WeeChat ChangeLog

core: add new options for command /key: listdefault, listdiff and reset

core: add new command /mute

core: add command line option "-s" (or "--no-script") to start WeeChat without loading any script

core: improve plugins autoload (option weechat.plugin.autoload): allow to use "*" as joker and "!" to prevent a plugin from being autoloaded (task #6361)

core: remove unneeded space after time on each line if option weechat.look.buffer_time_format is set to empty value (bug #28751)

core: add option "switch_active_buffer_previous" for command /input (task #10141)

core: add new option weechat.look.time_format to customize default format for date/time displayed (localized date by default), add function weechat_util_get_time_string in plugin API (patch #6914)

core: add new option weechat.look.command_chars, add functions string_is_command_char and string_input_for_buffer in plugin and script API

core: add new option weechat.look.read_marker_always_show

core: use arguments for infolist "nicklist" to return only one nick or group

core: fix bug with writing of configuration files when disk is full (bug #29331)

core: fix infinite loop with /layout apply and bug when applying layout, sometimes many /layout apply were needed (bug #26110)

gui: refresh screen when exiting WeeChat (to display messages printed after /quit)

gui: fix bug with global history, reset pointer to last entry after each user input (bug #28754)

gui: fix bug with bar background after text with background color (bug #28157)

gui: fix bug with cursor when position is last char of terminal

api: add "version_number" for function info_get to get WeeChat version as number

api: add "irc_is_nick" for function info_get to check if a string is a valid IRC nick name (patch #7133)

api: add functions "string_encode_base64" and "string_decode_base64", fix bug with base64 encoding

api: add functions "string_match", "string_has_highlight" and "string_mask_to_regex" in script plugin API

api: add missing infos in functions buffer_get_integer / buffer_get_string and in buffer infolist

api: add description of arguments for functions hook_info and hook_infolist

api: add signals "day_changed", "nicklist_group_added/removed", "nicklist_nick_added/removed"

api: fix function "color" in Lua script API

api: fix "inactivity" value when no key has been pressed since WeeChat started (bug #28930)

api: return absolute path for info_get of "weechat_dir" (bug #27936)

alias: add custom completion for aliases (task #9479)

scripts: allow script commands to reload only one script

scripts: fix bug with callbacks when loading a script already loaded

perl: fix crash when callbacks are called during script initialization (bug #29018)

perl: fix crash on /quit or unload of plugin under FreeBSD and Cygwin (bug #29467)

perl: fix bug with script filename when multiplicity is disabled (bug #29530)

irc: add SASL authentication, with PLAIN and DH-BLOWFISH mechanisms (task #8829)

irc: fix crash with SSL connection if option ssl_cert is set (bug #28752)

irc: fix bug with SSL connection (fails sometimes when ssl_verify is on) (bug #28741)

irc: add new option irc.look.part_closes_buffer to close buffer when /part is issued on channel (task #10295)

irc: fix bug with nicks on reconnection: try all nicks in list, even if nick used was not the first in list of nicks

irc: fix command /list: send channel and server name given as argument, and use separate option "-re" to allow a regex

irc: fix PART message received on Undernet server (bug #28825)

irc: fix bug with /away -all: set or unset future away for disconnected servers (bug #29022)

irc: bug with prefix "!" for mode "a" (channel admin) (bug #29109)

irc: do not send signals "irc_in" and "irc_in2" when messages are ignored, add new signals "irc_raw_in" and "irc_raw_in2"

irc: add option "-open" for command /connect

irc: add option irc.network.connection_timeout (timeout between TCP connection to server and reception of message 001)

irc: add options irc.look.smart_filter_join and irc.look.smart_filter_quit

irc: apply smart filter only on channels, not private buffers (bug #28841)

irc: add option irc.look.item_channel_modes_hide_key to hide channel key in channel modes (bug #23961)

irc: add option irc.look.item_nick_prefix

irc: add command /map

irc: add missing commands 276, 343

irc: fix compilation with old GnuTLS versions (bug #28723)

logger: allow date format in logger options path and mask (task #9430)

xfer: fix crash when purging old xfer chats (bug #28764)

xfer: add signal "xfer_ended" (patch #7081)

irc: fix crash with SSL connection if option ssl_cert is set (bug #28752)

irc: fix bug with SSL connection (fails sometimes when ssl_verify is on) (bug #28741)

irc: fix compilation with old GnuTLS versions (bug #28723)

xfer: fix crash when purging old xfer chats (bug #28764)

core: fix bug with script installation on BSD/OSX (patch #6980)

core: add option grab_key_command for /input (bound by default to alt-k)

core: fix compilation under Cygwin (patch #6916)

core: fix cmake directories: let user customize lib, share, locale and include directories (patch #6922)

core: fix plural form in translation files (bug #27430)

core: fix terminal title bug: do not reset it when option weechat.look.set_title is off (bug #27399)

