fix tls unsupported issue on windows

Block root unless --run-as-root

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.19.0
+2.20.0-dev

data/misc/net.zoite.Zoitechat.appdata.xml.in

@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@
     <id>zoitechat.desktop</id>
   </provides>
 <releases>
+<release date="2026-09-15" version="2.19.1">
+  <description>
+    <ul>
+      <li>Fixed /msg messages showing twice on servers using IRCv3 <code>echo-message</code>.</li>
+      <li>Fixed escaping a leading command slash so <code>//text</code> sends <code>/text</code> as normal chat.</li>
+      <li>Fixed automatic away clearing when sending messages on servers using <code>echo-message</code>.</li>
+      <li>Fixed other users' away status not updating until rejoining a channel when <code>away-notify</code> updates are missed.</li>
+      <li>Fixed private messages and <code>/me</code> actions being routed to the wrong window when using WeeChat's IRC relay, while preserving channel ACTION routing.</li>
+      <li>Fixed a Flatpak startup error caused by the D-Bus service still using the old HexChat app ID.</li>
+      <li>Fixed optional Windows 10 theme downloads in the Windows installer.</li>
+      <li>Fixed the GTK warning when switching from channel tabs to the channel tree.</li>
+      <li>Fixed GTK3 theme archive root detection so themes with an <code>index.theme</code> file are preferred correctly.</li>
+      <li>Fixed source-build configuration when plugin AppStream metadata installation is disabled, and corrected the minimum Meson version to 0.59.</li>
+    </ul>
+  </description>
+</release>
 <release date="2026-07-28" version="2.19.0">
   <description>
     <ul>

docs/_static/css/zoitechat-docs.css

@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ a {
     text-decoration: none;
 }
 
+::selection {
+    background: var(--accent);
+    color: #fff8ea;
+}
+
 button,
 input,
 textarea,
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ select {
     z-index: 2000;
     border-bottom: 3px solid var(--rule);
     background: rgba(238, 229, 211, 0.94);
+    -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
     backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
 }
 
@@ -231,6 +237,17 @@ select {
     font-weight: 900;
 }
 
+.site-nav a[aria-current="page"] {
+    border-block-color: var(--rule);
+    background: var(--panel-dark);
+    color: var(--paper-warm);
+    box-shadow: inset 0 -0.3rem 0 var(--accent);
+}
+
+.site-nav a[aria-current="page"]::before {
+    color: #d19b25;
+}
+
 .site-nav a:hover,
 .site-nav a:focus-visible {
     border-block-color: var(--rule);
@@ -511,6 +528,7 @@ select {
     font-weight: 900;
     line-height: 1.18;
     box-shadow: 4px 4px 0 var(--rule);
+    touch-action: manipulation;
     transition: transform 0.12s ease, background-color 0.12s ease, color 0.12s ease, box-shadow 0.12s ease;
 }
 
@@ -527,6 +545,11 @@ select {
     outline: none;
 }
 
+.button:active {
+    transform: translate(3px, 3px);
+    box-shadow: none;
+}
+
 .button-primary {
     background: var(--accent);
     color: #fff8ea;
@@ -1176,6 +1199,11 @@ select {
     color: rgba(255, 248, 234, 0.82);
 }
 
+.footer-links a {
+    width: fit-content;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
+}
+
 .footer-links a::before {
     color: #d19b25;
     content: "↳ ";
@@ -1184,6 +1212,7 @@ select {
 .footer-links a:hover,
 .footer-links a:focus-visible {
     color: #fff8ea;
+    border-bottom-color: currentColor;
     outline: none;
 }
 
@@ -1346,6 +1375,70 @@ select {
         animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
     }
 }
+
+/* Automatic dark appearance, matching the main ZoiteChat site palette. */
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+    :root {
+        color-scheme: dark;
+        --paper: #161514;
+        --paper-warm: #f4ead9;
+        --paper-cool: #1c2522;
+        --ink: #f2eadb;
+        --ink-soft: #ddd2c1;
+        --muted: #bdb19f;
+        --quiet: #928777;
+        --rule: #080706;
+        --rule-soft: rgba(242, 234, 219, 0.16);
+        --rule-mid: rgba(242, 234, 219, 0.3);
+        --panel: #211e1a;
+        --panel-alt: #2b261f;
+        --panel-dark: #0b0c0c;
+        --accent: #c34720;
+        --accent-dark: #ff966d;
+        --accent-soft: rgba(195, 71, 32, 0.17);
+        --green: #367662;
+        --blue: #386b8d;
+        --warning: #9b6508;
+        --success: #43856a;
+        --shadow: 8px 8px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.82);
+        --shadow-soft: 0 18px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.36);
+    }
+
+    html {
+        background: var(--paper);
+    }
+
+    body {
+        background:
+            linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(242, 234, 219, 0.025) 1px, transparent 1px) 0 0 / 68px 68px,
+            linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(242, 234, 219, 0.022) 1px, transparent 1px) 0 0 / 68px 68px,
+            radial-gradient(circle at 11% 18%, rgba(195, 71, 32, 0.15), transparent 24rem),
+            radial-gradient(circle at 86% 4%, rgba(54, 118, 98, 0.16), transparent 28rem),
+            linear-gradient(180deg, #181715 0%, #111311 58%, #191714 100%);
+    }
+
+    body::before {
+        background:
+            repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0 17px, rgba(242, 234, 219, 0.025) 17px 18px),
+            repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent 0 5px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.025) 5px 6px);
+        mix-blend-mode: screen;
+    }
+
+    .site-header {
+        background: rgba(22, 21, 20, 0.94);
+    }
+
+    .site-nav a,
+    .nav-menu summary {
+        background: rgba(39, 35, 30, 0.52);
+    }
+
+    .eyebrow::before,
+    .footer-links a::before {
+        color: #e0aa3c;
+    }
+}
+
 /* Sphinx/Read the Docs bridge: aggressively map documentation onto the main ZoiteChat site skin. */
 html {
     font-size: 16px !important;
@@ -1485,6 +1578,17 @@ body a {
     font-weight: 900 !important;
 }
 
