1 Pidgin and Finch: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clients That're Good for the Soul
3 version 2.5.7 (06/18/2009):
4 * Yahoo Protocol 16 support, including new HTTPS login method; this should
5 fix a number of login problems that have recently cropped up. (Sulabh
6 Mahajan, Mike "Maiku" Ruprecht)
8 version 2.5.6 (05/19/2009):
10 * Improve sleep behavior by aggregation of longer timeouts on second
11 boundaries to allow better power saving. (Arunan Balasubramaniam)
12 * Fix various crashes on exit.
13 * Make XML parsing more resilient to interactions with other libraries.
14 This, along with the fix for libxml2 bug 564217, fixes the crashes
15 on connect in XMPP with recent gst-plugins-bad (see #8830 for details).
16 * Many security related fixes
19 * Correctly handle WHOIS for users who are joined to a large number of
21 * Notify the user if a /nick command fails, rather than trying
25 * Fix a race condition causing occasional Pidgin crashes.
26 * Fix some errors about the friendly name changing too fast caused
27 by MSN/Yahoo integration buddies.
30 * Less likely to pop up a new conversation window in disregard of
31 the "Hide new IM conversations" preference.
34 * Fix a crash when sending very long messages.
35 * Fix a bug where UTF-8 status messages get garbled when going idle.
37 version 2.5.5 (03/01/2009):
39 * Fix a crash when removing an account with an unknown protocol id.
40 * Beta support for SSL connections for AIM and ICQ accounts. To
41 enable, check the "Use SSL" option from the Advanced tab when
42 editing your AIM or ICQ account. (Paul Aurich)
43 * Fix a memory leak in SILC. (Luke Petre)
44 * Fix some string handling in the SIMPLE prpl, which fixes some buddy name
45 handling and other issues. (Paul Aurich, Marcus Sundberg)
46 * Implement support for resolving DNS via the SOCKS4 proxy (SOCKS4a).
49 * Fix retrieval of status messages from users of ICQ 6.x, Miranda, and
50 other libpurple clients. (Daniel Ljungborg)
51 * Change client ID to match ICQ Basic 14.34.3096. This fixes publishing
52 of buddy icons and available messages.
53 * Properly publish status messages for statuses other than Available.
54 ICQ 6.x users can now see these status messages. (Daniel Ljungborg)
55 * Fix receipt of messages from the mobile client Slick. (David Jedelsky)
58 * Fix transfer of buddy icons, custom smileys, and files from the
59 latest Windows Live Messenger 9 official client. (Thomas
61 * Large (multi-part) messages are now correctly re-combined.
62 * Federated/Yahoo! buddies should now stop creating sync issues at
63 every signin. You may need to remove duplicates in the Address
64 Book. See the FAQ for more information. Thanks to Jason Lingohr
65 for lots of debugging and testing.
66 * Messages from Yahoo! buddies are no longer silently dropped.
67 * We now save and use the CacheKey for ABCH SOAP requests.
68 * Don't try to parse Personal Status Messages or Current Media if they
70 * Convert from ISO-8859-1 encoding to UTF-8 when no charset is specified
71 on incoming messages. This should fix some issues with messages from
73 * Force sending the font "Segoe UI" if outgoing formatting doesn't specify
75 * Queue callbacks when token updates are in progress to prevent two token
76 update attempts from trampling each other.
77 * Fixed a crash on Windows when removing a buddy's alias.
78 * Update the Address Book when buddies' friendly names change. This
79 prevents seeing an outdated alias or not seeing an alias at all for
80 buddies who are offline when you sign in.
81 * Update tokens for FindMembership and ABFindAll SOAP requests.
82 * We no longer try to send empty messages. This could happen when a
83 message contained only formatting and that formatting was not supported
85 * Buddies on both the Allow and Block list are now automatically
86 removed from the Allow list. Users with this problem will now no
87 longer receive an ADL 241 error. The problematic buddy should now
88 appear on the buddy list and can be removed or unblocked as desired.
91 * Resources using __HOSTNAME__ substitution will now grab only the short
92 hostname instead of the FQDN on systems which put the FQDN in the
93 hostname. (Matěj Cepl)
94 * No longer send a 'to' attribute on an outgoing stanza when we haven't
95 received one. This fixes a registration bug as described in ticket
99 * Tooltip windows now appear below the mouse cursor. (Kosta Arvanitis)
100 * Tooltip windows now disappear on keypress events. (Kosta Arvanitis)
101 * Tooltip windows no longer linger when scrolling the buddy list. (Kosta
105 * Allow rebinding keys to change the focused widget (details in the
106 man-page, look for GntBox::binding)
108 version 2.5.4 (01/12/2009):
110 * Fix a connection timeout with empty Gadu-Gady buddy lists. (Martin
112 * Don't ignore namespace information when parsing XMPP data. (Michal
114 * Fix a crash that occurred when retrieving certain Offline Messages
116 * Extended purple-url-handler to handle "gtalk" URI's. (Paul Aurich)
117 * Fix the hang on exit in Network Location Awareness for Windows XP
118 and Windows Vista. (Paul Aurich)
121 * Change Contact Server to temporarily fix connection problems.
122 (Thanks to Youness Alaoui)
125 * Support for XEP-0191 blocking. (Vijay Raghunathan)
126 * Don't put SASL PLAIN or IQ Auth passwords in debug logs. (Paul Aurich)
127 * Fix removal of avatars (both PEP and vCard), we weren't removing
128 them correctly before. (Paul Aurich)
131 * Fix a crash in the Add Account dialog when changing protocols under
132 certain circumstances.
135 * Redirect stderr outputs to the debug window.
136 * Fix rebinding actions with the arrow-keys and tab.
138 version 2.5.3 (12/20/2008):
140 * The Buddy State Notification plugin no longer prints duplicate
141 notifications when the same buddy is in multiple groups. (Florian
143 * The Buddy State Notification plugin no longer turns JID's, MSN
144 Passport ID's, etc. into links. (Florian Quèze)
145 * purple-remote now has a "getstatusmessage" command to retrieve
146 the text of the current status message.
147 * Various fixes to the nullprpl. (Paul Aurich)
148 * Fix a crash when accessing the roomlist for an account that's not
149 connected. (Paul Aurich)
150 * Fix a crash in purple_accounts_delete that happens when this
151 function is called before the buddy list is initialized.
153 * Fix use of av_len in perl bindings to fix some off-by-one bugs
155 * On ICQ, advertise the ICQ 6 typing capability. This should fix
156 the reports of typing notifications not working with third-party
157 clients. (Jaromír Karmazín)
158 * Many QQ fixes and improvements, including the ability to connect
159 using QQ2008 protocol and sending/receiving of long messages.
160 The recommended version to use is still QQ2005.
161 * Fix a crash with DNS SRV lookups. (Florian Quèze)
162 * Fix a crash caused by authorization requests. (Florian Quèze)
165 * Add support for IM images. (Tomasz Sałaciński, Adam Strzelecki)
166 * Gadu-Gadu now checks that UID's are valid. (Adam Strzelecki)
167 * Gadu-Gadu now does proper charset translations where needed. (Adam
171 * Fix an error with offline messages by shipping the *new*
172 "Microsoft Secure Server Authority" and the "Microsoft Internet
173 Authority" certificates. These are now always installed even when
174 using --with-system-ssl-certs because most systems don't ship
175 those intermediate certificates.
176 * The Games and Office media can now be set and displayed (in
177 addition to the previous Music media). The Media status text now
178 shows the album, if possible.
179 * Messages sent from a mobile device while you were offline are now
181 * Server transfers after you've been connected for a long time
182 should now be handled correctly.
183 * Many improvements to handling of "federated" buddies, such as those
184 on the Yahoo network.
185 * Several known crashes have been resolved.
186 * Many other fixes and code cleanup.
189 * Respect your privacy settings set using the official MySpace client.
190 * Add support for blocking buddies.
191 * Fix a bug where buddies didn't appear in their correct groups the
192 first time you sign into your account.
193 * Properly disconnect and sign out of the service when logging off.
194 * Support for foreground and background font colors in outgoing IMs.
195 * Support for background font colors in incoming IMs.
196 * Many other fixes and code cleanup.
199 * Fix insanely long idle times for Sametime 7.5 buddies by assuming
200 0 idle time if the idle timestamp is in the future. (Laurent
202 * Fix a crash that can occur on login. (Raiko Nitzsche)
205 * Fix a crash when a malformed message is received.
206 * Don't allow connecting accounts if no server name has been
207 specified. (Florian Quèze)
210 * Fix the namespace URL we look for in PEP reply stanzas to match
211 the URL used in the 'get' requests (Paul Aurich)
212 * Resources can be set to the local machine's hostname by using
213 __HOSTNAME__ as the resource string. (Jonathan Sailor)
214 * Resources can now be left blank, causing the server to generate a
215 resource for us where supported. (Jonathan Sailor)
216 * Resources now default to no value, but "Home" is used if the
217 server refuses to provide a resource.
218 * Quit trying to get user info for MUC's. (Paul Aurich)
219 * Send "client-accepts-full-bind-result" attribute during SASL
220 login. This will fix Google Talk login failures if the user
221 configures the wrong domain for his/her account.
222 * Support new <metadata/> element to indicate no XEP-0084 User
223 Avatar. (Paul Aurich)
224 * Fix SHA1 avatar checksum errors that occur when one of the bytes
225 in a checksum begins with 0. (Paul Aurich)
226 * Fix a problem with duplicate buddies. (Paul Aurich)
229 * Corrected maximum message lengths for Yahoo!
230 * Fix file transfers with older Yahoo protocol versions.
233 * Enable auto-reply, to emulate 'zaway.' (Toby Schaffer)
234 * Fix a crash when an account is configured to use tzc but tzc is
235 not installed or the configured tzc command is invalid. (Michael
237 * Fix a 10 second delay waiting on tzc if it is not installed or the
238 configured command is invalid. (Michael Terry)
241 * On GTK+ 2.14 and higher, we're using the gtk-tooltip-delay setting
242 instead of our own (hidden) tooltip_delay pref. If you had
243 previously changed that pref, add a line like this to
244 ~/.purple/gtkrc-2.0 (where 500 is the timeout (in ms) you want):
245 gtk-tooltip-timeout = 500
246 To completely disable tooltips (e.g. if you had an old
247 tooltip_delay of zero), add this to ~/.purple/gtkrc-2.0:
248 gtk-enable-tooltips = 0
249 * Moved the release notification dialog to a mini-dialog in the
250 buddylist. (Casey Ho)
251 * Fix a crash when closing an authorization minidialog with the X
252 then immediately going offline. (Paul Aurich)
253 * Fix a crash cleaning up custom smileys when Pidgin is closed.
254 * Fix adding a custom smiley using the context menu in a conversation
255 if no custom smilies have previously been added using the smiley
257 * Improved support for some message formatting in conversations.
258 * Allow focusing the conversation history or userlist with F6.
259 * Fixed the Send Button plugin to avoid duplicate buttons in a single
261 * Double-clicking a saved status will now activate it and close the
262 saved status manager, rather than edit the status.
265 * Allow binding meta+arrow keys for actions.
266 * Added default meta+erase binding for delete previous word.
267 * Added "Show When Offline" to buddy menus, so a plugin is no longer
270 version 2.5.2 (10/19/2008):
272 * Fixed a crash on removing a custom buddy icon on a buddy.
273 * Fixed a crash caused by certain self-signed SSL certificates.
274 * Enable a number of strong ciphers which were previously disabled
275 when using NSS. (Thanks to Marcus Trautwig.)
278 * The status selector now saves your message when changing status.
279 * Fix a case where a conversation window could close unexpectedly.
280 * A mute sounds option has been added to the preferences window to
281 help with discoverability. CTRL+S is no longer bound to mute.
282 * Added ability to change the color of visited links (using the theme
283 control plugin, or setting the color in ~/.gtkrc-2.0)
284 * Fix a crash occuring when a custom smiley is deleted and re-added and
285 used in an open conversation after being re-added.
288 * A new 'Nested Grouping' option in the 'Grouping' plugin. Group
289 hierarchies are defined by the '/' character in the group names.
290 * A bug was fixed where some key-bindings wouldn't work with some TERMs
291 (e.g. xterm-color, screen-linux etc.)
294 * Operations (such as moving to a new group) on contacts that were added
295 in the same session should now complete correctly, and not cause
296 synchronization errors at next login.
297 * Minor fixes to login process during a server transfer.
298 * Restored the "Has You" feature to the MSN protocol tooltips.
299 * ADL 205/214/etc errors should no longer prevent login.
302 * Sending and receiving custom smileys using the specification in
303 XEP-0231 (bits of binary) and XHTML-IM
306 * Only send a Ping once every hour. This prevents the account from
307 being disconnected from the server periodically.
309 version 2.5.1 (08/30/2008):
311 * In the Join/Part plugin, add the ability to apply the rules to
312 buddies. By default, joins and parts for buddies are still shown.
313 * Support SOCKS proxies specified in GNOME or Windows proxy settings.
314 * Fix some possible crashes in MSNP15.
315 * Enable a default SSL trust relationship for MSN servers.
316 * Avoid disconnecting from XMPP servers on parse errors that are
318 * Include some perl files that were mistakenly omitted in 2.5.0.
321 * Prevent use of custom smilies without "shortcuts."
322 * Fix a crash that could appear with AIM buddy tooltips.
325 * General refresh of many icons in the interface.
326 * Many cleanups to artwork source are now included in the distribution.
327 * A new "throbber" animation has been added to indicate when accounts
330 version 2.5.0 (08/18/2008):
332 * Ability to create custom smileys (currently only the MSN protocol
333 utilizes the feature). (Thanks to Mauro Sérgio Ferreira Brasil,
334 Marcus Lundblad, Jorge Villaseñor and other contributors)
335 * Add a configure option, --with-system-ssl-certs to allow packagers
336 to specify a system-wide SSL CA certificates directory. When set,
337 we don't install our SSL CA certs, so it's important that the
338 libpurple package depend on the CA certificates.
339 * Add SSL Certificates support to the NSS SSL plugin. (Thanks to Lou
343 * Fix a bug that caused the UI to not refresh and caused the client
344 to use 99% CPU when an XMPP account lost its connection to the
346 * Possibly fix a bug where some clients could get into a state
347 where they moved a buddy back and forth between two groups in
351 * /ctcp command (Vladislav Guberinić)
352 * Allow for auto-detection of incoming UTF-8 formatted text on
353 accounts which are configured to use some other encoding.
356 * Update MSN support to protocol 15 (Elliott Sales de Andrade, Jorge
357 Villaseñor, Mike Ruprecht, Carlos Silva, Ma Yuan, Daniel Ljungborg
359 * Personal messages are now supported. They are treated as status
361 * Offline IM is now supported.
362 * Aliasing is now supported server-side.
363 * Buddies are now emblemed. Bots and web clients should now be
365 * Update smiley set for non-faces.
366 * Failing to update a buddy icon when the buddy has gone offline no
368 * Custom smileys received in a chat no longer go to a new window.
369 * Processing is no longer completely frozen after the servers block a
370 message because it contains (what they consider) inappropriate text.
373 * Custom buddy icons can now be added to and removed from buddy list
374 entries via the buddy list entry right-click menu.
375 * Resize large incoming custom smileys to a maximum of 96px on either
377 * Offer to add new buddies into the same contact as existing buddies
378 in the same group if the alias given is the same.
379 * Minor smiley style update.
382 * Group and Chat buddy list entries can now be given custom buddy
386 * Added "Invite..." menu to chats.
387 * Added "View All Logs" menu in the buddylist to display a list of all IM
389 * Added '/msgcolor' command to change colors of different classes of
390 messages in a conversation. See '/help msgcolor' for details.
391 * Added tab-completion for commands in conversation windows.
393 version 2.4.3 (07/01/2008):
395 * Yahoo! Japan now uses UTF-8, matching the behavior of official clients
396 and restoring compatibility with the web messenger (Yusuke Odate)
397 * Setting your buddy icon once again works for Yahoo! accounts.
398 * Fixes in the Yahoo! protocol to prevent a double free, crashes on
399 aliases, and alias functionality
400 * Fix crashes in the bonjour protocol
401 * Always use UTF-8 for Yahoo! (#5973)
402 * Fix a crash when the given jabber id is invalid.
403 * Make the IRC "unknown message" debugging messages UTF-8 safe.
404 * Fix connecting to ICQ
405 * Fix a memleak when handling jabber xforms.
