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## 3 Keys Used in ERC

This is a summary of keystrokes available in every ERC buffer.

`C-a or <home> (`erc-bol`)`

  Go to beginning of line or end of prompt.

`RET (`erc-send-current-line`)`

  Send the current line

`TAB (`erc-complete-word`)`

  If at prompt, complete the current word. Otherwise, move to the next link or button.

`M-TAB (`ispell-complete-word`)`

  Complete the given word, using ispell.

`C-c C-a (`erc-bol`)`

  Go to beginning of line or end of prompt.

`C-c C-b (`erc-iswitchb`)`

  Use `iswitchb-read-buffer` to prompt for a ERC buffer to switch to.

`C-c C-c (`erc-toggle-interpret-controls`)`

  Toggle interpretation of control sequences in messages.

`C-c C-d (`erc-input-action`)`

  Interactively input a user action and send it to IRC.

`C-c C-e (`erc-toggle-ctcp-autoresponse`)`

  Toggle automatic CTCP replies (like VERSION and PING).

`C-c C-f (`erc-toggle-flood-control`)`

  Toggle use of flood control on sent messages.

`C-c TAB (`erc-invite-only-mode`)`

  Turn on the invite only mode (+i) for the current channel.

`C-c C-j (`erc-join-channel`)`

  Join channel. If point is at the beginning of a channel name, use that as default.

`C-c C-k (`erc-go-to-log-matches-buffer`)`

  Interactively open an erc-log-matches buffer

`C-c C-l (`erc-save-buffer-in-logs`)`

  Append buffer contents to the log file, if logging is enabled.

`C-c C-n (`erc-channel-names`)`

  Run "/names #channel" in the current channel.

`C-c C-o (`erc-get-channel-mode-from-keypress`)`

  Read a key sequence and call the corresponding channel mode function. After doing `C-c C-o`, type in a channel mode letter.

  `C-g` means quit. `RET` lets you type more than one mode at a time. If `l` is pressed, `erc-set-channel-limit` gets called. If `k` is pressed, `erc-set-channel-key` gets called. Anything else will be sent to `erc-toggle-channel-mode`.

`C-c C-p (`erc-part-from-channel`)`

  Part from the current channel and prompt for a reason.

`C-c C-q (`erc-quit-server`)`

  Disconnect from current server after prompting for reason.

`C-c C-r (`erc-remove-text-properties-region`)`

  Clears the region (start,end) in object from all colors, etc.

`C-c C-t (`erc-set-topic`)`

  Prompt for a topic for the current channel.

`C-c C-u (`erc-kill-input`)`

  Kill current input line using `erc-bol` followed by `kill-line`.

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