+#navbar-top .site-nav a[aria-current="page"] {
+    border-block-color: var(--rule) !important;
+    background: var(--panel-dark) !important;
+    color: var(--paper-warm) !important;
+    box-shadow: inset 0 -0.3rem 0 var(--accent) !important;
+}
+
+#navbar-top .site-nav a[aria-current="page"]::before {
+    color: #d19b25 !important;
+}
+
 #navbar-top .site-nav a:hover,
 #navbar-top .site-nav a:focus-visible,
 #navbar-top .site-nav summary:hover,
@@ -1671,6 +1775,7 @@ footer.site-footer-lite {
 }
 
 .document .body p {
+    max-width: 78ch;
     margin: 0 0 1rem !important;
 }
 
@@ -1716,6 +1821,7 @@ ul.search a:focus-visible {
 
 .document .body ul,
 .document .body ol {
+    max-width: 78ch;
     margin: 0.75rem 0 1.4rem !important;
     padding-left: 1.35rem !important;
 }
@@ -1865,6 +1971,11 @@ ul.search a:focus-visible {
     text-transform: uppercase !important;
 }
 
+.document .body table tbody tr:hover td,
+.document .body table tbody tr:focus-within td {
+    background: var(--accent-soft) !important;
+}
+
 .admonition,
 .note,
 .warning,
@@ -2004,6 +2115,7 @@ input[type="submit"],
     line-height: 1.18 !important;
     text-shadow: none !important;
     box-shadow: 4px 4px 0 var(--rule) !important;
+    touch-action: manipulation;
 }
 
 .btn:hover,
@@ -2019,6 +2131,13 @@ input[type="submit"]:focus-visible {
     outline: none !important;
 }
 
+.btn:active,
+button:active,
+input[type="submit"]:active {
+    transform: translate(3px, 3px) !important;
+    box-shadow: none !important;
+}
+
 #navbar-related {
     min-height: auto !important;
     margin: 1rem 0 1.5rem !important;
@@ -2275,3 +2394,37 @@ footer:not(.site-footer) {
         letter-spacing: -0.04em !important;
     }
 }
+
+/* Keep basicstrap's stronger overrides readable with the main site's dark palette. */
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+    #navbar-top.site-header {
+        background: rgba(22, 21, 20, 0.94) !important;
+    }
+
+    #navbar-top .site-nav a,
+    #navbar-top .site-nav summary {
+        background: rgba(39, 35, 30, 0.52) !important;
+    }
+
+    .document::after,
+    .sidebar::after,
+    #navbar-related::after {
+        background: linear-gradient(135deg, transparent 50%, rgba(242, 234, 219, 0.09) 50%) !important;
+    }
+
+    input[type="text"],
+    input[type="search"],
+    .search-query,
+    .form-control,
+    textarea,
+    select {
+        background: var(--panel) !important;
+        box-shadow: inset 3px 3px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.32) !important;
+    }
+
+    .warning,
+    .caution,
+    .danger {
+        background: #3a2e19 !important;
+    }
+}

docs/_theme/basicstrap/layout.html

@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@
     {%- endif %}
     <meta name="description" content="">
     <meta name="author" content="">
+    <meta name="theme-color" content="#eee5d3" media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)">
+    <meta name="theme-color" content="#161514" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)">
 
     {{ css() }}
     {%- if not embedded %}
@@ -260,8 +262,9 @@
         <nav class="site-nav" aria-label="Primary">
           <a href="https://zoitechat.org/">Home</a>
           <a href="https://zoitechat.org/addons.php">Addons</a>
+          <a href="https://zoitechat.org/announcements.php">Announcements</a>
           <a href="https://zoitechat.org/download.php">Download</a>
-          <a href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}">Docs</a>
+          <a href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}" aria-current="page">Docs</a>
           <a href="https://github.com/ZoiteChat/zoitechat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GitHub</a>
           <details class="nav-menu">
             <summary>IRC Support</summary>
@@ -336,6 +339,7 @@
           <div class="footer-links">
             <a href="https://zoitechat.org/download.php">Download</a>
             <a href="https://zoitechat.org/addons.php">Addons</a>
+            <a href="https://zoitechat.org/announcements.php">Announcements</a>
             <a href="https://zoitechat.org/privacy.php">Privacy Policy</a>
             <a href="{{ pathto(master_doc) }}">Documentation</a>
             <a href="https://github.com/ZoiteChat/zoitechat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Source code</a>