408 * Include the send button plugin in the win32 build
409 * Various memory leak fixes
411 version 2.4.2 (05/17/2008):
412 http://developer.pidgin.im/query?status=closed&milestone=2.4.2
414 * In MySpaceIM, messages from spambots are discarded (Justin Williams)
415 * Strip mIRC formatting codes from quit and part messages.
416 * IRC now displays ban lists in-channel for joined channels.
417 * Fixed a bug where the list of loaded plugins would get removed when
418 switching between different operating systems.
419 * Fix reception of IRC PART without a part message on Undernet
420 (fixes a problem with litter in the channel user list).
421 * IRC no longer crashes on /list on servers which erroneously omit
423 * Update the NetworkManager support to use D-Bus directly, instead of
424 libnm-glib. Hopefully it's stable now. It will now compile by
425 default if you have D-Bus support and NetworkManager.h. (Elliott
427 * MSN buddy list synchronization is now more forgiving, only asking
428 about buddies who have disappeared completely from the server list
429 and not those that have simply moved groups.
430 * IRC will now try to append 1-9 to your nick if it is in use, instead
431 of substituting the last character with 1-9 where possible.
432 * Bonjour buddies will be saved persistently if they're moved out of
433 the "Bonjour" group. (Eion Robb)
436 * The typing notification in the conversation history can be disabled or
437 customized (font, color etc.) in .gtkrc-2.0.
438 * Added a plugin (not installed by default) which adds a Send button
439 back to the conversation window. People without physical keyboards
440 have a hard time with the lack of the button.
441 * Clicking on the buddyicon in the conversation window toggles the
442 size of the icon between small and large.
443 * The settings of a chat (e.g. Handle in an XMPP chat, or Exchange in
444 an AIM chat) can be edited from its context menu in the buddy list.
445 * Add a "Present conversation window" preference to the Message
446 Notification plugin; the "Raise conversation window" option does not
447 unminimize windows or draw attention to them when they are on other
448 workspaces--the "Present" option should.
449 * Add a preference to set Escape as the keyboard shortcut for closing
450 the conversation window.
451 * Add an option in the context menu to disable smileys in the selected
452 text in the conversation history/log viewer. This should help people
453 who regularly paste code in conversations.
454 * Add a preference to choose the minimum size of the text input area in
456 * Moved the "Local alias" field in the Modify Account dialog to be below
457 the "User Options" heading on the "Basic" tab.
458 * Number of room occupants is now shown in chat tooltips where possible
461 * The configure script now dies on more absent dependencies. The
462 --disable-xxx arguments to configure can be used to bypass unneeded
463 dependencies. This will also cause the configure script to die if an
464 --enable-xxx option is used and the dependencies it requires are
466 * The Evolution integration plugin must now be explicitly enabled. Use
467 the --enable-gevolution argument to configure to enable it.
468 * The Contact Availability Prediction plugin must now be explicitly
469 enabled. Use the --enable-cap argument to configure to enable it.
472 * New default binding ctrl+x to open context menus.
473 * Menu triggers and other bindings will no longer conflict.
474 * Middle click pastes the internal clipboard (when mouse support is
477 version 2.4.1 (03/31/2008):
478 http://developer.pidgin.im/query?status=closed&milestone=2.4.1
481 * Treat AIM Unicode messages as UTF-16 rather than UCS-2; this
482 should have no functional effect, other than continued support
483 on systems which have dropped UCS-2 conversions.
484 * Add support for setting buddy icons on Gadu-Gadu (Tomasz Salacinski)
485 * Fix a crash when clearing the buddy icon for an account on XMPP
486 * Fix a crash during login for some ICQ accounts
487 * Prefer more available resources on XMPP when priorities are equal
488 * Fix incorrectly marking some Yahoo! contacts as blocked
489 * Improved handling of UTF-8 group names on ICQ (beret)
490 * Fix a crash when starting if you have a Zephyr account
491 * Increase XMPP ping timeout to 120 seconds, to prevent poor network
492 connections from timing out unnecessarily.
493 * Don't crash on XMPP forms with empty default values.
494 * Fix issues with CHAP authentication for SOCKS5 proxies.
497 * Remove a workaround for older versions gstreamer that was causing
498 crashes on some non-Linux systems such as HPUX
499 * Fix some cases of the conversation input entry area being 1 pixel high
500 * Fix for displaying channel & buddy names in conversation window when
501 they have '&' in them
502 * Some memory leak fixes, especially in the Text Replacement plugin
503 * Rectangular but non-square buddy icons have rounded corners in the buddy
507 * Fix compiling with Glib older than 2.6
508 * Ensure existing conversations selected from the 'Send IM' dialog are
510 * Move the tooltip on the left of the buddylist if there's not enough room
511 on the right to show it.
513 version 2.4.0 (02/29/2008):
514 http://developer.pidgin.im/query?status=closed&milestone=2.4.0
517 * Added support for offline messages for AIM accounts (thanks to
519 * Fixed various problems with loss of status messages when going
520 or returning from idle on MySpaceIM.
521 * Eliminated unmaintained Howl backend implementation for the
522 Bonjour protocol. Avahi (or Apple's Bonjour runtime on win32) is
523 now required to use Bonjour.
524 * Partial support for viewing ICQ status notes (Collin from
526 * Support for /notice on IRC.
527 * Support for Yahoo! Messenger 7.0+ file transfer method (Thanumalayan S.)
528 * Support for retrieving full names and addresses from the address book
529 on Yahoo! Japan (Yusuke Odate)
530 * The AIM/ICQ server-side preference for "allow others to see me
531 as idle" is no longer unconditionally set to "yes" even when
532 your libpurple preference is "no."
533 * Fix SSL certificate checks for renewed certificates
534 * Fix the ability to set vCard buddy icons on Google Talk/XMPP
535 * D-Bus fixes on 64bit
536 * Fixed retrieval of buddy icons and setting of server-side aliases on
537 Yahoo! and Yahoo! Japan when using an HTTP proxy server (Gideon N.
539 * Fixed an MSN bug that would leave you appearing offline when transferred
543 * Added the ability to theme conversation name colors (red and blue)
544 through your GTK+ theme, and exposed those theme settings to the
545 Pidgin GTK+ Theme Control plugin (Dustin Howett)
546 * Fixed having multiple alias edit areas in the infopane (Elliott Sales
548 * Save the conversation "Enable Logging" option per-contact (Moos
550 * Typing notifications are now shown in the conversation area
553 * Color is used in the buddylist to indicate status, and the conversation
554 window to indicate various message attributes. Look at the sample gntrc
555 file in the man page for details.
556 * The default keybinding for dump-screen is now M-D and uses a file
557 request dialog. M-d will properly delete-forward-word, and M-f has been
558 fixed to imitate readline's behavior.
559 * New bindings alt+tab and alt+shift+tab to help navigating between the
560 higlighted windows (details on the man page).
561 * Recently signed on (or off) buddies blink in the buddy list.
562 * New action 'Room List' in the action list can be used to get the list of
563 available chat rooms for an online account.
564 * The 'Grouping' plugin can be used for alternate grouping in the
565 buddylist. The current options are 'Group Online/Offline' and 'No
568 * Added the ability to block/unblock buddies - see the buddy context menu
569 and the menu for the buddy list.
570 * Fixed a bug preventing finch working on x86_64
572 version 2.3.1 (12/7/2007):
573 http://developer.pidgin.im/query?status=closed&milestone=2.3.1
574 NOTE: Due to the way this release was made, it is possible that
575 bugs marked as fixed in 2.3.1 will not be fixed until the
578 * Fixed a number of MSN bugs introduced in 2.3.0, resolving problems
579 connecting to MSN and random local display name changes
580 * Going idle on MySpaceIM will no longer clear your status and message.
581 * Idle MySpaceIM buddies should now appear online at login.
582 * Fixed crashes in XMPP when discovering a client's capabilities
583 * Don't set the current tune title if it's NULL (XMPP/Google Talk)
584 * Don't allow buddies to be manually added to Bonjour
585 * Don't advertise IPv6 on Bonjour because we don't support it
586 * Compile fixes for FreeBSD and Solaris
587 * Update QQ client version so some accounts can connect again
588 * Do not allow ISON requests to stack in IRC, preventing flooding IRC
589 servers when temporary network outages are restored
590 * Plug several leaks in the perl plugin loader
591 * Prevent autoaccept plugin overwriting existing files
593 version 2.3.0 (11/24/2007):
594 http://developer.pidgin.im/query?status=closed&milestone=2.3.0
595 NOTE: Some bugs marked fixed in 2.2.1, 2.2.2 or 2.2.3 may not
596 have been fixed until this release (2.3.0).
599 * Real usernames are now shown in the system log.
600 * We now honor a PURPLE_DISABLE_DEPRECATED define to allow plugins to
601 catch deprecated functions earlier rather than later.
602 * Thanks to a patch from Intel, the Bonjour prpl now supports file
603 transfers using XEP-0096 and XEP-0065. This should enable file
604 transfers between libpurple clients and Gajim clients, but will not
605 work with iChat or Adium as they use a different file transfer
607 * XMPP password changes that return errors no longer cause the saved
608 password to be changed.
609 * XMPP file transfer support has been enhanced to support sending
610 files through a proxy when the server supports discovering a
611 a bytestream proxy. This should make file transfers much more
612 reliable. The next release will add support for manually specifying
613 a proxy when the server doesn't advertise one.
616 * If a plugin says it can't be unloaded, we now display an error and
617 remove the plugin from the list of saved plugins so it won't load
618 at the next startup. Previously, we were ignoring this case, which
619 could lead to crashes.
620 * Mark dialog windows as transient for appropriate parent windows to
621 help window managers do the right thing (Gabriel Schulhof)
622 * Connection errors are now reported in mini-dialogs inside the buddy
623 list, rather than as buttons in the buddy list and with dialog
624 boxes. If several accounts are disabled when you sign on elsewhere,
625 you can now re-enable them all with a single click.
626 * Added tooltips to the Room List window to show full topics
627 * Added buttons in preferences to access GNOME network and browser
628 preferences configuration dialogs when running under GNOME
629 * If you alias a buddy to an alias that is already present within
630 a particular group, we now offer to merge the buddies into the
632 * A music emblem is now displayed in the buddy list for a buddy if we
633 know she is listening to some soothing music.
634 * Added a 'Move to' menu in buddy list context menu for moving buddies
635 to other groups as an alternative to dragging.
636 * Group headings are now marked via an underline instead of a
637 different color background.
638 * It is now possible to mark a chat on your buddy list as "Persistent"
639 so you do not leave the chat when the window or tab is closed.
640 * The auto-join option for chats is now listed in the "Add Chat"
641 dialog along with the new persistence option.
642 * Closing an IM no longer immediately closes your conversation. It
643 will now remain active for a short time so that if the conversation
644 resumes, the history will be retained. A preference has been added
645 to toggle this behavior.
646 * The "Smiley" menu has been moved to the top-level of the toolbar.
647 * Pidgin's display is now saved with the command line for session
648 restoration. (David Mohr)
649 * ICQ Birthday notifications are shown as buddy list emblems.
650 * Plugin actions are now available from the docklet context menu
651 in addition to the Tool menu of the buddy list.
652 * The manual page has been heavily rewritten to bring it in line
653 with current functionality.
656 * If a plugin says it can't be unloaded, we now display an error and
657 remove the plugin from the list of saved plugins so it won't load
658 at the next startup. Previously, we were ignoring this case, which
659 could lead to crashes.
660 * It's possible to bind key-strokes to specific menuitems in the windows.
661 Read the 'Menus' section in the man-page for details.
662 * 'transpose-chars' operation for the entry boxes. The default key-binding
664 * 'yank' operation for the entry boxes. The default binding is ctrl+y.
666 version 2.2.2 (10/23/2007):
667 http://developer.pidgin.im/query?status=closed&milestone=2.2.2
668 NOTE: Due to the way this release was made, it is possible that
669 bugs marked as fixed in 2.2.1 or 2.2.2 will not be fixed
670 until the next release.
672 * Various bug and memory leak fixes
673 * Look for a default prefs.xml in the CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA directory
674 (e.g. c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\
675 Application Data\purple\prefs.xml) on Windows, similarly to
676 how this is done on other platforms.
678 version 2.2.1 (09/29/2007):
679 http://developer.pidgin.im/query?status=closed&milestone=2.2.1
680 NOTE: Due to the backporting that happened for the actual
681 release, it is possible bugs marked as fixed in 2.2.1
682 will not be fixed until 2.2.2.
685 * A few build issues on Solaris were fixed.
686 * Cancelling the password prompt for an account will no longer leave
687 it in an ambiguous state. (It will be disabled.)
688 * Fixed an erroneous size display for MSN file transfers. (galt)
689 * Fixed multiple memory leaks, particularly in XMPP and MySpace
691 * Fixed remembering proxy preferences and status scores
692 * Gmail notifications are better tracked
695 * Fixed keyboard tab reordering to move tabs one step instead of two.
696 * You should no longer lose proxy settings when Pidgin is restarted.
697 * Fixed detection of X11 when compiling
700 * Pressing 'Insert' in the buddylist will bring up the 'Add Buddy'
703 version 2.2.0 (09/13/2007):
704 http://developer.pidgin.im/query?status=closed&milestone=2.2.0
707 * New protocol plugin: MySpaceIM (Jeff Connelly, Google Summer of
709 * XMPP enhancements. See
710 http://www.adiumx.com/blog/2007/07/soc-xmpp-update.php (Andreas
711 Monitzer, Google Summer of Code for Adium)
712 * Certificate management. libpurple will validate certificates on
713 SSL-encrypted protocols (William Ehlhardt, Google Summer of Code)
714 * Some adjustments were made to fix sending messages when using
715 the MSN HTTP method. (Laszlo Pandy)
716 * Yahoo! Chat is fixed.
717 * Some AIM file transfer issues between Pidgin and other clients
718 have been fixed. (Kyryll A Mirnenko)
719 * Properly restore idle status and time for AIM and ICQ accounts
720 when they reconnect after being disconnected.
723 * Insert Horizontal Rules and Strikethrough text from toolbar.
724 * Option to show protocol icons in the buddy list, from the
725 Buddies > Show menu. (Justin Heiner)
726 * Ability to build with native, non-X11 GTK+ on OSX. (Anders
728 * Remember the 'Enable Sounds' setting for a conversation.
729 * Right-clicking the empty space in the formatting toolbar
730 allows you to toggle back to the old "ungrouped" version.
731 * Protocols supporting account registration via Pidgin now show
732 a descriptive checkbox instead of a vague "Register" button.
733 * Fixed a bug where a tab would be shown on single conversations
734 when tabs were disabled.
737 * Per-conversation mute and logging options (accessible from the menu).
739 version 2.1.1 (08/20/2007):
741 * Added an account action to open your inbox in the yahoo prpl.
742 * Added support for Unicode status messages in Yahoo.
743 * Server-stored aliases for Yahoo. (John Moody)
744 * Fixed support for Yahoo! doodling.
745 * Limited support for MSN Messenger contacts
748 * Bonjour plugin uses native Avahi instead of Howl
749 * Bonjour plugin supports Buddy Icons
752 * Only report conversation close when 'send typing notifications'
753 preference is turned on (Bob Rossi)
756 * Show current outgoing conversation formatting on the font label on
758 * Slim new redesign of conversation tabs to maximize number of
759 conversations that can fit in a window
760 * Tab bar is not visible when only one conversation is open. You can
761 drag and drop conversations from the infopane.
762 * Moved "Reset Formatting" toolbar button to Font menu.
763 * Double click on the infopane to alias buddies and set topics
768 * Sound support (Eric Polino)
770 version 2.1.0 (07/28/2007):
772 * Core changes to allow UIs to use second-granularity for scheduling.
773 Pidgin and Finch, which use the glib event loop, were changed to use
774 g_timeout_add_seconds() on glib >= 2.14 when possible. This allows
775 glib to better group our longer timers to increase power efficiency.
776 (Arjan van de Ven with Intel Corporation)
777 * No longer linkifies screennames containing @ signs in join/part
778 notifications in chats
779 * With the HTML logger, images in conversations are now saved.
780 NOTE: Saved images are not yet displayed when loading logs.
781 * Added support for QIP logs to the Log Reader plugin (Michael Shkutkov)
784 * Ensure only one copy of Pidgin is running with a given configuration
785 directory. The net effect of this is that trying to start Pidgin a
786 second time will raise the buddy list. (Gabriel Schulhof)
787 * Undo capability in the conversation window
788 * The formatting toolbar has been reorganized to be more concise.
