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1 Gaim: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone that's good for the soul!
3 version 0.64
4 * Buddy list sorting in buddy list preferences
6 version 0.63 (05/16/2003):
7 * A rewrite of the plugin API. Plugin authors will need to change their
8 code based off the changes found in other plugins.
9 * Perl script support is now provided in the perl plugin.
10 * Debugging is core/ui split, and has a new API with support for
11 debug levels and categories.
12 * Support for adding chats to your buddy list.
13 * MSN protocol plugin was rewritten, has experimental buddy icon
14 support, and MSN Mobile support.
15 * Thanks to all the various people who submitted translation updates.
16 * Buddy list speed enhancements (Thanks Ethan Blanton).
17 * Napster protocol updates (Thanks Auke Kok).
19 version 0.62 (04/23/2003):
20 * Keyboard shortcuts in the buddy list work again (Thanks Joe
21 Clarke).
22 * Support for Jabber XHTML messages
23 * Updated a number of translations. Thanks to everyone who submitted
24 a translation update.
25 * Ability to re-request authorization from ICQ and Jabber users by right
26 clicking on them in your buddy list.
27 * Improved Zephyr internationalization.
28 * Bug causing 'Hide on Send' windows to be lost forever fixed.
29 * Iconified windows are now raised properly.
30 * Dates printed for old/offline messages.
31 * Some assorted crash bugs fixed.
33 version 0.61 (04/07/2003):
34 * Split the buddy pounce core and UI, and rewrote the UI for it.
35 * Removed folder icons and excess space from the buddy list (Thanks
36 Dave Camp)
37 * Fixed a bug involving dragging buddies and groups
38 * Re-implemented the logout icons.
39 * New icons for "away" and "aol" (Thanks, Moses Lei)
41 version 0.60 (04/04/2003):
42 Core:
43 * Auto-loading protocol plugins.
44 * Plugins dialog and perl script menu merged into preferences.
45 * Don't auto-login if an existing Gaim session is already
46 running.
47 * Moved "privacy preferences" to Tools menu.
48 * -n, --loginwin option to disable autologins.
49 * Added support for gettext 0.11.x.
50 * Added support for automake 1.6.
51 * aim:// URI's supported with gaim-remote command.
52 * Quit Gaim remotely with gaim-remote. (Thanks, John Silvestri)
53 * Added rudimentary support for X11R6 session management. (Thanks,
54 Robert McQueen)
55 * Conversation backend and UI are now separated. (Thanks,
56 Christian Hammond)
57 * Asynchronous, non-blocking, DNS function (Thanks, Nicolas
58 Lichtmaier)
59 * As a side effect of the above: IPv6 support. Tested only with IRC
60 (you can receive ipv6 chat requests from irssi!).
62 Plugins:
63 * Tray icon plugin--replaces the old GNOME applet. You'll need
64 the panel Notification Area applet (aka system-tray-applet)
65 for GNOME 2, or the Kicker for KDE 3.1. (Thanks, Robert
66 McQueen, Nicolás Lichtmaier, Kristian Rietveld, Ari Pollak &
67 Patrick Aussems)
68 * Added GAIM::remove_event_handler and made set_info short
69 circuitable in perl. (Thanks, Ryan McCabe)
70 * event_del_conversation for plugins. (Thanks, Bill Tompkins)
71 * Notify.c plugin rewritten; check its configure dialog. (Thanks,
72 Etan Reisner)
73 * Buddy Ticker made a plugin.
74 * Idle Maker added to source.
75 * Fortune profile added to source.
77 AIM/ICQ:
78 * TOC no longer compiles statically by default--use OSCAR.
79 * ICQ plugin no longer gets built--use OSCAR.
80 * Server-stored buddy lists for ICQ with full support for
81 authorization (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
82 * File send/receive support for Aim over Oscar (Thanks, William T.
83 Mahan and Mark Doliner)
84 * Non-direct connect typing notification for AIM over OSCAR.
85 (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
86 * Allow only people in buddy list privacy option added for AIM.
87 * Full ICQ info reading support. (Thanks, Vincas Ciziunas)
88 * Support for synchronizing group renames on server. Group
89 rename server synchronization for AIM. Server-side
90 synchronization for moving individual AIM buddy to new
91 group improved. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
92 * Ability to add screenname@mac.com people to AIM buddy lists.
93 (Thanks, Graham Booker)
94 * Ability to change ICQ password. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
95 * Option to have AIM notify you if you have
96 unread mail. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
97 * Parse URL messages, Contact Sending and Pager Messages
98 in ICQ. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
99 * use snprintf instead of sprintf. (Thanks, William T. Mahan)
100 * Fixed crashbug on empty rvous requests. (Thanks Brandon Scott
101 (Xeon) for pointing this out, and Matt Pandina for the patch)
102 * Nice Oscar changes--mostly internal. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
104 IRC:
105 * Added more IRC slash commands -- /W, /VERSION, /MODE, /CTCP stuff,
106 -- and other cool IRC enhancments. (Thanks, Jonas Birmé)
107 * IRC's /topic with no argument displays the current topic (Thanks,
108 Mark Doliner)
109 * DCC File Receive support for IRC.
110 * Optional password on IRC accounts. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
111 * Added half-op support.
113 Jabber:
114 * Jabber invisibility and permanently cancel sending on-
115 line status to Jabber buddies.
116 * Jabber roster updated on group renames.
