HexChat ChangeLog
2.16.1 (2022-02-12)
- add
-NOOVERRIDE flag to the GUI COLOR command
- add
-q (quiet) flag to EXECWRITE command
- rename installed icon on Linux to match app-id (Fixes notification icon)
- fix escaping already escaped URLs when opening them
- fix Python scripts not being opened as UTF-8
- fix
TIMER command supporting decimals regardless of locale
- fishlim: fix building with OpenSSL 3
2.16.0 (2021-10-01)
- add support for IRCv3 SETNAME, invite-notify, account-tag, standard replies, and UTF8ONLY
- add support for strikethrough formatting
- update network list (including Libera.Chat as the default)
- update OpenSSL on Windows
- fix text clipping issues by respecting font line height
- fix URLs not being escaped when opened
- fix misc IRC message parsing issues
- remove libnotify dependency on Linux, fixing hangs when notifications are shown
- remove libproxy dependency on Linux
- print ChanServ notices in the front tab by default
- fishlim: add support for CBC mode
- python: rewrite plugin in python with CFFI
This lowers memory usage and fixed conflicts with many C Python modules including pygobject
2.14.3 (2019-12-20)
- fix various incorrect parsing of IRC messages relating to trailing parameters
- fix SASL negotiation combined with multi-line cap
- fix input box theming with Yaru theme
- python: Work around Python 3.7 regression causing crash on unload
- sysinfo: Add support for /etc/os-release
- sysinfo: Ignore irrelevant mounts when calculating storage size
2.14.2 (2018-08-29)
- remove shift+click binding to close tabs
- re-add option to build against legacy perl
- add appstream metainfo for plugins
- add build option to set perl binary
- add option to build without appstream
- fix not unminimizing when restoring from tray
- fix translations containing invalid text events
- fix server passwords starting with
:
- update libraries on windows, fixing CVE-2018-15120 (and emoji!)
2.14.1 (2018-03-13)
- fix performance regression on Unix
- fix building plugins with some compilers
- add missing gtk pixbuf theme engine in Windows installer
2.14.0 (2018-03-10)
- rewrite build system in Meson
- replace
intltool build depenency with gettext >= 0.19.6
- rename data files to use io.github.Hexchat name
- add option (
irc_reconnect_rejoin) to disable auto-rejoin on reconnect
- add ability to set custom tray icon separate of app icon
- fix building against OpenSSL 1.1.0
- fix Enchant 2.0+ support
- fix input box theming with Adwaita-dark
- fix custom sounds not respecting omit if away option
- fix detecting if a tray doesn’t exist on x11
- fix cutting off ctcp text after ending
\01
- fix /ignore not accepting full hosts
- fix characters getting cut off when their width changes (on Unix)
- fix various possible crashes
- change preference window to be scroll-able
- remove ctrl+w binding by default
- remove mpcinfo plugin
- doat: fix channels with
/ in them
- fishlim: fix key exchange
- fishlim: fix building against LibreSSL
- sysinfo: fix pci.ids file not being found on some distros
- sysinfo: make libpci optional
- lua: avoid loading the same script multiple times
- update translations
- update libraries on Windows, including Python to 3.6
2.12.4 (2016-12-10)
- fix issue with timers causing ping timeouts
- fix building against OpenSSL 1.1
- fix /exec output printing invalid utf8
- replace doat plugin with an internal command
- change how tab colors interact with plugins
2.12.3 (2016-10-22)
- fix crash with bad translations
- fix crash and leaks in mpcinfo plugin
- add mhop command
- change ping timeout to 60 by default
- update translations
2.12.2 (2016-10-08)
- fix input box theme with Adwaita 3.20
- fix return value of hexchat_pluginpref_get_int()
- fix tab color changing when print events are eaten
- fix network name not being sanitized for scrollback files
- fix building sysinfo on OS X <= 10.9
- fix resume with DCC GET
- fix possible assertion when decoding incoming text
- fix possible crashes when plugins modify the UI during context close
- add “chanmodes” to channel list in plugin api
- lua:
- add automatic return and = handling in console
- fix pluginpref usage
- fishlim:
- fix saving nicks containing [ or ]
- add commands: /topic+, /msg+, and /notice+
- add support for /me
- add /keyx command to do DH1080 key exchanges
- improve efficiency of various timers
- reduce updates of user count in titlebar/userlist
- download extra redist for perl on Windows
- update appdata file
- update translations
- update dependencies on Windows
2.12.1-2 (2016-05-06)
- fix crash in dependencies on Windows (no HexChat changes)
2.12.1 (2016-05-01)
- add lua plugin
- change desktop file to open urls in existing instance on Unix
- misc chanopt fixes
- fix not being saved properly
- fix values other than 0/1/2 being set
- fix flags in plugin API
- misc identd fixes
- fix ipv6 support on Windows
- fix respecting USE_GLOBAL network flag
- fix connections not always closed
