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1 Gaim: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone that's good for the soul!
3 version 0.60:
4 Core:
5 * Auto-loading protocol plugins.
6 * Plugins dialog and perl script menu merged into preferences.
7 * Don't auto-login if an existing Gaim session is already
8 running.
9 * Moved "privacy preferences" to Tools menu.
10 * -n, --loginwin option to disable autologins.
11 * Added support for gettext 0.11.x.
12 * Added support for automake 1.6.
13 * aim:// URI's supported with gaim-remote command.
14 * Quit Gaim remotely with gaim-remote. (Thanks, John Silvestri)
15 * Added rudimentary support for X11R6 session management. (Thanks,
16 Robert McQueen)
17 * Conversation backend and UI are now separated. (Thanks,
18 Christian Hammond)
19 * Asynchronous, non-blocking, DNS function (Thanks, Nicolas
20 Lichtmaier)
21 * As a side effect of the above: IPv6 support. Tested only with IRC
22 (you can receive ipv6 chat requests from irssi!).
24 Plugins:
25 * Tray icon plugin--replaces the old GNOME applet. You'll need
26 the panel Notification Area applet (aka system-tray-applet)
27 for GNOME 2, or the Kicker for KDE 3.1. (Thanks, Robert
28 McQueen, Nicolás Lichtmaier, Kristian Rietveld, Ari Pollak &
29 Patrick Aussems)
30 * Added GAIM::remove_event_handler and made set_info short
31 circuitable in perl. (Thanks, Ryan McCabe)
32 * event_del_conversation for plugins. (Thanks, Bill Tompkins)
33 * Notify.c plugin rewritten; check its configure dialog. (Thanks,
34 Etan Reisner)
35 * Buddy Ticker made a plugin.
36 * Idle Maker added to source.
37 * Fortune profile added to source.
39 AIM/ICQ:
40 * TOC no longer compiles statically by default--use OSCAR.
41 * ICQ plugin no longer gets built--use OSCAR.
42 * Server-stored buddy lists for ICQ with full support for
43 authorization (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
44 * File send/receive support for Aim over Oscar (Thanks, William T.
45 Mahan and Mark Doliner)
46 * Non-direct connect typing notification for AIM over OSCAR.
47 (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
48 * Allow only people in buddy list privacy option added for AIM.
49 * Full ICQ info reading support. (Thanks, Vincas Ciziunas)
50 * Support for synchronizing group renames on server. Group
51 rename server synchronization for AIM. Server-side
52 synchronization for moving individual AIM buddy to new
53 group improved. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
54 * Ability to add screenname@mac.com people to AIM buddy lists.
55 (Thanks, Graham Booker)
56 * Ability to change ICQ password. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
57 * Option to have AIM notify you if you have
58 unread mail. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
59 * Parse URL messages, Contact Sending and Pager Messages
60 in ICQ. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
61 * use snprintf instead of sprintf. (Thanks, William T. Mahan)
62 * Fixed crashbug on empty rvous requests. (Thanks Brandon Scott
63 (Xeon) for pointing this out, and Matt Pandina for the patch)
64 * Nice Oscar changes--mostly internal. (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
66 IRC:
67 * Added more IRC slash commands -- /W, /VERSION, /MODE, /CTCP stuff,
68 -- and other cool IRC enhancments. (Thanks, Jonas Birmé)
69 * IRC's /topic with no argument displays the current topic (Thanks,
70 Mark Doliner)
71 * DCC File Receive support for IRC.
72 * Optional password on IRC accounts. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
73 * Added half-op support.
75 Jabber:
76 * Jabber invisibility and permanently cancel sending on-
77 line status to Jabber buddies.
78 * Jabber roster updated on group renames.
79 * Fixed a possible segfault when signing off Jabber. (Thanks,
80 Craig Boston)
81 * Improved typing notification support for Jabber and
82 Yahoo! (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
83 * File receive support for Jabber. (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
85 MSN:
86 * MSN users are notified when the other party closes the conversation
87 window. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
88 * File receive support for MSN. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
90 Translations:
91 * French translation updated. (Thanks, Stephane Wirtel,
92 Sebastian Carpe, and David Odin)
93 * Polish translation updated. (Thanks, Przemyslaw Sulek)
94 * Finnish translation updated. (Thanks, Tero Kuusela)
95 * Spanish translation updated. (Thanks, Lars Goldschlager, Nicolas Lichtmaier)
96 * Traditional Chinese translation updated. (Thanks, Paladin Liu)
97 * Japanese translation updated. (Thanks, Junichi Uekawa)
98 * Korean translation updated. (Thanks, A Lee)
99 * Romanian translation added. (Thanks, Misu Moldovan)
100 * Many other translation patches from many people merged in.