117 * Fixed a possible segfault when signing off Jabber. (Thanks,
118 Craig Boston)
119 * Improved typing notification support for Jabber and
120 Yahoo! (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
121 * File receive support for Jabber. (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
123 MSN:
124 * MSN users are notified when the other party closes the conversation
125 window. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
126 * File receive support for MSN. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
128 Translations:
129 * French translation updated. (Thanks, Stephane Wirtel,
130 Sebastian Carpe, and David Odin)
131 * Polish translation updated. (Thanks, Przemyslaw Sulek)
132 * Finnish translation updated. (Thanks, Tero Kuusela)
133 * Spanish translation updated. (Thanks, Lars Goldschlager, Nicolas Lichtmaier)
134 * Traditional Chinese translation updated. (Thanks, Paladin Liu)
135 * Japanese translation updated. (Thanks, Junichi Uekawa)
136 * Korean translation updated. (Thanks, A Lee)
137 * Romanian translation added. (Thanks, Misu Moldovan)
138 * Many other translation patches from many people merged in.
140 Internationalization:
141 * Now using libiconv for better i18n support (Thanks, Junichi
142 Uekawa)
143 * Lots of i18n fixes (Thanks Matt Wilson, Ethan Blanton, A Lee)
144 * Correct i18n handling for many parts of AIM/ICQ, including
145 instant messages, away messages, and profiles (Thanks,
146 Ethan Blanton)
147 * Improved MSN internationalization (Thanks, A Lee)
149 Other:
150 * Optionally uniquely colorize nicks in chats
151 * Add / Remove buddy menu item added to the chat users list
152 (Thanks, Jonas Birmé)
153 * View log button in conversation toolbar (Thanks, Etan Reisner)
154 * Option to log IMs and Chats seperately. (Thanks, Etan
155 Reisner)
156 * Removed Ctrl-C binding for color
157 * Fix first message in tab not displaying bug (Thanks, Etan Reisner)
158 * Changed some default options
159 * Updated desktop and window icons (Thanks, Robert McQueen)
160 * Switch the .desktop file to the new KDE/GNOME common vfolder
161 format (Thanks, Robert McQueen)
162 * Removed all deprecated GTK calls. Now 100% GTK 2. (Thanks Nathan
163 Walp, Christian Hammond, Ari Pollak, Ethan Blanton, Robert McQueen)
164 * Read proxy environment variables. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
165 * Fixed security vulnerability with manual browser option (Thanks,
166 Robert McQueen)
167 * Can get info for ICQ and Jabber users from the "Edit
168 Buddies" tab (Thanks, Brian Bernas)
169 * Code cleanups and fixes (Thanks, Federico Mena Quintero and
170 Ka-Hing Cheung)
171 * Word-wrapping on mail notification text (Thanks, Andrew Molloy)
172 * Generic File Transfer PRPL interface (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
173 * Better supression of auto-responses (Thanks, Joshua Blanton)
174 * Drag-and-drop tabs in conversations, and multiple windows with tabs
175 in each (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
177 version 0.59 (06/24/2002):
178 * Hungarian translation added (Thanks, Sutto Zoltan)
179 * Swedish translation updated (Thanks, Christian Rose)
180 * Spanish translation updated (Thanks, Alex)
181 * Traditional Chinese translation updated (Thanks, Paladin Liu)
182 * Czech translation added (Thanks, Honza)
183 * Polish translation updated (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
184 * Squashed a bug in buddy right-click menu handling
185 that crashed Gaim. In the process: found and
186 eliminated some memory leaks.
187 * Fixed a significant applet leak
188 * Can now change Jabber password on server (Thanks,
189 Nathan Walp)
190 * Certain types of Jabber presence errors no longer
191 falsely show a buddy on-line. Instead now a "broken
192 light-bulb" icon is shown and the error status is
193 available via "Get Away Msg" (Thanks and a tip o'
194 the hat to Christian Hammond for the graphic)
195 * Conversation struct has pointer to toolbar (thanks Brent
196 Priddy and Paul Miller)
197 * Zephyr fixes (thanks, Arun A. Tharuvai)
198 * Aliases in buddy ticker
199 * Perl scripts can play Gaim sounds (thanks Andrew Rodland)
200 * Internal sounds can be played by commands (thanks Lex Spoon)
201 * Auto-login item in applet menu (thanks Chris Boyle)
202 * Fixed MSN "Unkown Error Code", "Already there", and
203 "Already in opposite list" errors
204 * Changed "Play sound" button to "Mute" button
205 * You can now have "reserved" chars in IM and proxy passwords
206 * Jabber now has typing notification (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
207 * Improved support for Jabber resources (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
208 * Fixed problem with Gaim crashing on non-ASCII Jabber buddy
209 aliases (Jabber "name" attribute) chars (Thanks, Ho-seok Lee)
210 * Plugged memory leaks in Jabber plug-in
211 * Fixed problem with Jabber away status not being propagated to
212 conference rooms for jabberd (server) v1.4.2 and above
213 * Chat room buddy lists are now sorted independent of case
214 * Added capability for protocol-specific edit buddy menu entries
215 * Can now remove a Jabber buddy roster item from the server
216 entirely
217 * Gaim can now handle messages from Mac ICQ and Miranda ICQ
218 (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
219 * Added Mozilla to browser options and changed KFM to
220 Konqueror.
221 * Can now set the server and port for MSN and Napster
222 * MSN Internationalization (Thanks Felipe Contreras and
223 countless, countless others)
224 * E-mail addresses are no longer truncated when there is a '.' at
225 the end.
227 version 0.58 (05/13/2002):
228 * Bulgarian translation added (Thanks, Igel Itzo)
229 * Traditional Chinese translation added (Thanks, Paladin Liu)
230 * Better applet transparency
231 * Option to raise buddy list on signons/signoffs
232 * Formatting of incoming MSN messages
233 * Get Info from menu multiple-account-aware (thanks
234 Brian Bernas)
235 * Hide and unhide functions for the filectl plugin.
