Re: More emacs instances

[Andrea Crotti]

Memnon Anon <gegendosenfleisch@googlemail.com> writes:
>
> erc is very flexible.
> Aside from blist, blist all, blist online, I use erc-pals for people I
> want to be notified when they are around. Together with matching,
> keywords and different hooks, I now have a setup like this:
>
> a) When one of my pals joins, my thinklight blinks. I can switch to the 
>    buffer quickly with C-c C-SPC and back with the same key combo.
>
> b) When a special keyword is said, the thinklight turns on permanently
>    and a sound is triggered (all my pals know they should use it *only*
>    if it is important! Sound notification can be *really* distracting
>    when it happens all the time.)
>
> c) When I am afk (x minutes no emacs activity, which usually means I am
>    nearby, but not at my keyboard), sound and thinklight make me aware
>    of private messages by anyone, not only pals.
>
> However, these 'notifications' are of course disabled when I am
> watching the bitlbee buffer (except b: I wanted a way my friends can
> "shout" at me that always works.)
>
> If there is no thinklight, or its use is too distracting, one can always
> use e.g. the NumLock LED on the keyboard instead.
>
> I am still fiddling with this setup, but it already provides me with a
> flexibility other IM programms I used did not offer.
>
> Memnon

That's alreay great!
Do you have your configuration online somewhere maybe?