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 ZoiteChat ChangeLog
 =================
 
+2.19.1 (2026-09-15)
+-------------------
+
+- Fixed ``/msg`` messages showing twice on servers using IRCv3 ``echo-message``.
+- Fixed escaping a leading command slash so ``//text`` sends ``/text`` as normal chat.
+- Fixed automatic away clearing when sending messages on servers using ``echo-message``.
+- Fixed other users' away status not updating until rejoining a channel when ``away-notify`` updates are missed.
+- Fixed private messages and ``/me`` actions being routed to the wrong window when using WeeChat's IRC relay, while preserving channel ACTION routing.
+- Fixed a Flatpak startup error caused by the D-Bus service still using the old HexChat app ID.
+- Fixed optional Windows 10 theme downloads in the Windows installer.
+- Fixed the GTK warning when switching from channel tabs to the channel tree.
+- Fixed GTK3 theme archive root detection so themes with an ``index.theme`` file are preferred correctly.
+- Fixed source-build configuration when plugin AppStream metadata installation is disabled, and corrected the minimum Meson version to 0.59.
+
 2.19.0 (2026-07-28)
 -------------------
 

src/common/cfgfiles.c

@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ const struct prefs vars[] =
 	{"gui_lang", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_lang), TYPE_INT},
 	{"gui_mode_buttons", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_mode_buttons), TYPE_BOOL},
 	{"gui_mode_buttons_inline", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_mode_buttons_inline), TYPE_BOOL},
+	{"gui_onboarding_disable", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_onboarding_disable), TYPE_BOOL},
+	{"gui_onboarding_pending", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_onboarding_pending), TYPE_BOOL},
 	{"gui_pane_divider_position", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_pane_divider_position), TYPE_INT},
 	{"gui_pane_left_size", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_pane_left_size), TYPE_INT},
 	{"gui_pane_right_size", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_pane_right_size), TYPE_INT},
@@ -443,6 +445,7 @@ const struct prefs vars[] =
 	{"gui_tab_chans", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_tab_chans), TYPE_BOOL},
 	{"gui_tab_dialogs", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_tab_dialogs), TYPE_BOOL},
 	{"gui_tab_dots", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_tab_dots), TYPE_BOOL},
+	{"gui_tab_font", P_OFFSET (hex_gui_tab_font), TYPE_STR},
 	{"gui_tab_icons", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_tab_icons), TYPE_BOOL},
 	{"gui_dark_mode", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_dark_mode), TYPE_INT},
 	{"gui_gtk3_variant", P_OFFINT (hex_gui_gtk3_variant), TYPE_INT},

src/common/fe.h

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ void fe_add_rawlog (struct server *serv, char *text, int len, int outbound);
 #define FE_MSG_ERROR 8
 #define FE_MSG_MARKUP 16
 void fe_message (char *msg, int flags);
+#ifdef __linux__
+void fe_root_warning (void);
+#endif
 #define FIA_READ 1
 #define FIA_WRITE 2
 #define FIA_EX 4

src/common/gtk3-theme-service.c

@@ -858,8 +858,10 @@ path_depth_from_root (const char *base, const char *path)
 static gint
 theme_root_candidate_compare (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
 {
-	const ThemeRootCandidate *ca = a;
-	const ThemeRootCandidate *cb = b;
+	/* g_ptr_array_sort() passes pointers to the array slots, not the values
+	 * stored in those slots. Dereference once before comparing candidates. */
+	const ThemeRootCandidate *ca = *(ThemeRootCandidate * const *) a;
+	const ThemeRootCandidate *cb = *(ThemeRootCandidate * const *) b;
 	if (ca->has_index_theme != cb->has_index_theme)
 		return ca->has_index_theme ? -1 : 1;
 	if (ca->depth != cb->depth)

src/common/outbound.c

@@ -2826,6 +2826,7 @@ static gboolean
 client_tag_allowed (server *serv, const char *tag)
 {
 	char **deny;
+	gboolean blocked = FALSE;
 	int i;
 
 	if (!serv->have_message_tags)
@@ -2837,15 +2838,16 @@ client_tag_allowed (server *serv, const char *tag)
 	deny = g_strsplit (serv->clienttagdeny, ",", 0);
 	for (i = 0; deny[i]; i++)
 	{
-		if (!strcmp (deny[i], "*") || !strcmp (deny[i], tag) || (deny[i][0] == '+' && !strcmp (deny[i] + 1, tag)))
-		{
-			g_strfreev (deny);
-			return FALSE;
-		}
+		if (!strcmp (deny[i], "*"))
+			blocked = TRUE;
+		else if (deny[i][0] == '-' && !strcmp (deny[i] + 1, tag))
+			blocked = FALSE;
+		else if (!strcmp (deny[i], tag) || (deny[i][0] == '+' && !strcmp (deny[i] + 1, tag)))
+			blocked = TRUE;
 	}
 
 	g_strfreev (deny);
-	return TRUE;
+	return !blocked;
 }
 
 static char *

src/common/servlist.c

@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ struct defaultserver
 	gboolean ssl;
 };
 
