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+ZoiteChat ChangeLog
+=================
+
+2.17.3 (2026-01-17)
+-------------------
+
+SNI Extension Handling
+- Added RFC 6066-compliant validation to ensure SNI host names are ASCII-only and not IP literals before setting SNI on SSL connections. 
+- Emit an SSL message when an invalid SNI host name is skipped to aid troubleshooting.
+-  Integrated theme functionality in preferences.  Removed Theme Manager application. 
+-  Added colour Emoji support / selector menu. 
+- Changed Python version to v3.14.2
+- Fixed newline issue causing issues when syncing Windows/Linux server list files. 
+
+Issues with current build
+- When opening a theme file (.zct or .hct file).  ZoiteChat will open a new instance and then import the theme. So importing works but leaves a window you need to close afterwards. 
+- Emojis only show colour in all builds except Windows.   Having issues with GTk2 in windows showing colour emojis. 
+
+2.17.2 (2026-01-13)
+-------------------
+
+- Improved Auto Replace functionality.  
+
+2.17.1 (2026-01-13)
+-------------------
+
+- Feature/dark mode toggle by @deepend-tildeclub in https://github.com/ZoiteChat/zoitechat/pull/3
+
+2.17.0 (2026-01-07)
+-------------------
+
+- Currently Flatpak and Windows only. Debian in progress.
+- Flatpak does not include the Python plugin due to issues.  (Windows version unaffected by this issue)
+
+2.16.2 (2024-02-07)
+-------------------
+
+- change ``/server`` to use TLS by default, use ``-insecure`` or the ``-`` prefix on the port to disable
+- change preferences dialog to be modal
+- add support for the ``extended-monitor`` capability
+- add support for ``SCRAM`` SASL mechanisms
+- add option to hide nick from window title
+- increase max server password length to 1024
+- fix some detecting some URLs causing a crash
+- fix long SASL auth strings not being split
+- fix ``PROTOCOL_NAMESX`` support and only use it when not using ``multi-prefix``
+- fix dialog topic not being updated with ``CHGHOST``
+- fix notify.conf being reversed when saved
+- lua: fix crash when using pluginprefs
+- python: fix API break in ``hook_timer()``
+- python: fix timers that unhook themselves
+- checksum: Various improvements including not blocking the UI
+- win32: Add installer options to control start menu, desktop, and quick launch shortcuts
+- win32: Update python3 to 3.8
+- win32: Remove python2
+
+2.16.1 (2022-02-12)
+-------------------
+
+- add ``-NOOVERRIDE`` flag to the ``GUI COLOR`` command
+- add ``-q`` (quiet) flag to ``EXECWRITE`` command
+- rename installed icon on Linux to match app-id (Fixes notification icon)
+- fix escaping already escaped URLs when opening them
+- fix Python scripts not being opened as UTF-8
+- fix ``TIMER`` command supporting decimals regardless of locale
+- fishlim: fix building with OpenSSL 3
+
+2.16.0 (2021-10-01)
+-------------------
+
+- add support for IRCv3 SETNAME, invite-notify, account-tag, standard replies, and UTF8ONLY
+- add support for strikethrough formatting
+- update network list (including Libera.Chat as the default)
+- update OpenSSL on Windows
+- fix text clipping issues by respecting font line height
+- fix URLs not being escaped when opened
+- fix misc IRC message parsing issues
+- remove libnotify dependency on Linux, fixing hangs when notifications are shown
+- remove libproxy dependency on Linux
+- print ChanServ notices in the front tab by default
+- fishlim: add support for CBC mode
+- python: rewrite plugin in python with CFFI
+  This lowers memory usage and fixed conflicts with many C Python modules including pygobject
+
+2.14.3 (2019-12-20)
+-------------------
+
+- fix various incorrect parsing of IRC messages relating to trailing parameters
+- fix SASL negotiation combined with multi-line cap
+- fix input box theming with Yaru theme
+- python: Work around Python 3.7 regression causing crash on unload
+- sysinfo: Add support for /etc/os-release
+- sysinfo: Ignore irrelevant mounts when calculating storage size
+
+
+2.14.2 (2018-08-29)
+-------------------
+
+- remove shift+click binding to close tabs
+- re-add option to build against legacy perl
+- add appstream metainfo for plugins
+- add build option to set perl binary
+- add option to build without appstream
+- fix not unminimizing when restoring from tray
+- fix translations containing invalid text events
+- fix server passwords starting with ``:``
+- update libraries on windows, fixing CVE-2018-15120 (and emoji!)
