Add commentary to IRC section

diff --git a/config.org b/config.org
index 964ab2cb44e49021909a75db4fa5c975bd27e4d6..3ca50d0b5946fa7f1d06cacd52e9d23b8dd18116 100644 (file)
--- a/config.org
+++ b/config.org
@@ -445,53 +445,55 @@ Some EWW enhancements.
   (global-set-key (kbd "C-c w") 'eww)
 #+end_src
 ** IRC
-#+begin_src emacs-lisp
-      (defun fetch-password (&rest params)
-        (require 'auth-source)
-        (let ((match (car (apply 'auth-source-search params))))
-          (if match
-              (let ((secret (plist-get match :secret)))
-                (if (functionp secret)
-                    (funcall secret)
-                  secret))
-            (error "Password not found for %S" params))))
+Circe is a really nice IRC client, that claims to be above RCIRC and below ERC in terms of features. ERC felt a bit messy and finicky to me, and Circe has all the features that I need. This setup gets the password for my bouncer (Pounce) instances via my =~/.authinfo.gpg= file.
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+  (defun fetch-password (&rest params)
+    (require 'auth-source)
+    (let ((match (car (apply 'auth-source-search params))))
+      (if match
+          (let ((secret (plist-get match :secret)))
+            (if (functionp secret)
+                (funcall secret)
+              secret))
+        (error "Password not found for %S" params))))
 
-      (use-package circe
-        :config
-        (enable-lui-track)
-        (enable-circe-color-nicks)
-        (circe "libera")
-        (circe "oftc")
-        (circe "tilde")
-        (setq circe-networks '(("libera"
-                                 :host "irc.armaanb.net"
-                                 :nick "emacs"
-                                 :use-tls t
-                                 :port "6698"
-                                 :pass (lambda (null) (fetch-password
-                                                :login "emacs"
-                                                :machine "irc.armaanb.net"
-                                                :port 6698)))
-                               ("oftc"
-                                 :host "irc.armaanb.net"
-                                 :nick "emacs"
-                                 :use-tls t
-                                 :port "6699"
-                                 :pass (lambda (null) (fetch-password
-                                                :login "emacs"
-                                                :machine "irc.armaanb.net"
-                                                :port 6699)))
-                               ("tilde"
-                                 :host "irc.armaanb.net"
-                                 :nick "emacs"
-                                 :use-tls t
-                                 :port "6696"
-                                 :pass (lambda (null) (fetch-password
-                                                :login "emacs"
-                                                :machine "irc.armaanb.net"
-                                                :port 6696)))
-    ))
-        :custom (circe-default-part-message "goodbye!"))
+  (use-package circe
+    :config
+    (enable-lui-track)
+    (enable-circe-color-nicks)
+    (circe "libera")
+    (circe "oftc")
+    (circe "tilde")
+    (setq circe-networks '(("libera"
+                            :host "irc.armaanb.net"
+                            :nick "emacs"
+                            :use-tls t
+                            :port "6698"
+                            :pass (lambda (null) (fetch-password
+                                                  :login "emacs"
+                                                  :machine "irc.armaanb.net"
+                                                  :port 6698)))
+                           ("oftc"
+                            :host "irc.armaanb.net"
+                            :nick "emacs"
+                            :use-tls t
+                            :port "6699"
+                            :pass (lambda (null) (fetch-password
+                                                  :login "emacs"
+                                                  :machine "irc.armaanb.net"
+                                                  :port 6699)))
+                           ("tilde"
+                            :host "irc.armaanb.net"
+                            :nick "emacs"
+                            :use-tls t
+                            :port "6696"
+                            :pass (lambda (null) (fetch-password
+                                                  :login "emacs"
+                                                  :machine "irc.armaanb.net"
+                                                  :port 6696)))
+                           ))
+    :custom (circe-default-part-message "goodbye!")
+    :bind (:map circe-mode-map ("C-c C-r" . circe-reconnect-all)))
 #+end_src
 * Emacs IDE
 ** Code cleanup