789 * A new status area has been added to the top of conversations to
790 provide additional detail about the buddy, including buddy icon,
791 protocol and status message.
792 * Show idle times in the buddy list as days, hours, seconds
795 * There's support for workspaces now (details in the manpage)
796 * There's a new custom window manager, Irssi
797 * Some improvements for tab-completion, tooltip and the password entries
798 * Some bugs regarding search results fixed
799 * A new DBus-script to create a docklet for finch
800 * Support for showing empty groups in the buddy list (Eric Polino)
802 version 2.0.2 (06/14/2007):
804 * Added a custom conversation font option to preferences
805 * Fixed smiley ordering in the insert smiley popup to be more intuitive
806 * Conversation->More menu items work for Chats as well as Buddies,
807 including those not on your buddy list
808 * newline plugin should work better with conversation colors plugin now
809 * Get Info on users now provides immediate feedback that something is
811 * Aliasing a buddy will not be interrupted by other buddy list activity
812 * Using the -l option to log in to a specific account works better
815 * Moving an ICQ buddy from one group to another no longer
816 re-requests authorization from that person (Rene Hausleitner)
817 * Added nullprpl, an example protocol plugin (Ryan Barrett)
818 * Fixed SOCKS5 bug which caused Jabber file receiving to fail
819 * Remove MSN's random "Authorization Failed" dialogs
820 * Fix MSN to correctly detect incorrect passwords and disable the account
821 * Get User Info on MSN is now more reliable & accurate
822 * Updated SILC protocol to support SILC Toolkit 1.1 (Pekka Riikonen)
823 * Fix for some QQ authentication problems
824 * Fix for building on FreeBSD
825 * Prevent "Logged in:" times for AIM buddies being ridiculously high
826 * Updates and fixes to Bonjour support
827 * Improve ICQ encoding support for some non-latin languages
830 * Auto account reconnecting
832 version 2.0.1 (05/24/2007):
833 * Buddy list update speedups when buddy icons are not being
834 displayed. (Scott Wolchok)
835 * Fix icons on docklet change status menu to match the status selector
836 * Custom smileys on MSN can be saved by right-clicking on them
837 * Fix a crash deleting a buddy that is in the Buddy List more than once
838 * Compile fixes for Solaris
839 * Fix GTalk formatting when there's a space before/after a */_
840 * Fix Log viewer crash when the filename is not in the expected format
841 * Get User Info now provides immediate feedback, and is updated when the
842 user information is available
843 * Make the choose buddy icon dialog correctly list the current directory
844 * Fix for buddy icons disappearing
845 * Timestamps are always on in debug output (-d) and Debug Window now
846 * Don't escape html entities in Yahoo! system messages
847 * Fix for the choose buddy icon dialog resizing strangely as files are selected
848 * Receives notifications when XMPP buddies send "leaving chat"
850 * Fix the typing animation so it doesn't stop animating once a conversation
851 has gone from typing -> not typing -> typing
852 * Fix error messages when joing XMPP chats
853 * Identify the account when warning about plaintext auth over an
855 * Fix XMPP SASL authentication error when using Cyrus and a connect server
856 * Fix changing tab locations to update properly
857 * Turning off "Show formatting on incoming messages" now ignores
858 formatting in <span> tags too
859 * File transfer progress for transfers on MSN is now correctly displayed
860 * You can set/change alias of buddies/chats by double-clicking on the
861 conversation tabs (Ma Xuan)
862 * Fix IRC connection bug with dircproxy (xjoe)
863 * Ctrl+[shift]+tab focuses the next most active tab (William Thompson)
864 * Fix Open Hotmail Inbox for MSN to work more reliably
865 * Add a Google Talk item to the protocol list, to help users who think
866 we don't support Google Talk. The item acts just like "XMPP".
867 * Remember if the X server supports XScreenSaver, to avoid waking it
868 every 5 seconds. (Arjan van de Ven with Intel Corporation)
869 * Change our idle checking to poll only as necessary and raise the
870 unidle timeout from 5 seconds to 60 when using XScreenSaver. This
871 and the XScreenSaver change will reduce Pidgin's effect on power
872 consumption when running with NO_HZ. (Arjan van de Ven with Intel
874 * Conversation -> Save As will now use aliases.
875 * ALSA added as a possible sound method
876 * Google Talk accounts will not import buddies from your Gmail address
880 * Userlist in chat windows, which can be turned on or off using
882 * Menus in the conversation windows
883 * Improved tab completion support
884 * Ctrl+c prompts with a dialog before exiting
885 * Filter string in the debug window
886 * Notify when you leave a chat
887 * Work around an ncurses bug which appears when half of a multi-cell
888 character is covered by an upper-level window
889 * New plugins are shown in bold text in the plugin dialog
890 * Nicer HTML screendumps
892 version 2.0.0 (5/3/2007):
893 * The project has new names - libpurple for the core, Pidgin for the
894 GTK+ UI and Finch for the ncurses based console UI (AOL LLC)
897 * With the Core/UI split complete, it is now possible to build
898 libpurple without any UIs, creating a library upon which other
899 UIs may be constructed
900 * A new ncurses-based console UI called Finch is now available
901 (Sadrul Habib Chowdhury, Google Summer of Code)
902 * Reorganized the source tree to split apart the code for the UI
903 changes and libpurple targets
904 * libxml2 is now required. We switched from gmarkup to libxml2 for
905 more correct XML parsing.
908 * The code dealing with buddy and account status, away messages,
909 away states, online/offline, etc has been completely rewritten.
910 Huge thanks to Christian Hammond, Dave West, Daniel Atallah and
911 Sadrul Habib Chowdhury.
912 * Your status can now be set from inside the buddy list using the
913 selector at the bottom of the window.
914 * To see messages when a buddy signs on or off, goes away, or
915 becomes idle, load the "Buddy State Notification" plugin
918 * Performance when manipulating and displaying the buddy list has
919 been significantly improved (Aaron Sheldon, Google Summer of Code)
920 * Buddy icons are now shown in tooltips (Felipe Contreras)
921 * Tooltips now contain additional information about a "Person" that
922 contains multiple online buddies
923 * Added a "Last Seen" field to buddy tooltips
924 * Contacts will auto-expand when buddies are dragged around
925 * If Pidgin is exited with the buddy list hidden in the docklet, it
926 will remain hidden when Pidgin is started again (Scott Shedden)
927 * Improved buddy list searching with CTRL+F
928 * Ability to set a buddy icon for all of your accounts at once via
929 the buddy list (You can still set per-account icons via the
931 * The space wasted by the group expanders has been eliminated and
932 the expander setting in .gtkrc-2.0 is no longer needed
933 * Authorization requests don't popup new dialogs anymore. They are
934 displayed at the bottom of the buddy list instead.
935 * New mail notifications don't popup new dialogs anymore. They are
936 displayed at the top of the buddy list instead.
938 Conversations and Chats:
939 * Timestamps honor the locale. To use the traditional style,
940 enable the "Message Timestamp Formats" plugin. The plugin
941 also provides options to show dates in timestamps.
942 * Messages from buddies in the same "Person" will automatically
943 use the same conversation window.
944 * The "Send As" menu has been replaced with a more appropriate
945 "Send To" menu based on "Persons" on your buddy list
946 * Message formatting persists between messages (Igor Belyi)
947 * Full message background colors are now supported
948 * Smooth scrolling when receiving a new message
949 * Screenname colors in chats now chosen intelligently
950 * Conversation buffer scrollback limited to avoid large memory
951 usage in active conversations
952 * Control-Shift-Tab will reverse cycle through the conversation tabs
954 * Many problems related to having an IM conversation and a chat open
955 with the same name are fixed (Andrew Hart)
956 * Warning dialog when closing a window with unread IM messages
957 * In chats right-click on names in the conversation window to
958 IM/Send File/Get info/ignore the user
959 * Added tab management options to the tab right-click menu (Sadrul
961 * Brand new message queueing system. Sounds are played when a
962 message is queued rather than when the message is dequeued
964 * Ability to find the last message from a user in a chat (Levi Bard
965 and Sadrul Habib Chowdhury)
966 * Formatting is preserved across messages
967 (There are known issues with pasting formatted text. Either use
968 "Paste as Plain Text", hit Ctrl-R after pasting, or use the Clear
969 Formatting button on the toolbar.)
970 * Performance while joining large chat rooms has been significantly
971 improved (Aaron Sheldon, Google Summer of Code)
972 * Bi-Directional text support improvements for GtkIMHtml (Shlomi Loubaton)
975 * Beautiful new default sounds (Brad Turcotte)
976 * Use GStreamer for playing sounds, instead of libao
977 * A volume control in the preferences (Casey Harkins)
980 * Log viewer aggregates logs from the same "Person"
981 * When opening the log viewer, show the most recent log by default
983 * Logs are now saved with the current timezone, which is displayed
985 * Text logs are linkified, so URLs are clickable
986 * The old logger now caches file offsets, so opening the log viewer
987 for buddies with old logs should be much faster now if you have large
988 log files (except the first time for a log, when the cache is built)
991 * Plugins are now accessed through a separate dialog from the Tools
992 menu of the Buddy List
993 * Newly installed plugins can now be activated without restarting
994 Pidgin (Sadrul Habib Chowdhury)
995 * Overhauled the system tray/docklet plugin (Casey Harkins)
996 * Text Replacement Plugin rewritten, works in real time and far more
997 intuitively (Benjamin Kahn)
998 * Entries in the text replacement plugin are now sorted
1000 * The text replacement plugin allows non-whole-word replacement rules
1002 * The text replacement plugin offers both case sensitive matching and
1003 automatic case handling
1004 * I'dle Ma'ker plugin now has an easier method to unidle accounts, a
1005 way to idle all accounts at once, and a way to unidle all accounts
1006 idled via the plugin (John Bailey, Sadrul Habib Chowdhury)
1007 * The Evolution Integration plugin now supports Groupwise contacts
1008 * Mono plugin loader (Eoin Coffey)
1009 * Perl plugin loader has been rewritten (John Kelm, Google Summer
1011 * New music messaging plugin (Christian Muise, Google Summer of Code)
1012 * gaim-remote has been superceded by new DBUS bindings within libpurple
1013 (Piotr Zielinski, Google Summer of Code)
1014 * The purple-url-handler program has been added to provide a way to
1015 automatically launch IM links via Pidgin or Finch.
1016 * The functionality of the auto-reconnect plugin has been
1017 moved into the core, and the plugin itself has been removed.
1018 * 'Highlight when nick said' option added to Message Notification
1020 * The system tray icon is now properly transparent (Dan Winship)
1021 * New Log Reader plugin that can read and display logs from Adium,
1022 MSN Messenger, and Trillian in the log viewer
1023 * New Contact Availability plugin that attempts to predict the
1024 times when people in your buddylist will most likely respond
1025 to you, based on times in the past when they have responded
1026 (Geoffrey Foster, Google Summer of Code)
1027 * A few new plugins: Autoaccept, Autoreply, Buddy Notes, New Line,
1028 Offline Message Emulation, Conversation Colors and Markerline
1031 * Custom smiley receiving support (Irving Cordova & Francesco Fracassi)
1032 * Added support for sending (with the /nudge command) and receiving
1033 "nudges" (Julien Cegarra, Martin Bayard)
1034 * Added an account action to open your Hotmail inbox from MSN
1035 * Bi-directional text is correctly handled now (Shlomi Loubaton)
1038 * Stealth Settings have been implemented
1039 * Doodle is now supported (Andrew Dieffenbach, Google Summer of Code)
1040 * Buddies' requests to add you to their lists now prompt for
1042 * Account option to ignore chat and conference invitations (Peter
1044 * Added a /list command to bring up the room list (Peter Lawler)
1047 * ICQ file transfer support with newer ICQ clients (Jonathan Clark,
1048 Google Summer of Code)
1049 * Many overall improvements to AIM and ICQ file transfers (Jonathan
1050 Clark, Google Summer of Code)
1051 * Support for pausing and resuming AIM and ICQ file transfers
1053 * Ability to set ICQ "require authorization" and "web aware"
1054 setting (Ettore Simone)
1055 * ICQ encoding fix for offline buddies (Ilya Konstantinov)
1058 * SSL support for IRC connections (Daniel Atallah)
1059 * Show an error message when temporarily unable to join an IRC
1060 channel or change your nick
1061 * Added /nickserv, /memoserv, /chanserv and /operserv
1062 commands (Joao Luís Marques Pinto)
1063 * Added CTCP VERSION via /version (Andrej Krivulčík)
1064 * Added /whowas command (achris)
1067 * Support for SRV lookups
1068 * Support for buddy icons
1069 * Jabber User Directory searching
1072 * Whiteboard support (Pekka Riikonen)
1073 * Sending/receiving images in IMs (Pekka Riikonen)
1074 * Cipher and HMAC selection support (Pekka Riikonen)
1075 * Buddy Icon support (Pekka Riikonen)
1077 Other Protocol Changes:
1078 * Bonjour (Rendezvous) protocol support (Juanjo Molinero Horno, Google
1080 * Updated Gadu-Gadu protocol support (Bartosz Oler, Google Summer of
1081 Code). This requires the libgadu library. See
1082 http://pidgin.im/faq.php#libgadu for more information.
1083 * SIP/SIMPLE support (Thomas Butter, Google Summer of Code)
1084 * Sametime protocol support
1085 Requires the meanwhile library: http://meanwhile.sourceforge.net
1086 * QQ protocol support (Mark Huetsch, Google Summer of Code, and the
1087 developers of the OpenQ project)
1088 * Removed the Napster and TOC protocols plugins
1090 Other Noteworthy Changes:
1091 * NAT traversal support via UPnP (Adam J. Warrington, Google Summer of
1093 * NAT traversal support via NAT-PMP (Evan Schoenberg and R. Tyler Ballance)
1094 * The modify account dialog now contains two tabs, which should display
1095 better at lower resolutions (Sadrul Habib Chowdhury)
1096 * New "find buddy" results dialog (Alex Converse)
1097 * People using input methods can now use Enter again
1098 * Mouse-over hyperlink coloring is now themeable
1099 * Buddy Pounces now have a proper management window. (Kevin Stange)
1100 * Buddy icons maintain aspect ratio when resized
1101 * The last used directory is remembered for opening or saving files and
1103 * Add an SVG version of our desktop icon, pidgin.svg (John Oyler)
1104 * If a given protocol doesn't support privacy, we now handle blocking
1105 in the core. (Jean-Yves Lefort)
1106 * Smiley themes can now include spaces in the smiley definitions.
1107 The spaces (and now backslashes) must be backslash-escaped.
1108 (Sadrul Habib Chowdhury)
1109 * New e-mail notices are now grouped into one dialog.
1110 (Sadrul Habib Chowdhury, Chris Stafford)
1111 * "Open" in the File Transfer window integrates with GNOME, KDE, and
1112 Windows and falls back to the browser in other environments.
1113 * On Mac OS X, the keyboard/mouse idle time pref now uses system idle
1114 time instead of X11 idle time (Michael Culbertson)
1115 * Autocomplete in the buddy pounce dialog (Sadrul Habib Chowdhury)
1116 * Non-blocking socket I/O is used in most protocol plugins
1117 * All-new icons all over the place (Hylke Bons)
1120 * Preferences have been substantially reorganized and cleaned up
1121 * Smiley theme descriptions are now shown correctly for the highlighted
1122 smiley theme (Levi Bard)
1123 * All Buddy List preferences have been moved to the Buddies menu of
1124 the buddy list window.
1125 * Proxy settings will be taken from Gnome if it is running. These may
1126 still be overridden on a per-account basis.
1127 * Removed "Dim idle buddies;" behavior is now always enabled
1128 * Removed keyboard shortcut preferences for ctrl-B/I/U; enabled by
1129 default, but won't interfere with bindings set by the GTK theme
1130 * Removed keyboard shortcuts preferences for ctrl-# to insert a smiley;
1131 behavior removed from Pidgin
1132 * Removed "Enter" vs. "Ctrl-Enter" to send; "Enter" sends by default,
1133 but it is now possible to change this binding in your GTK theme
1134 * Removed "Show multi-colored screennames in chats;" behavior is now
1135 always enabled and screenname colors automatically adjust themselves
1136 to compensate for background color.
