercrc.el and the Customize
+interface.
+
+*** Development: Mention ErcDevelopment page on emacswiki.org.
+
+*** Tips and Tricks: Remove empty section for now.
+
+*** Options: Mention how to see available ERC options.
+
+*** Sample Configuration: Add an example of how to configure ERC.
+
+** New modules
+
+*** Autoaway (erc-autoaway.el)
+
+**** Make this much more reliable.
+
+**** Avoid duplicate messages when coming back from being away.
+
+**** Fix bug where autoaway was enabled just by loading the file.
+
+*** BBDB (erc-bbdb.el)
+
+**** Display information on how to cancel merging of info or how to
+create a new John Doe record.
+
+**** Make it so that information from /whois continues to come in, even
+while prompting for a record to merge.
+
+**** Make hitting C-g correctly abort merging the record.
+
+*** Capab identify (erc-capab.el)
+Mark users who haven't identified to NickServ on servers supporting
+CAPAB IDENTIFY-MSG.
+
+** Changes and additions to modules
+
+*** Button (erc-button.el)
+
+**** Make <backtab> go to the previous button.
+
+*** 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.
+
+**** Fix issue where C-c C-SPC could conflict with user-defined keybindings.
+This is accomplished by moving these bindings to their own global
+minor mode. Now the default is to check whether the user has bound
+something to C-c C-SPC or C-c C-@. If they have, prompt them about
+whether to really override that binding. This also has the effect of
+preventing ERC from clobbering rcirc's keybinding, unless this is
+desired. See `erc-track-enable-keybindings' for more details.
+
+**** New option: erc-track-enable-keybindings.
+Determine whether or not to enable the C-c C-SPC and C-c C-@
+keybindings. The default is to ask whether to do this if a binding to
+these keys already exists. It can also be set to t or nil to always
+bind or never bind, respectively.
+
+**** Remove `track-when-inactive' module.
+See `erc-track-when-inactive' for further details.
+
+**** New option: erc-track-when-inactive.
+This option replaces the track-when-inactive module. Set it to
+non-nil to track activity even in visible buffers when inactive. The
+default is nil.
+
+**** Remove the `track-modified-channels' alias for the `track' module.
+
+*** DCC support (erc-dcc.el)
+
+**** Add Usage section to Commentary.
+
+**** Fix a bug in the server message output.
+
+*** Filling (erc-fill.el)
+
+**** Fix bug involving messages that start with one or more blank lines.
+
+*** Identd (erc-identd.el)
+
+**** New option `erc-identd-port'
+Specifies the port to use if none is given as an argument to
+`erc-identd-start'. This is placed in the new customization group
+`erc-identd'.
+
+**** New function: `erc-identd-quickstart'
+Ignores any arguments and calls `erc-identd-start'.
+
+*** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
+
+**** Enable by default, except in the version of ERC bundled with Emacs 22.
+
+*** Logging (erc-log.el)
+
+**** Make sure filenames are safe to use before writing to them.
+
+**** Save all log buffers when exiting Emacs.
+
+**** erc-generate-log-file-name-function: Add option for
+`erc-generate-log-file-name-network', which is a new function that
+uses the network name rather than the server name when possible.
+
+*** Menu (erc-menu.el)
+
+**** Name the menu "ERC" instead of "IRC" to avoid confusion with rcirc
+and other clients.
+
+**** Make this into a proper module and load it by default.
+
+**** Add "Current channel" submenu.
+
+*** Networks (erc-networks.el)
+
+**** Add support for Ars OpenIRC, LinuxChix, and OFTC networks.
+
+**** Escape periods in Konfido.Net and Kewl.Org.
+
+*** Internet services / Nickserv (erc-nickserv.el)
+
+**** Add new 'both method for the `erc-nickserv-identify-mode' option
+and make it the default. This tries to do the right thing both when a
+known nickserv message exists for an IRC network, and when it does
+not.
+
+**** Support nickserv authentication on OFTC, Azzurra, Ars, and QuakeNet.
+
+**** Support authentication on BitlBee.
+
+**** Make source code easier to understand by using accessor functions.
+
+*** Sound support (erc-sound.el)
+
+**** Make this work with both Emacs 21 and Emacs 22.
+
+*** Timestamps (erc-stamp.el)
+
+**** Exclude the newline from the erc-timestamp field.
+
+**** New function: `erc-toggle-timestamps'.
+Toggles display of timestamps.
+
+* 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
**** Don't create an extra buffer for the identd process.
+*** Channel lists (erc-list.el)
+
+**** Enable by default, except in the version of ERC bundled with Emacs 22.
+
*** Logging (erc-log.el)
**** By default, don't insert old logs when opening an ERC buffer.
'erc-stamp), you can customize the variable `erc-timestamp-mode', and
the rest should be automatic.
+\f
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