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Version 4.9.0 (under dev)

Added

typing: add option typing.look.item_text (#2305)

Fixed

core: fix buffer size in function util_parse_time, causing buffer overflow error in unit tests
irc: fix unit of server option anti_flood from seconds to milliseconds in output of /server listfull
irc: fix creation of irc.msgbuffer option without a server name
irc: ignore self join if the channel is already joined (#2291)
relay/api: fix memory leaks in resources "ping" and "sync"
relay/api: fix memory leak in receive of message from remote WeeChat

Version 4.8.2 (2026-03-06)

Fixed

irc: ignore self join if the channel is already joined (#2291)
relay/api: fix memory leaks in resources "ping" and "sync"
relay/api: fix memory leak in receive of message from remote WeeChat

Version 4.8.1 (2025-12-01)

Fixed

core: fix buffer size in function util_parse_time, causing buffer overflow error in unit tests
irc: fix creation of irc.msgbuffer option without a server name

Version 4.8.0 (2025-11-30)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

Removed

irc: remove temporary servers and option irc.look.temporary_servers

Changed

api: add support of date like ISO 8601 but with spaces and lower t and z in function util_parse_time (#886)
irc: request and perform SASL authentication when the server advertises SASL support with message "CAP NEW" (#2277)
irc: send SASL username with mechanism EXTERNAL (#2270)
logger: change default time format to %@%F %T.%fZ (UTC) (#886)
logger: use function util_parse_time to parse date/time in log files (#886)
relay/api: return an error 400 (Bad Request) when URL parameters "colors", "nicks", "lines" and "lines_free" have an invalid value
relay/api: return an error 401 (Unauthorized) when header "x-weechat-totp" has an invalid value
xfer: add buffer local variable "server" in DCC CHAT buffers
core, irc, relay: add tag "tls" in gnutls messages
irc: add tags "irc_cap" and "log3" in client capability request and SASL not supported messages
build: require Curl ≥ 7.68.0 (#2268)
build: require GnuTLS ≥ 3.6.3 (#2268)
build: require libgcrypt ≥ 1.8.0 (#2268)
build: require Enchant v2 (#2268)
build: require Lua ≥ 5.3 (#2268)

Added

core: add option weechat.completion.cycle
core: add hdata for hooks
api: add functions util_parse_int, util_parse_long and util_parse_longlong
buflist: add variable ${index_displayed}

Fixed

core: display an error message in case of invalid parameters in commands /bar, /buffer, /cursor, /print and /window
api: fix file descriptor leak in hook_url when a timeout occurs or if the hook is removed during the transfer (#2284)
api: fix parsing of date/times with timezone offset in function util_parse_time
irc: fix warning on creation of irc.msgbuffer option when the server name contains upper case letters (#2281)
irc: display a warning for each unknown or invalid server option in commands /connect and /server
irc: fix colors in messages 367 (ban mask), 728 (quiet mask) and MODE (#2286)
irc: fix reset of color when multiple modes are set with command /mode
relay/api: fix crash when an invalid HTTP request is received from a client
relay/api: return HTTP error 404 instead of 400 when the buffer is not found in resources completion and input
relay/api: return HTTP error 400 in case of invalid body in resource ping

Version 4.7.2 (2025-11-23)

Fixed

api: fix file descriptor leak in hook_url when a timeout occurs or if the hook is removed during the transfer (#2284)
irc: fix colors in messages 367 (ban mask), 728 (quiet mask) and MODE (#2286)
irc: fix reset of color when multiple modes are set with command /mode

Version 4.7.1 (2025-08-16)

Fixed

relay/api: fix crash when an invalid HTTP request is received from a client

Version 4.7.0 (2025-07-19)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

Changed

breaking: core: fix buffer overflow in function utf8_next_char and return NULL for empty string
breaking: core: fix integer overflow and return "unsigned long" in function util_version_number
core: write configuration files on disk only if there are changes (#2250)
core: always enable partial completion for templates in option weechat.completion.partial_completion_templates, add option weechat.completion.partial_completion_auto_expand to expand word on new completion (#2253)
core: add script name in output of /debug hooks <plugin>
relay/api: return HTTP error 405 (Method Not Allowed) when the method received is not allowed

Added

core: add support of specifier %@ for UTC time in function util_strftimeval
api: add function file_compare
irc: add support of strikethrough text in IRC messages (#2248)
buflist: add variables ${number_zero} and ${number_zero2} (zero-padded buffer number)
tests: add fuzz testing (#1462)

Fixed

core: fix write of weechat.log to stdout with weechat-headless --stdout (#2247)
core: add refresh of window title on buffer switch, when option weechat.look.window_title is set
core: consider all keys are safe in cursor context (#2244)
core: fix integer overflow with decimal numbers in calculation of expression
core: fix integer overflow in base32 encoding/decoding
core: fix buffer overflow in function util_parse_time
core: fix buffer overflow in function eval_syntax_highlight_colorize
core: fix buffer overflow in function eval_string_base_encode
core: fix memory leak in function util_parse_delay
irc: display nick changes and quit messages when option irc.look.ignore_tag_messages is enabled (#2241)
perl: fix build when multiplicity is not available (#2243)
relay/api: reject any invalid or unknown password hash algorithm in handshake resource
relay/api: process HTTP request received as soon as a NULL char is received
relay/weechat: fix empty buffers in client when WeeChat is running on Solaris/illumos
build: fix build on Solaris/illumos (#2251)

Version 4.6.3 (2025-05-11)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

Fixed

core: fix integer overflow with decimal numbers in calculation of expression
core: fix integer overflow in base32 encoding/decoding
core: fix integer overflow in function util_version_number
core: fix buffer overflow in function util_parse_time
core: fix buffer overflow in function eval_syntax_highlight_colorize
core: fix buffer overflow in function eval_string_base_encode
core: fix buffer overflow in function eval_string_range_chars
core: fix memory leak in function util_parse_delay

Version 4.6.2 (2025-04-18)

Fixed

core: fix write of weechat.log to stdout with weechat-headless --stdout (#2247)
core: add refresh of window title on buffer switch, when option weechat.look.window_title is set

Version 4.6.1 (2025-04-09)

Fixed

core: consider all keys are safe in cursor context (#2244)
irc: display nick changes and quit messages when option irc.look.ignore_tag_messages is enabled (#2241)
perl: fix build when multiplicity is not available (#2243)

Version 4.6.0 (2025-03-23)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

Changed

core: add option -v to display upgrades in command /version
api: add property keep_spaces_right in function hook_set to keep trailing spaces in command arguments
core, irc, alias, xfer: keep spaces at the end of some commands, where trailing spaces are important
irc: add option -connected in command /server list|listfull
buflist: apply option buflist.look.nick_prefix_empty also on private and list buffers
xfer: compute speed and ETA with microsecond precision (#665)

Added

core: add command /pipe
core: add option whitespace in command /debug, add options weechat.look.whitespace_char and weechat.look.tab_whitespace_char (#947)
core: add option weechat.completion.nick_ignore_words (#1143)
spell: add CMake options ASPELL_DICT_DIR and ENCHANT_MYSPELL_DICT_DIR to override dictionaries locations (#1174)
api: add function completion_set
relay/api: add resource POST /api/completion (#2207)
relay/api: add default key Alt+Ctrl+l (L) to toggle between remote and local commands on remote buffers, add option togglecmd in command /remote, add options relay.api.remote_input_cmd_local and relay.api.remote_input_cmd_remote (#2148)

Fixed

relay: fix crash after /upgrade when relay clients are connected
core: save configuration files as UTF-8 when the locale is wrong
api: fix creation of empty buffer in function infolist_new_var_buffer
core: fix build with gcc 15 (#2229, #2230)
core: fix detection of dl library (#2218)
logger: fix path displayed when the logs directory can not be created
perl: fix build with Perl < 5.7.29 (#2219, #2220)
python: enable subinterpreters (#2222)

Version 4.5.2 (2025-02-20)

Fixed

core: fix build with gcc 15 (#2229, #2230)

Version 4.5.1 (2024-12-23)

Fixed

relay: fix crash after /upgrade when relay clients are connected
api: fix creation of empty buffer in function infolist_new_var_buffer
core: fix detection of dl library (#2218)
logger: fix path displayed when the logs directory can not be created
perl: fix build with Perl < 5.7.29 (#2219, #2220)

Version 4.5.0 (2024-12-15)

Changed

api: return the buffer input callback return code in functions command and command_options
api: add special value - (hyphen-minus) in options of function command_options to prevent execution of commands
api: add property hotlist_conditions in function buffer_set
api: add support of flags in functions hook_signal_send and hook_hsignal_send
relay/api: allow array with multiple requests in websocket frame received from client
relay/api: support passing authentication in sub protocol header (#2205)
relay/api: combine request headers with the same name (#2206)
core, plugins: simplify help on parameters that can be repeated in commands
core: add optional hook types in command /debug hooks
php: add detection of PHP 8.3 and 8.4
ruby: fix detection of Ruby on macOS 14, require CMake ≥ 3.18 (#1156)
build: require Curl ≥ 7.47.0 (#2195)
build: require GnuTLS ≥ 3.3.0 (#2193)

Added

relay: display connection status in input prompt of remote buffers, if not connected or if fetching data from remote
irc: add option irc.look.notice_nicks_disable_notify
irc: add infos "irc_ptr_server", "irc_ptr_channel" and "irc_ptr_nick"

Fixed

core, plugins: fix integer overflow in loops (#2178, CVE-2024-46613)
irc: decode IRC colors only when displaying messages in buffer, store nick info with IRC colors (host, account, real name)
irc: do not strip trailing spaces from incoming IRC messages
irc: fix crash on /list buffer when a filter is set (#2197)
script: fix crash on /script buffer when a filter is set (#2214, #2215)
exec: fix unexpected execution of command with /exec -o when the command starts with two command chars (#2199)
relay/api: fix empty nicklist in remote buffers after connection or reconnection
relay/api: reply HTTP 400 (Bad Request) when the body received is not a dict in websocket data
core: fix too many sorts of hotlist when buffers are moved (#2097)
core: always send the signal "buffer_switch", even when the buffer is opening (#2198)
core, plugins: abort upgrade immediately if any upgrade file fails to be written
core: reload all plugins with command /plugin reload *
relay, xfer: fix letters with actions displayed on top of buffer
perl: fix crash when unloading Perl scripts with Perl 5.38 (#2209, #2213)
lua: fix compilation on Fedora with Lua < 5.2.0 (#2173, #2174)
core: fix build on Darwin (#2216)
core: fix build on Android (#2180)

Version 4.4.4 (2024-11-30)

Fixed

script: fix crash on /script buffer when a filter is set (#2214, #2215)
core: fix too many sorts of hotlist when buffers are moved (#2097)
relay, xfer: fix letters with actions displayed on top of buffer
build: fix detection of Ruby on macOS 14, require CMake ≥ 3.18 (#1156)
perl: fix crash when unloading Perl scripts with Perl 5.38 (#2209, #2213)

Version 4.4.3 (2024-10-30)

Fixed

irc: fix crash on /list buffer when a filter is set (#2197)
core: always send the signal "buffer_switch", even when the buffer is opening (#2198)
core: fix build on Android (#2180)

Version 4.4.2 (2024-09-08)

Fixed

core, plugins: fix integer overflow in loops (#2178, CVE-2024-46613)

Version 4.4.1 (2024-08-19)

Fixed

lua: fix compilation on Fedora with Lua < 5.2.0 (#2173, #2174)

Version 4.4.0 (2024-08-17)

Changed

breaking: relay/api: flatten JSON event object sent to clients, always set "body_type" and "body" (null if there is no body) in websocket frame, add body types buffers and lines (array), add field "request_id" in websocket frame (request and response)
breaking: core, plugins: force "short_name" in buffers to non-empty value (name by default), remove buffer property "short_name_is_set"
breaking: alias: display an error with /alias add or /alias addcompletion when the alias already exists, add options addreplace and addreplacecompletion in command /alias (#2095)
breaking: irc: rename parameter -re to -raw in command /list (#2124)
breaking: api: add constants for IPv6 and allow force of IPv6 in function hook_connect (#2164)
breaking: irc: convert server option ipv6 from boolean to enum (disable, auto, force) (#2164)
breaking: core: convert proxy option ipv6 from boolean to enum (disable, auto, force), set option to auto by default when creating a new proxy (#2164)
core: add option addreplace in commands /bar and /proxy (#2095)
irc: add option addreplace in commands /ignore, /notify and /server (#2095)
relay: add option addreplace in commands /relay and /remote (#2095)
core: allow buffer id in commands /buffer and /print, in addition to number and name
core: allow mask in command /item refresh
relay: enable websocket extension "permessage-deflate" with "api" relay only (#1549)
relay/api: add automatic reconnection to remote, add remote option "autoreconnect_delay" in remote, add options relay.api.remote_autoreconnect_delay_growing and relay.api.remote_autoreconnect_delay_max (#2166)
relay/api: automatically reconnect to remotes with "autoconnect" enabled after /upgrade
relay/api: add field "hidden" in GET /api/buffers, add support of hidden buffers in remote client (#2159)
relay/api: add field "time_displayed" in GET /api/buffers, add support of time displayed in remote client buffers
relay/weechat: add line id in buffer lines sent to clients
relay: display connection status in output of commands /remote list and /remote listfull
relay: add option reconnect in command /remote (#2160)
irc: add support of message 569 (whois, connecting from) (#2162)
api: allow NULL value for key in hashtable
doc: rename doc "weechat_relay_protocol" to "weechat_relay_weechat"

Added

core: add command line option --build-info / -i to display information about build options (#449)
irc: add option -export in command /list, add option irc.look.list_buffer_format_export
relay: add option relay.network.websocket_permessage_deflate (#1549)
relay: add option relay.look.raw_messages_max_length (#2122)
relay: add infos "relay_api_version" and "relay_api_version_number"
relay/api: add event "quit", sent to clients when WeeChat is quitting (#2168)
script: add info "script_info"
core: add hdata count in evaluation of expressions with hdata_count:name[list] or hdata_count:name[pointer]
core: add info "window" (#2141)
core: add completion "bars_items"
core: add signals "layout_buffers_applied" and "layout_windows_applied" (#2167)
core: add signal "buffer_time_for_each_line_changed"
api, relay: send new signal "buffer_line_data_changed" when a line is updated in a buffer via hdata, send event "buffer_line_data_changed" to clients of "api" and "weechat" protocols
api: add hashtable type "longlong"
api: add function line_search_by_id
doc: add doc on "api" relay

Fixed

python: fix crash on quit with Python 3.12 (#2046, #2126)
core: fix crash when deleting a bar that has no items (#2138)
relay/api: fix crash when sending data to a remote buffer when the remote has been deleted (#2157)
irc, xfer: fix display of input prompt in IRC private buffers and DCC chat buffers (#2128)
irc: fix send of split messages when server option "anti_flood" set to 0 (#2172)
core: fix generation of TOTP on FreeBSD (#2171)
core: apply buffer properties (options weechat.buffer.*) when a buffer name is changed
irc: fix property "short_name" of channel buffer when the joined channel has a different case than the /join command
irc: close /list buffer when the server buffer is closed (#2121)
irc: clear /list buffer when disconnecting from server (#2133)
irc: display an explicit message on /list buffer when the list of channels is empty (#2133)
xfer: fix send of data on the DCC chat buffer after /upgrade if the buffer was opened before the upgrade (#2092)
core: fix refresh of bar item "scroll" in root bar after /buffer clear (#590)
core, plugins: return "0x0" instead of "(nil)" for pointers formatted in strings
core: send signal "buffer_moved" for all buffers affected by merge/unmerge
ruby: fix builtin functions not available (#2109)
php: fix return value of function hdata_longlong
tcl: fix return value of function hdata_longlong (#2119)
relay/api: fix connection to remote using an IPv6 address with square brackets (#2156)
relay/api: allow clients without authentication when no relay password is defined and option relay.network.allow_empty_password is on (#2158)
relay/api: fix connection to remote without password (#2158)
relay/api: fix timezone of dates sent to clients (#2151)
relay/api: clear lines and nicklist on all remote buffers upon successful connection to the remote (#2161)
relay/api: fix buffers synchronization with existing buffers that have been renamed on remote in the meanwhile (#2169)
relay/api: do not reset input text on existing buffers when reconnecting to the remote
relay/api: close obsolete buffers when reconnecting to the remote
relay/api: fix "body_type" returned when lines or nicks of a buffer are requested
relay/api: fix read of one buffer line
relay/api: automatically disconnect when the command /upgrade is executed on the remote
relay/api: fix send of data to remote after command /upgrade executed in the remote client
relay/api: disconnect from remote in case of error when sending data
relay/api: disconnect cleanly when the remote is quitting (#2168)
relay: fix websocket permessage-deflate extension when the client doesn't send the max window bits parameters (#1549)
relay: fix allocation and reinit of field "client_context_takeover" in websocket deflate structure (#1549)
spell: improve error displayed when a word cannot be added to the dictionary (#2144)
core: fix completion of command /item refresh
lua: remote string "Lua" from Lua version in output of /debug libs
core: fix detection of libgcrypt ≥ 1.11 (debian #1071960)
core, relay: fix include directory of libcjson and libzstd
tests: fix relay tests on s390x (#2118)
tests: fix check of php plugin (#2117)
tests: fix compilation of tests on Fedora 40 (#2116)
tests: fix compilation of tests on Rocky 9.4

Version 4.3.6 (2024-08-15)

Fixed

core: fix generation of TOTP on FreeBSD (#2171)
relay/api: fix crash when sending data to a remote buffer when the remote has been deleted (#2157)
relay/api: fix timezone of dates sent to clients (#2151)

Version 4.3.5 (2024-07-16)

Fixed

ruby: fix crash in plugin initialization (#2163)

Version 4.3.4 (2024-07-03)

Fixed

python: fix crash on quit with Python 3.12 (#2046, #2126)
core: fix crash when deleting a bar that has no items (#2138)
ruby: fix builtin functions not available (#2109)
relay/api: fix "body_type" returned when lines or nicks of a buffer are requested

Version 4.3.3 (2024-06-22)

Fixed

core, plugins: return "0x0" instead of "(nil)" for pointers formatted in strings

Version 4.3.2 (2024-06-06)

Changed

relay: enable websocket extension "permessage-deflate" with "api" relay only (#1549)

Added

relay: add option relay.look.raw_messages_max_length (#2122)

Fixed

irc, xfer: fix display of input prompt in IRC private buffers and DCC chat buffers (#2128)
irc: don't return pointer to irc server if the channel or nick is not found in info "irc_buffer"
relay: fix websocket permessage-deflate extension when the client doesn't send the max window bits parameters (#1549)
relay: fix allocation and reinit of field "client_context_takeover" in websocket deflate structure (#1549)

Version 4.3.1 (2024-05-31)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

Fixed

irc: don't return pointer to irc server if the channel or nick is not found in info "irc_buffer"
irc: close /list buffer when the server buffer is closed (#2121)
xfer: fix send of data on the DCC chat buffer after /upgrade if the buffer was opened before the upgrade (#2092)
php: fix return value of function hdata_longlong
tcl: fix return value of function hdata_longlong (#2119)
core: fix detection of libgcrypt ≥ 1.11 (debian #1071960)
core, relay: fix include directory of libcjson and libzstd
tests: fix relay tests on s390x (#2118)
tests: fix check of php plugin (#2117)
tests: fix compilation of tests on Fedora 40 (#2116)
tests: fix compilation of tests on Rocky 9.4

Version 4.3.0 (2024-05-26)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

Changed

breaking: irc: add server option "autojoin_delay" (delay before autojoin), use option "command_delay" before execution of the command (#862)
breaking: irc: rename option irc.color.item_channel_modes to weechat.color.status_modes
breaking: irc: add option -all in command /allchan, do not execute command on parted channels by default (#2085)
breaking: relay: rename option relay.weechat.commands to relay.network.commands and change default to *,!quit (#2066)
breaking: relay: change option type relay.look.auto_open_buffer to string (#2066)
breaking: core: add buffer properties "input_prompt" and "modes", used to display bar items (#2066)
breaking: core: add bar item "lag" to display lag on relay remote buffers (#2066)
breaking: core: send signal "buffer_line_added" on buffers with free content
breaking: core: convert option weechat.look.hotlist_sort to a list of fields (#2097)
breaking: core: rename variables with creation time in hdata "hotlist": "creation_time.tv_sec" to "time" and "creation_time.tv_usec" to "time_usec"
breaking: api: return -1 or 1 if one input string is NULL and not the other in string comparison functions
breaking: api: use whole replacement string instead of first char in function string_remove_color
core: use nick offline color for nick in action message (#446)
core: display a specific message when the value of option is unchanged after /set command
core: add variable ${highlight} in option weechat.look.buffer_time_format (#2079)
core: reintroduce help on the variables and operators in /help eval (#2005)
core: allow case-insensitive search of partial buffer name with (?i)name in command /buffer
core: use function util_strftimeval in evaluation of expression date:xxx
fset: allow filename starting with "~" in command /fset -export
irc: store lag in channel and private buffers (local variable "lag"), in addition to the server buffer
irc: allow range in commands /unban and /unquiet (#2113)
tcl: add support of Tcl 9.0 (#2075)

Added

relay: add "api" protocol (HTTP REST API), add options relay.look.display_clients, relay.api.remote_get_lines and relay.network.time_window (#2066)
relay: add command /remote to connect to remote WeeChat relay servers (#2066)
relay: add support of websocket extension "permessage-deflate" (#1549)
core, api: add unique identifier "id" in buffer and nicklist (group and nick), add function "hdata_longlong", allow search by buffer id in function buffer_search, allow search by group and nick id in functions nicklist_search_group and nicklist_search_nick (#2081)
core: add support of XDG "state" directory (#2106, #1747)
core: add support of SGR mouse events (#2082)
fset: add option -import in command /fset
core: add option -s in command /command to execute multiple commands separated by semicolons
core: add option malloc_trim in command /sys
core: add option weechat.look.config_permissions (#2057)
core: add option weechat.look.highlight_prefix (#2079)
core: add option weechat.completion.case_sensitive
api: add functions config_option_get_{string|pointer} and config_{boolean|integer|string|color|enum}_inherited in scripting API
api: add modifier "color_decode" to decode WeeChat colors with a replacement string
api: add support of base64url in encode/decode functions
api: add support of specifier %! for timestamp in function util_strftimeval
api: add info "plugin_loaded"
script: add option enable in command /script
script: add info "script_loaded"

Fixed

core: fix conversion of WeeChat colors to ANSI colors: "default", "bar_fg", "bar_bg", "bar_delim"
core: fix recursive search of group in nicklist
core: use nick offline highlight color for prefix of action message when the nick is offline with a highlight
core: add missing hdata name "buffer" in hdata "hotlist"
core: fix reset to initial scroll position after search of text in buffer (#2093)
core: add missing mouse events "alt-ctrl-button2" and "alt-ctrl-button3"
core: remove trailing directory separators in home directories (#2070)
exec: remove trailing space on buffers with free content when line numbers are not displayed
exec: add missing exec tags in lines of buffers with free content (#2086)
irc: fix crash in split of IRC message containing a newline if the server is not given
irc: fix display of reply for CTCP request received on a channel when capability echo-message is enabled
irc: display CTCP reply to a nick in server buffer instead of channel
irc: add missing tags on self action messages when capability echo-message is enabled (#2074)
irc: don't strip monospace color code 0x11 from incoming messages (#2073)
irc: fix random date displayed when a received message contains tags but no "time" (#2064)
lua: fix freeze on call to "debug.debug" (#1906, #1907)
python: fix truncation of unsigned long long integer returned by function string_parse_size
relay: set the last IRC client disconnection time only after a successful connection (#2103)
script: always display list of scripts when searching scripts with /script search (#2077)
script: fix default mouse keys (#2076)
scripts: fix crash on script unload when a hook is created in a buffer close callback (#2067)
tcl: fix truncation of long integer returned by function hdata_long
trigger: fix memory leak when adding a new trigger with /trigger command

Version 4.2.3 (2024-05-31)

Fixed

xfer: fix send of data on the DCC chat buffer after /upgrade if the buffer was opened before the upgrade (#2092)
irc: fix crash in split of IRC message containing a newline if the server is not given
core, relay: fix include directory of libzstd

Version 4.2.2 (2024-04-07)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

Bug fixes

core: fix reset to initial scroll position after search of text in buffer (#2093)
core: add missing mouse events "alt-ctrl-button2" and "alt-ctrl-button3"
exec: remove trailing space on buffers with free content when line numbers are not displayed
exec: add missing exec tags in lines of buffers with free content (#2086)
irc: add missing tags on self action messages when capability echo-message is enabled (#2074)
python: fix truncation of unsigned long long integer returned by function string_parse_size
relay: set the last IRC client disconnection time only after a successful connection (#2103)
script: always display list of scripts when searching scripts with /script search (#2077)
script: fix default mouse keys (#2076)
scripts: fix crash on script unload when a hook is created in a buffer close callback (#2067)
tcl: fix truncation of long integer returned by function hdata_long
trigger: fix memory leak when adding a new trigger with /trigger command