1137 * Removed "Raise Buddy List Window on Events" and the related behavior
1138 * Removed "Display remote nicknames if no alias is set"
1139 * Removed "Show idle times" and "Show warning levels" on the buddy
1140 list; behavior is now always enabled
1141 * Removed "Auto-expand contacts;" contacts expand only when dragging
1142 buddies around the buddy list
1143 * Removed conversation and buddy list buttons and related preferences
1144 * Removed "Raise conversation window" preferences; moved feature to
1146 * Removed "Show alias in tabs/titles;" behavior is now always enabled
1147 * Removed "Show formatting toolbars;" the setting in conversations'
1148 "Options" menu now affects the global preference
1149 * Removed "Show timestamps;" behavior is now enabled, but is overridden
1150 by the timestamp plugin
1151 * Removed all protocol options pages
1152 * Removed "Escape closes windows;" default key binding is now Ctrl-W
1153 * Removed "Log when buddies sign on/sign off/become idle/become
1154 un-idle/go away/come back" and "Log your own actions;" all of these
1155 will be logged when the system log is enabled
1156 * Removed the separate ignore formatting preferences; behavior has been
1157 consolidated into a single preference
1159 version 1.5.0 (8/11/2005):
1160 * Ability to set IRC quit message (Lalo Martins)
1161 * OSCAR file transfers now work for 2 users behind the same NAT
1163 * Yahoo! buddy requests to add you to their buddy list now prompt for
1165 * Added a /clear command for conversations/chats
1166 * Fixed ICQ encoding for messages with offline ICQ users
1167 (Ilya Konstantinov, SF Bug #1179452)
1168 * Default Yahoo! chat roomlist locale to 'us'
1170 version 1.4.0 (7/7/2005):
1171 * Fix system log start times for some protocols
1172 * SILC compiles with newer SILC toolkit versions (Pekka Riikonen)
1173 * Fixed a bug where buddy icon cache files were left in the icon
1174 cache directory after they were no longer in use.
1175 * Attempt to detect the file type of a buddy icon when saving.
1176 * Additional Yahoo! boot protection (Peter Lawler)
1177 * A few Yahoo! memory leaks plugged (Peter Lawler)
1178 * Fixed handling of the new Yahoo! profile page. (Joshua Honeycutt,
1180 * Fixed localized Yahoo! room lists. Please refer to the Yahoo!
1181 section of the Gaim FAQ for details. (Peter Lawler)
1182 * Enabled sending files to ICQ users using ICQ 5.02 and newer
1185 version 1.3.1 (6/9/2005):
1186 * The file transfer details section now also displays the full path to
1187 the local file sent/received.
1188 * Yahoo! has the following new "/" commands: /join, /buzz
1189 * Fix Yahoo! privacy bug
1190 * Fix Jabber Get Info crash on busted servers
1191 * Updated our gaim.desktop file, thanks to all our terrific translators
1192 for sending in translations of the changes
1193 * Improvements to how Gaim handles new message notification
1194 * Fix Jabber registration on XMPP servers (including jabber.org)
1196 version 1.3.0 (5/10/2005):
1197 * Removed parts of the font selection dialog that were not respected
1198 * Fix being invited to a multi user chat on MSN
1199 * Multiple SILC accounts should work now (Pekka Riikonen)
1200 * Fix times on jabber chat backlogs
1201 * Fix gevolution plugin to compile with e-d-s 1.0 or 1.2
1202 * Fix gevolution plugin to remember buddy name when someone added you
1203 and you then add them
1204 * Formatting in jabber chats works
1205 * Fix to prevent MSN disconnecting if you change status while connecting
1206 * Fixes for two remotely exploitable crash bugs. See
1207 http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/ for more information.
1208 * Change to correctly handle adding jabber buddies on ejabberd servers
1210 version 1.2.1 (4/3/2005):
1211 * URL escaping now works with UTF-8 text. This may break some old log
1213 * Revert to XOR auth for ICQ as the md5 is not fully functional
1214 * Fix bug with going away while in a jabber chat
1215 * MSN bug fixes (Felipe Contreras)
1216 * Escape things properly in IRC
1217 * Docklet fixes: fix the "1 pixel-wide icon" bug, fix problems with Gaim
1218 crashing when the tray manager dies, and work correctly with multi-headed
1219 displays where the tray isn't on the primary screen (Robert McQueen)
1221 version 1.2.0 (3/17/2005):
1222 * Yahoo file receiving and buddy icon receiving work again.
1223 * Limit animated buddy icon frame rates to 10 frames per second
1225 * Fix a bug where portions of your account configuration would
1226 fail to be read correctly if you set a proxy user name or
1227 password containing invalid XML characters such as < and >
1229 * Yahoo! privacy improvements (Bleeter)
1230 * Fix receiving Jabber formatting (broken in 1.1.3)
1232 version 1.1.4 (2/24/2005):
1233 * Fixed a bug where Yahoo! would lose messages (and any other packet
1235 * Correctly show the time when incoming Gadu-Gadu messages were sent
1236 (Carl-Daniel Hailfinger)
1237 * Fixed crashes with glib 2.6
1238 * Fixed MSN crash when conversations time out after the conversation
1240 * Fixed an html parsing bug, CAN-2005-0208
1242 version 1.1.3 (2/17/2005):
1243 * CHAP authentication support for SOCKS5 proxies (Malcolm Smith)
1244 * ICQ offline messages are sent using your specified character
1245 set instead of Unicode (Magnus Hult)
1246 * MSN HTTP method works with proxies using authentication (Bastien Durel)
1247 * Really fix the bug where buddies show as logged in for 49 thousand days
1248 * Buddy pounces containing '&' are saved correctly
1249 * Improved MSN error handling when the servers are unavailable
1250 * More MSN bug fixes
1252 * Fix "Find" in the log viewer so that it finds in all logs
1253 * Smileys not appearing at the end of lines has been fixed
1254 * Closing conversation windows no longer cancels active file transfers on
1255 MSN (Felipe Contreras)
1257 version 1.1.2 (1/20/2005):
1258 * MSN 'HTTP Method' fixed (Felipe Contreras)
1259 * Better handling of MSN's Individuals group and buddy status updates
1261 * Fix a crash inviting MSN user to a chat when they're already there
1262 * AIM SecurID login support
1263 * Fix configuration of Jabber chat rooms on some servers
1264 * More MSN bug fixes (Felipe Contreras)
1265 * Fix queue messages to Docklet when not globally away (Robert McQueen)
1267 * The Autopackage now builds both the mozilla-nss and the gnutls
1268 ssl plugins, and requires at least one of those libraries.
1270 version 1.1.1 (12/28/2004):
1271 * Allow SILC authentication via public key if your key is password
1272 protected (Michele Baldessari)
1273 * More MSN bug fixes (Felipe Contreras)
1274 * Drag-and-drop to conversation window file transfers work again
1275 * Disable the delete button on pounces that aren't saved yet anyway
1278 version 1.1.0 (12/02/2004):
1280 * Binary relocable. Gaim will find its files even if it's installed
1281 in a location other than the --prefix it was ./configured with.
1282 Pass --disable-binreloc to ./configure to disable.
1283 * IRC now has fallback encodings, and tries harder to display
1284 something useful during an encoding error.
1285 * New MSN protocol icon (Felipe Contreras)
1288 * Fix some leaks (Miah Gregory, Felipe Contreras)
1289 * Fix crashes when removing buddies in certain situations (Andrew Hart)
1290 * Eliminate MSN switchboard errors (Felipe Contreras)
1291 * Fix MSN buddy icon synchronization (Felipe Contreras)
1292 * Correctly display file transfer dialogs for filenames containing &, < or >
1293 * Correctly display MSN authorization dialogs for friendly names containing
1295 * Properly align the right-click docklet menu with the docklet icon in
1297 * Fix a crash if the MSN buddy list is not available
1298 * Fix a bug in the request api (Gary Kramlich)
1300 version 1.0.3 (11/11/2004):
1302 * Jabber authentication fixes (Michael Plump)
1303 * Yahoo buddy idle reporting is more accurate (Evan Schoenberg)
1304 * "Allow All" privacy setting works on Yahoo (Peter Lawler)
1305 * Fix a crash when dragging a buddy to the conversation entry area
1306 * Fix a crash removing chats from the buddy list
1307 * Correctly display buddy pounces for aliases with &, < or > in them
1308 * Correctly follow the per-conversation logging option
1310 version 1.0.2 (10/19/2004):
1312 * MSN file transfers work on big endian machines (Jean-Francois Roy and
1314 * Fixed the MSN signon crash with Miranda users in the buddy list
1315 * Fixed sending messages to MSN Web Messenger users (Damien Ayers)
1316 * Fixed some memory leaks in the MSN plugin (Evan Schoenberg)
1317 * Fixed a crash viewing certain MSN user profiles (Evan Schoenberg)
1318 * Fixed a crash sending a file on MSN when the file is unreadable
1319 * Fixed a crash deleting accounts (Andrew Hart)
1320 * Fixed a crash inviting to chats (Andrew Hart)
1321 * Fixed a bug in Yahoo privacy handling (Peter Lawler)
1322 * Fixed a crash trying to join a chat from the docklet when not signed in
1323 to a chat-capable account (Daniel Atallah)
1325 version 1.0.1 (10/07/2004):
1327 * Use the GNOME default browser when opening links if you're running GNOME
1329 * Added support for multiple addressbooks in the gevolution plugin
1333 * Send-As menu duplicates less work (Dave West)
1334 * Can now see your own MSN buddy icon (Felipe Contreras)
1335 * Jabber roomlist fetches work again
1336 * Close buttons on tabs in existing conversations correctly reflect the
1337 "show close buttons on tabs" preference (Nathan Fredrickson)
1338 * Fix to make the get_signon(buddy) perl plugin function work (Gregory C.
1340 * Fixed crashes when reloading the gevolution plugin (Henry Jen)
1341 * Fixed some memory leaks in the gevolution plugin.
1342 * Wrap at character boundaries if there is not enough space for a full word
1343 * 64 bit compile warning fixes
1345 version 1.0.0 (09/17/2004):
1347 * Drag-and-drop buddy support for the Invite dialog (Stu Tomlinson)
1348 * Drag-and-drop buddy support for the Pounce dialog (Stu Tomlinson)
1349 * View Chat log available from the interface (Daniel Atallah)
1350 * Ability to receive offline messages in character encodings
1351 other than ASCII (thanks to Nick Sukharev)
1352 * File transfer status messages printed to conversation
1354 * Display file transfer messages when someone sends you a file
1355 over AIM (Dave West)
1356 * Handle MSN buddy lists more sanely (Felipe Contreras)
1357 * Zephyr can use tzc to run from behind a firewall (Arun A Tharuvai)
1360 * Work around window manager stupidity with new dialog windows (Dave West)
1361 * Compile with gtk 2.5.x (Gary Kramlich)
1362 * Escape invalid characters in log names (Daniel Atallah)
1363 * Fix for clicking add in an msn chat with 2 or more people in your buddy
1364 list (Daniel Atallah)
1366 version 0.82.1 (08/27/2004):
1368 * Fix a crash when changing the preference for how to display buttons
1369 on conversation windows
1370 * Remove a stray printf() when beginning new conversations and logging
1373 version 0.82 (08/26/2004):
1375 * Ability to set available messages for AIM
1376 (Tools->Account Actions->Set Available Message...)
1377 * Ability to specify a custom character set for messages sent to ICQ
1378 users and messages received from ICQ users
1379 * Ability to edit your current away message (Rhett Robinson)
1380 * Topics in the conversation window (not the topic field at the
1381 top) with URLs will now appear as links (Stu Tomlinson)
1382 * File transfers appear in the file transfer window when they
1383 are initiated rather than when they begin transferring (Dave West)
1384 * Instead of toggling slash commands on/off, you can now toggle
1385 passing through unknown slash commands on/off.
1388 * Joining a Jabber chat no longer causes a crash (Stu Tomlinson)
1389 * Selecting a buddy icon for a brand new account no longer
1391 * Better file transfer error messages (Dave West)
1392 * Remotely canceled file transfers in MSN are now noticed, so that we
1393 don't accidentally cancel the file transfer and crash Gaim
1395 * Protocols that don't support joining chat rooms by name no longer
1396 allow chat rooms to be added to the buddy list (Felipe Contreras)
1397 * Delayed messages and system messages no longer cause
1398 sound events to be triggered (Nathan Fredrickson)
1399 * The chat invite button has a correct label (Stu Tomlinson)
1400 * The system log should leak fewer file descriptors (Ka-Hing Cheung)
1401 * Buddy list tooltips display in more appropriate positions when
1402 using multiple monitors (Dave West)
1403 * Better parsing of URLs containing special characters
1404 * All users are shown when joining a Yahoo! conference (Bleeter Yaluser)
1405 * You now leave all Yahoo! conferences when you log out of Yahoo!
1406 * Buddy Icon updating bug fixed (Felipe Contreras)
1408 version 0.81 (08/05/2004):
1410 * The autorecon plugin will somewhat remember state information(Yosef
1412 * Visual display of ops/voice/halfops/so on in Chats (Stu Tomlinson)
1413 * Tab completion of slash commands in Chats (Stu Tomlinson)
1414 * gaim-remote can now manipulate status (István Váradi)
1415 * The text messages of Yahoo Audibles are now displayed, although
1416 the audio and graphics are not.
1417 * Yahoo! away messages can be 255 characters long now
1420 * Gadu-Gadu should connect again (Andrew Wellington)
1421 * Novell fixes (Mike Stoddard of Novell):
1422 * Fixed reconnect crash
1423 * Fixed duplicate root folder bug
1424 * Fixed bug with folder ordering (on a first time login
1425 folders were being added in reverse order).
1426 * Use ISO date format for the system log (Eduardo Pérez)
1427 * Long buddy lists with irc should cause flooding disconnects less
1429 * Better smiley substitution
1430 * Fix a crash related to auto-expanding contacts at the bottom of
1432 * Fix a crash on Solaris when changing or viewing information for
1433 your AIM account (Format Screen Name, Change Email Address, etc.)
1434 * HTML in OSCAR buddy comments is now escaped (and not rendered)
1435 * Fix a crash when dragging a screen name to a conversation window
1436 for that screen name
1437 * User-requested new conversation windows are now always given focus
1438 * Pasting HTML into Gaim from certain sources no longer results in
1439 the spaces between some words being removed
1440 * The alias of a contact is now displayed in more places when the
1441 alias of a buddy is not set
1442 * .gaimrc is no longer imported
1443 * Prevent a crash if you sign off and try to dequeue messages from
1444 the away dialog (Kevin Stange)
1445 * Prevent a possible crash if gaim_gtkconv_write_conv is called
1446 with who as NULL (Kevin Stange)
1447 * Prevent (null) or an empty string from being logged as the sender's
1448 name if the sender no longer has an alias because the account is
1449 signed off (Kevin Stange)
1450 * The auto-reconnect plugin will no longer attempt to reconnect an
1451 MSN account if you were disconnected because you signed on from
1452 another location (Stu Tomlinson)
1453 * On Solaris, chatting in IRC using the UTF-8 charset no longer gives
1454 a "conversion failed" error for every message (Arvind Samptur)
1455 * ICQ offline messages should have the correct timestamp (Dave West)
1457 version 0.80 (07/15/2004):
1459 * Ability to send files from the conversation window (Daniel Atallah)
1460 * Drag a file into the buddy list or a conversation to send it to that
1462 * Yet more new commands and features for SILC (Stu Tomlinson)
1463 * Gaim uses the new file chooser when compiled for GTK+ 2.4
1465 * Support for the Epiphany web browser (Leonardo Serra)
1466 * Status messages in Gadu-Gadu (Andrew (proton) Wellington)
1467 * Parentheses are now displayed around the title and tabs of
1468 conversations from offline accounts or parted chats.
1469 * Zephyr typing notification (Arun A Tharuvai)
1470 * Account dialog's columns are resizable (Eduardo Pérez)
1473 * The firefox browser option now works with firefox 0.9
1474 * Buddy icons in conversations no longer depend on the
1476 * Fix for the bug where some buddies seemed logged in 4
1477 thousand some odd days (Alan Ford)
1479 version 0.79 (06/24/2004):
1481 * Display name changes are now shown in the conversation windows.
1483 * Get Info on Yahoo! now works for nonenglish profiles.
