New major features in this release:
- plugin "trigger": Swiss Army knife for WeeChat (replaces "rmodifier" plugin)
- plugin "exec": execute external commands (replaces script "shell.py")
- bare display: easy click on long URLs and text selection with mouse
- support of environment variables in /set command
- hidden buffers
- negated tags in filters
- toggle of filters in specific buffers
- flexible conditions for adding/removing buffers in hotlist
- text search in buffers with free content
- support of wildcard "*" inside masks
- support of nested variables in evaluated expressions
- tag with host in IRC messages displayed
- support of "away-notify" IRC capability
- IRC commands: /allpv, /remove, /unquiet
- bar items: buffer_short_name, irc_nick_modes
Do it for all packages that
* mention perl, or
* have a directory name starting with p5-*, or
* depend on a package starting with p5-
like last time, for 5.18, where this didn't lead to complaints.
Let me know if you have any this time.
Version 0.4.3:
- new command /print
- logical and/or for tags in /filter and hook_print
- gaps in buffer numbers
- support of italic text
- new options to customize default text search in buffers
- use of IRC monitor command for /notify (if available on server)
- new IRC server option "ssl_fingerprint"
- new option to smart-filter IRC mode messages
- new option for default IRC ban mask
- support of IPv6 for DCC chat/file
- auto check CRC32 of files received with DCC
- many bugs fixed.
Version 0.4.2:
- rename binary from "weechat-curses" to "weechat" (with symbolic link "weechat-curses" for compatibility)
- add secured data (encryption of passwords or private data), new command /secure, new file sec.conf
- search of regular expression in buffer with text emphasis, in prefixes, messages or both
- add option "scroll_beyond_end" for command /window
- add optional buffer context in bar items (for example to display bitlbee nicklist in a root bar)
- new options weechat.look.hotlist_{prefix|suffix}
- new option weechat.look.key_bind_safe to prevent any key binding error from user
- new option weechat.network.proxy_curl to use a proxy when downloading URLs with curl
- display day change message dynamically
- support of wildcards in IRC commands (de)op/halfop/voice
- new option irc.look.notice_welcome_redirect to redirect channel welcome notices to the channel buffer
- new option irc.look.nick_color_hash: new hash algorithm to find nick colors (variant of djb2)
- add info about things defined by a script in the detailed view of script (/script show)
- support of "enchant" library in aspell plugin
- many bugs fixed.
Use cmake for build
Version 0.4.1 (May 20, 2013)
- multiple layouts support
- nick prefix/suffix are now dynamic (and managed by core instead of irc plugin)
- unmask irc join if nick speaks some minutes after the join
- new option irc.look.display_join_message to disable some messages after joining a channel
- new option irc.look.pv_buffer to automatically merge private buffers
- add support of UHNAMES
- add DH-AES encryption method for SASL
- multiple irc servers allowed on same port for irc protocol in relay plugin
- add WebSocket server support (RFC 6455) in relay plugin (for irc and weechat protocols)
- send nicklist difference in relay plugin (weechat protocol)
- add control of autoload for scripts
- optimizations in aspell plugin
- many bugs fixed.
Version 0.4.0 (Jan 20, 2013)
- add option "diff" for command /set, display default values in output of /set
- add color support in prefix options
- add command /eval, use expression in conditions for bars
- connect by default with IPv6 to servers with fallback to IPv4
- add aspell suggestions
- add support of tags in irc messages and "server-time" capability
- add irc command /quiet
- add support of IPv6 in relay plugin
- add backlog for irc protocol in relay plugin
- display remote IP address for DCC chat/file in xfer plugin
- add git version in build
- many bugs fixed.
a) refer 'perl' in their Makefile, or
b) have a directory name of p5-*, or
c) have any dependency on any p5-* package
Like last time, where this caused no complaints.
Changes:
Security:
- CVE-2012-5854: Fix buffer overflow when decoding IRC colors in strings
- CVE-2012-5534: Fix untrusted command for function hook_process could lead to
execution of commands, because of shell expansions
Among the new features:
- add plugin "script" (replacement of weeget.py and script.pl)
- add support of SSL in relay plugin
- add color for offline nicks
- add system resource limits for WeeChat process
- add zoom on merged buffer (default key: alt+"x")
- add "Day changed to" in logger backlog
- add command line option "-r" (or "--run-command") to run command(s) after startup of WeeChat
- add option "swap" for command /buffer
- generate alternate IRC nicks dynamically (when all nicks are already in use)
- fix rejoin of password protected IRC channels
- fix freeze in irc and relay plugins with sockets
- fix color of long lines (displayed on more than one line on screen) under FreeBSD
- allow update for some variables of hdata
- add japanese user's guide, scripting guide and tester's guide
- many bugs fixed.