core: fix buffer used by some input functions called via plugin API with buffer pointer (bug #28152)

alias: new expansions for alias arguments ($n, $-m, $n-, $n-m, $*, $~) (patch #6917)

alias: allow use of wildcards for /alias list (patch #6925)

alias: allow /unalias to remove multiple aliases (patch #6926)

alias: fix bug with buffer for execution of alias, when called from plugin API with function "command" (bug #27697)

alias: fix bug with arguments (bug #27440)

irc: add new commands /allchan and /allserv with excluding option, commands /ame and /amsg are now aliases, new aliases /aaway and /anick

irc: add options to customize target buffer for messages (task #7381)

irc: add new output queue for messages with low priority (like automatic CTCP replies), high priority is given to user messages or commands

irc: use self-signed certificate to auto identify on IRC server (CertFP) (task #7492, debian bug #453348)

irc: check SSL certificates (task #7492)

irc: add option "autorejoin_delay" for servers (task #8771)

irc: add option to use same nick color in channel and private (task #9870)

irc: add missing command 275 (patch #6952)

irc: add commands /sajoin, /samode, /sanick, /sapart, /saquit (task #9770)

irc: add options for CTCP, to block/customize CTCP reply (task #9693)

irc: add missing CTCP: clientinfo, finger, source, time, userinfo (task #7270)

irc: add all server options for commands /server and /connect

irc: add arguments for command /rehash

irc: improve error management on socket error (recv/send)

irc: improve mask used by command /kickban

irc: fix nick color for nicks with wide chars (bug #28547)

irc: fix autorejoin on channels with key

irc: fix command /connect (options -ssl, -ipv6 and -port) (bug #27486)

xfer: add color for nicks in chat

xfer: add missing command /me (bug #28658)

xfer: add missing charset decoding/encoding for IRC DCC chat (bug #27482)

ruby: support of Ruby >= 1.9.1 (patch #6989)

fifo: remove old pipes before creating new pipe

gui: add color "darkgray", add support for background with light color

gui: fix color "black" (bug #23882, debian bug #512957)

gui: fix message "Day changed to", sometimes displayed at wrong time (bug #26959)

gui: fix bug with URL selection in some terminals (caused by horizontal lines) (bug #27700)

gui: use default auto completion for arguments of unknown commands

gui: fix alignment problem for buffer name when a merged buffer is closed (bug #27617)

gui: update hotlist when a buffer is closed (bug #27470), remove buffer from hotlist when buffer is cleared (bug #27530)

gui: fix /input history_global_next: reset input content when last command in history is reached

api: fix function weechat_bar_set for python/lua/ruby (patch #6912)

irc: add irc plugin (replaces old IRC code in core) (task #6217)

irc: add smart join/part/quit message filter (task #8503)

irc: use of many addresses for servers (auto-switch when a connexion fails), nicks are now set with one option "nicks" (task #6088)

irc: add some colors in messages from server (for text and nicks) (task #8926)

irc: add color decoding in title for IRC channels (task #6030)

irc: fix lock with SSL servers when connection fails, and when disconnecting during connection problem (bug #17584)

irc: command /whois is now authorized in private without argument (task #7482)

irc: fix private buffer name with irssi proxy (bug #26589)

irc: remove kernel info in CTCP VERSION reply (task #7494)

irc: add missing commands (328, 369)

irc: fix mode parsing when receiving modes with arguments (bug #26793)

aspell: improve plugin: use of many dictionaries, global dictionary, real time checking (optional), fix bugs with utf-8

xfer: add speed limit for DCC files sending (task #6178)

xfer: add new option "xfer.file.use_nick_in_filename" for Xfer files (task #7140)

relay: add relay plugin (network communication between WeeChat and remote application)

logger: add logger plugin with new features: backlog, level for messages to log (task #8592), level by buffer (task #6687), filename mask by buffer, option "name_lower_case" (bug #19522)

alias: fix bug with alias, use current buffer to run commands (bug #22876)

plugins: add some other plugins: alias, demo, fifo, tcl, xfer

scripts: new scripts: weeget.py (scripts manager), jabber.py (jabber/XMPP protocol), go.py (quick jump to buffers), buffers.pl (sidebar with list of buffers), iset.pl (set options interactively), weetris.pl (tetris-like game), mastermind.pl, …

scripts: do not auto-load hidden files (bug #21390)

api: add hooks: command, timer, file descriptor, process, connection, print, signal, config, completion, modifier, info, infolist