1485 * General "Get Info" improvements on Yahoo! and MSN (Ambrose Li)
1486 * Yahoo! Japan support. Click More Options and check Yahoo Japan
1487 in the account editor, to use your Yahoo! Japan account
1488 * Gtk themes can now theme the Gaim buddy list independently of
1489 other things (Stu Tomlinson)
1490 * Show timestamps now has a per-conversation option in addition
1491 to the global one, bringing it in line with the other conver-
1492 sation options (Stu Tomlinson)
1493 * Added MSN buddy icons (Felipe Contreras)
1494 * Added MSN file transfer (Felipe Contreras)
1495 * MSN's idle state now actually sets a buddy idle
1496 * Buddy pounce defaults are now more sane, and apply to the state the
1497 buddy is currently in. For example, if the buddy is idle, set
1498 "Return from idle" by default. The last action(s) used are the
1499 defaults for the next pounce
1500 * Yahoo buddy icon support
1501 * Selected buddy icons will automatically convert to the appropriate
1502 format for the protocol. (GTK 2.2 and higher only)
1503 * Dragging an image file into the Modify Account dialog will set that
1505 * Development headers for compiling third-party plugins are now
1506 installed. (Stu Tomlinson)
1507 * Headers for gaim-remote now reside in gaim/ instead of
1509 * Basic YCHT support, which allows joining Yahoo! Chats when
1510 logged in using the web messenger method
1513 * Fixed Yahoo! authentication problems. (Cerulean Studios)
1514 * Non-looping animated icons no longer cause Gaim to freeze
1515 * Flashing windows should work again for unix in window managers that
1516 support the URGENT hint (Etan Reisner)
1517 * Better handling of character sets in RTF for Novell (Mike Stoddard of
1519 * Contact list sync problems in Novell fixed (Mike Stoddard of Novell)
1520 * Fixed a crash in SILC that sometimes happened when resolving
1521 the buddy list (Pekka Riikonen)
1522 * Parallel compiles of the perl plugin should work better
1524 * The disconnected UI op was called twice on connection errors. Now
1525 it is only called once. (Evan Schoenberg)
1526 * Dragging into conversation windows works better
1527 * Protocol-specific settings for accounts were being removed whenever
1528 the account was modified. Now they're only removed when the protocol
1529 type changes, as it should be.
1530 * Zephyr bug fixes and memory leak plugs (Arun A Tharuvai)
1531 * Rewrite of MSN buddylist support, which fixed a known syncronization
1532 bug and some others (Felipe Contreras)
1534 version 0.78 (05/30/2004):
1536 * Support for the SILC protocol (http://www.silcnet.org/)
1538 * Option to suppress disconnect notification when using
1539 the autoreconnect plugin (Christopher (siege) O'Brien)
1540 * Added support for dragging buddies from the buddy list into the
1541 Add Buddy Pounce dialog
1542 * Pounce notification now includes time (Mike Lundy)
1543 * The history plugin now shows history for chats in addition to IMs
1544 * Menu item to view conversation logs (Tom Samstag)
1545 * Conversation and chat sizes automatically saved (Stu Tomlinson)
1546 * Added support for Novell privacy settings (Mike Stoddard of Novell)
1547 * Added ability to initiate multi-user conferences (chats) in Novell
1548 (Mike Stoddard of Novell)
1549 * Find and Save buttons on the debug window (Stu Tomlinson)
1550 * Plugin Actions menu (Christopher (siege) O'Brien)
1551 * Plugins can now add entries to the right-click menu of a group or chat
1552 (Stu Tomlinson and Christopher (siege) O'Brien)
1553 * Hyperlink colors are now themeable via your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file
1556 * Compiles again with gcc 2.96 (Ignacio J. Elia)
1557 * Gtk2.0 compatibility fixes (Tim Ringenbach)
1558 * Many documentation updates (Jonathan Champ, Gary Kramlich,
1559 Stu Tomlinson, and Kevin Stange)
1560 * Yahoo works on 64 bit machines (Gary Kramlich)
1561 * Zephyr works on 64 bit machines (Arun A Tharuvai)
1562 * Novell 64bit fixes, better error messages, and buddy list sync fixes
1563 (Mike Stoddard of Novell)
1564 * Novell protocol works on big endian machines (Novell)
1565 * Massive rewrite of MSN support, which should fix a number of issues
1566 and make errors easier to interpret (Felipe Contreras)
1567 * Fixed a privacy-related bug in MSN that affected blocking/permitting,
1568 which was due to case-sensitive string comparisons (Gudmundur
1570 * Fixed an MSN HTTP method bug where MSN would queue data indefinitely.
1572 * All known MSN formatting bugs were fixed.
1573 * Overly long messages and paging cell phones in MSN no longer cause
1574 disconnects (Felipe Contreras)
1575 * Several bug fixes for MSN's MSNSLP and MSNObject support (Finlay
1577 * ALT-F works correctly in the System Log Viewer (Stu Tomlinson)
1578 * New tabs should scroll correctly again (Tim Ringenbach)
1579 * Dialogs opened from a conversation window are now closed when
1580 the conversation window is closed, preventing a crash (Kevin Stange)
1581 * Copy/paste encoding fixes (Joe Marcus Clarke)
1582 * IRC disconnect crash fix (Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha)
1583 * Ampersands in links should work correctly (Tim Ringenbach)
1584 * DirectIM and IM Image support for AIM are greatly improved
1586 * Gadu-Gadu updates (Andrew Wellington)
1587 * Print Gadu-Gadu messages to the debug window instead of the console
1588 * Updated and standardized blist signals (Gary Kramlich)
1589 * Made the recieve-*-msg signals match the sending ones (Stu Tomlinson)
1590 * The idle time for the buddy-idle and buddy-unidle signals should
1594 * Added "Conversation placement - By conversation count"
1595 * Added a "none" smiley theme to replace the "Show graphical
1597 * Replace default formatting preferences with a dialog to set a
1598 default formatting in a WYSIWYG manner.
1599 * Removed "Show logins in window," default to yes
1600 * Removed "Send URLs as links," default to yes (in protocols that
1602 * Removed "Show URLs as links," default to yes
1603 * Removed New window height & width and Entry field height for Chats &
1604 IMs, sizes are now saved automatically
1605 * Removed "Tab-complete nicks" default to yes
1606 * Removed "Old-style tab completion", no longer supported
1607 * Removed "Sending message removes away status", default to no
1608 * Removed "Show numbers in groups", default to yes
1609 * Removed "Icons on tabs", default to yes
1610 * Removed "Sounds when you log in", default to no
1611 * Removed "Seconds before resending autoresponse", default to 600
1613 * Removed "Send autoresponse in active conversations", default to no
1614 * Removed "Show people joining in window", default to yes
1615 * Removed "Show people leaving in window", default to yes
1617 version 0.77 (04/22/2004):
1619 * The System Log returns (Ka-Hing Cheung)
1620 * Added a conversation-drag-ended signal (Etan Reisner)
1621 * Reorganized and cleaned up the MSN protocol plugin (Felipe Contreras)
1622 * Added the -c option to specify location of the .gaim directory,
1623 removed the outdated -f option that no longer had any effect (Daniel
1625 * Novell GroupWise protocol support added (Novell)
1626 * WYSIWYG improvements (Tim Ringenbach)
1627 * WYSIWYG editing for user info (Jon Oberheide)
1628 * Rich-text copy and paste
1629 * Plugins can now add menu items to the buddy context menu
1630 (Christopher O'Brien)
1631 * Plugins can now add preferences (Gary Kramlich)
1632 * The TOC protocol is no longer built by default. The plugin is not
1633 being properly tested and is no longer officially supported.
1634 * Bumped up the plugin API version number, and added version numbers
1635 for loader plugins and protocol plugins. Authors will want to
1636 update their plugins, and possibly use GAIM_PLUGIN_API_VERSION,
1637 GAIM_PRPL_API_VERSION, and GAIM_LOADER_API_VERSION constants.
1638 * Zephyr error reporting works (Arun A. Tharuvai)
1639 * Zephyr deals with non-utf8 characters (Arun A. Tharuvai)
1642 * Formatting in the Log viewer is fixed (Kevin Stange)
1643 * Save Conversation works again (Kevin Stange)
1644 * The Clear button in privacy works (Robert Mibus)
1645 * MSN error reporting works again (Stu Tomlinson)
1646 * MSN e-mail notifications should no longer cause Gaim to crash
1648 * Fixed an infinite loop bug that would sometimes cause MSN to lock
1649 up (Nickolai Zeldovich)
1650 * All away messages should now show up in tooltips
1651 * Removing zephyr buddies no longer crashes (Arun A. Tharuvai)
1653 version 0.76 (04/01/2004):
1655 * WYSIWYG text input (with much help from Gary Kramlich and Kevin
1657 * Ability to be invisible on AIM
1658 * Chatroom list support (Tim Ringenbach)
1659 * Added auto-completion for screen names to the New Instant Message and
1660 Get User Info dialogs.
1661 * Non-ascii character support in AIM chats (Uli Luckas and Marco Ziech)
1662 * Vastly improved browser opening, with tab support! (Nathan
1664 * Added support for connecting to MSN using the port 80 method.
1665 * Support for Mozilla Firefox (Chris Friesen and Nathan Fredrickson)
1666 * Added protocol-specific preferences (Gary Kramlich)
1667 * Local IP address information can be changed in Preferences
1669 * Improved local IP address detection (Tim Ringenbach)
1670 * Offline accounts in account drop-down lists are now greyed (Etan
1672 * Improved accessibility support for screen readers and other
1673 accessibility tools (Marc Mulcahy)
1674 * Improved accessibility in conversation windows (Nathan Fredrickson)
1675 * Keyboard access to context menus via Shift+F10 (Marc Mulcahy)
1676 * Core/UI split event loop code. (Scott Lamb)
1677 * Added improvements to the multi-field request code, including
1678 required fields and account fields.
1679 * Moved more dialogs to the request API for interface consistency
1680 (Send Message, Get User Info, and Insert Link dialogs)
1681 * Jabber file transfer
1682 * IRC file transfer (Tim Ringenbach)
1683 * Added a hidden preference for disabling buddy list tooltips or
1684 changing the pop-up delay in prefs.xml.
1685 * Moved translation news to po/ChangeLog
1688 * Changes in AIM/ICQ server-side buddy lists take
1689 precedence over the local buddy list
1690 * Significant work on the Zephyr plugin (Arun A. Tharuvai)
1691 * You can now use :/ as a smiley safely (Nathan Owens)
1692 * Various buffer overflow fixes (Stefan Esser)
1693 * Tabs now stay green when they are supposed to (Etan Reisner)
1694 * Fixed a bug where only the first user in a chat room list was removed
1695 sometimes when trying to remove a group of users (Tim Ringenbach)
1696 * Clearing an AIM buddy icon actually removes it from the server,
1697 icons changes in the account editor do not take effect if the
1698 cancel button is used (Stu Tomlinson)
1699 * Improved chat parting logic (Tim Ringenbach)
1700 * Yet Another IRC channel user duplication bugfix (Tim Ringenbach)
1701 * Deleting an account while modifying it will no longer crash gaim.
1702 * Only one account preference window will now appear per account when
1704 * Aliases are now shown alongside the screen name in the message
1705 queue window. (Kevin Stange).
1706 * TCL Plugin API changed
1707 * The mobile icon on MSN users is now removed when the person disables
1708 mobile paging (Stu Tomlinson)
1709 * Removing invalid buddies in MSN with a space in their name no longer
1710 causes a disconnect (Stu Tomlinson)
1711 * Multiple MSN chats should now work (Robert Mibus)
1712 * Added new MSN error codes and fixed an incorrect one (Stu Tomlinson)
1713 * Incoming colors are now processed correctly in MSN.
1714 * Conversation placement by account now works correctly with both
1715 chats and IMs, and takes the Combine Chats and IMs option into
1717 * Minor tweaks to the list box in the multi-field request dialogs
1718 so they work without a label and scrollbar (Pekka Riikonen)
1719 * Hitting enter in a multi-field request dialog when a textfield has
1720 the focus no longer ignores the changed text in the textfield
1722 * The Disconnect dialog no longer raises and gains focus each time
1723 a disconnected account is added (Ka-Hing Cheung)
1724 * Gadu-Gadu might actually connect again (Ignacy Gawedzki)
1725 * Buddy pounces for an account are removed when the account is
1726 deleted (Gary Kramlich)
1727 * Various bug and memory leak fixes (Gary Kramlich)
1728 * Assorted SSL crashfixes
1729 * --enable-debug no longer breaks compilation when using gtk 2.4,
1730 which also broke garnome.
1731 * Tooltips shouldn't crash now (Daniel Atallah)
1733 version 0.75 (01/09/2004):
1734 * New Yahoo! auth method
1735 * Yahoo! file transfer (Tim Ringenbach)
1736 * Yahoo! chat joining fixes (Tim Ringenbach)
1737 * Persons can auto-expand when hovering your mouse over it
1738 * Improved i18n support for MSN email notification (Felipe Contreras)
1739 * Jabber SASL PLAIN support
1740 * Improved Jabber MUC (Chat) support
1741 * Fixed an MSN login bug some people likely experienced (Felipe
1743 * Touch-up various dialogs to follow the Gnome Human Interface
1744 Guidelines more closely (Steven Garrity, Nathan Fredrickson, and
1746 * Works better with all-black gtk themes (Etan Reisner)
1747 * Mozilla Firebird support (Chris (darth_sebulba04))
1749 version 0.74 (11/25/2003):
1750 * Sort-by-size log sorting fix
1751 * Log directory umask fix for users of gaim-remote
1752 * Fix Jabber room creation on MUC servers.
1754 version 0.73 (11/21/2003):
1755 * New Logging format and code:
1756 * fixes i18n issues with logs
1757 * compatible with old logs
1758 * hopefully fixes segfault in viewing logs
1759 * New disconnected account dialog (Thanks, Daniel Atallah)
1760 * Fixes several Jabber bugs
1761 * Fixes the bug where some dialogs would crash when spell checking was
1762 enabled. Closes #827930.
1763 * Fixed unblocking of users in MSN (Robert Mibus)
1764 * Fixes outgoing mobile pages on MSN.
1765 * The border on the close buttons on inactive tabs are no longer shown,
1766 thanks to a fix used by Galeon.
1767 * Compatible with autoconf 2.58.
1768 * Cleaned up gtkspell-related code (Robert McQueen)
1769 * Changed the parameters for the received-chat-msg signal.
1770 * Added a Release Notification plugin
1772 version 0.72 (10/31/2003):
1773 * Added a search feature to conversations.
1774 * Added an option to remove the formatting toolbar, both globally and
1775 on a per-window basis (Nathan Fredrickson)
1776 * Added a drop shadow to the buddy list tooltip
1777 * Smileys are copyable
1778 * Fixed the ICQ login crash
1779 * Fixed a crash in the Add Chat dialog when selecting an
1780 account that doesn't support chats. Closes bug #821606.
1781 * Fixed a bug where new MSN accounts without buddies added wouldn't
1783 * Fixed a crash when deleting an account that has IMs or chats open.
1785 * Smileys have background colors
1786 * If SSL is not enabled, MSN will load, but error on connect.
1787 * Disable Jabber SASL auth until the standard stabilizes
1789 version 0.71 (10/09/2003):
1790 * The right-click menu for e-mail links now presents a "Copy E-Mail
1792 * Fix sort by idle to behave as it did pre-contact support (David
1794 * Display AIM away messages in the tooltip for buddies when
1796 * Support for Buddy Comments for AIM and ICQ buddies
1797 * Window icons are now set as buddy icons or status icons
1798 * Get User Info in MSN and Yahoo now return an error indicating that
1799 the information doesn't exist if the profile is empty (parts by
1801 * Added startup notification support for window managers that support it
1802 * The protocol icon for an account in the accounts window will now
1803 "pulse" when signing the account on.
1804 * Zephyr formatting fixes (Arun A. Tharuvai)
1805 * Zephyr can connect to chats (Karsten Huneycutt)
1806 * SSL support can now be provided by third party plugins.
1807 * Multiple copies of gaim installed at different locations no
1808 longer attempt to load the same, possibly incompatible plugins
1810 * Implemented another new Yahoo! authentication method
1811 * Fixed a bug displaying Chinese MSN messages (Ambrose C. LI).
1812 * Additional fixes and checks for the perl build process (Sean Burke).
1813 * Massive core/UI splitting.
1814 * Re-write of Jabber protocol plugin
1815 * Conversation API changes.
1816 * Some plugins must be updated due to code variable changes,
1817 function name changes, and change of behavior for certain
1820 version 0.70 (09/28/2003):
1821 * Implemented Yahoo's new authentication method (Cerulean Studios)
1822 * Protocol plugins that have plugin dependencies now load correctly.
1823 * Perl installs where it's told to a bit more correctly.