Tests

core: fix tests on function strftimeval on Alpine

Version 4.2.1 (2024-01-22)

Bug fixes

irc: fix random date displayed when a received message contains tags but no "time" (#2064)

Version 4.2.0 (2024-01-21)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add variable "opening" in buffer, do not send buffer signals when the buffer is opening
core: store microseconds in buffer lines (#649)
core: evaluate expressions even when the suffix is missing (} by default) (#2042, #1714)
core: add syntax highlighting in evaluation of expressions with raw_hl:string and hl:string, add option weechat.color.eval_syntax_colors (#2042)
core: add option search_history in command /input, add key Ctrl+r to search in commands history, add key context "histsearch" (#2040)
core: add option weechat.look.buffer_search_history (#2040)
core: add key Ctrl+o to send command found and insert next one in input (#2040)
core: add buffer variables "text_search_direction", "text_search_history" and "text_search_ptr_history" (#2040)
core: move key Ctrl+r to Ctrl+s (#2040)
core: move key Ctrl+s, Ctrl+u to Alt+Shift+U (#2040)
core: display only version with command /version, add options -o and -ol in command /upgrade
core: add number of processes in command /sys waitpid
core, alias, trigger: allow wildcard in commands /bar, /filter, /item, /proxy, /alias and /trigger (#1956)
api: add support of format/translation of command arguments description line by line (#2005)
api: add function string_concat (#2005)
api: add functions util_strftimeval, util_parse_time, printf_datetime_tags, printf_y_datetime_tags (#649)
api: add argument "date_usec" in hook_print callback (#649)
api: add property "type" in function buffer_get_string
api: add info "mouse"
buflist: jump to previous/next buffer displayed in buflist item with ctrl+wheel up/down on a buflist item (#1473)
irc: add option irc.look.display_host_wallops
irc: add server option "anti_flood" (now in milliseconds), remove server options "anti_flood_prio_{high|low}" (#1039)
irc: add option irc.look.list_buffer
irc: change default value of server option "tls_priorities" to NORMAL
irc: add support of RGB colors in messages, add option irc.color.term_remap (#2025)
irc: add tags "nick_xxx" and "host_xxx" in all messages, including self and server messages
irc: add option irc.look.ignore_tag_messages (#989)
relay: change default value of option relay.network.tls_priorities to NORMAL
trigger: change format of variables ${tg_date} from "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" to "%FT%T.%f" (#649)
trigger: rename local variable "trigger_filter" to "filter" on monitor buffer (#2037)

Bug fixes

core: fix crash on plugin reload when using musl libc (#2052)
core: fix infinite loop in display when the chat area is too small (#2053)
core: fix value of buffer variable "num_history" when the value defined in option weechat.history.max_commands is reached
core: remove incorrect warning when binding keys F10 to F20 (#2039)
core: call hook config when options are removed
core: display an error with command /history N when N is not a valid integer
core: fix memory leak when config version is invalid or not supported
core: fix crash when "config_version" is present in a configuration file without a value
core: display an error on startup if environment variable "HOME" is not set
core: fix crash when a custom bar item name is already used by a default bar item (#2034)
core: fix random timeouts when a lot of concurrent processes are launched with hook_process (#2033)
api: return NULL instead of empty infolist "key" when context is not found
irc: check if arguments are not NULL in some infos
irc: fix info "irc_is_message_ignored" (#2059)
irc: fix display of self messages when the message split fails due to inconsistent max lengths sent by the server in message 005
irc: display messages 730/731 (monitored nicks online/offline) even if command /notify was not used (#2049)
irc: remove trailing "\r\n" in signals "irc_out" and "irc_outtags" when messages are queued
irc: fix target buffer of IRC message 337 (whois reply: "is hiding their idle time")
irc: revert compute of nick colors to case-sensitive way, deprecate again infos "irc_nick_color" and "irc_nick_color_name" (#194, #2032)
relay: close properly connection with the IRC client in case of server disconnection (#2038)
ruby: fix use of NULL variable when displaying exception

Tests

core: add tests on plugin config and plugin API info functions
irc: add tests on info functions

Build

core: make libintl.h required if CMake option ENABLE_NLS is enabled (#2031)
ruby: add detection of Ruby 3.3

Version 4.1.3 (2024-01-20)

Bug fixes

core: fix crash on plugin reload when using musl libc (#2052)
core: fix infinite loop in display when the chat area is too small (#2053)
irc: check if arguments are not NULL in some infos
irc: fix info "irc_is_message_ignored" (#2059)
irc: fix display of self messages when the message split fails due to inconsistent max lengths sent by the server in message 005

Version 4.1.2 (2023-12-03)

Bug fixes

core: fix value of buffer variable "num_history" when the value defined in option weechat.history.max_commands is reached
core: remove incorrect warning when binding keys F10 to F20 (#2039)
core: fix memory leak when config version is invalid or not supported
core: fix crash when "config_version" is present in a configuration file without a value
core: display an error on startup if environment variable "HOME" is not set
irc: remove trailing "\r\n" in signals "irc_out" and "irc_outtags" when messages are queued
irc: fix target buffer of IRC message 337 (whois reply: "is hiding their idle time")
relay: close properly connection with the IRC client in case of server disconnection (#2038)
ruby: fix use of NULL variable when displaying exception

Version 4.1.1 (2023-10-26)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

Bug fixes

core: fix crash when a custom bar item name is already used by a default bar item (#2034)
core: fix random timeouts when a lot of concurrent processes are launched with hook_process (#2033)
irc: revert compute of nick colors to case-sensitive way, deprecate again infos "irc_nick_color" and "irc_nick_color_name" (#194, #2032)

Build

core: make libintl.h required if CMake option ENABLE_NLS is enabled (#2031)

Version 4.1.0 (2023-10-15)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add completion "eval_variables", used in completion of /eval
core: add command /sys to show resource limits/usage and suspend WeeChat process, add key Ctrl+z to suspend WeeChat (#985)
core: ignore key bindings with empty command
core: add support of quotes in commands /key bind and /key bindctxt
core: evaluate command given to /repeat with contextual variables (#2007)
core: add option callbacks in command /debug
core: add option type "enum" (#1973)
core: add options weechat.buffer.* to save buffer properties set by user, add option setauto in command /buffer (#352)
core: add parameters and key bindings to move to edges of current area with commands /cursor go and /cursor move (#1282)
core: add variables "_chat_focused_line_bol" and "_chat_focused_line_eol" in focus data (#1955)
api: add function hook_url, add option url in command /debug (#1723)
api: add support of path to variable and hashtable comparison in function hdata_compare (#1066)
api: add infos "nick_color_ignore_case" and "nick_color_name_ignore_case" (#194)
api: add info "buffer" (#1962)
buflist: add support of item names in command /buflist refresh, add completions "buflist_items" and "buflist_items_used"
buflist: increase max number of buflist items from 3 to 5 (#1703)
fset: add variable allowed_values in options, add options fset.color.allowed_values and fset.color.allowed_values_selected
fset: allow long type name in type filter
irc: add count for all nick modes in output of /names (#97, #2020)
irc: add count and mode filter in command /names (#98)
irc: compute color in case-insensitive way, reintroduce infos "irc_nick_color" and "irc_nick_color_name", add support of server name (#194)
irc: add buffer for /list reply, add options irc.color.list_buffer_line_selected, irc.color.list_buffer_line_selected_bg, irc.look.list_buffer_sort, irc.look.list_buffer_scroll_horizontal, irc.look.new_list_position, irc.look.list_buffer_topic_strip_colors (#1972)
irc: display commands 716/717 in private buffer (if present) (#146)
irc: create default options irc.ctcp.* when file irc.conf is created (#1974)
irc: evaluate options irc.ctcp.* (#1974)
irc: build dynamically the list of CTCPs supported in reply to "CTCP CLIENTINFO" (#1974)
irc: remove Git revision and compilation date from CTCP VERSION reply (#1974)
irc: remove default CTCP replies FINGER and USERINFO (#1974)
irc, xfer: add support of passive DCC (#2004, #487)
script: rename parameters up/down/go to -up/-down/-go in command /script
script: allow jump to the last script with command /script -go end
script: allow commands /script autoload, /script noautoload, /script toggleautoload with scripts not present in the repository (#1980)
trigger: add options -o, -ol, -i and -il in command /trigger list (#1953)

Bug fixes

core: fix zombie processes after fork (hook process or connect) (#1994)
core: fix generation of TOTP on Big Endian systems (#2021)
core: fix cursor position after /plugin list -i or /plugin list -il
core: display focus hashtable for debug even if no key is matching
fset: add local key bindings during the buffer creation
fset: remove extra spaces between min and max values when second format is used
fset: fix mouse actions when second format is used
fset: apply option fset.color.help_description (#1988)
irc: move value -all at the end of completions for command /ignore del
irc: fix memory leak when joining channels with keys
irc: fix unexpected message sent to server when part of the second line of an IRC command (#1992)
irc: fix display of country code in message 344 received as whois geo info (#1736)
irc: add missing "account-tag" in list of supported capabilities
irc: add channel in "autojoin" server option only when the channel is actually joined (#1990)
relay: synchronize nick modes with IRC client upon connection (#1984)
script: add local key bindings during the buffer creation
script: add parameters up/down/go in /help script and command completion
script: fix cursor position after /script list -i or /script list -il
script: fix buffer used by command /script list -i|-il|-o|-ol
xfer: display an error message when opening file for read or write fails (#2010)

Tests

core: add tests on GUI buffer functions

Build

core: fix build error if CMake option ENABLE_NLS is turned to off or if required dependencies are not found (#2026)
core, logger, relay: make zstd dependency optional (#2024)

Version 4.0.8 (2024-01-20)

Bug fixes

core: fix crash on plugin reload when using musl libc (#2052)
core: fix infinite loop in display when the chat area is too small (#2053)
irc: check if arguments are not NULL in some infos
irc: fix info "irc_is_message_ignored" (#2059)
irc: fix display of self messages when the message split fails due to inconsistent max lengths sent by the server in message 005

Version 4.0.7 (2023-12-03)

Bug fixes

core: fix value of buffer variable "num_history" when the value defined in option weechat.history.max_commands is reached
core: remove incorrect warning when binding keys F10 to F20 (#2039)
core: fix memory leak when config version is invalid or not supported
core: fix crash when "config_version" is present in a configuration file without a value
core: display an error on startup if environment variable "HOME" is not set
irc: remove trailing "\r\n" in signals "irc_out" and "irc_outtags" when messages are queued
irc: fix target buffer of IRC message 337 (whois reply: "is hiding their idle time")
relay: close properly connection with the IRC client in case of server disconnection (#2038)
ruby: fix use of NULL variable when displaying exception

Version 4.0.6 (2023-10-26)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

Bug fixes

core: fix crash when a custom bar item name is already used by a default bar item (#2034)
core: fix generation of TOTP on Big Endian systems (#2021)
irc: move value -all at the end of completions for command /ignore del
irc: fix memory leak when joining channels with keys

Build

core: fix build error if CMake option ENABLE_NLS is turned to off or if required dependencies are not found (#2026, #2031)

Version 4.0.5 (2023-09-24)

New features

core: automatically backup config file read if it has an unsupported version (#2013)
core: display a message when a configuration file is updated to a newer version
python: make stub (weechat.pyi) compatible with Python 3.8 and 3.9 (#2006)

Bug fixes

irc: add option irc.look.open_pv_buffer_echo_msg to open private buffer on self message when capability echo-message is enabled (#2016)
irc: fix title of private buffers wrongly set to own address when capability echo-message is enabled (#2016)
irc: fix autojoin of channels when private buffers are opened (#2012)
irc: fix string comparison when CASEMAPPING is set to "ascii"
script: fix removal of script in system directory while trying to install a script (#2019)
script: fix autoload of multiple scripts at once with /script autoload (#2018)
script: fix crash when a /script command triggers another /script command (#923)
xfer: fix memory leak on plugin unload

Tests

irc: add tests on server functions

Version 4.0.4 (2023-08-22)

Bug fixes

core: fix integer overflow when setting integer option with ++N or --N
core: fix increment/decrement of options weechat.notify.*
irc: add missing tags on multiline messages (#1987)
irc: fix redirection of command /list when the reply doesn't start with message 321 (start of /list)
irc: fix wrong time displayed for CTCP messages received from self nick (#2000)
logger: remove trailing empty line in display of backlog (#2002)
perl: fix display of non-ASCII chars after load of a script with Perl >= 5.38 (#1996)
script: adjust scroll after command /script go N
scripts: fix function string_parse_size on 32-bit systems (python and ruby) (#1999)
xfer: fix conversion of string to IPv4 on 32-bit systems (#1999)

Tests

irc: fix tests on function irc_join_compare_join_channel (#1997)
scripts: fix tests of functions print_date_tag, print_y_date_tags and hook_timer on 32-bit systems (#1999)

Version 4.0.3 (2023-08-08)

Bug fixes

core: fix input length and crash after delete of line (#1989)
irc: fix display of self CTCP message containing bold attribute (#1981)
irc: fix memory leak in IRC message parser
irc: fix switch to channel manually joined when server option autojoin_dynamic is on and option irc.look.buffer_switch_autojoin is off (#1982)
irc: fix display of outgoing notice with channel when capability "echo-message" is enabled (#1991)
relay: fix display of IRC CTCP messages received from client (#1986)

Build

doc: display a warning if a locale is missing with fallback to English for auto-generated content (#1985)

Version 4.0.2 (2023-07-12)

Bug fixes

core: fix renaming of options with command /item rename (#1978)
core: don't send "key_pressed" signal again for the same key press (#1976)
core: don't send "key_combo_*" signals for incomplete keys (#1976)
core: add key Ctrl+Backspace in /help key (#1975)
core: keep keys ctrl-H and ctrl-? (in lower case) if they were manually bound to custom commands in a previous version

Tests

core: fix hdata tests failure on Alpine 3.18
relay: fix crash in tests on Alpine 3.18

Build

php: fix detection of PHP 8.2 on Alpine 3.18

Version 4.0.1 (2023-06-30)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

Bug fixes

core: force key "return" to command "/input return" when migrating legacy keys
core: display actual key name and command with key Alt+k, remove key Alt+K (grab raw key) and associated commands /input grab_raw_key and /input grab_raw_key_command
core: check for newline characters in string_is_whitespace_char (#1968)
api: do not convert option name to lower case in API functions config_set_plugin and config_set_desc_plugin
guile: fix crash on quit with Guile < 3 (#1965)
irc: reply to a CTCP request sent to self nick (#1966)
irc: sent "QUIT" message to servers connected with TLS on /upgrade

Version 4.0.0 (2023-06-24)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: use human readable key bindings, separate keys with comma in combos, remove modifier "meta2-", add option legacy in command /key (#1238, task #10317)
core: make keys normal options, so they are shown and can be updated with /set and /fset commands (task #12427, task #11783)
core: add key Alt+K (upper case) to grab raw key and its command (#1238)
core: add option key in command /debug (#1238)
core: force ctrl keys to lower case when they are added (#1875)
core: use 256 colors by default and always allow 256 colors, find nearest color if less colors are available in terminal (#1920)
core: insert multiple pasted lines in input instead of sending immediately, add keys to move and delete in a single line and whole input, add option weechat.look.input_multiline_lead_linebreak (#1502, #1503, #1504)
core: render newline characters in chat line messages (#1908)
core: don't split on newline characters in printf_date_tags when input_multiline is set (#1909)
core: add key l (lower L) in cursor mode to quote line, add variable "_chat_focused_line" in function hashtable sent to hook_focus callback (#1913, #1914)
core: add option split_return in command /input (#1916)
core: send all command line parameters not beginning with a dash to all plugins
core: add command /reset to reset options to their default values
core: add option rename in command /bar
core: add relative move of read marker with /buffer set unread [+/-]N (#1895)
core: add access to hashtable properties in evaluation of expressions (#1888)
core: display similar command names when a command is unknown (#1877)
core: rename option weechat.color.status_name_ssl to weechat.color.status_name_tls (#1903)
core: add option weechat.color.status_name_insecure to display buffer name with a specific color when not connected with TLS to the server
core, plugins: make many identifiers case-sensitive (#1872, #398, bug #32213)
core: add item "mouse_status" in default status bar, change default color to lightgreen
core, trigger: add options weechat.color.chat_status_disabled and weechat.color.chat_status_enabled, remove options trigger.color.trigger and trigger.color.trigger_disabled, add enabled/disabled status color in output of /filter list (#1820)
core: add completions "filters_names_disabled" and "filters_names_enabled", used in completion of /filter disable and /filter enable
api: add function config_set_version (#1238)
api: don't split on newline by default in functions command and command_options when input_multiline is set to 0
api: add optional argument with version in info "version_number"
api: add info "auto_load_scripts"
alias: use lower case for default aliases, rename all aliases to lower case on upgrade (#1872)
alias: add $& to replace all arguments with double quotes escaped (#1140, #1190)
alias: add options missing and rename in command /alias
fifo: add support of escaped chars in text or commands sent (#1950)
fset: add options fset.color.color_name and fset.color.color_name_selected (#1920)
irc: rename "ssl" options to "tls", connect with TLS and port 6697 by default (#1903)
irc: add support of capabilities "batch" and "draft/multiline" (#1292, #1923)
irc: add support of capability "echo-message" (#139)
irc: display CTCP ACTION to channel on the channel buffer (#207)
irc: display STATUSMSG actions differently from standard actions on channels (#1577)
irc: add modifier "irc_cap_sync_req" (#1767)
irc: add support of "LINELEN" in message 005 (max message length in bytes) (#1927)
irc: add support of "UTF8ONLY" in message 005 (#1688)
irc: add command /action (#201, #1577)
irc: add command /rules (#1864)
irc: add command /knock (#7)
irc: add server option "registered_mode", add fields "authentication_method" and "sasl_mechanism_used" in server (#1625)
irc: add option join in command /autojoin
irc: use key when /joining in open channel buffer (#1260)
irc: add option buffer in command /autojoin sort (#1876)
irc: add ${username} in server options "nicks" and "username", change their default values to use it
irc: add infos "irc_server_cap" and "irc_server_cap_value"
irc: add option irc.look.display_host_notice
irc: add tag "new_host_xxx" in message displayed for command CHGHOST (#1808)
logger: add option logger.file.log_conditions (#1942)
logger: add info "logger_log_file"
relay: rename "ssl" options and protocol to "tls" (#1903)
relay: make TLS certificate/key loading error handling more verbose (#1558)
relay: add modifiers "relay_client_irc_in", "relay_client_irc_out1" and "relay_client_irc_out" in irc protocol
relay: add support of capability "echo-message" in irc protocol (#1949)
relay: add handshake option "escape_commands" in weechat protocol
trigger: add completions "trigger_names_disabled" and "trigger_names_enabled", used in completion of /trigger disable and /trigger enable

Bug fixes

core: fix refresh of bar item "input_search" after buffer switch in root bars (#1939)
core: fix completion after newline in input (#1925)
core: fix partial completion when the common prefix found is empty (#340)
core: display a specific error when trying to bind a key without area in mouse context
core: fix display of key with command /key bindctxt <context> <key>
core: fix default value of bar options (#846)
core: allow any valid boolean value in command /bar set <name> separator xxx
core: run config hooks only when value or default value is actually changed in set/reset/unset functions
core: fix crash in case of NULL message sent to function gui_chat_printf_y_date_tags (#1883)
core: allow command /input move_next_word going to the end of line (#1881)
core: ignore incomplete ctrl/meta/meta2 codes in keys
core: fix display glitch in command errors when a wide char is set in option weechat.look.command_chars (#1871)
core: fix update of terminal title in some terminals like suckless terminal (stterm) (#1882)
core: fix infinite loop on startup when running some gui commands before the switch to core buffer is performed (#1917)
api: readjust string size in function string_dyn_free when string is not freed
buflist: do not display keys added in default context on first load
exec: remove trailing "M" (carriage return) in output of commands
fset: remove scroll to top of fset buffer when options are added or removed (#1892)
guile: fix crash when plugin is loaded on GNU/Hurd (#1951)
irc: fix format of IRC tags displayed in messages (use "=" to separate key from value, do not convert "_" to "-") (#1929)
irc: reset all internal servers variables when disconnecting
irc: start from the beginning of nicks at automatic reconnection (#337, #965)
irc: fix join of channels in "autojoin" server option on first connection to server if auto reconnection is performed (#1873)
irc: update autojoin option with redirected channels when autojoin_dynamic is enabled (#1898)
irc: update secure data when server autojoin option contains ${sec.data.xxx} and option autojoin_dynamic is enabled (#1934)
irc: don't switch to buffer of joined channel if it was neither manually joined nor present in server autojoin option
irc: fix target buffer for commands 432/433 (erroneous nickname/nickname already in use) when the nickname looks like a channel
irc: display command 437 on server buffer when nickname cannot change while banned on channel (#88)
irc: add messages 415 (cannot send message to channel) and 742 (mode cannot be set)
irc: add missing tag "log3" in notify messages
irc: add missing tags "irc_cap" and "log3" in cap messages (client capability)
irc: fix split of CTCP message with no arguments
irc: remove extra space in CTCP ACTION message sent without arguments
logger: fix display of multiline messages in backlog (#1926)
lua: fix crash with print when the value to print is not a string (#1904, #1905)
relay: fix crash on /upgrade when at least a client is connected with weechat protocol
relay: fix connection with IRC clients sending "CAP REQ :" (without capability) and not sending "CAP END" (#1040)
ruby: fix crash on quit when a child process is still running (#1889, #1915)
ruby: fix crash in display of exception backtrace with Ruby 3 (#1631, #1886)
script: remove trailing "J" (line feed char) in source of scripts displayed
spell: check buffer pointer received in info "spell_dict"
trigger: make default triggers "cmd_pass", "cmd_pass_register" and "server_pass" compatible with multiline input (#1935)
typing: fix crash when pointer buffer is not received in callback for signal "input_text_changed" (#1869)
typing: remove nicks typing even when option typing.look.enabled_self is off (#1718)

Tests

core: add tests on URL functions
gui: add tests on bar and key functions
alias: add tests on alias functions
irc: check tags in messages displayed by IRC plugin
irc: add tests on function irc_server_alloc_with_url
irc: add tests on message/notice/action/CTCP sent
logger: add tests on tail functions
relay: add tests on "irc" protocol

Build

core: remove build with autotools (#1860)
core: remove RPM packaging
core: remove build of .bz2 and .zst files in make dist
core: remove obsolete cpack config
core: add "stable-number" and "devel-number" in script version.sh
core: add quotes around paths in CMake files (#29)
doc: convert docgen.py to C, remove autogen files from repository, add parameter --doc-gen to weechat-headless binary, add CMake option "ENABLE_DOC_INCOMPLETE"

Version 3.8 (2023-01-08)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add option weechat.look.chat_space_right (#1862)
core: allow value "0" in buffer property "unread" to remove read marker from buffer
core: add command /allbuf
core: add command /hotlist
core: move some /input actions to commands /allbuf, /buffer and /hotlist
core: improve case convert and insensitive char comparisons (#258)
core: add color attributes "blink" and "dim" (half bright) (#1855)
core: allow command /toggle to create option before setting the value, if allowed in the section (#1837)
core: add signals "buffer_user_input_xxx" and "buffer_user_closing_xxx" for buffers created with /buffer add (#1848)
core: add identifier in buffer lines (#901)
core: add option unicode in command /debug
api: add Curl options for versions 7.64.0 to 7.87.0
api: add functions string_strcmp and string_strncmp
api: rename char comparison functions "utf8_char*" to "string_char*"
api: return arithmetic difference between chars in functions string_charcmp, string_charcasecmp, string_charcasecmp_range, string_strcasecmp, string_strcasecmp_range, string_strncasecmp, string_strncasecmp_range, string_strcmp_ignore_chars
api: return newly allocated string in functions string_tolower and string_toupper
api: add function utf8_strncpy
trigger: add regex command "y" to translate chars, set default regex command to "s" (regex replace) (#1510)

Bug fixes

core: fix color when the delimiter is not followed by a background color (#1867)
core: display chars the same way in chat and bars, replace tabulations by spaces in bars, display chars < 32 with letter in chat, do not display soft hyphens, zero width spaces and all non-printable chars (#1659, #1669, #1770)
core: fix context info in buffers with free content (#1832)
core: keep terminal title unchanged when option weechat.look.window_title is set to empty value (#1835, #1836)
core: fix crash when setting invalid color in option with null value (#1844)
api: do not check conditions defined in option weechat.look.hotlist_add_conditions when adding buffer in hotlist with function buffer_set
api: fix function strcmp_ignore_chars with case-sensitive comparison and wide chars starting with the same byte
api: send NULL values to config section callbacks in scripting API (#1843)
api: fix function string_cut when there are non printable chars in suffix
api: do not expect any return value in callbacks "callback_change" and "callback_delete" of function config_new_option (scripting API)
irc: properly rename private buffer on nick changes or privmsg/notice message when new nick is the same with different case
irc: do not join channels in server autojoin option after reconnection to the server (#560, bug #21529)
irc: escape backslashes in raw buffer (#1838)
trigger: fix variables sent to focus callback (#1858)