- add responses for INVALID-PORT and NO-USER
- misc challengeauth fixes
- fix lower casing username
- don’t respond to challenge notices when disabled
- re-add support for old versions of libnotify
- bundle luajit and lgi on Windows
- update network list
2.12.0 (2016-03-12)
- add support for native Windows 8+ spell check
- add support for native Windows 8.1+ and OSX notifications
- add support for IRCv3.2
- add cap 3.2
- add sasl 3.2
- add chghost
- add cap-notify
- add support for twitch.tv/membership cap
- add support for SNI (Server Name Indication)
- add ability to do DnD reordering in some settings dialogs
- add option to disable middle-click closing tabs
- rewrite sysinfo plugin
- add support for OSX
- add multi-gpu info on win32
- add hdd info on win32
- add ability to print single peice of info
- change formatting, unified across platforms
- fix handling unsupported CPU arch on unix
- rewrite identd plugin
- add support for unix
- add ability to change port
- fix handling multiple connections
- fix threading issues
- rewrite update plugin
- rewrite checksum plugin
- fix support for very large files
- remove openssl dependency
- remove DH-{AES,BLOWFISH} mechanisms (insecure)
- remove “IRC” encoding, replaced with UTF-8
- remove “System Default” encoding, replaced with UTF-8
- remove configure option to disable ipv6
- remove msproxy and socks5 library support (unused)
- change tab-complete to favor other user nicks over own
- change url detection to support unicode
- change decoding to not attempt ISO-8859-1 fixing corruption
- change pluginpref to escape values
- change installer on Windows to not overwrite gtkrc file
- minor changes to icons
- fix numerous crashes (but not #600)
- fix crash on printing very long lines
- fix crash on failing to open log file
- fix crash when using unsorted userlist
- fix crash when timestamp format set to nothing
- fix crash when tab-completeing long strings
- fix crash with long values in pluginpref API
- fix various other unsafe string handling throughout
- fix poor performance with nick indent enabled
- fix UTF-8 text in winamp plugin
- fix fishlim plugin handling networks with server-time
- fix logging hostname of users in new queries
- fix Key Press event sending non-UTF-8 text to plugins
- fix VERSION response on windows 10
- fix get_info(‘win_ptr’) from python
- fix running portable-mode from another directory
- fix duplicate timestamps on selection
- fix –cfgdir argument
- fix mode-button text being cut off
- fix scrollback timestamps with server-time
- fix url handler accepting quoted paths with spaces
- fix using correct encoding when jumping networks
- improve DCC handling large files
- improve python detection in configure
- improve scrollback file handling (corruption, line endings)
- improve building in cygwin
- improve build options on unix to be more secure
- update to VS 2015 on windows
- update deps on windows (openssl, python 3.5, etc)
- update translations
- update network list
2.10.2 (2014-11-25)
- verify hostnames of certificates
- use more secure openssl options (No SSLv2/3)
- detect utf8 urls in chat
- fix using multiple client certs at the same time
- fix checking for Perl on some distros
- fix friends list not properly updating
- fix building with format-security
- fix more non-ascii path issues on Windows
- fix opening utf8 urls on Windows and OSX
- update deps on Windows
- update translations
2.10.1 (2014-07-28)
- add configure check for python 3.4
- improve spell check handling apostrophes
- disable unsupported tray feature on Elementary OS
- disable installing on Vista (would just crash on x64)
- fix possible crash in banlist
- fix some crashes in pluginpref API
- fix crash in spell check
- fix notify list being sent to wrong networks
- fix scrolling the chanview on Unix
- fix building plugin support on some platforms (OS X 10.8)
- fix FiSHLiM decryption when identify-msg is enabled
- fix expanding ~user on Unix
- fix missing license files on Windows
- fix silent installer on Windows
- update translations
- update network list
- update Python versions on Windows
2.10.0 (2014-06-01)
- fix SASL on InspIRCd networks
- fix building on OpenBSD
- fix crash when using invalid timestamps on Windows
- fix Lag Meter reporting invalid numbers
- fix drag and drop on User List/Channel Switcher
- fix various Unicode issues on Windows
- add fullscreen display mode
- add
/getbool command
- add support for userhost-in-names capability
- add –command command line flag on Windows
- add message parameter to
/query
- add help messages to user commands
- add
plugin_pref to Perl
- add regex search to the Channel List on Windows
- add option to hide nick change messages
- redesign various settings windows (notably key bindings)
- render colors and attributes in the Input Box and Topic Bar
- bind middle-click to close tabs
- build the GTK+ PixBuf theme engine on Windows
- change