pkgsrc changes: enable gnutls by default, switch to tar.bz2 distfile
Version 0.3.8 (2012-06-03)
--------------------------
* core: support lines of 16 Kb long in configuration files (instead of 1 Kb)
* core: fix crash in focus hook for nicklist (bug #36271)
* core: fix truncated configuration files (zero-length) after system crash
(bug #36383)
* core: fix display bugs and crashs with small windows (bug #36107)
* core: convert options weechat.look.prefix_align_more and
weechat.look.prefix_buffer_align_more from boolean to string (task #11197)
* core: fix display bug with prefix when length is greater than max and prefix
is ending with a wide char (bug #36032)
* core: add option weechat.look.prefix_same_nick (hide or change prefix on
messages whose nick is the same as previous message) (task #11965)
* core: convert tabs to spaces in text pasted (bug #25028)
* core: add a connection timeout for child process in hook_connect (bug #35966)
* core: follow symbolic links when writing configuration files (.conf)
(task #11779)
* core: fix lost scroll when switching to a buffer with a pending search
* core: add support of terminal "bracketed paste mode", new options
weechat.look.paste_bracketed and weechat.look.paste_bracketed_timer_delay
(task #11316)
* core: fix display of wide chars on last column of chat area (patch #7733)
* doc: add japanese FAQ (patch #7781)
* api: display warning in scripts when invalid pointers (malformed strings) are
given to plugin API functions (warning displayed if debug for plugin is >= 1)
* api: add list "gui_buffer_last_displayed" in hdata "buffer"
* scripts: fix type of argument "rc" in callback of hook_process (from string to
integer)
* guile: fix crash on ARM when loading guile plugin (bug #36479)
* guile: add missing function "hook_process_hashtable" in API
* irc: update channel modes by using chanmodes from message 005 (do not send
extra command "MODE" to server), fix parsing of modes (bug #36215)
* irc: add option "fakerecv" for command /server to simulate a received IRC
message (not documented, for debug only)
* irc: hide everything after "identify" or "register" in messages to nickserv
when option irc.look.hide_nickserv_pwd is on (bug #36362)
* irc: add option "-pending" for command /disconnect (cancel auto-reconnection
on servers currently reconnecting) (task #11985)
* irc: set user modes only if target nick is self nick in message 221
(patch #7754)
* irc: force the clear of nicklist when joining a channel (nicklist was not sync
after znc reconnection) (bug #36008)
* irc: allow more than one nick in command /invite
* irc: do not send command "MODE #channel" on manual /names (do it only when
names are received on join of channel) (bug #35930)
* irc: do not allow the creation of two servers with same name but different
case (fix error when writing file irc.conf) (bug #35840)
* irc: update away flag for nicks on manual /who
* irc: display privmsg messages to "@#channel" and "+#channel" in channel buffer
(bug #35331)
* irc: fix redirection of message when message is queued for sending on server
* irc: add signals and tags in messages for irc notify (task #11887)
* irc: check notify immediately when adding a nick to notify list, improve
first notify message for a nick (bug #35731)
* irc: fix display of color in hostname (join/part/quit messages)
* irc: compute hash to find nick color for nick in server message when nick
is not in nicklist
* irc: add support of "external" SASL mechanism (task #11864)
* irc: close server buffer when server is deleted
* irc: add search for lower case nicks in option irc.look.nick_color_force
* logger: fix charset of lines displayed in backlog when terminal charset is
different from UTF-8 (bug #36379)
* logger: add colors for backlog lines and end of backlog, new options:
logger.color.backlog_line and logger.color.backlog_end (task #11966)
* perl: fix compilation on OS X (bug #30701)
* perl: fix crash on quit on OS X
* relay: keep spaces in beginning of "input" received from client (WeeChat
protocol)
* relay: add signals "upgrade" and "upgrade_ended" in WeeChat protocol
* relay: fix crash on /upgrade when client is connected using WeeChat protocol
* relay: redirect some irc messages from clients to hide output (messages: mode,
ison, list, names, topic, who, whois, whowas, time, userhost) (bug #33516)
* relay: add "date_printed" and "highlight" in signal "_buffer_line_added"
(WeeChat protocol)
* rmodifier: add default rmodifier "quote_pass" to hide password in command
"/quote pass" (bug #36250)
* rmodifier: add default rmodifier "server" to hide passwords in commands
/server and /connect (task #11993)
* rmodifier: add option "release" in default rmodifier "nickserv" (used to hide
passwords in command "/msg nickserv") (bug #35705)
* tcl: add missing function "hdata_char" in API
* tcl: fix pointer sent to function hook_signal_send when type of data is
a pointer
Among the new features for 0.3.7:
- support of Scheme scripts (new plugin "guile")
- support of Python 3.x (but version 2.x still recommended)
- add "weechat" protocol in relay plugin for remote interfaces, like QWeeChat
- new option irc.color.mirc_remap to remap mirc colors in irc messages
- new options irc.look.highlight_{server|channel|pv} to customize or disable default nick highlight
- new option "capabilities" in irc servers (to enable some client capabilities on connection)
- new option weechat.history.max_buffer_lines_minutes to limit buffer history by time
- use extended regex in /filter, /ignore and /list
- add support of flags in regular expressions and highlight options
- add URL transfer in plugin API (with hook_process and hook_process_hashtable)
- add translations in japanese
- add doc for relay protocol
- add developer's guide
- many bugs fixed.
