From: Stefan Kangas Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2021 18:21:05 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Light copy-edits to recent additions to ERC manual X-Git-Tag: emacs-29.0.90~3612^2~3^2~11 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2d0e1e5595828f554d89ca660b5346aaeee7ff3a;p=emacs.git Light copy-edits to recent additions to ERC manual * doc/misc/erc.texi (Introduction, Getting Started): Light copy-edits. --- diff --git a/doc/misc/erc.texi b/doc/misc/erc.texi index 6631d8420f7..7dbb5f0970d 100644 --- a/doc/misc/erc.texi +++ b/doc/misc/erc.texi @@ -87,32 +87,31 @@ Advanced Usage @node Introduction @chapter Introduction +ERC is a powerful, modular, and extensible IRC client for Emacs. +It is distributed with Emacs since version 22.1. + IRC is short for Internet Relay Chat. When using IRC, you can -communicate with other users on the same IRC network. There are -several of these networks available---if you search for ``IRC -networks'' in your favorite search engine, you are likely to find -up-to-date lists of IRC networks catering to various interests and -topics. - -In order to use IRC, you need an IRC client such as ERC. Using the -client, you connect to an IRC server. Once you've done that, you will -have access to all available channels on that server's network. A -channel is basically a chat room, and what you type in a channel will -be shown to all other users in that channel, and you can be in several -channels at the same time---most clients will show each channel in its -own window. IRC channel names always begin with a @samp{#} character. -For example, the Emacs channel on Libera.Chat is @samp{#emacs}, and -the ERC channel is @samp{#erc}. Do not confuse them with the hashtags +communicate with other users on the same IRC network. There are many +different networks---if you search for ``IRC networks'' in your +favorite search engine, you will find up-to-date lists of IRC networks +catering to various interests and topics. + +To use IRC, you need an IRC client such as ERC. Using the client, you +connect to an IRC server. Once you've done that, you will have access +to all available channels on that server's network. A channel is +basically a chat room, and what you type in a channel will be shown to +all other users in that channel. You can be in several channels at +the same time---ERC will show each channel in its own buffer. + +IRC channel names always begin with a @samp{#} character. For +example, the Emacs channel on Libera.Chat is @samp{#emacs}, and the +ERC channel is @samp{#erc}. Do not confuse them with the hashtags used on many social media platforms. -It is also possible to send private messages to other IRC -users on the same network, regardless of whether or not they are in -the same channel as you. - -ERC is a powerful, modular, and extensible IRC client for Emacs. -It is distributed with Emacs since version 22.1. +You can also send private messages to other IRC users on the same +network, even if they are not in the same channels as you. -It comes with the following capabilities enabled by default. +ERC comes with the following capabilities enabled by default. @itemize @bullet @item Flood control @@ -137,10 +136,10 @@ It comes with the following capabilities enabled by default. The command @kbd{M-x erc} will start ERC and prompt for the server to connect to. If you're unsure of which server or network to connect -to, we suggest you start with ``irc.libera.chat''. There you will -find the @samp{#emacs} channels where you can chat with other Emacs -and users, and if you're having trouble with ERC, you can join the -@samp{#erc} channel and ask for help there. +to, we suggest starting with ``irc.libera.chat''. There you will find +the @samp{#emacs} channels where you can chat with other Emacs users, +and if you're having trouble with ERC, you can join the @samp{#erc} +channel and ask for help there. If you want to place ERC settings in their own file, you can place them in @file{~/.emacs.d/.ercrc.el}, creating it if necessary.