Friday  8 November 2024


New version of rcirc-sqlite
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Version 1.0.4 of rcirc-sqlite is released today [1].

rcirc
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rcirc [2] is a default, simple IRC client in GNU Emacs.

It is part of Emacs, it works right out of the box.

When the logging is activated, rcirc logs to files.

rcirc-sqlite
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rcirc-sqlite is a minor-mode for Emacs that, when activated,
diverts the logs of rcirc to SQLite.

It also provides a small user interface to view stats and to
query the rcirc-logs in the SQLite database.

rcirc-sqlite is available as Emacs package, which is in
Elpa, the default GNU Emacs package repository.

As usual with Emacs packages, rcirc-sqlite comes with a
manual in the `info' format. A HTML version of the manual is
available at elpa.gnu.org [3].

The Elpa repository is updated every 24 hours. Therefor it
usually takes about a day for a new version of a package to
propagate through the Elpa processes and become available.

Minor upgrade
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The query results are displayed in a tabular view.

By pointing to a row the user selects a log message.

The new upgrade to version 1.0.4 adds the option to hit the
key `b' (mnemonic: "browse") after selecting a message, to
open the URL in the selected message in the default browser.

Gemini, Gopher, and Web links
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Elpher [4] is a fully-featured Gopher and Gemini client for
GNU Emacs.

When Elpher is installed and configured, the option to
browse URL's in Emacs works for Gemini, Gopher, and Web
links.

Personally, I use eww for web links and Elpher for Gemini
and Gopher links.


[1]: https://codeberg.org/mattof/rcirc-sqlite
[2]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/rcirc.html
[3]: https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/doc/rcirc-sqlite.html
[4]: https://github.com/emacsmirror/elpher



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