Tests

ci: remove use of repository ppa:ondrej/php, use standard PHP version (8.1) from Ubuntu 22.04
core: add script check_scripts.sh
core: add script check_curl_symbols.py
gui: add tests on input functions
scripts: add tests on config functions

Build

core: add CMake test called "notests" when tests are not compiled
core: rename scripts: build-debian.sh to build_debian.sh, build-test.sh to build_test.sh, git-version.sh to set_git_version.sh
debian: change dependency guile-2.2-dev to guile-3.0-dev
python: remove support of Python 2.x
ruby: add detection of Ruby 3.2
spell: add detection of enchant-2 (#1859)

Version 3.7.1 (2022-10-21)

Bug fixes

trigger: execute trigger command on appropriate buffer for hooks command, command_run, line, modifier and print (#1841)

Version 3.7 (2022-10-09)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add option -save in command /upgrade (#1630)
core: add option weechat.look.highlight_disable_regex and buffer property "highlight_disable_regex" (#1798)
core: sort filters by name (#1695)
core: add key Alt+Backspace to delete previous word, change key Ctrl+w to delete previous word until whitespace (#559)
api: rename function string_build_with_split_string to string_rebuild_split_string, add arguments "index_start" and "index_end"
api: add info "uptime_current"
api: add function crypto_hash_file
api: add support of priority in function hook_line (#1821)
api: add function string_parse_size
api: add function file_compress
buflist: add variable ${hotlist_priority_number} (integer version of ${hotlist_priority})
irc: display SETNAME command in channels and private buffers, add options irc.color.message_setname and irc.look.smart_filter_setname (#1805)
irc: add option irc.look.display_pv_nick_change
logger: add options to rotate and compress log files: logger.file.rotation_compression_level, logger.file.rotation_compression_type and logger.file.rotation_size_max (#314)
spell: allow special dict value "-" to disable spell checking on a specific buffer (#1699)
trigger: add elapsed time for trigger execution on monitor buffer when trigger debug is set, add option trigger.color.identifier (#1806)
trigger: add variable ${tg_hook_type} (#1765)

Bug fixes

core: fix wrong terminal title on terminal resize (#1702)
core: fix page scroll in bare display (#1830)
api: change type of argument remaining_calls in hook_timer callback from string to integer (in scripts)
api: change type of argument object_id in upgrade_new callback from string to integer (in scripts)
irc: fix duplicated channels in autojoin option when autojoin_dynamic is enabled (#1795)
irc: fix display of TOPIC and QUIT messages with an empty trailing parameter (#1797)
irc: fix parsing of messages with trailing spaces and no trailing parameter (#1803)
irc: add missing tag "irc_numeric" in all numeric IRC commands (#1804)
irc: display an error message when using command /dcc without xfer plugin loaded
irc: display ACCOUNT and CHGHOST commands in private buffers
irc: fix extract of isupport value when it is last in list and without value (#1807)
irc: fix target buffer of generic errors when they contain a target nick (#1814)
irc: fix display of message 350 (whois, gateway) (#1815)
irc: replace chars "\01" by spaces in CTCP replies (#1819)
irc: fix message when disconnecting from server in case of high lag when server option autoreconnect is off (#1708)
irc: set local variable "filter" when doing /server raw xxx with raw buffer already opened (#1448)
guile: fix function hdata_get_string
javascript: fix return of long value in functions infolist_time, hdata_long and hdata_time
php: fix function hdata_compare
relay: fix parsing of IRC messages received from clients (#1796)
relay: fix refresh of relay buffer after /upgrade
ruby: fix function hdata_get_string
scripts: fix issue with year ≥ 2038 in functions infolist_new_var_time, print_date_tags and print_y_date_tags (plugins: python/lua/tcl/guile/javascript)
scripts: fix issue with long interval in function hook_timer (plugins: python/ruby/lua/tcl/guile/javascript/php)
trigger: fix error on monitor buffer creation when trigger debug is >= 1 and monitor buffer is closed
trigger: escape arguments with double quotes in output of /trigger input|output|recreate (#190)
xfer: fix crash when closing DCC chat buffer
xfer: disconnect all active DCC chats and files on /upgrade
xfer: fix refresh of xfer buffer after /upgrade
xfer: fix DCC file receive on Termux (#1811)

Tests

ci: switch from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04
ci: remove macOS 10.15, add macOS 12
core: add tests on filter functions
scripts: add tests on hdata functions
scripts: fix run of Guile test script
xfer: add tests on file functions

Version 3.6 (2022-07-10)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add command /item to create custom bar items (#808)
core: add bar item "spacer" (#1700)
core: add case conversion in evaluation of expressions with lower:string and upper:string (#1778)
core: move detailed list of hooks from command /plugin listfull to /debug hooks <plugin>
core: allow to remove multiple filters at once with command /filter del
api: allow to catch multiple signals in functions hook_signal and hook_hsignal (#1780)
irc: rename option save to apply in command /autojoin
irc: add support of RPL_HELPSTART, RPL_HELPTXT and RPL_ENDOFHELP (messages 524, 704, 705, 706) (#1772)
php: add support of PHP 8.2 (#1787)

Bug fixes

core: fix bad window size on startup with some terminals like kitty (#1769)
api: run hook_print callback also on empty messages
buflist: fix memory leak when reading config and changing option buflist.look.sort
irc: remove channel from autojoin option when manually closing a buffer with /buffer close or /close
irc: fix add of channel to autojoin option when joining a channel with a buffer still opened
relay: fix save of channels in autojoin option when JOIN and PART commands are received from an IRC relay client (#1771)
trigger: add ${buffer.notify} > 0 in conditions of default trigger "beep"
trigger: fix completion of command /trigger add when there are spaces in the following arguments
trigger: fix memory leak in command /trigger addinput

Version 3.5 (2022-03-27)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: search in message tags when tags are displayed with /debug tags
core: add support of date and tags in messages displayed in buffers with free content, add function printf_y_date_tags (#1746)
irc: add command /autojoin, add server option "autojoin_dynamic"
irc: add IRC message tags in messages displayed (#1680)
relay: add zstd (Zstandard) compression in weechat protocol, remove option compression from init command, rename option relay.network.compression_level to relay.network.compression
trigger: add variables ${tg_tag_irc_xxx} containing IRC message tags (#1680)

Bug fixes

core: fix memory leak when removing a line on a buffer with free content
core: remove obsolete option weechat.plugin.debug (#1744)
core: fix search of commands with UTF-8 chars in name when option weechat.look.command_incomplete is on (#1739)
core: fix display of hotlist in buflist after changing value of option weechat.look.hotlist_sort (#1733)
api: add function buffer_new_props (#1759)
api: fix add of infolist items in hashtable when prefix contains UTF-8 chars in function hashtable_add_from_infolist (#1739)
guile: remove disabling of guile gmp allocator with Guile ≥ 3.0.8
irc: fix completion of channel topic with UTF-8 chars (#1739)
irc: fix parsing of messages 311, 312, 327 (whois) and 314 (whowas) in case of missing parameters
irc: fix parsing of message 223 (m_filter) sent by InspIRCd server (#1751)
irc: fix parsing of message 338 (whois, host) sent by Rizon server (#1737)
irc: fix display of message 344 received as whois geo info (#1736)
irc: fix display of message 901 (you are now logged out) (#1758)
irc: fix display of IRC numeric messages with no parameters
python: fix crash in hook callbacks after script loading failure (#1740)
scripts: allow NULL in parameters "default_value" and "value" of function config_new_option (#1761)
scripts: auto-load scripts with supported extensions only (#1698)
tcl: add constant $::weechat::WEECHAT_NULL (#1761)
trigger: fix search of triggers with UTF-8 chars in name (#1739)
xfer: fix auto-accept of server/nick when the server name contains UTF-8 chars (#1739)

Tests

ci: add build of Debian packages
core: add tests on GUI chat functions

Build

debian: change dependency libargon2-0-dev to libargon2-dev (debian #1005703)
ruby: add detection of Ruby 3.1

Version 3.4.1 (2022-03-13)

Bug fixes

core: set again TLS verification functions after options weechat.network.gnutls_ca_system and weechat.network.gnutls_ca_user are changed (#1763, CVE-2022-28352)

Version 3.4 (2021-12-18)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add support of static arrays in hdata
core: add command /toggle
api: add parameters pointers, extra_vars and options in function hdata_search
api: add user variables in evaluation of expressions with define:name,value
api: add IRC message parameters param1 to paramN and num_params in output of irc_message_parse
irc: allow quotes around IRC message in command /server fakerecv
trigger: hide key and password in command /msg nickserv setpass nick key password
trigger: add support of option -server when hiding passwords in command /msg nickserv register

Bug fixes

core: fix memory leak in evaluated expression split:number,seps,flags,xxx when multiple "strip_items" are given
core: fix random integer number with large range in evaluation of expressions on GNU/Hurd
core: fix access to integer/long/time arrays in hdata
api: fix search of option when the section is not given in functions config_search_option and config_search_section_option
irc: fix join of channels with long name (#1717)
irc: fix parsing of parameters in all IRC messages (#1666)
irc: fix parsing of CAP message when there is no prefix (#1707)
irc: fix parsing of TAGMSG message when there is a colon before the channel

Documentation

doc: remove tester's guide
doc: add dark theme (automatic, following browser/desktop settings)
doc: make build reproducible
doc: disable web fonts
doc: switch from prettify to pygments for syntax highlighting

Tests

ci: add build with CMake and Ninja
ci: add build on macOS 11

Build

ruby: add detection of Ruby 3.0 (#1721, #1605)
core: add targets "changelog" and "rn" to build HTML version of ChangeLog and release notes (CMake build only)

Version 3.3 (2021-09-19)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: change key Alt+h to Alt+h, Alt+c (clear hotlist)
core: add options hotlist_remove_buffer, hotlist_restore_buffer and hotlist_restore_all in command /input, add default keys Alt+h, Alt+m (remove buffer), Alt+h, Alt+r (restore hotlist in current buffer) and Alt+h, Alt+Shift+R (restore hotlist in all buffers)
core: add option certs in command /debug
core: add options -o, -ol, -i and -il in command /plugin list
api: add split of string and shell arguments in evaluation of expressions with split:number,seps,flags,xxx and split_shell:number,xxx
api: add ${re:repl_index} to get the index of replacement in function string_eval_expression (#1689)
api: add random integer number in evaluation of expressions with random:min,max
api: add function string_cut
api: add function file_copy (#1667)
api: remember insertion order in hashtables
api: add keys/values with tags in output of irc_message_parse_to_hashtable (#1654)
irc: add option -parted in command /allchan (#1685)
irc: allow signals "irc_raw_in" and "irc_in" to eat messages (#1657)
irc: implement IRCv3.2 SASL authentication, add command /auth, reconnect by default to the server in case of SASL authentication failure (#413)
irc: add support of capability "message-tags" and TAGMSG messages (#1654)
irc: enable all capabilities by default (if supported by server and WeeChat), change default value of option irc.server_default.capabilities to * (#320)
irc: add options irc.look.display_account_message and irc.look.display_extended_join (#320)
irc: add command /setname, add support of message and capability "setname" (#1653)
irc: always set realname in nicks even when extended-join capability is not enabled (#1653)
irc: add support of FAIL/WARN/NOTE messages (#1653)
irc: drop support of DH-BLOWFISH and DH-AES SASL mechanisms (#175)
typing: new plugin "typing": display users currently writing messages on IRC channel/private buffers

Bug fixes

core: fix decoding of attributes in basic ANSI colors (#1678)
api: fix function string_match with joker in the string if multiple words matched in input string
irc: fix send of empty JOIN when connecting to a server with only parted channels (#1638)
irc: fix SASL authentication when AUTHENTICATE message is received with a server name (#1679)
irc: remove unneeded message about Diffie-Hellman shared secret exchange during SSL connection to server (#857)
irc: escape/unescape IRC message tags values (#1654)
irc: set notify level to "private" for received WALLOPS
script: fix move of installed script on another filesystem (#1667)

Documentation

add Spanish FAQ (#1656)
add Serbian translations (#1655)

Tests

ci: switch to PHP 8.0
ci: add build on macOS

Build

core: fix build on macOS (#1662)
lua: add detection of Lua 5.4
php: add support of PHP 8.0 and 8.1 (#1599, #1668)

Version 3.2.1 (2021-09-04)

Bug fixes

relay: fix crash when decoding a malformed websocket frame (CVE-2021-40516)

Version 3.2 (2021-06-13)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: use XDG directories by default (config, data, cache, runtime) (#1285)
core: add option weechat.network.gnutls_ca_system, rename option weechat.network.gnutls_ca_file to weechat.network.gnutls_ca_user (now evaluated), delete and reload certificates when options are changed (#972)
core: evaluate option weechat.plugin.path, change default value to ${weechat_data_dir}/plugins
core: add options to customize commands executed on system signals received (SIGHUP, SIGQUIT, SIGTERM, SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2) (#1595)
core: quit WeeChat by default when signal SIGHUP is received in normal run, reload configuration in weechat-headless (#1595)
core: add signals "cursor_start" and "cursor_end"
api: add function crypto_hmac (#1628)
api: add translated string in evaluation of expressions with translate:xxx
api: add evaluation of WeeChat directories with ${weechat_xxx_dir} in evaluated strings
api: add optional key "directory" in hashtable options of function/modifier string_eval_path_home
api: add supported prefixes ${weechat_xxx_dir} in function mkdir_home
api: add infos "weechat_config_dir", "weechat_data_dir", "weechat_cache_dir" and "weechat_runtime_dir"
api: add support of pointer names in function string_eval_expression (direct and in hdata)
api: add info "weechat_daemon"
buflist: add option buflist.format.tls_version
fifo: change default value of option fifo.file.path to ${weechat_runtime_dir}/weechat_fifo_${info:pid}
irc: add support of SASL mechanisms SCRAM-SHA-1, SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-512 (#1628)
irc: add variable ${target} (target nick) in commands /kick and /kickban
irc: add bar item "tls_version", add options irc.color.item_tls_version_ok, irc.color.item_tls_version_deprecated and irc.color.item_tls_version_insecure (#1622)
irc: evaluate server options "sasl_key" and "ssl_cert"
logger: change default value of option logger.file.path to ${weechat_data_dir}/logs
python: add stub for WeeChat API (#1377)
relay: evaluate option relay.network.ssl_cert_key, change default value to ${weechat_config_dir}/ssl/relay.pem
script: change default value of option script.scripts.path to ${weechat_cache_dir}/script
trigger: add variables ${tg_shell_argc} and ${tg_shell_argvN} in command trigger evaluated strings (#1624)
xfer: change default value of option xfer.file.download_path to ${weechat_data_dir}/xfer

Bug fixes

core: split startup commands before evaluating them (#1643)
core: set server name when connecting to server with TLS (SNI extension) only if it's not an IPV4/IPv6 (#1635)
core: use function mallinfo2 instead of mallinfo when available (#1636)
core: display a warning when the file with certificate authorities is not found (option weechat.network.gnutls_ca_file)
core: evaluate left/right part of comparison after split on the comparison operator in ${if:xxx} (#1627)
core: prevent switching to start of visited buffers when jumping to next (#1591, #1592)
core: recreate buflist and fset bars on /reload when WeeChat is started without configuration files (#1618)
buflist: fix comparison of hotlists in option buflist.look.sort (#1621)
irc: split server command before evaluating it (#1643)
xfer: make file transfer fail when option xfer.file.auto_rename is off and file already exists (#1633)

Tests

ci: switch from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04
trigger: add tests on main trigger functions

Build

core: remove build option CA_FILE
core: set WeeChat home to empty string by default in CMake and autotools

Version 3.1 (2021-03-07)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add options weechat.look.hotlist_update_on_buffer_switch and weechat.look.read_marker_update_on_buffer_switch (#992, #993)
core: add option sec.crypt.passphrase_command to read passphrase from an external program on startup, remove option sec.crypt.passphrase_file (#141)
core: improve debug in command /eval: display more verbose debug with two -d, add indentation and colors
core: add options setvar and delvar in command /buffer, rename option localvar to listvar
core: add buffer local variable "completion_default_template" (evaluated) to override the value of option "weechat.completion.default_template" (#1600)
core: add option recreate in command /filter
core: add raw string in evaluation of expressions with raw:xxx (#1611)
core: add evaluation of conditions in evaluation of expressions with eval_cond:xxx (#1582)
api: add info_hashtable "secured_data"
irc: add info "irc_is_message_ignored"
irc: add server option "default_chantypes", used when the server does not send them in message 005 (#1610)
trigger: add variable ${tg_trigger_name} in command trigger evaluated strings (#1580)

Bug fixes

core: fix quoted line in cursor mode (#1602)
core: fix wrong size of the new window after vertical split (#1612)
core: do not remove quotes in arguments of command /eval as they can be part of the evaluated expression/condition (#1601)
core: display an error when the buffer is not found with command /command -buffer
buflist: add option buflist.look.use_items to speed up display of buflist (#1613)
irc: add bar item "irc_nick_prefix"
irc: fix separator between nick and host in bar item "irc_nick_host"
irc: fix completion of commands /halfop and /dehalfop

Documentation

do not build weechat-headless man page if headless binary is disabled (#1607)

Version 3.0.1 (2021-01-31)

Bug fixes

exec: fix search of command by identifier
spell: fix refresh of bar item "spell_suggest" when the input becomes empty (#1586)
spell: fix crash with IRC color codes in command line (#1589)

Version 3.0 (2020-11-11)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

api: add optional list of colors in infos "nick_color" and "nick_color_name" (#1565)
api: add argument "bytes" in function string_dyn_concat
api: add function string_color_code_size (#1547)
exec: add option -oerr to send stderr to buffer (now disabled by default) (#1566)
fset: add option fset.look.auto_refresh (#1553)
irc: add pointer to irc_nick in focus of bar item "buffer_nicklist" (#1535, #1538)
irc: allow to send text on buffers with commands /allchan, /allpv and /allserv
irc: evaluate command executed by commands /allchan, /allpv and /allserv (#1536)
script: add option script.scripts.download_enabled (#1548)
trigger: add variable "tg_argc" in data set by command trigger (#1576)
trigger: add variable "tg_trigger_name" in data set by all triggers (#1567, #1568)

Bug fixes

core: set "notify_level" to 3 if there is a highlight in the line (#1529)
core: do not add line with highlight and tag "notify_none" to hotlist (#1529)
irc: remove SASL timeout message displayed by error after successful SASL authentication (#1515)
irc: send all channels in a single JOIN command when reconnecting to the server (#1551)
script: do not automatically download list of scripts on startup if the file is too old (#1548)
spell: properly skip WeeChat and IRC color codes when checking words in input (#1547)
trigger: fix recursive calls to triggers using regex (#1546)
trigger: add ${tg_tags} !!- ,notify_none, in conditions of default trigger "beep" (#1529)

Tests

core: add tests on GUI line functions

Build

core: disable debug by default in autotools build
tests: fix compilation with CppUTest ≥ 4.0

Version 2.9 (2020-07-18)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add bar option "color_bg_inactive": color for window bars in inactive window (#732)
core: add Alacritty title escape sequence support (#1517)
core: display notify level for current buffer with command /buffer notify (#1505)
core: count only visible nicks in bar item "buffer_nicklist_count", add bar items "buffer_nicklist_count_groups" and "buffer_nicklist_count_all" (#1506)
core: set default size for input bar to 0 (automatic) (#1498)
core: add default key Alt+Enter to insert a newline (#1498)
core: add flag "input_multiline" in buffer (#984, #1063)
core: add a scalable WeeChat logo (SVG) (#1454, #1456)
core: add base 16/32/64 encoding/decoding in evaluation of expressions with base_encode:base,xxx and base_decode:base,xxx
core: add case-sensitive wildcard matching comparison operator (+==*+ and +!!*+) and case-sensitive/insensitive include comparison operators (+==-+, +!!-+, +=-+, +!-+) in evaluation of expressions
core: add default key Alt+Shift+N to toggle nicklist bar
core: add command line option --stdout in weechat-headless binary to log to stdout rather than ~/.weechat/weechat.log (#1475, #1477)
core: reload configuration files on SIGHUP (#1476)
api: add pointer "_bar_window" in hashtable sent to hook focus callback (#1450)
api: add info_hashtable "focus_info" (#1245, #1257)
api: rename function hook_completion_get_string to completion_get_string and hook_completion_list_add to completion_list_add
api: add functions completion_new, completion_search and completion_free
api: add hdata "completion_word"
buflist: add default key Alt+Shift+B to toggle buflist
buflist: add options enable/disable/toggle in command /buflist
buflist: evaluate option buflist.look.sort so that sort can be customized for each of the three buflist bar items (#1465)
irc: add support of UTF8MAPPING (#1528)
irc: display account messages in buffers (#1250)
python: add WeeChat sharedir python directory to PYTHONPATH (#1537)
relay: increase default limits for IRC backlog options
relay: add command "handshake" in weechat relay protocol and nonce to prevent replay attacks, add options relay.network.password_hash_algo, relay.network.password_hash_iterations, relay.network.nonce_size (#1474)
relay: add command "completion" in weechat relay protocol to perform a completion on a string at a given position (#1484)
relay: add option relay.network.auth_timeout
relay: update default colors for client status
relay: add status "waiting_auth" in irc and weechat protocols (#1358)
trigger: evaluate arguments of command when the trigger is created (#1472)

Bug fixes

core: fix command /window scroll_beyond_end when buffer has fewer lines than chat height (#1509)
core: force buffer property "time_for_each_line" to 0 for buffers with free content (#1485)
core: don't collapse consecutive newlines in lines displayed before the first buffer is created
core: don't remove consecutive newlines when pasting text (#1500)
core: don't collapse consecutive newlines in bar content (#1500)
core: fix WEECHAT_SHAREDIR with CMake build (#1461)
core: fix memory leak in calculation of expression on FreeBSD (#1469)
core: fix resize of a bar when its size is 0 (automatic) (#1470)
api: fix use of pointer after free in function key_unbind
api: replace plugin and buffer name by buffer pointer in argument "modifier_data" sent to weechat_print modifier callback (#42)
buflist: add "window" pointer in bar item evaluation only if it's not NULL (if bar type is "window")
exec: fix use of same task id for different tasks (#1491)
fifo: fix errors when writing in the FIFO pipe (#713)
guile: enable again /guile eval (#1514)
irc: use new default chantypes "#&" when the server does not send it
irc: add support of optional server in info "irc_is_nick", fix check of nick using UTF8MAPPING isupport value (#1528)
irc: fix add of ignore with flags in regex, display full ignore mask in list of ignores (#1518)
irc: do not remove spaces at the end of users messages received (#1513)
irc: fix realname delimiter color in WHO/WHOX response (#1497)
irc: reuse a buffer with wrong type "channel" when a private message is received (#869)
python: fix crash when invalid UTF-8 string is in a WeeChat hashtable converted to a Python dict (#1463)
relay: add missing field "notify_level" in message "_buffer_line_added" (#1529)
relay: fix slow send of data to clients when SSL is enabled
trigger: only return trigger's return code when condition evaluates to true (#592)
trigger: fix truncated trigger command with commands /trigger input|output|recreate
trigger: do not hide values of options with /set command in cmd_pass trigger

Documentation

add includes directory
merge 53 auto-generated files into 11 files
fix broken literal blocks in Japanese docs with Firefox (#1466)

Tests

ci: add CI with GitHub Actions, move codecov.io upload to GitHub Actions
ci: switch to Ubuntu Bionic on Travis CI, use pylint3 to lint Python scripts
core: run tests on plugins only if the plugins are enabled and compiled
irc: add tests on IRC color and channel functions

Build

javascript: disable build by default and remove Debian packaging of JavaScript plugin (#360)
core: make GnuTLS a required dependency
core: fix build with CMake 3.17.0
core: fix build with cygport on Cygwin

Version 2.8 (2020-03-29)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add variable "old_full_name" in buffer, set during buffer renaming (#1428)
core: add debug option -d in command /eval (#1434)
api: add functions crypto_hash and crypto_hash_pbkdf2
api: add info "auto_connect" (#1453)
api: add info "weechat_headless" (#1433)
buflist: add pointer "window" in bar item evaluation
irc: add support of fake servers (no I/O, for testing purposes)
relay: accept hash of password in init command of weechat protocol with option "password_hash" (PBKDF2, SHA256, SHA512)
relay: reject client with weechat protocol if password or TOTP is received in init command but not set in WeeChat (#1435)

Bug fixes

core: fix memory leak in completion
core: flush stdout/stderr before forking in hook_process function (#1441)
core: fix evaluation of condition with nested "if" (#1434)
irc: split AUTHENTICATE message in 400-byte chunks (#1459)
irc: copy temporary server flag in command /server copy
irc: add nick changes in the hotlist (except self nick change)
irc: case-insensitive comparison on incoming CTCP command, force upper case on CTCP replies (#1439)
irc: fix memory leak when the channel topic is changed
logger: fix crash when logging is disabled on a buffer and the log file was deleted in the meanwhile, when option logger.file.info_lines is on (#1444)
php: fix crash when loading script with PHP 7.4 (#1452)
relay: update buffers synchronization when buffers are renamed (#1428)
script: fix memory leak in read of script repository file if it has invalid content
script: fix unexpected display of scripts list in buffer with command /script list -i
xfer: send signal "xfer_ended" after the received file has been renamed (#1438)