+static gboolean servlist_needs_onboarding_flag;
+
 static const struct defaultserver def[] =
 {
 	{"2600net",	0},
@@ -1181,7 +1183,10 @@ servlist_load (void)
 
 	fp = zoitechat_fopen_file ("servlist.conf", "r", 0);
 	if (!fp)
+	{
+		servlist_needs_onboarding_flag = TRUE;
 		return FALSE;
+	}
 
 	while (fgets (buf, sizeof (buf) - 2, fp))
 	{
@@ -1245,6 +1250,7 @@ servlist_load (void)
 			net = servlist_net_add (buf + 2, NULL, FALSE);
 	}
 	fclose (fp);
+	servlist_needs_onboarding_flag = (network_list == NULL);
 
 	return TRUE;
 }
@@ -1253,8 +1259,16 @@ void
 servlist_init (void)
 {
 	if (!network_list)
-		if (!servlist_load ())
+	{
+		if (!servlist_load () || !network_list)
 			servlist_load_defaults ();
+	}
+}
+
+gboolean
+servlist_needs_onboarding (void)
+{
+	return servlist_needs_onboarding_flag;
 }
 
 /* check if a charset is known by Iconv */
@@ -1395,6 +1409,7 @@ servlist_save (void)
 	}
 
 	fclose (fp);
+	servlist_needs_onboarding_flag = FALSE;
 	return TRUE;
 }
 

src/common/servlist.h

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ extern GSList *network_list;
 #define IRC_DEFAULT_CHARSET		"UTF-8 (Unicode)"
 
 void servlist_init (void);
+gboolean servlist_needs_onboarding (void);
 int servlist_save (void);
 int servlist_cycle (server *serv);
 void servlist_connect (session *sess, ircnet *net, gboolean join);

src/common/zoitechat.c

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ int zoitechat_is_quitting = FALSE;
 /* command-line args */
 int arg_dont_autoconnect = FALSE;
 int arg_skip_plugins = FALSE;
+gint arg_run_as_root = FALSE;
 char *arg_url = NULL;
 char **arg_urls = NULL;
 char *arg_command = NULL;
@@ -463,7 +464,6 @@ doover:
 		while (list)
 		{
 			sess = list->data;
-			if (!sess->server->have_awaynotify)
 			sess->done_away_check = FALSE;
 			list = list->next;
 		}
@@ -1176,6 +1176,25 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	HRESULT coinit_result;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+	{
+		if (strcmp (argv[i], "--") == 0)
+			break;
+		if (strcmp (argv[i], "--run-as-root") == 0)
+		{
+			arg_run_as_root = TRUE;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (geteuid () == 0 && !arg_run_as_root)
+	{
+		fe_root_warning ();
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	srand ((unsigned int) time (NULL)); /* CL: do this only once! */
 
 	/* We must check for the config dir parameter, otherwise load_config() will behave incorrectly.
@@ -1264,7 +1283,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 #ifndef WIN32
 #ifndef __EMX__
 	/* OS/2 uses UID 0 all the time */
-	if (getuid () == 0)
+	if (getuid () == 0 && !arg_run_as_root)
 		fe_message (_("* Running IRC as root is stupid! You should\n"
 			      "  create a User Account and use that to login.\n"), FE_MSG_WARN|FE_MSG_WAIT);
 #endif

src/common/zoitechat.h

@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ struct zoitechatprefs
 	unsigned int hex_gui_join_dialog;
 	unsigned int hex_gui_mode_buttons;
 	unsigned int hex_gui_mode_buttons_inline;
+	unsigned int hex_gui_onboarding_disable;
+	unsigned int hex_gui_onboarding_pending;
 	unsigned int hex_gui_quit_dialog;
 	/* unsigned int hex_gui_single; */
 	unsigned int hex_gui_slist_fav;
@@ -315,6 +317,7 @@ struct zoitechatprefs
 	char hex_dcc_completed_dir[PATHLEN + 1];
 	char hex_dcc_dir[PATHLEN + 1];
 	char hex_dcc_ip[DOMAINLEN + 1];
+	char hex_gui_tab_font[FONTNAMELEN + 1];
 	char hex_gui_ulist_doubleclick[256];
 	char hex_input_command_char[4];
 	char hex_irc_extra_hilight[300];
@@ -449,6 +452,7 @@ typedef struct session
 	int mode_timeout_tag;
 	int typing_timeout_tag;
 	int typing_status;
+	gint64 typing_last_sent;
 	int typing_animation_tag;
 	int typing_animation_frame;
 

src/common/zoitechatc.h

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ extern struct zoitechatprefs prefs;
 extern int zoitechat_is_quitting;
 extern gint arg_skip_plugins;	/* command-line args */
 extern gint arg_dont_autoconnect;
+extern gint arg_run_as_root;
 extern char *arg_url;
 extern char **arg_urls;
 extern char *arg_command;

src/fe-gtk/chanview-tabs.c

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 /* file included in chanview.c */
 
