Basic irc support has been added through IRC extension

lib/extensions/development.el

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 (depends-on 'yasnippet-snippets)
 (depends-on 'smart-mode-line)
 (depends-on 'dockerfile-mode)
+(depends-on 'quickrun)
 
 (with-ability parinfer
               (depends-on 'parinfer))

lib/extensions/irc.el

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+;;; IRCExtension --- Enables irc client on FG42
+;;; Commentary:
+;;; Code:
+(require 'fpkg)
+(require 'fg42/extension)
+(require 'extensions/irc/init)
+
+;; Dependencies ----------------------------------
+(depends-on 'rcirc-notify)
+
+(defun irc-doc ()
+  "TBD"
+  "TBD")
+
+;; Extension -------------------------------------
+(extension irc
+     :version "2.32"
+     :on-initialize extensions/irc-initialize
+     :docs "lib/extensions/irc/readme.org")
+
+(provide 'extensions/irc)
+;;; irc.el ends here

lib/extensions/irc/init.el

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+;;; IRCExtension --- Enables irc client on FG42
+;;; Commentary:
+;;; Code:
+(defvar irc-servers
+  '(("irc.freenode.net"
+     :port 6697
+     :encryption tls
+     :channels ("#5hit")))
+  "A list of servers and channels to connect to.")
+
+(defvar irc-auth nil
+  "The irc authentication credentials.
+This would overridethe default behaviour which is based onauth-sources.")
+
+(defun irc/extract-secrets-from-auth-source ()
+  "Extract the irc authenticate data from the auth-sources.
+
+As an example for ~/.authinfo.gpg should contain:
+
+machine freenode login <nickname> port nickserv password <password>
+
+Also the auth-sources should be set correctly.
+It returns nil if no password is available."
+  (let ((auth-list '()))
+    (dolist (p (auth-source-search :port '("nickserv")
+                                   :require '(:port :user :secret)))
+        (let ((secret (plist-get p :secret))
+              (method (intern (plist-get p :port))))
+
+          (add-to-list 'auth-list
+                       (list (plist-get p :host)
+                             method
+                             (plist-get p :user)
+                             (if (functionp secret)
+                                 (funcall secret)
+                               secret)))))
+    auth-list))
+
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun irc/setup ()
+  "Setup the rcirc library which distributes with Emacs."
+  (set (make-local-variable 'scroll-conservatively) 8192)
+  (setq gnutls-min-prime-bits 2048))
+
+(defun irc/connect ()
+  "Connects to IRC."
+  (interactive)
+  (require 'rcirc)
+  (require 'rcirc-notify)
+
+  ;; Turns off keychain integration
+  (setenv "GPG_AGENT_INFO" nil)
+
+  ;; Turn on debugging if the global debuging was enabled
+  (setq rcirc-debug-flag debug-on-error)
+  (setq rcirc-server-alist irc-servers)
+  (setq rcirc-authinfo (or (irc/extract-secrets-from-auth-source)
+                           irc-auth))
+  (rcirc-notify-add-hooks)
+  (rcirc nil))
+
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun extensions/irc-initialize ()
+  "Initialize the irc extention."
+
+  ;; Keep input line at bottom.
+  (add-hook 'rcirc-mode-hook 'irc/setup)
+
+  (ability irc-spell-checking ()
+           (add-hook 'rcirc-mode-hook (lambda ()
+                                        (flyspell-mode 1)))))
+                                        ;
+
+(provide 'extensions/irc/init)
+;;; init.el ends here