102 Internationalization:
103 * Now using libiconv for better i18n support (Thanks, Junichi
104 Uekawa)
105 * Lots of i18n fixes (Thanks Matt Wilson, Ethan Blanton, A Lee)
106 * Correct i18n handling for many parts of AIM/ICQ, including
107 instant messages, away messages, and profiles (Thanks,
108 Ethan Blanton)
109 * Improved MSN internationalization (Thanks, A Lee)
111 Other:
112 * Optionally uniquely colorize nicks in chats
113 * Add / Remove buddy menu item added to the chat users list
114 (Thanks, Jonas Birmé)
115 * View log button in conversation toolbar (Thanks, Etan Reisner)
116 * Option to log IMs and Chats seperately. (Thanks, Etan
117 Reisner)
118 * Removed Ctrl-C binding for color
119 * Fix first message in tab not displaying bug (Thanks, Etan Reisner)
120 * Changed some default options
121 * Updated desktop and window icons (Thanks, Robert McQueen)
122 * Switch the .desktop file to the new KDE/GNOME common vfolder
123 format (Thanks, Robert McQueen)
124 * Removed all deprecated GTK calls. Now 100% GTK 2. (Thanks Nathan
125 Walp, Christian Hammond, Ari Pollak, Ethan Blanton)
126 * Read proxy environment variables. (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
127 * Fixed security vulnerability with manual browser option (Thanks,
128 Robert McQueen)
129 * Can get info for ICQ and Jabber users from the "Edit
130 Buddies" tab (Thanks, Brian Bernas)
131 * Code cleanups and fixes (Thanks, Federico Mena Quintero and
132 Ka-Hing Cheung)
133 * Word-wrapping on mail notification text (Thanks, Andrew Molloy)
134 * Generic File Transfer PRPL interface (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
135 * Better supression of auto-responses (Thanks, Joshua Blanton)
136 * Drag-and-drop tabs in conversations, and multiple windows with tabs
137 in each (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
139 version 0.59 (06/24/2002):
140 * Hungarian translation added (Thanks, Sutto Zoltan)
141 * Swedish translation updated (Thanks, Christian Rose)
142 * Spanish translation updated (Thanks, Alex)
143 * Traditional Chinese translation updated (Thanks, Paladin Liu)
144 * Czech translation added (Thanks, Honza)
145 * Polish translation updated (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
146 * Squashed a bug in buddy right-click menu handling
147 that crashed Gaim. In the process: found and
148 eliminated some memory leaks.
149 * Fixed a significant applet leak
150 * Can now change Jabber password on server (Thanks,
151 Nathan Walp)
152 * Certain types of Jabber presence errors no longer
153 falsely show a buddy on-line. Instead now a "broken
154 light-bulb" icon is shown and the error status is
155 available via "Get Away Msg" (Thanks and a tip o'
156 the hat to Christian Hammond for the graphic)
157 * Conversation struct has pointer to toolbar (thanks Brent
158 Priddy and Paul Miller)
159 * Zephyr fixes (thanks, Arun A. Tharuvai)
160 * Aliases in buddy ticker
161 * Perl scripts can play Gaim sounds (thanks Andrew Rodland)
162 * Internal sounds can be played by commands (thanks Lex Spoon)
163 * Auto-login item in applet menu (thanks Chris Boyle)
164 * Fixed MSN "Unkown Error Code", "Already there", and
165 "Already in opposite list" errors
166 * Changed "Play sound" button to "Mute" button
167 * You can now have "reserved" chars in IM and proxy passwords
168 * Jabber now has typing notification (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
169 * Improved support for Jabber resources (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
170 * Fixed problem with Gaim crashing on non-ASCII Jabber buddy
171 aliases (Jabber "name" attribute) chars (Thanks, Ho-seok Lee)
172 * Plugged memory leaks in Jabber plug-in
173 * Fixed problem with Jabber away status not being propagated to
174 conference rooms for jabberd (server) v1.4.2 and above
175 * Chat room buddy lists are now sorted independent of case
176 * Added capability for protocol-specific edit buddy menu entries
177 * Can now remove a Jabber buddy roster item from the server
178 entirely
179 * Gaim can now handle messages from Mac ICQ and Miranda ICQ
180 (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
181 * Added Mozilla to browser options and changed KFM to
182 Konqueror.
183 * Can now set the server and port for MSN and Napster
184 * MSN Internationalization (Thanks Felipe Contreras and
185 countless, countless others)
186 * E-mail addresses are no longer truncated when there is a '.' at
187 the end.
189 version 0.58 (05/13/2002):
190 * Bulgarian translation added (Thanks, Igel Itzo)
191 * Traditional Chinese translation added (Thanks, Paladin Liu)
192 * Better applet transparency
193 * Option to raise buddy list on signons/signoffs
194 * Formatting of incoming MSN messages
195 * Get Info from menu multiple-account-aware (thanks
196 Brian Bernas)
197 * Hide and unhide functions for the filectl plugin.
198 (Thanks, Ari Pollak)
199 * Added helpful stuff to the Help menu.
200 * Self-aliasing from the account editor.
201 * Better selection in GtkIMHtml (Thanks Ben Miller)
202 * A warning when your OSCAR buddy list is too long
203 (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
204 * ICQ status messages in OSCAR (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
205 * Play sound when your name is said in a chat
206 * Approval dialog for Jabber when somebody wants to
207 subscribe to user's presence. Also gives user the
208 opportunity to add that buddy if not already on the
209 user's buddy list.
210 * Jabber "Change buddy group" roster synchronization now
211 works again. (This was unknowingly broken when the
212 "out-sourced" Jabber libs were upgraded in 0.56)
213 * Invalid Jabber I.D.'s no longer crash Gaim. User now
214 notified with pop-up's.
215 * Jabber Buddy sign-on time support, added in 0.57,
216 removed until and unless and inconsistency can be
217 resolved. (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
218 * Bug-fix for potential buffer overflow in Jabber
219 plugin. (Thanks, rwscott)
220 * Tempfiles used for secure MSN/HotMail login (added in
221 0.57) are now themselves created securely.
222 * Secure MSN logins (added in 0.57) no longer blow up
223 on Solaris.
