HipChat + jabber.el

hipchat.el

;; Connect using jabber-connect

;; My username from the HipChat configuration
;; from https://www.hipchat.com/account/xmpp
(setq jabber-account-list '(("[email protected]")))

;; To join HipChat rooms easily
(defvar hipchat-number "10804")
(defvar hipchat-nickname "Brian McKenna")
(defun hipchat-join (room)
  (interactive "sRoom name: ")
  (jabber-groupchat-join
   (jabber-read-account)
   (concat hipchat-number "_" room "@conf.hipchat.com")
   hipchat-nickname
   t))

;; Mention nicknames in a way that HipChat clients will pickup
(defun hipchat-mention (nickname)
  (interactive
   (list (jabber-muc-read-nickname jabber-group "Nickname: ")))
  (insert (concat "@\"" nickname "\" ")))

I had to do a bit more to get this working: https://gist.github.com/bitops/77308b347bceb54302a2