Added a new Meson feature option appindicator (default auto) so this backend is explicitly controllable.
Updated GTK Meson logic to honor -Dappindicator=... and fail fast if enabled is requested but neither ayatana-appindicator3-0.1 nor appindicator3-0.1 is found (prevents silently shipping a build without AppIndicator tray support).
Updated AppImage CI configure flags to force -Dappindicator=enabled, which should prevent AppImage artifacts from lacking StatusNotifier/AppIndicator tray support in XFCE-like environments.
Added a unified theme application pipeline via fe_apply_theme_for_mode() and fe_apply_theme_to_toplevel(), and routed auto-mode refresh logic through it so palette + GTK input styling are applied consistently from one place.
Switched startup and settings-apply flows to use the unified theming function, replacing direct palette-only calls so system-mode detection → theme apply is consistent across initialization and preferences changes.
Applied native titlebar updates when top-level windows are shown and during setup reapply across open sessions, and wired Windows builds to link dwmapi in both Meson and MSVC project files.
Added compile-time selection to use AppIndicator when available and fall back to GtkStatusIcon otherwise, keeping the status-icon backend available for non-AppIndicator builds (including GTK3 fallback).
Updated gtk_entry_find_position to use GTK3-safe layout offsets and cursor position APIs while preserving GTK2-only field access behind #if !HAVE_GTK3.
Reworked tray menu population and tray initialization to use the backend abstraction and GTK3 menu refresh behavior.
Linked AppIndicator dependencies conditionally for GTK3 builds in Meson.
Switched the GTK frontend build logic to select GTK2/GTK3 dependencies and emit corresponding preprocessor defines.
Added GTK3 GtkGrid/alignment handling and GTK3 GtkBox replacements for the channel list controls while preserving GTK2 table behavior behind guards.
Switched the ban list layout to use GtkGrid under GTK3 with GTK2 table fallback for checkbox placement.
Updated main GTK UI layouts to use GTK3 GtkGrid/GtkBox and alignment/attachment logic (quit dialog, topic bar, search/entry, chanview placement, main window table) while keeping GTK2 behavior via HAVE_GTK3 guards.
Windows builds of the GTK frontend use the pie flag to compile
hexchat.exe. Windows needs an explicit entrypoint when compiling with
--pie, otherwise an invalid executable is created.
This sets the entrypoint of the executable on Windows (as it is
currently set in the Visual Studio project files).
This fixes a critical build issue which prevents all Windows builds
using Meson from working.
Quick rundown of benefits:
- Much faster:
- Autotools (with autogen): 22 seconds
- Meson: 7 seconds
- Meson (with ccache): 2 seconds
- Simpler:
- ~1000 lines smaller
- Single simple language
- Potentially better Windows (Visual Studio) support
What is not done:
- Complete Windows support
- OSX support (easy)
Closes#2013Closes#1937Closes#1803
