[Erc-discuss] Two suggestions

[Leo]

Dear all,

I have two suggestions that seem to be convenient for users:

 1. Don't switch to a channel when the connection to that channel is
    established.

    I am using ERC in a wireless network in a laptop. That means the
    connection is closed now and then. When the connection is fast, I
    can wait a few seconds for all channels to be connected. However,
    most of the time it takes longer than a few seconds. So I have to
    switch to my work buffer. I then become rather uneasy knowing that
    at some point the buffer is going to switch to those "ERC" buffers.

    So I suggest if we can have an option so enable similar behavior as
    in firefox's "opening tab in background".

 2. This is rather minor. I haven't used irc extensively so this might
    sound stupid.

    When joining channel with "C-c C-j", the minibuffer should contain a
    "#" and place the cursor at the end of it so that users can start
    typing the meaningful channel names right away. I assume all
    channels start with "#". Or maybe make "#" customizable.

HTH,
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Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)