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See the HELP IRCII COPYRIGHT file for more ! information. ! __________________________________________________________________________ ircII 20180609 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from: @(#)eterna: NEWS,v 1.139 2017/09/13 23:23:41 mrg Exp Changes in ircII 20170913: o new /lastlog commands -saveall and -loadall that save and load the current window's lastlog, allowing session restoring o new REFRESH_WINDOW_LASTLOG binding that will fully redraw the current window, using data from the lastlog, leaving it in a scrollable manner o fix bug in 20170404 and tabkey with nicks longer than 7 chars Changes in ircII 20170704: o fixes for the OSX fixes in 20170606 Changes in ircII 20170606: o new window resizer now works, can get the old one at compile time with --with-default-resize-method=old configure option o more fixes for OSX and @-style assignment o fix a window rebalance when not resizing bug Changes in ircII 20170128: o fix crashes on OSX in complex scripts using [] o fix reconnecting channels moving windows Changes in ircII 20151120: o fix a program hang upon invalid utf-8 sequences o /set log and /window log no longer double the output o /lastlog no longer adds trailing ^Os to log files Changes in ircII 20150903: o ircII now uses the final column of the display o contrib/noansi.c is a program to remove ANSI C colours Changes in ircII 20150222: o fix irc "realname" handling o fix SWITCH_CHANNELS binding o revert to old window size change handling for now Changes in ircII 20141028: o fix a new colour selection issue o fix bugs in new window resize code o fix compilation issues on NetBSD 5.x o fixes to option handling Changes in ircII 20140824: o HTTP proxy support for connecting to an IRC server has been added. please see the PROXY/ and NO_PROXY/ prefixes for server names, the new -R command switch and the new -proxy option for both /server and /window server o /wait without -cmd is no longer supported o 4 new /set variables have been introduced to specify various types of SSL certificate and keys: SSL_CA_CHAIN_FILE, SSL_CA_FILE, SSL_CA_PATH and SSL_CA_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE. these can be used to use different certificates, chains and private keys than the openssl default o add new "-e protocol level" option to set the default SSL level for individual protocols. currently only supports IRC o SSL support has been added for IRC. new -ssl, -sslnocheck, and -nossl options to /window server and /server use the --without-openssl flag to ./configure to build if openssl is missing Changes in ircII 20140317: o support for $"..." prompting input has been removed. please use the /input command instead o support for /wait without -cmd is marked obsolete and will be removed in the next release. please use /wait -cmd instead o ircII now depends upon C99 compiler environment o autoconf 2.69 is now used to generate ./configure o support for Andrew Mail System has been removed o support for non-POSIX signals has been removed o /who with filter options, as well as /wait and other commands like /userhost should now work concurrently on different servers o provide more error on failed connections in some cases o make IRCHOST and irc -h <host> also take a :port, and also support [ip.v6.ad.dr] style addresses o add some ./configure flags for developers o fix some problems with /window add and /query on the same nick o fix some deficiencies in the utf-8 support o unfinished /stack command removed o fix input scrolling when typing more than the screen width also remove excessive cursor movement for input o bugs fixed in multi-screen support; wserv no longer exits upon a size change, and several potential fd-leaks plugged Changes in ircII 20131230: o re-add the utf-8 changes now that the scrolling is not slowed o scrolling is much faster now o fix compile time errors in on modern glibc systems o add /nuser command o wserv and ircio move into "libexec" dir. Changes in ircII 20110228: o /on channel_signoff works again o try to split ICB messages at word boundaries o disallow many IRC commands on ICB o /ping works on ICB o revert the utf-8 changes for large lastlog performance reasons. there should be a re-implementation coming in the future. o make /on nickname, /on channel_nick, $chanusers() and $onchannel() work with ICB. o make /save save /ignore'd things Changes in ircII 20060725: o remove dead /set use_old_msg variable o lex is no longer required for any part of ircII o fixed /set irchost vs /set irc_encoding problem o default status line now tells you when you are scrolled up o new variables status_scrolled and status_scrolled_lines o new status format modifiers %P and %s o fixed a bug with the