224 * Timezone support improved.
226 version 0.57 (04/25/2002):
227 * New authorization method for Yahoo!
228 * Polish translation updated (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
229 * Jabber will tell you when your buddies signed on (Thanks
230 Nathan Walp)
231 * Danish translation added (Thanks, Sarauw Hansen)
232 * Finnish translation update (Thanks, Tero Kuusela)
233 * Japanese translation added (Thanks, Ryosuke Kutsuna)
234 * Jabber improvements (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
235 * More keyboard shortcuts
236 * event_chat_recv takes char**'s, and event_im_recv takes
237 a *guint32 for flags
238 * Secure hotmail login for MSN (thanks for the tips,
239 Scott Werndorfer)
241 version 0.56 (04/11/2002):
242 * German translation update (Thanks Karsten Weiss)
243 * Shell-like send history binded to Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down
244 * Russian Translation Updated (thanks Grigory Bakunov)
245 * libjabber upgraded to most recent stable version
246 * Buddylist looks a little better
247 * Fixed MSN privacy settings
248 * Group deletion fix (Thanks Mark Doliner)
249 * Alias/Group syncronization for Jabber (Thanks JSeymour)
250 * Fixed broken signal handling in gdm-started GNOME sessions
251 (Thanks Jim Seymour, Vann, Robert McQueen)
252 * Oscar group syncronization (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
253 * ICQ Authorization via Oscar (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
255 version 0.55 (03/29/2002):
256 * Jabber improvements (Thanks Jim Seymour)
257 * Various sound cleanups (Thanks Robert McQueen)
258 * Login process shown in single window (Thanks Michael
259 Golden)
260 * Can reorder your accounts in the account editor (Thanks
261 Luke Schierer)
262 * Updated Dutch translation
263 * Shows "mobile" icon for Oscar buddies using mobile
264 devices (Thanks Mark Doliner)
265 * Updated Polish Translation (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
266 * Fixed bug in MSN smilies that crashed PPC (and other?) platforms
267 * Updated Spanish Translation (Thanks Amaya)
268 * Updated French translation
269 * Updated Finnish translation (Thanks Tero Kuusela)
270 * HTTP Proxy settings now HTTP compliant (Thanks Robert McQueen)
271 * Speling corections (Thanks Tero Kuusela)
272 * Oscar list icon fixes (Thanks Mark Doliner)
273 * Oscar idle times work again (Thanks Mark Doliner)
274 * Protocol icons on Edit Buddies tab (Thanks Christian Hammond)
276 version 0.54 (03/14/2002):
277 * Compiles without GdkPixbuf again
278 * GtkIMHtml will refresh when you set a new GTK+ theme
279 * Improved Yahoo! typing notification (thanks Brian Macke)
280 * Prompt to authorize MSN buddies who added you while you
281 were offline (Thanks Jason Willis)
282 * Option to globally disable Buddy Icon animation (Thanks
283 Luke Schierer)
284 * Numerous bugfixes
285 * Yahoo! will tell you when your buddies are playing Yahoo!
286 games and give you the ability to join them
287 * Yahoo! can receive offline messages
288 * IRC can do DCC chat.
289 * IRC will convert HTML formatting to mIRC formatting.
290 * Buddylist tab placement option (Thanks Jason Willis)
291 * Protocol specific smiley faces
292 * Italian translation added
293 * IM Image sending
295 version 0.53 (02/28/2002):
296 * Updated Polish Translation (thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
297 * Slovak translation added (Thanks Daniel Rezny)
298 * Minor bug fixes re: queued away messages
299 * Better buddy icon transparency (for real this time ;-))
300 * Ability to change formatting of Oscar screen name
301 * Better selection in HTML widget (Thanks BMiller)
302 * New icons for ICQ (Thanks Kevin Miller)
303 * Editable buddy pounces (Thanks Jason Willis)
304 * Server side buddy lists in Oscar (Thanks Mark Doliner :-))
305 * Fix for the chatlist plugin
306 * Typing Notification (AIM Direct Connect, Yahoo, MSN)
307 * IM Images (Receive Only)
308 * Prettier GtkImHtml selection
310 version 0.52 (02/17/2002):
311 * Better buddy icon transparency (thanks SeanEgan)
312 * Updated Polish Translation (thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
313 * Fixed a little bug with connecting via proxy (thanks
314 for reminding me of this, Manish Singh)
315 * Updated Simplified Chinese Translation (Thanks Rocky S. Lee)
316 * Updated German Translation (Thanks Karsten Weiss)
317 * Yahoo! Messenger works again
318 * MSN Works again
319 * Can register a new user with a Jabber Server (JSeymour)
320 * Can now set Jabber vCards (JSeymour)
321 * Jabber vCards are now shown in their entirety (JSeymour)
322 * Various jabber bug fixes/enhancements (JSeymour)
324 version 0.51 (01/24/2002):
325 * Arrow buttons in log viewer and some other dialogs
326 work (thanks Ben Miller)
327 * Option to only send auto-response while idle (thanks
328 Sean Egan)
329 * Control time between sending auto-responses (thanks
330 Mark Doliner)
331 * Should be able to sign on to Oscar using Mac OS X
332 (thanks Fingolfin, Vincas Ciziunas, et al.)