236 (Thanks, Ari Pollak)
237 * Added helpful stuff to the Help menu.
238 * Self-aliasing from the account editor.
239 * Better selection in GtkIMHtml (Thanks Ben Miller)
240 * A warning when your OSCAR buddy list is too long
241 (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
242 * ICQ status messages in OSCAR (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
243 * Play sound when your name is said in a chat
244 * Approval dialog for Jabber when somebody wants to
245 subscribe to user's presence. Also gives user the
246 opportunity to add that buddy if not already on the
247 user's buddy list.
248 * Jabber "Change buddy group" roster synchronization now
249 works again. (This was unknowingly broken when the
250 "out-sourced" Jabber libs were upgraded in 0.56)
251 * Invalid Jabber I.D.'s no longer crash Gaim. User now
252 notified with pop-up's.
253 * Jabber Buddy sign-on time support, added in 0.57,
254 removed until and unless and inconsistency can be
255 resolved. (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
256 * Bug-fix for potential buffer overflow in Jabber
257 plugin. (Thanks, rwscott)
258 * Tempfiles used for secure MSN/HotMail login (added in
259 0.57) are now themselves created securely.
260 * Secure MSN logins (added in 0.57) no longer blow up
261 on Solaris.
262 * Timezone support improved.
264 version 0.57 (04/25/2002):
265 * New authorization method for Yahoo!
266 * Polish translation updated (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
267 * Jabber will tell you when your buddies signed on (Thanks
268 Nathan Walp)
269 * Danish translation added (Thanks, Sarauw Hansen)
270 * Finnish translation update (Thanks, Tero Kuusela)
271 * Japanese translation added (Thanks, Ryosuke Kutsuna)
272 * Jabber improvements (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
273 * More keyboard shortcuts
274 * event_chat_recv takes char**'s, and event_im_recv takes
275 a *guint32 for flags
276 * Secure hotmail login for MSN (thanks for the tips,
277 Scott Werndorfer)
279 version 0.56 (04/11/2002):
280 * German translation update (Thanks Karsten Weiss)
281 * Shell-like send history binded to Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down
282 * Russian Translation Updated (thanks Grigory Bakunov)
283 * libjabber upgraded to most recent stable version
284 * Buddylist looks a little better
285 * Fixed MSN privacy settings
286 * Group deletion fix (Thanks Mark Doliner)
287 * Alias/Group syncronization for Jabber (Thanks JSeymour)
288 * Fixed broken signal handling in gdm-started GNOME sessions
289 (Thanks Jim Seymour, Vann, Robert McQueen)
290 * Oscar group syncronization (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
291 * ICQ Authorization via Oscar (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
293 version 0.55 (03/29/2002):
294 * Jabber improvements (Thanks Jim Seymour)
295 * Various sound cleanups (Thanks Robert McQueen)
296 * Login process shown in single window (Thanks Michael
297 Golden)
298 * Can reorder your accounts in the account editor (Thanks
299 Luke Schierer)
300 * Updated Dutch translation
301 * Shows "mobile" icon for Oscar buddies using mobile
302 devices (Thanks Mark Doliner)
303 * Updated Polish Translation (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
304 * Fixed bug in MSN smilies that crashed PPC (and other?) platforms
305 * Updated Spanish Translation (Thanks Amaya)
306 * Updated French translation
307 * Updated Finnish translation (Thanks Tero Kuusela)
308 * HTTP Proxy settings now HTTP compliant (Thanks Robert McQueen)
309 * Speling corections (Thanks Tero Kuusela)
310 * Oscar list icon fixes (Thanks Mark Doliner)
311 * Oscar idle times work again (Thanks Mark Doliner)
312 * Protocol icons on Edit Buddies tab (Thanks Christian Hammond)
314 version 0.54 (03/14/2002):
315 * Compiles without GdkPixbuf again
316 * GtkIMHtml will refresh when you set a new GTK+ theme
317 * Improved Yahoo! typing notification (thanks Brian Macke)
318 * Prompt to authorize MSN buddies who added you while you
319 were offline (Thanks Jason Willis)
320 * Option to globally disable Buddy Icon animation (Thanks
321 Luke Schierer)
322 * Numerous bugfixes
323 * Yahoo! will tell you when your buddies are playing Yahoo!
324 games and give you the ability to join them
325 * Yahoo! can receive offline messages
326 * IRC can do DCC chat.
327 * IRC will convert HTML formatting to mIRC formatting.
328 * Buddylist tab placement option (Thanks Jason Willis)
329 * Protocol specific smiley faces
330 * Italian translation added
331 * IM Image sending
333 version 0.53 (02/28/2002):
334 * Updated Polish Translation (thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
335 * Slovak translation added (Thanks Daniel Rezny)
336 * Minor bug fixes re: queued away messages
337 * Better buddy icon transparency (for real this time ;-))
338 * Ability to change formatting of Oscar screen name
339 * Better selection in HTML widget (Thanks BMiller)
340 * New icons for ICQ (Thanks Kevin Miller)
341 * Editable buddy pounces (Thanks Jason Willis)
342 * Server side buddy lists in Oscar (Thanks Mark Doliner :-))
343 * Fix for the chatlist plugin
344 * Typing Notification (AIM Direct Connect, Yahoo, MSN)
345 * IM Images (Receive Only)
346 * Prettier GtkImHtml selection
348 version 0.52 (02/17/2002):
349 * Better buddy icon transparency (thanks SeanEgan)
350 * Updated Polish Translation (thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
351 * Fixed a little bug with connecting via proxy (thanks
352 for reminding me of this, Manish Singh)
353 * Updated Simplified Chinese Translation (Thanks Rocky S. Lee)
354 * Updated German Translation (Thanks Karsten Weiss)
355 * Yahoo! Messenger works again
356 * MSN Works again
357 * Can register a new user with a Jabber Server (JSeymour)
358 * Can now set Jabber vCards (JSeymour)
359 * Jabber vCards are now shown in their entirety (JSeymour)
360 * Various jabber bug fixes/enhancements (JSeymour)
362 version 0.51 (01/24/2002):
363 * Arrow buttons in log viewer and some other dialogs
364 work (thanks Ben Miller)
365 * Option to only send auto-response while idle (thanks
366 Sean Egan)
367 * Control time between sending auto-responses (thanks
368 Mark Doliner)
369 * Should be able to sign on to Oscar using Mac OS X
370 (thanks Fingolfin, Vincas Ciziunas, et al.)
