New ERC option to avoid sending accidentally-pasted text to the server.

* erc.el (erc-last-input-time): New variable.
(erc-accidental-paste-threshold-seconds): New option to avoid
sending accidentally-pasted text to the server.
(erc-send-current-line): Use it.

Also,

* erc.el (erc-lurker-cleanup, erc-lurker-p): Use float-time.

Fixes: debbugs:11592

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index fb86920303a..05a57e9afe7 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ so we will look at it and add it to the manual.
 
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.4
 
-** Icomplete is a bit more like IDO.
-*** key bindings to navigate through and select the completions.
-*** The icomplete-separator is customizable, and its default has changed.
-*** Removed icomplete-show-key-bindings.
 ** Calc
 
 *** Calc by default now uses the Gregorian calendar for all dates, and
@@ -47,6 +43,17 @@ Nil, the default value, means to always use the Gregorian calendar.
 The value (YEAR MONTH DAY) means to start using the Gregorian calendar
 on the given date.
 
+** ERC
+
+*** New option `erc-accidental-paste-threshold-seconds'.
+If set to a number, this can be used to avoid accidentally paste large
+amounts of data into the ERC input.
+
+** Icomplete is a bit more like IDO.
+*** key bindings to navigate through and select the completions.
+*** The icomplete-separator is customizable, and its default has changed.
+*** Removed icomplete-show-key-bindings.
+
 ** MH-E has been updated to MH-E version 8.4.
 See MH-E-NEWS for details.