xchat.org

[peterz]

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2.8.0 - 03/Jan/2006
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- Updated translations (cs, de, gl, hu).
- XChat now requires at least GTK+ 2.10.
- Added a system tray icon (aka Notification Area). This is probably the
biggest feature addition in this series. Also added a /TRAY command so
scripts can manipulate the icon.
- Added partial support for numeric 005 token ELIST (min users only).
- Brand new channel list window: GtkTreeView, nicer layout, less CPU power
when downloading very large list, uses less memory, supports regexp/
patternmatch/substring search and supports downloading LIST with minusers to
save time (only on some networks that support ELIST).
- Overhauled URL opening on Unix, it now tries xdg-open first, then auto-
detects Gnome or KDE to run gnome-open or kfmclient. URLs with quotes
should also work now (changed to execv()).
- Settings: Warn the user when trying to put the tree on the top/bottom.
- Fixed DCC ack reading so it doesn't use MSG_PEEK.
- Channel modes are no longer shown in the titlebar if they contain a key.
- Added /GUI APPLY command, which does that same as pressing OK in the
settings window (e.g use it after /set). Mainly for scripters.
- Allow changing the logging folder if the log filename is set to a full path
in the settings window (starts with a '/').
- Added 'Your Action' text event.
- Separated out /away and /back commands so it's obvious what they'll do.
- Changes to /MENU command (See plugin20.html for details):
* Now works for popup menus too.
* Allows creation of radio menu items.
* -p arg can now to be negative to give a position offset from right/bottom.
* -i arg to specify an icon file.
- Plugin API:
* Added event_text to xchat_get_info().
- Perl (Lian Wan Situ)
* Fixed hook_command so that it won't override the help message for builtin
commands unless a help message was specified.
* Perl Win32: Warn the user about trying to load 64-bit ActivePerl.

[scarney]

suhweeet! im on it!

[ced117]

that's great
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[solteks]

great jab! xchat is the best irc client!
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[krege]

May be its time to change link on the main page to source? Its still to 2.6.x.

[LOQUILLO]

wua, it's great, but need test it on Xandros.


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I have installed X-Chat on Windows XP Professional SP2

[zii]

...But still no highlight wildcards?

[Ponder]

[Alchera]

[Ponder]

[Alchera]

Can't you install the newer version of GTK+ yourself?
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[Ponder]

I probably could but is it worth risking the stability of the whole system with so many dependencies on said package just for one, regardless how good, piece of software?

[YoaR]

I've a small problem with xchat 2.8.0. These error messages appears always on console:

[jofla]

[NoBody]

Too bad you also changed the /away-command's usage, instead of only adding /back. Scripts now must be updated to use /back instead of /away, for that i am dependent on the scripts author, since not all scripts come in perl/tcl format

This is a problem with, for example, xchat-systray. Instead of setting me back on all networks i am on, it now gives an error on all networks and i have to /back myself on all networks...

This is very annoying; could it be possible to either reverse the /away-command to it's old behavior, or make an option so people can choose between the old or the new away-command system
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