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New features

• core: automatically backup config file read if it has an unsupported version (issue #2013)
• core: display a message when a configuration file is updated to a newer version
• python: make stub (weechat.pyi) compatible with Python 3.8 and 3.9 (issue #2006)

Bug fixes

• irc: add option irc.look.open_pv_buffer_echo_msg to open private buffer on self message when capability echo-message is enabled (issue #2016)
• irc: fix title of private buffers wrongly set to own address when capability echo-message is enabled (issue #2016)
• irc: fix autojoin of channels when private buffers are opened (issue #2012)
• irc: fix string comparison when CASEMAPPING is set to "ascii"
• script: fix removal of script in system directory while trying to install a script (issue #2019)
• script: fix autoload of multiple scripts at once with /script autoload (issue #2018)
• script: fix crash when a /script command triggers another /script command (issue #923)
• xfer: fix memory leak on plugin unload

Tests

• irc: add tests on server functions

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/4.0.5/

Bug fixes

• core: fix integer overflow when setting integer option with ++N or --N
• core: fix increment/decrement of options weechat.notify.*
• irc: add missing tags on multiline messages (issue #1987)
• irc: fix redirection of command /list when the reply doesn't start with message 321 (start of /list)
• irc: fix wrong time displayed for CTCP messages received from self nick (issue #2000)
• logger: remove trailing empty line in display of backlog (issue #2002)
• perl: fix display of non-ASCII chars after load of a script with Perl >= 5.38 (issue #1996)
• script: adjust scroll after command /script go N
• scripts: fix function string_parse_size on 32-bit systems (python and ruby) (issue #1999)
• xfer: fix conversion of string to IPv4 on 32-bit systems (issue #1999)

Tests

• irc: fix tests on function irc_join_compare_join_channel (issue #1997)
• scripts: fix tests of functions print_date_tag, print_y_date_tags and hook_timer on 32-bit systems (issue #1999)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/4.0.4/

Bug fixes

• core: fix input length and crash after delete of line (issue #1989)
• irc: fix display of self CTCP message containing bold attribute (issue #1981)
• irc: fix memory leak in IRC message parser
• irc: fix switch to channel manually joined when server option autojoin_dynamic is on and option irc.look.buffer_switch_autojoin is off (issue #1982)
• irc: fix display of outgoing notice with channel when capability "echo-message" is enabled (issue #1991)
• relay: fix display of IRC CTCP messages received from client (issue #1986)

Build

• doc: display a warning if a locale is missing with fallback to English for auto-generated content (issue #1985)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/4.0.3/

Bug fixes

• core: fix renaming of options with command /item rename (issue #1978)
• core: don't send "key_pressed" signal again for the same key press (issue #1976)
• core: don't send "key_combo_*" signals for incomplete keys (issue #1976)
• core: add key ctrl-backspace in /help key (issue #1975)
• core: keep keys ctrl-H and ctrl-? (in lower case) if they were manually bound to custom commands in a previous version

Tests

• core: fix hdata tests failure on Alpine 3.18
• relay: fix crash in tests on Alpine 3.18

Build

• php: fix detection of PHP 8.2 on Alpine 3.18

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/4.0.2/

Bug fixes

• core: force key "return" to command "/input return" when migrating legacy keys
• core: display actual key name and command with key Alt+k, remove key Alt+K (grab raw key) and associated commands /input grab_raw_key and /input grab_raw_key_command
• core: check for newline characters in string_is_whitespace_char (issue #1968)
• api: do not convert option name to lower case in API functions config_set_plugin and config_set_desc_plugin
• guile: fix crash on quit with Guile < 3 (issue #1965)
• irc: reply to a CTCP request sent to self nick (issue #1966)
• irc: sent "QUIT" message to servers connected with TLS on /upgrade