+#include "theme/theme-css.h"
+
 typedef struct
 {
 	GtkWidget *outer;	/* outer box */
@@ -690,6 +692,7 @@ cv_tabs_add (chanview *cv, chan *ch, char *name, GtkTreeIter *parent)
 	GtkWidget *label;
 	GtkWidget *close_button;
 	GtkWidget *close_icon;
+	GtkCssProvider *close_css;
 
 	but = gtk_toggle_button_new ();
 	gtk_widget_set_name (but, "zoitechat-tab");
@@ -698,9 +701,27 @@ cv_tabs_add (chanview *cv, chan *ch, char *name, GtkTreeIter *parent)
 	cv_add_scroll_events (but);
 	hbox = gtk_box_new (GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 2);
 	label = gtk_label_new (name);
+	if (prefs.hex_gui_tab_font[0])
+	{
+		PangoFontDescription *font_desc;
+
+		/* Keep activity colours and the Smaller text scale in the label attributes. */
+		font_desc = pango_font_description_from_string (prefs.hex_gui_tab_font);
+		gtkutil_apply_palette (label, NULL, NULL, font_desc);
+		pango_font_description_free (font_desc);
+	}
 	close_button = gtk_button_new ();
 	cv_add_scroll_events (close_button);
 	gtk_style_context_add_class (gtk_widget_get_style_context (close_button), "flat");
+	gtk_style_context_add_class (gtk_widget_get_style_context (close_button), "zoitechat-tab-close");
+	/* Theme button minimums and padding must not determine the tab height. */
+	close_css = gtk_css_provider_new ();
+	gtk_css_provider_load_from_data (close_css,
+		".zoitechat-tab-close { min-width: 0; min-height: 0; padding: 1px; margin: 0; }",
+		-1, NULL);
+	theme_css_apply_widget_provider (close_button, GTK_STYLE_PROVIDER (close_css));
+	g_object_unref (close_css);
+	gtk_widget_set_valign (close_button, GTK_ALIGN_CENTER);
 	close_icon = gtk_image_new_from_icon_name ("window-close-symbolic", GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU);
 	gtk_image_set_pixel_size (GTK_IMAGE (close_icon), 8);
 	gtk_button_set_always_show_image (GTK_BUTTON (close_button), TRUE);

src/fe-gtk/chanview-tree.c

@@ -300,6 +300,14 @@ cv_tree_focus (chan *ch)
 
 	path = gtk_tree_model_get_path (model, &ch->iter);
 	if (path)
+	{
+		if (!gtk_widget_get_realized (GTK_WIDGET (tree)))
+		{
+			/* Layout changes can restore focus before the new tree is realized.
+			 * Let GTK track the row and scroll once its geometry is available. */
+			gtk_tree_view_scroll_to_cell (tree, path, NULL, TRUE, 0.5, 0.5);
+		}
+		else
 		{
 			/* This full section does what
 			 * gtk_tree_view_scroll_to_cell (tree, path, NULL, TRUE, 0.5, 0.5);
@@ -322,6 +330,7 @@ cv_tree_focus (chan *ch)
 					dest_y = 0;
 				gtk_tree_view_scroll_to_point (tree, -1, dest_y);
 			}
+		}
 		/* theft done, now make it focused like */
 		gtk_tree_view_set_cursor (tree, path, NULL, FALSE);
 		gtk_tree_path_free (path);

src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c

@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ static const GOptionEntry gopt_entries[] =
  {"no-auto",	'a', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&arg_dont_autoconnect, N_("Don't auto connect to servers"), NULL},
  {"cfgdir",	'd', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&arg_cfgdir, N_("Use a different config directory"), "PATH"},
  {"no-plugins",	'n', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&arg_skip_plugins, N_("Don't auto load any plugins"), NULL},
+#ifdef __linux__
+ {"run-as-root", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &arg_run_as_root, N_("Allow ZoiteChat to run as root (unsafe)"), NULL},
+#endif
  {"plugindir",	'p', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&arg_show_autoload, N_("Show plugin/script auto-load directory"), NULL},
  {"configdir",	'u', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&arg_show_config, N_("Show user config directory"), NULL},
  {"url",	 0,  G_OPTION_FLAG_HIDDEN, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &arg_url, N_("Open an irc://server:port/channel?key URL"), "URL"},
@@ -103,6 +106,33 @@ static const GOptionEntry gopt_entries[] =
  {NULL}
 };
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+void
+fe_root_warning (void)
+{
+	const char *message =
+		"ZoiteChat refuses to run as root on Linux.\n\n"
+		"Run it as a normal user, or pass --run-as-root to override this protection.";
+	GtkWidget *dialog;
+
+	g_printerr ("%s\n", message);
+
+	/* A graphical session may not be accessible to root, particularly under
+	 * Wayland. Keep stderr as the fallback if GTK cannot open the display. */
+	if (!gtk_init_check (NULL, NULL))
+		return;
+
+	dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (NULL,
+	                                 GTK_DIALOG_MODAL,
+	                                 GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,
+	                                 GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE,
+	                                 "%s", message);
+	gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (dialog), "ZoiteChat");
+	gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog));
+	gtk_widget_destroy (dialog);
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 static void
 create_msg_dialog (gchar *title, gchar *message)

src/fe-gtk/maingui.c

@@ -778,10 +778,13 @@ mg_inputbox_focus (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventFocus *event, session_gui *gui)
 }
 
