Use Slack from Emacs?
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SEgopher · 2022-10-13 00:53

I chan check my mail and takes notes from Emacs, but I still have to
switch applications to do all my work chats. Has anyone worked on a
solution for using Slack from within emacs?

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ieure · 2022-10-13 00:56

https://github.com/yuya373/emacs-slack

I use it daily.  It's both not very good and also hugely preferable to
the nightmare hellscape of the official client.

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timmymayes · 2022-10-13 01:42

:O Perfect.

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okeefe · 2022-10-13 02:14

Another alternative is combining
[bitlbee](https://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html) with [slack-
libpurple](https://github.com/dylex/slack-libpurple) and using an
emacs IRC client, such as the built-in
[ERC](https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ERC). I used this back when I
wanted both Discord and Slack available in the same emacs.

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sg_9 · 2022-10-13 02:19

this is how emacs users prefer their programs. with all the wires
exposed

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harizvi · 2022-10-13 02:33

What’s the recipe for discord?  Any links, I’ve tried searching but
came up empty.

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okeefe · 2022-10-13 02:59

It looks like [sm00th/bitlbee-
discord](https://github.com/sm00th/bitlbee-discord) hasn't been
updated in while, but I still use it. The current state pre-dates
Discord threads, so if you're on a thread-heavy server it's not very
useful. Bitlbee itself is a bit annoying to configure as well.

I find that removing channels is kind of unstable (ERC disconnects),
so often I'll hack on my account's xml file if I need to remove a
channel.

Note that if you're combining this with slack-libpurple, you need a
special libpurple build of bitlbee. If you're using just bitlbee-
discord, you don't need the libpurple build.

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CannibalismIsNatural · 2022-10-13 15:13

I love this description.

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lianacrossk7n · 2022-10-13 15:55

how is the thread support in emacs-slack?

I've tried several other alternatives and they usually fall short:
- weeslack (https://github.com/wee-slack/wee-slack): type /thread a1c
to open a privmsg with the threads. it's ok
- irccloud (https://www.irccloud.com/): similar to the official client
in threading and web-based. using irccloud as an IRC BNC  to slack
causes threaded messages to be posted to the main channel
- ripcord: (https://cancel.fm/ripcord/) shareware discord client with
slack support. this is very usable and has a lot of potential but
development is stalled.

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ieure · 2022-10-13 16:52

It's fine, threads are essentially the same as channels or DMs.  They
open in a new buffer.

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phylixer · 2022-10-13 18:46

Didn’t work for me, enterprise restricted or sth.

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sebhoagie · 2022-10-14 17:19

yeah after reading this post I gave it a try but it hangs for me when
I run the start function =/