Variable: erc-split-line-length

erc-split-line-length is a customizable variable defined in erc-backend.el.gz.

Value

440

Documentation

The maximum length of a single message.

If a message exceeds this size, it is broken into multiple ones.

IRC allows for lines up to 512 bytes. Two of them are CR LF. And a typical message looks like this:

  :nicky!uhuser@host212223.dialin.fnordisp.net PRIVMSG #lazybastards :Hello!

You can limit here the maximum length of the "Hello!" part. Good luck.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/erc/erc-backend.el.gz
(defcustom erc-split-line-length 440
  "The maximum length of a single message.
If a message exceeds this size, it is broken into multiple ones.

IRC allows for lines up to 512 bytes.  Two of them are CR LF.
And a typical message looks like this:

  :nicky!uhuser@host212223.dialin.fnordisp.net PRIVMSG #lazybastards :Hello!

You can limit here the maximum length of the \"Hello!\" part.
Good luck."
  :type 'integer)