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/4.0.1/

New features

• core: use human readable key bindings, separate keys with comma in combos, remove modifier "meta2-", add option legacy in command /key (issue #1238, task #10317)
• core: make keys normal options, so they are shown and can be updated with /set and /fset commands (task #12427, task #11783)
• core: add key Alt+K (upper case) to grab raw key and its command (issue #1238)
• core: add option key in command /debug (issue #1238)
• core: force ctrl keys to lower case when they are added (issue #1875)
• core: use 256 colors by default and always allow 256 colors, find nearest color if less colors are available in terminal (issue #1920)
• core: insert multiple pasted lines in input instead of sending immediately, add keys to move and delete in a single line and whole input, add option weechat.look.input_multiline_lead_linebreak (issue #1502, issue #1503, issue #1504)
• core: render newline characters in chat line messages (issue #1908)
• core: don't split on newline characters in printf_date_tags when input_multiline is set (issue #1909)
• core: add key "l" in cursor mode to quote line, add variable "_chat_focused_line" in function hashtable sent to hook_focus callback (issue #1913, issue #1914)
• core: add option split_return in command /input (issue #1916)
• core: send all command line parameters not beginning with a dash to all plugins
• core: add command /reset to reset options to their default values
• core: add option rename in command /bar
• core: add relative move of read marker with /buffer set unread [+/-]N (issue #1895)
• core: add access to hashtable properties in evaluation of expressions (issue #1888)
• core: display similar command names when a command is unknown (issue #1877)
• core: rename option weechat.color.status_name_ssl to weechat.color.status_name_tls
• core, plugins: make many identifiers case sensitive (issue #1872, issue #398, bug #32213)
• core: add item "mouse_status" in default status bar, change default color to lightgreen
• core, trigger: add options weechat.color.chat_status_disabled and weechat.color.chat_status_enabled, remove options trigger.color.trigger and trigger.color.trigger_disabled, add enabled/disabled status color in output of /filter list (issue #1820)
• core: add completions "filters_names_disabled" and "filters_names_enabled", used in completion of /filter disable and /filter enable
• api: add function config_set_version (issue #1238)
• api: don't split on newline by default in functions command and command_options when input_multiline is set to 0
• api: add optional argument with version in info "version_number"
• api: add info "auto_load_scripts"
• alias: use lower case for default aliases, rename all aliases to lower case on upgrade (issue #1872)
• alias: add $& to replace all arguments with double quotes escaped (issue #1140, issue #1190)
• alias: add options missing and rename in command /alias
• fifo: add support of escaped chars in text or commands sent (issue #1950)
• fset: add options fset.color.color_name and fset.color.color_name_selected (issue #1920)
• irc: rename "ssl" options to "tls", connect with TLS and port 6697 by default
• irc: add support of capabilities "batch" and "draft/multiline" (issue #1292, issue #1923)
• irc: add support of capability "echo-message" (issue #139)
• irc: display CTCP ACTION to channel on the channel buffer (issue #207)
• irc: display STATUSMSG actions differently from standard actions on channels (issue #1577)
• irc: add modifier "irc_cap_sync_req" (issue #1767)
• irc: add support of "LINELEN" in message 005 (max message length in bytes) (issue #1927)
• irc: add support of "UTF8ONLY" in message 005 (issue #1688)
• irc: add command /action (issue #201, issue #1577)
• irc: add command /rules (issue #1864)
• irc: add command /knock (issue #7)
• irc: add server option "registered_mode", add fields "authentication_method" and "sasl_mechanism_used" in server (issue #1625)
• irc: add option join in command /autojoin
• irc: use key when /joining in open channel buffer (issue #1260)
• irc: add option buffer in command /autojoin sort (issue #1876)
• irc: add ${username} in server options "nicks" and "username", change their default values to use it
• irc: add infos "irc_server_cap" and "irc_server_cap_value"
• irc: add option irc.look.display_host_notice
• irc: add tag "new_host_xxx" in message displayed for command CHGHOST (issue #1808)
• logger: add option logger.file.log_conditions (issue #1942)
• logger: add info "logger_log_file"
• relay: rename "ssl" options and protocol to "tls"
• relay: make TLS certificate/key loading error handling more verbose (issue #1558)
• relay: add modifiers "relay_client_irc_in", "relay_client_irc_out1" and "relay_client_irc_out" in irc protocol
• relay: add support of capability "echo-message" in irc protocol (issue #1949)
• relay: add handshake option "escape_commands" in weechat protocol
• trigger: add completions "trigger_names_disabled" and "trigger_names_enabled", used in completion of /trigger disable and /trigger enable

