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Halloy Changelog

What's new in Halloy 2024.7

May 7, 2024
  • ADDED:
  • Reload configuration file from within the application (Ctrl + r (macOS: ⌘ + r))
  • Allow configuration of internal messages in buffer (see buffer configuration)
  • User information added to context menu
  • Support for IRCv3 CAP NEW and CAP DEL subcommands
  • Enable support for IRCv3 multi-prefix, message-tags, WHOX, and UTF8ONLY
  • Dynamic commands and tooltips added to command auto-completion via ISUPPORT
  • Added support for socks5 proxy configuration (see proxy configuration)
  • Added support for http proxy configuration (see proxy configuration)
  • CHANGED:
  • Simplified onboarding experience for users without a config.toml file
  • MacOS will now also look in $HOME/.config/halloy for config.toml.
  • Context menus can be dismissed by pressing Escape
  • Join channels that report themselves as requiring registration after logging in
  • FIXED:
  • No longer automatically reconnects to a server after using the /QUIT command.

New in Halloy 2024.6 (Apr 6, 2024)

  • Added:
  • File transfer support (see file transfer configuration)
  • Adjust WHO polling for servers without away-notify (see server configuration)
  • Tooltips on application buttons (see tooltips configuration).
  • Sidebar menu buttons (see sidebar configuration).
  • Display current version, and latest remote version in command bar
  • Allow reading passwords from files in server configuration
  • Allow configuration to specify a server's NickServ IDENTIFY command syntax
  • Fixed:
  • Accept '@' in usernames to support bouncers that use the user@identifier/network convention
  • Prevent rare scenario where broadcast messages' timestamp would not match time the messages are received
  • Fix SASL on macos by using RUSTLS backend
  • Changed:
  • MacOS icon to better follow Apple's Human Interface Guidelines

New in Halloy 2024.5 (Mar 25, 2024)

  • ADDED:
  • Added command bar entry to open wiki website.
  • CHANGED:
  • Configuration file now uses TOML instead of YAML
  • Renamed [keys] section to [keyboard]
  • Renamed [buffer.channel.users] section to [buffer.channel.nicklist]
  • Renamed [buffer.input_visibility] section to [buffer.text_input]
  • Removed [dashboard] section
  • Renamed [dashboard.sidebar] section to [sidebar]
  • Changed exclude from [buffer.server_messages] to two seperate settings
  • enabled = bool
  • smart = number
  • Use primary text color instead of accent color for solid nicknames
  • Op and Voice context menu items hidden in channels where the user is not an Op
  • FIXED:
  • WHOIS is now correctly formatted when printed in buffers.

New in Halloy 2024.4 (Mar 18, 2024)

  • ADDED:
  • Configuration option to enable a topic banner in channels. This can be enabled under buffer.channel.topic
  • Messages typed into the input will persist until sent. Typed messages are saved when switching a pane to another buffer, then
  • are restored when that buffer is returned to.
  • Added display of highest access level in front of nicks in chat, mirroring the format in the nick list
  • Added ability to toggle Op and Voice from user context menu in channels
  • FIX:
  • Context menus now shows buttons as expected
  • Buttons on help screen is now correctly sized
  • Text input is now disabled when not connected to a channel
  • When someone is kicked, it is now correctly shown
  • Query messages sent by another client will now correctly be displayed
  • Prevent flooding server by grouping channels together in as few JOIN messages as possible
  • CHANGED:
  • Various UI changes:
  • Ensured consistent padding in channel buffer
  • Unified styling for dividers
  • Security:
  • chrono RUSTSEC-2020-0071

New in Halloy 2024.3 (Mar 6, 2024)

  • ADDED:
  • Option to colorize nicks in the nick list (and an option to control it separately from in the buffer)
  • Option to control application scale factor
  • FIXED:
  • Input not visible on Server and Query (DM) buffers
  • Clipped buttons in context menu
  • CHANGED:
  • Improved user experience in text input when auto-completing a nickname.
  • Configuration option server_messages changed exclude from a boolean value to [All, None or !Smart seconds].
  • All excludes all messages for the specific server message.
  • None [default] excludes no messages for the specific server message.
  • !Smart seconds shows the server message if the user has sent a message in the given time interval (seconds) prior to the server message.

New in Halloy 2024.1 (Feb 9, 2024)

  • ADDED:
  • Configuration option servers..sasl.external.key added to support loading a separate PEM PKCS #8 encoded key for SASL authentication.
  • CHANGED:
  • Focus an available pane on launch, so that launch behavior follows typical use (e.g. if dashboard.sidebar.default_action
  • is set to replacePane, then selecting a channel in the sidebar will replace the focused pane instead of opening a new pane)
  • hidden_server_messages has been changed to server_messages and additional customization has been added:
  • Exclude messages [join, part, quit].
  • Adjust username format.
  • FIXED:
  • Accept '*' as a legal special symbol for usernames
  • Accept '/' in usernames, ensuring correct parsing for bouncers using the nick/server convention
  • Create the configuration directory correctly, if it does not exist yet.