1824 * Robert "Robot101" McQueen cleaned and core/UI split IM
1827 version 0.69 (09/24/2003):
1828 * Added Contact (aka Person, aka Meta-Contact, aka Buddy Merging, etc)
1830 * Added MSN 6 smileys.
1831 * Added animated smiley support (Ka-Hing Cheung)
1832 * Added SSL support, compatible with GNUTLS and Mozilla NSS.
1834 * Added support for gettext 0.12.x.
1835 * Updated MSN support to the MSN Protocol version 9.
1836 * Jabber now supports SSL
1837 * Yahoo now shows people using the java chat client (Tim Ringenbach)
1838 * Yahoo chat and conference (Tim Ringenbach)
1839 * Yahoo ignore support (Jesse Farmer (farmerje))
1840 * Yahoo idle times displayed, long buddy lists work, sms users,
1841 and other improvements (Tim Ringenbach)
1842 * The accounts window now shows offline accounts as greyed out, and
1843 online accounts as colored.
1844 * Fixed the text replacement plugin.
1845 * Fixed all known signal problems in perl.
1846 * The right-click menu for conversation tabs now shows the tab icon
1847 and status, if tab icons are enabled. (Jesse Farmer)
1849 version 0.68 (09/01/2003):
1850 * Removed the old event system and replaced it with a much better
1852 * Added plugin dependency support.
1853 * Rewrote the Perl plugin. All old scripts will break, but it offers
1854 a much better API for new scripts.
1855 * Yahoo color support (Tim Ringenbach (marv_sf))
1856 * Yahoo and MSN get info support (Nathan Poznick)
1857 * Fixed Jabber registrations.
1858 * Fixed a problem where pouncing two users with the same name
1859 appeared in the same conversation window, and other related
1860 problems. (Robot101)
1861 * Corrected problems with proxy preferences.
1862 * Mailchk.c and simple.c compile again (Paul A (darkrain))
1864 version 0.67 (08/14/2003):
1865 * Brought back the message notification plugin (Brian Tarricone)
1866 You'll need to reconfigure your settings for this plugin
1867 * IRC protocol plugin rewritten (Ethan Blanton)
1868 * New IRC protocol icon (Nuno Donato)
1869 * Protocol and status icons now optionally appear on tabs.
1871 * Various dialog rewrites (Jabber vCard, Add Group, Alias Chat,
1872 Rename Group, Privacy)
1873 * Shows "hiptop" icon for AIM buddies using hiptop
1874 devices (Robey Pointer)
1875 * Privacy core/UI split.
1876 * Conversation placement by group now applies to chats in the buddy
1878 * Events in a conversation (user logged in, logged out, window closed,
1879 etc.) now grey the tab.
1880 * Various bug fixes (larne from irc, Tim Ringenbach, Bjoern
1881 Voigt, Paul A (darkrain))
1883 version 0.66 (07/18/2003):
1884 * Freebsd compile fix (Matthew Luckie)
1885 * .spec file improvements (Ethan Blanton)
1886 * Added a gaim-remote man page (Robert McQueen)
1887 * The Remote Control plugin no longer adds duplicate groups to your
1889 * Servers and ports are now imported correctly in MSN.
1890 * Core/UI split the core initialization and shutdown.
1891 * MSN messages with newlines are now sent correctly to MSN clients.
1892 * Fix some sound initialization stuff
1893 * Fix saving and import of default away message
1895 version 0.65 (07/16/2003):
1896 * Massive internal core/ui splitting
1897 * New account dialog
1898 * Preferences moved to ~/.gaim/prefs.xml
1899 * Account information moved to ~/.gaim/accounts.xml
1900 * Pounces moved to ~/.gaim/pounces.xml
1901 * Added protocol icons to various drop-down boxes
1902 * New Send IM buddy icon merged from Ximian Desktop 2
1903 * Fixed "Sort by Status" crash
1904 * Fixed the MSN signon crash
1905 * Fixed the MSN add buddy crash
1906 * Fixed the MSN empty buddy list bug
1907 * Fixed all known MSN chat bugs
1908 * Fixed HTTP redirect handling in smiley retrieval. This fixes the
1909 problems with some smiley themes.
1910 * Chats in MSN can now be initiated by right-clicking a buddy and
1911 choosing Initiate Chat.
1912 * MSN Alerts and incoming MSN pages no longer pop up several error
1914 * Ability to view iChat "Available" messages for AIM
1915 * Stores your buddy icon on the server for AIM
1916 * Support for non-ascii characters with Yahoo! Messenger
1917 * Focus returns to the input box when you click elsewhere, like it used
1919 * New typing notification icons from Ximian
1921 version 0.64 (05/29/2003):
1922 * Buddy list sorting in buddy list preferences.
1923 * Improved debug window with timestamps and pause buttons.
1924 * New core/ui split notification and request APIs.
1925 * New mail notification dialog.
1926 * Several bug fixes in MSN.
1927 * Conversation window buddy icon bugs were fixed.
1929 version 0.63 (05/16/2003):
1930 * A rewrite of the plugin API. Plugin authors will need to change their
1931 code based off the changes found in other plugins.
1932 * Perl script support is now provided in the perl plugin.
1933 * Debugging is core/ui split, and has a new API with support for
1934 debug levels and categories.
1935 * Support for adding chats to your buddy list.
1936 * MSN protocol plugin was rewritten, has experimental buddy icon
1937 support, and MSN Mobile support.
1938 * Buddy list speed enhancements (Thanks Ethan Blanton).
1939 * Napster protocol updates (Thanks Auke Kok).
1941 version 0.62 (04/23/2003):
1942 * Keyboard shortcuts in the buddy list work again (Thanks Joe
1944 * Support for Jabber XHTML messages
1945 * Ability to re-request authorization from ICQ and Jabber users by right
1946 clicking on them in your buddy list.
1947 * Improved Zephyr internationalization.
1948 * Bug causing 'Hide on Send' windows to be lost forever fixed.
1949 * Iconified windows are now raised properly.
1950 * Dates printed for old/offline messages.
1951 * Some assorted crash bugs fixed.
1953 version 0.61 (04/07/2003):
1954 * Split the buddy pounce core and UI, and rewrote the UI for it.
1955 * Removed folder icons and excess space from the buddy list (Thanks
1957 * Fixed a bug involving dragging buddies and groups
1958 * Re-implemented the logout icons.
1959 * New icons for "away" and "aol" (Thanks, Moses Lei)
1961 version 0.60 (04/04/2003):
1963 * Auto-loading protocol plugins.
1964 * Plugins dialog and perl script menu merged into preferences.
1965 * Don't auto-login if an existing Gaim session is already
1967 * Moved "privacy preferences" to Tools menu.
1968 * -n, --loginwin option to disable autologins.
1969 * Added support for gettext 0.11.x.
1970 * Added support for automake 1.6.
1971 * aim:// URI's supported with gaim-remote command.
1972 * Quit Gaim remotely with gaim-remote. (Thanks, John Silvestri)
1973 * Added rudimentary support for X11R6 session management. (Thanks,
1975 * Conversation backend and UI are now separated. (Thanks,
1977 * Asynchronous, non-blocking, DNS function (Thanks, Nicolas
1979 * As a side effect of the above: IPv6 support. Tested only with IRC
1980 (you can receive ipv6 chat requests from irssi!).
1983 * Tray icon plugin--replaces the old GNOME applet. You'll need
1984 the panel Notification Area applet (aka system-tray-applet)
1985 for GNOME 2, or the Kicker for KDE 3.1. (Thanks, Robert
1986 McQueen, Nicolás Lichtmaier, Kristian Rietveld, Ari Pollak &
1988 * Added GAIM::remove_event_handler and made set_info short
1989 circuitable in perl. (Thanks, Ryan McCabe)
1990 * event_del_conversation for plugins. (Thanks, Bill Tompkins)
1991 * Notify.c plugin rewritten; check its configure dialog. (Thanks,
1993 * Buddy Ticker made a plugin.
1994 * Idle Maker added to source.
1995 * Fortune profile added to source.
1998 * TOC no longer compiles statically by default--use OSCAR.
1999 * ICQ plugin no longer gets built--use OSCAR.
2000 * Server-stored buddy lists for ICQ with full support for
2001 authorization (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2002 * File send/receive support for Aim over Oscar (Thanks, William T.
2003 Mahan and Mark Doliner)
2004 * Non-direct connect typing notification for AIM over OSCAR.
2005 (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2006 * Allow only people in buddy list privacy option added for AIM.
2007 * Full ICQ info reading support. (Thanks, Vincas Ciziunas)
2008 * Support for synchronizing group renames on server. Group
2009 rename server synchronization for AIM. Server-side
2010 synchronization for moving individual AIM buddy to new
2011 group improved. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2012 * Ability to add screenname@mac.com people to AIM buddy lists.
2013 (Thanks, Graham Booker)
2014 * Ability to change ICQ password. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2015 * Option to have AIM notify you if you have
2016 unread mail. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2017 * Parse URL messages, Contact Sending and Pager Messages
2018 in ICQ. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2019 * use snprintf instead of sprintf. (Thanks, William T. Mahan)
2020 * Fixed crashbug on empty rvous requests. (Thanks Brandon Scott
2021 (Xeon) for pointing this out, and Matt Pandina for the patch)
2022 * Nice Oscar changes--mostly internal. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2025 * Added more IRC slash commands -- /W, /VERSION, /MODE, /CTCP stuff,
2026 -- and other cool IRC enhancments. (Thanks, Jonas Birmé)
2027 * IRC's /topic with no argument displays the current topic (Thanks,
2029 * DCC File Receive support for IRC.
2030 * Optional password on IRC accounts. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
2031 * Added half-op support.
2034 * Jabber invisibility and permanently cancel sending on-
2035 line status to Jabber buddies.
2036 * Jabber roster updated on group renames.
2037 * Fixed a possible segfault when signing off Jabber. (Thanks,
2039 * Improved typing notification support for Jabber and
2040 Yahoo! (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
2041 * File receive support for Jabber. (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
2044 * MSN users are notified when the other party closes the conversation
2045 window. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
2046 * File receive support for MSN. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
2048 Internationalization:
2049 * Now using libiconv for better i18n support (Thanks, Junichi
2051 * Lots of i18n fixes (Thanks Matt Wilson, Ethan Blanton, A Lee)
2052 * Correct i18n handling for many parts of AIM/ICQ, including
2053 instant messages, away messages, and profiles (Thanks,
2055 * Improved MSN internationalization (Thanks, A Lee)
2058 * Optionally uniquely colorize nicks in chats
2059 * Add / Remove buddy menu item added to the chat users list
2060 (Thanks, Jonas Birmé)
2061 * View log button in conversation toolbar (Thanks, Etan Reisner)
2062 * Option to log IMs and Chats seperately. (Thanks, Etan
2064 * Removed Ctrl-C binding for color
2065 * Fix first message in tab not displaying bug (Thanks, Etan Reisner)
2066 * Changed some default options
2067 * Updated desktop and window icons (Thanks, Robert McQueen)
2068 * Switch the .desktop file to the new KDE/GNOME common vfolder
2069 format (Thanks, Robert McQueen)
2070 * Removed all deprecated GTK calls. Now 100% GTK 2. (Thanks Nathan
2071 Walp, Christian Hammond, Ari Pollak, Ethan Blanton, Robert McQueen)
2072 * Read proxy environment variables. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
2073 * Fixed security vulnerability with manual browser option (Thanks,
2075 * Can get info for ICQ and Jabber users from the "Edit
2076 Buddies" tab (Thanks, Brian Bernas)
2077 * Code cleanups and fixes (Thanks, Federico Mena Quintero and
2079 * Word-wrapping on mail notification text (Thanks, Andrew Molloy)
2080 * Generic File Transfer PRPL interface (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
2081 * Better supression of auto-responses (Thanks, Joshua Blanton)
2082 * Drag-and-drop tabs in conversations, and multiple windows with tabs
2083 in each (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
2085 version 0.59.9 (03/01/2003):
2086 * Updated zh_TW.po file (Thanks breeze833)
2087 * Fix an oscar bug that caused some messages from
2088 AOL 8.0 to be dropped (Thanks Mark Doliner)
2089 * Changed "openprojects" to "freenode" in irc.c
2090 * Fixed charset conversion on systems which use a BOM for UCS-4
2091 (Thanks, Alfredo Pen~a, Ethan Blanton)
2092 * Fixed a typo in the man page (Thanks Eric S. Raymond)
2094 version 0.59.8 (01/06/2003):
2095 * Ripped out all gtk2 support (Thanks Nathan Walp).
2096 * Fixed smiley related segfault (Thanks Robert McQueen)
2097 * Yahoo! can connect again
2099 version 0.59.7 (12/21/2002):
2100 * Yahoo i18n fix (Thanks Ethan Blanton).
2101 * Fixed a bug in escaping saved passwords (Thanks
2103 * Fixed an overflow bug in perl script autoloading
2104 (Thanks David Kaelbling)
2105 * Some build fixes for those using stricter compilers,
2106 notably MIPSpro (Thanks David Kaelbling)
2107 * Fixed a bad argument to accept() calls (Thanks David
2109 * Fixed crashbug on empty rvous requests (Thanks Brandon Scott (Xeon))
2110 for being the first to point this out.
2112 version 0.59.6 (11/07/2002):
2113 * Fixed a segfault introduced in 0.59.5 when gtk
2114 fails to read the ~/.gtkrc or reads it but fails
2115 to create a style from it.
2116 * Jabber conference timestamps are no longer gigantic
2118 version 0.59.5 (10/14/2002):
2119 * Fixed a Yahoo! segfault (Thanks, Craig Metz)
2121 version 0.59.4 (10/06/2002):
2122 * Removed color keybinnding altogether.
2123 * Added a horizontal scrollbar to Edit page of
2124 buddy list. (Thanks, David Fallon)
2125 * Various bug fixes ((Thanks to (in no particular order)
2126 Ethan Blanton, Mark Doliner, Luke Schierer)
2127 * i18n fixes (thanks, A Lee)
2129 version 0.59.3 (09/14/2002):
2130 * Reversed patch that accidentally caused Yahoo
2131 not to connect--for implementation reasons
2132 * Changed "color" binding to Ctrl-K.
2133 * Unaliaising a person in the "Online" tab will show up
2134 in the "Edit" tab as well (Thanks, Jason Willis)
2135 * Internationalization fixes, esp. with UTF-8 locales
2136 (Thanks Matt Wilson and Ethan Blanton)
2138 version 0.59.2 (09/09/2002):
2139 * Japanese translation updated (Thanks, Junichi Uekawa)
2140 * Won't crash when you set your MSN Friendly name to an
2142 * Default manual browser command changed to reflect the
2144 * Fixed the non-manual browser settings which were broke in
2145 0.59.1 (Thanks, Chris Blizzard)
2146 * Improved MSN internationalization (Thanks A Lee)
2147 * Smiley lookup will search for longest match for smilies
2148 like :-(( (Thanks Eric Melski)
2149 * When an IM image is clicked, don't open the browser (Thanks
2151 * Prevent a possible crash in unhide_buddy_list() (Thanks Ari
2153 * Fixed a compilation problem on systems without iconv.
2154 * GtkIMHtml can be set to render font sizes as point size
2155 or AIMish relative sizes -- no more huge Yahoo fonts. (Thanks
2157 * Fixed a bug with regard to Jabber resources (Thanks Nathan
2159 * Fixed a possible segfault when signing off Jabber (Thanks
2161 * Word-wrapping on mail notification text (Thanks, Andrew Molloy)
2162 * Strip trailing and leading spaces from MSN/Yahoo names (Thanks,
2165 version 0.59.1 (08/25/2002):
2166 * Created a gtk1-stable branch for GTK+ 1.2 bugfix releases.
2167 Development will continue in our main branch in GTK+ 2 only.
2168 * Fixed a security bug in the manual browser setting (Thanks
2170 * Now using libiconv for better i18n support (Thanks Junichi
2172 * Will work with Perl 5.8 (thanks, Timothy Lee and Dan
2174 * Fix for HTTP proxies (thanks, Ethan Blanton)
2175 * Read proxy environment variables. (thanks, Christian Hammond)
2176 * Use the pretty gaim.png for our menu entry.
2177 * Added support for gettext 0.11.x.
2179 version 0.59 (06/24/2002):
2180 * Squashed a bug in buddy right-click menu handling
2181 that crashed Gaim. In the process: found and
2182 eliminated some memory leaks.