 
+#define TYPING_THROTTLE_USEC (3 * G_USEC_PER_SEC)
+
 static gboolean
 mg_client_tag_allowed (server *serv, const char *tag)
 {
         char **deny;
+        gboolean blocked = FALSE;
         int i;
 
         if (!serv->have_message_tags)
@@ -793,30 +796,42 @@ mg_client_tag_allowed (server *serv, const char *tag)
         deny = g_strsplit (serv->clienttagdeny, ",", 0);
         for (i = 0; deny[i]; i++)
         {
-                if (!strcmp (deny[i], "*") || !strcmp (deny[i], tag) || (deny[i][0] == '+' && !strcmp (deny[i] + 1, tag)))
-                {
-                        g_strfreev (deny);
-                        return FALSE;
-                }
+                if (!strcmp (deny[i], "*"))
+                        blocked = TRUE;
+                else if (deny[i][0] == '-' && !strcmp (deny[i] + 1, tag))
+                        blocked = FALSE;
+                else if (!strcmp (deny[i], tag) || (deny[i][0] == '+' && !strcmp (deny[i] + 1, tag)))
+                        blocked = TRUE;
         }
 
         g_strfreev (deny);
-        return TRUE;
+        return !blocked;
 }
 
-static void
+static gboolean
+mg_typing_can_send (session *sess)
+{
+        gint64 now = g_get_monotonic_time ();
+
+        return sess->typing_last_sent == 0 ||
+               now - sess->typing_last_sent >= TYPING_THROTTLE_USEC;
+}
+
+static gboolean
 mg_send_typing (session *sess, const char *state)
 {
         char tags[32];
 
         if (!sess || !sess->server->connected || !mg_client_tag_allowed (sess->server, "typing") || !sess->channel[0])
-                return;
+                return FALSE;
 
         if (sess->type != SESS_CHANNEL && sess->type != SESS_DIALOG)
-                return;
+                return FALSE;
 
         g_snprintf (tags, sizeof (tags), "+typing=%s", state);
         sess->server->p_tagmsg (sess->server, tags, sess->channel);
+        sess->typing_last_sent = g_get_monotonic_time ();
+        return TRUE;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -845,17 +860,15 @@ mg_typing_update (session *sess, const char *text)
 
         if (!text || !*text || text[0] == prefs.hex_input_command_char[0])
         {
-                if (sess->typing_status)
+                if (sess->typing_status && mg_typing_can_send (sess))
                         mg_send_typing (sess, "done");
                 sess->typing_status = 0;
                 return;
         }
 
-        if (sess->typing_status != 1)
-        {
+        if (mg_typing_can_send (sess))
                 mg_send_typing (sess, "active");
         sess->typing_status = 1;
-        }
         sess->typing_timeout_tag = fe_timeout_add_seconds (6, mg_typing_pause_cb, sess);
 }
 

src/fe-gtk/meson.build

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ zoitechat_gtk_ldflags = []
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
   zoitechat_gtk_sources += 'notifications/notification-windows.c'
   zoitechat_gtk_deps += cc.find_library('dwmapi', required: true)
+  zoitechat_gtk_deps += cc.find_library('winhttp', required: true)
   zoitechat_theme_deps += cc.find_library('dwmapi', required: true)
 
 else

src/fe-gtk/setup.c

@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ static const setting tabs_settings[] =
         {ST_TOGGLE, N_("Show close button on tabs"), P_OFFINTNL(hex_gui_tab_closebuttons), 0, 0, 0},
         {ST_TOGGLE, N_("Middle click to close tab"), P_OFFINTNL(hex_gui_tab_middleclose), 0, 0, 0},
         {ST_TOGGLE, N_("Smaller text"), P_OFFINTNL(hex_gui_tab_small), 0, 0, 0},
+        {ST_EFONT,  N_("Tab font:"), P_OFFSETNL(hex_gui_tab_font),
+                N_("Font for server and channel tabs in the Tabs layout. Leave blank to use the theme font. Smaller text still applies."),
+                0, sizeof prefs.hex_gui_tab_font},
         {ST_MENU,       N_("Focus new tabs:"), P_OFFINTNL(hex_gui_tab_newtofront), 0, focusnewtabsmenu, 0},
         {ST_MENU,       N_("Placement of notices:"), P_OFFINTNL(hex_irc_notice_pos), 0, noticeposmenu, 0},
         {ST_MENU,       N_("Show channel switcher at:"), P_OFFINTNL(hex_gui_tab_pos), 0, cspos, 1},
@@ -645,6 +648,9 @@ static const char *const proxyuse[] =
 
