Version 1.2 ()

Version 1.2 is available!

Among the new features:

- add options to customize word chars (for detecting word boundaries)
- add a welcome message on first WeeChat run
- add options to customize quoted messages (in cursor mode)
- add support of environment variables in evaluated expressions
- add IRC SASL mechanism "ecdsa-nist256p-challenge"
- add support of SHA-256 and SHA-512 algorithms in IRC server option "ssl_fingerprint"
- add support of IRC capability "account-notify"
- remove "freenode" server from default config
- new script plugin for javascript
- many bugs fixed.

For complete list of new features and bugs fixed, please look at development blog or ChangeLog.


Version 1.1.1 ()

Version 1.1.1 is available!

This is a bug fix and maintenance release.

For complete list of bugs fixed, please look at ChangeLog.


Version 1.1 ()

Version 1.1 is available!

Among the new features:

- complete inline commands in input
- allow incomplete commands if unambiguous
- improve speed of completions
- add bar item and signals for mouse status
- use bar conditions on root bars
- add option "reorder" in command /server
- open irc channel buffers before the join is received from server
- add server option "sasl_fail"
- add support for color codes 16-99 in IRC messages
- disable SSLv3 by default
- add support of IRC capability "extended-join"
- add options "stop" and "start" in command /relay
- use HTTPS by default in script plugin for downloads
- add option "restore" in command /trigger
- evaluate and replace regex groups at same time in trigger (new and incompatible format)
- many bugs fixed.

For complete list of new features and bugs fixed, please look at development blog or ChangeLog.


Version 1.0.1 ()

Version 1.0.1 is available!

This is a bug fix and maintenance release.

For complete list of bugs fixed, please look at ChangeLog.


Version 1.0 ()

Version 1.0 is available!

Among the new features:

- 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
- unit tests
- many bugs fixed.

For complete list of new features and bugs fixed, please look at development blog or ChangeLog.


Source code of weechat.org ()

The source code of weechat.org is now available on GitHub: https://github.com/weechat/weechat.org.
It is written in Python and uses Django, and gettext for translations.


Git repositories moved to GitHub ()

WeeChat repositories (weechat, scripts, qweechat) have been moved to GitHub, in WeeChat organization: https://github.com/weechat.

For more info, please look at development blog.


Version 0.4.3 ()

Version 0.4.3 is available!

Among the new features:

- 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.

For complete list of new features and bugs fixed, please look at development blog or ChangeLog.


WeeChat in Cygwin ()

WeeChat is now in Cygwin, and can be installed with setup.exe.
Version 0.4.2 is available for 32 and 64-bit Cygwin.

Note: Guile plugin is missing, since it requires guile >= 2.0, which is not yet available in Cygwin.


Version 0.4.2 ()

Version 0.4.2 is available!

Among the new features:

- 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.

For complete list of new features and bugs fixed, please look at development blog or ChangeLog.

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