input prompt being overtaken o /set translation has been removed. all encoding support now depends on the existance of iconv(3) support, enhancing the capabilities and correctness of codeset conversion. the translation and iso2022_support variables have been replaced with input_encoding, display_encoding and irc_encoding o /msg -server <servergroup|servername|number> <target> <message> now works to send message on specific servers ie, other than the current window's server o support new $IRCSERVERSFILE that overrides $LIBDIR/ircII.servers Changes in ircII 20040820: o /msg . now works for ICB mode as well o /topic now works by default for ICB o fix building on SunOS4 with GCC Changes in ircII 20040216: o various documentation updates o ircii now requires an ANSI C compiler (such as GCC) to compile o new /set switch_to_quiet_channels that allows switch_channels binding to ignore "quiet" channels. o fixed the --without-emacs-meta-keys option to really be the default o /hush support in ICB o new example script ``multichan'' for maintaining multiple server and channel configurations. o renamed /ON ICB_MOTD to ICB_CMDOUT and fixed it as well o removed old "SED" useless encryption o add /ON TOPIC support for ICB o builds on solaris out-of-box again Changes in ircII 20030709: o turned on SO_REUSEADDR for most connections o /DCC RAW works when disconnected again o several bugs fixed o new /set dccport and /set bind_local_dcchost variables to give the user full control over how dcc requests are sent. o new /on os_signal to give user-access to receiving UNIX signals o /set beep_on_msg now works for ICB messages and groups (public) o the --without-emacs-meta-keys configure option is now the default o the emacs meta key bindings for M-b and M-d were fixed Changes in ircII 20030315: o fixed several display and status bugs introduced in 20030314 Changes in ircII 20030314: o server's added by /server are no longer removed if they fail to connect o SEVERAL REMOTE HOLES FIXED in ctcp, status & other code o fix ICB /msg to names starting with a /. you can now /msg \/oink to send a message to "/oink". if you previously were able to /msg \oink you now have to /msg \\oink o arithmetic "|" now works properly o fix ICB /msg with a user the same name as the channel o fix ICB group's and user's with comma's in them o /notify and /timer always go to level crap now o fix nickname response lossage o fix $connect() which was broken recently o fix "irc -h" which was broken recently o fix "dcc close raw" which was broken recently Changes in ircII 20021103: o fix random bugs o fix a problem with new ICB group name changes message format o new /on icb_who and /on icb_motd o all high control chars should be now properly filtered avoiding pretend output o fix help page bugs o fix meta5, meta6, meta7 and meta8, which behaved as if you had always hitten them once you had (ie sticky forever) o avoid crashes in /help Changes in ircII 20020912: o /join group can now move an ICB group to a different window o add ICB support for /join -force and /join -invite o echoing bold / inverse / underline chars immediately after one another now works properly in all cases o DCC and IPv6 now works. ircII can DCC CHAT via IPv6 with irssi o new /set dcchost to change the dcc source host. this changes what the -H flag sets at start up o IPv6 support split into pure-IPv6 and new socket API support, with replacements for the latter being provided if they do not exist PLEASE NOTE: this may cause ./configure or build failures due to gethostbyname(), getaddrinfo(), getnameinfo(), freeaddrinfo(), inet_pton() or inet_ntop() lossage. please report via ircbug o /dcc talk, /dcc summon, and /dcc tmsg are no longer supported o /on ctcp_reply, /on notice, /on encrypted_notice and /on flood all now provide the target of the /on as $1. PLEASE NOTE: this will affect old scripts. use if (V > 20020902) to check for the new behaviour o nearly all reported bugs fixed o /xecho -level should now work for channel traffic as well. PLEASE NOTE: this will probably cause some messages to go to a different window now than they used to - possibly a bug! please report any such changes that do not seem correct o connections to multi-homed hosts not listening on all IP addresses now works in all cases o new /setenv & /unsetenv commands o /log core dump fixes o help file fixes o new `fkeys' script to make it possible to bind function keys o irc -t is now the default. use -T to get ti/te sequences o long ICB messages are now always split up correctly o various minor bug fixes o 2.8script/newaway/default scripts "n.o" alias unified Changes in ircII 20020403: o new /on dcc_list hook, for /dcc list output o /dcc list bug fixed o status clock gets very slow bug fixed o