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.