333 * Finnish translation added (Thanks Tero Kuusela)
334 * Updated French Translation (Thanks sebfrance)
336 version 0.50 (12/14/2001):
337 * Updated polish translation (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
338 * Able to import GnomeICU contact lists
339 * Galeon as browser option (Thanks Rob McQueen)
340 * IRC /list, /invite (Thanks Sean Egan)
341 * Added swedish translation (Thanks Christian Rose)
342 * Option to have IMs and Chats tabbed in same window
343 * Finally put the lagmeter plugin out of its misery and
344 removed it. (/me dances on its grave.)
346 version 0.49 (11/29/2001):
347 * Can compile against GTK+ 2.0 (version 1.3.10/1.3.11)
348 * Confirm before removing buddies
349 * Updated Russian translation (thanks Grigory Bakunov)
350 * Updated Korean translation (thanks Ho-seok Lee, also for
351 resized ICQ icons)
352 * Updated Dutch translation (thanks Floris Eshuis)
353 * Yahoo updates (thanks Brian Macke)
354 * Jabber updates
355 * Zephyr updates (thanks Arun A Tharuvai)
356 * Gadu-Gadu updates (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
357 * Option to show aliases in conversation tabs
358 * Option to hide windows after sending messages
359 * licq2gaim.pl conversion script (thanks Arturo Cisneros, Jr.)
361 version 0.48 (11/18/2001):
362 * Right-click on links to open/copy URL
363 * Yahoo changes
364 * Oscar can send/receive offline messages in ICQ. Since the "real"
365 ICQ protocol isn't working too well it's recommended that you
366 use Oscar for ICQ.
368 version 0.47 (11/01/2001):
369 * Better font loading (pays attention to charset now)
370 (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
371 * Better recoding in Gadu-Gadu (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
372 * Open Mail button for when you get new mail (Yahoo and MSN)
373 * New buddy pounce option: Popup Notification
374 * When adding a buddy, the groups list now updates when you switch
375 accounts.
376 * When creating a new buddy pounce, gaim now automagically
377 selects "on away" or "on idle", if the user is away
378 or idle.
379 * Add Opera to the available browsers (thanks Brian Enigma)
380 * Improved log viewer (thanks to Ben Miller)
381 * When you are queueing away messages, double clicking on
382 a buddy's name will cause the messages for that name to be
383 dequeued.
384 * You can choose which sound player you use at run-time
385 (thanks Ben Miller)
386 * When someone adds you to their buddy list, it asks if you want
387 to add them as well (Yahoo, ICQ, and MSN) (thanks Nathan Walp)
388 * Option to grey idle buddies (thanks Nathan Walp)
389 * MSN Privacy Options
390 * In MSN you can set a person's alias to their "friendly name" by
391 right-click on their name while they're online.
392 * IRC can do /WHOIS
393 * The usual bug fixes and memory leak plugs
394 * Added Dutch translation
395 * Updated Korean translation
397 version 0.46 (10/18/2001):
398 * New applet icons (courtesy David Raeman)
399 * ICQ works on big-endian platforms, e.g. sparc and ppc
400 (thanks to Nathan Walp and Ben Miller)
401 * Better applet icon drawing (thanks to Ari Pollak)
402 * An extraordinary number of bug fixes
403 * Updated Korean translation
404 * Ability to stop animation on buddy icons, restart animation,
405 hide certain buddy icons, and save people's buddy icons, all
406 through a right-click menu
407 * Event handlers in perl passed arguments as elements of
408 an array rather than all concatenated as a string, making
409 perl much easier to use (thanks Dennis Lambe Jr.)
410 * Can pass an argument to timeout_handlers in perl
411 (thanks Artem Litvinovich)
412 * Redesigned Modify Account window (thanks Sean Egan)
413 * Add buddy dialog now lets you select which protocol
414 to add the buddy to
415 * Pressing 'signon' on the first screen for accounts that
416 do not require passwords no longer incorrectly displays
417 an error message.
419 version 0.45 (10/04/2001):
420 * New plugin event: event_chat_send_invite
421 * Major updates to the perl system (reread PERL-HOWTO and
422 SIGNALS)
423 * Major updates to event_chat_* events for plugins (reread
424 SIGNALS)
425 * Some GtkIMHtml improvements
426 * Various bugfixes
427 * Nick Highlighting in chat
428 * Tab-completion for nicks in chat (thanks to Sean Egan)
429 * Large internal reworkings
430 * New Protocol: Gadu-Gadu, written by Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
431 * Can choose buddy icon to send (for Oscar)
432 * New Translation: Polish translation by Przemysaw Suek
434 version 0.44 (09/20/2001):
435 * More sane scaling of buddy icons (intelligently scale to
436 either 48x48 or 50x50 depending on icon)
437 * Have you ever had it happen where you cancel a login and
438 Gaim starts using all the available processing power? I
439 think I fixed that.
440 * Temporarily removed Jabber user registration, which wasn't
441 working anyway.
442 * Added a spiffy Help button
443 * Wrote a plugin for all those people who miss having the
444 chat rooms in their buddy lists (chatlist.so)
445 * Updated libfaim
446 * Added drop down selection to chat invitation
447 * Improved the look of the chat invitation dialog
448 * Improved the look of the proxy preferences
449 * event_im_recv and event_im_display_rcvd passed whether
450 the message received was auto-response (see SIGNALS)
451 * IRC fixes (largly copied from X-Chat)
452 * Internal change to how preferences are stored
453 * Other bug fixes
454 * Option to hide buddy icons
456 version 0.43 (09/06/2001):
457 * Updated German Translation (thanks Daniel Seifert)
458 * Can change friendly name in MSN again
459 * Bug fixes
460 * Auto-reconnect plugin has exponential timeout (i.e. it
461 tries after 8 seconds, then 16, then 32, etc. up to 17
462 minutes)
463 * Removed file transfer things from Napster. It didn't work
464 well anyway. It'll be back eventually. (Does anyone even
465 use napster anymore?)
