Variable: erc-join-buffer
erc-join-buffer is a customizable variable defined in erc.el.gz.
Value
bury
Documentation
Determines how to display a newly created IRC buffer.
The available choices are:
window - in another window,
window-noselect - in another window, but don't select that one,
frame - in another frame,
bury - bury it in a new buffer,
buffer - in place of the current buffer,
any other value - in place of the current buffer.
This variable was added, or its default value changed, in ERC version
5.5.
Source Code
;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/erc/erc.el.gz
(defcustom erc-join-buffer 'bury
"Determines how to display a newly created IRC buffer.
The available choices are:
`window' - in another window,
`window-noselect' - in another window, but don't select that one,
`frame' - in another frame,
`bury' - bury it in a new buffer,
`buffer' - in place of the current buffer,
any other value - in place of the current buffer."
:package-version '(ERC . "5.5")
:group 'erc-buffers
:type '(choice (const :tag "Split window and select" window)
(const :tag "Split window, don't select" window-noselect)
(const :tag "New frame" frame)
(const :tag "Bury in new buffer" bury)
(const :tag "Use current buffer" buffer)
(const :tag "Use current buffer" t)))