371 * Finnish translation added (Thanks Tero Kuusela)
372 * Updated French Translation (Thanks sebfrance)
374 version 0.50 (12/14/2001):
375 * Updated polish translation (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
376 * Able to import GnomeICU contact lists
377 * Galeon as browser option (Thanks Rob McQueen)
378 * IRC /list, /invite (Thanks Sean Egan)
379 * Added swedish translation (Thanks Christian Rose)
380 * Option to have IMs and Chats tabbed in same window
381 * Finally put the lagmeter plugin out of its misery and
382 removed it. (/me dances on its grave.)
384 version 0.49 (11/29/2001):
385 * Can compile against GTK+ 2.0 (version 1.3.10/1.3.11)
386 * Confirm before removing buddies
387 * Updated Russian translation (thanks Grigory Bakunov)
388 * Updated Korean translation (thanks Ho-seok Lee, also for
389 resized ICQ icons)
390 * Updated Dutch translation (thanks Floris Eshuis)
391 * Yahoo updates (thanks Brian Macke)
392 * Jabber updates
393 * Zephyr updates (thanks Arun A Tharuvai)
394 * Gadu-Gadu updates (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
395 * Option to show aliases in conversation tabs
396 * Option to hide windows after sending messages
397 * licq2gaim.pl conversion script (thanks Arturo Cisneros, Jr.)
399 version 0.48 (11/18/2001):
400 * Right-click on links to open/copy URL
401 * Yahoo changes
402 * Oscar can send/receive offline messages in ICQ. Since the "real"
403 ICQ protocol isn't working too well it's recommended that you
404 use Oscar for ICQ.
406 version 0.47 (11/01/2001):
407 * Better font loading (pays attention to charset now)
408 (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
409 * Better recoding in Gadu-Gadu (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
410 * Open Mail button for when you get new mail (Yahoo and MSN)
411 * New buddy pounce option: Popup Notification
412 * When adding a buddy, the groups list now updates when you switch
413 accounts.
414 * When creating a new buddy pounce, gaim now automagically
415 selects "on away" or "on idle", if the user is away
416 or idle.
417 * Add Opera to the available browsers (thanks Brian Enigma)
418 * Improved log viewer (thanks to Ben Miller)
419 * When you are queueing away messages, double clicking on
420 a buddy's name will cause the messages for that name to be
421 dequeued.
422 * You can choose which sound player you use at run-time
423 (thanks Ben Miller)
424 * When someone adds you to their buddy list, it asks if you want
425 to add them as well (Yahoo, ICQ, and MSN) (thanks Nathan Walp)
426 * Option to grey idle buddies (thanks Nathan Walp)
427 * MSN Privacy Options
428 * In MSN you can set a person's alias to their "friendly name" by
429 right-click on their name while they're online.
430 * IRC can do /WHOIS
431 * The usual bug fixes and memory leak plugs
432 * Added Dutch translation
433 * Updated Korean translation
435 version 0.46 (10/18/2001):
436 * New applet icons (courtesy David Raeman)
437 * ICQ works on big-endian platforms, e.g. sparc and ppc
438 (thanks to Nathan Walp and Ben Miller)
439 * Better applet icon drawing (thanks to Ari Pollak)
440 * An extraordinary number of bug fixes
441 * Updated Korean translation
442 * Ability to stop animation on buddy icons, restart animation,
443 hide certain buddy icons, and save people's buddy icons, all
444 through a right-click menu
445 * Event handlers in perl passed arguments as elements of
446 an array rather than all concatenated as a string, making
447 perl much easier to use (thanks Dennis Lambe Jr.)
448 * Can pass an argument to timeout_handlers in perl
449 (thanks Artem Litvinovich)
450 * Redesigned Modify Account window (thanks Sean Egan)
451 * Add buddy dialog now lets you select which protocol
452 to add the buddy to
453 * Pressing 'signon' on the first screen for accounts that
454 do not require passwords no longer incorrectly displays
455 an error message.
457 version 0.45 (10/04/2001):
458 * New plugin event: event_chat_send_invite
459 * Major updates to the perl system (reread PERL-HOWTO and
460 SIGNALS)
461 * Major updates to event_chat_* events for plugins (reread
462 SIGNALS)
463 * Some GtkIMHtml improvements
464 * Various bugfixes
465 * Nick Highlighting in chat
466 * Tab-completion for nicks in chat (thanks to Sean Egan)
467 * Large internal reworkings
468 * New Protocol: Gadu-Gadu, written by Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
469 * Can choose buddy icon to send (for Oscar)
470 * New Translation: Polish translation by Przemysaw Suek
472 version 0.44 (09/20/2001):
473 * More sane scaling of buddy icons (intelligently scale to
474 either 48x48 or 50x50 depending on icon)
475 * Have you ever had it happen where you cancel a login and
476 Gaim starts using all the available processing power? I
477 think I fixed that.
