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[PATCH] Add a mentions buffer feature to rcirc

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From: Tassilo Horn <thorn <at> fastmail.fm>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Subject: [PATCH] Add a mentions buffer feature to rcirc
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:27:56 +0100

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Hi all,

rcirc-track-minor-mode is nice to navigate to mentions of your nick or
certain keywords (rcirc-keywords), however you can navigate there only
once.

The proposed feature (if enabled) collects such mentions in a separate
buffer *rcirc mentions* as clickable text, so that you can navigate to
the source of the mention as often as you like.

In its current state, the feature works fine but I guess the *rcirc
mentions* buffer should contain a bit more information, e.g., a copy of
the actual mentioning message.

I guess there's also a technical issue: right now, the linkage is to a
concrete buffer position (point value) which only works reliably if
rcirc-buffer-maximum-lines is nil and thus buffers aren't truncated.  I
guess I should switch to markers instead, right?

Anyway, I just wanted to get feedback if such a feature is acceptable?

Thanks,
Tassilo

In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 7, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
 3.24.48, cairo version 1.18.2) of 2025-02-13 built on thinkpad-t440p
Repository revision: 2e9413255fb8cbd0c8481ca6f863b37df3e9008d
Repository branch: master
System Description: Arch Linux

Configured using:
 'configure --without-native-compilation --with-modules --with-pgtk'

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