2183 * Fixed a significant applet leak
2184 * Can now change Jabber password on server (Thanks,
2186 * Certain types of Jabber presence errors no longer
2187 falsely show a buddy on-line. Instead now a "broken
2188 light-bulb" icon is shown and the error status is
2189 available via "Get Away Msg" (Thanks and a tip o'
2190 the hat to Christian Hammond for the graphic)
2191 * Conversation struct has pointer to toolbar (thanks Brent
2192 Priddy and Paul Miller)
2193 * Zephyr fixes (thanks, Arun A. Tharuvai)
2194 * Aliases in buddy ticker
2195 * Perl scripts can play Gaim sounds (thanks Andrew Rodland)
2196 * Internal sounds can be played by commands (thanks Lex Spoon)
2197 * Auto-login item in applet menu (thanks Chris Boyle)
2198 * Fixed MSN "Unkown Error Code", "Already there", and
2199 "Already in opposite list" errors
2200 * Changed "Play sound" button to "Mute" button
2201 * You can now have "reserved" chars in IM and proxy passwords
2202 * Jabber now has typing notification (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
2203 * Improved support for Jabber resources (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
2204 * Fixed problem with Gaim crashing on non-ASCII Jabber buddy
2205 aliases (Jabber "name" attribute) chars (Thanks, Ho-seok Lee)
2206 * Plugged memory leaks in Jabber plug-in
2207 * Fixed problem with Jabber away status not being propagated to
2208 conference rooms for jabberd (server) v1.4.2 and above
2209 * Chat room buddy lists are now sorted independent of case
2210 * Added capability for protocol-specific edit buddy menu entries
2211 * Can now remove a Jabber buddy roster item from the server
2213 * Gaim can now handle messages from Mac ICQ and Miranda ICQ
2214 (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2215 * Added Mozilla to browser options and changed KFM to
2217 * Can now set the server and port for MSN and Napster
2218 * MSN Internationalization (Thanks Felipe Contreras and
2219 countless, countless others)
2220 * E-mail addresses are no longer truncated when there is a '.' at
2223 version 0.58 (05/13/2002):
2224 * Better applet transparency
2225 * Option to raise buddy list on signons/signoffs
2226 * Formatting of incoming MSN messages
2227 * Get Info from menu multiple-account-aware (thanks
2229 * Hide and unhide functions for the filectl plugin.
2230 (Thanks, Ari Pollak)
2231 * Added helpful stuff to the Help menu.
2232 * Self-aliasing from the account editor.
2233 * Better selection in GtkIMHtml (Thanks Ben Miller)
2234 * A warning when your OSCAR buddy list is too long
2235 (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2236 * ICQ status messages in OSCAR (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2237 * Play sound when your name is said in a chat
2238 * Approval dialog for Jabber when somebody wants to
2239 subscribe to user's presence. Also gives user the
2240 opportunity to add that buddy if not already on the
2242 * Jabber "Change buddy group" roster synchronization now
2243 works again. (This was unknowingly broken when the
2244 "out-sourced" Jabber libs were upgraded in 0.56)
2245 * Invalid Jabber I.D.'s no longer crash Gaim. User now
2246 notified with pop-up's.
2247 * Jabber Buddy sign-on time support, added in 0.57,
2248 removed until and unless and inconsistency can be
2249 resolved. (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
2250 * Bug-fix for potential buffer overflow in Jabber
2251 plugin. (Thanks, rwscott)
2252 * Tempfiles used for secure MSN/HotMail login (added in
2253 0.57) are now themselves created securely.
2254 * Secure MSN logins (added in 0.57) no longer blow up
2256 * Timezone support improved.
2258 version 0.57 (04/25/2002):
2259 * New authorization method for Yahoo!
2260 * Jabber will tell you when your buddies signed on (Thanks
2262 * Jabber improvements (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
2263 * More keyboard shortcuts
2264 * event_chat_recv takes char**'s, and event_im_recv takes
2265 a *guint32 for flags
2266 * Secure hotmail login for MSN (thanks for the tips,
2269 version 0.56 (04/11/2002):
2270 * Shell-like send history binded to Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down
2271 * libjabber upgraded to most recent stable version
2272 * Buddylist looks a little better
2273 * Fixed MSN privacy settings
2274 * Group deletion fix (Thanks Mark Doliner)
2275 * Alias/Group syncronization for Jabber (Thanks JSeymour)
2276 * Fixed broken signal handling in gdm-started GNOME sessions
2277 (Thanks Jim Seymour, Vann, Robert McQueen)
2278 * Oscar group syncronization (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2279 * ICQ Authorization via Oscar (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
2281 version 0.55 (03/29/2002):
2282 * Jabber improvements (Thanks Jim Seymour)
2283 * Various sound cleanups (Thanks Robert McQueen)
2284 * Login process shown in single window (Thanks Michael
2286 * Can reorder your accounts in the account editor (Thanks
2288 * Shows "mobile" icon for Oscar buddies using mobile
2289 devices (Thanks Mark Doliner)
2290 * Fixed bug in MSN smilies that crashed PPC (and other?) platforms
2291 * HTTP Proxy settings now HTTP compliant (Thanks Robert McQueen)
2292 * Speling corections (Thanks Tero Kuusela)
2293 * Oscar list icon fixes (Thanks Mark Doliner)
2294 * Oscar idle times work again (Thanks Mark Doliner)
2295 * Protocol icons on Edit Buddies tab (Thanks Christian Hammond)
2297 version 0.54 (03/14/2002):
2298 * Compiles without GdkPixbuf again
2299 * GtkIMHtml will refresh when you set a new GTK+ theme
2300 * Improved Yahoo! typing notification (thanks Brian Macke)
2301 * Prompt to authorize MSN buddies who added you while you
2302 were offline (Thanks Jason Willis)
2303 * Option to globally disable Buddy Icon animation (Thanks
2306 * Yahoo! will tell you when your buddies are playing Yahoo!
2307 games and give you the ability to join them
2308 * Yahoo! can receive offline messages
2309 * IRC can do DCC chat.
2310 * IRC will convert HTML formatting to mIRC formatting.
2311 * Buddylist tab placement option (Thanks Jason Willis)
2312 * Protocol specific smiley faces
2315 version 0.53 (02/28/2002):
2316 * Minor bug fixes re: queued away messages
2317 * Better buddy icon transparency (for real this time ;-))
2318 * Ability to change formatting of Oscar screen name
2319 * Better selection in HTML widget (Thanks BMiller)
2320 * New icons for ICQ (Thanks Kevin Miller)
2321 * Editable buddy pounces (Thanks Jason Willis)
2322 * Server side buddy lists in Oscar (Thanks Mark Doliner :-))
2323 * Fix for the chatlist plugin
2324 * Typing Notification (AIM Direct Connect, Yahoo, MSN)
2325 * IM Images (Receive Only)
2326 * Prettier GtkImHtml selection
2327 * Better buddy icon transparency (for real this time ;-) )
2329 version 0.52 (02/17/2002):
2330 * Better buddy icon transparency (thanks SeanEgan)
2331 * Fixed a little bug with connecting via proxy (thanks
2332 for reminding me of this, Manish Singh)
2333 * Yahoo! Messenger works again
2335 * Can register a new user with a Jabber Server (JSeymour)
2336 * Can now set Jabber vCards (JSeymour)
2337 * Jabber vCards are now shown in their entirety (JSeymour)
2338 * Various jabber bug fixes/enhancements (JSeymour)
2340 version 0.51 (01/24/2002):
2341 * Arrow buttons in log viewer and some other dialogs
2342 work (thanks Ben Miller)
2343 * Option to only send auto-response while idle (thanks
2345 * Control time between sending auto-responses (thanks
2347 * Should be able to sign on to Oscar using Mac OS X
2348 (thanks Fingolfin, Vincas Ciziunas, et al.)
2350 version 0.50 (12/14/2001):
2351 * Able to import GnomeICU contact lists
2352 * Galeon as browser option (Thanks Rob McQueen)
2353 * IRC /list, /invite (Thanks Sean Egan)
2354 * Option to have IMs and Chats tabbed in same window
2355 * Finally put the lagmeter plugin out of its misery and
2356 removed it. (/me dances on its grave.)
2358 version 0.49 (11/29/2001):
2359 * Can compile against GTK+ 2.0 (version 1.3.10/1.3.11)
2360 * Confirm before removing buddies
2361 * Yahoo updates (thanks Brian Macke)
2363 * Zephyr updates (thanks Arun A Tharuvai)
2364 * Gadu-Gadu updates (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
2365 * Option to show aliases in conversation tabs
2366 * Option to hide windows after sending messages
2367 * licq2gaim.pl conversion script (thanks Arturo Cisneros, Jr.)
2369 version 0.48 (11/18/2001):
2370 * Right-click on links to open/copy URL
2372 * Oscar can send/receive offline messages in ICQ. Since the "real"
2373 ICQ protocol isn't working too well it's recommended that you
2376 version 0.47 (11/01/2001):
2377 * Better font loading (pays attention to charset now)
2378 (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
2379 * Better recoding in Gadu-Gadu (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
2380 * Open Mail button for when you get new mail (Yahoo and MSN)
2381 * New buddy pounce option: Popup Notification
2382 * When adding a buddy, the groups list now updates when you switch
2384 * When creating a new buddy pounce, gaim now automagically
2385 selects "on away" or "on idle", if the user is away
2387 * Add Opera to the available browsers (thanks Brian Enigma)
2388 * Improved log viewer (thanks to Ben Miller)
2389 * When you are queueing away messages, double clicking on
2390 a buddy's name will cause the messages for that name to be
2392 * You can choose which sound player you use at run-time
2394 * When someone adds you to their buddy list, it asks if you want
2395 to add them as well (Yahoo, ICQ, and MSN) (thanks Nathan Walp)
2396 * Option to grey idle buddies (thanks Nathan Walp)
2397 * MSN Privacy Options
2398 * In MSN you can set a person's alias to their "friendly name" by
2399 right-click on their name while they're online.
2401 * The usual bug fixes and memory leak plugs
2403 version 0.46 (10/18/2001):
2404 * New applet icons (courtesy David Raeman)
2405 * ICQ works on big-endian platforms, e.g. sparc and ppc
2406 (thanks to Nathan Walp and Ben Miller)
2407 * Better applet icon drawing (thanks to Ari Pollak)
2408 * An extraordinary number of bug fixes
2409 * Ability to stop animation on buddy icons, restart animation,
2410 hide certain buddy icons, and save people's buddy icons, all
2411 through a right-click menu
2412 * Event handlers in perl passed arguments as elements of
2413 an array rather than all concatenated as a string, making
2414 perl much easier to use (thanks Dennis Lambe Jr.)
2415 * Can pass an argument to timeout_handlers in perl
2416 (thanks Artem Litvinovich)
2417 * Redesigned Modify Account window (thanks Sean Egan)
2418 * Add buddy dialog now lets you select which protocol
2420 * Pressing 'signon' on the first screen for accounts that
2421 do not require passwords no longer incorrectly displays
2424 version 0.45 (10/04/2001):
2425 * New plugin event: event_chat_send_invite
2426 * Major updates to the perl system (reread PERL-HOWTO and
2428 * Major updates to event_chat_* events for plugins (reread
2430 * Some GtkIMHtml improvements
2432 * Nick Highlighting in chat
2433 * Tab-completion for nicks in chat (thanks to Sean Egan)
2434 * Large internal reworkings
2435 * New Protocol: Gadu-Gadu, written by Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2436 * Can choose buddy icon to send (for Oscar)
2438 version 0.44 (09/20/2001):
2439 * More sane scaling of buddy icons (intelligently scale to
2440 either 48x48 or 50x50 depending on icon)
2441 * Have you ever had it happen where you cancel a login and
2442 Gaim starts using all the available processing power? I
2444 * Temporarily removed Jabber user registration, which wasn't
2446 * Added a spiffy Help button
2447 * Wrote a plugin for all those people who miss having the
2448 chat rooms in their buddy lists (chatlist.so)
2450 * Added drop down selection to chat invitation
2451 * Improved the look of the chat invitation dialog
2452 * Improved the look of the proxy preferences
2453 * event_im_recv and event_im_display_rcvd passed whether
2454 the message received was auto-response (see SIGNALS)
2455 * IRC fixes (largly copied from X-Chat)
2456 * Internal change to how preferences are stored
2458 * Option to hide buddy icons
2460 version 0.43 (09/06/2001):
2461 * Can change friendly name in MSN again
2463 * Auto-reconnect plugin has exponential timeout (i.e. it
2464 tries after 8 seconds, then 16, then 32, etc. up to 17
2466 * Removed file transfer things from Napster. It didn't work
2467 well anyway. It'll be back eventually. (Does anyone even
2468 use napster anymore?)
2470 version 0.11.0-pre15 (08/28/2001):
2472 * Fixed a little segfault when images are links
2473 * Redid the about box again.
2474 * Fixed a nice little bug with the manual browser command
2475 * Oscar Unicode fix (Thanks John Matthews)
2476 * Can select which protocols are compiled statically
2477 (e.g.: ./configure --with-static-prpls=oscar,jabber)
2478 * New plugin events: event_im_displayed_sent and
2479 event_im_displayed_rcvd. Use these to change messages after
2480 they're displayed (e.g. encrypt sent messages, or send
2481 auto-responses and have them display locally properly)
2482 * Can use Arts for sound (thanks Tom Dyas)
2484 version 0.11.0-pre14 (06/17/2001):
2485 * Fixed a segfault with Oscar's account confirmation
2488 * Some HTML widget changes
2489 * Can specify hosts/ports for Yahoo (thanks Jeremy Brooks)
2490 * Many many bugfixes
2492 version 0.11.0-pre13 (06/06/2001):
2493 * Can view/set chat topic in Jabber (thanks faceprint)
2494 * The napster plugin no longer segfaults on invalid names
2496 * HTML is properly stripped from away messages in protocols that
2497 do not use HTML. (thanks, faceprint)
2498 * Can view/set chat topic in IRC
2499 * MSN properly escapes outgoing messages
2500 * Much needed updates to the gaim man page (thanks, Sean Egan)
2502 version 0.11.0-pre12 (05/29/2001):
2503 * Fixed a funny bug with auto responses when queued messages
2505 * Redesigned the Font Options preference page
2506 * Improved Jabber chat support (it whispers now, too)
2507 * Zephyr can do Subscriptions now (thanks to nsanch)
2508 * Auto-recon plugin got reworked
2510 * Some new pixmaps (Thanks, DennisR).
2511 * Fixed a segfault in IRC (Thanks Sean Egan)
2512 * MSN can now change your 'friendly name' (Thanks for the
2513 packet logs, aechols)
2514 * More IRC improvements [colors, etc] (Thanks Sean Egan)
2515 * Improved proxy options
2516 * Fixed a small issue with HTML not being stripped from
2517 log files properly (Thanks, faceprint and David Stoddard)
2518 * Can turn on/off Yahoo! Mail announcements
2519 * Can force messages through the server for ICQ (use this if
2520 you have problems sending)
2521 * Can receive buddy icons in Oscar (requires gdk_pixbuf,
2522 which GNOME depends on. If you --disable-pixbuf, it will
2524 * Redesigned plugins dialog (thanks Mike Heffner)
2526 version 0.11.0-pre11 (04/30/2001):
2527 * Zephyr updates and additions, thanks Neil Sanchala (nsanch)
2528 * Jabber can send/accept chat invites (due to mid)
2529 * MSN has the option to notify you of new hotmail
2531 * Fixed a problem with ADD requests in MSN
2532 * Fixed a small memory leak with MSN
2533 * Moved MSN's spammy debug output into debug_printf's
2534 * Can rename groups/buddies in the Edit Buddies pane
2535 (thanks Neil Sanchala)
2536 * Some perl updates (thanks to Sean Egan)
2537 * IRC got the following slash commands:
2538 op, deop, voice, devoice, mode, raw, quote, and kick (thanks
2540 * MSN Properly handles URL decoding of 'friendly' names
2541 * Redesigned Preferences pages (design by DennisR)
2542 * Can select where tabs are for tabbed IM/Chat windows
2543 * Option to queue away messages while away
2544 * Jabber got good updates (from faceprint)
2545 * Oh yes, and Oscar works, yet again. (gee... that's what, 4
2546 releases that have "fixed" it now?)
2548 version 0.11.0-pre10 (04/13/2001):
2549 * Many, many bug fixes
2550 * Can choose to not send away auto-response (thanks phzzzt)
2551 * Uh... Oscar works? For now?