+
+2.14.1 (2018-03-13)
+-------------------
+
+- fix performance regression on Unix
+- fix building plugins with some compilers
+- add missing gtk pixbuf theme engine in Windows installer
+
+2.14.0 (2018-03-10)
+-------------------
+
+- rewrite build system in `Meson <http://mesonbuild.com/>`_
+- replace ``intltool`` build depenency with ``gettext`` >= 0.19.6
+- rename data files to use *io.github.Hexchat* name
+- add option (``irc_reconnect_rejoin``) to disable auto-rejoin on reconnect
+- add ability to set custom tray icon separate of app icon
+- fix building against OpenSSL 1.1.0
+- fix Enchant 2.0+ support
+- fix input box theming with Adwaita-dark
+- fix custom sounds not respecting omit if away option
+- fix detecting if a tray doesn't exist on x11
+- fix cutting off ctcp text after ending ``\01``
+- fix /ignore not accepting full hosts
+- fix characters getting cut off when their width changes (on Unix)
+- fix various possible crashes
+- change preference window to be scroll-able
+- remove ctrl+w binding by default
+- remove mpcinfo plugin
+- doat: fix channels with ``/`` in them
+- fishlim: fix key exchange
+- fishlim: fix building against LibreSSL
+- sysinfo: fix pci.ids file not being found on some distros
+- sysinfo: make libpci optional
+- lua: avoid loading the same script multiple times
+- update translations
+- update libraries on Windows, including Python to 3.6
+
+2.12.4 (2016-12-10)
+-------------------
+
+- fix issue with timers causing ping timeouts
+- fix building against OpenSSL 1.1
+- fix /exec output printing invalid utf8
+- replace doat plugin with an internal command
+- change how tab colors interact with plugins
+
+
+2.12.3 (2016-10-22)
+-------------------
+
+- fix crash with bad translations
+- fix crash and leaks in mpcinfo plugin
+- add mhop command
+- change ping timeout to 60 by default
+- update translations
+
+
+2.12.2 (2016-10-08)
+-------------------
+
+- fix input box theme with Adwaita 3.20
+- fix return value of hexchat_pluginpref_get_int()
+- fix tab color changing when print events are eaten
+- fix network name not being sanitized for scrollback files
+- fix building sysinfo on OS X <= 10.9
+- fix resume with DCC GET
+- fix possible assertion when decoding incoming text
+- fix possible crashes when plugins modify the UI during context close
+- add "chanmodes" to channel list in plugin api
+- lua:
+
+  - add automatic return and = handling in console
+  - fix pluginpref usage
+
+- fishlim:
+
+  - fix saving nicks containing [ or ]
+  - add commands: /topic+, /msg+, and /notice+
+  - add support for /me
+  - add /keyx command to do DH1080 key exchanges
+
+- improve efficiency of various timers
+- reduce updates of user count in titlebar/userlist
+- download extra redist for perl on Windows
+- update appdata file
+- update translations
+- update dependencies on Windows
+
+
+2.12.1-2 (2016-05-06)
+---------------------
+
+- fix crash in dependencies on Windows (no HexChat changes)
+
+2.12.1 (2016-05-01)
+-------------------
+
+- add lua plugin
+- change desktop file to open urls in existing instance on Unix
+- misc chanopt fixes
+
+  - fix not being saved properly
+  - fix values other than 0/1/2 being set
+  - fix flags in plugin API
+
+- misc identd fixes
+
+  - fix ipv6 support on Windows
+  - fix respecting USE_GLOBAL network flag
+  - fix connections not always closed
+  - add responses for INVALID-PORT and NO-USER
+
+- misc challengeauth fixes
+
+  - fix lower casing username
+  - don't respond to challenge notices when disabled
+
+- re-add support for old versions of libnotify
+- bundle luajit and lgi on Windows
+- update network list
+
+2.12.0 (2016-03-12)
+-------------------
+
+- add support for native Windows 8+ spell check
+- add support for native Windows 8.1+ and OSX notifications
+- add support for IRCv3.2
+
+  - add cap 3.2
+  - add sasl 3.2
+  - add chghost
+  - add cap-notify
+
+- add support for twitch.tv/membership cap
+- add support for SNI (Server Name Indication)
+- add ability to do DnD reordering in some settings dialogs
+- add option to disable middle-click closing tabs
+- rewrite sysinfo plugin
+
+  - add support for OSX
+  - add multi-gpu info on win32
+  - add hdd info on win32
+  - add ability to print single peice of info
+  - change formatting, unified across platforms
+  - fix handling unsupported CPU arch on unix
+
+- rewrite identd plugin
+
+  - add support for unix
+  - add ability to change port
