ERC is an IRC client for Emacs

The documentation is kept on the Emacs Wiki:

* http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?EmacsIRCClient



Simple install:

Put erc.el in your load-path, and add the following to your ~/.emacs:

(require 'erc)



Complex install:

Put all the files in your load-path, run make, and add the following
to your ~/.emacs:

(require 'erc-auto)

Usage:

Use M-x erc-select to connect to a server.  You can connect to
multiple servers.

Customization:

Use M-x customize-group RET erc RET to get an overview of all the
variables you can tweak.