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: add tags for lines and custom filtering by tags or regex (task #7674)

gui: add buffer merging (task #7404)

gui: add custom bars, with custom items

gui: add key to zoom a window (task #7470)

gui: add keys to move into last visited buffers: alt + "<" and alt + ">"

gui: come back to last visited buffer when closing a buffer

gui: add new option scroll_page_percent to choose percent of height to scroll with page_up and page_down keys (task #8702)

gui: add number of lines remaining after last line displayed in "-MORE-" indicator (task #6702)

gui: fix completion with non-latin nicks (bug #18993)

gui: fix display bug with some weird UTF-8 chars (bug #19687)

gui: fix bug with wide chars in input (bug #16356)

gui: fix bug when switching window, scrollback is now preserved (task #7680)

network: add support for more than one proxy, with proxy selection for each IRC server (task #6859)

network: fix network connection for hostnames resolving to several IPs: try all IPs in list until one succeeds (bug #21473, debian bug #498610)

core: add group support in nicklist

core: improve main loop: higher timout in select(), less CPU usage

core: add /reload command to reload WeeChat and plugins config files (signal SIGHUP is catched to reload config files)

core: add new /layout command and save_layout_on_exit config option, to save/restore windows and buffers order (task #5453)

core: add new options for completion, optional stop instead of cycling with words found (task #5909)

core: new name for configuration files (*.conf instead of *.rc)

core: improve /set command, new command /unset (task #6085)

core: add new input action "set_unread_current_buffer" to set unread marker for current buffer only (task #7286)

core: add polish translation (thanks to Soltys)

core: remove key functions, replaced by /input command

core: add argument with buffer number/range for command "/buffer close" (task #9390, task #7239)

core: add new command /wait (schedule a command execution in future)

core: fix nick completion bug (missing space after nick)

fix gnutls detection (use pkg-config instead of libgnutls-config) (bug #26790)

fix bug with charset decoding (for example with iso2022jp) (bug #26228)

fix crash with some special chars in IRC messages (bug #25862)

fix bug with log of plugin messages (option log_plugin_msg)

add new option "deloutq" to /server command to delete all servers messages out queues (task #7221)

fix display bug with some special chars in messages (some words were truncated on screen) (bug #20944)

fix UTF-8 bug with color encoding/decoding

fix crash when searching text in buffer with ctrl-R (bug #20938)

add string length limit for setup file options

fix bug with flock() when home is on NFS filesystem (bug #20913)

add option to align text of messages (except first lines) (task #7246)

fix user modes in nicklist when ban and nick mode are received in the same MODE message (bug #20870)

fix IRC message 333: silently ignore message if error when parsing it

fix server option "command_delay": does not freeze WeeChat any more

add paste detection, new options look_paste_max_lines and col_input_actions (task #5442)

fix bug with highlight and UTF-8 chars around word (bug #20753)

add swedish quickstart guide

add support of channel mode +u (channel user) (bug #20717)

improve /connect command to connect to a host by creating a temporary server, add option to /server to create temporary server (task #7095)

add "copy", "rename" and "keep" options to /server command

allow clear of multiple selected buffers with /clear (patch #6112)

add key for setting unread marker on all buffers (default: ctrl-S + ctrl-U) (task #7180)

fix nick prefix display on servers that doesn’t support all prefixes (bug #20025)

fix terminal encoding detection when NLS is disabled (bug #20646)

fix crash when sending data to channel or pv on disconnected server (bug #20524)

improve command /server ant its output

add 3 default new keys: ctrl-B (left), ctrl-F (right), ctrl-D (delete)

add "buffer_move" event handler to plugins API (task #6708)

add key function "jump_previous_buffer" to jump to buffer previously displayed (new key: alt-J + alt-P) (task #7085)

add "%*" to completion template, to repeat last completion

add "-nojoin" option for /connect and /reconnect commands (task #7074)

fix bugs with IRC color in messages, now color codes are inserted in command line with ctrl-c, ctrl-b.. instead of %C,%B,.. (bug #20222, task #7060)

fix bug with smart nick completion (last speakers first) when a nick is changed

fix charset bug with channel names in status bar (bug #20400)

add "scroll" option to /buffer command

down key now saves input to history and clears input line (task #7049)

fix log file when channel name contains "/" (bug #20072)

command /away allowed when not connected to server (internally stored and AWAY command is sent when connecting to server) (task #7003)

add argument for /upgrade command (path to binary)

fix bug with /topic when channel not open and topic not defined (bug #20141)

add hotlist sort with new option "look_hotlist_sort" (task #5870)

fix QUOTE command: now allowed when socket is ok (even if IRC connection to server is not ok) (bug #20113)

add missing IRC commands (327, 378, 379) (bug #20091)

fix hotlist when exiting search mode: current buffer is removed from hotlist

add "%M" for completion with nicks of current server (nicks on open channels) (task #6931)

improve key bindings: now possible to bind a key on many commands, separated by semicolon (task #5444)

improve IRC long message split: use word boundary (task #6685)

remove ":" for unknown IRC commands before arguments (bug #19929)

fix "%C" completion: now completes with all channels of all servers

fix bug with "/buffer query_name", add server and channel completion for /buffer command (bug #19928)

add cmake for weechat compile (patch #5943)

