irc-custom.el

(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/erc")
(require 'erc)

;; Only track my nick(s)
(defadvice erc-track-find-face (around erc-track-find-face-promote-query activate)
  (if (erc-query-buffer-p)
      (setq ad-return-value (intern "erc-current-nick-face"))
    ad-do-it))

(setq erc-keywords '("Lau" "lau" "ljensen"))

(setq erc-track-exclude-types '("JOIN" "NICK" "PART" "QUIT" "MODE"
                                "324" "329" "332" "333" "353" "477"))


;; Use libnotify

(defun clean-message (s)
  (setq s (replace-regexp-in-string "'" "'"
  (replace-regexp-in-string "\"" """
  (replace-regexp-in-string "&" "&"
  (replace-regexp-in-string "<" "&lt;"
  (replace-regexp-in-string ">" "&gt;" s)))))))

(defun call-libnotify (matched-type nick msg)
  (let* ((cmsg  (split-string (clean-message msg)))
        (nick   (first (split-string nick "!")))
        (msg    (mapconcat 'identity (rest cmsg) " ")))
    (shell-command-to-string
     (format "notify-send -u critical '%s says:' '%s'" nick msg))))

(add-hook 'erc-text-matched-hook 'call-libnotify)