 static const setting network_settings[] =
 {
+        {ST_HEADER,     N_("Startup"), 0, 0, 0, 0},
+        {ST_TOGGLE,     N_("Disable first-run assistant"), P_OFFINTNL(hex_gui_onboarding_disable), 0, 0, 0},
+
         {ST_HEADER,     N_("Your Address"), 0, 0, 0, 0},
         {ST_ENTRY,      N_("Bind to:"), P_OFFSETNL(hex_net_bind_host), 0, 0, sizeof prefs.hex_net_bind_host},
         {ST_LABEL,      N_("Only useful for computers with multiple addresses.")},
@@ -2335,6 +2341,9 @@ setup_apply (struct zoitechatprefs *pr)
         if (DIFF (hex_gui_tab_icons) || DIFF (hex_gui_tab_closebuttons) ||
                  DIFF (hex_gui_tab_small))
                 live_changes.chanview = TRUE;
+        if (pr->hex_gui_tab_layout == 0 &&
+                strcmp (pr->hex_gui_tab_font, prefs.hex_gui_tab_font) != 0)
+                live_changes.chanview = TRUE;
         if (DIFF (hex_gui_tab_sort))
                 live_changes.tab_resort = TRUE;
         if (DIFF (hex_gui_tab_trunc))

src/fe-gtk/sexy-spell-entry.c

@@ -1266,8 +1266,6 @@ attr_list_has_attrs (PangoAttrList *attrs)
 static void
 sexy_spell_entry_recheck_all(SexySpellEntry *entry)
 {
-	GdkRectangle rect;
-	GtkAllocation allocation;
 	GtkWidget *widget = GTK_WIDGET(entry);
 	int length, i, text_len;
 	const char *text;
@@ -1299,15 +1297,8 @@ sexy_spell_entry_recheck_all(SexySpellEntry *entry)
 
 	gtk_entry_set_attributes (GTK_ENTRY (entry), attr_list_has_attrs (entry->priv->attr_list) ? entry->priv->attr_list : NULL);
 
-	if (gtk_widget_get_realized (GTK_WIDGET(entry)))
-	{
-		gtk_widget_get_allocation (GTK_WIDGET(entry), &allocation);
-		
-		rect.x = 0; rect.y = 0;
-		rect.width  = allocation.width;
-		rect.height = allocation.height;
-		gdk_window_invalidate_rect(gtk_widget_get_window (widget), &rect, TRUE);
-	}
+	/* GtkEntry shares its parent's GdkWindow in GTK3; redraw the widget area. */
+	gtk_widget_queue_draw (widget);
 }
 
 static gboolean

src/fe-gtk/theme/theme-manager.c

@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ theme_manager_get_userlist_palette_behavior (const PangoFontDescription *font_de
 
 	behavior.font_desc = font_desc;
 	behavior.apply_background = TRUE;
-	behavior.apply_foreground = (prefs.hex_gui_ulist_color || prefs.hex_text_color_nicks) ? FALSE : TRUE;
+	behavior.apply_foreground = prefs.hex_gui_ulist_color ? FALSE : TRUE;
 
 	return behavior;
 }

src/fe-gtk/userlistgui.c

@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ fe_userlist_rehash (session *sess, struct User *user)
 		nick_token = THEME_TOKEN_TAB_AWAY;
 		have_nick_token = TRUE;
 	}
-	else if (prefs.hex_gui_ulist_color || prefs.hex_text_color_nicks)
+	else if (prefs.hex_gui_ulist_color)
 	{
 		int mirc_index = text_color_of (user->nick);
 
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ fe_userlist_insert (session *sess, struct User *newuser, gboolean sel)
 		nick_token = THEME_TOKEN_TAB_AWAY;
 		have_nick_token = TRUE;
 	}
-	else if (prefs.hex_gui_ulist_color || prefs.hex_text_color_nicks)
+	else if (prefs.hex_gui_ulist_color)
 	{
 		int mirc_index = text_color_of (newuser->nick);
 

src/fe-gtk/xtext.c

@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ static void gtk_xtext_render_page (GtkXText * xtext);
 static void gtk_xtext_calc_lines (xtext_buffer *buf, int);
 static gboolean gtk_xtext_is_selecting (GtkXText *xtext);
 static char *gtk_xtext_selection_get_text (GtkXText *xtext, int *len_ret);
+static void gtk_xtext_clipboard_get (GtkClipboard *, GtkSelectionData *, guint, gpointer);
+static void gtk_xtext_clipboard_clear (GtkClipboard *, gpointer);
 static textentry *gtk_xtext_nth (GtkXText *xtext, int line, int *subline);
 static void gtk_xtext_adjustment_changed (GtkAdjustment * adj,
 												GtkXText * xtext);
@@ -1082,9 +1084,29 @@ gtk_xtext_new (const XTextColor *palette, int separator)
 	return GTK_WIDGET (xtext);
 }
 