fix IRC mode parsing when receiving modes with arguments (bug #19902)

fix crash with IRC JOIN malformed message (bug #19891)

fix bug with nick prefixes on some IRC servers (bug #19854)

improve setup file save: now writes temporary file, then rename it (task #6847)

fix bug with $nick/$channel/$server variables in commands

forget current nick when user manually disconnects from server

fix nick display in input window

fix bug with erroneous nickname when connecting to server (bug #19812)

fix display bugs in IRC error messages

add protocol priority for gnutls (patch #5915)

add channel admin mode "!" for some IRC servers

fix bug with iso2022jp locale (bug #18719)

fix string format bug when displaying string thru plugin script API

add /reconnect command (task #5448)

add "-all" option for /connect and /disconnect commands (task #6232)

improve nick completion: completion with last speakers first and self nick at the end; add option look_nick_completion_smart, enabled by default (task #5896)

fix nick completion in command arguments (bug #19590)

fix possible crash with nick completion when a nick leaves channel (bug #19589)

add color for input text not found in buffer history

fix USER message when connecting to IRC server (patch #5835)

fix color bug with IRC messages displayed by plugins (bug #19442)

fix topic charset, now using channel charset if defined (bug #19386)

rename log file for DCC chat (now <server>.dcc.<nick>.weechatlog)

fix crash when closing a pv if a DCC chat is open on same nick (bug #19147)

fix bug with channel topic after reconnection (not erased) (bug #19384)

add current buffer in hotlist when scrolling up in buffer (task #6664)

fix bug with explode_string / free_exploded_string when max_items > 0

add new key (ctrl-R) for interactive and incremental search in buffer history (task #6628)

fix /topic completion when no topic set on current channel (bug #19322)

improve password hiding, code cleanup (bug #19229)

add new return code in plugin API to force highlight (for message handlers only)

fix bug with server buffer when "look_one_server_buffer" is ON and server buffer is moved to any number > 1 (bug #19219)

fix /help command: displays plugin help for redefined commands (bug #19166)

prefix "/" disabled in commands (patch #5769)

fix completion of redefined commands removed by plugins (bug #19176)

fix memory leaks in perl and python plugins (bug #19163)

add "call" option to /key command, add new key function "insert" to insert text on command line (task #6468)

fix permissions on "dcc" and "logs" directories (bug #18978)

add event handler to plugin API

add scots quickstart guide

add numeric argument for /clear command (buffer number) (patch #5372)

fix crash when /away command is issued with no server connection (bug #18839)

fix crash when closing a buffer opened on many windows

fix freeze with SSL server when disconnecting after connection loss (bug #18735)

fix display bugs with nicklist at top/bottom when look_nicklist_separator is OFF (bug #18737)

fix iconv problem, causing truncated words when using iso locale

fix topic scroll when topic has multi-bytes chars

fix compilation problem with iconv under FreeBSD

fix bugs with charset: now decodes/encodes nicks and channels in IRC messages (bug #18716)

fix bug with status bar (missing refresh) when closing a buffer

fix bug with use of first buffer for a channel if not connected to server (now allowed only for a server buffer)

fix refresh bug with private buffer title

fix bug with nick completion in command args (now uses option look_nick_completion_ignore)

fix display bug with color for first line on screen (bug #17719)

add anti-flood option (irc_anti_flood) (task #5442)

fix bug with "set_config" function in plugins API (bug #18448)

plugins: "add_message_handler" now accepts "*" for all IRC messages

add keys (F9/F10) to scroll topic (task #6030)

add auto completion with channels and filenames (task #5423)

fix memleak in keyboard input

fix refresh bug when changing config options if window is split

add space between chat and nicklist when position is "right" (bug #17852)

add option "look_nicklist_separator" (task #5437)

fix bug with DCC SEND when filename begins with "~"

add "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

fix display bug in status bar, wrong length when using UTF-8

fix bug with ignore: now any IRC command is allowed

fix crash with Ctrl-T (transpose) and one char on line (bug #18153)

add filename completion (task #5425)

add "modifier" in plugins API

improve /plugin command

fix bug on ignore with "mode" IRC command (bug #18058)

fix crash when loading ruby script if file does not exist, with Ruby >= 1.9 only (bug #18064)

add date in plugin function get_buffer_data()

fix some portability bugs (patch #5271)

fix iconv detection for BSD (patch #5456)

fix 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)

add more values for config boolean values: y/true/t/1 and n/false/f/0

fix bug with /alias and arguments (like $1), now text after argument(s) is used (bug #17944)

fix minor display bug with special chars on some arch like PPC

fix crash for DCC receiver when resuming a file (bug #17885)

fix DCC error for sender when receiver cancels DCC (bug #17838)

fix random crash with /upgrade command (error when loading buffers)

fix buffer search by server/channel: now if only channel is specified, a channel of another server can be found