Among the new features for 0.3.6:
- mouse support
- cursor mode (free movement of cursor on screen)
- contexts for keys
- hdata in API (direct access to WeeChat and plugins data)
- "inactive" colors for inactive windows and lines in merged buffers
- support of merged buffers in /layout, save layout of buffers/windows on /upgrade
- horizontal scrolling in buffers with free content
- split of outgoing IRC messages
- options for "more" chars in bars
- bold not used any more for basic colors (if terminal has at least 16 colors)
- automatic zoom on current window when terminal becomes too small for windows
- new command /repeat
- local variable "highlight_regex" in buffers.
mong the new features for 0.3.5:
- 256 colors support improved (dynamic allocation of colors)
- attributes for colors (bold/reverse/underline)
- better scroll of input (with long text)
- output of /help improved for list of commands and their arguments
- remember scroll position of buffers in windows
- list of buffers in filters
- count of messages in hotlist buffers
- swap buffers of windows
- balance of windows
- new API function to set help on plugin/script options
- speller options in aspell plugin
- option for SSL priorities in IRC servers
- color nicks in nicklist and output of /names.
Fix for SA43543 and update kindly provided by gls@
This is a major release, with lot of bugs fixed and major new features.
Among the new features:
- 256 colors support, with unlimited number of nick colors
- irc proxy (relay plugin)
- redirection of IRC commands
- command /notify
- rmodifier plugin
- regular expressions for highlights
- color support for timestamp in chat buffer
- irc option to force color for some nicks
- share input line between buffers.
Version 0.3.1.1:
This version fixes crashes with SSL connection to IRC server and purge of old
DCC chats. It is recommended to upgrade from 0.3.1 to 0.3.1.1 for all users.
Version 0.3.1:
- new IRC commands: allserv, allchan, sajoin, samode, sanick, sapart, saquit,
- check of SSL certificates and use of CertFP for IRC servers,
- options to customize IRC CTCP replies,
- options to choose target buffer for IRC messages,
- anti-flood improved for IRC servers,
- new expansions for alias arguments,
- new color darkgray, bright colors supported for backgrounds,
- many bugs fixed.
Main changes:
* irc is now a plugin
* irc: remove kernel info in CTCP VERSION reply
* relay: add relay plugin (network communication between WeeChat and remote
application)
* logger: add logger plugin with new features: backlog, level for messages to
log
* plugins: add some other plugins: alias, demo, fifo, tcl, xfer
* api: new plugin API with many new functions: hooks, buffer management and
nicklist, bars, configuration files, network, infos/infolists, lists, upgrade
* gui: new display engine, with prefix and message for each line
* gui: add new type of buffer, with free content
* gui: fix display bug with some weird UTF-8 chars
* core: improve main loop: higher timout in select(), less CPU usage
* core: new name for configuration files (*.conf instead of *.rc)
Add perl and ruby options, fix PR pkg/38946
Changelog:
* 2009-06-13
WeeChat 0.2.6.3 released.
This version fixes gnutls detection.
* 2009-04-18
WeeChat 0.2.6.2 released.
This version fixes a bug with charset decoding (like iso2022jp).
News since last version are:
- new license (GPLv3)
- added hotlist sort
- added scroll option to /buffer command
- added key to jump to previous buffer
- fixed bugs with IRC color in messages, now color codes are inserted
in command line with ^Cc (Ctrl-C + c), ^Cb,.. instead of %C,%B,..
- improved /server command: now possible to copy and rename servers
- improved /connect command: now possible to connect to a temporary
server without creating it with /server
- many bugs fixed and other new features.
