== Joining #emacs using ERC ==

Here is an example setup:

{{{
(setq erc-server "irc.libera.chat" 
      erc-port 6697 
      erc-nick "your-nick"
      erc-user-full-name user-full-name
      erc-email-userid "userid"    ; for when ident is not activated
      erc-prompt-for-password nil) ; OPN doesn't require passwords
}}}

To start ERC, use <kbd>M-x</kbd> <kbd>erc</kbd> <kbd>RET</kbd> or
<kbd>M-x</kbd> <kbd>erc-tls</kbd> <kbd>RET</kbd> for IRC servers on
TLS connections.  This will prompt you for server, port, nick, and
password, and it will use the values of the variables above as
defaults.  Then just punch the required amount of RETs.

The ERC developers hang out at both the '''#emacs''' and '''#erc'''
channels.  '''#emacs''' is for general chat about Emacs, and
'''#erc''' is ERC-specific.

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[[ERC]], EmacsChannel