/list to open the Channel List window
- change the format key bindings are stored in (will convert automatically)
- enable italics
- rewrite
/dns adding support for Windows and replacing the plugin
- rebrand the Perl plugin
- replace the Search window with a Search Bar
- replace Text Box transparency with full window transparency (may come back)
- remove all deprecated GTK+ usage
- remove all direct use of X11, fixing XWayland support
- hide unsupported channel modes from the Topic Bar
- improve spell check (handle contractions)
- improve rendering and selection in the Text Box
- improve OS X integration (custom theme, app menu, dock icon, spell check, app bundle, key bindings)
- improve the Windows installer (downloads requirements when ran)
- update Visual Studio to 2013
- update Perl to 5.20 on Windows
- update Python to 3.4 on Windows
- update OpenSSL on Windows to fix “Heartbleed”
- update translations
2.9.6.1 (2013-09-15)
- fix some utilities causing crash #740
2.9.6 (2013-09-11)
- redesign edit window in network list
- rename favorites to autojoin
- improve URL detection yet again (this time with more IPv6!)
- implement
/exec -o on Windows
- improvements to the DCC window
- improvements to sysinfo on Unix, including
-e to print info instead of saying
- add support for BLOWFISH, AES, and EXTERNAL SASL mechanisms
- add reload command and button in plugingui
- add support for server-time and znc.in/server-time[-iso] capabilities
- add attributes to
hook_print/server and emit_print for information such as server-time
- add support for QuakeNet’s challangeauth
- add chanopt for stripping colors
- add copy option to banlist entries
- add autoconnect option to context menu of networks
- add option for omitting alerts while window is focused
- add python3 support along with various bugfixes
- add libcanberra support on Unix
- add tracking of users accounts
- add
%u to userlist popups for accounts
- add channelkey to channel lists in plugin api
- add
MONITOR support for the friends list
- add
QUIET and UNQUIET commands
- add support for the away-notify, account-notify, and extended-join capabilities
- add notifications for friends away status (requires away-notify)
- add events for quiet, unquiet, and quietlist
- add Ctrl+N (New Server Window) keybinding
- add Ctrl+Home/End keybinding for scrolling to top/bottom
- add theme manager to Unix build system
- fix compilation on FreeBSD
- fix running as root
- fix splitting ctcps and notices
- fix alerts and scrollback chanopts
- fix crash when attaching/detaching tabs
- fix sending limited channel messages (op messages) to the wrong tab
- change
/load -e to load from config dir
- remove Ctrl+L (Clear Text) keybinding
- remove custom sound applications
- remove away announce, replaced by away-notify on supported servers (alternative python script)
- update network list
2.9.5 (2013-04-01)
- fix Checksum plugin with DCC download directory set
- fix false positives with Update Checker
- fix sound directory option on Unix
- fix loading custom icons
- fix tray icon not reappearing if the tray crashes
- fix restoring maximized windows from tray
- fix
/QUERY -nofocus
- fix reconnecting to channels with keys
- fix compilation on FreeBSD
- fix showing the join dialog when autojoining channels
- fix Plugin-Tray menu not closing on Windows
- fix close dialog minimizing to tray before selection
- fix Python plugin compilation on Ubuntu 13.04
- fix Theme Manager crashing with read-only files
- fix channel tree indentation without server tab or with icons
- add auto-away support to Plugin-Tray
- add Plugin-Tray option to disable blinking
- add option to always show notices on current tab
- add support for notification filtering in GNOME 3.8
- add support for channel keys in URLs
- add option to color nicks in the user list the same way as in the chat area
- add ability to automatically switch to last activity on change-page hotkey
- add ability to save divider position between combined user list and channel tree
- add global real name option to Preferences
- add Safe Mode shortcut to the Start Menu group on Windows
- add helpful links to the setup wizard on Windows
- make the source tree compliant with Debian policies
- install SVG icon on Unix
- enable Plugin-Tray menu on Windows
- enable IPv6 by default on Unix
- show
/WHOIS response on current tab by default
- redesign the Ban List window to show invites, bans, exemptions and quiets
- make user list icons slightly smaller
- close all utility windows with the Esc key
- improve URL and username detection in the chat area
- make
/JOIN focus the existing channel if already joined
- change default DCC download directory to ~/Downloads on Unix
- allow Plugins and Scripts utility to be opened in a tab
- only beep when the HexChat window is not active
- use the certs subfolder of the config folder for loading custom certificates
- disable tray icon when using Unity