Bug fixes

• core: fix refresh of bar item "input_search" after buffer switch in root bars (issue #1939)
• core: fix completion after newline in input (issue #1925)
• core: fix partial completion when the common prefix found is empty (issue #340)
• core: display a specific error when trying to bind a key without area in mouse context
• core: fix display of key with command /key bindctxt <context> <key>
• core: fix default value of bar options (issue #846)
• core: allow any valid boolean value in command /bar set <name> separator xxx
• core: run config hooks only when value or default value is actually changed in set/reset/unset functions
• core: fix crash in case of NULL message sent to function gui_chat_printf_y_date_tags (issue #1883)
• core: allow command /input move_next_word going to the end of line (issue #1881)
• core: ignore incomplete ctrl/meta/meta2 codes in keys
• core: fix display glitch in command errors when a wide char is set in option weechat.look.command_chars (issue #1871)
• core: fix update of terminal title in some terminals like suckless terminal (stterm) (issue #1882)
• core: fix infinite loop on startup when running some gui commands before the switch to core buffer is performed (issue #1917)
• api: readjust string size in function string_dyn_free when string is not freed
• buflist: do not display keys added in default context on first load
• exec: remove trailing "M" (carriage return) in output of commands
• fset: remove scroll to top of fset buffer when options are added or removed (issue #1892)
• guile: fix crash when plugin is loaded on GNU/Hurd (issue #1951)
• irc: fix format of IRC tags displayed in messages (use "=" to separate key from value, do not convert "_" to "-") (issue #1929)
• irc: reset all internal servers variables when disconnecting
• irc: start from the beginning of nicks at automatic reconnection (issue #337, issue #965)
• irc: fix join of channels in "autojoin" server option on first connection to server if auto reconnection is performed (issue #1873)
• irc: update autojoin option with redirected channels when autojoin_dynamic is enabled (issue #1898)
• irc: update secure data when server autojoin option contains ${sec.data.xxx} and option autojoin_dynamic is enabled (issue #1934)
• irc: don't switch to buffer of joined channel if it was not manually joined nor present in server autojoin option
• irc: fix target buffer for commands 432/433 (erroneous nickname/nickname already in use) when the nickname looks like a channel
• irc: display command 437 on server buffer when nickname cannot change while banned on channel (issue #88)
• irc: add messages 415 (cannot send message to channel) and 742 (mode cannot be set)
• irc: add missing tag "log3" in notify messages
• irc: add missing tags "irc_cap" and "log3" in cap messages (client capability)
• irc: fix split of CTCP message with no arguments
• irc: remove extra space in CTCP ACTION message sent without arguments
• logger: fix display of multiline messages in backlog (issue #1926)
• lua: fix crash with print when the value to print is not a string (issue #1904, issue #1905)
• relay: fix crash on /upgrade when at least a client is connected with weechat protocol
• relay: fix connection with IRC clients sending "CAP REQ :" (without capability) and not sending "CAP END" (issue #1040)
• ruby: fix crash on quit when a child process is still running (issue #1889, issue #1915)
• ruby: fix crash in display of exception backtrace with Ruby 3 (issue #1631, issue #1886)
• script: remove trailing "J" (line feed char) in source of scripts displayed
• spell: check buffer pointer received in info "spell_dict"
• trigger: make default triggers "cmd_pass", "cmd_pass_register" and "server_pass" compatible with multiline input (issue #1935)
• typing: fix crash when pointer buffer is not received in callback for signal "input_text_changed" (issue #1869)
• typing: remove nicks typing even when option typing.look.enabled_self is off (issue #1718)

Tests

• core: add tests on URL functions
• gui: add tests on bar and key functions
• alias: add tests on alias functions
• irc: check tags in messages displayed by IRC plugin
• irc: add tests on function irc_server_alloc_with_url
• irc: add tests on message/notice/action/CTCP sent
• logger: add tests on tail functions
• relay: add tests on "irc" protocol

Build

• core: remove build with autotools (issue #1860)
• core: remove RPM packaging
• core: remove build of .bz2 and .zst files in make dist
• core: remove obsolete cpack config
• core: add "stable-number" and "devel-number" in script version.sh
• core: add quotes around paths in CMake files (issue #29)
• doc: convert docgen.py to C, remove autogen files from repository, add parameter --doc-gen to weechat-headless binary, add CMake option ENABLE_DOC_INCOMPLETE