478 * Temporarily removed Jabber user registration, which wasn't
479 working anyway.
480 * Added a spiffy Help button
481 * Wrote a plugin for all those people who miss having the
482 chat rooms in their buddy lists (chatlist.so)
483 * Updated libfaim
484 * Added drop down selection to chat invitation
485 * Improved the look of the chat invitation dialog
486 * Improved the look of the proxy preferences
487 * event_im_recv and event_im_display_rcvd passed whether
488 the message received was auto-response (see SIGNALS)
489 * IRC fixes (largly copied from X-Chat)
490 * Internal change to how preferences are stored
491 * Other bug fixes
492 * Option to hide buddy icons
494 version 0.43 (09/06/2001):
495 * Updated German Translation (thanks Daniel Seifert)
496 * Can change friendly name in MSN again
497 * Bug fixes
498 * Auto-reconnect plugin has exponential timeout (i.e. it
499 tries after 8 seconds, then 16, then 32, etc. up to 17
500 minutes)
501 * Removed file transfer things from Napster. It didn't work
502 well anyway. It'll be back eventually. (Does anyone even
503 use napster anymore?)
505 version 0.11.0-pre15 (08/28/2001):
506 * MSN works again
507 * Fixed a little segfault when images are links
508 * Redid the about box again.
509 * Fixed a nice little bug with the manual browser command
510 * Oscar Unicode fix (Thanks John Matthews)
511 * Added Russian Translation
512 * Can select which protocols are compiled statically
513 (e.g.: ./configure --with-static-prpls=oscar,jabber)
514 * New plugin events: event_im_displayed_sent and
515 event_im_displayed_rcvd. Use these to change messages after
516 they're displayed (e.g. encrypt sent messages, or send
517 auto-responses and have them display locally properly)
518 * Updated French Translation (thanks sebfrance)
519 * Can use Arts for sound (thanks Tom Dyas)
521 version 0.11.0-pre14 (06/17/2001):
522 * Fixed a segfault with Oscar's account confirmation
523 (Thanks, Adam)
524 * Updated the German translation (Thanks, Dominik)
525 * Some MSN changes
526 * Some HTML widget changes
527 * Can specify hosts/ports for Yahoo (thanks Jeremy Brooks)
528 * Many many bugfixes
530 version 0.11.0-pre13 (06/06/2001):
531 * Can view/set chat topic in Jabber (thanks faceprint)
532 * The napster plugin no longer segfaults on invalid names
533 and/or passwords.
534 * HTML is properly stripped from away messages in protocols that
535 do not use HTML. (thanks, faceprint)
536 * Can view/set chat topic in IRC
537 * MSN properly escapes outgoing messages
538 * Much needed updates to the gaim man page (thanks, Sean Egan)
540 version 0.11.0-pre12 (05/29/2001):
541 * Fixed a funny bug with auto responses when queued messages
542 are enabled.
543 * Redesigned the Font Options preference page
544 * Improved Jabber chat support (it whispers now, too)
545 * Zephyr can do Subscriptions now (thanks to nsanch)
546 * Auto-recon plugin got reworked
547 * Lots of clean-ups
548 * Some new pixmaps (Thanks, DennisR).
549 * Fixed a segfault in IRC (Thanks Sean Egan)
550 * MSN can now change your 'friendly name' (Thanks for the
551 packet logs, aechols)
552 * More IRC improvements [colors, etc] (Thanks Sean Egan)
553 * Improved proxy options
554 * Fixed a small issue with HTML not being stripped from
555 log files properly (Thanks, faceprint and David Stoddard)
556 * Can turn on/off Yahoo! Mail announcements
557 * Can force messages through the server for ICQ (use this if
558 you have problems sending)
559 * Can receive buddy icons in Oscar (requires gdk_pixbuf,
560 which GNOME depends on. If you --disable-pixbuf, it will
561 disable this.)
562 * Redesigned plugins dialog (thanks Mike Heffner)
564 version 0.11.0-pre11 (04/30/2001):
565 * Zephyr updates and additions, thanks Neil Sanchala (nsanch)
566 * Jabber can send/accept chat invites (due to mid)
567 * MSN has the option to notify you of new hotmail
568 messages
569 * Fixed a problem with ADD requests in MSN
570 * Fixed a small memory leak with MSN
571 * Moved MSN's spammy debug output into debug_printf's
572 * Can rename groups/buddies in the Edit Buddies pane
573 (thanks Neil Sanchala)
574 * Some perl updates (thanks to Sean Egan)
575 * IRC got the following slash commands:
576 op, deop, voice, devoice, mode, raw, quote, and kick (thanks
577 to Sean Egan)
578 * MSN Properly handles URL decoding of 'friendly' names
579 * Redesigned Preferences pages (design by DennisR)
580 * Can select where tabs are for tabbed IM/Chat windows
581 * Option to queue away messages while away
582 * Jabber got good updates (from faceprint)
583 * Oh yes, and Oscar works, yet again. (gee... that's what, 4
584 releases that have "fixed" it now?)
586 version 0.11.0-pre10 (04/13/2001):
587 * Many, many bug fixes
588 * Can choose to not send away auto-response (thanks phzzzt)
589 * Uh... Oscar works? For now?
