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[Erc-help] Re: Backend transition
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From: Jesse A. <al...@st...> - 2005-09-20 05:11:20
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Hi Michael,
Briefly, what are the advantages of the new ERC backend over the old
one?
Jesse
Michael Olson <mw...@gn...> writes:
> I've merged all of the work on my erc--more-backend--0 branch to CVS
> head. The relevant ChangeLog entries follow.
>
> 2005-09-05 Michael Olson <mw...@gn...>
>
> * erc.el (erc-flood-limit, erc-flood-limit2): Remove since they
> are no longer needed.
> (erc-send-input): Detect whether we want flood control to be
> active. The previous behavior was to always force the message.
> (erc-toggle-flood-control): Adapt to new flood control method. No
> more 'strict.
> (erc-cmd-SV): Use concat rather than
> format-time-string.
> (erc-format-target, erc-format-target-and/or-server): Shorten
> logic statements.
>
> * erc-compat.el (erc-emacs-build-time): Use a string
> representation rather than trying to coerce a time out of a string
> on XEmacs.
>
> * erc-identd.el (erc-identd-start): Use make-network-process
> instead of open-network-stream. Error out if this is not defined.
>
> * erc-backend.el (erc-send-line): New command that sends a line
> using flood control, using a callback for display. It isn't used
> yet.
>
> 2005-09-04 Michael Olson <mw...@gn...>
>
> * erc.el: Add defvaralias and make-obsolete-variable for
> erc-default-coding-system.
> (channel-topic, channel-modes, channel-user-limit, channel-key,
> invitation, away, channel-list, bad-nick): Rename globally to
> erc-{name-of-variable}.
>
> 2005-08-29 Michael Olson <mw...@gn...>
>
> * erc.el: Alias erc-send-command to erc-server-send. ErBot needs
> this to work without modification. Add defvaralias for
> erc-process. Make this and the other backwards-compatibility
> functions and variables be marked obsolete as of ERC 5.1.
>
> * erc-backend.el: Add autoload for erc-log macro.
> (erc-server-connect): Set some variables before defining process
> handlers. It probably doesn't make any difference.
>
> 2005-08-26 Michael Olson <mw...@gn...>
>
> * erc.el: Add defvaralias for erc-announced-server-name, since
> this seems to be widely used.
>
> 2005-08-17 Michael Olson <mw...@gn...>
>
> * erc.el (erc): Remove unnecessary boundp check.
>
> * erc-autoaway.el: Fix compiler warning.
>
> * erc-backend.el (erc-server-version): Since this isn't used by
> any code, and isn't generally useful, remove it.
> (erc-server-send-queue): Use erc-current-time rather than
> float-time.
> (004): Don't set erc-server-version.
>
> * erc-dcc.el (erc-dcc-chat-request, erc-dcc-get-parent): Move to
> fix a compiler warning.
>
> * erc-ibuffer.el (erc-server): Remove unnecessary boundp check.
>
> * erc-identd.el (erc-identd-start): Use read-string instead of
> read-input.
>
> * erc-imenu.el (erc-unfill-notice): Use a while loop instead of
> replace-regexp.
>
> * erc-nicklist.el: Add conditional dependency on erc-bbdb.
> (erc-nicklist-insert-contents): Tighten some regexps.
>
> * erc-notify.el (erc-notify-list): Docfix.
>
> * erc-spelling.el (erc-spelling-dictionaries): Add :type and
> :group to silence a compiler warning.
>
> 2005-08-14 Michael Olson <mw...@gn...>
>
> * erc-backend.el (erc-session-server, erc-session-port)
> (erc-announced-server-name, erc-server-version)
> (erc-server-parameters): Moved here from erc.el.
> (erc-server-last-peers): Moved, renamed from last-peers.
> (erc-server-lag): Moved, renamed from erc-lag.
> (erc-server-duplicates): Moved, renamed from erc-duplicates.
> (erc-server-duplicate-timeout): Moved, renamed from
> erc-duplicate-timeout.
> (erc-server): New customization group hosting all options from
> this file.
> (erc-server-prevent-duplicates): Moved, renamed from
> erc-prevent-duplicates.
> (erc-server-duplicate-timeout): Moved, renamed from
> erc-duplicate-timeout.
