Re: ERC do not use my password from authinfo

My fault. I did not notice there is already an integration between ERC
and auth-source. The :password keyword is not a must. But I cannot
reproduce your issue either.

On 27 May 2024, Sébastien Gendre wrote:

> I tried to set the password, like you say, but the result is the same:
> Erc still logging without password.
>
> The message in the minibuffer even say: "Logging in without password".
>
>
> Zaichuan Du <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> On 26 May 2024, Sébastien Gendre wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You will have to retrieve password by setting the :password key, like this
>>
>> #+begin_src elisp
>> (erc-tls :server "irc.libera.chat"
>> 	 :port 6697
>> 	 :nick "mememememe"
>> 	 :password (auth-source-pick-first-password :host "irc.libera.chat"))
>> #+end_src
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I try to connect to an IRC server, with ERC, but I have a problem to make
>>> it use my password saved in ~/.authinfo.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In my .emacs/init.el, I have defined this interactive function to
>>> connect to Libera.chat with ERC:
>>>
>>>
>>> (defun [email protected] ()
>>>   "Log on freenode with mememememe user"
>>>   (interactive)
>>>   (erc-tls :server "irc.libera.chat"
>>>            :port 6697
>>>            :nick "mememememe")
>>>   )
>>>
>>>
>>> On my ~/.authinfo.gpg file, I have an entry for Libera.ch server, with
>>> my nickname:
>>>
>>>
>>> machine irc.libera.chat login mememememe password…
>>>
>>>
>>> But when I run the function "[email protected]", ERC connect
>>> without my password.
>>>
>>> I didn't found any specific information on the manual about why. My
>>> Emacs version is 29.3.
>>>
>>> Someone have an idea ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> -------
>>> Gendre Sébastien
>>>
> <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign>
>
>

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Zaichuan