[Erc-discuss] Re: suggestion: have erc-cmd-IGNORE regexp-quote the supplied name

[Eric Hanchrow]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Olson <address@hidden> writes:

    Michael> Maybe it could compare the string with its regexp-quoted
    Michael> version.  If there are differences, prompt the user about
    Michael> which version to use.  What do you think?

This seems OK at first blush:

--- orig/lisp/erc/erc.el
+++ mod/lisp/erc/erc.el
@@ -2508,7 +2508,10 @@
   "Ignore USER.  This should be a regexp matching address@hidden
 If no USER argument is specified, list the contents of `erc-ignore-list'."
   (if user
-      (progn
+      (let ((quoted (regexp-quote user)))
+       (when (and (not (equal user quoted))
+                  (y-or-n-p (format "Use regexp-quoted form (%s) instead? " 
quoted)))
+         (setq user quoted))
        (erc-display-line
         (erc-make-notice (format "Now ignoring %s" user))
         'active)

(We'd probably want something equivalent in UNIGNORE too.)

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