2552 * IRC Plugin can do whois (right click and info)
2553 * IRC Plugin got away message support
2554 * Gaim blist to WinAIM blt perl script (courtesy Andy Harrison)
2555 * Sound on buddy pounce (Thanks Andrew Echols)
2556 * Can view all group chats in one tabbed window (same keybindings
2557 as for tabbed normal conversations)
2558 * More Protocol plugins:
2559 Zephyr (plugins/zephyr) (DON'T USE THIS unless you know
2560 what it is and why you'd want to use it)
2562 version 0.11.0-pre9 (03/26/2001):
2563 * Can register Jabber accounts (load the Jabber plugin and click
2564 Register on the login window)
2565 * GtkIMHtml handles themes (no background pixmaps though) (thanks
2567 * URLS Linkify properly in Buddy chats
2568 * Jabber compiles better on Solaris?
2569 * Gaim works with Oscar Again (Huge thanks to Adam Fritzler of
2572 version 0.11.0-pre8 (03/23/2001):
2573 * Fixed a problem with MSN not detecting signoffs and buddy updates.
2574 * Implemented away options in MSN
2575 * Alt-[1-9] to go to [1-9]th pane in tabbed convo window
2576 * Jabber fixes, Oscar fixes (!), Yahoo fixes, TOC fixes
2577 * Can use Alt to access menu, and Ctl-char for certain actions
2579 * Oscar blocking works (?)
2580 * MSN can see status of other users
2582 version 0.11.0-pre7 (03/16/2001):
2583 * Can build RPMs as non-root
2584 * New yahoo library (can use HTTP proxy)
2585 * Command-line arg to specify config file (thanks Jason Boerner)
2586 * Can view all conversations in one tabbed window (Control-[ and
2587 Control-] move left and right respectively; Control-Tab moves
2588 to the next unread, or the next tab if there are no unread tabs)
2589 * Tooltips on links work again
2590 * Can log system notices: signons/signoffs, awayness and idleness
2591 (thanks Andrew Echols)
2595 version 0.11.0-pre6 (03/06/2001):
2596 * Fixed bug with NAS support
2597 * Napster plugin is included again
2598 (Thanks for pointing out that it was missing,
2600 * Oscar can: search by email, request confirmation, change password
2603 * Faster HTML parsing/rendering
2605 version 0.11.0-pre5 (02/26/2001):
2607 * ICQ Alias problem fixed
2608 * Negative times fixed
2609 * Cannot create blank away messages/messages with blank titles
2610 * Can right-click Edit Buddies list to alias/add pounce/etc.
2611 * Ability to independently set accounts as away
2612 * Can use all away states for ICQ, Yahoo (N/A, Be Right Back, etc.)
2613 * Fixed hanging trees
2614 * Can close windows by hitting 'Esc' (optional)
2615 * Better HTML Widget
2616 * Can toggle timestamps by hitting F2 (optional)
2617 * Rewritten file transfer for TOC
2619 * Log Viewer (courtesy BMiller)
2620 * Can save conversation history
2621 * Napster can kinda sorta download files sometimes :)
2622 * You can activate IDs in Yahoo
2623 * ICQ upgraded to use icqlib 1.1.5
2625 version 0.11.0-pre4:
2626 * ICQ upgraded to use icqlib 1.1.0
2627 * An enormous amount of bug fixes
2628 * Even More Protocol Plugins:
2629 Jabber (plugins/jabber)
2630 Napster (plugins/napster.c)
2631 * Fixed a segfault with 'Ignore new conversations while away'
2633 version 0.11.0-pre3 (12/15/2000):
2634 * Away messages arranged alphabetically (Thanks Justin)
2635 * More GUI adjustments
2636 * Can optionally run command to play sound files
2637 * Icons for ICQ plugin (blatently stolen from GnomeICU)
2638 * Icons for Yahoo plugin (not-so-blatently stolen from GTKYahoo)
2639 * Optionally display warning level next to name in buddy list
2640 * Optionally ignore fonts on incoming messages
2641 * Command-line option to automatically set yourself as
2642 away upon signon (thanks bmiller)
2643 * Buddy list backups now stored in ~/.gaim/SN.protocol.blist (gaim will
2644 move the old file for you). Needed for when you have the same name on
2645 two different protocols. (Oscar and TOC share the same file.)
2646 * More Protocol plugins:
2649 version 0.11.0-pre2 (12/04/2000):
2650 * Fixed a segfault with a bad util.c
2652 version 0.11.0-pre1 (12/03/2000):
2653 * Multiple connections
2658 * Logs now stored to ~/.gaim/logs rather than ~/.gaim/SN/
2659 * User configurable sounds
2660 * Scroll bar now functions properly in chat room user lists
2661 * X-Idle support added (thanks bmiller and bryner)
2662 * small change in the way away messages are displayed
2663 (Thanks Ryan C. Gordon)
2664 * Plugin system uses GModule now (improves portability, adds features)
2665 (Requires recompile and probably modifications of most plugins)
2666 * Perl got updates (reread plugins/PERL-HOWTO)
2667 * Spell checker now uses gtkspell
2668 * Auto-Away (thanks, yet again, to bmiller ;)
2669 * More buddy pounce options
2670 * Various GUI improvements
2672 version 0.10.3 (10/09/2000):
2673 * Segfault when viewing user info fixed
2674 * libdb problem fixed
2676 version 0.10.2 (10/07/2000):
2677 * A few fixes to the URL parser.
2678 * Better placement of smiley dialog
2679 * Improved log file readibility
2680 * Code cleanups (thanks kylev)
2681 * Fixed problem when closing away message box (thanks bmiller)
2682 * sprintf() problem on some systems
2683 * Various small bug fixes
2685 version 0.10.1 (09/15/2000):
2686 * Better chatroom logging
2687 * Oscar works again. Pay no attention to Slashdot.
2688 * gtkhtml handles background colours better.
2689 * A third conversation window display preference.
2690 * Better support for things like Sawfish
2692 version 0.10.0 (09/11/2000):
2693 * New Smiley Faces and Pixmaps added.
2694 * Smiley faces now properly wrap in the conversation windows.
2696 * Fixed 0-byte file segfault.
2697 * Borderless buttons (for that cool pop-up look)
2698 * Fixed some resizing bugs
2699 * Added Ctrl+{B/I/U/S} hotkeys to conversation windows.
2700 * Added Ctrl+(number) hotkeys to insert smileys in conversation windows.
2701 * Support for %n, %d, and %t in away messages. Thanks bmiller!
2703 * Redesigned preferences dialog
2704 * Redesigned conversation dialog
2705 * Removed the Lag-O-Meter (Lag-O-Meter is now a plugin)
2706 * SOCKS 4/5 proxy works
2707 * Buddy Pounces are now saved in .gaimrc
2708 * Buddy Chats are now saved in .gaimrc
2709 * Ability to merge gaim, aim2, aim4 buddylists. Thanks again bmiller!
2710 * ICQ-style aliases. This lets you change the name you see your buddy
2711 as. For example, if your buddy's SN is 'CouldntGetMyName', you can
2712 alias him as 'Loser'.
2713 * Compile with GNOME bits if available
2714 * Added GNOME Url Handler as an available web-browser
2715 * Added the S html tag.
2716 * Optionally Ignore TiK's Automated Messages
2717 * Option to beep instead of play sound
2718 * New icons for panel (depends on some GNOME pixmaps)
2719 * Perl scripting. See plugins/PERL-HOWTO for how to write perl scripts.
2720 All .pl files in ~/.gaim are autoloaded when gaim starts.
2721 * HTML widget is faster, more stable
2723 version 0.9.20 (07/14/2000):
2724 * More plugin events, more plugin features
2725 * Run-time OSCAR support
2726 * Added buddy list ticker (See prefs/Appearance). Clicking on a
2727 name will cause a new or previous IM window to display for
2729 * "You are sending messages too quickly" error is now fixed
2730 when you have a large buddylist.
2731 * Fixed the LC_ALL compile problem on Solaris boxes
2732 * Fixed PPC and ARM compile problem with oscar.c
2733 * Smileys work better, and don't cause font attributes to drop
2734 * Dialog windows are now prettier
2735 * /me in IM window; font/color dialogs and smileys in chat window
2737 version 0.9.19 (06/09/2000):
2738 * Graphical Smiley Faces
2739 * Applet got a bit of a makeover (inside & out)
2740 * Compile-time options affect Preferences dialog
2741 * Whispering in chat works (does anyone even use this?)
2742 * HTML-tag buttons in chat
2743 * Chat got all kinds of new features (like IRC-sytle /me)
2744 * Chat in oscar works much better
2746 * Fixed the segfault when your server-side config is null
2747 * Many many bugfixes
2749 version 0.9.18 (06/02/2000):
2750 * Logging in works better for oscar
2751 * Double error bug when sending message to an offline user is
2753 * Pressing enter once again sends a message in buddy chatrooms (oops)
2754 * More fixes for the change on the AOL sign-on process.
2755 * Fixed bug where Gaim sometimes doesn't find a font to use.
2756 * Per-conversation font and color dialogs (thanks fflewddur)
2757 * Chat in oscar works (somewhat)
2758 * Even more fixes for the sign-on process, and now you don't flash when
2759 setting permit/deny lists.
2761 version 0.9.17 (05/31/2000):
2762 * Automagic feature to check for new versions has been removed
2763 * Infinite loop bug fixed
2765 version 0.9.16 (05/31/2000):
2766 * Paned buddy chat window (Thanks Syd)
2767 * Buddy lists (and changes) are cached to ~/.gaim/<sn>.blist
2768 where <sn> is your screen name. If for some reason, you log
2769 into the AOL server and the buddy list comes back empty, we
2770 check for a cache file, and, if we find one, read it in. This
2771 essentially implements recovery from a server crash at AOL
2772 (AOL does not back up machines that contain TOC-based buddy
2773 lists, unfortunately). (Thanks Syd)
2774 * Font selection dialog
2775 * Small changes to the Oscar/libfaim stuff (see libfaim/README.gaim)
2776 * SOCKS 4 proxy support
2777 * Better proxy support overall (you can get people's info now! :) )
2778 * Two-way file transfer (you can get and send files, but you still
2779 can't initiate either)
2780 * Fixed font problem with Misconfigured X-Servers. Thanks Decklin!
2781 * Fixed the No Configuration problem that came about today (5/31)
2783 version 0.9.15 (05/06/2000):
2784 * Plugin support enabled by default (oops)
2785 * Some plugins built/installed by default
2786 * Option to automagically check for new releases
2787 * Ability to receive files (one-way file transfer)
2788 * In-line spell checker (thanks to Torrey Searle of the
2789 Everybuddy Devel team for this one)
2791 version 0.9.14 (04/24/2000):
2792 * Numerous Fixes by G. Sumner Hayes (buffer over flow patches,
2794 * Paned Conversation Windows (Thanks Syd)
2795 * Raise Window On Message Received, Fixed (Thanks Syd)
2796 * When multiple screen names, Gaim now correctly remembers the name
2798 * FONT sizes now work correctly.
2799 * PLUGIN SUPPORT!! (Lots of cool goodies here)
2800 * Fixed another leak or two
2801 * Added ability to change your screenname password
2804 version 0.9.13 (03/27/2000):
2805 * Dialog Box Segfault Fixed (When You Click A Toggle Then Cancel)
2806 * Double Log-Out Message Fixed
2807 * GNOME compile error fixed
2808 * Away Message Problem Fixed
2809 * Fixed URL Right Click Menus
2810 * Conversation Loggin now shows Full Date and Time
2811 * Internal Change to Buddy List
2813 version 0.9.12 (03/25/2000):
2814 * Segfault fix for PPC/Alpha/etc machines with log(0)
2815 Thanks to Todd Cohen for this one.
2816 * Small internal change to the way prefs work
2817 * GNOME Applet support works better
2818 (thanks to Eric Warmenhoven for the patch)
2819 * Support for displaying true type fonts
2820 * Lag-O-Meter does not send lag-test if not selected
2821 * Fixed problem with saving away messages which contain spaces
2823 * Various GNOME Applet Enhancements (thanks AGAIN to
2824 Eric. Someone needs to stop this boy :-) )
2825 * A lot of random, obscure bugs fixed
2826 * All of the major and I believe all of the minor memory leaks are
2828 (Thanks to Peter Teichman, Larry Ewing, Jeramey Crawford, and me)
2830 version 0.9.11 (03/22/2000):
2831 * <STRIKE>Strike Tag Support</STRIKE> :-)
2832 * Another memory leak fix
2833 * New .gaimrc format
2834 * Better support for multiple screen names
2836 * Saving of buddylist window position
2837 * Fixed a problem with Gaim and the Netscape-branded version
2839 * New Sound Properties
2840 * More General Properties
2841 * Bigger Text-Entry field (Thanks to CrazyDavy for this one)
2842 * Various Random Bug fixes
2844 version 0.9.10 (11/03/1999):
2845 * Fixed a nasty memory leak. No more 40M Gaim processes. LOL
2846 * IDLE Times are displayed in a neater fashion.
2848 version 0.9.9 (10/31/1999):
2849 * A little selection bug has been squished
2850 * Small memory leak fixed
2851 * Small network fix (problem with HTTP Proxy fixed?)
2852 * Proxy stuff should work now :)
2853 * Widget table support, dir info looks nicer
2854 * Info box looks nicer (thanks to Decklin Foster)
2855 * Client now 'corrects' time values from the server for accurate
2857 * Lag-O-Meter (ala Drunken Jim)
2860 version 0.9.8 (10/04/1999):
2861 * HTTP Proxy Support (No SOCKS yet)
2862 * HTML Widget more robust
2863 * Graphical Debug Window
2864 * Buddylist bug fixed
2865 * Some logging fixes and improvements
2866 * configurable host/port selection
2867 * Clickable Links in buddy chat
2869 * Display Signon/Signoff messages in conversation windows
2870 * Option to strip HTML from logged messages
2871 * GNOME cleanups (It might work now haha)
2872 * When viewing user info, URLS are converted to clickable links
2875 version 0.9.7 (08/08/1999):
2876 * Preliminary Oscar Support
2877 * Fixed bad network bug
2878 * Fixed some bad text rendering bugs in the HTML widget
2879 * log all conversation names are now normalized.
2880 * Fixed another bad network bug :)
2881 * Multiple browser support, some Netscape buggies fixed.
2882 * Permit/Deny preferences moved to 'Permit' pane on buddylist.
2883 * Fixed problem with _, ', and \ in passwords
2885 version 0.9.6 (08/01/1999):
2886 * Fixed 'log all conversation' segfault
2888 * Removed Xmu dependancies.
2889 * Restructured network code
2890 * ESD detection more robust.
2891 * Sound fallbacks are MUCH more robust!
2893 version 0.9.5 (07/25/1999):
2894 * Fixed About Box SegFault
2895 * Autologin Works with Applet
2896 * Option to Show Buddy List after Signon with Applet
2897 * 2048 character messages
2898 * Away-Detection (shows a different icon on the buddy list)
2899 * Fixed Segfault with messages > allowed size
2900 * Added option to log all conversations
2901 * Changed g_new to g_new0
2902 * Buddy List: Right Click Menus
2903 * Find Buddy By Email
2904 * Find Buddy By Info
2905 * New HTML widget (Underline/Links/HRs)
2906 * Updated Toolbar with 'Underline' Icon
2907 * More Buddy Pounce Options
2908 * Option to auto-change urls into clickable links (Under Prefs)
2909 * Better Buddy Chat functionality
2911 * Registration Information (Let Us Know Who You Are)
2912 * Buddy Chat Prefs (Update Chatroom Lists)
2914 * FAQ added to the distribution
2915 * Sound problem with some systems fixed
2917 * Autostart of Netscape on URL Click
2918 * DnD Rearranging of Groups
2919 * Better Netscape Functionality
2920 * Right Click `URL' Menus
2921 * DnD Rearranging of Buddies
2922 * Script to convert win95 buddylist to gaim buddylist
2923 * Added `Link/URL' button to conversation window
2924 * ESD is now autodetected
2925 * Not too important but we GNU-ified the source tree :)
2927 version 0.8.0 (04/31/1999):
2931 * Pixmaps for buttons
2932 * Buddylist import/export
2934 * Conversation Logging
2935 * Coloured Text Selection
2936 * Updated Preferences
2940 * `Blocking' on conversation window
2941 * Add/Remove buddy from conversation window
2942 * Scroll-Wheel Mice work in Conversation Window
2943 * Fixed WindowMaker Appicon
2944 * version Number in About Box
2945 * Gaim Slogan in about box :)
2946 * Created Changelog File :)