IRC and Emacs all the things

This is brilliant! Not so much for use of emacs or libpurple or bitlebee specifically for that matter (which are all fine)...Rather, what i find to be the coolest is the whole... "I'm gonna use my preferred text editor to interact with the world" approach! Some might say that this reduces outside systems into nothing more than an API-sort of layer, but honestly, I really like that; it helps with learning curves, general adoption, etc. Kudos!

Re: IRC and Emacs all the things

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Post by mxuribe » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 8:16 PM UTC

Arathorn wrote: post #3

could also Matrix and Emacs all the things, just sayin’ https://github.com/alphapapa/matrix-client.el :)

My prediction is that at some point in the future, those folks who have historically loved IRC (and there's nothing wrong with that!), will eventually begin to prefer matrix as opposed to, say, slack, mattermost, etc. Not necessarily for tech superiority, but for what I'll call the coziness factor; they'll just feel cozy using some matrix client, as they felt comfy using an ol' irc client. (Yes, yes, i know there are numerous existing irc-bridging apps/services natively supported by matrix protocol. ;-)

Disclosure: I used to love irc in the 90s, then stopped using it in the 2000s (aughts?), and now am a superfan of matrix.

Re: IRC and Emacs all the things

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Post by Kaze404 » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 8:22 PM UTC

mxuribe wrote: post #4

This is brilliant! Not so much for use of emacs or libpurple or bitlebee specifically for that matter (which are all fine)...Rather, what i find to be the coolest is the whole... "I'm gonna use my preferred text editor to interact with the world" approach! Some might say that this reduces outside systems into nothing more than an API-sort of layer, but honestly, I really like that; it helps with learning curves, gene…

I agree. The joy in using emacs for (mostly) everything is my configurations and workflow translate nicely into other contexts as well. For example, all my evil mode (vim) config, custom keybinds and extensions are available whether I'm writing code, emails or chat messages.

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Post by Naac » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 9:34 PM UTC

For a more feature-full emacs IRC experience, I would recommend Circe[0]. It even supports showing images inline like slack.

If IRC in emacs is not your cup of tea, I would recommend the web client/web server The Lounge[1], which as far as I'm concerned gives people everything they want out of slack, in IRC, but doesn't lock you down to a proprietary protocol.

[0] https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/circe [1] https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge

Re: IRC and Emacs all the things

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Post by u801e » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 9:40 PM UTC

The contrast level they used for the text in the article makes it too difficult to read.

Re: IRC and Emacs all the things

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Post by clarry » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 9:46 PM UTC

u801e wrote: post #8

The contrast level they used for the text in the article makes it too difficult to read.

I can recommend Firefox: https://i.imgur.com/7f6ZofW.png

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Post by kencausey » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 9:48 PM UTC

u801e wrote: post #8

The contrast level they used for the text in the article makes it too difficult to read.

Surely everyone knows about Reader mode by now? More seriously, is something like Firefox's Reader mode available as a plugin to Safari? I can confirm that it is for Chrome.