Ethan Blanton

(a.k.a. elb)

Ethan has been working on Pidgin since 2002, and got started by "scratching an itch" related to character encodings. He is the author of the IRC plugin, the Tcl loader plugin, and still puts a hand in on i18n issues from time to time. He is currently working for ​Fiji Systems, a vendor of real-time Java solutions and ​Interrupt Sciences, a computer science consulting firm.

My ​personal web page and my ​blog may be of interest (particularly the ​blog's IM tag).

Some of my ideas regarding a desire for an end-to-end XMPP crypto plugin can be found at EndToEndXMPPCrypto. Which annoyingly doesn't auto-linkify.

Thanks to wabz for figuring out the photo business, so you can all see my beautiful mug.

Contact

• IRC: elb on irc.freenode.net
• Jabber: elb@pidgin.im

Plugins

• PurpleCommander: a Tcl "shell" for libpurple clients.

Development

elisp for Pidgin development

Emacs users, here's some elisp I use for Pidgin development:

(c-add-style "pidgin" '("k&r"
			(c-tab-always-indent . t)
			(c-basic-offset . 8)
			(indent-tabs-mode . t)
			(c-offsets-alist
			 (statement-cont . ++))))

(defun pidgin-c-mode ()
  (cond ((posix-string-match "code/pidgin" (buffer-file-name))
	 (c-set-style "pidgin"))
        (t (c-set-style "elb"))))

(add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'pidgin-c-mode)

This hook can be used to set formatting based on the directory of the current buffer; on my machines, all of my Pidgin development takes place in ~/code/pidgin/..., so the buffer-file-name comparison automatically sets Pidgin formatting preferences on those buffers (while leaving the rest of my buffers with my preferred formatting). In reality I have a number of such comparisons for various projects that I work on.

Open Tickets assigned to elb:

#264

More right click options for nickname lists on channels on IRC

#767

Error reading blist.xml

#951

IRC commands not working

#1425

No ability to resume in IRC file transfers

#1559

IRC contacts don't change status to away

#1805

Silc whiteboard spams users with dialog boxes.

#2251

SILC stops working after network reconnect

#2715

Enhance usability of silc private group chat

#3149

Friendly name with RTL characters do not display properly

#3348

Display channel modes

#4760

Remember ignores for IRC

#4762

IRC shows connected after failing to connect

#5277

IRC encoding per channel

#5807

User's who are SOP on IRC do not have an icon next to their name.

#5931

/join does not open chat window when persistent is enabled

#6144

When paste from clipboard, message is alwais sent in utf-8 regardless to account's settings

#6440

Oper Support

#7298

buddy status (online/offline) not updated

#7304

A non-offline IRC accounts in Pidgin stops SCIM

#7433

need support for several servers, and hopefully for creatig accounts on the fly

#7438

Freenode (IRC) WHOIS output will be changing

#7672

long messages in IRC silently dissapear

#8828

pidgin can't connect to SSL IRC server with authentication enabled without saved passwords

#8926

Pidgin 2.5.5 (WinXP) not refreshing silc buddies correctly

#8947

SILC commands missing

#8951

feature-request: default irc-realname other than "purple"

#8972

Support multiple IRC servers on same host

#9185

/help shows /me twice on IRC

#9246

Additional information on IRC /whois

#9287

Best features for /list command

#9490

+a IRC Not reconized.

#9567

IRC colors not working

#9670

Part/disconnect does not remove you from channel

#9722

IRC ranks

#9820

Emtpy chan for irc

#10066

Passive DCC

#10079

Nick completion doesn't work if someone has voice and op status in a channel

#10147

SIGFPE/SIGSEGV on SILC reconnect

#10197

SILC connect server is defaulted and it isn't clear that it needs to be changed when the network changes

#10458

IRC topic query -no date info returned

#10690

Protected ops don't show on IRC user list

#11089

connecting to irc floods irc server

#11111

CTCP reply flood

#11205

IRC: /names command doesn't work for non-joined channels

#11255

Pidgin opens identical second tab if server sends JOIN without PART first.