> (erc-server-auto-reconnect, erc-split-line-length)
> (erc-server-coding-system, erc-encoding-coding-alist)
> (erc-server-connect-function, erc-server-flood-margin)
> (erc-server-flood-penalty): Change group to 'erc-server.
> (erc-server-send-ping-interval): Moved, renamed from
> erc-ping-interval.
> (erc-server-ping-handler): Moved, renamed from erc-ping-handler.
> (erc-server-setup-periodical-server-ping): Moved, renamed from
> erc-setup-periodical-server-ping.
> (erc-server-connect): Add to docstring. Move more initialization
> here.
> (erc-server-processing-p): Docfix.
> (erc-server-connect): Use 'raw-text like in the original version.
> (erc-server-filter-function): Don't reset process coding system.
>
> * erc-stamp.el (erc-add-timestamp): If the text at point is
> invisible, don't insert a timestamp. Thanks to Pascal
> J. Bourguignon for the suggestion.
>
> * erc-match.el (erc-text-matched-hook): Don't hide fools by
> default, but include it in the available options.
>
> 2005-08-13 Michael Olson <mw...@gn...>
>
> * erc-*.el: s/erc-send-command/erc-server-send/g.
> s/erc-process/erc-server-process/g (sort of). Occasional
> whitespace and indentation fixes.
>
> * erc-backend.el: Specify a few local variables for indentation.
> Take one item off of the TODO list.
> (erc-server-filter-data): Renamed from erc-previous-read. From
> circe.
> (erc-server-processing-p): New variable that indicates when we're
> currently processing a message. From circe.
> (erc-split-line-length): New option that gives the maximum line
> length of a single message. From circe.
> (erc-default-coding-system): Moved here from erc.el.
> (erc-split-line): Renamed from erc-split-command and taken from
> circe.
> (erc-connect-function, erc-connect, erc-process-sentinel-1)
> (erc-process-sentinel, erc-flood-exceeded-p, erc-send-command)
> (erc-message, erc-upcase-first-word, erc-send-ctcp-message)
> (erc-send-ctcp-notice): Moved here from erc.el.
> (erc-server-filter-function): Renamed from erc-process-filter.
> From circe.
> (erc-server-process): Renamed from `erc-process' and moved here
> from erc.el.
> (erc-server-coding-system): Renamed from
> `erc-default-coding-system'.
> (erc-encoding-coding-alist): Moved here from erc.el.
> (erc-server-flood-margin, erc-server-flood-penalty):
> (erc-server-flood-last-message, erc-server-flood-queue):
> (erc-server-flood-timer): New options from circe that allow
> tweaking of flood control.
> (erc-server-connect-function): Renamed from erc-connect-function.
> (erc-flood-exceeded-p): Removed.
> (erc-coding-system-for-target)
> (erc-encode-string-for-target, erc-decode-string-from-target):
> Moved here from erc.el
> (erc-server-send): Renamed from erc-send-command. Adapted from
> the circe function by the same name.
> (erc-server-send-queue): New function from circe that implements
> handling of a flood queue.
> (erc-server-current-nick): Renamed from current-nick.
> (erc-server-quitting): Renamed from `quitting'.
> (erc-server-last-sent-time): Renamed from `last-sent-time'.
> (erc-server-last-ping-time): Renamed from `last-ping-time'.
> (erc-server-lines-sent): Renamed from `lines-sent'.
> (erc-server-auto-reconnect): Renamed from `erc-auto-reconnect'.
> (erc-server-coding-system): Docfix.
> (erc-server-connect): Renamed from `erc-connect'. Require SERVER
> and PORT parameters. Initialize several variables here. Don't
> set `erc-insert-marker'. Use a per-server coding system via
> erc-server-default-encoding.
>
> * erc.el (erc-version-string): Changed to indicate we are running
> the `more-backend' branch.
> (erc-kill-queries-on-quit): Removed, since this is unused.
> (erc-send-single-line): Implement flood control using
> erc-split-line.
> (erc-send-input): Move functionality of erc-send-single-line in
> here.
> (erc-send-single-line): Assimilated!
> (erc-display-command, erc-display-msg): Handle display hooks.
> (erc-auto-reconnect, current-nick, last-sent-time)
> (last-ping-time, last-ctcp-time, erc-lines-sent, erc-bytes-sent)
> (quitting): Moved to erc-backend.el.
> (erc): Docfix. Don't initialize quite so many things here.
--
Jesse Alama (al...@st...)
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