590 * IRC Plugin can do whois (right click and info)
591 * IRC Plugin got away message support
592 * Gaim blist to WinAIM blt perl script (courtesy Andy Harrison)
593 * Sound on buddy pounce (Thanks Andrew Echols)
594 * Can view all group chats in one tabbed window (same keybindings
595 as for tabbed normal conversations)
596 * More Protocol plugins:
597 Zephyr (plugins/zephyr) (DON'T USE THIS unless you know
598 what it is and why you'd want to use it)
600 version 0.11.0-pre9 (03/26/2001):
601 * Can register Jabber accounts (load the Jabber plugin and click
602 Register on the login window)
603 * GtkIMHtml handles themes (no background pixmaps though) (thanks
604 decklin, mishan)
605 * URLS Linkify properly in Buddy chats
606 * Jabber compiles better on Solaris?
607 * Gaim works with Oscar Again (Huge thanks to Adam Fritzler of
608 libfaim)
610 version 0.11.0-pre8 (03/23/2001):
611 * Fixed a problem with MSN not detecting signoffs and buddy updates.
612 * Implemented away options in MSN
613 * Alt-[1-9] to go to [1-9]th pane in tabbed convo window
614 * Jabber fixes, Oscar fixes (!), Yahoo fixes, TOC fixes
615 * Can use Alt to access menu, and Ctl-char for certain actions
616 (thanks baldnik)
617 * Oscar blocking works (?)
618 * MSN can see status of other users
620 version 0.11.0-pre7 (03/16/2001):
621 * Can build RPMs as non-root
622 * New yahoo library (can use HTTP proxy)
623 * Command-line arg to specify config file (thanks Jason Boerner)
624 * Can view all conversations in one tabbed window (Control-[ and
625 Control-] move left and right respectively; Control-Tab moves
626 to the next unread, or the next tab if there are no unread tabs)
627 * Tooltips on links work again
628 * Can log system notices: signons/signoffs, awayness and idleness
629 (thanks Andrew Echols)
630 * MSN fixes
631 * Applet fixes
633 version 0.11.0-pre6 (03/06/2001):
634 * Fixed bug with NAS support
635 * Napster plugin is included again
636 (Thanks for pointing out that it was missing,
637 (Yan V. Bulgak)
638 * Oscar can: search by email, request confirmation, change password
639 * TOC fixes
640 * ICQ fixes
641 * Faster HTML parsing/rendering
643 version 0.11.0-pre5 (02/26/2001):
644 * Minor GUI changes
645 * ICQ Alias problem fixed
646 * Negative times fixed
647 * Cannot create blank away messages/messages with blank titles
648 * Can right-click Edit Buddies list to alias/add pounce/etc.
649 * Ability to independently set accounts as away
650 * Can use all away states for ICQ, Yahoo (N/A, Be Right Back, etc.)
651 * Fixed hanging trees
652 * Can close windows by hitting 'Esc' (optional)
653 * Better HTML Widget
654 * Can toggle timestamps by hitting F2 (optional)
655 * Rewritten file transfer for TOC
656 * Jabber got chat
657 * Log Viewer (courtesy BMiller)
658 * Can save conversation history
659 * Napster can kinda sorta download files sometimes :)
660 * You can activate IDs in Yahoo
661 * ICQ upgraded to use icqlib 1.1.5
663 version 0.11.0-pre4:
664 * ICQ upgraded to use icqlib 1.1.0
665 * An enormous amount of bug fixes
666 * Even More Protocol Plugins:
667 Jabber (plugins/jabber)
668 Napster (plugins/napster.c)
669 * Fixed a segfault with 'Ignore new conversations while away'
671 version 0.11.0-pre3 (12/15/2000):
672 * Away messages arranged alphabetically (Thanks Justin)
673 * More GUI adjustments
674 * Can optionally run command to play sound files
675 * Icons for ICQ plugin (blatently stolen from GnomeICU)
676 * Icons for Yahoo plugin (not-so-blatently stolen from GTKYahoo)
677 * Optionally display warning level next to name in buddy list
678 * Optionally ignore fonts on incoming messages
679 * Command-line option to automatically set yourself as
680 away upon signon (thanks bmiller)
681 * Buddy list backups now stored in ~/.gaim/SN.protocol.blist (gaim will
682 move the old file for you). Needed for when you have the same name on
683 two different protocols. (Oscar and TOC share the same file.)
684 * More Protocol plugins:
685 MSN (plugins/msn)
687 version 0.11.0-pre2 (12/04/2000):
688 * Fixed a segfault with a bad util.c
690 version 0.11.0-pre1 (12/03/2000):
691 * Multiple connections
692 * Protocol plugins:
693 IRC (plugins/irc.c)
694 Yahoo (plugins/yay)
695 ICQ (plugins/icq)
696 * Logs now stored to ~/.gaim/logs rather than ~/.gaim/SN/
697 * User configurable sounds
698 * Scroll bar now functions properly in chat room user lists
699 * X-Idle support added (thanks bmiller and bryner)
700 * small change in the way away messages are displayed
701 (Thanks Ryan C. Gordon)
702 * Plugin system uses GModule now (improves portability, adds features)
703 (Requires recompile and probably modifications of most plugins)
704 * Perl got updates (reread plugins/PERL-HOWTO)
705 * Spell checker now uses gtkspell
706 * Auto-Away (thanks, yet again, to bmiller ;)
707 * More buddy pounce options
708 * Various GUI improvements
710 version 0.10.3 (10/09/2000):
711 * Segfault when viewing user info fixed
712 * libdb problem fixed
714 version 0.10.2 (10/07/2000):
715 * A few fixes to the URL parser.
716 * Better placement of smiley dialog
717 * Improved log file readibility
718 * Code cleanups (thanks kylev)
719 * Fixed problem when closing away message box (thanks bmiller)
720 * sprintf() problem on some systems
721 * Various small bug fixes
723 version 0.10.1 (09/15/2000):
724 * Better chatroom logging
725 * Oscar works again. Pay no attention to Slashdot.