Add gnutls option, to enable ssl support, fix PR 36461
Thanks Adam Hoka for providing a patch
Version 0.2.5 (2007-06-07):
* fixed QUOTE command: now allowed when socket is ok (even if IRC
connection to server is not ok) (bug #20113)
* added missing IRC commands (327, 378, 379) (bug #20091)
* fixed hotlist when exiting search mode: current buffer is removed from
hotlist
* added "%M" for completion with nicks of current server (nicks on open
channels) (task #6931)
* improved key bindings: now possible to bind a key on many commands,
separated by semicolon (task #5444)
* improved IRC long message split: use word boundary (task #6685)
* removed ":" for unknown IRC commands before arguments (bug #19929)
* fixed "%C" completion: now completes with all channels of all servers
* fixed bug with "/buffer query_name", added server and channel completion
for /buffer command (bug #19928)
* added cmake for weechat compile (patch #5943)
* fixed IRC mode parsing when receiving modes with arguments (bug #19902)
* fixed crash with IRC JOIN malformed message (bug #19891)
* fixed bug with nick prefixes on some IRC servers (bug #19854)
* improved setup file save: now writes temporary file, then rename it
(task #6847)
* fixed bug with $nick/$channel/$server variables in commands
* forget current nick when user manually disconnects from server
* fixed nick display in input window
* fixed bug with erroneous nickname when connecting to server (bug #19812)
* fixed display bugs in IRC error messages
* added protocol priority for gnutls (patch #5915)
* added channel admin mode '!' for some IRC servers
* fixed bug with iso2022jp locale (bug #18719)
* fixed string format bug when displaying string thru plugin script API
* added /reconnect command (task #5448)
* added "-all" option for /connect and /disconnect commands (task #6232)
* improved nick completion: completion with last speakers first and self
nick at the end; added option look_nick_completion_smart, enabled by
default (task #5896)
* fixed nick completion in command arguments (bug #19590)
* fixed possible crash with nick completion when a nick leaves channel
(bug #19589)
* added color for input text not found in buffer history
* fixed USER message when connecting to IRC server (patch #5835)
News since last version are:
- search in buffer history (ctrl-R)
- added "call" option to /key command
- added "event handlers" to plugins API
- many bugs fixed.
* fixed crash when closing a pv if a DCC chat is open on same nick
* improved password hiding, code cleanup
* fixed memory leaks in perl and python plugins
* fixed permissions on "dcc" and "logs" directories
* fixed crash when /away command is issued with no server connection
* fixed crash when closing a buffer opened on many windows
* fixed freeze with SSL server when disconnecting after connection loss
Version 0.2.3 (2007-01-10):
* fixed display bugs with nicklist at top/bottom when look_nicklist_separator
is OFF (bug #18737)
* fixed iconv problem, causing truncated words when using iso locale
* fixed topic scroll when topic has multi-bytes chars
* fixed compilation problem with iconv under FreeBSD
* fixed bugs with charset: now decodes/encodes nicks and channels in IRC
messages (bug #18716)
Version 0.2.2 (2007-01-06):
* fixed bug with status bar (missing refresh) when closing a buffer
* fixed bug with use of first buffer for a channel if not connected
to server (now allowed only for a server buffer)
* fixed refresh bug with private buffer title
* fixed bug with nick completion in command args (now uses option
look_nick_completion_ignore)
* fixed display bug with color for first line on screen (bug #17719)
* added anti-flood option (irc_anti_flood) (task #5442)
* fixed bug with "set_config" function in plugins API (bug #18448)
* plugins: "add_message_handler" now accepts "*" for all IRC messages
* added keys (F9/F10) to scroll topic (task #6030)
* added auto completion with channels and filenames (task #5423)
* fixed memleak in keyboard input
* fixed refresh bug when changing config options if window is splited
* added space between chat and nicklist when position is "right" (bug #17852)
* added option "look_nicklist_separator" (task #5437)
* fixed bug with DCC SEND when filename begins with '~'
* added "irc_send_unknown_commands" option to send unknown commands to
IRC server (OFF by default) (task #5947)
* /charset command and charset conversions now made by "charset" plugin
* fixed display bug in status bar, wrong length when using UTF-8
* fixed bug with ignore: now any IRC command is allowed
* fixed crash with Ctrl-T (transpose) and one char on line (bug #18153)
* added filename completion (task #5425)
* added "modifier" in plugins API
* improved /plugin command
* fixed bug on ignore with "mode" IRC command (bug #18058)
* fixed crash when loading ruby script if file does not exist, with
Ruby >= 1.9 only (bug #18064)
* added date in plugin function get_buffer_data()
* fixed some portability bugs (patch #5271)
* fixed iconv detection for BSD (patch #5456)
* fixed typo in configure.in (bash specific test) (patch #5450)
* mode changes with /op, /deop, /voice, /devoice, /halfop, /dehalfop are
now sent in one mode command to server (task #5968)
* added more values for config boolean values: y/true/t/1 and n/false/f/0
* fixed bug with /alias and arguments (like $1), now text after
argument(s) is used (bug #17944)
* fixed minor display bug with special chars on some arch like PPC