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/4.0.0/

New features

• core: add option weechat.look.chat_space_right (issue #1862)
• core: allow value "0" in buffer property "unread" to remove read marker from buffer
• core: add command /allbuf
• core: add command /hotlist
• core: move some /input actions to commands /allbuf, /buffer and /hotlist
• core: improve case convert and insensitive char comparisons (issue #258)
• core: add color attributes "blink" and "dim" (half bright) (issue #1855)
• core: allow command /toggle to create option before setting the value, if allowed in the section (issue #1837)
• core: add signals "buffer_user_input_xxx" and "buffer_user_closing_xxx" for buffers created with /buffer add (issue #1848)
• core: add identifier in buffer lines (issue #901)
• core: add option unicode in command /debug
• api: add Curl options for versions 7.64.0 to 7.87.0
• api: add functions string_strcmp and string_strncmp
• api: rename char comparison functions "utf8_char*" to "string_char*"
• api: return arithmetic difference between chars in functions string_charcmp, string_charcasecmp, string_charcasecmp_range, string_strcasecmp, string_strcasecmp_range, string_strncasecmp, string_strncasecmp_range, string_strcmp_ignore_chars
• api: return newly allocated string in functions string_tolower and string_toupper
• api: add function utf8_strncpy
• trigger: add regex command "y" to translate chars, set default regex command to "s" (regex replace) (issue #1510)

Bug fixes

• core: fix color when the delimiter is not followed by a background color (issue #1867)
• core: display chars the same way in chat and bars, replace tabulations by spaces in bars, display chars < 32 with letter in chat, do not display soft hyphens, zero width spaces and all non-printable chars (issue #1659, issue #1669, issue #1770)
• core: fix context info in buffers with free content (issue #1832)
• core: keep terminal title unchanged when option weechat.look.window_title is set to empty value (issue #1835, issue #1836)
• core: fix crash when setting invalid color in option with null value (issue #1844)
• api: do not check conditions defined in option weechat.look.hotlist_add_conditions when adding buffer in hotlist with function buffer_set
• api: fix function strcmp_ignore_chars with case sensitive comparison and wide chars starting with the same byte
• api: send NULL values to config section callbacks in scripting API (issue #1843)
• api: fix function string_cut when there are non printable chars in suffix
• api: do not expect any return value in callbacks "callback_change" and "callback_delete" of function config_new_option (scripting API)
• irc: properly rename private buffer on nick changes or privmsg/notice message when new nick is the same with different case
• irc: do not join channels in server autojoin option after reconnection to the server (issue #560, bug #21529)
• irc: escape backslashes in raw buffer (issue #1838)
• trigger: fix variables sent to focus callback (issue #1858)

Tests

• ci: remove use of repository ppa:ondrej/php, use standard PHP version (8.1) from Ubuntu 22.04
• core: add script check_scripts.sh
• core: add script check_curl_symbols.py
• gui: add tests on input functions
• scripts: add tests on config functions

Build

• core: add CMake test called "notests" when tests are not compiled
• core: rename scripts: build-debian.sh to build_debian.sh, build-test.sh to build_test.sh, git-version.sh to set_git_version.sh
• debian: change dependency guile-2.2-dev to guile-3.0-dev
• python: remove support of Python 2.x
• ruby: add detection of Ruby 3.2
• spell: add detection of enchant-2 (issue #1859)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.8/

Bug fixes

• trigger: execute trigger command on appropriate buffer for hooks command, command_run, line, modifier and print (issue #1841)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.7.1/

New features

• core: add option -save in command /upgrade (issue #1630)
• core: add option weechat.look.highlight_disable_regex and buffer property "highlight_disable_regex" (issue #1798)
• core: sort filters by name (issue #1695)
• core: add key Alt+Backspace to delete previous word, change key Ctrl+w to delete previous word until whitespace (issue #559)
• api: rename function string_build_with_split_string to string_rebuild_split_string, add arguments "index_start" and "index_end"
• api: add info "uptime_current"
• api: add function crypto_hash_file
• api: add support of priority in function hook_line (issue #1821)
• api: add function string_parse_size
• api: add function file_compress
• buflist: add variable ${hotlist_priority_number} (integer version of ${hotlist_priority})
• irc: display SETNAME command in channels and private buffers, add options irc.color.message_setname and irc.look.smart_filter_setname (issue #1805)
• irc: add option irc.look.display_pv_nick_change
• logger: add options to rotate and compress log files: logger.file.rotation_compression_level, logger.file.rotation_compression_type and logger.file.rotation_size_max (issue #314)
• spell: allow special dict value "-" to disable spell checking on a specific buffer (issue #1699)
• trigger: add elapsed time for trigger execution on monitor buffer when trigger debug is set, add option trigger.color.identifier (issue #1806)
• trigger: add variable ${tg_hook_type} (issue #1765)

