[Erc-help] Re: [devel] RFC on timestamping

[Andreas F. <as...@vo...>]

Today, Mario Lang <ml...@de...> wrote:
>> How about having no timestamp stuff clutter the channel buffers,
>> rather put the timestamp in a text property or similar, so that
>> moving the mouse (or point) over it creates a timestamp message in
>> the minibuffer. Maybe
> Look at erc-echo-timestamps, and code which uses it :-).

Oh, I just knew that this idea wasn't originally mine. (-:
I will. As soon as the timestamping stuff is in skeleton state, I will
write it.

>> even a bubble-help like thingy could pop up...
> Sounds good.

Ok, I'll look into how the button thingies do "it."

>>> Any ideas? Any comments? Is there something which prevents this?
>>> Does someone want to do it? If not, I will try.
>>
>> I would certainly want to give filling advice, and most probably
>> create the minibuffer timestamping stuff.
> 
> Good.  Do we need any additional hooks to be able to get rid of all
> that in the core?

IMHO, there should be no additional hooks required.

What about this customizable thingy:

(defcustom erc-timestamp-function-list nil
 "Functions to call when timestamping messages."
 :type '(repeat function))

(defun erc-timestamp-left (...)...)
(defun erc-timestamp-right (...)...)
(defun erc-timestamp-minibuffer (...)...)

(defun erc-timestamp ()
 "Timestamp incoming (and outgoing) messages.
This function is designed to be called from
`erc-insert-post-hook'. Customize `erc-timestamp-function-list' if you
wish to modify timestamping behaviour."
 (mapc
  (lambda (function)
   (funcall function))
  erc-timestamp-function-list))

Would something like that be fine?

Have fun,
-- 
Andreas Fuchs, <as...@ac...>, as...@ja..., antifuchs