#11263

Colours not shown on IRC topics or hostnames

#11294

/ignore: invalid command

#11299

Notices on IRC

#11348

Display of PRIVMSG/NOTICE addressed to $$server, $#hostmask

#11349

Display of server (status) messages

#11415

IRC op/voice status no longer displayed for channels with many users?

#11483

Option to change IRC nickname automatically on Away

#11568

SSL handshake failure on reconnect of IRC over SSL

#11618

Add DCC CHAT support for IRC connections

#11700

IRC contacts appearing offline when they are online.

#12224

IRC command "/names #channel" should not require the given channel to be joined and results should pop up in an new window

#12239

Option for connecting to an IRC core client on a server

#12263

"User already on the channel" error when reconnecting to SILC server

#12303

Away message for IRC is shown every message instead of once

#12342

Can't connect to freenode

#12358

segmentation fault upon joining channel of empty name

#12470

List IP Addresses in whois on IRC

#12486

[IRC] Pidgin shouldn't highlight on nickname inclusion in topic messages

#12798

SILC customizable names

#13473

IRC nick color should ignore punctuation etc. characters

#13547

set up new IRC account when clicking an irc:// URL

#14202

IRC silently parts channel for no reason and leaves channel window open

#14246

Constant Disconnects from IRC Channel

#14300

IRC disconnect+reconnect spawns 2nd window; closing dead original window issues PART

#14626

No icon for & (admin) rank.

#14638

/join should take you to the chanel

#14685

pidgin leaves all IRC channels before quitting

#14743

UI lag in populated IRC rooms

#14793

IRC formatting not appearing

#14942

Recognize absence of the '#' prefix when joining IRC channel

#15006

File transfert is corrupted, at least on IRC

#15082

IRC PRPL does not filter \r on its own.

#15100

Links to IRC channel websites should be displayed in a more intuitive way. [Obscure number 328]

#15133

Typing area too small when opening more than one IRC channel tabs

#15163

Can't receive messages to channels like &channel (as opposed to #channel)

#15170

Buddy status not updated when using SILC

#15275

IRC colour value non-standard in html log

#15303

Received CTCP requests are very annoying

#15322

IRC icon should be colored after login

#15359

Clarify the IRC login options

#15360

IRC: Enabling SASL breaks static build

#15413

IRC - Flood of "chat invitation" message

#15449

Ignore doesn't work

#15451

IRC SASL uses the wrong user name

#15502

IRC topic set by self triggers alert

#15503

Pidgin no longer flags channels with unread messages in IRC

#15532

Enable Spontaneous Listing in pidgin

#15534

IRC Excess Flood with MessageSplitter and/or OTR

#15535

Autojoin on invite

#15538

detect IRC Roomlists outside of /list command

#15625

IRC plugin uses incorrect port for SSL

#15877

Auto execute commands when connecting to a IRC channel

#15893

Transfer file on irc cancelled bug

#15896

Handle messages larger than IRC_INITIAL_BUFSIZE

#16251

[PATCH] SILC prpl fixes and enhancements

#16269

irc: should make use of server-sent SASL mechanism list

#16292

Pidgin-IRC leaks (OS) user name

#16304

IRC mode change hiding

#16335

Twitch IRC hangs in large channels

#16407

The /me IRC command no longer parses correctly after 2.10.10 upgrade

#16594

Twitch IRC Unknown message 'WHO'

#16668

Issues with trying to keep Pidgin's IRC purple connected to a server.

#16848

Add a perform for irc

#17045

Twitch IRC does not understand "Away"

#17251

Auto-joined IRC channels, fail to close

#17359

Cannot connect to irc with made username In tails

#17375

"Segmentation Fault" on IRC server reply

#17388

Crash when joining some IRC channels

#17389

Yet another IRC crash

#17390

Crash of IRC III

#17406

IRC: Show own user modes