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