Make ERC look nice with some themes

erc-solarized.el

;;; Assumptions:
;;
;; - Solarized (dark) theme has already been loaded
;;   https://github.com/sellout/emacs-color-theme-solarized
;;
;; - Nicks in ERC buffer before running this code may look weird.
;;   New activity in ERC buffer after running this code should look OK.

(defun mwolson/make-erc-themeable ()
  (interactive)
  (require 'rcirc)  ; for face definitions
  (put 'erc-input-face        'face-alias 'rcirc-timestamp)
  (put 'erc-my-nick-face      'face-alias 'rcirc-my-nick)
  (put 'erc-keyword-face      'face-alias 'show-paren-match)
  (put 'erc-nick-default-face 'face-alias 'font-lock-string-face)
  (put 'erc-notice-face       'face-alias 'font-lock-function-name-face)
  (put 'erc-timestamp-face    'face-alias 'rcirc-timestamp))

;; Make sure buttons don't overwrite erc-my-nick-face with erc-nick-default-face
(setq erc-button-nickname-face nil)