[Erc-discuss] Re: erc-track.el & ignoring bitlbee away messages

[Michael Olson]

Mark Plaksin <address@hidden> writes:

> I use ERC to connect to a bitlbee server.  When I have autoaway turned on,
> bitlbee generates messages like these in my /query-generated buffers:
>
> *** You're now away: I'm gone (autoaway after 955 seconds of idletime)
> *** Welcome back
>
> Both of these messages make erc-track.el tell me that those buffers have
> had activity.  I want erc-track to ignore these messages.  The only way I
> found to do it is the attached patch plus this:
> (setq erc-track-ignore-list '("^[*][*][*] Welcome back" "^[*][*][*] You're 
> now away:"))
>
> Is there a better way?  If not, do you like the patch?

The best way to do this is do set erc-track-exclude-types as follows.

(setq erc-track-exclude-types '("NICK" "305" "306"))

The "305" and "306" values correspond to the "Welcome back" and
"You're now away" messages, respectively.

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