Bug fixes

• core: fix wrong terminal title on terminal resize (issue #1702)
• core: fix page scroll in bare display (issue #1830)
• api: change type of argument remaining_calls in hook_timer callback from string to integer (in scripts)
• api: change type of argument object_id in upgrade_new callback from string to integer (in scripts)
• irc: fix duplicated channels in autojoin option when autojoin_dynamic is enabled (issue #1795)
• irc: fix display of TOPIC and QUIT messages with an empty trailing parameter (issue #1797)
• irc: fix parsing of messages with trailing spaces and no trailing parameter (issue #1803)
• irc: add missing tag "irc_numeric" in all numeric IRC commands (issue #1804)
• irc: display an error message when using command /dcc without xfer plugin loaded
• irc: display ACCOUNT and CHGHOST commands in private buffers
• irc: fix extract of isupport value when it is last in list and without value (issue #1807)
• irc: fix target buffer of generic errors when they contain a target nick (issue #1814)
• irc: fix display of message 350 (whois, gateway) (issue #1815)
• irc: replace chars "\01" by spaces in CTCP replies (issue #1819)
• irc: fix message when disconnecting from server in case of high lag when server option autoreconnect is off (issue #1708)
• irc: set local variable "filter" when doing /server raw xxx with raw buffer already opened (issue #1448)
• guile: fix function hdata_get_string
• javascript: fix return of long value in functions infolist_time, hdata_long and hdata_time
• php: fix function hdata_compare
• relay: fix parsing of IRC messages received from clients (issue #1796)
• relay: fix refresh of relay buffer after /upgrade
• ruby: fix function hdata_get_string
• scripts: fix issue with year ≥ 2038 in functions infolist_new_var_time, print_date_tags and print_y_date_tags (plugins: python/lua/tcl/guile/javascript)
• scripts: fix issue with long interval in function hook_timer (plugins: python/ruby/lua/tcl/guile/javascript/php)
• trigger: fix error on monitor buffer creation when trigger debug is >= 1 and monitor buffer is closed
• trigger: escape arguments with double quotes in output of /trigger input|output|recreate (issue #190)
• xfer: fix crash when closing DCC chat buffer
• xfer: disconnect all active DCC chats and files on /upgrade
• xfer: fix refresh of xfer buffer after /upgrade
• xfer: fix DCC file receive on Termux (issue #1811)

Tests

• core: switch from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 in CI
• core: remove macOS 10.15, add macOS 12 in CI
• core: add tests on filter functions
• scripts: add tests on hdata functions
• scripts: fix run of Guile test script
• xfer: add tests on file functions

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.7/

New features

• core: add command /item to create custom bar items (issue #808)
• core: add bar item "spacer" (issue #1700)
• core: add case conversion in evaluation of expressions with lower:string and upper:string (issue #1778)
• core: move detailed list of hooks from command /plugin listfull to /debug hooks <plugin>
• core: allow to remove multiple filters at once with command /filter del
• api: allow to catch multiple signals in functions hook_signal and hook_hsignal (issue #1780)
• irc: rename option save to apply in command /autojoin
• irc: add support of RPL_HELPSTART, RPL_HELPTXT and RPL_ENDOFHELP (messages 524, 704, 705, 706) (issue #1772)
• php: add support of PHP 8.2 (issue #1787)

Bug fixes

• core: fix bad window size on startup with some terminals like https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty[kitty] (issue #1769)
• api: run hook_print callback also on empty messages
• buflist: fix memory leak when reading config and changing option buflist.look.sort
• irc: remove channel from autojoin option when manually closing a buffer with /buffer close or /close
• irc: fix add of channel to autojoin option when joining a channel with a buffer still opened
• relay: fix save of channels in autojoin option when JOIN and PART commands are received from an IRC relay client (issue #1771)
• trigger: add ${buffer.notify} > 0 in conditions of default trigger "beep"
• trigger: fix completion of command /trigger add when there are spaces in the following arguments
• trigger: fix memory leak in command /trigger addinput

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.6/