726 * gtkhtml handles background colours better.
727 * A third conversation window display preference.
728 * Better support for things like Sawfish
730 version 0.10.0 (09/11/2000):
731 * New Smiley Faces and Pixmaps added.
732 * Smiley faces now properly wrap in the conversation windows.
733 * Smiley dialog
734 * Fixed 0-byte file segfault.
735 * Borderless buttons (for that cool pop-up look)
736 * Fixed some resizing bugs
737 * Added Ctrl+{B/I/U/S} hotkeys to conversation windows.
738 * Added Ctrl+(number) hotkeys to insert smileys in conversation windows.
739 * Support for %n, %d, and %t in away messages. Thanks bmiller!
740 * Background colors
741 * Redesigned preferences dialog
742 * Redesigned conversation dialog
743 * Removed the Lag-O-Meter (Lag-O-Meter is now a plugin)
744 * Socks 4/5 Proxy works
745 * Buddy Pounces are now saved in .gaimrc
746 * Buddy Chats are now saved in .gaimrc
747 * Ability to merge gaim, aim2, aim4 buddylists. Thanks again bmiller!
748 * ICQ-style aliases. This lets you change the name you see your buddy
749 as. For example, if your buddy's SN is 'CouldntGetMyName', you can
750 alias him as 'Loser'.
751 * Compile with GNOME bits if available
752 * Added GNOME Url Handler as an available web-browser
753 * Added the S html tag.
754 * Optionally Ignore TiK's Automated Messages
755 * Option to beep instead of play sound
756 * New icons for panel (depends on some GNOME pixmaps)
757 * Perl scripting. See plugins/PERL-HOWTO for how to write perl scripts.
758 All .pl files in ~/.gaim are autoloaded when gaim starts.
759 * HTML widget is faster, more stable
761 version 0.9.20 (07/14/2000):
762 * More plugin events, more plugin features
763 * French (fr), Spanish (es), Simplified Chinese (zh_CN), Korean (kr)
764 translations added
765 * Run-time OSCAR support
766 * Added buddy list ticker (See prefs/Appearance). Clicking on a
767 name will cause a new or previous IM window to display for
768 that screenname
769 * "You are sending messages too quickly" error is now fixed
770 when you have a large buddylist.
771 * Fixed the LC_ALL compile problem on Solaris boxes
772 * Fixed PPC and ARM compile problem with oscar.c
773 * Smileys work better, and don't cause font attributes to drop
774 * Dialog windows are now prettier
775 * /me in IM window; font/color dialogs and smileys in chat window
777 version 0.9.19 (06/09/2000):
778 * Graphical Smiley Faces
779 * Applet got a bit of a makeover (inside & out)
780 * Compile-time options affect Preferences dialog
781 * Whispering in chat works (does anyone even use this?)
782 * HTML-tag buttons in chat
783 * Chat got all kinds of new features (like IRC-sytle /me)
784 * Chat in oscar works much better
785 * Locale support
786 * Fixed the segfault when your server-side config is null
787 * Many many bugfixes
789 version 0.9.18 (06/02/2000):
790 * Logging in works better for oscar
791 * Double error bug when sending message to an offline user is
792 fixed.
793 * Pressing enter once again sends a message in buddy chatrooms (oops)
794 * More fixes for the change on the AOL sign-on process.
795 * Fixed bug where Gaim sometimes doesn't find a font to use.
796 * Per-conversation font and color dialogs (thanks fflewddur)
797 * Chat in oscar works (somewhat)
798 * Even more fixes for the sign-on process, and now you don't flash when
799 setting permit/deny lists.
801 version 0.9.17 (05/31/2000):
802 * Automagic feature to check for new versions has been removed
803 * Infinite loop bug fixed
805 version 0.9.16: (05/31/2000)
806 * Paned buddy chat window (Thanks Syd)
807 * Buddy lists (and changes) are cached to ~/.gaim/<sn>.blist
808 where <sn> is your screen name. If for some reason, you log
809 into the AOL server and the buddy list comes back empty, we
810 check for a cache file, and, if we find one, read it in. This
811 essentially implements recovery from a server crash at AOL
812 (AOL does not back up machines that contain TOC-based buddy
813 lists, unfortunately). (Thanks Syd)
814 * Font selection dialog
815 * Small changes to the Oscar/libfaim stuff (see libfaim/README.gaim)
816 * SOCKS v4 Proxy support
817 * Better proxy support overall (you can get people's info now! :) )
818 * Two-way file transfer (you can get and send files, but you still
819 can't initiate either)
820 * Fixed font problem with Misconfigured X-Servers. Thanks Decklin!
821 * Fixed the No Configuration problem that came about today (5/31)
823 version 0.9.15: (05/06/2000)
824 * Plugin support enabled by default (oops)
825 * Some plugins built/installed by default
826 * Option to automagically check for new releases
827 * Ability to receive files (one-way file transfer)
828 * In-line spell checker (thanks to Torrey Searle of the
829 Everybuddy Devel team for this one)
831 version 0.9.14:
832 * Numerous Fixes by G. Sumner Hayes (buffer over flow patches,
833 etc)
834 * Paned Conversation Windows (Thanks Syd)
835 * Raise Window On Message Received, Fixed (Thanks Syd)
836 * When multiple screen names, Gaim now correctly remembers the name
837 that was used last.
838 * FONT sizes now work correctly.