467 version 0.11.0-pre15 (08/28/2001):
468 * MSN works again
469 * Fixed a little segfault when images are links
470 * Redid the about box again.
471 * Fixed a nice little bug with the manual browser command
472 * Oscar Unicode fix (Thanks John Matthews)
473 * Added Russian Translation
474 * Can select which protocols are compiled statically
475 (e.g.: ./configure --with-static-prpls=oscar,jabber)
476 * New plugin events: event_im_displayed_sent and
477 event_im_displayed_rcvd. Use these to change messages after
478 they're displayed (e.g. encrypt sent messages, or send
479 auto-responses and have them display locally properly)
480 * Updated French Translation (thanks sebfrance)
481 * Can use Arts for sound (thanks Tom Dyas)
483 version 0.11.0-pre14 (06/17/2001):
484 * Fixed a segfault with Oscar's account confirmation
485 (Thanks, Adam)
486 * Updated the German translation (Thanks, Dominik)
487 * Some MSN changes
488 * Some HTML widget changes
489 * Can specify hosts/ports for Yahoo (thanks Jeremy Brooks)
490 * Many many bugfixes
492 version 0.11.0-pre13 (06/06/2001):
493 * Can view/set chat topic in Jabber (thanks faceprint)
494 * The napster plugin no longer segfaults on invalid names
495 and/or passwords.
496 * HTML is properly stripped from away messages in protocols that
497 do not use HTML. (thanks, faceprint)
498 * Can view/set chat topic in IRC
499 * MSN properly escapes outgoing messages
500 * Much needed updates to the gaim man page (thanks, Sean Egan)
502 version 0.11.0-pre12 (05/29/2001):
503 * Fixed a funny bug with auto responses when queued messages
504 are enabled.
505 * Redesigned the Font Options preference page
506 * Improved Jabber chat support (it whispers now, too)
507 * Zephyr can do Subscriptions now (thanks to nsanch)
508 * Auto-recon plugin got reworked
509 * Lots of clean-ups
510 * Some new pixmaps (Thanks, DennisR).
511 * Fixed a segfault in IRC (Thanks Sean Egan)
512 * MSN can now change your 'friendly name' (Thanks for the
513 packet logs, aechols)
514 * More IRC improvements [colors, etc] (Thanks Sean Egan)
515 * Improved proxy options
516 * Fixed a small issue with HTML not being stripped from
517 log files properly (Thanks, faceprint and David Stoddard)
518 * Can turn on/off Yahoo! Mail announcements
519 * Can force messages through the server for ICQ (use this if
520 you have problems sending)
521 * Can receive buddy icons in Oscar (requires gdk_pixbuf,
522 which GNOME depends on. If you --disable-pixbuf, it will
523 disable this.)
524 * Redesigned plugins dialog (thanks Mike Heffner)
526 version 0.11.0-pre11 (04/30/2001):
527 * Zephyr updates and additions, thanks Neil Sanchala (nsanch)
528 * Jabber can send/accept chat invites (due to mid)
529 * MSN has the option to notify you of new hotmail
530 messages
531 * Fixed a problem with ADD requests in MSN
532 * Fixed a small memory leak with MSN
533 * Moved MSN's spammy debug output into debug_printf's
534 * Can rename groups/buddies in the Edit Buddies pane
535 (thanks Neil Sanchala)
536 * Some perl updates (thanks to Sean Egan)
537 * IRC got the following slash commands:
538 op, deop, voice, devoice, mode, raw, quote, and kick (thanks
539 to Sean Egan)
540 * MSN Properly handles URL decoding of 'friendly' names
541 * Redesigned Preferences pages (design by DennisR)
542 * Can select where tabs are for tabbed IM/Chat windows
543 * Option to queue away messages while away
544 * Jabber got good updates (from faceprint)
545 * Oh yes, and Oscar works, yet again. (gee... that's what, 4
546 releases that have "fixed" it now?)
548 version 0.11.0-pre10 (04/13/2001):
549 * Many, many bug fixes
550 * Can choose to not send away auto-response (thanks phzzzt)
551 * Uh... Oscar works? For now?
552 * IRC Plugin can do whois (right click and info)
553 * IRC Plugin got away message support
554 * Gaim blist to WinAIM blt perl script (courtesy Andy Harrison)
555 * Sound on buddy pounce (Thanks Andrew Echols)
556 * Can view all group chats in one tabbed window (same keybindings
557 as for tabbed normal conversations)
558 * More Protocol plugins:
559 Zephyr (plugins/zephyr) (DON'T USE THIS unless you know
560 what it is and why you'd want to use it)
562 version 0.11.0-pre9 (03/26/2001):
563 * Can register Jabber accounts (load the Jabber plugin and click
564 Register on the login window)
565 * GtkIMHtml handles themes (no background pixmaps though) (thanks
566 decklin, mishan)
567 * URLS Linkify properly in Buddy chats
568 * Jabber compiles better on Solaris?
569 * Gaim works with Oscar Again (Huge thanks to Adam Fritzler of
570 libfaim)
572 version 0.11.0-pre8 (03/23/2001):
573 * Fixed a problem with MSN not detecting signoffs and buddy updates.