fix highlight for DCC, invite and notice: when a window is displaying buffer, there’s no highlight

command "/away -all" now allowed when not connected to current server

new signals handled: SIGTERM and SIGHUP (received when terminal is closed): clean WeeChat quit (send quit to irc servers then quit WeeChat)

add some new default key bindings for existing keys (for some OS)

command /key now ok with one arg (key name): display key if found

fix bug with CTCP VERSION sent on channels (bug #17547)

add current channel completion for /ctcp command

fix bugs in get_buffer_data() which breaks the retrieval of buffer content (perl, lua)

fix nicklist display bug when top/bottom (not enough lines) (bug #17537)

fix bug with auto-rejoin of keyed chans (bug #17534)

add default nick completion when line starts with "//" (bug #17535)

values yes/no accepted (as on/off) for config boolean values (task #5454)

add server default notify level (set by /buffer notify on server buffer) (task #5634)

fix crashes with /buffer and /charset commands when not connected to any server (bug #17525)

add special vars $nick/$channel/$server for server_command, alias and plugin command handlers

add arguments $1,$2,..,$9 and $* for alias (task #5831)

add hotlist in session file when using /upgrade command (task #5449)

fix nick refresh problem with unrealircd specific modes: chan owner (~) and chan admin (&) (bug #17340)

add "C"lear option on IRC raw buffer

IRC raw buffer now uses join/part prefix with color to display messages

add send of "quit" message to server when using /disconnect

fix "wallops" command when received, now displayed by WeeChat (bug #17441)

fix /wallops command (now many words are correctly sent)

fix command 348 (channel exception list, received by /mode #chan e)

add missing modes (channel & user), now all modes are allowed (bug #16606)

add "%m" for completion with self nick (on current server)

add missing IRC commands (310, 326, 329, 338)

fix DCC restore after /upgrade (order is now correctly saved)

fix away after server disconnection (now away is set again when reconnecting) (bug #16359)

fix DCC file connection problem (connection from receiver to sender)

improve DCC speed (up to x5 on LAN) by forking for DCC files and a new option "dcc_fast_send" (does not wait for ACK) (task #5758)

fix crash when purging DCC with high number of DCC (> window size)

fix completion for command handlers (now empty completion_template means nick completion, "-" string means no completion at all)

fix nick alignment problem when look_nickmode is off

add generic function for incoming numeric IRC commands (bug #16611)

fix crash when doing "/part something" on a server buffer (bug #17201)

charsets are now checked when set by /charset command

add "look_save_on_exit" option (patch from Emanuele Giaquinta)

fix crash on DCC buffer under Darwin 8 (bug #17115)

add configure option for doc XSL prefix (bug #16991)

fix bug with spaces in script names (bug #16957)

fix random crash when "MODE #chan -l" is received

fix bug in IRC parser (random crash with malformed IRC messages)

fix refresh bugs when terminal is resized: too many refreshs, display bug with split windows

case ignored for channel names in charset options (bug #16858)

fix crash when setting look_one_server_buffer to ON (bug #16932)

add new functions in plugin/script API: get window info, get buffer info, get buffer content

add polish, russian and czech quickstart guide

fix display bug with special char (bug #16732)

add color encoding for some commands like /me

add aspell plugin

rename plugins names (remove "lib" prefix in name)

fix crash when closing DCC/raw buffer if 2 are open (bug #16808)

fix crashes with DCC chat remove/purge on DCC view (bug #16775)

fix bug with connection to bnc (bug #16760)

command /save now writes plugins options (~/.weechat/plugins.rc)

fix crash with "register" function in plugin scripts (bug #16701)

fix random crash at exit (/quit or /upgrade) with split windows

fix /squery command (message sent to server, now ok with # args > 2)

fix /alias command (with an alias name, display content)

improve lua plugin detection (bug #16574)

add backtrace when WeeChat crashes, log file automatically renamed

add lock for log file (~/.weechat/weechat.log), only one WeeChat process can use this file (bug #16382)

fix crash with malformed UTF-8 strings

fix crash with ncurses color when too many colors defined in ncurses (bug #16556)

add new key to find previous completion (shift-tab by default)

fix bug with long outgoing IRC messages (> 512 bytes) (bug #16358)

fix Ruby crash when handler does not return OK or KO (bug #16552)

fix UTF-8 display bug with chars using more than one cell on screen (bug #16356)

fix display bug with DCC file size when > 1 Gb

fix refresh bug (deadlock in curses) when terminal is resized (bug #16542)

fix nicklist sort bug

add russian translations (thanks to Pavel Shevchuk)

add german doc (thanks to Frank Zacharias)

add missing IRC commands (006, 007, 290, 292, 310, 379, 437, 974)

fix crash when multiple pv have same name: now it’s forbidden and pv buffer is not renamed (when a nick changes) if another exists with same name (bug #16369)