+static void
+gtk_xtext_release_selections (GtkXText *xtext)
+{
+	GdkAtom selections[] = { GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY, GDK_SELECTION_SECONDARY };
+	guint i;
+
+	if (!gtk_widget_has_screen (GTK_WIDGET (xtext)))
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS (selections); i++)
+	{
+		GtkClipboard *clipboard = gtk_widget_get_clipboard (GTK_WIDGET (xtext), selections[i]);
+
+		if (gtk_clipboard_get_owner (clipboard) == G_OBJECT (xtext))
+			gtk_clipboard_clear (clipboard);
+	}
+}
+
 static void
 gtk_xtext_cleanup (GtkXText *xtext)
 {
+	gtk_xtext_release_selections (xtext);
+
 	if (xtext->add_io_tag)
 	{
 		g_source_remove (xtext->add_io_tag);
@@ -1179,6 +1201,7 @@ gtk_xtext_finalize (GObject *object)
 static void
 gtk_xtext_unrealize (GtkWidget * widget)
 {
+	gtk_xtext_release_selections (GTK_XTEXT (widget));
 	backend_deinit (GTK_XTEXT (widget));
 
 	/*
@@ -2743,8 +2766,16 @@ gtk_xtext_set_clip_owner (GtkWidget * xtext, GdkEventButton * event)
 		{
 			gtk_clipboard_set_text (gtk_widget_get_clipboard (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD), str, len);
 			
-			gtk_selection_owner_set (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY, event ? event->time : GDK_CURRENT_TIME);
-			gtk_selection_owner_set (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_SECONDARY, event ? event->time : GDK_CURRENT_TIME);
+			/* Let GtkClipboard own the X11 selection window. Making xtext
+			 * the selection owner forces its window native and bypasses
+			 * GTK's toplevel backing buffer on subsequent redraws.
+			 */
+			gtk_clipboard_set_with_owner (gtk_widget_get_clipboard (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_PRIMARY),
+				gtk_xtext_selection_targets, G_N_ELEMENTS (gtk_xtext_selection_targets),
+				gtk_xtext_clipboard_get, gtk_xtext_clipboard_clear, G_OBJECT (xtext));
+			gtk_clipboard_set_with_owner (gtk_widget_get_clipboard (xtext, GDK_SELECTION_SECONDARY),
+				gtk_xtext_selection_targets, G_N_ELEMENTS (gtk_xtext_selection_targets),
+				gtk_xtext_clipboard_get, gtk_xtext_clipboard_clear, G_OBJECT (xtext));
 		}
 
 		g_free (str);
@@ -3172,7 +3203,7 @@ gtk_xtext_selection_get (GtkWidget * widget,
 			if (!window || !GDK_IS_WINDOW (window))
 				break;
 			display = gdk_window_get_display (window);
-			if (!display)
+			if (!display || !GDK_IS_X11_DISPLAY (display))
 				break;
 			GdkAtom encoding;
 			gint format;
@@ -3197,6 +3228,29 @@ gtk_xtext_selection_get (GtkWidget * widget,
 	g_free (stripped);
 }
 
+static void
+gtk_xtext_clipboard_get (GtkClipboard *clipboard, GtkSelectionData *selection_data,
+						 guint info, gpointer owner)
+{
+	int len;
+	char *text = gtk_xtext_selection_get_text (GTK_XTEXT (owner), &len);
+
+	if (text)
+	{
+		gtk_selection_data_set_text (selection_data, text, len);
+		g_free (text);
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+gtk_xtext_clipboard_clear (GtkClipboard *clipboard, gpointer owner)
+{
+	GtkXText *xtext = GTK_XTEXT (owner);
+
+	if (xtext->orig_buffer)
+		gtk_xtext_selection_kill (xtext, NULL);
+}
+
 static gboolean
 gtk_xtext_scroll (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventScroll *event)
 {

src/fe-text/fe-text.c

@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ static const GOptionEntry gopt_entries[] =
  {"no-auto",	'a', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&arg_dont_autoconnect, N_("Don't auto connect to servers"), NULL},
  {"cfgdir",	'd', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&arg_cfgdir, N_("Use a different config directory"), "PATH"},
  {"no-plugins",	'n', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&arg_skip_plugins, N_("Don't auto load any plugins"), NULL},
+#ifdef __linux__
+ {"run-as-root", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &arg_run_as_root, N_("Allow ZoiteChat to run as root (unsafe)"), NULL},
+#endif
  {"plugindir",	'p', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&arg_show_autoload, N_("Show plugin/script auto-load directory"), NULL},
  {"configdir",	'u', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&arg_show_config, N_("Show user config directory"), NULL},
  {"url",	 0,  G_OPTION_FLAG_HIDDEN, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&arg_url, N_("Open an irc://server:port/channel URL"), "URL"},
@@ -475,6 +478,16 @@ static const GOptionEntry gopt_entries[] =
  {NULL}
 };
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+void
+fe_root_warning (void)
+{
+	fputs ("ZoiteChat refuses to run as root on Linux.\n"
+	       "Run it as a normal user, or pass --run-as-root to override this protection.\n",
+	       stderr);
+}
+#endif
+
 int
 fe_args (int argc, char *argv[])
 {