574 * Implemented away options in MSN
575 * Alt-[1-9] to go to [1-9]th pane in tabbed convo window
576 * Jabber fixes, Oscar fixes (!), Yahoo fixes, TOC fixes
577 * Can use Alt to access menu, and Ctl-char for certain actions
578 (thanks baldnik)
579 * Oscar blocking works (?)
580 * MSN can see status of other users
582 version 0.11.0-pre7 (03/16/2001):
583 * Can build RPMs as non-root
584 * New yahoo library (can use HTTP proxy)
585 * Command-line arg to specify config file (thanks Jason Boerner)
586 * Can view all conversations in one tabbed window (Control-[ and
587 Control-] move left and right respectively; Control-Tab moves
588 to the next unread, or the next tab if there are no unread tabs)
589 * Tooltips on links work again
590 * Can log system notices: signons/signoffs, awayness and idleness
591 (thanks Andrew Echols)
592 * MSN fixes
593 * Applet fixes
595 version 0.11.0-pre6 (03/06/2001):
596 * Fixed bug with NAS support
597 * Napster plugin is included again
598 (Thanks for pointing out that it was missing,
599 (Yan V. Bulgak)
600 * Oscar can: search by email, request confirmation, change password
601 * TOC fixes
602 * ICQ fixes
603 * Faster HTML parsing/rendering
605 version 0.11.0-pre5 (02/26/2001):
606 * Minor GUI changes
607 * ICQ Alias problem fixed
608 * Negative times fixed
609 * Cannot create blank away messages/messages with blank titles
610 * Can right-click Edit Buddies list to alias/add pounce/etc.
611 * Ability to independently set accounts as away
612 * Can use all away states for ICQ, Yahoo (N/A, Be Right Back, etc.)
613 * Fixed hanging trees
614 * Can close windows by hitting 'Esc' (optional)
615 * Better HTML Widget
616 * Can toggle timestamps by hitting F2 (optional)
617 * Rewritten file transfer for TOC
618 * Jabber got chat
619 * Log Viewer (courtesy BMiller)
620 * Can save conversation history
621 * Napster can kinda sorta download files sometimes :)
622 * You can activate IDs in Yahoo
623 * ICQ upgraded to use icqlib 1.1.5
625 version 0.11.0-pre4:
626 * ICQ upgraded to use icqlib 1.1.0
627 * An enormous amount of bug fixes
628 * Even More Protocol Plugins:
629 Jabber (plugins/jabber)
630 Napster (plugins/napster.c)
631 * Fixed a segfault with 'Ignore new conversations while away'
633 version 0.11.0-pre3 (12/15/2000):
634 * Away messages arranged alphabetically (Thanks Justin)
635 * More GUI adjustments
636 * Can optionally run command to play sound files
637 * Icons for ICQ plugin (blatently stolen from GnomeICU)
638 * Icons for Yahoo plugin (not-so-blatently stolen from GTKYahoo)
639 * Optionally display warning level next to name in buddy list
640 * Optionally ignore fonts on incoming messages
641 * Command-line option to automatically set yourself as
642 away upon signon (thanks bmiller)
643 * Buddy list backups now stored in ~/.gaim/SN.protocol.blist (gaim will
644 move the old file for you). Needed for when you have the same name on
645 two different protocols. (Oscar and TOC share the same file.)
646 * More Protocol plugins:
647 MSN (plugins/msn)
649 version 0.11.0-pre2 (12/04/2000):
650 * Fixed a segfault with a bad util.c
652 version 0.11.0-pre1 (12/03/2000):
653 * Multiple connections
654 * Protocol plugins:
655 IRC (plugins/irc.c)
656 Yahoo (plugins/yay)
657 ICQ (plugins/icq)
658 * Logs now stored to ~/.gaim/logs rather than ~/.gaim/SN/
659 * User configurable sounds
660 * Scroll bar now functions properly in chat room user lists
661 * X-Idle support added (thanks bmiller and bryner)
662 * small change in the way away messages are displayed
663 (Thanks Ryan C. Gordon)
664 * Plugin system uses GModule now (improves portability, adds features)
665 (Requires recompile and probably modifications of most plugins)
666 * Perl got updates (reread plugins/PERL-HOWTO)
667 * Spell checker now uses gtkspell
668 * Auto-Away (thanks, yet again, to bmiller ;)
669 * More buddy pounce options
670 * Various GUI improvements
672 version 0.10.3 (10/09/2000):
673 * Segfault when viewing user info fixed
674 * libdb problem fixed
676 version 0.10.2 (10/07/2000):
677 * A few fixes to the URL parser.
678 * Better placement of smiley dialog
679 * Improved log file readibility
680 * Code cleanups (thanks kylev)
681 * Fixed problem when closing away message box (thanks bmiller)
682 * sprintf() problem on some systems
683 * Various small bug fixes
685 version 0.10.1 (09/15/2000):
686 * Better chatroom logging
687 * Oscar works again. Pay no attention to Slashdot.
688 * gtkhtml handles background colours better.
689 * A third conversation window display preference.
690 * Better support for things like Sawfish
692 version 0.10.0 (09/11/2000):
693 * New Smiley Faces and Pixmaps added.
694 * Smiley faces now properly wrap in the conversation windows.
695 * Smiley dialog
696 * Fixed 0-byte file segfault.
697 * Borderless buttons (for that cool pop-up look)
698 * Fixed some resizing bugs
699 * Added Ctrl+{B/I/U/S} hotkeys to conversation windows.
