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## 2 Getting Started

The command `M-x erc` will start ERC and prompt for the server to connect to.

If you want to place ERC settings in their own file, you can place them in `~/.emacs.d/.ercrc.el`, creating it if necessary.

If you would rather use the Customize interface to change how ERC works, do `M-x customize-group RET erc RET`. In particular, ERC comes with lots of modules that may be enabled or disabled; to select which ones you want, do `M-x customize-variable RET erc-modules RET`.