erc-replace.el

;;; erc-replace.el --- wash and massage messages inserted into the buffer  -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-

;; Copyright (C) 2001-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Andreas Fuchs <asf@void.at>
;; Maintainer: Amin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org>, F. Jason Park <jp@neverwas.me>
;; URL: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ErcReplace
;; Keywords: comm, IRC, client, Internet

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;;; Commentary:

;; This module allows you to systematically replace text in incoming
;; messages.  Load erc-replace, and customize `erc-replace-alist'.
;; Then add to your init file:

;; (require 'erc-replace)
;; (erc-replace-mode 1)

;;; Code:

(require 'erc)

(defgroup erc-replace nil
  "Replace text from incoming messages."
  :group 'erc)

(defcustom erc-replace-alist nil
  "Alist describing text to be replaced in incoming messages.
This is useful for filters.

The alist has elements of the form (FROM . TO).  FROM can be a regular
expression or a variable, or any sexp, TO can be a string or a
function to call, or any sexp.  If a function, it will be called with
one argument, the string to be replaced, and it should return a
replacement string."
  :type '(repeat (cons :tag "Search & Replace"
		       (choice :tag "From"
			       regexp
			       variable
			       sexp)
		       (choice :tag "To"
			       string
			       function
			       sexp))))

(defun erc-replace-insert ()
  "Function to run from `erc-insert-modify-hook'.
It replaces text according to `erc-replace-alist'."
  (mapcar (lambda (elt)
	    (goto-char (point-min))
	    (let ((from (car elt))
		  (to (cdr elt)))
	      (unless (stringp from)
		(setq from (eval from t)))
	      (while (re-search-forward from nil t)
		(cond ((stringp to)
		       (replace-match to))
		      ((functionp to)
		       (replace-match (funcall to (match-string 0))))
		      (t
		       (eval to t))))))
	  erc-replace-alist))

;;;###autoload(autoload 'erc-replace-mode "erc-replace")
(define-erc-module replace nil
  "This mode replaces incoming text according to `erc-replace-alist'."
  ((add-hook 'erc-insert-modify-hook
	     #'erc-replace-insert))
  ((remove-hook 'erc-insert-modify-hook
		#'erc-replace-insert)))

(provide 'erc-replace)

;;; erc-replace.el ends here
;;
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;; generated-autoload-file: "erc-loaddefs.el"
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