Chat Like the 90's in Emacs with ERC
System Crafters
In this video, I'll show you how to connect to a chat protocol called IRC with Emacs' built-in client called ERC! I'll also give you a tour of some basic IRC commands you'll need to know and then provide basic configuration you can use with ERC.
Check out the show notes here: https://systemcrafters.cc/chatting-with-emacs/irc-basics-with-erc/
We cover the following topics:
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:28 Yet another thing Emacs can do!
- 1:00 What is IRC?
- 2:37 What is ERC?
- 4:58 Joining a server
- 6:37 Demo of joining Libera.Chat
- 7:40 Joining a channel
- 10:47 Leaving a channel
- 11:33 Listing available channels
- 13:36 Finding more details about a user
- 14:41 Sending someone a private message
- 16:33 Changing your nickname
- 17:07 Quitting the IRC server
- 17:42 Reconnecting to the server
- 18:51 A basic ERC configuration
- 22:40 Come chat with us!
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Check out my other video series!
- Emacs Essentials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48JlgiBpw_I&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPZvSdewHG8uApD7THlLLCV
- Emacs From Scratch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74zOY-vgkyw&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPH1au7H6B7bBJ4ZO7BXjSZ
- Emacs Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKTKmE1wLyw&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oMHJ6Xil1YdnYtlWd5hHZql
- Emacs Desktop Environment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7xB2fFk1tQ&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oNPbEMYEtswOVTvq7CVddCS
- Emacs IDE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-NAM9U5JYE&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oNvsrtk_iZSb94krGRofFjN
- Emacs Mail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZRyEhi4y44&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oM-kA19xOQc8s0gr0PpFGJQ
- Learning Emacs Lisp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQK_DaaX34Q&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPQtn7FQEF3D7sroZbXuPZ7
- Craft Your System with GNU Guix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBaqOK75cho&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oNxnj7jm5V2ZcGc52002pQU
Music credits:
Coriolis Effect by logos feat. stefsax, licensed Creative Commons 3.0 CC-BY http://ccmixter.org/files/mseq/26296 reNovation by airtone, licensed Creative Commons 3.0 CC-BY http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/60674 ukeSounds by airtone, licensed Creative Commons 3.0 CC-BY http://ccmixter.org/files/airtone/32655 Between Worlds (Instrumental) by Aussens@iter, licensed Creative Commons 3.0 CC-BY http://ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/56664 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWHTZIYTA4s
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