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{{short description|IRC client}}
{{lowercase}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = rcirc
| logo                   =
| screenshot             = Rcirc screenshot freenode.png
| caption                = rcirc in GNU Emacs 23
| author                 = Ryan Yeske
| developer              =
| released               = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| programming language   = [[Emacs Lisp]]
| platform               =
| size                   = 149 KB
| language               =
| genre                  = IRC client
| license                = [[Software:GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]
| website                = {{URL|https://gnu.org/software/emacs/}}
}}

'''rcirc''' is an [[Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC) client written in [[Emacs Lisp]].<ref name="Stutz">{{Cite web |url=http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/59542 |title=Chat it up in Emacs with IRC modes |last=Stutz |first=Michael |date=2007-01-15 |publisher=Linux.com |access-date=2009-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://xtalk.msk.su/~ott/ru/emacs/emacs-im/EmacsRcirc.html |title=Emacs: rcirc |last=Ott |first=Alex |language=ru |access-date=2009-10-16 |archive-date=2009-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401055950/http://xtalk.msk.su/~ott/ru/emacs/emacs-im/EmacsRcirc.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is one of two IRC clients included in [[Software:GNU Emacs|GNU Emacs]] since release 22.1, alongside [[Software:ERC|ERC]].<ref name="Stutz" /><ref>{{cite mailing list
| url         = http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2007-06/msg00000.html
| title       = Emacs 22.1 released
| date        = 2007-06-03
| access-date  = 2009-10-16
| mailing-list = info-gnu-emacs
| last        = Stallman
| first       = Richard
}}</ref>

Rcirc is "compact, written in a single file of less than 2,500 lines of code".<ref name="Stutz" /> It allocates separate buffers for each server and channel, and includes tab completion and inbound message timestamps. It allows opening new buffers for composing messages, useful for multiline work. All IRC commands are bound to control-c [[Keyboard shortcut|command shortcut]]s. Sound alerts are available for private messages and for when a user's nick is mentioned in channel.<ref name="Stutz" /><!-- whole paragraph-->

==See also==
*Comparison of IRC clients

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/rcirc rcirc] at EmacsWiki

{{IRC clients}}

[[Category:Internet Relay Chat clients]]
[[Category:Free Internet Relay Chat clients]]



{{Sourceattribution|Rcirc}}