command /clear [-all] now clears hotlist

fix crash after /upgrade if a line in history is empty (bug #16379)

fix many crashes with DCC chat (bug #16416)

add new option to customize input prompt

add nick modes

fix commands 332, 333 (/topic now ok when channel is not opened)

remove color encoding and charset conversion for commands (only allowed in text sent to channel/private)

add hostnames associeted to nicks (available for /ban completion)

add "+p" mode for channels, fix mode display in status bar

add nick alignment options

fix /names command: now displays result when not on a channel

fix refresh bug (too many refresh) when terminal is resized

fix nicklist display bugs when on top or bottom of chat window

add keyboard handler to plugin API

improve script plugin loader

add hostname/IP option for connection to server

fix --disable-plugins option in configure script

add /setp command (set plugin options)

fix high CPU usage when running under a screen that has been killed

aliases are executed before WeeChat/IRC commands, add /builtin command

add /cycle command, /part command does close buffer any more (use /buffer close (or alias /close) to part and close buffer

improve Ruby plugin

fix /set command when internal server name contains one or many dots

fix get_info plugin API function when no server at all is opened

fix display bug when top of buffer is displayed and first line is removed (according to "history_max_lines" setting)

fix /mode command output

improve alias completion (now uses target command for completion)

fix completion problem in private with nicks

add missing IRC command (487)

add inactivity time, available for plugins via get_info("inactivity")

top/bottom

add special names for plugin message handlers: weechat_pv, weechat_highlight, weechat_ctcp, weechat_dcc

script plugins now load scripts in WeeChat system share directory

/msg command does not open any buffer any more

fix crash when using global history (when older entry is removed)

add IRC raw data buffer (new key: alt-J + alt-R)

fix display bug with /kill command

add new plugins functions: add_timer_handler, remove_timer_handler, remove_infobar

plugin messages handlers now called when message is ignored (by /ignore)

new behaviour for messages ignored by a message handler: now WeeChat executes standard handler, treating message as "ignored"

many commands allowed for aliases

many commands allowed when connecting to server

add Lua script plugin

add functions in plugins API: get_server_info, free_server_info, get_channel_info, free_channel_info, get_nick_info, free_nick_info

add option "look_nick_complete_first" (patch from Gwenn)

add option "look_open_near_server" (patch from Gwenn)

fix bug with /upgrade and servers buffer

fix bug with "get_dcc_info" plugin interface function

add new scroll keys for a few lines up/down (default: meta-pgup/pgdn) (patch from Pistos)

add new option "irc_away_check_max_nicks" to disable away check on channels with high number of nicks (patch from Gwenn)

add new command line argument for setting WeeChat homedir (-d or --dir) (patch from Gwenn)

fix bug with charset in infobar highlights

fix bug with buffer detection in plugins/scripts commands

fix bug with /history command

add option "irc_show_away_once", to show away message only once in pv

add partial hungarian translation

fix msg command (now allowed in private buffer with "*" as target)

remove "irc_default_msg_away" setting, for RFC 2812 conformity (/away command wihtout argument only removes away status), new values for "irc_display_away" (off, local, channel)

fix refresh bug with Solaris when term size is changed

replace Texinfo doc by XML Docbook

add color for window separators (when split)

add completion system for plugins/scripts commands

fix plugins autoload

add charset by server and channel, new command: /charset

add Ruby script plugin

add /upgrade command

add ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) for DCC files

/nick command is now allowed when not connected to server

add server/channel arg to /buffer command for jumping to buffer

fix display bug in chat window when a message length equals to window width

add new keys for scrolling to previous/next highlight: alt-P / alt-N

add "read marker": an indicator for first unread line in a server or channel buffer (new key alt-U to scroll to marker)

new window maganement: custom size for windows, auto resize when terminal is resized

fix infinite loop when resizing term to small size

add /history command

new color management system, IRC colors are now correctly displayed and can be removed by new options irc_colors_receive and irc_colors_send

fix scroll problem when one line is bigger than screen size

add setting for having one server buffer for all servers (look_one_server_buffer)

add setting for ignoring some chars when completing nicks

fix IRC message parser bug

signal SIGPIPE is now ignored

add partial match for highlights

add dcc_own_ip and dcc_port_range settings

full UTF-8 support, auto-detection of UTF-8 usage (locale)

add "Day changed to [date]" message when day changes

new plugin interface, rewritten from scratch: now loads dynamic C library, and perl/python are script plugins

log options (for server/channel/private) can now be set while WeeChat is running

add channel modes +e and +f

add some missing IRC commands, fix command 367

add colors for input buffer and current channel of status bar

add online help for config options (with /set full_option_name)

enhanced "smart" hotlist, with names (new options: look_hotlist_names_{count|level|length})

add /ame command (send CTCP action to all channels of all connected servers)

add setting "irc_notice_as_pv" to see notices as pv

add nicks colors in setup file

fix DCC bug: delete failed file only if really empty (on disk)