+  - fix handling multiple connections
+  - fix threading issues
+
+- rewrite update plugin
+
+  - fix locking up UI during check
+  - show graphical dialog on update
+  - host update file on https://dl.hexchat.net
+
+- rewrite checksum plugin
+
+  - fix support for very large files
+  - remove openssl dependency
+
+- remove DH-{AES,BLOWFISH} mechanisms (insecure)
+- remove "IRC" encoding, replaced with UTF-8
+- remove "System Default" encoding, replaced with UTF-8
+- remove configure option to disable ipv6
+- remove msproxy and socks5 library support (unused)
+- change tab-complete to favor other user nicks over own
+- change url detection to support unicode
+- change decoding to not attempt ISO-8859-1 fixing corruption
+- change pluginpref to escape values
+- change installer on Windows to not overwrite gtkrc file
+- minor changes to icons
+- fix numerous crashes (but not #600)
+
+  - fix crash on printing very long lines
+  - fix crash on failing to open log file
+  - fix crash when using unsorted userlist
+  - fix crash when timestamp format set to nothing
+  - fix crash when tab-completeing long strings
+  - fix crash with long values in pluginpref API
+  - fix various other unsafe string handling throughout
+
+- fix poor performance with nick indent enabled
+- fix UTF-8 text in winamp plugin
+- fix fishlim plugin handling networks with server-time
+- fix logging hostname of users in new queries
+- fix Key Press event sending non-UTF-8 text to plugins
+- fix VERSION response on windows 10 
+- fix get_info('win_ptr') from python
+- fix running portable-mode from another directory
+- fix duplicate timestamps on selection
+- fix --cfgdir argument
+- fix mode-button text being cut off
+- fix scrollback timestamps with server-time
+- fix url handler accepting quoted paths with spaces
+- fix using correct encoding when jumping networks
+- improve DCC handling large files
+- improve python detection in configure
+- improve scrollback file handling (corruption, line endings)
+- improve building in cygwin
+- improve build options on unix to be more secure
+- update to VS 2015 on windows
+- update deps on windows (openssl, python 3.5, etc)
+- update translations
+- update network list
+
+2.10.2 (2014-11-25)
+-------------------
+
+- verify hostnames of certificates
+- use more secure openssl options (No SSLv2/3)
+- detect utf8 urls in chat
+- fix using multiple client certs at the same time
+- fix checking for Perl on some distros
+- fix friends list not properly updating
+- fix building with format-security
+- fix more non-ascii path issues on Windows
+- fix opening utf8 urls on Windows and OSX
+- update deps on Windows
+- update translations
+
+2.10.1 (2014-07-28)
+-------------------
+
+- add configure check for python 3.4
+- improve spell check handling apostrophes
+- disable unsupported tray feature on Elementary OS
+- disable installing on Vista (would just crash on x64)
+- fix possible crash in banlist
+- fix some crashes in pluginpref API
+- fix crash in spell check
+- fix notify list being sent to wrong networks
+- fix scrolling the chanview on Unix
+- fix building plugin support on some platforms (OS X 10.8)
+- fix FiSHLiM decryption when identify-msg is enabled
+- fix expanding *~user* on Unix
+- fix missing license files on Windows
+- fix silent installer on Windows
+- update translations
+- update network list
+- update Python versions on Windows
+
+2.10.0 (2014-06-01)
+-------------------
+
+- fix SASL on InspIRCd networks
+- fix building on OpenBSD
+- fix crash when using invalid timestamps on Windows
+- fix Lag Meter reporting invalid numbers
+- fix drag and drop on User List/Channel Switcher
+- fix various Unicode issues on Windows
+- add fullscreen display mode
+- add ``/getbool`` command
+- add support for userhost-in-names capability
+- add --command command line flag on Windows
+- add message parameter to ``/query``
+- add help messages to user commands
+- add ``plugin_pref`` to Perl
+- add regex search to the Channel List on Windows
+- add option to hide nick change messages
+- redesign various settings windows (notably key bindings)
+- render colors and attributes in the Input Box and Topic Bar
+- bind middle-click to close tabs
+- build the GTK+ PixBuf theme engine on Windows
+- change ``/list`` to open the Channel List window
+- change the format key bindings are stored in (will convert automatically)
+- enable italics