Tests

scripts: fix generation of test scripts with Python 3.8
core: add tests on function secure_derive_key
core: add tests on functions util_get_time_diff and util_file_get_content
irc: add tests on IRC protocol functions and callbacks

Build

core: fix Cygwin build
guile: add detection of Guile 3.0.0 (#1442)
irc: fix build with GnuTLS < 3.1.0 (#1431)
php: add detection of PHP 7.4
ruby: add detection of Ruby 2.7 (#1455)

Version 2.7.1 (2020-02-20)

Bug fixes

irc: fix crash when a new message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes (CVE-2020-9760)
irc: fix crash when receiving a malformed message 352 (who) (CVE-2020-9759)
irc: fix crash when receiving a malformed message 324 (channel mode) (CVE-2020-8955)

Version 2.7 (2019-12-08)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add option weechat.look.nick_color_hash_salt to shuffle nick colors (#635)
core: add different icons sizes (16x16 to 512x512) (#1347)
core: add file weechat.desktop
core: add reverse of string for screen in evaluation of expressions with revscr:xxx
core: add length of string (number of chars and on screen) in evaluation of expressions with length:xxx and lengthscr:xxx
core: add calculation of expression in evaluation of expressions with calc:xxx (#997)
core: add optional default path (evaluated) in completion "filename"
core: add support of modifiers in evaluation of expressions with modifier:name,data,string
api: add modifier "color_encode_ansi" (#528)
api: add modifier "eval_path_home"
irc: add filters on raw buffer (#1000)
irc: add option irc.look.display_pv_warning_address to display a warning in private buffer if the remote nick address has changed (#892)
irc: add server option "ssl_password" (#115, #1416)
irc: add "user" in output of irc_message_parse (#136)
irc: add options irc.color.message_kick and irc.color.reason_kick (#683, #684)
logger: add option logger.file.color_lines (#528, #621)
script: add options -ol and -il in command /script list to send translated string with list of scripts loaded, display "No scripts loaded" if no scripts are loaded
xfer: add option xfer.file.download_temporary_suffix with default value ".part" (#1237)

Bug fixes

core: set buffer name, short name and title only if the value has changed
core: fix scrolling up in bare mode when switched to bare mode at the top of the buffer (#899, #978)
core: optimize load of configuration files
core: fix window separators not respecting window splits (#630)
core: fix cursor mode info when prefix_align is none and with words split across lines (#610, #617, #619)
core: add support of reverse video in ANSI color codes
core: fixed segfault during excessive evaluation in function string_repeat (#1400)
buflist: fix extra spaces between buffers when conditions are used to hide buffers (regression introduced in version 2.6) (#1403)
irc: do not automatically open a channel with name "0" (#1429)
irc: remove option irc.network.channel_encode, add server option "charset_message" to control which part of the IRC message is decoded/encoded to the target charset (#832)
irc: use path from option xfer.file.upload_path to complete filename in command /dcc send (#60)
logger: fix write in log file if it has been deleted or renamed (#123)
python: send "bytes" instead of "str" to callbacks in Python 3 when the string is not UTF-8 valid (#1389)
relay: send message "_buffer_title_changed" to clients only when the title is changed
xfer: fix memory leak when a xfer is freed and when the plugin is unloaded

Tests

core: add tests on GUI color functions

Build

core: fix build on Haiku (#1420)
core: fix build on Alpine
core: remove file FindTCL.cmake
core: display an error on missing dependency in CMake (#916, #956)
debian: disable JavaScript plugin on Debian Sid and Ubuntu Eoan
debian: build with Guile 2.2
guile: add support of Guile 2.2, disable /guile eval (#1098)
python: add detection of Python 3.8

Version 2.6 (2019-09-08)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add support of 32767 color pairs (#1343, #1345)
core: add option close in command /window (#853)
api: add infos "term_colors" and "term_color_pairs"
api: add function list_user_data (#666)
api: add argument "strip_items" in function string_split
buflist: add infolist "buflist" with list of buffer pointers (#1375)
exec: evaluate option exec.command.shell, change default value to ${env:SHELL} (#1356)
fset: add filters h=xxx and he=xxx to filter options by description (translated or in English)
irc: make command char optional in server option "command" (#615)
irc: add variables "user_max_length" and "host_max_length" in server structure (#1387)

Bug fixes

core: use fixed-width integer for computing nick and hashtable DJB2 key hashes, add values "djb2_32" and "sum_32" for option weechat.look.nick_color_hash (#1394)
core: create or update option weechat.notify.xxx when function buffer_set is called with "notify" property (#1390)
core: fix memory leak in case of error when building content of bar item for display (#1384)
core: send command line parameter to plugins only if the name starts with the plugin name followed by a colon
core: auto disable upgrade process (command line option --upgrade) if the file weechat.upgrade is not found
core: replace newlines by spaces in argument "completion" of function hook_command (#538)
core: replace char "," by "~" in color codes to separate foreground from background (#1264)
alias: remove default aliases /AME and /AMSG (#1355)
buflist: use extra variables in option buflist.look.display_conditions (#1393)
irc: fix parsing of messages 346 (invite list), 348 (exception list), 367 (ban list) and 728 (quiet list) when there is a colon before the timestamp (#1396)
irc: fix memory leak when removing a server
irc: fix length of user/nick/host in split of messages (#1387)
irc: quote NICK command argument sent to the server only if there's a ":" in the nick (#1376, #1319)
irc: return all arguments in the PONG response to a PING (#1369)
irc: disable server reconnection when the server buffer is closed (#236)
irc: strip spaces at beginning/end of addresses in server option "addresses" (#195)
irc: fix display of enabled/disabled client capabilities received in command CAP ACK (#151)
ruby: fix conversion of big integers on 32bit architecture (#1395)

Tests

irc: add tests on IRC ignore, message and nick functions

Build

core: fix compilation with autotools on FreeBSD 12.0
debian: disable JavaScript plugin on Debian Buster/Bullseye (#1374)
python: compile with Python 3 by default
python: use pkg-config to detect Python (#1382)

Version 2.5 (2019-06-06)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: use getopt to parse command line arguments
core: add option weechat.look.prefix_same_nick_middle (#930, #931)
core: add option weechat.look.buffer_time_same (#1127)
core: use seconds by default in /repeat interval, allow unit for the interval
core: allow text in addition to a command in command /repeat
core: add option addreplace in command /filter (#1055, #1312)
api: return allocated string in hook_info callback and function info_get
api: replace argument "keep_eol" by "flags" in function string_split (#1322)
api: add function command_options (#928)
api: add function string_match_list
irc: add bar items "irc_nick", "irc_host" and "irc_nick_host"
irc: add variable "host" in server structure
relay: add support of UNIX socket (#733, #1333)
relay: add option relay.weechat.commands (#928)
script: use SHA-512 instead of MD5 for script checksum
spell: rename aspell plugin to spell (#1299)
trigger: add hooks "info" and "info_hashtable"
xfer: rename option xfer.network.speed_limit to xfer.network.speed_limit_send, add option xfer.network.speed_limit_recv (#269)

Bug fixes

core: don't execute command scheduled by /repeat and /wait if the buffer does not exist anymore
core: set max length to 4096 for /secure passphrase (#1323)
core: refilter only affected buffers on filter change (#1309, #1311)
fset: fix slow refresh of fset buffer during /reload (#1313)
irc: fix parsing of MODE command when there are colons after the first mode argument (#1296)
irc: fix memory leak in infos "irc_server_isupport" and "irc_server_isupport_value"
irc: fix length of string for SHA-512, SHA-256 and SHA-1 in help on ssl_fingerprint option
irc: display an error with /allchan -current or /allpv -current if the current buffer is not an irc buffer (#1325)
irc: fix update of channels modes with arguments when joining a channel (#1324)
irc: quote NICK command argument sent to the server (#1319)
php: fix memory leak in functions string_eval_expression, string_eval_path_home, key_bind, hook_process_hashtable, hook_hsignal_send, info_get_hashtable, hdata_update
relay: fix crash when a weechat relay client reloads the relay plugin with /plugin reload relay (#1327)
spell: fix detection of nick followed by the nick completer (#1306, #1307)
trigger: fix split of hook arguments (#1322)

Tests

core: add tests on function util_signal_search

Build

core: fix value of libdir in file weechat.pc (#1341, #1342)
core: fix generation of man page weechat-headless with autotools
core: add CMake option "ENABLE_CODE_COVERAGE" to compile with code coverage options (CMake ≥ 3.0 is now required)
core: fix compilation on macOS (#1308)
lua: add detection of Lua 5.3 with autotools
ruby: add detection of Ruby 2.6 (#1346)
tests: fix compilation of tests on FreeBSD

Version 2.4 (2019-02-17)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: do not automatically add a space when completing "nick:" at the beginning of command line (the space can be added in option weechat.completion.nick_completer)
core: add default keys Ctrl+F11 / Ctrl+F12 to scroll up/down one page in nicklist (same action as F11 / F12)
core: add command line option -t (or --temp-dir) to create a temporary WeeChat home (deleted on exit)
api: add functions string_base_encode and string_base_decode, remove functions string_encode_base64 and string_decode_base64
api: add support of Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP), add infos "totp_generate" and "totp_validate"
buflist: add default keys Ctrl+F1 / Ctrl+F2 to scroll up/down one page in buflist (same action as F1 / F2)
buflist: add variable ${number2}, always set with the indented buffer number
exec: add option exec.command.shell to customize the shell used with /exec -sh
relay: add support of close frame in websocket connection (#1281)
relay: add support of Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) as second authentication factor in weechat protocol

Bug fixes

core: fix compilation of empty regular expression (not allowed on FreeBSD)
core: fix forced highlight on messages sent to other buffers (#1277)
aspell: look for suggestions only if the misspelled word has changed (#1175)
buflist: add alternate key codes for F1 / F2 and Alt+F1 / Alt+F2 (compatibility with terminals)
buflist: fix warning displayed when script buffers.pl is loaded (#1274)
irc: fix parsing of whois messages in notify
irc: fix parsing of MODE, 341 (invite) and CHGHOST commands when there are colons (#1296)
irc: return IRC color code instead of WeeChat color code when decoding a too short ANSI color sequence
irc: fix encoding of italic attribute when colors are removed
irc: fix parsing of "time" message tag on FreeBSD (#1289)
relay: fix crash on /upgrade when the real IP is not set (#1294)
relay: fix memory leak in connection of client

Tests

core: fix UTF-8 and evaluation tests on FreeBSD
irc: add tests on IRC configuration and protocol functions

Build

core: add C compiler flag "-fsigned--char" to force "char" data type to be always signed (#1277)

Version 2.3 (2018-10-21)

New features

core: add repeat of string in evaluation of expressions with repeat:count,string (#958)
core: allow specifying buffer number/name for /buffer localvar (#1259)
core: allow multiple arguments in command /buffer close
core: allow multiple options -r (or --run-command) in command line arguments (#1248)
core: add command line option -P (or --plugins) to customize the plugins to load at startup
core: allow partial buffer name in command /buffer close (#1226)
api: add function hook_line (#66)
irc: display a warning when the value of option irc.server.xxx.autojoin is set to an invalid value
relay: add real IP in client description (#1256)
trigger: allow creation of temporary variables with the regex
trigger: add hook "line"

Bug fixes

core: fix evaluation of nested ternary operators (#1263)
core: fix evaluation of condition when the left operand is an empty string
core: fix string evaluation with regex replacement when the string is empty
core: fix check of tags in lines (command /filter and hook_print)
core: fix clear of completion item in case of partial completion (#1162)
core: send signal "key_pressed" for mouse code only if the string is UTF-8 valid (#1220)
api: fix memory leak in function string_split
lua: fix return code of mkdir functions in case of error (#1267)
scripts: fix duplicated lines in output of script eval (python, perl, ruby, lua and guile)

Tests

core: add tests on line and hook functions

Build

php: add detection of PHP 7.3

Version 2.2 (2018-07-14)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: change default value of option weechat.look.hotlist_add_conditions to check connected relay clients via weechat protocol (#1206)
core: add reverse of string in evaluation of expressions with rev:xxx (#1200)
core: send buffer pointer (when possible) in signal "hotlist_changed" (#1133)
core: add support of list options in curl (#826, #219)
core: allow merge of buffers by name in command /buffer (#1108, #1159)
api: add function hashtable_add_from_infolist
api: add function string_format_size in scripting API
irc: add nick, host and log tags in message displayed in private buffer when the nick comes back on the server (#1221)
irc: add support for IRCv3.2 chghost, add options irc.look.smart_filter_chghost and irc.color.message_chghost (#640)
irc: add support for IRCv3.2 invite-notify (#639)
irc: add support for IRCv3.2 Client Capability Negotiation (#586, #623)
irc: display current nick on connected servers in output of /server list|listfull (#1193)
irc: add option -server in command /list (#1165)
irc: add indexed ban list, add completion for /unban and /unquiet (#597, task #11374, task #10876)
relay: add filtering on protocol in info "relay_client_count"
trigger: hide password in command /msg nickserv set password
xfer: add option xfer.network.send_ack (#1171)

Bug fixes

core: fix TLS handshake failure on server connection when there are multiple addresses in the server (#1196)
core: count number of chars instead of bytes for suffix in function string_cut
core: fix delete of previous/next word (keys Ctrl+w and Alt+d) (#1195)
core: fix infinite loop in evaluation of strings (#1183)
core: change default value of option weechat.look.window_title from "WeeChat ${info:version}" to empty string (#1182)
buflist: fix crash when setting the option buflist.look.signals_refresh with a list of signals
fset: fix memory leak when switching the format with Ctrl+x
fset: fix truncation of option values when the length is greater than 4096 (#1218)
fset: fix crash when applying filters after closing the fset buffer (#1204)
irc: display message 354 (WHOX) received with missing parameters (#1212)
irc: always set nick away status on WHO response (sent manually or automatically with server option "away_check")
irc: fix a crash when calling the function hdata_string on the "prefix" variable in the nick
irc: fix split of messages when server option "split_msg_max_length" is set to 0 (no split) (#1173)
irc: send whole IRC message including IRCv3 tags in the signals irc_in, irc_in2, irc_raw_in and irc_raw_in2 (#787)
irc: fix memory leak when receiving a message with IRCv3 tags
guile: fix memory leak in 7 functions returning allocated strings
lua: fix macros used to return values
php: fix return code of functions config_write_option and config_write_line
php: fix memory leak in 72 functions returning allocated strings
python: fix crash when loading a script with Python ≥ 3.7 (#1219)
relay: fix socket creation for relay server on OpenBSD (#1213)
ruby: fix memory leak in 7 functions returning allocated strings
script: fix memory leak in case of invalid XML content in list of scripts
scripts: fix memory leak in hook_info callback
scripts: fix return value of hook_infolist callback (pointer instead of string)
scripts: return long integer instead of string in function infolist_time
xfer: set option TCP_NODELAY on socket when receiving a file via DCC (#1171)

Documentation

core: split man pages weechat and weechat-headless

Tests

core, scripts: add tests on infolists

Build

core: fix build with CMake and Ninja
debian: add package weechat-headless with the headless binary and its man page
javascript: fix compilation of javascript plugin with autotools on some Linux distributions (#1208)
python: add detection of Python 3.7

Version 2.1 (2018-03-18)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add binary weechat-headless to run WeeChat without interface, with optional daemon mode (command line option --daemon) (#1120)
core: add options -newbuffer, -free and -switch in command /print (#1113)
core: add option -y in command /print, add support of buffers with free content
core: add option add in command /buffer (#1113)
core: add option weechat.completion.partial_completion_templates to force partial completion on specific templates
api: add hashtable with variables in plugin structure
api: add time in info "date" (WeeChat compilation date/time) (#1138)
irc: add server option "split_msg_max_length"
irc: allow ${irc_server.xxx} and ${server} in server evaluated options (#1144)
logger: add option logger.file.fsync (#1145)
logger: add option logger.look.backlog_conditions (#1132)
script: change default value of option script.look.sort from "p,n" to "i,p,n"
scripts: add configuration file for each script plugin (python.conf, perl.conf, etc.)
scripts: add eval option in script commands and info "xxx_eval" (python, perl, ruby, lua and guile) (#128)
scripts: add infos "xxx_interpreter" and "xxx_version" in script plugins (#1075)
scripts: add option version in script commands (#1075)
scripts: display the script name in stdout/stderr output from scripts

Bug fixes

core: fix regression on execution of hook_print callbacks (introduced in version 2.0)

Build

ruby: add detection of Ruby 2.5 (#1122)

Version 2.0.1 (2017-12-20)

Bug fixes

python: fix arguments status/gnutls_rc/sock in hook_connect callback
python: fix argument fd in hook_fd callback

Version 2.0 (2017-12-03)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add flag "input_get_empty" in buffer
core: add signals "buffer_filters_enabled" and "buffer_filters_disabled"
core: support loading of plugins from path in environment variable "WEECHAT_EXTRA_LIBDIR" (#971, #979)
core: make value optional in command /buffer set (#746, #1088)
core: allow floating point and hexadecimal numbers in comparison of evaluated values
core: add option weechat.look.save_config_with_fsync (#1083)
api: add support of prefix "quiet:" in function key_unbind to quietly remove keys
api: add argument "recurse_subdirs" in function exec_on_files
alias: add infolist "alias_default" (list of default aliases)
buflist: add two new bar items ("buflist2" and "buflist3") using the same format configuration options (#990)
buflist: add option buflist.look.add_newline (#1027)
fset: new plugin "fset" (fast set of WeeChat and plugins options) (#584)
php: new plugin "php" (#909)
script: add local variable "filter" in the script buffer (#1037)

Bug fixes

core: do not change the chat prefix size when a filtered line is added (#1092)
core: fix display of nicks in nicklist when they are in a group with sub-groups (#1079)
core, plugins: check return code of strftime function
core: fix cast of time_t (to "long long" instead of "long") (#1051)
core: call the config hook when options are renamed or removed
api: change type of arguments status/gnutls_rc/sock in hook_connect callback from string to integer (in scripts)
api: change type of argument fd in hook_fd callback from string to integer (in scripts)
buflist: remove recursive evaluation of extra variables (#1060)
guile: return integer (0/1) instead of boolean in API functions
guile: fix return value of static strings in API functions
irc: do not clear nicklist when joining an already joined channel if the option irc.look.buffer_open_before_join is on (#1081)
irc: fix CTCP PING reply when the option irc.ctcp.ping is set to non-empty value
lua: fix boolean return value (as integer) in API functions
relay: fix parsing of CAP command without arguments in irc protocol, send ACK only if all capabilities received are OK and NAK otherwise (#1040)

Tests

core: display an error if the required locale en_US.UTF-8 is not installed
scripts: add scripting API tests (#104)

Build

core: fix build with ncurses and separate tinfo (bug #41245, #1090)
javascript: fix detection of libv8 with autotools on Ubuntu Trusty

Version 1.9.1 (2017-09-23)

Bug fixes

buflist: fix crash in auto-scroll of bar when the buflist item is not the first item in the bar
logger: call strftime before replacing buffer local variables (CVE-2017-14727)
relay: fix send of "PART" command in backlog (irc protocol)

Version 1.9 (2017-06-25)

New features

core: improve speed of nicklist bar item callback
core: allow index for hdata arrays in evaluation of expressions
api: allow update of variables "scroll_x" and "scroll_y" in bar_window with function hdata_update
api: add functions config_option_get_string and hdata_compare
buflist: add option buflist.look.auto_scroll (#332)
buflist: add keys F1 / F2, Alt+F1 / Alt+F2 to scroll the buflist bar
buflist: display a warning when the script "buffers.pl" is loaded
buflist: add support of char "~" in option buflist.look.sort for case-insensitive comparison
buflist: add variable ${format_name} in bar item evaluation and option buflist.format.name (#1020)
buflist: add variables ${current_buffer} and ${merged} (booleans "0" / "1") in bar item evaluation
relay: add option start in command /relay
trigger: add "irc_server" and "irc_channel" pointers in data for IRC signal/modifier hooks

Bug fixes

core: fix bind of keys with space key, like Alt+Space (#603, bug #32133)
core: fix infinite loop when the terminal is closed on the secure password prompt (#1010)
buflist: fix long mouse gestures
buflist: fix slow switch of buffer when there are a lot of buffers opened (#998)
buflist: add option bar in command /buflist, do not automatically add the "buflist" bar when the option buflist.look.enabled is off (#994)
buflist: fix crash on drag & drop of buffers
irc: don't reset nick properties (prefixes/away/account/realname) on /names when the nick already exists (#1019)
irc: fix memory leak in case of error in "ecdsa-nist256p-challenge" SASL mechanism
relay: rebind on address after option relay.network.bind_address is changed
relay: fix parsing of CAP command arguments in irc protocol (#995)

Version 1.8 (2017-05-13)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add option weechat.completion.nick_case_sensitive (#981)
core: add wildcard matching operator (+=*+ and +!*+) in evaluation of expressions (#611)
core: add cut of string in evaluation of expressions with cut:xxx (number of chars) and cutscr:xxx (number of chars displayed on screen)
core: add ternary operator (condition) in evaluation of expressions (${if:condition?value_if_true:value_if_false})
core: add resize of window parents with /window resize [h/v]size (task #11461, #893)
core: add hotlist pointer in buffer structure
core: add last start date in output of command /version after at least one /upgrade (#903)
api: add arraylist functions: arraylist_new, arraylist_size, arraylist_get, arraylist_search, arraylist_insert, arraylist_add, arraylist_remove, arraylist_clear, arraylist_free
api: add dynamic string functions: string_dyn_alloc, string_dyn_copy, string_dyn_concat, string_dyn_free
api: add special key "__quiet" in hashtable for function key_bind
api: add ${re:#} to get the index of last group captured in function string_eval_expression
aspell: add options to control delimiters in suggestions: aspell.color.suggestion_delimiter_{dict|word} and aspell.look.suggestion_delimiter_{dict|word} (#940)
buflist: new plugin "buflist" (bar item with list of buffers)
irc: add option open in command /server (#966)
irc: send signal "irc_server_lag_changed" and store the lag in the server buffer (local variable)
irc: send multiple masks by message in commands /ban, /unban, /quiet and /unquiet, use ban mask default for nicks in /quiet and /unquiet, display an error if /quiet and /unquiet are not supported by server (#579, #15, #577)
irc: add option -include in commands /allchan, /allpv and /allserv (#572)
irc: don't smart filter modes given to you (#530, #897)
script: remove option script.scripts.url_force_https, use HTTPS by default in option script.scripts.url

Bug fixes

core: fix memory leak in display of mouse event debug info
core: fix command /cursor stop (do not toggle cursor mode) (#964)
core: fix delayed refresh when the signal SIGWINCH is received (terminal resized), send signal "signal_sigwinch" after refreshes (#902)
irc: fix update of server addresses on reconnection when the evaluated content has changed (#925)
irc: fix crash in case of invalid server reply during SASL authentication with DH-BLOWFISH or DH-AES mechanism
irc: fix double decoding of IRC colors in messages sent/displayed by commands /msg and /query (#943)
irc: fix parsing of message 324 (modes) when there is a colon before the modes (#913)
relay: check buffer pointer received in "sync" and "desync" commands (weechat protocol) (#936)
relay: remove buffer from synchronized buffers when it is closed (fix memory leak)

Build

core: fix compilation on FreeBSD with autotools (#276)
python: add detection of Python 3.6
ruby: add detection of Ruby 2.4 (#895)

Version 1.7.1 (2017-04-22)

Bug fixes

irc: fix parsing of DCC filename (CVE-2017-8073)

Version 1.7 (2017-01-15)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add option weechat.look.align_multiline_words (#411, #802)
core: add optional command prefix in completion templates "commands", "plugins_commands" and "weechat_commands"
core: add optional arguments in completion template, sent to the callback
core: add option time in command /debug
core, xfer: display more information on fork errors (#573)
core: add a slash before commands completed in arguments of /command, /debug time, /key bind, /key bindctxt, /mute, /repeat, /wait
core: add a warning in header of configuration files to not edit by hand (#851)
api: add info "uptime" (WeeChat uptime)
api: add info "pid" (WeeChat PID) (#850)
alias: add a slash before commands completed in arguments of /alias
exec: add option -oc in command /exec to execute commands in process output, don't execute commands by default with -o (#877)
fifo: add file fifo.conf and option fifo.file.path to customize FIFO pipe path/filename (#850, #122)
irc: add server option "usermode" (#377, #820)
irc: add tag "self_msg" on self messages (#840)
irc: evaluate content of server option "ssl_fingerprint" (#858)
irc: change default value of option irc.network.lag_reconnect from 0 to 300 (#818)
trigger: do not hide email in command /msg nickserv register password email (#849)