fix IRC message parser bug

fix scroll problem (screen moving when scrolling and new line displayed)

fix infinite loop when scrolling back and displaying long lines

fix crash when closing a buffer used by more than one window

add some missing IRC commands

fix DCC display bug (now decodes string according to charset)

add /ignore and /unignore commands

fix bug with strings comparison (str[n]casecmp) and some locales (like turkish), now using ASCII comparison (thanks to roktas)

signal SIGQUIT is now ignored

fix refresh bug when one line is bigger than screen size

fix look_nicklist_min_size and look_nicklist_max_size options

fix refresh bug when changing channel modes

jump to next server now saves current channel buffer for each server

add keys ctrl-up/ctrl-down to call previous/next command in global history (common to all buffers)

join and part/quit prefixes (arrows) now displayed with different colors

add "irc_highlight" setting, to get highlight with any word

fix auto-rejoin for channels with key

fix /ctcp command (now any command/data allowed)

add /amsg command (send text to all channels of all connected servers)

fix SIGSEGV handler (now write a core file by aborting program)

fix statusbar & infobar background refresh problem with some systems

add color for private in hotlist (different than color for highlight)

add DCC resume and timeout

add function for Perl/Python to get DCC list

fix FIFO pipe (command now authorized on a buffer not connected to an IRC server)

topic completion now decodes UTF-8 string

fix bug with IRC URL on command line (irc://)

new keyboard management: keys are setup in config file, add new command /key, add some new default keys, alt-K key is used to grab key (useful for /key command)

add seconds in infobar time (optional thanks to new setting)

fix some curses refreshs

add auto-prefix with "#" for channels (if no prefix found), with /join command

proxy support (http, socks4, socks5) with authentification (http, socks5) and ipv6 support (client to proxy)

add completion for config option (with /set command)

commands from users outside channel now authorized (if special user or channel without "n" flag)

add IPv6 support

kill command now received and displayed

add SSL support

channel notify levels are saved in config file (new option "server_notify_levels" for server sections)

part message now accepts %v (replaced by WeeChat version), like quit message

errors while loading perl scripts are now displayed in server buffer (instead of current buffer)

in python scripts, all messages written in stdin and stderr are redirected in server buffer

fix a filename error while loading a python script manually

fix plugins "print" and "prnt" functions: now ok for writing on server buffers

fix color problem with new libcurses version

fix crash when using alt-S or alt-X on DCC buffer (alt-D)

fix startup crash when config file (~/.weechat/weechat.rc) is not found

improve Perl/Python libs detection for ./configure script

add Python plugin support, improve Perl interface (and now Perl/Python libraries are checked by configure script)

add nicklist scroll keys (alt+{home/end/pgup/pgdn} or F11/F12)

add transfer rate for DCC files

add "-all" option for /nick command

buffers timestamp can now be changed (new option in config file)

WeeChat now ok under *BSD and Mac OS X

fix nicklist sort

fix crash when purging old DCC

fix crash with 64-bits arch (like AMD64) when converting UTF-8

add missing IRC commands (307, 341, 485, 671)

add nicks count for channel buffers

add FIFO pipe for remote control

add crash dump when WeeChat receives SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault)

add new display engine: doesn’t cut words at end of lines

add DCC send and DCC chat

add /halfop & /dehalfop commands, fix halfop display bug in nicklist

add /ban, /unban and /kickban commands

add spanish translation

add --irc-commands and --weechat-commands command line options

connection to IRC server is now made by child process (non blocking)

add support for UnrealIrcd ("~" for chan owner, "&" for chan admin)

new key for window switch (now: F5/F6=switch buffer, F7/F8=switch window)

on server buffer, only server messages are logged

improve /help command output

plugins messages are logged with new config option (log_plugin_msg)

fix /kick command

fix /invite command (and now invite requests are displayed)

fix /buffer close command (now ok when disconnected from server)

fix display bugs when many windows are opened

improve /window command: now split and merge are ok

away nicks are now displayed with another color (new option: "irc_away_check")

add away indicator in status bar

add lag indicator (and auto-disconnect after a delay if important lag)

improve completion: now completes commands arguments (IRC and internal), when only one completion matches, completion mechanism is stoped (to complete command arg for example)

improve /set command: empty strings are allowed, new colors, server options can be changed while WeeChat is running

add default away/part/quit messages in config file

new [irc] section in config file, move option "look_display_away" to "irc_display_away"

server messages & errors are all prefixed (by 3 chars, like "-@-")

add new options for charset (UTF-8 support): look_charset_decode, look_charset_encode and look_charset_internal

fix many memory leaks

fix colors bug: remove "gray" color (replaced by "default"), colors are ok when terminal has white (or light) background