+- rewrite ``/dns`` adding support for Windows and replacing the plugin
+- rebrand the Perl plugin
+- replace the Search window with a Search Bar
+- replace Text Box transparency with full window transparency (may come back)
+- remove all deprecated GTK+ usage
+- remove all direct use of X11, fixing XWayland support
+- hide unsupported channel modes from the Topic Bar
+- improve spell check (handle contractions)
+- improve rendering and selection in the Text Box
+- improve OS X integration (custom theme, app menu, dock icon, spell check, app bundle, key bindings)
+- improve the Windows installer (downloads requirements when ran)
+- update Visual Studio to 2013
+- update Perl to 5.20 on Windows
+- update Python to 3.4 on Windows
+- update OpenSSL on Windows to fix "Heartbleed"
+- update translations
+
+2.9.6.1 (2013-09-15)
+--------------------
+
+- fix some utilities causing crash `#740 <https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat/issues/740>`_
+
+2.9.6 (2013-09-11)
+------------------
+
+- redesign edit window in network list
+- rename favorites to autojoin
+- improve URL detection yet again (this time with more IPv6!)
+- implement ``/exec -o`` on Windows
+- improvements to the DCC window
+- improvements to sysinfo on Unix, including ``-e`` to print info instead of saying
+- add support for BLOWFISH, AES, and EXTERNAL SASL mechanisms
+- add reload command and button in plugingui
+- add support for server-time and znc.in/server-time[-iso] capabilities
+- add attributes to ``hook_print``/``server`` and ``emit_print`` for information such as server-time
+- add support for QuakeNet's challangeauth
+- add chanopt for stripping colors
+- add copy option to banlist entries
+- add autoconnect option to context menu of networks
+- add option for omitting alerts while window is focused
+- add python3 support along with various bugfixes
+- add libcanberra support on Unix
+- add tracking of users accounts
+- add ``%u`` to userlist popups for accounts
+- add channelkey to channel lists in plugin api
+- add ``MONITOR`` support for the friends list
+- add ``QUIET`` and ``UNQUIET`` commands
+- add support for the away-notify, account-notify, and extended-join capabilities
+- add notifications for friends away status (requires away-notify)
+- add events for quiet, unquiet, and quietlist
+- add Ctrl+N (New Server Window) keybinding
+- add Ctrl+Home/End keybinding for scrolling to top/bottom
+- add theme manager to Unix build system
+- fix compilation on FreeBSD
+- fix running as root
+- fix splitting ctcps and notices
+- fix alerts and scrollback chanopts
+- fix crash when attaching/detaching tabs
+- fix sending limited channel messages (op messages) to the wrong tab
+- change ``/load -e`` to load from config dir
+- remove Ctrl+L (Clear Text) keybinding
+- remove custom sound applications
+- remove away announce, replaced by away-notify on supported servers (`alternative python script <https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat-addons/blob/master/python/awayannounce/awayanounce.py>`_)
+- update network list
+
+2.9.5 (2013-04-01)
+------------------
+
+- fix Checksum plugin with DCC download directory set
+- fix false positives with Update Checker
+- fix sound directory option on Unix
+- fix loading custom icons
+- fix tray icon not reappearing if the tray crashes
+- fix restoring maximized windows from tray
+- fix ``/QUERY -nofocus``
+- fix reconnecting to channels with keys
+- fix compilation on FreeBSD
+- fix showing the join dialog when autojoining channels
+- fix Plugin-Tray menu not closing on Windows
+- fix close dialog minimizing to tray before selection
+- fix Python plugin compilation on Ubuntu 13.04
+- fix Theme Manager crashing with read-only files
+- fix channel tree indentation without server tab or with icons
+- add auto-away support to Plugin-Tray
+- add Plugin-Tray option to disable blinking
+- add option to always show notices on current tab
+- add support for notification filtering in GNOME 3.8
+- add support for channel keys in URLs
+- add option to color nicks in the user list the same way as in the chat area
+- add ability to automatically switch to last activity on change-page hotkey
+- add ability to save divider position between combined user list and channel tree
+- add global real name option to Preferences
+- add Safe Mode shortcut to the Start Menu group on Windows
+- add helpful links to the setup wizard on Windows