Bug fixes

core: fix deadlock when quitting after a signal SIGHUP/SIGQUIT/SIGTERM is received (#32)
core: fix display of empty lines in search mode (#829)
api: fix crash in function string_expand_home when the HOME environment variable is not set (#827)
exec: fix memory leak in display of process output
irc: fix option -temp in command /server (#880)
irc: fix close of server channels which are waiting for the JOIN when the server buffer is closed (#873)
irc: fix buffer switching on manual join for forwarded channels (#876)
irc: add missing tags on CTCP message sent
lua: fix integers returned in Lua ≥ 5.3 (#834)
relay: make HTTP headers case-insensitive for WebSocket connections (#888)
relay: set status to "authentication failed" and close immediately connection in case of authentication failure in weechat and irc protocols (#825)
script: reload a script after upgrade only if it was loaded, set autoload only if the script was auto-loaded (#855)

Build

core, irc, xfer: fix compilation on macOS (add link with resolv) (#276)
core: add build of xz package with make dist (CMake)
tests: fix compilation of tests on FreeBSD 11.0

Version 1.6 (2016-10-02)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add optional argument lowest, highest or level mask in command /input hotlist_clear
core: add option cycle in command /buffer
core, irc, xfer: display more information on memory allocation errors (#573)
api: add "extra" argument to evaluate extra variables in function string_eval_expression (#534)
api: remove functions printf_date and printf_tags
irc: rename server options "default_msg_{kick|part|quit}" to "msg_{kick|part|quit}", evaluate them
relay: add option relay.network.allow_empty_password (#735)
relay: allow escape of comma in command "init" (weechat protocol) (#730)
trigger: add support for one-time triggers (#399, #509)

Bug fixes

core, irc, xfer: refresh domain name and name server addresses before connection to servers (fix connection to servers after suspend mode) (#771)
api: fix return of function string_match when there are multiple masks in the string (#812)
api: fix crash in function network_connect_to if address is NULL
api: fix connection to servers with hook_connect on Windows 10 with Windows subsystem for Linux (#770)
api: fix crash in function string_split_command when the separator is not a semicolon (#731)
irc: fix socket leak in connection to server (#358, #801)
irc: fix display of service notice mask (message 008) (#429)
irc: fix NULL pointer dereference in 734 command callback (#738)
relay: return an empty hdata when the requested hdata or pointer is not found (#767)
xfer: fix crash on DCC send if option xfer.file.auto_accept_nicks is set (#781)

Documentation

switch to asciidoctor to build docs and man page (#722)

Build

python: add detection of Python 3.5

Version 1.5 (2016-05-01)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: evaluate content of option "weechat.look.item_time_format" (#791)
core: change default value of option weechat.look.nick_color_hash to "djb2"
core: move nick coloring from irc plugin to core, move options irc.look.nick_color_force, irc.look.nick_color_hash and irc.look.nick_color_stop_chars to core, add info "nick_color" and "nick_color_name", deprecate info "irc_nick_color" and "irc_color_name" (#262)
core: move irc bar item "away" to core, move options irc.look.item_away_message and irc.color.item_away to core (#692)
api: add support of functions in hook_process
api: add pointer in callbacks used in scripting API (#406)
irc: add option irc.network.sasl_fail_unavailable (#600, #697)
irc: add multiple targets and support of -server in command /ctcp (#204, #493)
trigger: add "recover" in default triggers cmd_pass/msg_auth, and "regain" in default trigger "msg_auth" (#511)

Internationalization

add Portuguese translations

Bug fixes

core: fix nick coloring when stop chars and a forced color are used: first remove chars then look for forced color
core: check that pointers received in arguments are not NULL in buffers and windows functions
core: fix truncation of buffer names in hotlist (#668)
core: fix update of window title under Tmux (#685)
api: fix number of arguments returned by function string_split when keep_eol is 2 and the string ends with separators
irc: fix first message displayed in raw buffer when the message is modified by a modifier (#719)
irc: add missing completion "*" for target in command /msg
irc: fix /msg command with multiple targets including "*"
lua: fix crash when a lua function doesn't return a value and a string was expected (#718)
relay: do not execute any command received in a PRIVMSG message from an irc relay client (#699)
relay: fix the max number of clients connected on a port, allow value 0 for "no limit" (#669)
relay: fix decoding of multiple frames in a single websocket message, send PONG on PING received in a websocket frame (#675)
relay: fix command "input" received from clients with only spaces in content of message (weechat protocol) (#663)
script: force refresh of scripts buffer after download of scripts list (#693)
xfer: fix DCC file received when the terminal is resized (#677, #680)

Build

python: fix detection of Python shared libraries (#676)
ruby: add detection of Ruby 2.3 (#698)

Version 1.4 (2016-01-10)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add a parent name in options, display inherited values if null in /set output, add option weechat.color.chat_value_null (#629)
core: add tag "term_warning" in warnings about wrong $TERM on startup
core: add option weechat.look.paste_auto_add_newline (#543)
core: display a more explicit error when a filter fails to be added (#522)
api: add function string_hex_dump
api: add argument "length" in function utf8_is_valid
alias: display completion in /alias list (#518)
fifo: add /fifo command
irc: track real names using extended-join and WHO (#351)
irc: add support of SNI (Server Name Indication) in SSL connection to IRC server (#620)
irc: add support of "cap-notify" capability (#182, #477)
irc: add command /cap (#8)
irc: add hex dump of messages in raw buffer when debug is enabled for irc plugin (level 2 or more)
irc: evaluate content of server option "addresses"
irc: move option irc.network.alternate_nick into servers (irc.server.xxx.nicks_alternate) (#633)
irc: use current channel and current server channels first in completions "irc_server_channels" and "irc_channels" (task #12923, #260, #392)
logger: display system error when the log file cannot be written (#541)
relay: add option relay.irc.backlog_since_last_message (#347)
script: add option script.scripts.download_timeout
script: add completion with languages and extensions, support search by language/extension in /script search

Bug fixes

core: fix execution of empty command name ("/" and "/ " are not valid commands)
core: fix memory leak when using multiple -d or -r in command line arguments
core: don't complain anymore about "tmux" and "tmux-256color" $TERM values when WeeChat is running under Tmux (#519)
core: fix truncated messages after a word with a length of zero on screen (for example a zero width space: U+200B) (bug #40985, #502)
api: fix handle of invalid escape in function string_convert_escaped_chars
alias: do not allow slashes and spaces in alias name (#646)
irc: fix channel forwarding when option irc.look.buffer_open_before_{autojoin|join} is on (#643)
irc: add a missing colon before the password in PASS message, if the password has spaces or begins with a colon (#602)
irc: fix charset decoding in incoming private messages (#520)
irc: display the arrow before server name in raw buffer
irc: fix display of messages sent to server in raw buffer
irc: fix display of invalid UTF-8 chars in raw buffer
relay: display the arrow before client id and protocol in raw buffer
ruby: fix load of scripts requiring "uri" (#433)

Documentation

add Czech man page and quickstart guide (#490)

Tests

core: add a test to check if all plugins are loaded
core: fix locale used to execute tests (#631)

Build

core: add scripts version.sh and build-debian.sh, separate stable from devel Debian packaging
ruby: fix Ruby detection when pkg-config is not installed

Version 1.3 (2015-08-16)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add completion "colors" (#481)
core: start/stop search in buffer at current scroll position by default, add key Ctrl+q to stop search and reset scroll (#76, #393)
core: add option weechat.look.key_grab_delay to set the default delay when grabbing a key with Alt+k
core: add option weechat.look.confirm_upgrade (#463)
core: add signal "signal_sighup"
core: allow Ctrl+c to exit WeeChat when the passphrase is asked on startup (#452)
core: allow pointer as list name in evaluation of hdata (#450)
api: add support of evaluated sub-strings and current date/time in function string_eval_expression and command /eval
api: add function string_eval_path_home
alias: add options add, addcompletion and del in command /alias, remove command /unalias (#458)
irc: add option irc.network.channel_encode (#218, #482)
irc: add option irc.color.topic_current (#475)
irc: evaluate content of server option "nicks"
logger: evaluate content of option logger.file.path (#388)
script: rename option script.scripts.dir to script.scripts.path, evaluate content of option (#388)
relay: display value of HTTP header "X-Real-IP" for websocket connections (#440)
xfer: evaluate content of options xfer.file.download_path and xfer.file.upload_path (#388)

Bug fixes

core: flush stdout/stderr after sending text directly on them (fix corrupted data sent to hook_process callback) (#442)
core: allow execution of command /input return on a buffer which is not displayed in a window
core: allow jump from current to previous buffer with default keys Alt+j, 01…99 (#466)
core: fix crash if a file descriptor used in hook_fd is too high (> 1024 on Linux/BSD) (#465)
core: fix display of invalid UTF-8 chars in bars
core: fix bar item "scroll" after /buffer clear (#448)
core: fix display of time in bare display when option weechat.look.buffer_time_format is set to empty string (#441)
api: add missing function infolist_search_var in script API (#484)
api: add missing function hook_completion_get_string in script API (#484)
api: fix type of value returned by functions strcasestr, utf8_prev_char, utf8_next_char, utf8_add_offset and util_get_time_string
api: fix type of value returned by function strcasestr
fifo: fix send error on Cygwin when something is received in the pipe (#436)
irc: fix update of lag item when the server lag changes
irc: do not allow command /query with a channel name (#459)
irc: decode/encode only text in IRC messages and not the headers (bug #29886, #218, #451)
irc: fix crash with commands /allchan, /allpv and /allserv if the executed command closes buffers (#445)
irc: do not open auto-joined channels buffers when option "-nojoin" is used in command /connect (even if the option irc.look.buffer_open_before_autojoin is on)
irc: fix errors displayed on WHOX messages received (#376)
xfer: fix crash if the DCC file socket number is too high (> 1024 on Linux/BSD) (#465)
xfer: fix parsing of DCC chat messages (handle "\r\n" at the end of messages) (#425, #426)

Documentation

replace PREFIX with CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX in CMake instructions (#354)

Build

lua: add detection of Lua 5.3
ruby: add detection of Ruby 2.2

Version 1.2 (2015-05-10)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add signals "signal_sigterm" and "signal_sigquit" (#114)
core: use environment variable WEECHAT_HOME on startup (#391)
core: add options weechat.look.quote_{nick_prefix|nick_suffix|time_format} to customize quoted messages in cursor mode (#403)
core: add a welcome message on first WeeChat run (#318)
core: add options weechat.look.word_chars_{highlight|input} (#55, task #9459)
core: remove WeeChat version from config files (#407)
core: display a warning on startup if the locale cannot be set (#373)
core: allow "*" as plugin name in command /plugin reload to reload all plugins with options
core: add option -s in command /eval to split expression before evaluating it (no more split by default) (#324)
core: add priority in plugins to initialize them in order
api: add support of environment variables in function string_eval_expression and command /eval
api: add support of full color option name in functions color and string_eval_expression and in command /eval
api: add "_chat_line" (line pointer) in hashtable of hook_focus
irc: add support of "account-notify" capability (#11, #246)
irc: add support of "ecdsa-nist256p-challenge" SASL mechanism (#251)
irc: display a warning when the option irc.look.display_away is set to "channel"
irc: optimize search of a nick in nicklist (up to 3x faster)
irc: add support of SHA-256 and SHA-512 algorithms in server option "ssl_fingerprint" (#281)
irc: add option -noswitch in command /query (#394)
irc: format message 008 (RPL_SNOMASK) (#144)
irc: remove server "freenode" from default config file (#309)
javascript: new script plugin for JavaScript

Bug fixes

core: add missing completions in command /input
guile: fix value returned in case of error in functions: config_option_reset, config_color, config_color_default, config_write, config_read, config_reload, hook_command, buffer_string_replace_local_var, command
irc: fix color of new nick in nick changes messages when option irc.look.color_nicks_in_server_messages is off
irc: fix crash when setting an invalid regex with /list -re during a /list server response (#412)
irc: fix display of PART messages on channels with +a (anonymous flag) (#396)
irc: remove useless rename of channel buffer on JOIN received with different case (#336)
irc: fix completion of commands /allchan and /allpv
lua: fix wrong argument usage in functions nicklist_remove_group, nicklist_remove_nick and nicklist_remove_all (#346)
lua: fix value returned in case of error in functions: config_option_reset, config_string, config_string_default, config_color, config_color_default, config_write, config_read, config_reload, hook_modifier_exec, buffer_string_replace_local_var, nicklist_group_set, nicklist_nick_set, command, upgrade_read, upgrade_close
relay: fix up/down keys on relay buffer (#335)
relay: remove v4-mapped addresses in /help relay.network.allowed_ips (#325)
perl: fix value returned in case of error in functions: config_option_reset, config_color, config_color_default, config_write, config_read, config_reload, buffer_string_replace_local_var, command
python: fix value returned in case of error in functions: config_option_reset, config_color, config_color_default, config_write, config_read, config_reload, config_is_set_plugin, buffer_get_string, buffer_string_replace_local_var, nicklist_group_get_string, nicklist_nick_get_string, command, hdata_time
python: fix name of function "bar_update" in case of error
python: fix restore of old interpreter when a function is not found in the script
ruby: fix crash on /plugin reload (#364)
ruby: fix value returned in case of error in functions: config_option_reset, config_color, config_color_default, config_write, config_read, config_reload, buffer_string_replace_local_var, command
script: fix state of script plugins when list of scripts has not been downloaded
scripts: reset current script pointer when load of script fails in python/perl/ruby/lua/tcl plugins
scripts: fix return code of function bar_set in python/perl/ruby/lua/tcl/guile plugins
scripts: fix type of value returned by function hdata_time (from string to long integer) in perl/ruby/lua/tcl/guile plugins
tcl: fix value returned in case of error in functions: mkdir_home, mkdir, mkdir_parents, config_option_reset, config_color, config_color_default, config_write, config_read, config_reload, print_date_tags, buffer_string_replace_local_var, command, infolist_new_item, infolist_new_var_integer, infolist_new_var_string, infolist_new_var_pointer, infolist_new_var_time, upgrade_write_object, upgrade_read, upgrade_close
trigger: do not hook anything if the trigger is disabled (#405)

Documentation

add Russian man page

Version 1.1.1 (2015-01-25)

Bug fixes

core: fix crash when a root bar has conditions different from active/inactive/nicklist (#317)
irc: don't close channel buffer on second /part when option irc.look.part_closes_buffer is off (#313)
irc: fix /join on a channel buffer opened with autojoin but which failed to join
irc: send QUIT to server and no PART for channels when the server buffer is closed (#294)
irc: fix order of channel buffers opened when option irc.look.server_buffer is set to "independent", irc.look.buffer_open_before_autojoin to "on" and irc.look.new_channel_position to "near_server" (#303)
irc: fix crash in buffer close when server name is the same as a channel name (#305)

Build

core: fix random error when creating symbolic link weechat-curses on make install with CMake (bug #40313)

Version 1.1 (2015-01-11)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add option weechat.completion.command_inline (task #12491)
core: add bar item "mouse_status", new options weechat.look.item_mouse_status and weechat.color.status_mouse (#247)
core: add signals "mouse_enabled" and "mouse_disabled" (#244)
core: add hide of chars in string in evaluation of expressions
core: add arraylists, improve speed of completions (about 50x faster)
core: allow incomplete commands if unambiguous, new option weechat.look.command_incomplete (task #5419)
core: check bar conditions in root bars and on each update of a bar item
core: fully evaluate commands bound to keys in cursor and mouse contexts
core: move bar item "scroll" between buffer name and lag in default bar items of status bar
api: add regex replace feature in function string_eval_expression
api: send value returned by command callback in function command, remove WeeChat error after command callback if return code is WEECHAT_RC_ERROR
api: use microseconds instead of milliseconds in functions util_timeval_diff and util_timeval_add
irc: add option reorder in command /server (#229)
irc: open channel buffers before the JOIN is received from server (autojoin and manual joins), new options irc.look.buffer_open_before_{autojoin|join} (#216)
irc: add server option "sasl_fail" (continue/reconnect/disconnect if SASL fails) (#265, task #12204)
irc: add support for color codes 16-99 in IRC messages (#228), add infolist "irc_color_weechat"
irc: add support of "extended-join" capability (#143, #212)
irc: display own nick changes in server buffer (#188)
irc: disable creation of temporary servers by default with command /connect, new option irc.look.temporary_servers
irc: disable SSLv3 by default in server option "ssl_priorities" (#248)
irc: automatically add current channel in command /samode (#241)
irc: add tag "nick_xxx" in invite messages
relay: add options stop and restart in command /relay
relay: add option relay.network.ssl_priorities (#234)
relay: add host in sender for IRC backlog PRIVMSG messages sent to clients
script: add option script.scripts.url_force_https (#253)
trigger: evaluate and replace regex groups at same time, new format for regex option in triggers (incompatible with version 1.0) (#224)
trigger: add option restore in command /trigger
trigger: add ${tg_displayed} in conditions of default trigger "beep"

Bug fixes

core: fix display bug when scrolling in buffer on a filtered line (#240)
core: send mouse code only one time to terminal with command /mouse enable|disable|toggle
core: fix buffer property "lines_hidden" when merging buffers or when a line is removed from a buffer (#226)
core: display time in bare display only if option weechat.look.buffer_time_format is not an empty string
core: fix translation of message displayed after /upgrade
api: fix truncated process output in hook_process (#266)
api: fix crash when reading config options with NULL value (#238)
irc: defer the auto-connection to servers with a timer (#279, task #13038)
irc: add missing server options "sasl_timeout" and "notify" in output of /server listfull
irc: use option irc.look.nick_mode_empty to display nick prefix in bar item "input_prompt"
irc: remove IRC color codes from buffer title in channels (#237)
irc: fix completion of commands /msg, /notice and /query
irc: fix translation of CTCP PING reply (#137)
relay: wait for message CAP END before sending join of channels and backlog to the client (#223)
relay: send messages "buffer_localvar*" and "_buffer_type_changed" with sync "buffers" (#191)
relay: don't remove relay from config when the binding fails (#225)
relay: use comma separator in option relay.irc.backlog_tags, check the value of option when it is changed with /set
relay: remove "::ffff:" from IPv4-mapped IPv6 client address (#111)
trigger: fix memory leak when allocating a new trigger with several regex
xfer: fix freeze when accepting DCC (#160, #174)
xfer: bind to wildcard address when sending (#173)

Build

core: fix compilation of man pages with autotools in source directory
core: fix compilation of plugins with CMake ≥ 3.1 (#287)
lua: add detection of Lua 5.2
python: fix Python detection with Homebrew (#217)
tests: fix compilation of tests with clang (#275)

Version 1.0.1 (2014-09-28)

Bug fixes

core: fix crash on buffer close when option weechat.look.hotlist_remove is set to "merged" (#199)
core: fix highlight of IRC action messages when option irc.look.nick_mode is set to "action" or "both" (#206)
core: fix compilation of plugin API functions (macros) when compiler optimizations are enabled (#200)
core: fix window/buffer pointers used in command /eval
core: fix modifier "weechat_print": discard only one line when several lines are displayed in same message (#171)
api: fix bug in function hdata_move when absolute value of count is greater than 1
aspell: fix crash with command /aspell addword if no word is given (#164, #165)
irc: fix display of channel exception list (348) with 6 arguments (date missing)
irc: fix type of value stored in hashtable when joining a channel (#211)
relay: fix send of signals "relay_client_xxx" (#214)
script: fix crash on /script update if a script detail is displayed in buffer (#177)
trigger: do not allow any changes on a trigger when it is currently running (#189)
trigger: fix regex used in default triggers to hide passwords ("\S" is not supported on *BSD) (#172)

Tests

core: fix memory leak in tests launcher

Build

aspell: fix compilation with Enchant < 1.6.0 (#192)
guile: fix compilation with Guile < 2.0.4 (#198)
perl: fix detection of Perl ≥ 5.20 with autotools
tests: fix build of tests when the build directory is outside source tree (#178)

Version 1.0 (2014-08-15)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: display a warning on startup if $TERM does not start with "screen" under Screen/Tmux
core: add option weechat.color.status_nicklist_count (#109, #110)
core: add option env in command /set (manage environment variables)
core: add bar item "buffer_short_name" (task #10882)
core: add option send in command /input (send text to a buffer)
core: add support of negated tags in filters (with "!") (#72, #74)
core: add hidden buffers, add options hide/unhide in command /buffer
core: add default key Alt+- (toggle filters in current buffer) (#17)
core: add non-active merged buffers with activity in hotlist (if another merged buffer is zoomed) (task #12845)
core: add text search in buffers with free content (task #13051)
core: add buffer property "clear"
core: add option weechat.look.hotlist_add_conditions, remove option weechat.look.hotlist_add_buffer_if_away
core: add option weechat.look.hotlist_remove (#99)
core: add options -beep and -current in command /print
core: add bare display mode for easy text selection and click on URLs, new key: Alt+l (lower L), new option "bare" in command /window, new options: weechat.look.bare_display_exit_on_input and weechat.look.bare_display_time_format
core: add signals "key_combo_{default|search|cursor}"
core: add terabyte unit for size displayed
core: display a warning in case of inconsistency between the options weechat.look.save_{config|layout}_on_exit
core: add option -mask in command /unset (#112)
core: set option weechat.look.buffer_search_where to prefix_message by default
core: mute all buffers by default in command /mute (replace option -all by -core)
api: allow value "-1" for property "hotlist" in function buffer_set (to remove a buffer from hotlist)
api: add option "buffer_flush" in function hook_process_hashtable
api: add support of case-insensitive search and search by buffer full name in function buffer_search (bug #34318)
api: add option "detached" in function hook_process_hashtable
api: add option "signal" in function hook_set to send a signal to the child process
api: add support of nested variables in function string_eval_expression and command /eval (#35)
api: add support of escaped strings with format ${esc:xxx} or ${\xxx} in function string_eval_expression and command /eval
api: add functions hashtable_dup, string_replace_regex, string_split_shell, string_convert_escaped_chars
api: add integer return code for functions hook_{signal|hsignal}_send
api: add argument "flags" in function hdata_new_list
api: allow wildcard "*" inside the mask in function string_match
api: allow negative value for y in function printf_y
alias: add default alias msgbuf (send text to a buffer)
exec: add exec plugin: new command /exec and file exec.conf
irc: add bar item "irc_nick_modes" (#71)
irc: add support of message 324 (channel modes) in option irc.look.display_join_message (#75)
irc: add option irc.look.join_auto_add_chantype (#65)
irc: add tag with host ("host_xxx") in IRC messages displayed (task #12018)
irc: add option irc.color.item_nick_modes (#47)
irc: add support of "away-notify" capability (#12)
irc: add command /remove (#91)
irc: add command /unquiet (#36)
irc: add command /allpv (task #13111)
irc: display locally away status changes in private buffers (in addition to channels) (#117)
irc: allow many fingerprints in server option ssl_fingerprint (#49)
irc: rename option irc.look.item_channel_modes_hide_key to irc.look.item_channel_modes_hide_args, value is now a string (task #12070, task #12163, #48)
irc: add value "+" for option irc.look.smart_filter_mode to use modes from server prefixes (this is now the default value) (#90)
irc: allow "$ident" in option irc.network.ban_mask_default (#18)
irc: evaluate content of server options "username" and "realname"
irc: set option irc.network.autoreconnect_delay_max to 600 by default, increase max value to 604800 seconds (7 days)
irc: set option irc.network.whois_double_nick to "off" by default
relay: add messages "_buffer_cleared", "_buffer_hidden" and "_buffer_unhidden"
relay: add info "relay_client_count" with optional status name as argument
relay: add signals "relay_client_xxx" for client status changes (#2)
relay: add option relay.network.clients_purge_delay
rmodifier: remove plugin (replaced by trigger)
script: set option script.scripts.cache_expire to 1440 by default
trigger: add trigger plugin: new command /trigger and file trigger.conf

