Re: [Erc-discuss] autoconnecting to servers

[Andreas Schwab]

Andrea Russo <address@hidden> writes:

>> I would probably need to identify to services too, but at this point I
>> just want to get the basics down.
>
> To do that, I use this code snippet borrowed from Michael Olson (many
> thanks to him):
>
> ,----
> | (defun my-erc-after-connect-stuff (server nick)
> |   "Authenticate to various NickServ's and the like upon
> | connecting to the server of their jurisdiction."
> |   (interactive)
> |   (cond
> |    ((string-match "\\(localhost\\|onosendai\\)" server)
> |     (erc-message "PRIVMSG"
> |                  (concat "&bitlbee identify " my-bitlbee-password)))
> |    ((string-match "freenode\\.net" server)
> |     (erc-message "PRIVMSG"
> |                  (concat "NickServ identify " my-freenode-password)))
> |    ))
> |
> | (add-hook 'erc-after-connect 'my-erc-after-connect-stuff)
> `----
>
> Obviously, you need to adapt it to your needs.

ERC already knows how to automatically authenticate to various NickServs,
see erc-nickserv-alist and erc-services-mode.

Andreas.

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