Bump to 2.18.0~pre5 + changelog/AppStream

Harden tray menu lifetime + stale pointer cleanup

changelog.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
 ZoiteChat ChangeLog
 =================
 
+2.18.0~pre5 (2026-03-22)
+------------------------
+- Overhauled preferences/config saving: fully staged and transactional, debounced
+  with flush on close, write failures now surfaced.
+- Overhauled GTK theme handling: live preview, correct colour reset persistence,
+  proper file:// import paths, consistent menubar CSS.
+- Fixed GTK entry scroll artifact in the input box.
+- Hardened tray menu lifetime; fixed stale pointer crash on menu destruction.
+- Fixed AppIndicator tray init for Wayland/source builds; skip redundant X11
+  tray probe for AppIndicator builds.
+- Split topic/mode rows in channel bar, tighten spacing, persist userlist column widths.
+- Preserve saved right-pane size on first layout.
+- Fixed sounds prefs section.
+- Fixed chanview tree layout and header alignment; tighten topic URL hit-testing.
+- Dropped realpath() in favour of GLib-only absolute path build.
+- Made About dialog links explicit; added GPL licence URL.
+- Added licence headers to new source files.
+- Windows installer: fixed VC++ redist URL, added non-plugin download fallback,
+  switched to registry-based runtime detection.
+- Made libayatana-appindicator a required dep in PKGBUILD.
+- Cleaned up Meson libperl detection.
+
 2.18.0~pre4 (2026-03-15)
 ------------------------
 

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

@@ -29,6 +29,45 @@
     <id>zoitechat.desktop</id>
   </provides>
 <releases>
+  <release date="2026-03-22" version="2.18.0~pre5">
+    <description>
+      <p>Preferences and config saving:</p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Overhauled preferences/config saving: fully staged and transactional, debounced with flush on close, write failures now surfaced.</li>
+      </ul>
+      <p>GTK theme and UI:</p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Overhauled GTK theme handling: live preview, correct colour reset persistence, proper <code>file://</code> import paths, consistent menubar CSS.</li>
+        <li>Fixed GTK entry scroll artifact in the input box.</li>
+        <li>Split topic/mode rows in channel bar, tighten spacing, persist userlist column widths.</li>
+        <li>Preserve saved right-pane size on first layout.</li>
+        <li>Fixed sounds prefs section.</li>
+        <li>Fixed chanview tree layout and header alignment; tighten topic URL hit-testing.</li>
+      </ul>
+      <p>Tray:</p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Hardened tray menu lifetime; fixed stale pointer crash on menu destruction.</li>
+        <li>Fixed AppIndicator tray init for Wayland/source builds; skip redundant X11 tray probe for AppIndicator builds.</li>
+      </ul>
+      <p>Build and packaging:</p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Dropped <code>realpath()</code> in favour of GLib-only absolute path build.</li>
+        <li>Made About dialog links explicit; added GPL licence URL.</li>
+        <li>Added licence headers to new source files.</li>
+        <li>Windows installer: fixed VC++ redist URL, added non-plugin download fallback, switched to registry-based runtime detection.</li>
+        <li>Made <code>libayatana-appindicator</code> a required dep in PKGBUILD.</li>
+        <li>Cleaned up Meson libperl detection.</li>
+      </ul>
+    </description>
+  </release>
+  <release date="2026-03-22" version="2.18.0~pre5">
+    <description>
+      <p>Version metadata update:</p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Bumped release version references to <code>2.18.0~pre5</code> across build and packaging files.</li>
+      </ul>
+    </description>
+  </release>
   <release date="2026-03-14" version="2.18.0~pre4">
     <description>
       <p>UI fixes, topic bar improvements, and selection styling updates:</p>

meson.build

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('zoitechat', 'c',
-  version: '2.18.0~pre4',
+  version: '2.18.0~pre5',
   meson_version: '>= 0.55.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c17',

plugins/python/python.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ else:
 if not hasattr(sys, 'argv'):
     sys.argv = ['<zoitechat>']
 