Bug fixes

core: fix zero-length malloc of an hashtable item with type "buffer"
core: fix memory leak on /upgrade when file signature in upgrade file is invalid
core: fix memory leak in completion of config options values
core: fix memory leak when removing script files
core: fix result of hash function (in hashtables) on 32-bit systems
core: fix insert of mouse code in input line after a partial key combo (#130)
core: check code point value in UTF-8 check function (#108)
core: fix socks5 proxy for curl downloads (#119)
core: display curl error after a failed download
core: do not display content of passphrase on /secure buffer
core: fix potential memory leak with infolists not freed in plugins (debian #751108)
core: fix color display of last terminal color number + 1 (#101)
core: add option "-buffer" in command /command (#67)
core: fix restoration of core buffer properties after /upgrade
core: fix /buffer clear with a name (don't clear all merged buffers with same number)
core: fix evaluation of expression with regex: when a comparison char is in the regex and don't evaluate the regex itself (#63)
core: close .upgrade files before deleting them after /upgrade
core: fix refresh of bar item "buffer_zoom" on buffer switch
core: fix reset of attributes in bars when "resetcolor" is used (#41)
core: fix alignment of lines in merged buffers when options weechat.look.prefix_align and weechat.look.prefix_buffer_align are set to "none" (#43)
core: quit WeeChat on signal SIGHUP, remove signal "signal_sighup"
core: fix add of filter on macOS when regex for message is empty (filter regex ending with "\t")
core: check validity of buffer pointer when data is sent to a buffer (command/text from user and API function command)
core: fix crash when buffer is closed during execution of multiple commands (#27)
core: fix compilation on SmartOS (bug #40981, #23)
core: add missing \0 at the end of stderr buffer in function hook_process
core: fix highlight problem with "(?-i)" and upper case letters in option weechat.look.highlight (#24)
core: fix detection of terminated process in function hook_process
core: fix /window scroll -N on a buffer with free content
core: fix recursive calls to function eval_expression
core: save and restore mute state in command /mute (bug #41748)
core: fix memory leak when removing a hdata
core: fix memory leak in evaluation of sub-conditions
core: fix memory leak in function gui_key_add_to_infolist (in case of insufficient memory)
core: fix use of invalid pointer in function gui_bar_window_content_alloc (in case of insufficient memory)
core: fix uninitialized value in function string_decode_base64
core: fix memory leak and use of invalid pointer in split of string (in case of insufficient memory)
core: fix potential NULL pointer in function gui_color_emphasize
core: use same return code and message in all commands when arguments are wrong/missing
core: allow empty arguments for command /print
core: fix freeze/crash in GnuTLS (bug #41576)
api: fix function string_decode_base64
api: fix function string_format_size on 32-bit systems
api: change type of arguments displayed/highlight in hook_print callback from string to integer (in scripts)
alias: change default command for alias /beep to /print -beep
guile: fix module used after unload of a script
irc: fix memory leak in CTCP answer
irc: fix duplicate sender name in display of wallops (#142, #145)
irc: fix extract of channel in parser for JOIN/PART messages when there is a colon before the channel name (#83)
irc: fix duplicate sender name in display of notice (#87)
irc: fix refresh of buffer name in bar items after join/part/kick/kill (#86)
irc: display message 936 (censored word) on channel instead of server buffer
irc: make reason optional in command /kill
irc: add alias whois for target buffer of messages 401/402 (#54)
irc: fix truncated read on socket with SSL (bug #41558)
irc: display output of CAP LIST in server buffer
irc: fix colors in message with CTCP reply sent to another user
irc: fix read of MODES server value when in commands /op, /deop, /voice, /devoice, /halfop, /dehalfop
irc: fix parsing of nick in host when "!" is not found (bug #41640)
lua: fix interpreter used after unload of a script
perl: fix context used after unload of a script
python: fix read of return value for callbacks returning an integer in Python 2.x (#125)
python: fix interpreter used after unload of a script
relay: fix memory leak during handshake on websocket
relay: fix memory leak when receiving commands from client (weechat protocol)
relay: fix crash when an IRC "MODE" command is received from client without arguments
relay: fix number of bytes sent/received on 32-bit systems
relay: fix crash when closing relay buffers (#57, #78)
relay: check pointers received in hdata command to prevent crashes with bad pointers (WeeChat protocol)
relay: remove warning on /reload of relay.conf when ports are defined
relay: fix client disconnection on empty websocket frames received (PONG)
relay: add support of Internet Explorer websocket (#73)
relay: fix crash on /upgrade received from a client (weechat protocol)
relay: fix freeze after /upgrade when many disconnected clients still exist
relay: fix NULL pointer when reading buffer lines for irc backlog
ruby: fix crash when trying to load a directory with /ruby load
script: fix display of curl errors
script: fix scroll on script buffer in the detailed view of script (#6)
scripts: fix crash when a signal is received with type "int" and NULL pointer in signal_data
xfer: fix problem with option xfer.file.auto_accept_nicks when the server name contains dots
xfer: fix freeze/problems when sending empty files with DCC (#53)
xfer: fix connection to remote host in DCC receive on macOS (#25)
xfer: remove bind on xfer.network.own_ip (#5)

Build

core: fix CMake warning CMP0007 on "make uninstall" (bug #41528)
core: use glibtoolize on macOS (autotools) (#22)
ruby: add detection of Ruby 2.1

Tests

core: add unit tests using CppUTest (#104)

Version 0.4.3 (2014-02-09)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add signals "signal_sighup" and "signal_sigwinch" (terminal resized)
core: add command /print, add support of more escaped chars in command /input insert
core: add option weechat.look.tab_width
core: add completion "plugins_installed"
core: add option weechat.look.window_auto_zoom, disable automatic zoom by default when terminal becomes too small for windows
core: use "+" separator to make a logical "and" between tags in command /filter, option weechat.look.highlight_tags and buffer property "highlight_tags"
core: add options weechat.look.buffer_auto_renumber and weechat.look.buffer_position, add option renumber in command /buffer, add bar item "buffer_last_number" (task #12766)
core: add signal "buffer_cleared"
core: add buffer property "day_change" to hide messages for the day change in specific buffers
core: add option "libs" in command /debug
core: add infos "term_width" and "term_height"
core: add bar item "buffer_zoom", add signals "buffer_{zoomed|unzoomed}" (patch #8204)
core: add default keys Alt+Home / Alt+End (meta2-1;3H / meta2-1;3F) and Alt+F11 / Alt+F12 (meta2-23;3~ / meta2-24;3~) for xterm
core: add support of italic text (requires ncurses ≥ 5.9 patch 20130831)
core: add options to customize default text search in buffers: weechat.look.buffer_search_{case_sensitive|force_default|regex|where}
core: add support of UTF-8 chars in horizontal/vertical separators (options weechat.look.separator_{horizontal|vertical})
core: add support of logical and/or for argument "tags" in function hook_print
core: rename buffer property "highlight_tags" to "highlight_tags_restrict", new behavior for buffer property "highlight_tags" (force highlight on tags), rename option irc.look.highlight_tags to irc.look.highlight_tags_restrict
core: rename options save/reset to store/del in command /layout
core: replace default key Ctrl+c, r by Ctrl+c, v for reverse video in messages
core: replace default key Ctrl+c, u by Ctrl+c, _ for underlined text in messages
core: rename option weechat.look.set_title to weechat.look.window_title, value is now a string (evaluated)
core: set option weechat.look.paste_bracketed to "on" by default
core: use one date format when day changes from day to day+1
api: add function infolist_search_var
api: add stdin options in functions hook_process_hashtable and hook_set to send data on stdin of child process, add function hook_set in script API (task #10847, task #13031)
api: add hdata "buffer_visited"
api: add support of infos with format ${info:name,arguments} in function string_eval_expression and command /eval
api: add support for C++ plugins
alias: add default alias /beep to /print -stderr \a
irc: add server option "ssl_fingerprint" (task #12724)
irc: add option irc.look.smart_filter_mode (task #12499)
irc: add option irc.network.ban_mask_default (bug #26571)
irc: add option irc.network.lag_max
irc: add option irc.look.notice_welcome_tags
irc: add server option "default_msg_kick" to customize default kick/kickban message (task #12777)
irc: use MONITOR instead of ISON for /notify when it is available on server (task #11477)
relay: send backlog for irc private buffers
xfer: add support of IPv6 for DCC chat/file (patch #7992)
xfer: add option xfer.file.auto_check_crc32 (patch #7963)

Bug fixes

core: fix hotlist problems after apply of a layout (bug #41481)
core: fix crash when creating two bars with same name but different case (bug #41418)
core: fix display of read marker when all buffer lines are unread and that option weechat.look.read_marker_always_show is on
core: fix memory leak in regex matching when evaluating expression
core: fix crash in /eval when config option has a NULL value
core: fix crash with hdata_update on shared strings, add hdata type "shared_string" (bug #41104)
core: fix text emphasis with wide chars on screen like Japanese (patch #8253)
core: remove option on /unset of plugin description option (plugins.desc.xxx) (bug #40768)
core: fix random crash when closing a buffer
core: fix crash on /buffer close core.weechat
core: apply color attributes when clearing a window (patch #8236)
core: fix truncated text when pasting several long lines (bug #40210)
core: create .conf file with default options only if the file does not exist (and not on read error with existing file)
core: fix highlight on action messages: skip the nick at beginning to prevent highlight on it (bug #40516)
core: fix bind of keys in cursor/mouse context when key starts with "@" (remove the warning about unsafe key)
core: fix truncated prefix when filters are toggled (bug #40204)
api: fix read of arrays in hdata functions hdata_ (bug #40354)
aspell: fix detection of nicks with non-alphanumeric chars
guile: disable guile gmp allocator (fix crash on unload of relay plugin) (bug #40628)
irc: clear the GnuTLS session in all cases after SSL connection error
irc: do not display names by default when joining a channel (task #13045)
irc: display PONG answer when resulting from manual /ping command
irc: fix time parsed in tag of messages on Cygwin
irc: use statusmsg from message 005 to check prefix char in status notices/messages
irc: remove display of channel in channel notices, display "PvNotice" for channel welcome notices
irc: fix ignore on a host without nick
irc: use color code 0x1F (ctrl-_) for underlined text in input line (same code as messages) (bug #40756)
irc: use color code 0x16 (ctrl-v) for reverse video in messages
irc: use option irc.network.colors_send instead of irc.network.colors_receive when displaying messages sent by commands /away, /me, /msg, /notice, /query
irc: fix memory leak when checking the value of ssl_priorities option in servers
irc: fix memory leak when a channel is deleted
irc: fix groups in channel nicklist when reconnecting to a server that supports more nick prefixes than the previously connected server
irc: fix auto-switch to channel buffer when doing /join channel (without "#")
logger: fix memory leaks in backlog
logger: replace backslashes in name by logger replacement char under Cygwin (bug #41207)
lua: fix crash on calls to callbacks during load of script
python: fix load of scripts with Python ≥ 3.3
relay: fix memory leak on unload of relay plugin
ruby: fix ruby init with Ruby ≥ 2.0 (bug #41115)
scripts: fix script interpreter used after register during load of script in python/perl/ruby/lua/guile plugins (bug #41345)
xfer: use same infolist for hook and signals (patch #7974)

Documentation

add French developer's guide and relay protocol
add Japanese plugin API reference and developer's guide
add Polish man page and user's guide

Build

core: fix installation of weechat-plugin.h with autotools (patch #8305)
core: fix compilation on Android (bug #41420, patch #8301, bug #41434)
lua: fix detection of Lua 5.2 in autotools (patch #8270)
ruby: add detection and fix compilation with Ruby 2.0 (patch #8209)

Version 0.4.2 (2013-10-06)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: display day change message dynamically (do not store it as a line in buffer), split option weechat.look.day_change_time_format into two options weechat.look.day_change_message_{1date|2dates}, new option weechat.color.chat_day_change (task #12775)
core: add syntax "@buffer:item" in bar items to force the buffer used when displaying the bar item (task #12717)
core: add search of regular expression in buffer, don't reset search type on a new search, select where to search (messages/prefixes), add keys in search context: Alt+c (case (in)sensitive search), Tab (search in messages/prefixes)
core: add text emphasis in messages when searching text in buffer, new options: weechat.look.emphasized_attributes, weechat.color.emphasized, weechat.color.emphasized_bg
core: add secured data (encryption of passwords or private data): add new command /secure and new file sec.conf (task #7395)
core: rename binary and man page from "weechat-curses" to "weechat" (task #11027)
core: add option -o in command /color
core: add option scroll_beyond_end for command /window (task #6745)
core: add options weechat.look.hotlist_prefix and weechat.look.hotlist_suffix (task #12730)
core: add option weechat.look.key_bind_safe
core: add option weechat.network.proxy_curl (task #12651)
core: add "proxy" infolist and hdata
core: add infolist "layout" and hdata "layout", "layout_buffer" and "layout_window"
core: reduce memory used by using shared strings for nicklist and lines in buffers
core: change color format for options weechat.look.buffer_time_format and weechat.look.prefix_{action|error|join|network|quit} from ${xxx} to ${color:xxx}
core: optimize the removal of lines in buffers (a lot faster to clear/close buffers with lot of lines)
core: set options weechat.look.color_inactive_{buffer|window} to "on" by default
api: return hashtable item pointer in functions hashtable_set and hashtable_set_with_size
api: add "callback_free_key" in hashtable
api: add support of colors with format ${color:xxx} in function string_eval_expression and command /eval
api: add argument "options" in function string_eval_expression, add option -c in command /eval (to evaluate a condition)
api: add new function strlen_screen
aspell: rename option aspell.look.color to aspell.color.misspelled, add option aspell.color.suggestions
aspell: add support of enchant library (patch #6858)
irc: add option irc.look.notice_welcome_redirect to automatically redirect channel welcome notices to the channel buffer
irc: add support of wildcards in commands (de)op/halfop/voice, split IRC message sent if number of nicks is greater than server MODES (from message 005) (task #9221)
irc: add option irc.look.pv_tags
irc: add support of special variables $nick/$channel/$server in commands /allchan and /allserv
irc: add option irc.look.nick_color_hash: hash algorithm to find nick color (patch #8062)
logger: add option flush in command /logger
plugins: remove the demo plugin
relay: add command "ping" in weechat protocol (task #12689)
rmodifier: add option "missing" in command /rmodifier
script: add info about things defined by script (like commands, options, ...) in the detailed view of script (/script show)
scripts: add hdata with script callback
xfer: add option xfer.look.pv_tags

Bug fixes

core: clear whole line before displaying content instead of clearing after the end of content (bug #40115)
core: fix time displayed in status bar (it was one second late) (bug #40097)
core: fix memory leak on unhook of a print hook (if using tags)
core: fix computation of columns in output of /help (take care about size of time/buffer/prefix)
core: fix random crash on /buffer close with a buffer number (or a range of buffers)
core: fix priority of logical operators in evaluation of expression (AND takes precedence over the OR) and first evaluate sub-expressions between parentheses
core: remove gap after read marker line when there is no bar on the right (bug #39548)
core: use "/dev/null" for stdin in hook_process instead of closing stdin (bug #39538)
core: fix char displayed at the intersection of three windows (bug #39331)
core: fix crash in evaluation of expression when reading a string in hdata with a NULL value (bug #39419)
core: fix display bugs with some UTF-8 chars that truncates messages displayed (for example U+26C4) (bug #39201)
core: remove extra space after empty prefix (when prefix for action, error, join, network or quit is set to empty string) (bug #39218)
core: fix random crash on mouse actions (bug #39094)
core: fix line alignment when option weechat.look.buffer_time_format is set to empty string
api: change type of hashtable key hash to unsigned long
api: use pointer for infolist "hook" to return only one hook
aspell: fix detection of word start/end when there are apostrophes or minus chars before/after word
irc: fix reconnection to server using IPv6 (bug #38819, bug #40166)
irc: replace default prefix modes "qaohvu" by the standard ones "ov" when PREFIX is not sent by server (bug #39802)
irc: use 6697 as default port for SSL servers created with URL "ircs://" (bug #39621)
irc: display number of ops/halfops/voices on channel join only for supported modes on server (bug #39582)
irc: fix self nick color in server messages after nick is changed with /nick (bug #39415)
irc: fix error message on /invite without arguments (bug #39272)
irc: fix multiple nicks in command /query (separated by commas): open one buffer per nick
lua: fix interpreter used in API functions (bug #39470)
relay: fix decoding of websocket frames when there are multiple frames in a single message received (only the first one was decoded)
relay: fix binding to an IP address (bug #39119)

Documentation

update man page and add translations (in French, German, Italian, and Japanese)

Build

core: add CA_FILE option in CMake and configure to setup default value of option weechat.network.gnutls_ca_file (default is "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt") (task #12725)
core: disable build of doc by default, add CMake option "ENABLE_MAN" to compile man page (off by default)
xfer: fix compilation on OpenBSD (bug #39071)

Version 0.4.1 (2013-05-20)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: make nick prefix/suffix dynamic (not stored in the line): move options irc.look.nick_{prefix|suffix} to weechat.look.nick_{prefix|suffix} and options irc.color.nick_{prefix|suffix} to weechat.color.chat_nick_{prefix|suffix}, add new options weechat.look.prefix_align_more_after, weechat.look.prefix_buffer_align_more_after, logger.file.nick_{prefix|suffix} (bug #37531)
core: add support of multiple layouts (task #11274)
core: add signals nicklist_{group|nick}removing and hsignals nicklist{group|nick}_{added|removing|changed}
core: add count for groups, nicks, and total in nicklist
core: add option dirs in command /debug
core: add signal "window_opened" (task #12464)
core: allow read of array in hdata without using index
api: add new function hdata_search
api: add property "completion_freeze" for function buffer_set: do not stop completion when command line is updated
aspell: add completion "aspell_dicts" (list of aspell installed dictionaries)
aspell: add info "aspell_dict" (dictionaries used on a buffer)
aspell: optimization on spellers to improve speed (save state by buffer)
irc: add support of DH-AES SASL mechanism (patch #8020)
irc: add support of UHNAMES (capability "userhost-in-names") (task #9353)
irc: add tag "irc_nick_back" for messages displayed in private buffer when a nick is back on server (task #12576)
irc: add option irc.look.display_join_message (task #10895)
irc: add option irc.look.pv_buffer: automatically merge private buffers (optionally by server) (task #11924)
irc: hide passwords in commands or messages sent to nickserv (/msg nickserv) with new modifiers "irc_command_auth" and "irc_message_auth", remove option irc.look.hide_nickserv_pwd, add option irc.look.nicks_hide_password (bug #38346)
irc: unmask smart filtered join if nick speaks in channel some minutes after the join, new option irc.look.smart_filter_join_unmask (task #12405)
irc: rename option irc.network.lag_disconnect to irc.network.lag_reconnect, value is now a number of seconds
relay: add message "_nicklist_diff" (differences between old and current nicklist)
relay: add support of multiple servers on same port for irc protocol (the client must send the server in the "PASS" command)
relay: add WebSocket server support (RFC 6455) for irc and weechat protocols, new option relay.network.websocket_allowed_origins
relay: add options "buffers" and "upgrade" in commands sync/desync (weechat protocol)
rmodifier: rename default rmodifier "nickserv" to "command_auth" (with new modifier "irc_command_auth"), add default rmodifier "message_auth" (modifier "irc_message_auth")
script: add option script.scripts.autoload, add options "autoload", "noautoload" and "toggleautoload" for command /script, add action "A" (Alt+a) on script buffer (toggle autoload) (task #12393)
xfer: add option xfer.file.auto_accept_nicks (patch #7962)

Bug fixes

core: fix display of long lines without time (message beginning with two tabs)
core: reset scroll in window before zooming on a merged buffer (bug #38207)
core: fix refresh of item "completion": clear it after any action that is changing content of command line and after switch of buffer (bug #38214)
core: fix structures before buffer data when a buffer is closed
core: fix refresh of line after changes with hdata_update (update flag "displayed" according to filters)
core: fix hidden lines for messages without date when option weechat.history.max_buffer_lines_minutes is set (bug #38197)
core: use default hash/comparison callback for keys of type integer/pointer/time in hashtable
api: do not display a warning by default when loading a script with a license different from GPL
api: fix connection to servers with hook_connect on macOS (bug #38496)
api: fix bug in function string_match when mask begins and ends with "*"
api: allow hashtable with keys that are not strings in function hashtable_add_to_infolist
api: fix function string_mask_to_regex: escape all special chars used in regex (bug #38398)
guile: fix crash in function hdata_move
guile: fix arguments given to callbacks (separate arguments instead of one list with arguments inside), Guile ≥ 2.0 is now required (bug #38350)
guile: fix crash on calls to callbacks during load of script (bug #38343)
irc: fix name of server buffer after /server rename (set name "server.name" instead of "name")
irc: fix uncontrolled format string when sending unknown irc commands (if option irc.network.send_unknown_commands is on)
irc: fix uncontrolled format string when sending ison command (for nicks monitored by /notify)
irc: fix refresh of nick in input bar when joining a new channel with op status (bug #38969)
irc: fix display of CTCP messages that contain bold attribute (bug #38895)
irc: fix duplicate nick completion when someone rejoins the channel with same nick but a different case (bug #38841)
irc: fix crash on command /allchan /close
irc: fix default completion (like nicks) in commands /msg, /notice, /query and /topic
irc: fix prefix color for nick when the prefix is not in irc.color.nick_prefixes: use default color (key "*")
irc: fix display of malformed CTCP (without closing char) (bug #38347)
irc: fix memory leak in purge of hashtables with joins (it was done only for the first server in the list)
irc: add color in output of /names when result is on server buffer (channel not joined) (bug #38070)
lua: remove use of functions for API constants
lua: fix crash on stack overflow: call lua_pop for values returned by lua functions (bug #38510)
perl: simplify code to load scripts
python: fix crash when loading scripts with Python 3.x (patch #8044)
relay: fix uncontrolled format string in redirection of irc commands
relay: rename compression "gzip" to "zlib" (compression is zlib, not gzip)
relay: fix commands sync/desync in weechat protocol (bug #38215)
ruby: fix crash in function hdata_move
ruby: fix crash with Ruby 2.0: use one array for the last 6 arguments of function config_new_option (bug #31050)
script: create "script" directory on each action, just in case it has been removed (bug #38472)
scripts: create directories (language and language/autoload) on each action (install/remove/autoload), just in case they have been removed (bug #38473)
scripts: do not allow empty script name in function register
xfer: fix freeze of DCC file received: use non-blocking socket after connection to sender and ensure the ACK is properly sent (bug #38340)

Build

core: install icon file (patch #7972)
core: fix detection of iconv with CMake on macOS (bug #38321)
guile: fix compilation with Guile 2.0
python: fix detection of Python on Ubuntu Raring
script: fix compilation on GNU/Hurd (patch #7977)

Version 0.4.0 (2013-01-20)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add buffer pointer in arguments for signals "input_search", "input_text_changed" and "input_text_cursor_moved"
core: add option diff in command /set (list options with changed value)
core: add color support in options weechat.look.prefix_{action|error|join|network|quit} (task #9555)
core: display default values for changed config options in output of /set
core: add command /eval, use expression in conditions for bars
core: add option -quit in command /upgrade (save session and quit without restarting WeeChat, for delayed restoration)
core: add incomplete mouse events "event-down" and "event-drag" (task #11840)
api: allow return code WEECHAT_RC_OK_EAT in callbacks of hook_signal and hook_hsignal (stop sending the signal immediately)
api: allow creation of structure with hdata_update (allowed for hdata "history")
api: use hashtable "options" for command arguments in function hook_process_hashtable (optional, default is a split of string with command)
api: add new function string_eval_expression
api: connect with IPv6 by default in hook_connect (with fallback to IPv4), shuffle list of hosts for a same address, add argument "retry" for hook_connect, move "sock" from hook_connect arguments to callback of hook_connect (task #11205)
aspell: add signal "aspell_suggest" (sent when new suggestions are displayed)
aspell: add bar items "aspell_dict" (dictionary used on current buffer) and "aspell_suggest" (suggestions for misspelled word at cursor), add option aspell.check.suggestions (task #12061)
irc: add tags "irc_nick1_xxx" and "irc_nick2_yyy" in message displayed for command "NICK"
irc: return git version in CTCP VERSION and FINGER by default, add "$git" and "$versiongit" in format of CTCP replies
irc: read local variable "autorejoin" in buffer to override server option "autorejoin" (task #12256)
irc: add option -auto in command /connect (task #9340)
irc: add support of "server-time" capability (task #12255)
irc: add support of tags in messages
irc: add command /quiet, fix display of messages 728/729 (quiet list, end of quiet list) (task #12278)
irc: add option irc.network.alternate_nick to disable dynamic nick generation when all nicks are already in use on server (task #12281)
irc: add option irc.network.whois_double_nick to double nick in command /whois
irc: add option -noswitch in command /join (task #12275)
perl: display script filename in error messages
relay: add backlog and server capability "server-time" for irc protocol, add new options relay.irc.backlog_max_minutes, relay.irc.backlog_max_number, relay.irc.backlog_since_last_disconnect, relay.irc.backlog_tags, relay.irc.backlog_time_format (task #12076)
relay: add support of IPv6, new option relay.network.ipv6, add support of "ipv4." and/or "ipv6." before protocol name, to force IPv4/IPv6 (task #12270)
xfer: display remote IP address for DCC chat/file (task #12289)