fix /window new server foo.com channel #foo,foo o fix build problem on BSD/OS 4.3 o new --disable-non-blocking to turn off non blocking connects o new /load autoquery, to automatically create a new query window when /msg'ing. apparently like mIRC o /whois works on ICB again o multi-server connections should work much better now, including when loaded from a script o new help file for /window where, missing since forever o server "." refers to the last connected server in this window, eg `/window server .' and `/server .' Changes in ircII 20020322: o fix a severe bug in several window information functions Changes in ircII 20011210: o /save -all works properly now o new server server groups can be listed in $IRCSERVER by prefixing :group: to the server name, eg, IRC/:lamenet:irc.lamenet.org:666 o fix /set status_voice o add /server -group, allowing proper multi-network configuration o fix tabkey for people who join channels o fix many $functions() to work properly in multi-server context, and no longer use the current window o enhance $ignored() o add missing docs for /set tab, decrypt_program, show_stars and iso2022_support o new /on window_list for /window list output hookery o /window create now takes -xterm and -screen flags to force either a xterm or screen window to be created, rather than forcing the choice o /on flood support for ICB o fixes for server passwords o fix for linking on solaris o don't send notices that are flooding as if they are public notices o bug fix to keep track of my own nickname o /on foo will now show fuzzy matches again "foo" instead of complaining about ambiguity o /window create should work properly now, no i really mean it this time o random bug fixes o /window create windows now have input buffers that do not interfere with each other o new $filestat() function o /timer is now sub-second aware o raw DCC core dump bug fixes Changes in ircII 20020321: o new /on raw_send o new /exec -filter option o fixed mIRC colour code handling o enhanced redirection to multiple targets o bug fix for $mid() o bug fix for when resizing to a smaller window o other bug fixes Changes in ircII 20010612: o dcc source address can be edited (usable with masquerade) o japanese support (ISO2022_SUPPORT) o new /set star_prefix to replace the standard "*** " prefix o new $windows(), $screens(), $notify() and $ignored() functions o fixes for /nick problems o new /set status_voice variable associated with new status_format modifier %v, and voice on the current channel o many bugs fixes o /me support for ICB o new AES/rijndael cipher (CBC mode) available o ircII is now version as YYYYMMDD only o new command line option -t to disable termcap ti/te sequences o new /window nostatus for no status line at all o new /set hide_channel_keys variable o new /set {fore,back}ground_colour variables o new /set xterm_geomoptstr variable o no more (insecure) ``priviledge port'' support o scrollback no longer goes beyond the end of the lastlog history o new /cat command o new $chatpeers() function o new /set make_notice_msg variable o /encrypt -showkeys option added o lastlog level HELP added o more bugs fixed o additional /bind-able metakeys: meta5_character, meta6_character, meta7_character, meta8_character o forward and backward scroll *really* works! o scrolling directly to the start also works! o most /ignore requests are now honoured by the ICB mode o new /set no_ask_password variable added o new /set xterm_path variable added o new /set irchost variable added o IPv6 [se:ve:er]:port support added o translation table support in dumb mode o new $wincols() and $winrows() functions which return the number of columns and rows in this window o /set auto_unmark_away fixed after many years o bunches of bugs fixed o if /dcc get fails due to local permissions, the offer is not removed any longer, allowing the problem to be fixed o +c (colourless) and +R (registered users only) channel modes o IRC 2.10 !channels supported o vasprintf(3) support o aliases of dynamic sizes! o channels *really* should stay attached to windows properly and hang around after reconnects, etc o /join bug is gone o new /on window_swap that is triggered when you swap windows o /window bind has original behaviour; stick to windows not channels o ICB support extended o IPv6 support has been integrated o added hasvoice() and dcclist() functions. See help o .ircquick file support for separate files to be executed between and after connection to server o standard GNU configure --srcdir and object directory support has been added o many more bugs have been fixed o $servertype() function has been added, which returns ICB or IRC, including server version o SOCKS version 5 support has been added o ICB support had been added o CAST-128 