o /join group can now move an ICB group to a different window
o add ICB support for /join -force and /join -invite
o echoing bold / inverse / underline chars immediately after one
another now works properly in all cases
o DCC and IPv6 now works. ircII can DCC CHAT via IPv6 with irssi
o new /set dcchost to change the dcc source host. this changes what
the -H flag sets at start up
o IPv6 support split into pure-IPv6 and new socket API support, with
replacements for the latter being provided if they do not exist.
PLEASE NOTE: this may cause ./configure or build failures due to
gethostbyname(), getaddrinfo(), getnameinfo(), freeaddrinfo(),
inet_pton() or inet_ntop() lossage. please report via ircbug
o /dcc talk, /dcc summon, and /dcc tmsg are no longer supported
o /on ctcp_reply, /on notice, /on encrypted_notice and /on flood all
now provide the target of the /on as $1. PLEASE NOTE: this will
affect old scripts. use if (V > 20020902) to check for the new
behaviour
o nearly all reported bugs fixed
o /xecho -level should now work for channel traffic as wel. PLEASE
NOTE: this will probably cause some messages to go to a different
window now than they used to - possibly a bug! please report any
such changes that do not seem correct
o connections to multi-homed hosts not listening on all IP addresses
now works in all cases
o new /setenv & /unsetenv commands
o /log core dump fixes
o help file fixes
o new `fkeys' script to make it possible to bind function keys
o irc -t is now the default. use -T to get ti/te sequences
o long ICB messages are now always split up correctly
o various minor bug fixes
o 2.8script/newaway/default scripts "n.o" alias unified
o new /on dcc_list hook, for /dcc list output
o /dcc list bug fixed
o status clock gets very slow bug fixed
o fix /window new server foo.com channel #foo,foo
o fix build problem on BSD/OS 4.3
o new --disable-non-blocking to turn off non blocking connects
o new /load autoquery, to automatically create a new query window
when /msg'ing. apparently like mIRC
o /whois works on ICB again
o multi-server connections should work much better now, including
when loaded from a script
o new help file for /window where, missing since forever
o server "." refers to the last connected server in this window, eg
`/window server .' and `/server .'
o /save -all works properly now
o new server server groups can be listed in $IRCSERVER by prefixing
:group: to the server name, eg, IRC/:lamenet:irc.lamenet.org:666
o fix /set status_voice
o add /server -group, allowing proper multi-network configuration
o fix tabkey for people who join channels
o fix many $functions() to work properly in multi-server context, and
no longer use the current window
o enhance $ignored()
o add missing docs for /set tab, decrypt_program, show_stars and
iso2022_support
o new /on window_list for /window list output hookery
o /window create now takes -xterm and -screen flags to force either a
xterm or screen window to be created, rather than forcing the choice
o /on flood support for ICB
o fixes for server passwords
o fix for linking on solaris
o don't send notices that are flooding as if they are public notices
o bug fix to keep track of my own nickname
o /on foo will now show fuzzy matches again "foo" instead of complaining
about ambiguity
o /window create should work properly now, no i really mean it this time
o random bug fixes
o /window create windows now have input buffers that do not interfere
with each other
o new $filestat() function
o /timer is now sub-second aware
o raw DCC core dump bug fixes
o new /on raw_send
o new /exec -filter option
o fixed mIRC colour code handling
o enhanced redirection to multiple targets
o bug fix for $mid()
o bug fix for when resizing to a smaller window
o other bug fixes