Bug fixes

core: fix infinite loop when a regex gives an empty match (bug #38112)
core: fix click in item "buffer_nicklist" when nicklist is a root bar (bug #38080)
core: fix line returned when clicking on a bar (according to position and filling) (bug #38069)
core: fix refresh of bars when applying layout (bug #37944, bug #37952)
core: fix scroll to bottom of window (default key: Alt+End) when line displayed is bigger than chat area
core: fix scroll in buffer after enabling/disabling some filters (if scroll is on a hidden line) (bug #37885)
core: fix memory leak in case of error when building content of bar item for display
core: fix detection of command in input: a single command char is considered as a command (API function string_input_for_buffer)
core: search for a fallback template when a no template is matching command arguments
core: fix refresh of windows after split (fix bug with horizontal separator between windows) (bug #37874)
core: fix stuck mouse (bug #36533)
core: fix default mouse buttons actions for script buffer (focus the window before executing action)
core: fix scroll of one page down when weechat.look.scroll_page_percent is less than 100 (bug #37875)
core: disable paste detection and confirmation if bar item "input_paste" is not used in a visible bar (task #12327)
core: use high priority (50000) for commands /command and /input so that an alias will not take precedence over these commands (bug #36353)
core: execute command with higher priority when many commands with same name are found with different priorities
core: fix display of combining chars (bug #37775)
core: fix display of zoomed/merged buffer (with number ≥ 2) after switching to it (bug #37593)
core: fix display problem when option weechat.look.prefix_same_nick is set (problem with nick displayed in first line of screen) (bug #37556)
core: fix wrapping of words with wide chars (the break was made before the correct position)
api: do not call shell to execute command in hook_process (fix security problem when a plugin/script gives untrusted command) (bug #37764)
alias: give higher priority to aliases (2000) so that they take precedence over an existing command
aspell: ignore self and remote nicks in private buffers
aspell: fix creation of spellers when number of dictionaries is different between two buffers
guile: fix bad conversion of shared strings (replace calls to scm_i_string_chars by scm_to_locale_string) (bug #38067)
irc: fix display of actions (/me) when they are received from a relay client (in channel and private buffers) (bug #38027)
irc: fix memory leak when updating modes of channel
irc: fix crash on /upgrade (free channels before server data when a server is destroyed) (bug #37736)
irc: fix crash when decoding IRC colors in strings (bug #37704)
irc: fix refresh of bar item "away" after command /away or /disconnect
irc: send whois on self nick when /whois is done without argument on a channel (task #12273)
irc: remove local variable "away" in server/channels buffers after server disconnection (bug #37582)
irc: fix crash when message 352 has too few arguments (bug #37513)
irc: remove unneeded server disconnect when server buffer is closed and server is already disconnected
perl: fix calls to callbacks during load of script when multiplicity is disabled (bug #38044)
relay: fix duplicated messages sent to irc clients (when messages are redirected) (bug #37870)
relay: fix memory leak when adding hdata to a message (weechat protocol)
relay: fix crash after /upgrade when a client is connected
relay: add missing "ssl." in output of /relay listrelay
script: fix scroll with mouse when window with script buffer is not the current window (do not force a switch to script buffer in current window)
xfer: fix memory leak when refreshing xfer buffer
xfer: add missing tags in DCC chat messages: nick_xxx, prefix_nick_ccc, logN
xfer: limit bytes received to file size (for DCC file received), fix crash when displaying a xfer file with pos greater than size

Build

core: add git version in build, display it in weechat-curses --help and /version
core: stop CMake if gcrypt lib is not found (bug #37671)
guile: fix detection of Guile in configure
script: fix compilation on macOS

Version 0.3.9.2 (2012-11-18)

Bug fixes

core: do not call shell to execute command in hook_process (fix security problem when a plugin/script gives untrusted command) (bug #37764, CVE-2012-5534)

Version 0.3.9.1 (2012-11-09)

Bug fixes

irc: fix crash when decoding IRC colors in strings (bug #37704, CVE-2012-5854)

Version 0.3.9 (2012-09-29)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add signals for plugins loaded/unloaded
core: add default key Alt+x (zoom on merged buffer) (task #11029)
core: add mouse bindings Ctrl + wheel up/down to scroll horizontally buffers with free content
core: add option weechat.startup.sys_rlimit to set system resource limits for WeeChat process
core: add option swap in command /buffer (task #11373)
core: add hdata "hotlist"
core: add support of arrays in hdata variables
core: add command line option -r (or --run-command) to run command(s) after startup of WeeChat
core: add function hook_set in plugin API, add "subplugin" in hooks (set by script plugins), display subplugin in /help on commands (task #12049)
core: add option weechat.look.jump_smart_back_to_buffer (jump back to initial buffer after reaching end of hotlist, on by default, which is old behavior)
core: add default key Alt+s (toggle aspell)
core: add callback "nickcmp" in buffers
core: add horizontal separator between windows, new options weechat.look.window_separator_{horizontal|vertical}
core: add options weechat.look.color_nick_offline and weechat.color.chat_nick_offline{_highlight|_highlight_bg} to use different color for offline nicks in prefix (task #11109)
api: allow update for some variables of hdata, add new functions hdata_update and hdata_set
api: add info "locale" for info_get (locale used to translate messages)
api: add new function util_version_number
aspell: add option aspell.check.enabled, add options enable/disable/toggle for command /aspell (rename options enable/disable/dictlist to setdict/deldict/listdict), display aspell status with /aspell (task #11988)
irc: generate alternate nicks dynamically when all nicks are already in use (task #12209)
irc: add bar item "buffer_modes", remove option irc.look.item_channel_modes (task #12022)
irc: add option irc.look.ctcp_time_format to customize reply to CTCP TIME (task #12150)
irc: move options from core to irc plugin: weechat.look.nickmode to irc.look.nick_mode (new type: integer with values: none/prefix/action/both) and weechat.look.nickmode_empty to irc.look.nick_mode_empty
logger: add tags in backlog lines displayed when opening buffer
logger: add messages "Day changed to" in backlog (task #12187)
relay: add support of SSL (for irc and weechat protocols), new option relay.network.ssl_cert_key (task #12044)
relay: add option relay.color.client
relay: add object type "arr" (array) in WeeChat protocol
script: new plugin "script" (script manager, replacing scripts weeget.py and script.pl)
scripts: add signals for scripts loaded/unloaded/installed/removed
scripts: add hdata with list of scripts for each language

Bug fixes

core: fix display bug when end of a line is displayed on top of chat (last line truncated and MORE(0) in status bar) (bug #37203)
core: fix IP address returned by hook_connect (return IP really used, not first IP for hostname)
core: display spaces at the end of messages in chat area (bug #37024)
core: fix infinite loop in display when chat area has width of 1 with a bar displayed on the right (nicklist by default) (bug #37089)
core: fix display of "bar more down" char when text is truncated by size_max in bars with vertical filling (bug #37054)
core: fix color of long lines (displayed on more than one line on screen) under FreeBSD (bug #36999)
core: return error string to callback of hook_connect if getaddrinfo fails in child process
core: scroll to bottom of window after reaching first or last highlight with keys Alt+p / Alt+n
core: fix refresh of bar items when switching window
core: fix refresh of bar items "buffer_filter" and "scroll" in root bars (bug #36816)
core: allow again names beginning with "#" for bars, proxies and filters
core: escape special chars (#[\) in configuration files for name of options (bug #36584)
aspell: add missing dictionaries (ast/grc/hus/kn/ky)
charset: do not allow "UTF-8" in charset decoding options (useless because UTF-8 is the internal WeeChat charset)
fifo: ignore read failing with error EAGAIN (bug #37019)
guile: fix crash when unloading a script without pointer to interpreter
irc: fix rejoin of channels with a key, ignore value "*" sent by server for key (bug #24131)
irc: fix SASL mechanism "external" (bug #37274)
irc: fix parsing of message 346 when no nick/time are given (bug #37266)
irc: switch to next address after a timeout when connecting to server (bug #37216)
irc: fix bug when changing server option "addresses" with less addresses (bug #37215)
irc: add network prefix in irc (dis)connection messages
irc: fix split of received IRC message: keep spaces at the end of message
irc: fix bug with prefix chars which are in chanmodes with a type different from "B" (bug #36996)
irc: fix format of message "USER" (according to RFC 2812) (bug #36825)
irc: fix parsing of user modes (ignore everything after first space) (bug #36756, bug #31572)
irc: fix freeze when reading on socket with SSL enabled (use non-blocking sockets) (bug #35097)
irc: allow again names beginning with "#" for servers
lua: fix crash when unloading a script without pointer to interpreter
python: fix crash when unloading a script without pointer to interpreter
relay: fix freeze when writing on relay socket (use non-blocking sockets in relay for irc and weechat protocols) (bug #36655)
scripts: fix deletion of configuration files when script is unloaded (bug #36977)
scripts: fix function unhook_all: delete only callbacks of hooks and add missing call to unhook
scripts: ignore call to register (with a warning) if script is already registered
xfer: fix DCC transfer error (bug #37432)

Documentation

add Japanese user's guide (patch #7827), scripting guide and tester's guide

Build

core: move the set of CMake policy CMP0003 in directory src (so it applies to all plugins) (bug #37311)
core: fix names of cache variables in configure.in (bug #36971)
core: add CMake option "MANDIR" (bug #36776)
guile: fix path of Guile include dirs in CMake build (patch #7790)
lua: add support of Lua 5.2
python: fix detection of Python (first try "python2.x" and then "python") (bug #36835)
ruby: add detection of Ruby 1.9.3

Version 0.3.8 (2012-06-03)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

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: add support of terminal "bracketed paste mode", new options weechat.look.paste_bracketed and weechat.look.paste_bracketed_timer_delay (task #11316)
core: support lines of 16 Kb long in configuration files (instead of 1 Kb)
core: convert options weechat.look.prefix_align_more and weechat.look.prefix_buffer_align_more from boolean to string (task #11197)
core: follow symbolic links when writing configuration files (.conf) (task #11779)
api: add list "gui_buffer_last_displayed" in hdata "buffer"
irc: add option fakerecv in command /server to simulate a received IRC message (not documented, for debug only)
irc: add option -pending in command /disconnect (cancel auto-reconnection on servers currently reconnecting) (task #11985)
irc: add signals and tags in messages for irc notify (task #11887)
irc: add support of "external" SASL mechanism (task #11864)
irc: allow more than one nick in command /invite
logger: add colors for backlog lines and end of backlog, new options: logger.color.backlog_line and logger.color.backlog_end (task #11966)
relay: add signals "upgrade" and "upgrade_ended" in WeeChat protocol
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)

Bug fixes

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 crashes with small windows (bug #36107)
core: fix display bug with prefix when length is greater than max and prefix is ending with a wide char (bug #36032)
core: fix lost scroll when switching to a buffer with a pending search
core: fix display of wide chars on last column of chat area (patch #7733)
api: display warning in scripts when invalid pointers (malformed strings) are given to plugin API functions (warning displayed if debug for plugin is ≥ 1)
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: hide everything after "identify" or "register" in messages to nickserv when option irc.look.hide_nickserv_pwd is on (bug #36362)
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: 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: 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: 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)
perl: fix crash on quit on macOS
relay: keep spaces in beginning of "input" received from client (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)
tcl: add missing function hdata_char in API
tcl: fix pointer sent to function hook_signal_send when type of data is a pointer

Documentation

add Japanese FAQ (patch #7781)

Build

perl: fix compilation on macOS (bug #30701)

Version 0.3.7 (2012-02-26)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add support of flags in regular expressions and highlight options
core: add type "hashtable" for hdata
core: add signals "buffer_line_added" and "window_switch"
core: add default keys Ctrl+Left / Ctrl+Right (meta2-1;5D / meta2-1;5C) for gnome-terminal
core: add option hooks in command /debug
core: add option weechat.look.scroll_bottom_after_switch (if enabled, restore old behavior before fix of bug #25555 in version 0.3.5)
core: add new option weechat.completion.base_word_until_cursor: allow completion in middle of words (enabled by default) (task #9771)
core: add option jump_last_buffer_displayed in command /input (key: Alt+/) (task #11553)
core: add option weechat.history.max_buffer_lines_minutes: maximum number of minutes in history per buffer (task #10900), rename option weechat.history.max_lines to weechat.history.max_buffer_lines_number
core: add optional arguments for command /plugin load/reload/autoload
core: use extended regex in filters (task #9497, patch #7616)
api: add modifier "input_text_for_buffer" (bug #35317)
api: add support of URL in hook_process / hook_process_hashtable (task #10247)
api: add new functions strcasecmp_range, strncasecmp_range, string_regex_flags, string_regcomp, hashtable_map_string, hook_process_hashtable, hdata_check_pointer, hdata_char, hdata_hashtable and nicklist_get_next_item
alias: add default alias /umode to /mode $nick
irc: add option "capabilities" in servers to enable client capabilities on connection
irc: add signal "irc_server_opened"
irc: add signal "xxx,irc_out1_yyy" and modifier "irc_out1_xxx" (outgoing message before automatic split to fit in 512 bytes)
irc: add alias "ctcp" for target buffer of CTCP messages
irc: add options irc.look.highlight_{server|channel|pv} to customize or disable default nick highlight (task #11128)
irc: use redirection to get channel modes after update of modes on channel, display output of /mode #channel, allow /mode without argument (display modes of current channel or user modes on server buffer)
irc: add optional server in info "irc_is_channel" (before channel name) (bug #35124), add optional server in info_hashtable "irc_message_parse"
irc: add case-insensitive string comparison based on casemapping of server (rfc1459, strict-rfc1459, ascii) (bug #34239)
irc: add option irc.color.mirc_remap to remap mirc colors in messages to WeeChat colors
irc: allow URL "irc://" in command /connect
irc: use extended regex in commands /ignore and /list
guile: new script plugin for scheme (task #7289)
python: add support of Python 3.x (task #11704)
relay: add WeeChat protocol for remote GUI
xfer: display origin of xfer in core and xfer buffers (task #10956)

Internationalization

add Japanese translations

Bug fixes

core: fix expand of path ~ to home of user in function string_expand_home (~/xxx was OK, but not ~)
core: fix memory leak when closing buffer
core: fix memory leak in function util_search_full_lib_name
core: automatically add newline char after last pasted line (when pasting many lines with confirmation) (task #10703)
core: fix bug with layout: assign layout number in buffers when doing /layout save
core: do not auto add space after nick completer if option weechat.completion.nick_add_space is off
core: fix signal "buffer_switch": send it only once when switching buffer (bug #31158)
core: move option scroll_unread from command /input to /window
core: save current mouse state in option weechat.look.mouse (set option when mouse state is changed with command /mouse)
core: apply filters after full reload of configuration files (with /reload) (bug #31182)
core: allow list for option weechat.plugin.extension (makes weechat.conf portable across Un*x and Windows) (task #11479)
core: display error in command /buffer if arguments are wrong (bug #34180)
core: fix help on plugin option when config_set_desc_plugin is called to set help on newly created option
core: enable background process under Cygwin to connect to servers, fix reconnection problem (bug #34626)
aspell: fix URL detection (do not check spelling of URLs) (bug #34040)
irc: fix memory leak in SASL DH-BLOWFISH authentication
irc: fix memory leak when a server is deleted
irc: fix self-highlight when using /me with an IRC bouncer like znc (bug #35123)
irc: use low priority for MODE sent automatically by WeeChat (when joining channel)
irc: do not use option irc.look.nick_color_stop_chars for forced nick colors (bug #33480)
irc: reset read marker of current buffer on manual /join
irc: fix crash when signon time in message 317 (whois, idle) is invalid (too large) (bug #34905)
irc: do not delete servers added in irc.conf on /reload (bug #34872)
irc: remove autorejoin on channels when disconnected from server (bug #32207)
irc: display messages kick/kill/mode/topic even if nick is ignored (bug #34853)
irc: display channel voice notices received in channel buffer (bug #34762), display channel/op notices sent in channel buffer
irc: auto-connect to servers created with "irc://" on command line but not other servers if -a (--no-connect) is given
perl: increment count of hash returned by API (fix crash when script tries to read hash without making a copy)
relay: do not create relay if there is a problem with socket creation (bug #35345)
ruby: fix crash when reloading ruby plugin (bug #34474)

Documentation

add developer's guide (task #5416)

Build

core: add library "pthread" in CMake file for link on OpenBSD
core: add WEECHAT_HOME option in CMake and configure to setup default WeeChat home (default is "~/.weechat") (task #11266)
core: fix compilation under OpenBSD 5.0 (lib utf8 not needed anymore) (bug #34727)
core: fix compilation error with "pid_t" on macOS (bug #34639)

Version 0.3.6 (2011-10-22)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add color attribute "|" (keep attributes) and value "resetcolor" for function color in plugin API (used by irc plugin to keep bold/reverse/underlined in message when changing color) (bug #34550)
core: add new option weechat.look.color_basic_force_bold, off by default: bold is used only if terminal has less than 16 colors (patch #7621)
core: add default key F5 (meta2-[E) for Linux console
core: add "inactive" colors for inactive windows and lines in merged buffers, new options: weechat.look.color_inactive_window, weechat.look.color_inactive_buffer, weechat.look.color_inactive_message, weechat.look.color_inactive_prefix, weechat.look.color_inactive_prefix_buffer, weechat.look.color_inactive_time, weechat.color.chat_inactive_line, weechat.color.chat_inactive_window, weechat.color.chat_prefix_buffer_inactive_line
core: do automatic zoom on current window when terminal becomes too small for windows
core: add new options weechat.look.bar_more_left/right/up/down
core: add new option weechat.look.item_buffer_filter
core: allow name of buffer for command /buffer clear (task #11269)
core: add new command /repeat (execute a command several times)
core: save and restore layout for buffers and windows on /upgrade
core: add option -all in command /buffer unmerge
core: add number in windows (add optional argument -window so some actions for command /window)
core: allow buffer name in /buffer close
core: add support of mouse: new command /mouse, new key context "mouse", new options weechat.look.mouse and weechat.look.mouse_timer_delay (task #5435)
core: add command /cursor (free movement of cursor on screen), with key context "cursor"
core: automatic scroll direction in /bar scroll (x/y is now optional)
core: add optional delay for key grab (commands /input grab_key and /input grab_key_command, default is 500 milliseconds)
core: allow plugin name in command /buffer name
core: add context "search" for keys (to define keys used during search in buffer with Ctrl+r)
core: add new option weechat.look.separator_vertical, rename option weechat.look.hline_char to weechat.look.separator_horizontal
core: add local variable "highlight_regex" in buffers
core: add "hdata" (direct access to WeeChat/plugin data)
core: add option weechat.look.eat_newline_glitch (do not add new line at end of each line displayed)
core: add options infolists, hdata and tags for command /debug
core: add horizontal scrolling for buffers with free content (command /window scroll_horiz) (task #11112)
core: change default value of option weechat.network.gnutls_ca_file to "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
api: add info "cursor_mode"
api: add new functions key_bind, key_unbind, hook_focus, hdata_new, hdata_new_var, hdata_new_list, hdata_get, hdata_get_var_offset, hdata_get_var_type, hdata_get_var_type_string, hdata_get_var_hdata, hdata_get_var, hdata_get_var_at_offset, hdata_get_list, hdata_move, hdata_integer, hdata_string, hdata_pointer, hdata_time, hdata_get_string
irc: allow reason for command /disconnect
irc: allow server name for commands /die and /restart
irc: add new info_hashtable "irc_message_split"
irc: add prefix "#" for all channels on join (if no prefix given)
irc: improve split of privmsg message (keep ctcp), add split of ison, join, notice, wallops, 005, 353 (bug #29879, bug #33448, bug #33592)
logger: add option logger.file.flush_delay (task #11118)

Bug fixes

core: fix freeze when calling function util_file_get_content with a directory instead of a filename
core: display timeout for hook_process command only if debug for core is enabled (task #11401)
core: bufferize lines displayed before core buffer is created, to display them in buffer when it is created
core: fix display of background color in chat area after line feed
core: fix paste detection (problem with end of lines)
core: fix display of paste multi-line prompt with a root input bar (bug #34305)
core: replace deprecated GnuTLS function gnutls_certificate_client_set_retrieve_function by new function gnutls_certificate_set_retrieve_function (GnuTLS ≥ 2.11.0)
core: use dynamic buffer size for calls to vsnprintf
core: fix memory leak in unhook of hook_connect
core: fix memory leak in display of empty bar items
core: fix input of wide UTF-8 chars under Cygwin (bug #34061)
core: fix bugs with automatic layout (bug #26110), add support of merged buffers in layout (task #10893)
core: fix crash when invalid UTF-8 chars are inserted in command line (bug #33471)
core: stop horizontal bar scroll at the end of content (for bars with horizontal filling) (bug #27908)
core: fix crash when building hashtable string with keys and values
core: replace buffer name by window number in /bar scroll
core: fix bugs with key "^" (bug #32072, bug #21381)
core: fix bugs with bar windows: do not create bar windows for hidden bars
core: fix completion bug when two words for completion are equal but with different case
core: fix completion for command arguments when same command exists in many plugins (bug #33753)
core: fix freeze when hook_fd is called with a bad file/socket (bug #33619)
core: fix bug with option weechat.look.hotlist_count_max (value+1 was used)
api: use arguments for infolist "window" to return only one window by number
api: fix bug with function config_set_desc_plugin (use immediately description for option when function is called)
scripts: fix crash with scripts not auto-loaded having a buffer opened after /upgrade (input/close callbacks for buffer not set properly)
irc: fix display of items "away" and "lag" in root bars, refresh all irc bar items on signal "buffer_switch" (bug #34466)
irc: fix crash on malformed irc notice received (without message after target)
irc: add missing messages for whois: 223, 264, 343
irc: use high priority queue for sending modes and wallchops messages
irc: rename info_hashtable "irc_parse_message" to "irc_message_parse"
irc: use color "default" for any invalid color in option weechat.color.chat_nick_colors
irc: send WHO command to check away nicks only if channel was not parted
irc: fix crash when malformed IRC message 352 (WHO) is received (bug #33790)
irc: fix crash when command /buffer close is used in a server command to close server buffer during connection (bug #33763)
irc: fix crash when /join command is executed on a non-irc buffer (bug #33742)
irc: fix bug with comma in irc color code: do not strip comma if it is not followed by a digit (bug #33662)
irc: switch to buffer on /join #channel if channel buffer already exists
irc: set host for nick on each channel message and nick change (if not already set)
irc: update host of nicks on manual /who
irc: fix memory leak on plugin unload (free ignores)
irc: fix memory leak in message parser (when called from other plugins like relay) (bug #33387)
relay: fix bug with self nick when someone changes its nick on channel (bug #33739)
relay: fix memory leak (free some parsed messages) (bug #33387)
relay: fix memory leak on plugin load (free raw messages)
perl: replace calls to SvPV by SvPV_nolen (patch #7436)

Build

core: fix compilation error (INSTALLPREFIX undeclared) on macOS and when compiling with included gettext (bug #26690)

Version 0.3.5 (2011-05-15)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add buffer to hotlist if away is set on buffer (even if buffer is displayed), new option weechat.look.hotlist_add_buffer_if_away (task #10948)
core: add option balance in command /window (key: Alt+w, Alt+b)
core: add option swap in command /window (key: Alt+w, Alt+s) (task #11001)
core: add option weechat.look.hotlist_buffer_separator
core: add messages counts in hotlist for each buffer, new options: weechat.look.hotlist_count_max, weechat.look.hotlist_count_min_msg and weechat.color.status_count_{msg|private|highlight|other}
core: add tag "notify_none" (line with this tag will not update hotlist)
core: add optional bar name in command /bar default
core: add new option weechat.look.highlight_tags (force highlight on tags)
core: allow list of buffers in command /filter (exclusion with prefix "!") (task #10880)
core: allow relative size for command /window resize
core: add some default keys for gnome-terminal (Home / End, Ctrl+Up / Ctrl+Down, Alt+PgUp / Alt+PgDn)
core: add option memory in command /debug
core: add option weechat.look.read_marker_string
core: add some chars after cursor when scrolling input line: new option weechat.look.input_cursor_scroll (bug #21391)
core: add color "gray"
core: add attributes for colors ("*": bold, "!": reverse, "_": underline)
core: dynamically allocate color pairs (extended colors can be used without being added with command /color), auto reset of color pairs with option weechat.look.color_pairs_auto_reset
core: allow background for nick colors (using ":")
core: remember scroll position for all buffers in windows (bug #25555)
core: improve display of commands lists in /help (add arguments -list and -listfull) (task #10299)
core: improve arguments displayed in /help of commands
api: add new function config_set_desc_plugin (task #10925)
api: add new functions buffer_match_list and window_search_with_buffer
aspell: add section "option" in aspell.conf for speller options (task #11083)
irc: add new options irc.color.topic_old and irc.color.topic_new
irc: add option "ssl_priorities" in servers (task #10106, debian #624055)
irc: add modifier "irc_in2_xxx" (called after charset decoding)
irc: add new options irc.look.buffer_switch_autojoin and irc.look.buffer_switch_join (task #8542, task #10506)
irc: add new option irc.look.smart_filter_nick
irc: add new options irc.look.color_nicks_in_nicklist and irc.look.color_nicks_in_names
irc: replace options irc.color.nick_prefix_{op|halfop|voice|user} by a single option irc.color.nick_prefixes (task #10888)