+- make the source tree compliant with Debian policies
+- install SVG icon on Unix
+- enable Plugin-Tray menu on Windows
+- enable IPv6 by default on Unix
+- show ``/WHOIS`` response on current tab by default
+- redesign the Ban List window to show invites, bans, exemptions and quiets
+- make user list icons slightly smaller
+- close all utility windows with the Esc key
+- improve URL and username detection in the chat area
+- make ``/JOIN`` focus the existing channel if already joined
+- change default DCC download directory to ~/Downloads on Unix
+- allow Plugins and Scripts utility to be opened in a tab
+- only beep when the HexChat window is not active
+- use the certs subfolder of the config folder for loading custom certificates
+- disable tray icon when using Unity
+- remove Lua and Tcl
+- remove HexTray in favor of built-in Plugin-Tray
+- remove installer theming on Windows
+- cease support for Perl 5.12 and 5.14 on Windows
+- rebuild every dependency with Visual C++ on Windows
+- stop using the WDK on Windows and depend on the Visual C++ Redistributable
+- update GTK+ to 2.24 on Windows
+- update default text events
+- update translations
+- update the network list
+
+2.9.4 (2012-11-11)
+------------------
+
+- fix alerts when omit alerts in away option is set
+- fix dialog icon in userlist popup
+- fix opening links on Mac
+- fix default network in the Network List
+- fix initial folder in file dialogs
+- fix positioning the nick change dialog
+- fix error message for busy servers
+- fix filename encoding errors
+- fix Fedora spec file
+- fix Raw Log content being impossible to copy when auto-copy is disabled
+- fix rough icon rendering in most windows on Windows
+- fix config folder when specified with -d argument
+- add built-in support for SASL authentication via CAP
+- add support for identify-msg/multi-prefix server capabilities
+- add text events for CAP related messages
+- add support for the SysInfo plugin on Unix
+- add option to change update check frequency and delay for first check
+- add option to change GUI language on Windows
+- add Ignore entry to userlist popup
+- add Afrikaans, Asturian, Danish, Gujarati, Indonesian, Kinyarwanda and Malayalam translations
+- add ChangeLog and ReadMe links to Start Menu during installation on Windows
+- add manual page on Unix
+- add icon support for 3 levels above op user mode
+- change default colors, text events and user list/channel tree icons
+- make Esc key close the Raw Log window
+- use Consolas as the default font where available
+- open dialog window for double-clicking in the user list by default
+- variable separation, cleanup and renaming
+- check in the installers whether Windows release is supported by HexChat
+- display previous value after ``/SET``
+- reorganize the Settings menu and add new options
+- redesign the About dialog
+- show certain help messages in GTK+ dialogs instead of command line
+- disable faulty one instance option
+- build system cosmetics on Unix
+- reorganize repo file structure
+- rebranding
+- update translations
+- update the network list
+
+2.9.3 (2012-10-14)
+------------------
+
+- fix various URL detection bugs
+- fix default folders for file transfers in portable mode
+- fix Autotools warnings with recent releases
+- add ``/ADDSERVER`` command
+- add option to save URLs to disk on-the-fly
+- add option to omit alerts when marked as being away
+- add default icons for channel tree and option to turn them off
+- change certain default colors
+- enhance Non-BMP filtering performance
+- accept license agreement by default on Windows
+- update the network list
+
+2.9.2 (2012-10-05)
+------------------
+
+- fix compilation on Red Hat and Fedora
+- fix portable to non-portable migrations on Windows
+- fix ban message in HexTray
+- fix icon in Connection Complete dialog
+- fix determining if the log folder path is full or relative
+- fix desktop notification icons on Unix
+- fix URL grabber saving an unlimited number of URLs by default
+- fix URL grabber memory leaks under certain circumstances
+- fix URL grabber trying to export URL lists to system folders by default
+- fix opening URLs without ``http(s)://``
+- add support for regenerating text events during compilation on Windows
+- add support for the theme manager on Unix
+- add Unifont to the default list of alternative fonts
+- add option to retain colors in the topic
+- allow the installer to preserve custom GTK+ theme settings on Windows