- remove Lua and Tcl
- remove HexTray in favor of built-in Plugin-Tray
- remove installer theming on Windows
- cease support for Perl 5.12 and 5.14 on Windows
- rebuild every dependency with Visual C++ on Windows
- stop using the WDK on Windows and depend on the Visual C++ Redistributable
- update GTK+ to 2.24 on Windows
- update default text events
- update translations
- update the network list
2.9.4 (2012-11-11)
- fix alerts when omit alerts in away option is set
- fix dialog icon in userlist popup
- fix opening links on Mac
- fix default network in the Network List
- fix initial folder in file dialogs
- fix positioning the nick change dialog
- fix error message for busy servers
- fix filename encoding errors
- fix Fedora spec file
- fix Raw Log content being impossible to copy when auto-copy is disabled
- fix rough icon rendering in most windows on Windows
- fix config folder when specified with -d argument
- add built-in support for SASL authentication via CAP
- add support for identify-msg/multi-prefix server capabilities
- add text events for CAP related messages
- add support for the SysInfo plugin on Unix
- add option to change update check frequency and delay for first check
- add option to change GUI language on Windows
- add Ignore entry to userlist popup
- add Afrikaans, Asturian, Danish, Gujarati, Indonesian, Kinyarwanda and Malayalam translations
- add ChangeLog and ReadMe links to Start Menu during installation on Windows
- add manual page on Unix
- add icon support for 3 levels above op user mode
- change default colors, text events and user list/channel tree icons
- make Esc key close the Raw Log window
- use Consolas as the default font where available
- open dialog window for double-clicking in the user list by default
- variable separation, cleanup and renaming
- check in the installers whether Windows release is supported by HexChat
- display previous value after
/SET
- reorganize the Settings menu and add new options
- redesign the About dialog
- show certain help messages in GTK+ dialogs instead of command line
- disable faulty one instance option
- build system cosmetics on Unix
- reorganize repo file structure
- rebranding
- update translations
- update the network list
2.9.3 (2012-10-14)
- fix various URL detection bugs
- fix default folders for file transfers in portable mode
- fix Autotools warnings with recent releases
- add
/ADDSERVER command
- add option to save URLs to disk on-the-fly
- add option to omit alerts when marked as being away
- add default icons for channel tree and option to turn them off
- change certain default colors
- enhance Non-BMP filtering performance
- accept license agreement by default on Windows
- update the network list
2.9.2 (2012-10-05)
- fix compilation on Red Hat and Fedora
- fix portable to non-portable migrations on Windows
- fix ban message in HexTray
- fix icon in Connection Complete dialog
- fix determining if the log folder path is full or relative
- fix desktop notification icons on Unix
- fix URL grabber saving an unlimited number of URLs by default
- fix URL grabber memory leaks under certain circumstances
- fix URL grabber trying to export URL lists to system folders by default
- fix opening URLs without
http(s)://
- add support for regenerating text events during compilation on Windows
- add support for the theme manager on Unix
- add Unifont to the default list of alternative fonts
- add option to retain colors in the topic
- allow the installer to preserve custom GTK+ theme settings on Windows
- use the icons subfolder of the config folder for loading custom icons
- use port 6697 for SSL connections by default
- install the SASL plugin by default on Windows
/lastlog improvements- build system cosmetics on Unix
- open links with just left click by default
- enable timestamps and include seconds by default
- make libproxy an optional dependency on Unix
- update German translation
- update the network list
2.9.1 (2012-07-27)
- fix installing/loading plugins on Unix
- fix restoring the HexChat window via shortcuts on Windows
- fix HexTray icon rendering for certain events
- fix the Show marker line option in Preferences
- fix
/lastlog regexp support on Windows
- add support for the Checksum, Do At, FiSHLiM and SASL plugins on Unix
- add option to retain colors when displaying scrollback
- add MS Gothic to the default list of alternative fonts
- rebranding and cleanup
- eliminate lots of compiler warnings
- Unix build system fixes and cosmetics
- make Git ignore Unix-specific intermediate files
- use better compression for Windows installers
- switch to GTK+ file dialogs on Windows
- restructure the Preferences window
- use the addons subfolder of the config folder for auto-loading plugins/scripts
- improve the dialog used for opening plugins/scripts
- remember user limits in channel list between sessions
- remember last search pattern during sessions
- update XChat to r1521