700 * Added Ctrl+(number) hotkeys to insert smileys in conversation windows.
701 * Support for %n, %d, and %t in away messages. Thanks bmiller!
702 * Background colors
703 * Redesigned preferences dialog
704 * Redesigned conversation dialog
705 * Removed the Lag-O-Meter (Lag-O-Meter is now a plugin)
706 * Socks 4/5 Proxy works
707 * Buddy Pounces are now saved in .gaimrc
708 * Buddy Chats are now saved in .gaimrc
709 * Ability to merge gaim, aim2, aim4 buddylists. Thanks again bmiller!
710 * ICQ-style aliases. This lets you change the name you see your buddy
711 as. For example, if your buddy's SN is 'CouldntGetMyName', you can
712 alias him as 'Loser'.
713 * Compile with GNOME bits if available
714 * Added GNOME Url Handler as an available web-browser
715 * Added the S html tag.
716 * Optionally Ignore TiK's Automated Messages
717 * Option to beep instead of play sound
718 * New icons for panel (depends on some GNOME pixmaps)
719 * Perl scripting. See plugins/PERL-HOWTO for how to write perl scripts.
720 All .pl files in ~/.gaim are autoloaded when gaim starts.
721 * HTML widget is faster, more stable
723 version 0.9.20 (07/14/2000):
724 * More plugin events, more plugin features
725 * French (fr), Spanish (es), Simplified Chinese (zh_CN), Korean (kr)
726 translations added
727 * Run-time OSCAR support
728 * Added buddy list ticker (See prefs/Appearance). Clicking on a
729 name will cause a new or previous IM window to display for
730 that screenname
731 * "You are sending messages too quickly" error is now fixed
732 when you have a large buddylist.
733 * Fixed the LC_ALL compile problem on Solaris boxes
734 * Fixed PPC and ARM compile problem with oscar.c
735 * Smileys work better, and don't cause font attributes to drop
736 * Dialog windows are now prettier
737 * /me in IM window; font/color dialogs and smileys in chat window
739 version 0.9.19 (06/09/2000):
740 * Graphical Smiley Faces
741 * Applet got a bit of a makeover (inside & out)
742 * Compile-time options affect Preferences dialog
743 * Whispering in chat works (does anyone even use this?)
744 * HTML-tag buttons in chat
745 * Chat got all kinds of new features (like IRC-sytle /me)
746 * Chat in oscar works much better
747 * Locale support
748 * Fixed the segfault when your server-side config is null
749 * Many many bugfixes
751 version 0.9.18 (06/02/2000):
752 * Logging in works better for oscar
753 * Double error bug when sending message to an offline user is
754 fixed.
755 * Pressing enter once again sends a message in buddy chatrooms (oops)
756 * More fixes for the change on the AOL sign-on process.
757 * Fixed bug where Gaim sometimes doesn't find a font to use.
758 * Per-conversation font and color dialogs (thanks fflewddur)
759 * Chat in oscar works (somewhat)
760 * Even more fixes for the sign-on process, and now you don't flash when
761 setting permit/deny lists.
763 version 0.9.17 (05/31/2000):
764 * Automagic feature to check for new versions has been removed
765 * Infinite loop bug fixed
767 version 0.9.16: (05/31/2000)
768 * Paned buddy chat window (Thanks Syd)
769 * Buddy lists (and changes) are cached to ~/.gaim/<sn>.blist
770 where <sn> is your screen name. If for some reason, you log
771 into the AOL server and the buddy list comes back empty, we
772 check for a cache file, and, if we find one, read it in. This
773 essentially implements recovery from a server crash at AOL
774 (AOL does not back up machines that contain TOC-based buddy
775 lists, unfortunately). (Thanks Syd)
776 * Font selection dialog
777 * Small changes to the Oscar/libfaim stuff (see libfaim/README.gaim)
778 * SOCKS v4 Proxy support
779 * Better proxy support overall (you can get people's info now! :) )
780 * Two-way file transfer (you can get and send files, but you still
781 can't initiate either)
782 * Fixed font problem with Misconfigured X-Servers. Thanks Decklin!
783 * Fixed the No Configuration problem that came about today (5/31)
785 version 0.9.15: (05/06/2000)
786 * Plugin support enabled by default (oops)
787 * Some plugins built/installed by default
788 * Option to automagically check for new releases
789 * Ability to receive files (one-way file transfer)
790 * In-line spell checker (thanks to Torrey Searle of the
791 Everybuddy Devel team for this one)
793 version 0.9.14:
794 * Numerous Fixes by G. Sumner Hayes (buffer over flow patches,
795 etc)
796 * Paned Conversation Windows (Thanks Syd)
797 * Raise Window On Message Received, Fixed (Thanks Syd)
798 * When multiple screen names, Gaim now correctly remembers the name
799 that was used last.
800 * FONT sizes now work correctly.
801 * PLUGIN SUPPORT!! (Lots of cool goodies here)
802 * Fixed another leak or two
803 * Added ability to change your screenname password
804 * Devil pixmaps
806 version 0.9.13 (03/27/2000):
807 * Dialog Box Segfault Fixed (When You Click A Toggle Then Cancel)
808 * Double Log-Out Message Fixed
809 * GNOME compile error fixed
810 * Away Message Problem Fixed
811 * Fixed URL Right Click Menus
812 * Conversation Loggin now shows Full Date and Time
813 * Internal Change to Buddy List
815 version 0.9.12 (03/25/2000):
816 * Segfault fix for PPC/Alpha/etc machines with log(0)
817 Thanks to Todd Cohen for this one.
818 * Small internal change to the way prefs work
819 * GNOME Applet support works better
820 (thanks to Eric Warmenhoven for the patch)
821 * Support for displaying true type fonts
822 * Lag-O-Meter does not send lag-test if not selected
823 * Fixed problem with saving away messages which contain spaces
824 and numbers.
