[Erc-help] Re: ERC questions

[Alex S. <al...@em...>]

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to gnu.emacs.help as well.

tim...@ho... (Tim Freedom) writes:

>      ;; (add-hook 'erc-mode-hook 'erc-add-scroll-to-bottom)
>      ;; (setq erc-timestamp-format "[%H:%M] ")
>
>  1. The "scroll-to-bottom" (commented line) doesn't seem to work or
>     really make any noticeable difference.

Seems to be a bug.  This adds a func to window-scroll-functions; but I
dunno how that is supposed to work.

>  2. If I include the "timestamp-format" the 'filling' gets screwed-up,
>
>     I go from (correct view),
>
>       <name_long> bla bla bla bla
>                   bla bla
>       <name> bleh bleh bleh bleh
>              bleh bleh
>
>     to (incorrect view - note line-wrap alignment),
>
>       [11:15] <name_long> bla bla bla bla
>               bla bla
>       [11:16] <name> bleh bleh bleh bleh
>               bleh bleh
>
>     Note how the "bla" and "bleh" (text) no longer lines up as before.
>     Any way to have the timestamp and also have the proper initial
>     alignment ?

Bug.  There was some work on ERC CVS for timestamp related issues.

>  3. I tend to use "auto-fill-mode" and so I never opt to use the horizontal
>     scrolling (ie. I don't set or use "auto-hscroll-mode" -- I don't
>  like it);

I think this is automatic in Emacs 21?

>     so here's my question.  Is there any setting that I could invoke which
>     would let me get the same affect of "auto-fill-mode" but not have my
>     posts appear as though they are multiple lines.  In other words, I would
>     love to see ERC be able to line-wrap my text as I enter it (before I press
>     ENTER) and appear as one line.

No, this is currently not possible.

>     So it should look like this,
>
>       <my_name> bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
>                 blu blu blu blu blu blu blu
>                 blo blo blo blo
>
>     instead of (note multiple lines),
>
>       <my_name> bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
>       <my_name> blu blu blu blu blu blu blu
>       <my_name> blo blo blo blo
>
>     Without "auto-fill-mode" which ERC notes not to use (or horizontal
>     scrolling which I dread), any long lines that I type scroll to the
>     right of the screen without me seeing what I'm typing (unless I keep
>     'C-x >' (scroll-left)).  How can I get in effect "auto-fill-mode" type
>     of behavior but have the Carriage-Returns stripped ?

You could set truncate-lines to nil (the default) in erc buffers.

> Thanks all for your help (do please CC any replies)

Sorry, I read your post on the erc list and didn't know what to reply,
either.

Alex.
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