New in Halloy 2023.5 (Nov 13, 2023)

  • Added:
  • IRCv3 capability userhost-in-names support added
  • IRCv3 capability invite-notify support added
  • Configuration option dashboard.sidebar.width to control sidebar width.
  • Configuration option notification to control and enable notifications
  • Changed:
  • Limit messages to 512 bytes in length, including the trailing CR-LF characters.
  • Configuration option dashboard.sidebar_default_action now moved to dashboard.sidebar.default_action

New in Halloy 2023.4 (Aug 7, 2023)

  • ADDED:
  • Command bar (opened by pressing (Ctrl + k (macOS: ⌘ + k)))
  • Configurable keyboard shortcuts for common actions, such as changing buffer focus, maximize / restoring buffer size,
  • cycling channels in the buffer and more! A new keys section has been added to the config file, reference the
  • wiki for more details.
  • Single clicking on a user will insert nickname to input
  • Configuration option on_connect to execute commands once connected to a server, reference the
  • wiki for more details.
  • CHANGED:
  • Instead of using hostname as fallback, we now always derive the seed for unique user colors from their nickname
  • FIXED:
  • Set the window application id on Linux to org.squidowl.halloy
  • Correctly display all arguments when receiving MODE command

New in Halloy 2023.3 (Aug 7, 2023)

  • Added:
  • Away-notify extension added for supported servers
  • SASL support for PLAIN & EXTERNAL. The following per-server config keys have been added:
  • PLAIN - sasl.plain.username & sasl.plain.password
  • EXTERNAL - sasl.external.cert is a path to the PEM encoded X509 cert
  • Configuration option buffer.hidden_server_messages to hide server messages from the provided array of sources: ["join", "part", "quit"]
  • Configuration option buffer.input_visibility to control input field visibility: always shown or following the focused buffer.
  • Portable mode - if a config file exists in the same directory as the executable, all Halloy data will be saved to that directory
  • Upon joining a channel, display the channel mode in the buffer
  • When querying an away user, you will see an away message
  • Autocomplete on joined channels
  • Changed:
  • Away users will be appear slightly transparent in nicklist
  • Configuration option new_buffer has been renamed to buffer. new_buffer key will still work for backwards compatibility.
  • Migrated to our own internal IRC backend. This should allow for quicker development against extensions and bug fixes.
  • Fixed:
  • Changes done in the config file are now properly applied to the old buffers
  • Text and colors on light themes will no longer appear washed out
  • All WHOIS responses are now properly routed to the buffer where the request was made (text input or via context menu)
  • Accessing text input history will only populate the current buffer, not all of them
  • Text from input box can be copied to clipboard
  • Prevent text input cursor from blinking when window loses focus

New in Halloy 2023.3 (Jul 28, 2023)

  • ADDED:
  • Away-notify extension added for supported servers
  • SASL support for PLAIN & EXTERNAL. The following per-server config keys have been added:
  • PLAIN - sasl.plain.username & sasl.plain.password
  • EXTERNAL - sasl.external.cert is a path to the PEM encoded X509 cert
  • Configuration option buffer.hidden_server_messages to hide server messages from the provided array of sources: ["join", "part", "quit"]
  • Configuration option buffer.input_visibility to control input field visibility: always shown or following the focused buffer.
  • Portable mode - if a config file exists in the same directory as the executable, all Halloy data will be saved to that directory
  • Upon joining a channel, display the channel mode in the buffer
  • When querying an away user, you will see an away message
  • Autocomplete on joined channels
  • CHANGED:
  • Away users will be appear slightly transparent in nicklist
  • Configuration option new_buffer has been renamed to buffer. new_buffer key will still work for backwards compatibility.
  • Migrated to our own internal IRC backend. This should allow for quicker development against extensions and bug fixes.
  • FIXED:
  • Changes done in the config file are now properly applied to the old buffers
  • Text and colors on light themes will no longer appear washed out
  • All WHOIS responses are now properly routed to the buffer where the request was made (text input or via context menu)
  • Accessing text input history will only populate the current buffer, not all of them
  • Text from input box can be copied to clipboard
  • Prevent text input cursor from blinking when window loses focus

New in Halloy 2023.2 (Jul 28, 2023)

  • Added:
  • Nickname completions in text input with Tab
  • Previously sent messages can be accessed per buffer in the text input with ↑ / ↓ arrows
  • New configuration option dashboard.sidebar_default_action to control pane behaviour when selecting buffers
  • Messages from other users containing your nickname are now highlighted
  • Themes directory where users can add their own theme files
  • Broadcast nickname changes to relevant channels and queries.
  • Broadcast quit messages to relevant channels and queries.
  • Better error descriptions on connection failures
  • Support RAW command
  • Drag & drop buffers to the edges for better customization of the grid
  • Whois messages are printed in the currently focused buffer
  • Changed:
  • Default channel in config.yaml has been changed to #halloy (from ##rust)
  • palette field has been deprecated and replaced by theme in config.yaml
  • Sorting channel nicknames
  • Title headers has been changed to also display user count for channels
  • Copy change: "Leave" has been changed to "Close query" for queries
  • Fixed:
  • The last word of a message sometimes dissapeared
  • Persist partial text input content when switching away from buffer
  • Correctly load image on welcome screen

New in Halloy 2023.1 Alpha 1 (Jul 7, 2023)

  • The very first release of Halloy! We believe we have laid a solid foundation with a good set of base features. However, it is important to note that this version is still in the alpha stage, as it has primarily been used and tested by @casperstorm and @tarkah. Therefore, if you come across any bugs or notice any crucial features missing, kindly create an issue.
  • NOTICE:
  • As the Windows and macOS binaries are not signed, your operating system may complain when opening Halloy. For macOS, you can easily bypass this by right-clicking and selecting "Open." On Windows, when encountering Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, you can bypass it by clicking "More info" and proceeding.
  • LINUX:
  • We're in the process of merging a flatpak build to flathub and should hopefully have that posted in the next few days. In the meantime, you can build from source. Halloy is fully cross-platform.