rcirc is an Internet Relay Chat

Internet Relay Chat

Internet Relay Chat is a protocol for real-time Internet text messaging or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication via private message as well as chat and data transfer, including file...

 (IRC) client written in Emacs Lisp

Emacs Lisp

Emacs Lisp is a dialect of the Lisp programming language used by the GNU Emacs and XEmacs text editors . It is used for implementing most of the editing functionality built into Emacs, the remainder being written in C...

. It is one of two IRC clients included in GNU Emacs since release 22.1, alongside ERC

ERC (software)

ERC is a software package written in Emacs Lisp that enables the Emacs editor to act as an Internet Relay Chat client.It is an official GNU project, and is part of GNU Emacs...

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Rcirc is "compact, written in a single file of less than 2,500 lines of code". It allocates separate buffers for each server and channel, and includes tab completion and inbound message timestamps. It allows opening new buffers for composing messages, useful for multiline work. All IRC commands are bound to control-c command shortcut

Keyboard shortcut

In computing, a keyboard shortcut is a finite set of one or more keys that invoke a software or operating system operation when triggered by the user. A meaning of term "keyboard shortcut" can vary depending on software manufacturer...

s. Sound alerts are available for private messages and for when a user's nick is mentioned in channel.

External links

• rcirc at EmacsWiki
• [irc://irc.freenode.net/rcirc #rcirc] on freenode
  Freenode
  freenode, formerly known as Open Projects Network, is an IRC network used to discuss peer-directed projects. Their servers are all accessible from the domain name [irc://chat.freenode.net chat.freenode.net], which load balances connections by using the actual servers in rotation...