+- use the icons subfolder of the config folder for loading custom icons
+- use port 6697 for SSL connections by default
+- install the SASL plugin by default on Windows
+- ``/lastlog`` improvements
+- build system cosmetics on Unix
+- open links with just left click by default
+- enable timestamps and include seconds by default
+- make libproxy an optional dependency on Unix
+- update German translation
+- update the network list
+
+2.9.1 (2012-07-27)
+------------------
+
+- fix installing/loading plugins on Unix
+- fix restoring the HexChat window via shortcuts on Windows
+- fix HexTray icon rendering for certain events
+- fix the Show marker line option in Preferences
+- fix ``/lastlog`` regexp support on Windows
+- add support for the Checksum, Do At, FiSHLiM and SASL plugins on Unix
+- add option to retain colors when displaying scrollback
+- add MS Gothic to the default list of alternative fonts
+- rebranding and cleanup
+- eliminate lots of compiler warnings
+- Unix build system fixes and cosmetics
+- make Git ignore Unix-specific intermediate files
+- use better compression for Windows installers
+- switch to GTK+ file dialogs on Windows
+- restructure the Preferences window
+- use the addons subfolder of the config folder for auto-loading plugins/scripts
+- improve the dialog used for opening plugins/scripts
+- remember user limits in channel list between sessions
+- remember last search pattern during sessions
+- update XChat to r1521
+
+2.9.0 (2012-07-14)
+------------------
+
+- rebranding
+- migrate code to GitHub
+- update XChat to r1515
+- fix x64 Perl interface installation for Perl 5.16
+- improve URL detection with new TLDs and file extensions
+
+1508-3 (2012-06-17)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add XChat Theme Manager
+- fix problems with Turkish locale
+
+1508-2 (2012-06-15)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add support for Perl 5.16
+- update Do At plugin
+- fix drawing of chat area bottom
+- avoid false hits when restoring from tray via shortcut
+- migrate from NMAKE to Visual Studio
+
+1508 (2012-06-02)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- remove Real Name from Network List
+- search window improvements
+- restore XChat-WDK from tray via shortcut if X-Tray is used
+
+1507 (2012-05-13)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update OpenSSL to 1.0.1c
+- FiSHLiM updates
+
+1506 (2012-05-04)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update OpenSSL to 1.0.1b
+- update German translation
+
+1503 (2012-03-16)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update OpenSSL to 1.0.1
+- URL grabber updates
+- FiSHLiM updates
+
+1500 (2012-02-16)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add option for specifying alternative fonts
+- fix crash due to invalid timestamp format
+- X-Tray cosmetics
+
+1499-7 (2012-02-08)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix update notifications
+- fix compilation on Linux
+- add IPv6 support to built-in identd
+
+1499-6 (2012-01-20)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add DNS plugin
+
+1499-5 (2012-01-20)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- built-in fix for client crashes
+- update OpenSSL to 1.0.0g
+
+1499-4 (2012-01-18)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add Non-BMP plugin to avoid client crashes
+
+1499-3 (2012-01-15)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- rework and extend plugin config API
+- add ``ADD``/``DEL``/``LIST`` support to X-SASL
+
+1499-2 (2012-01-11)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add X-SASL plugin
+
+1499 (2012-01-09)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix saving FiSHLiM keys
+- update OpenSSL to 1.0.0f
+
+1498-4 (2011-12-05)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix updates not overwriting old files
+- display WinSys output in one line for others
+- use Strawberry Perl for building
+
+1498-3 (2011-12-02)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add plugin config API
+- add Exec plugin
+- add WinSys plugin
+- perform periodic update checks automatically
+
+1498-2 (2011-11-25)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add FiSHLiM plugin
+- add option to allow only one instance of XChat to run
+
+1498 (2011-11-23)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- separate x86 and x64 installers (uninstall any previous version!)