825 * Various GNOME Applet Enhancements (thanks AGAIN to
826 Eric. Someone needs to stop this boy :-) )
827 * A lot of random, obscure bugs fixed
828 * All of the major and I believe all of the minor memory leaks are
829 now fixed
830 (Thanks to Peter Teichman, Larry Ewing, Jeramey Crawford, and me)
832 version 0.9.11 (03/22/2000):
833 * <STRIKE>Strike Tag Support</STRIKE> :-)
834 * Another memory leak fix
835 * New .gaimrc format
836 * Better support for multiple screen names
837 * Font Properties
838 * Saving of buddylist window position
839 * Fixed a problem with Gaim and the Netscape-branded version
840 of Mozilla
841 * New Sound Properties
842 * More General Properties
843 * Bigger Text-Entry field (Thanks to CrazyDavy for this one)
844 * Various Random Bug fixes
846 version 0.9.10 (11/03/1999):
847 * Fixed a nasty memory leak. No more 40M Gaim processes. LOL
848 * IDLE Times are displayed in a neater fashion.
850 version 0.9.9 (10/31/1999):
851 * A little selection bug has been squished
852 * Small memory leak fixed
853 * Small network fix (problem with HTTP Proxy fixed?)
854 * Proxy stuff should work now :)
855 * Widget table support, dir info looks nicer
856 * Info box looks nicer (thanks to Decklin Foster)
857 * Client now 'corrects' time values from the server for accurate
858 login times.
859 * Lag-O-Meter (ala Drunken Jim)
860 * IDLE Preferences
862 version 0.9.8 (10/04/1999):
863 * HTTP Proxy Support (No SOCKS yet)
864 * HTML Widget more robust
865 * Graphical Debug Window
866 * Buddylist bug fixed
867 * Some logging fixes and improvements
868 * configurable host/port selection
869 * Clickable Links in buddy chat
870 * New Gaim Logo
871 * Display Signon/Signoff messages in conversation windows
872 * Option to strip HTML from logged messages
873 * GNOME cleanups (It might work now haha)
874 * When viewing user info, URLS are converted to clickable links
875 * Tooltips on URLS
877 version 0.9.7 (08/08/1999):
878 * Preliminary Oscar Support
879 * Fixed bad network bug
880 * Fixed some bad text rendering bugs in the HTML widget
881 * log all conversation names are now normalized.
882 * Fixed another bad network bug :)
883 * Multiple browser support, some Netscape buggies fixed.
884 * Permit/Deny preferences moved to 'Permit' pane on buddylist.
885 * Fixed problem with _, ', and \ in passwords
887 version 0.9.6 (08/01/1999):
888 * Fixed 'log all conversation' segfault
889 * Added NAS support
890 * Removed Xmu dependancies.
891 * Restructured network code
892 * ESD detection more robust.
893 * Sound fallbacks are MUCH more robust!
895 version 0.9.5 (07/25/1999):
896 * Fixed About Box SegFault
897 * Autologin Works with Applet
898 * Option to Show Buddy List after Signon with Applet
899 * 2048 character messages
900 * Away-Detection (shows a different icon on the buddy list)
901 * Fixed Segfault with messages > allowed size
902 * Added option to log all conversations
903 * Changed g_new to g_new0
904 * Buddy List: Right Click Menus
905 * Find Buddy By Email
906 * Find Buddy By Info
907 * New HTML widget (Underline/Links/HRs)
908 * Updated Toolbar with 'Underline' Icon
909 * More Buddy Pounce Options
910 * Option to auto-change urls into clickable links (Under Prefs)
911 * Better Buddy Chat functionality
912 * Away Prefs
913 * Registration Information (Let Us Know Who You Are)
914 * Buddy Chat Prefs (Update Chatroom Lists)
915 * Set User Info
916 * FAQ added to the distribution
917 * Sound problem with some systems fixed
918 * Set Dir Info
919 * Autostart of Netscape on URL Click
920 * DnD Rearranging of Groups
921 * Better Netscape Functionality
922 * Right Click `URL' Menus
923 * DnD Rearranging of Buddies
924 * Script to convert win95 buddylist to gaim buddylist
925 * Added `Link/URL' button to conversation window
926 * ESD is now autodetected
927 * Not too important but we GNU-ified the source tree :)
929 version 0.8.0 (04/31/1999):
930 * Code clean-up
931 * Updated Prefs
932 * Buddy Pouncing
933 * Pixmaps for buttons
934 * Buddylist import/export
935 * Autoconf/Automake
936 * Conversation Logging
937 * Coloured Text Selection
938 * Updated Preferences
939 * ESD Support
940 * Minor Bug Fixes
941 * `Warning' support
942 * `Blocking' on conversation window
943 * Add/Remove buddy from conversation window
944 * Scroll-Wheel Mice work in Conversation Window
945 * Fixed WindowMaker Appicon
946 * Version Number in About Box
947 * Gaim Slogan in about box :)
948 * Created Changelog File :)