support has been changed from EBC mode to CBC mode, which makes it incompatible with interium releases of 4.4-Lite o bugs fixed all over the place o colour support added o bugs in crypto code fixed. now works without crashing o /exec -target ($T) works o "window query" works o new functions winvis() and querynick() o allow "window channel #chan,key" to work o various flash-style attacks have been fixed o /timer, and several variables are now aware of the current server context o several translation tables have been updated and added o broken servers are handled better o long nick names are supported o many bugs have been fixed o support for irc2.10 has been added o messages typically always go the right window now, rather than just most of the time o the paranoid may now easily turn of returning information about oneself to various ctcp commands with --with-paranoid o several enhancements to the encryption system: - the old external program interface is changed to not leak information via the command line - a CAST-128 implementation has been added to provide strong encryption for both normal IRC channels, messages, and also DCC chat connections - several bugs fixed o ircII is now under a BSD-style copyright. thanks to troy rollo and mike sandrof for helping this process so much, so quickly! o fix core dumps in /queue o documentation enhancements o new script `nocolour' for dealing with mIRC-style colour codes o fix several configuration time problems o fix the "encryption_program" o expand ctcp to dcc. queries only, no replies. dcc send, actions, ctcp UTC, etc. work. prints more information when connecting o fixes stupid "channel leave" bug o add new configure switch `--paranoid' which turns of then uname and finger information returned in ctcp version and finger replies o avoid buffer overflows in dcc chat code, as noted on bugtraq o fix problems with ctcp encryption o setting the logfile will expand `~user' expressions o fix the $rindex() function Changes in ircII 4.4: o tabkey works with nicknames with \'s in them o muchly updated /window server and /window channel system o more robust autoconfiguration o lots of bugs fixed o `idle()' functions returns idle time o `/dcc rename -chat old new' renames a dcc chat connection o `/set same_window_only' places channels in windows more often o `&' is expanded in GCOS fields, as per BSD o ctcp flood handling done in a more sane manner o non blocking connects (use -DNON_BLOCKING_CONNECTS). ircII will attempt to figure out if this is available or not automatically, when configuring o new window commands `addgroup', and `delgroup'. these allow you to define a group of windows, such that they are always connected to the same server o new `ircbug' shell command for reporting bugs o SOCKS support o new `imap' script o new log level `BEEP' o dcc works with `/server localhost', again o `/set HELP_PATH' now works with ~user expansion o lots and lots and lots of bug fixes o new `undernet' script to make ircII understand undernet.org extras o a bunch of general bug fixes. most of the submitted-via-ircbug (the correct way!) have been fixed, or at least closely analyzed o DYNAMIC_SLIP is not longer available, due to ircII simply handling the case properly now o `/window create' might be stabler. really this time o removed `/set help_service' support from ircII o added `help' script to replace `/set help_service' support o almost all gcc -Wall warnings on a sane system fixed o help files are once again distributed with ircII o windows now default to having level of `NONE' o better error reporting in some circumstances o renamed `ircserv' to `ircio' due to continued believe that `ircserv' was actually an IRC server o `/server .' should reconnect to the server last connected in this window o fully prototyped source tree o each window can have two status lines, using `/window double', and the new `STATUS_FORMAT1' and `STATUS_FORMAT2' varaibles o new variable `SAME_WINDOW_ONLY' that controls how disconnected channels are placed (if at all) in other windows o ircII no longer use lex/flex in the build process o `/notify' can be more verbose o `irc -b' loads the .ircrc before connecting to a server. beware o irc 2.9 support o many many new translation tables, polish, russian, etc o hopefully more consistant message levels o `/window server', `/server', then `IRCSERVER' variable, and command line server lists all support the server:port:password:nickname format o `/window sticky <on|off>' to control whether channels follow server changes, etc o new `/squery' and `/servlist' commands, for ircd 2.9.x o annoying bug in `/server -delete' fixed 0 several more bugs fixed o window scroll now works better

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