May 21st, 2013· multiple layouts support
· nick prefix/suffix are now dynamic (and managed by core instead of irc plugin)
· unmask irc join if nick speaks some minutes after the join
· new option irc.look.display_join_message to disable some messages after joining a channel
· new option irc.look.pv_buffer to automatically merge private buffers
· add support of UHNAMES
· add DH-AES encryption method for SASL
· multiple irc servers allowed on same port for irc protocol in relay plugin
· add WebSocket server support (RFC 6455) in relay plugin (for irc and weechat protocols)
· send nicklist difference in relay plugin (weechat protocol)
· add control of autoload for scripts
· optimizations in aspell plugin
· many bugs fixed.
January 21st, 2013· add option "diff" for command /set, display default values in output of /set
· add color support in prefix options
· add command /eval, use expression in conditions for bars
· connect by default with IPv6 to servers with fallback to IPv4
· add aspell suggestions
· add support of tags in irc messages and "server-time" capability
· add irc command /quiet
· add support of IPv6 in relay plugin
· add backlog for irc protocol in relay plugin
· display remote IP address for DCC chat/file in xfer plugin
· add git version in build
· many bugs fixed.
November 19th, 2012· Version 0.3.9.2 is available, it fixes a security problem: untrusted command for function hook_process could lead to execution of commands, because of shell expansions.
· Upgrade is highly recommended for all users.
November 10th, 2012· This release fixes a security problem (buffer overflow when decoding IRC colors in strings). Upgrade is recommended for all users.
September 29th, 2012· add plugin "script" (replacement of weeget.py and script.pl)
· add support of SSL in relay plugin
· add color for offline nicks
· add system resource limits for WeeChat process
· add zoom on merged buffer (default key: alt+"x")
· add "Day changed to" in logger backlog
· add command line option "-r" (or "--run-command") to run command(s) after startup of WeeChat
· add option "swap" for command /buffer
· generate alternate IRC nicks dynamically (when all nicks are already in use)
· fix rejoin of channel protected IRC channels
· fix freeze in irc and relay plugins with sockets
· fix color of long lines (displayed on more than one line on screen) under FreeBSD
· allow update for some variables of hdata
· add japanese user's guide, scripting guide and tester's guide
· many bugs fixed.
February 27th, 2012· This version brings major new features, including support for scheme scripts (with GNU guile), support for Python 3.x, remote interfaces using a relay plugin (like QWeeChat, a Python/Qt remote interface), and URL transfers in the API.
· Many bugs have been fixed.
May 16th, 2011· 256 colors support improved (dynamic allocation of colors)
· attributes for colors (bold/reverse/underline)
· better scroll of input (with long text)
· output of /help improved for list of commands and their arguments
· remember scroll position of buffers in windows
· list of buffers in filters
· count of messages in hotlist buffers
· swap buffers of windows
· balance of windows
· new API function to set help on plugin/script options
· speller options in aspell plugin
· option for SSL priorities in IRC servers
· color nicks in nicklist and output of /names.
January 17th, 2011· 256 colors support, with unlimited number of nick colors
· irc proxy (relay plugin)
· redirection of IRC commands
· command /notify
· rmodifier plugin
· regular expressions for highlights
· color support for timestamp in chat buffer
· irc option to force color for some nicks
· share input line between buffers.
August 7th, 2010· keys to undo/redo changes on command line,
· better lag indicator,
· new irc command /wallchops,
· display message in irc private buffer when nick is back on server after a /quit,
· reverse regex in a filter (with leading "!"),
· hashtables in plugin API,
· many bugs fixed.
April 19th, 2010· SASL authentication with IRC servers,
· new commands: mute, map
· new command line option "-s" to start without script,
· plugins autoload improved,
· custom completions for aliases,
· date allowed in log filenames,
· many bugs fixed.
February 1st, 2010· This version fixes crashs with SSL connection and purge of old DCC chats. It is recommended to upgrade from 0.3.1 to 0.3.1.1 for all users.
January 23rd, 2010· new IRC commands: allserv, allchan, sajoin, samode, sanick, sapart, saquit,
· check of SSL certificates and use of CertFP for IRC servers,
· options to customize IRC CTCP replies,
· options to choose target buffer for IRC messages,
· anti-flood improved for IRC servers,
· new expansions for alias arguments,
· new color darkgray, bright colors supported for backgrounds,
· many bugs fixed.
September 14th, 2009· This is a major release with many new features: externalization of IRC as a plugin, a new display engine (faster), NES plugins, a new plugin API, buffers with free content, dynamic filtering, smart join/part/quit filter, custom bars with custom items, buffer merging, group support in nicklist, and less CPU usage.
June 14th, 2009· This release fixes a bug with detection of gnutls.
April 19th, 2009· This release fixes a charset decoding problem of version 0.2.6.1.
March 17th, 2009· This version fixes one major bug, namely a crash with some special characters in IRC messages.