839 * PLUGIN SUPPORT!! (Lots of cool goodies here)
840 * Fixed another leak or two
841 * Added ability to change your screenname password
842 * Devil pixmaps
844 version 0.9.13 (03/27/2000):
845 * Dialog Box Segfault Fixed (When You Click A Toggle Then Cancel)
846 * Double Log-Out Message Fixed
847 * GNOME compile error fixed
848 * Away Message Problem Fixed
849 * Fixed URL Right Click Menus
850 * Conversation Loggin now shows Full Date and Time
851 * Internal Change to Buddy List
853 version 0.9.12 (03/25/2000):
854 * Segfault fix for PPC/Alpha/etc machines with log(0)
855 Thanks to Todd Cohen for this one.
856 * Small internal change to the way prefs work
857 * GNOME Applet support works better
858 (thanks to Eric Warmenhoven for the patch)
859 * Support for displaying true type fonts
860 * Lag-O-Meter does not send lag-test if not selected
861 * Fixed problem with saving away messages which contain spaces
862 and numbers.
863 * Various GNOME Applet Enhancements (thanks AGAIN to
864 Eric. Someone needs to stop this boy :-) )
865 * A lot of random, obscure bugs fixed
866 * All of the major and I believe all of the minor memory leaks are
867 now fixed
868 (Thanks to Peter Teichman, Larry Ewing, Jeramey Crawford, and me)
870 version 0.9.11 (03/22/2000):
871 * <STRIKE>Strike Tag Support</STRIKE> :-)
872 * Another memory leak fix
873 * New .gaimrc format
874 * Better support for multiple screen names
875 * Font Properties
876 * Saving of buddylist window position
877 * Fixed a problem with Gaim and the Netscape-branded version
878 of Mozilla
879 * New Sound Properties
880 * More General Properties
881 * Bigger Text-Entry field (Thanks to CrazyDavy for this one)
882 * Various Random Bug fixes
884 version 0.9.10 (11/03/1999):
885 * Fixed a nasty memory leak. No more 40M Gaim processes. LOL
886 * IDLE Times are displayed in a neater fashion.
888 version 0.9.9 (10/31/1999):
889 * A little selection bug has been squished
890 * Small memory leak fixed
891 * Small network fix (problem with HTTP Proxy fixed?)
892 * Proxy stuff should work now :)
893 * Widget table support, dir info looks nicer
894 * Info box looks nicer (thanks to Decklin Foster)
895 * Client now 'corrects' time values from the server for accurate
896 login times.
897 * Lag-O-Meter (ala Drunken Jim)
898 * IDLE Preferences
900 version 0.9.8 (10/04/1999):
901 * HTTP Proxy Support (No SOCKS yet)
902 * HTML Widget more robust
903 * Graphical Debug Window
904 * Buddylist bug fixed
905 * Some logging fixes and improvements
906 * configurable host/port selection
907 * Clickable Links in buddy chat
908 * New Gaim Logo
909 * Display Signon/Signoff messages in conversation windows
910 * Option to strip HTML from logged messages
911 * GNOME cleanups (It might work now haha)
912 * When viewing user info, URLS are converted to clickable links
913 * Tooltips on URLS
915 version 0.9.7 (08/08/1999):
916 * Preliminary Oscar Support
917 * Fixed bad network bug
918 * Fixed some bad text rendering bugs in the HTML widget
919 * log all conversation names are now normalized.
920 * Fixed another bad network bug :)
921 * Multiple browser support, some Netscape buggies fixed.
922 * Permit/Deny preferences moved to 'Permit' pane on buddylist.
923 * Fixed problem with _, ', and \ in passwords
925 version 0.9.6 (08/01/1999):
926 * Fixed 'log all conversation' segfault
927 * Added NAS support
928 * Removed Xmu dependancies.
929 * Restructured network code
930 * ESD detection more robust.
931 * Sound fallbacks are MUCH more robust!
933 version 0.9.5 (07/25/1999):
934 * Fixed About Box SegFault
935 * Autologin Works with Applet
936 * Option to Show Buddy List after Signon with Applet
937 * 2048 character messages
938 * Away-Detection (shows a different icon on the buddy list)
939 * Fixed Segfault with messages > allowed size
940 * Added option to log all conversations
941 * Changed g_new to g_new0
942 * Buddy List: Right Click Menus
943 * Find Buddy By Email
944 * Find Buddy By Info
945 * New HTML widget (Underline/Links/HRs)
946 * Updated Toolbar with 'Underline' Icon
947 * More Buddy Pounce Options
948 * Option to auto-change urls into clickable links (Under Prefs)
949 * Better Buddy Chat functionality
950 * Away Prefs
951 * Registration Information (Let Us Know Who You Are)
952 * Buddy Chat Prefs (Update Chatroom Lists)
953 * Set User Info
954 * FAQ added to the distribution
955 * Sound problem with some systems fixed
956 * Set Dir Info
957 * Autostart of Netscape on URL Click
958 * DnD Rearranging of Groups
959 * Better Netscape Functionality
960 * Right Click `URL' Menus
961 * DnD Rearranging of Buddies
962 * Script to convert win95 buddylist to gaim buddylist
963 * Added `Link/URL' button to conversation window
964 * ESD is now autodetected
965 * Not too important but we GNU-ified the source tree :)
967 version 0.8.0 (04/31/1999):
968 * Code clean-up
969 * Updated Prefs
970 * Buddy Pouncing
971 * Pixmaps for buttons
972 * Buddylist import/export
973 * Autoconf/Automake
974 * Conversation Logging
975 * Coloured Text Selection
976 * Updated Preferences
977 * ESD Support
978 * Minor Bug Fixes
979 * `Warning' support
980 * `Blocking' on conversation window
981 * Add/Remove buddy from conversation window
982 * Scroll-Wheel Mice work in Conversation Window
983 * Fixed WindowMaker Appicon
984 * Version Number in About Box
985 * Gaim Slogan in about box :)
986 * Created Changelog File :)