+- downgrade GTK+ to 2.16
+- re-enable the transparent background option
+- various X-Tray improvements
+- add WMPA plugin
+- add Do At plugin
+- automatically save set variables to disk by default
+- update OpenSSL to 1.0.0e
+
+1496-6 (2011-08-09)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add option to auto-open new tab upon ``/MSG``
+- fix the update checker to use the git repo
+- disable update checker cache
+
+1496-5 (2011-08-07)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix attach/detach keyboard shortcut
+- add multi-language support to the spell checker
+
+1496-4 (2011-07-27)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- recognize Windows 8 when displaying OS info
+- update OpenSSL certificate list
+- fix X-Tray blinking on unselected events
+- fix X-Tray keyboard shortcut handling
+- cease support for Perl 5.10
+- use Strawberry Perl for 5.12 DLLs
+
+1496-3 (2011-06-16)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add option for changing spell checker color
+
+1496-2 (2011-06-05)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add support for custom license text
+
+1496 (2011-05-30)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- display build type in CTPC VERSION reply
+- add support for Perl 5.14
+
+1494 (2011-04-16)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update Visual Studio to 2010 SP1
+- update OpenSSL to 1.0.0d
+- ship MySpell dictionaries in a separate installer
+
+1489 (2011-01-26)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix unloading the Winamp plugin
+- enable the Favorite Networks feature
+- add Channel Message event support to X-Tray
+- add mpcInfo plugin
+
+1486 (2011-01-16)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix a possible memory leak in the update checker
+- fix XChat-Text shortcut creation
+- fix XChat version check via the plugin interface
+- add option for limiting the size of files to be checksummed
+- add X-Tray as an install option
+- disable Plugin-Tray context menu completely
+
+1479-2 (2011-01-10)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- improve command-line argument support
+- add auto-copy options
+- enable XChat-Text
+- disable faulty tray menu items
+
+1479 (2010-12-29)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update GTK+ to 2.22.1
+- update OpenSSL to 1.0.0c
+- update Python to 2.7.1
+- replace X-Tray with Plugin-Tray
+
+1469-3 (2010-10-20)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add Checksum plugin
+- menu integration for Update Checker and Winamp
+
+1469-2 (2010-10-09)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix DCC file sending
+- native open/save dialogs
+- make the version info nicer
+- register XChat-WDK as IRC protocol handler
+- add option to run XChat-WDK after installation
+- disable erroneous uninstall warnings
+- disable Plugin-Tray, provide X-Tray only
+- cease support for Perl 5.8
+- replace EasyWinampControl with Winamp
+
+1469 (2010-10-08)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- use Visual C++ 2010 for all WDK builds
+- build Enchant with WDK and update it to 1.6.0
+- fix SSL validation
+- fix opening the config folder from GUI in portable mode
+- further improve dialog placement for closing network tabs
+
+1468-2 (2010-10-02)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update GTK+ to 2.22
+- spelling support
+- more config compatibility with official build
+- improve dialog placement for closing network tabs
+- remove themes from the installer
+- disable toggle for favorite networks until it's usable
+- disable transparent backgrounds
+- hide mnemonic underlines until Alt key pressed
+- fix XP lagometer and throttlemeter rendering
+
+1468 (2010-09-19)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update Perl to 5.12.2
+- update Tcl to 8.5.9
+- fix scrollback shrinking
+- enable advanced settings pane
+- retain emoticon settings
+- add ``/IGNALL`` command
+
+1464-6 (2010-09-06)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix Perl interface breakage
+- update checker plugin
+
+1464-5 (2010-08-30)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- primitive update checker
+
+1464-4 (2010-08-30)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- selectable tray icon
+- selectable theme for portable
+- selectable plugins
+
+1464-3 (2010-08-29)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- black theme for portable
+
+1464-2 (2010-08-29)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- make Perl version selectable during install
+
+1464 (2010-08-26)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Perl interface updates
+
+1462 (2010-08-25)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update XChat to r1462
+- build system cleanup
+
+1459-3 (2010-08-23)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- more installer changes (uninstall any previous version!)