fix crash when resizing terminal to small size

fix crash when multiple servers and big messages received from server

fix crash when closing some private buffers

fix crash when unknown section with option(s) in config file

fix /op, /deop, /voice, /devoice (now ok with many nicks)

fix /me command (now ok without parameter)

fix /away command (now ok if not away)

logs are now disabled by default (server/channel/private)

auto-reconnection to server (new options: server_autoreconnect (on/off), server_autoreconnect_delay (in seconds))

fix major bug when socket is closed by server (100% CPU usage), and disconnections are now ok (all channels are "closed", history is still visible, and buffer will be used again if reconnection to server)

option "look_remove_colors_from_msgs" is now working

fix display of nick mode changes

new command "/buffer close" (close any server/channel/private buffer)

fix /notice command (and display when received from server)

new keys: ctrl+A (=home), ctrl+E (=end), ctrl+W (= ctrl+Backspace), alt-S (switch to server buffer), alt-X (switch to first channel of next server)

add new config option: "server_command_delay" (delay in seconds after startup command for each server)

fix /kick command: now ok with many words as reason

nickserv passwords hidden (new config option: log_hide_nickserv_pwd on/off)

auto-rejoin channels when kicked (new config option: server_autorejoin on/off)

add IRC::command function for Perl scripts

fix bug when adding alias with same name as other

/buffer command developed (buffers list, move and notify)

logging buffers to disk (server/channel/private according to user prefs)

add config option "look_display_away" to announce away in channels

fix crash when resizing terminal to very small size

"-MORE-" message is now erased when switching to another buffer

DCC file receive ok (alt-D for DCC view)

/query command now reopens private buffer if already opened

add key for redrawing terminal (ctrl-L)

add key for clearing hotlist (alt-R)

new "col_status_delimiters" config option

add command /buffer , buffers ordered by number, auto-jump to active buffers (alt-A), jump to buffers by number (alt-number)

add command /window, split terminal horizontally/vertically

unique color for each nick (based on nickname)

action messages are now considered as messages, not crappy joins/parts

fix display bug when nicklist is displayed at bottom of screen

add history limit (text buffer and commands)

replace --enable-debug with --with-debug option for ./configure, which is now integer: 1 = compiler debug flag, 2 = same 1 with verbose debug messages in WeeChat (default: 0 = no debug)

improve channel highlight (priority to message vs join/part)

fix bug when opened private win and remote user changes his nick

add command /query (starts private conversation)

add IRC messages 476, 477

/mode command is now ok and channel flags are displayed in status bar

fix display bug (text was blinking when scrolling)

CTCP Version reply is now in english only and doesn’t show host (security reason)

/set command to modify config options when WeeChat is running

fix look_nicklist config option, now enables/disables nicklist

secure code to prevent buffer overflows and memory leaks

fix QUIT IRC command: now sent to all connected servers (not only current)

URL command line parameter to connect to server(s)

new Perl script function to display message in info bar ("IRC::print_infobar")

info bar highlight notifications

add info bar timestamp in config ("look_infobar_timestamp")

add info bar (optional, "look_infobar" to enable it, "on" by default)

fix crash with /oper command

for default config file, nick is now based on un*x username (thanks to Witukind)

fix crash when config file cannot be written

add -c (or --config) command line parameter to see config file options

highlight action messages

Perl plugin, with auto-load

when private window is created (another user is talking), WeeChat does not switch to this window

highlight when our nick is written in a channel/private window

catch ctrl-C (ignored)

debug messages can be enabled via ./configure --enbale-debug option

./configure script to build WeeChat

nicks are now correctly sorted (op, halfop, voice, other)

fix problem with "353" IRC message (nicklist)

fix problem when nick is truncated by server

fix crash when entering text without any server connection

fix crash when /set command is executed

fix display bug (text was blinking when scrolling)

french translation

new IRC command: /stats, /service, /squit, /motd, /lusers, /links, /time, /trace, /admin, /info, /servlist, /squery, /who, /whowas, /die, /summon, /users, /wallops, /userhost, /ison, /ctcp ping

code cleanup

add commands /rehash and /restart

and command and auto-join channels when connected to server

new commands for alias: /alias, /unalias (new section in config file)

config is now saved automatically when quitting WeeChat, add /save command

new commands for servers: /server, /connect, /disconnect

add autoconnect flag for each server in config file

add "look_set_title" option in config file

term window title is modified with WeeChat name and version

fix nicklist display bug

fix crash when sending command which can only be received

CTCP version returns more info (about OS)

ncurses GUI with color output

multi-servers

channel windows, with nicklist (position: top, bottom, left or right)

private windows

IRC commands: away, ctcp, deop, devoice, invite, join, kick, kill, list, me, mode, msg, names, nick, notice, op, oper, part, ping, pong, quit, quote, topic, version, voice, whois

WeeChat commands: clear, help, set (partial)

many config options

log file (~/.weechat/weechat.log)

nicklist can be moved on top, bottom, left or right of window