Bug fixes

core: fix scroll in windows with /window scroll (skip lines "Day changed to")
core: recalculate buffer_max_length when buffer short name is changed (patch #7441)
core: do not update hotlist during upgrade
core: apply new value of option weechat.look.buffer_notify_default to all opened buffers
core: prohibit names beginning with "#" for bars, proxies, filters and IRC servers (bug #33020)
core: create default bars only if no bar is defined in configuration file
core: fix bug with repeat of last completion ("%*"), which failed when many templates are used in completion
core: reload file with certificate authorities when option weechat.network.gnutls_ca_file is changed
core: rebuild bar content when items are changed in an hidden bar
core: fix verification of SSL certificates by calling GnuTLS verify callback (patch #7459, CVE-2011-1428)
core: fix crash when using column filling in bars with some empty items (bug #32565)
core: fix terminal title when $TERM starts with "screen"
plugins: fix memory leaks when setting buffer callbacks after /upgrade (plugins: irc, relay, xfer, scripts)
aspell: fix spellers used after switch of window (bug #32811)
irc: fix parsing of message 332 when no topic neither colon are found (bug with bip proxy)
irc: fix nick color in private when option irc.look.nick_color_force is changed
irc: fix tags for messages sent with /msg command (bug #33169)
irc: fix memory leak when copying or renaming server
irc: do not rejoin channels where /part has been issued before reconnection to server (bug #33029)
irc: use nick color for users outside the channel
irc: update short name of server buffer when server is renamed
irc: fix local variable "away" on server buffer (set/delete it each time away is set or removed on server)
irc: ignore join if nick is not self nick and if channel buffer does not exist (bug #32667)
irc: fix crash when setting wrong value in option irc.server.xxx.sasl_mechanism (bug #32670)
irc: fix crash when completing /part command on a non-irc buffer (bug #32402)
irc: add many missing commands for target buffer (options irc.msgbuffer.xxx) (bug #32216)
lua: fix crash when many scripts are executing callbacks at same time
perl: fix memory leak when calling Perl functions (bug #32895)
relay: fix crash on /upgrade when nick in irc client is not yet set
relay: allow colon in server password received from client
relay: do not send join for private buffers to client
rmodifier: fix reload of file rmodifier.conf
rmodifier: fix crash when adding rmodifier with invalid regex
xfer: do not close chat buffers when removing xfer from list (bug #32271)

Build

tcl: fix Tcl detection on some 64-bits systems (bug #32915)

Version 0.3.4 (2011-01-16)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add 256 colors support, new command /color, new section "palette" in weechat.conf (task #6834)
core: add info "weechat_upgrading", signal "upgrade_ended", display duration of upgrade
core: add new option weechat.look.highlight_regex and function string_has_highlight_regex in plugin API (task #10321)
core: add new option weechat.look.hotlist_unique_numbers (task #10691)
core: add property "hotlist_max_level_nicks" in buffers to set max hotlist level for some nicks in buffer
core: add new options weechat.look.input_share and weechat.look.input_share_overwrite (task #9228)
core: add new option weechat.look.prefix_align_min (task #10650)
core: replace the 10 nick color options and number of nick colors by a single option weechat.color.chat_nick_colors (comma separated list of colors)
core: add color support in option weechat.look.buffer_time_format
api: add priority for hooks (task #10550)
api: add new functions: list_search_pos, list_casesearch_pos, hashtable_get_string, hashtable_set_pointer, hook_info_hashtable, info_get_hashtable, hook_hsignal, hook_hsignal_send, hook_completion_get_string, nicklist_group_get_integer, nicklist_group_get_string, nicklist_group_get_pointer, nicklist_group_set, nicklist_nick_get_integer, nicklist_nick_get_string, nicklist_nick_get_pointer, nicklist_nick_set
irc: add option -server in command /join (task #10837)
irc: add option -switch in commands /connect and /reconnect
irc: add command /notify, new options irc.look.notify_tags_ison, irc.look.notify_tags_whois, irc.network.notify_check_ison, irc.network.notify_check_whois, new option "notify" in servers, new infolist "irc_notify" (task #5441)
irc: add new option irc.look.nick_color_force (task #7374)
irc: add command redirection with hsignals irc_redirect_pattern and irc_redirect_command (task #6703)
irc: add new options irc.color.nick_prefix and irc.color.nick_suffix
irc: add new option irc.look.item_away_message
irc: add tag "nick_xxx" in user messages
irc: move options from network section to server section: connection_timeout, anti_flood_prio_high, anti_flood_prio_low, away_check, away_check_max_nicks, default_msg_part, default_msg_quit (task #10664, task #10668)
irc: display old channel topic when topic is unset (task #9780)
irc: add new info_hashtable "irc_parse_message"
irc: add signal "irc_input_send"
irc: rename options irc.look.open_channel_near_server and irc.look.open_pv_near_server to irc.look.new_channel_position and irc.look.new_pv_position with new values (none, next or near_server)
rmodifier: new plugin "rmodifier": alter modifier strings with regular expressions (bug #26964)
relay: beta version of IRC proxy, now relay plugin is compiled by default
python: add info "python2_bin" (path to Python 2.x interpreter)

Bug fixes

core: fix scroll problem on buffers with free content and non-allocated lines (bug #32039)
core: call to function hook_config when config option is created
core: fix infinite loop on GnuTLS handshake when connecting with SSL to server on wrong port or server with SSL problems (bug #27487)
core: fix data sent to callback of hook_process (some data was sometimes missing), use a 64KB buffer for child output and send data to callback only when buffer is full
core: fix crash when displaying groups in buffer nicklist
core: fix bug with message "day changed to", sometimes displayed several times wrongly
core: fix default value of bar items options (bug #31422)
core: fix bug with buffer name in /bar scroll command
core: optimize incremental search in buffer: do not search anymore when chars are added to a text not found (bug #31167)
core: fix memory leaks when removing item in hashtable and when setting highlight words in buffer
core: use similar behavior for keys bound to local or global history (bug #30759)
alias: complete with alias value for second argument of command /alias
irc: differentiate notices from messages in private buffer (bug #31980)
irc: update nick modes with message 221 (bug #32038)
irc: fix bug with charset decoding on private buffers (decoding was made for local nick instead of remote nick) (bug #31890)
irc: allow command /reconnect on servers that are not currently connected (bug #30726)
irc: fix topic completion in command /topic when channel topic starts with channel name
irc: improve nick prefixes, all modes (even unknown) are used with PREFIX value from message 005
irc: fix crash/bug when option "addresses" for a server is unset or changed when WeeChat is connected to this server (bug #31268)
irc: switch to next server address when IRC error is received after TCP connection but before message 001 (bug #30884)
irc: fix bug with hostmasks in command /ignore (bug #30716)
relay: split of messages sent to clients of irc proxy
scripts: add missing function infolist_reset_item_cursor in API (bug #31057)
lua: fix crash when unloading script
xfer: fix dcc chat buffer name (use irc server in name) (bug #29925)
xfer: fix dcc file transfer for large files (more than 4 GB) on 32-bit systems (bug #31531)
xfer: fix bug at end of file sent, sometimes transfer is still active although file was successfully sent

Build

core: add support of Python 2.7 in CMake and configure (debian #606989)
ruby: fix compilation with Ruby 1.9.2 (patch #7316)

Version 0.3.3 (2010-08-07)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: use "!" to reverse a regex in a filter (to keep lines matching regex and hide other lines) (task #10032)
core: add keys for undo/redo changes on command line (default: Ctrl+_ and Alt+_) (task #9483)
core: add new option weechat.look.align_end_of_lines
core: add new option weechat.look.confirm_quit
core: add new option weechat.color.status_name_ssl (task #10339)
core: add hashtables with new functions in plugin API
api: add function string_expand_home, fix bug with replacement of home in paths
irc: add new option irc.look.nick_color_stop_chars
irc: add new options irc.look.display_host_join/join_local/quit and irc.color.reason_quit
irc: add command /wallchops, fix bug with display of notice for ops (task #10021, bug #29932)
irc: add isupport value in servers (content of IRC message 005), with new infos: irc_server_isupport and irc_server_isupport_value
irc: add message in private buffer when nick is back on server after a /quit
irc: add new options irc.network.autoreconnect_delay_growing and irc.network.autoreconnect_delay_max (task #10338)
irc: add missing commands 346, 347 (channel invite list)
irc: improve lag indicator: two colors (counting and finished), update item even when pong has not been received, lag_min_show is now in milliseconds
irc: move options weechat.color.nicklist_prefix to irc plugin
logger: use tag "no_log" to prevent a line from being written in log file

Bug fixes

core: fix bug with scroll_unread: do not scroll to a filtered line (bug #29991)
core: fix crash with hook_process (when timer is called on a deleted hook process)
core: fix display bug with special chars (ascii value below 32) (bug #30602)
core: fix display bug with attributes like underlined in bars (bug #29889)
api: fix bug with replacement char in function string_remove_color (bug #30296)
irc: fix bug in parser when no argument is received after command, no callback was called, and message was silently ignored (bug #30640)
irc: fix import of certificates created by OpenSSL ≥ 1.0.0 (bug #30316)
irc: fix display of local SSL certificate when it is sent to server (patch #7218)
irc: use empty real name by default in config, instead of reading real name in /etc/passwd (bug #30111)
irc: fix bug with command line option "irc://" (bug #29990), new format for port and channels
irc: fix display of messages 330 and 333 on some servers
irc: fix bug with nick prefix "*" (chan founder) on some IRC servers (bug #29890)
irc: fix bug with option irc.network.lag_check when value is 0 (zero)
irc: try other nick when connecting to server and receiving message 437 (nick unavailable)
irc: set buffer local variable "away" when opening new channel (bug #29618)
fifo: fix bug with fifo pipe when setting fifo option to "on"
xfer: fix bug with double quotes in DCC filenames (bug #30471)

Version 0.3.2 (2010-04-18)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

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 wildcard and "!" to prevent a plugin from being autoloaded (task #6361)
core: add option "switch_active_buffer_previous" in 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 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
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 description of arguments for functions hook_info and hook_infolist
api: add signals "day_changed", "nicklist_group_added/removed", "nicklist_nick_added/removed"
alias: add custom completion for aliases (task #9479)
scripts: allow script commands to reload only one script
irc: add SASL authentication, with PLAIN and DH-BLOWFISH mechanisms (task #8829)
irc: add new option irc.look.part_closes_buffer to close buffer when /part is issued on channel (task #10295)
irc: add option -open in 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: 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
logger: allow date format in logger options path and mask (task #9430)
xfer: add signal "xfer_ended" (patch #7081)

Bug fixes

core: remove unneeded space after time on each line if option weechat.look.buffer_time_format is set to empty value (bug #28751)
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 missing infos in functions buffer_get_{integer|string} and in buffer infolist
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)
scripts: fix bug with callbacks when loading a script already loaded
perl: fix crash when multiplicity is disabled
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: 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 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: fix 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: apply smart filter only on channels, not private buffers (bug #28841)
xfer: fix crash when purging old xfer chats (bug #28764)

Build

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

Version 0.3.1.1 (2010-01-31)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

Bug fixes

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

Build

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

Version 0.3.1 (2010-01-23)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add option "grab_key_command" in command /input (bound by default to Alt+k)
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)
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 #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 mask used by command /kickban
xfer: add color for nicks in chat
xfer: add missing command /me (bug #28658)
gui: add color "darkgray", add support for background with light color

Bug fixes

core: fix bug with script installation on BSD/macOS (patch #6980)
core: fix compilation under Cygwin (patch #6916)
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: 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: improve error management on socket error (recv/send)
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 missing charset decoding/encoding for IRC DCC chat (bug #27482)
fifo: remove old pipes before creating new pipe
gui: fix color "black" (bug #23882, debian #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 bar_set for python/lua/ruby (patch #6912)

Build

core: fix CMake directories: let user customize lib, share, locale and include directories (patch #6922)
ruby: add support of Ruby ≥ 1.9.1 (patch #6989)

Version 0.3.0 (2009-09-06)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

core: add group support in nicklist
core: add /reload command to reload WeeChat and plugins config files (signal SIGHUP is caught 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: 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: improve main loop: higher timeout in select, less CPU usage
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 PgUp and PgDn keys (task #8702)
gui: add number of lines remaining after last line displayed in "-MORE-" indicator (task #6702)
network: add support for more than one proxy, with proxy selection for each IRC server (task #6859)
aspell: improve plugin: use of many dictionaries, global dictionary, real time checking (optional), fix bugs with utf-8
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 connection 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: add missing commands (328, 369)
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)
relay: add relay plugin (network communication between WeeChat and remote application)
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)
plugins: add some other plugins: alias, demo, fifo, tcl, xfer
scripts: new scripts: weeget.py (script 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, ...
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

Internationalization

add Polish translations

Bug fixes

core: fix nick completion bug (missing space after nick)
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: fix network connection for hostnames resolving to several IPs: try all IPs in list until one succeeds (bug #21473, debian #498610)
alias: fix bug with alias, use current buffer to run commands (bug #22876)
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: fix mode parsing when receiving modes with arguments (bug #26793)
scripts: do not auto-load hidden files (bug #21390)

Version 0.2.6.3 (2009-06-13)

Bug fixes

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

Version 0.2.6.2 (2009-04-18)

Bug fixes

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

Version 0.2.6.1 (2009-03-14)

Bug fixes

fix crash with some special chars in IRC messages (bug #25862, CVE-2009-0661)

Version 0.2.6 (2007-09-06)

New features

add new option deloutq to /server command to delete all servers messages out queues (task #7221)
add string length limit for setup file options
add option to align text of messages (except first lines) (task #7246)
add paste detection, new options look_paste_max_lines and col_input_actions (task #5442)
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)
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)
add scroll option to /buffer command
down key now saves input to history and clears input line (task #7049)
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)
add hotlist sort with new option "look_hotlist_sort" (task #5870)

Bug fixes

fix bug with log of plugin messages (option log_plugin_msg)
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)
fix bug with flock when home is on NFS filesystem (bug #20913)
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 anymore
fix bug with highlight and UTF-8 chars around word (bug #20753)
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)
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)
fix log file when channel name contains "/" (bug #20072)
fix bug with /topic when channel not open and topic not defined (bug #20141)

Documentation

add Swedish quickstart guide

Version 0.2.5 (2007-06-07)

New features

add missing IRC commands (327, 378, 379) (bug #20091)
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)
add protocol priority for GnuTLS (patch #5915)
add channel admin mode "!" for some IRC servers
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)
add color for input text not found in buffer history

Bug fixes

fix /quote command: now allowed when socket is OK (even if IRC connection to server is not OK) (bug #20113)
fix hotlist when exiting search mode: current buffer is removed from hotlist
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)
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
fix bug with iso2022jp locale (bug #18719)
fix string format bug when displaying string through plugin script API
fix nick completion in command arguments (bug #19590)
fix possible crash with nick completion when a nick leaves channel (bug #19589)
fix USER message when connecting to IRC server (patch #5835)

Build

add CMake for weechat compilation (patch #5943)

Version 0.2.4 (2007-03-29)

New features

rename log file for DCC chat (now .dcc..weechatlog)
add current buffer in hotlist when scrolling up in buffer (task #6664)
improve password hiding, code cleanup (bug #19229)
add new return code in plugin API to force highlight (for message handlers only)
add call option to /key command, add new key function "insert" to insert text on command line (task #6468)
add event handler to plugin API
add numeric argument for /clear command (buffer number) (patch #5372)
add new key (Ctrl+r) for interactive and incremental search in buffer history (task #6628)

Bug fixes

fix color bug with IRC messages displayed by plugins (bug #19442)
fix topic charset, now using channel charset if defined (bug #19386)
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)
fix bug with explode_string / free_exploded_string when max_items > 0
fix /topic completion when no topic set on current channel (bug #19322)
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)
fix permissions on "dcc" and "logs" directories (bug #18978)
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)

Documentation

add Scots quickstart guide

Version 0.2.3 (2007-01-10)

Bug fixes

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

Build

fix compilation problem with iconv under FreeBSD

Version 0.2.2 (2007-01-06)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

add anti-flood option (irc_anti_flood) (task #5442)
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)
add option "look_nicklist_separator" (task #5437)
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
add filename completion (task #5425)
add "modifier" in plugins API
improve /plugin command
add date in plugin function get_buffer_data
add more values for config boolean values: y/true/t/1 and n/false/f/0

Bug fixes

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 arguments (now uses option look_nick_completion_ignore)
fix display bug with color for first line on screen (bug #17719)
fix bug with set_config function in plugins API (bug #18448)
fix memory leak 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)
fix bug with DCC SEND when filename begins with "~"
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)
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)
mode changes with /op, /deop, /voice, /devoice, /halfop, /dehalfop are now sent in one mode command to server (task #5968)
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

Build

fix some portability bugs (patch #5271)
fix iconv detection for BSD (patch #5456)
fix typo in configure.in (bash specific test) (patch #5450)

Version 0.2.1 (2006-10-01)

New features

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 argument (key name): display key if found
add current channel completion for /ctcp command
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)
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)

Bug fixes

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
fix bug with CTCP VERSION sent on channels (bug #17547)
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 channels (bug #17534)
add default nick completion when line starts with "//" (bug #17535)
fix crashes with /buffer and /charset commands when not connected to any server (bug #17525)
fix nick refresh problem with unrealircd specific modes: chan owner (~) and chan admin (&) (bug #17340)

Version 0.2.0 (2006-08-19)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

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
add "%m" for completion with self nick (on current server)
add missing IRC commands (310, 326, 329, 338)
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)
add "look_save_on_exit" option (patch from Emanuele Giaquinta)
add new functions in plugin/script API: get window info, get buffer info, get buffer content
add color encoding for some commands like /me
add aspell plugin

Bug fixes

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)
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)
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
fix crash on DCC buffer under Darwin 8 (bug #17115)
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 refreshes, 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)
fix display bug with special char (bug #16732)
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

Documentation

add Polish, Russian and Czech quickstart guide

Build

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

Version 0.1.9 (2006-05-25)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

add backtrace when WeeChat crashes, log file automatically renamed
add new key to find previous completion (Shift+Tab by default)
add missing IRC commands (006, 007, 290, 292, 310, 379, 437, 974)
add new option to customize input prompt
add nick modes
add hostnames associated to nicks (available for /ban completion)
add "+p" mode for channels, fix mode display in status bar
add nick alignment options
add keyboard handler to plugin API
improve script plugin loader
add hostname/IP option for connection to server
add /setp command (set plugin options)
aliases are executed before WeeChat/IRC commands, add /builtin command
add /cycle command, /part command does close buffer anymore

Internationalization

add Russian translations (thanks to Pavel Shevchuk)

Bug fixes

fix /squery command (message sent to server, now OK with more than two arguments)
fix /alias command (with an alias name, display content)
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)
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
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)
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)
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
fix high CPU usage when running under a Screen that has been killed

Documentation

add German doc (thanks to Frank Zacharias)

Build

fix --disable-plugins option in configure script
improve Lua detection (bug #16574)

Version 0.1.8 (2006-03-18)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

improve alias completion (now uses target command for completion)
add missing IRC command (487)
add inactivity time, available for plugins via get_info("inactivity")
add keys Alt+Home / Alt+End to scroll top/bottom, Alt+F11 / Alt+F12 to scroll nicklist top/bottom
add special names for plugin message handlers: weechat_pv, weechat_highlight, weechat_ctcp, weechat_dcc
add IRC raw data buffer (new key: Alt+j, Alt+r)
add new plugins functions: add_timer_handler, remove_timer_handler, remove_infobar
plugin messages handlers now called when message is ignored (by /ignore)
new behavior 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)
add new scroll keys for a few lines up/down (default: Alt+PgUp / Alt+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 home dir (-d or --dir) (patch from Gwenn)
add option "irc_show_away_once", to show away message only once in pv

Internationalization

add partial Hungarian translations

Bug fixes

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
fix completion problem in private with nicks
script plugins now load scripts in WeeChat system share directory
/msg command does not open any buffer anymore
fix crash when using global history (when older entry is removed)
fix display bug with /kill command
fix bug with /upgrade and servers buffer
fix bug with get_dcc_info plugin interface function
fix bug with charset in infobar highlights
fix bug with buffer detection in plugins/scripts commands
fix bug with /history command

Version 0.1.7 (2006-01-14)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

remove "irc_default_msg_away" setting, for RFC 2812 conformity (/away command without argument only removes away status), new values for "irc_display_away" (off, local, channel)
add color for window separators (when split)
add completion system for plugins/scripts commands
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 argument to /buffer command for jumping to buffer
add new keys for switching to other windows: Alt+w, Alt+Arrow
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 management: custom size for windows, auto resize when terminal is resized
add /history command

Bug fixes

fix msg command (now allowed in private buffer with "*" as target)
fix refresh bug with Solaris when term size is changed
fix plugins autoload
fix display bug in chat window when a message length equals to window width
fix infinite loop when resizing term to small size

Build

replace Texinfo doc by XML Docbook

Version 0.1.6 (2005-11-11)

If you are upgrading: please see UPGRADING.md.

New features

new color management system, IRC colors are now correctly displayed and can be removed by new options irc_colors_receive and irc_colors_send
add setting for having one server buffer for all servers (look_one_server_buffer)
add setting for ignoring some chars when completing nicks
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})

Bug fixes

fix scroll problem when one line is bigger than screen size
fix IRC message parser bug

Version 0.1.5 (2005-09-24)

New features

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
add some missing IRC commands
add /ignore and /unignore commands
signal SIGQUIT is now ignored
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)

Bug fixes

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
fix DCC display bug (now decodes string according to charset)
fix bug with strings comparison (str[n]casecmp) and some locales (like Turkish), now using ASCII comparison (thanks to roktas)
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

Version 0.1.4 (2005-07-30)

New features

join and part/quit prefixes (arrows) now displayed with different colors
add "irc_highlight" setting, to get highlight with any word
add /amsg command (send text to all channels of all connected servers)
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
new keyboard management: keys are setup in config file, add new command /key, add some new default keys, Alt+k is used to grab key (useful for /key command)
add seconds in infobar time (optional thanks to new setting)
add auto-prefix with "#" for channels (if no prefix found), with /join command

Bug fixes

fix auto-rejoin for channels with key
fix /ctcp command (now any command/data allowed)
fix SIGSEGV handler (now write a core file by aborting program)
fix statusbar & infobar background refresh problem with some systems
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://)
fix some curses refreshes

Version 0.1.3 (2005-07-02)

New features

proxy support (http, socks4, socks5) with authentication (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

Bug fixes

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

Build

improve Perl/Python libs detection for ./configure script

Version 0.1.2 (2005-05-21)

New features

add Python plugin support, improve Perl interface (and now Perl/Python libraries are checked by configure script)
add nicklist scroll keys (Alt+Home / Alt+End / Alt+PgUp / Alt+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)
add missing IRC commands (307, 341, 485, 671)

Bug fixes

fix nicklist sort
fix crash when purging old DCC
fix crash with 64-bits arch (like AMD64) when converting UTF-8

Build

WeeChat now OK under *BSD and macOS

Version 0.1.1 (2005-03-20)

New features

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 and /dehalfop commands, fix halfop display bug in nicklist
add /ban, /unban and /kickban commands
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)

Internationalization

add Spanish translations

Bug fixes

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

Version 0.1.0 (2005-02-12)

New features

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 stopped (to complete command argument 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

Bug fixes

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)

Version 0.0.9 (2005-01-01)

New features

auto-reconnection to server (new options: server_autoreconnect (on/off), server_autoreconnect_delay (in seconds))
new command /buffer close (close any server/channel/private buffer)
new keys: Ctrl+a (home), Ctrl+e (end), Ctrl+w (same as 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)

Bug fixes

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

Version 0.0.8 (2004-10-30)

New features

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
/buffer command developed (buffers list, move and notify)
logging buffers to disk (server/channel/private according to user preferences)
add config option "look_display_away" to announce away in channels
DCC file receive OK (Alt+d for DCC view)
add key Ctrl+l (L) for redrawing terminal
add key Alt+r for clearing hotlist

Bug fixes

fix /kick command: now OK with many words as reason
fix bug when adding alias with same name as other
fix crash when resizing terminal to very small size
"-MORE-" message is now erased when switching to another buffer
/query command now reopens private buffer if already opened

Version 0.0.7 (2004-08-08)

New features

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+0…9)
add command /window, split terminal horizontally/vertically
unique color for each nick (based on nickname)
add history limit (text buffer and commands)

Bug fixes

action messages are now considered as messages, not crappy joins/parts
fix display bug when nicklist is displayed at bottom of screen

Build

replace --enable-debug with --with-debug option for ./configure

Version 0.0.6 (2004-06-05)

New features

improve channel highlight (priority to message vs join/part)
add command /query (starts private conversation)
add IRC messages 476, 477

Bug fixes

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

Version 0.0.5 (2004-02-07)

New features

/set command to modify config options when WeeChat is running
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)
add -c (or --config) command line parameter to see config file options

Bug fixes

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)
fix crash with /oper command
for default config file, nick is now based on un*x username
fix crash when config file cannot be written
add highlight on action messages

Version 0.0.4 (2004-01-01)

New features

add Perl plugin

Bug fixes

fix switch to private buffer
add highlight when our nick is written in a channel/private window
catch Ctrl+c (ignored)

Build

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

Version 0.0.3 (2003-11-03)

New features

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

Internationalization

add French translations

Bug fixes

for sort of nicks (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)
code cleanup

Build

add ./configure script to build WeeChat

Version 0.0.2 (2003-10-05)

New features

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
CTCP version returns more info (about OS)

Bug fixes

fix nicklist display bug
fix crash when sending command which can only be received

Version 0.0.1 (2003-09-27)

New features

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

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Version 4.9.0 (under dev)

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Version 4.8.2 (2026-03-06)

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Version 4.5.1 (2024-12-23)

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Version 4.3.6 (2024-08-15)

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Version 4.3.4 (2024-07-03)

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Version 4.3.3 (2024-06-22)

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Version 4.3.1 (2024-05-31)

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Version 4.2.3 (2024-05-31)

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Version 4.2.2 (2024-04-07)

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Version 4.2.1 (2024-01-22)

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Version 4.2.0 (2024-01-21)

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