+
+1459-2 (2010-08-23)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- universal installer
+- update build dependencies
+
+1459 (2010-08-19)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- portable mode and installer fixes
+
+1457 (2010-08-17)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- disable GUI warnings
+
+1455-2 (2010-08-17)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- unified installer for standard and portable
+
+1455 (2010-08-15)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- support for gtkwin\_ptr in the Perl interface
+
+1454 (2010-08-14)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- gtkwin\_ptr for plugins introduced
+
+1452 (2010-08-14)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix taskbar alerts on x86
+- upgrade Perl to 5.12 and make 5.8/5.10 builds available separately
+
+1451-6 (2010-08-12)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- include Lua-WDK with the installer
+
+1451-5 (2010-08-12)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- switch to Inno Setup (uninstall any previous version!)
+- add Lua support
+
+1451-4 (2010-08-11)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- enable the XDCC plugin
+
+1451-3 (2010-08-11)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- enable Python support
+
+1451-2 (2010-08-11)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- enable SSL support
+- fix simultaneous connections
+- re-enable identd by default
+
+1451 (2010-08-10)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update XChat to r1451
+- disable identd by default
+- remove DNS plugin
+
+1444 (2010-07-30)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update XChat to r1444
+- downgrade Tcl to 8.5
+- add Tcl support to the x64 build
+
+1441 (2010-06-15)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update XChat to r1441
+- enable transfer of files bigger than 4 GB
+
+1439 (2010-05-30)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update XChat to r1439 (2.8.8)
+
+1431-6 (2010-05-30)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- re-enable the transparent background option
+- add branding to Plugin-Tray
+- installer updates
+
+1431-5 (2010-05-29)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix installer
+- add DNS plugin status messages
+
+1431-4 (2010-05-28)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- disable the transparent background option
+- downgrade GTK+ to more stable 2.16
+
+1431-3 (2010-05-23)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add portable build support
+
+1431-2 (2010-05-22)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- replace X-Tray with Plugin-Tray
+
+1431 (2010-05-21)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update XChat to r1431
+- include a lot of XChat translations added since 2.8.6
+
+1412-3 (2010-05-02)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix GTK function call
+
+1412-2 (2010-05-02)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- re-enable taskbar alerts on x64
+
+1412 (2010-05-02)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- update XChat to r1412
+- update GTK+ and friends
+- update Visual Studio to 2010
+- fix Perl warning message
+- include GTK L10n with the installer
+
+1409-9 (2010-04-18)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix loading of scrollback
+
+1409-8 (2010-04-03)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- fix X-Tray on x64
+
+1409-7 (2010-04-02)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- disable taskbar notification options
+
+1409-6 (2010-03-31)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- display version numbers everywhere
+
+1409-5 (2010-03-31)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add DNS plugin
+- add EasyWinampControl plugin
+- disable Plugin-Tray settings
+
+1409-4 (2010-03-30)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- add X-Tray
+
+1409-3 (2010-03-29)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- plugin linkage fixes
+
+1409-2 (2010-03-29)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- enable IPv6 support
+- enable NLS support
+- enable Perl support
+- enable Tcl support
+
+1409 (2010-03-29)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- initial release