erc-hl-nicks - ERC Module to Highlight Nicknames

I already have a nickname highlighter, why should I switch?

If you’re happy with what you’re using, you shouldn’t. (If it ain’t broke…) BUT, if you are interested in trying something new, here are some things you should know:

• erc-hl-nicks is based on erc-highlight-nicknames, so it will auto colorize nicknames (you don’t have to specify colors)
• erc-hl-nicks will ignore certain characters that IRC clients add to nicknames to avoid duplicates (nickname, nickname’, nickname”, etc.)
• erc-hl-nicks can attempt to produce colors with a sufficient amount of contrast between the nick color and the background color.

Installation

Via Package (recommended)

Pick your favorite package archive- I do try to keep this package up-to-date on Marmalade and it is also available via Mepla and Melpa-stable.

(require 'package)

(add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t)

;; Either of these will work, as well.

;; (add-to-list 'package-archives
;;              '("marmalade" . "http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/") t)

;; (add-to-list 'package-archives
;;              '("melpa-stable" . "http://stable.melpa.org/packages/") t)

(package-initialize)

Then you can install it:

M-x package-refresh-contents
M-x package-install RET erc-hl-nicks RET

Manually (via git)

Download the source or clone the repo and add the following to ~/.emacs.d/init.el:

(add-to-list 'load-path "path/to/erc-hl-nicks")
(require 'erc-hl-nicks)