[Erc-help] patch for some improvements

[<sm...@wa...>]

Here's the ChangeLog:

2001-10-31  Tijs van Bakel  <sm...@wa...>

	* erc.el (cl): Add requirement for cl package.
	(erc-buffer-list): Make this variable global again.
	(erc-default-face): Fix typo.
	(erc-timestamp-face): Add face for timestamps.
	(erc-join-buffer, erc): Add a 'bury option.
	(erc-send-action): Add timestamp.
	(erc-command-table): Add /CLEAR, /DEOP, /OP, /Q.
	(erc-send-current-line): Add timestamp.
	(erc-send-current-line): Add call to erc-insert-hook.
	(erc-cmd-clear): New command to clear buffer contents.
	(erc-cmd-whois): Fix cut'n'paste-o.
	(erc-cmd-deop): New command to deop a user.
	(erc-cmd-op): New command to op a user.
	(erc-make-notice): Moved a lot of duplicate code here.  Perhaps
	this should also be done for erc-highlight-error.
	(erc-parse-line-from-server): Now NOTICE will also open a new
	query, just as PRIVMSG.
	(erc-parse-line-from-server): Call erc-put-text-property on a
	channel message/notice first, before concatenating nick and
	timestamp &c.
	(erc-message-notices): Add option to display notices in
	minibuffer.

And the patch is (26,112 bytes, too big to post?) at:
http://vengeance.et.tudelft.nl/~smoke/erc-1.78.diff

Most changes should be useful and will not break anything, but perhaps
some of you don't like the big "erc-make-notice" change.  There was a
lot of duplicate code all over erc.el, which I put into this
function.

Personally, I like to see all server messages in the minibuffer, but I
made the default for erc-message-notices NIL, as it generates a LOT of
output when you're on many channels.

If everything is ok, I will add the patch to CVS.

Have a nice day,

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Tijs van Bakel, <sm...@wa...>