-VERSION = b'2.18.0~pre4'
+VERSION = b'2.18.0~pre5'
 PLUGIN_NAME = ffi.new('char[]', b'Python')
 PLUGIN_DESC = ffi.new('char[]', b'Python %d.%d scripting interface' % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1]))
 PLUGIN_VERSION = ffi.new('char[]', VERSION)

src/fe-gtk/plugin-tray.c

@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ static void tray_menu_notify_cb (GObject *tray, GParamSpec *pspec, gpointer user
 static void tray_update_toggle_item_label (void);
 static gboolean tray_window_state_cb (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventWindowState *event, gpointer userdata);
 static void tray_window_visibility_cb (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer userdata);
+static void tray_toggle_item_destroy_cb (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer userdata);
 #if HAVE_APPINDICATOR_BACKEND
 static void tray_menu_show_cb (GtkWidget *menu, gpointer userdata) G_GNUC_UNUSED;
 #endif
@@ -408,6 +409,7 @@ tray_app_indicator_cleanup (void)
 
 	if (tray_menu)
 	{
+		if (GTK_IS_WIDGET (tray_menu))
 			gtk_widget_destroy (tray_menu);
 		tray_menu = NULL;
 	}
@@ -1026,9 +1028,14 @@ blink_item (unsigned int *setting, GtkWidget *menu, char *label)
 static void
 tray_menu_destroy (GtkWidget *menu, gpointer userdata)
 {
-	(void)userdata;
+	GtkWidget **menu_ptr = userdata;
 
+	if (menu_ptr && *menu_ptr == menu)
+		*menu_ptr = NULL;
+
+	if (GTK_IS_WIDGET (menu))
 		gtk_widget_destroy (menu);
+	if (G_IS_OBJECT (menu))
 		g_object_unref (menu);
 #ifdef WIN32
 	g_source_remove (tray_menu_timer);
@@ -1089,6 +1096,8 @@ tray_menu_populate (GtkWidget *menu)
 	zoitechat_set_context (ph, zoitechat_find_context (ph, NULL, NULL));
 
 	tray_toggle_item = tray_make_item (menu, _("_Hide Window"), tray_menu_restore_cb, NULL);
+	g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (tray_toggle_item), "destroy",
+		G_CALLBACK (tray_toggle_item_destroy_cb), NULL);
 	tray_update_toggle_item_label ();
 	tray_make_item (menu, NULL, tray_menu_quit_cb, NULL);
 
@@ -1129,12 +1138,22 @@ tray_menu_clear (GtkWidget *menu)
 
 	children = gtk_container_get_children (GTK_CONTAINER (menu));
 	for (iter = children; iter; iter = iter->next)
+		if (GTK_IS_WIDGET (iter->data))
 			gtk_widget_destroy (GTK_WIDGET (iter->data));
 	g_list_free (children);
 	tray_toggle_item = NULL;
 }
 #endif
 
+static void
+tray_toggle_item_destroy_cb (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer userdata)
+{
+	(void)userdata;
+
+	if (tray_toggle_item == widget)
+		tray_toggle_item = NULL;
+}
+
 static void
 tray_update_toggle_item_label (void)
 {
@@ -1142,6 +1161,11 @@ tray_update_toggle_item_label (void)
 
 	if (!tray_toggle_item)
 		return;
+	if (!GTK_IS_MENU_ITEM (tray_toggle_item))
+	{
+		tray_toggle_item = NULL;
+		return;
+	}
 
 	if (tray_get_window_status () == WS_HIDDEN)
 		label = _("_Restore Window");
@@ -1194,10 +1218,9 @@ tray_menu_cb (GtkWidget *widget, guint button, guint time, gpointer userdata)
 	(void)time;
 	(void)userdata;
 
-	/* close any old menu */
+	if (menu)
-	if (G_IS_OBJECT (menu))
 	{
-		tray_menu_destroy (menu, NULL);
+		tray_menu_destroy (menu, &menu);
 	}
 
 	menu = gtk_menu_new ();
@@ -1207,8 +1230,9 @@ tray_menu_cb (GtkWidget *widget, guint button, guint time, gpointer userdata)
 	g_object_ref (menu);
 	g_object_ref_sink (menu);
 	g_object_unref (menu);
+	g_object_add_weak_pointer (G_OBJECT (menu), (gpointer *)&menu);
 	g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (menu), "selection-done",
-		G_CALLBACK (tray_menu_destroy), NULL);
+		G_CALLBACK (tray_menu_destroy), &menu);
 #ifdef WIN32
 	g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (menu), "leave-notify-event",
 		G_CALLBACK (tray_menu_left_cb), NULL);

src/fe-gtk/setup.c

@@ -2197,8 +2197,8 @@ setup_ok_cb (GtkWidget *but, GtkWidget *win)
         char buffer[192];
 
         memcpy (&old_prefs, &prefs, sizeof (prefs));
-        theme_preferences_stage_apply ();
         setup_apply (&setup_prefs);
+        theme_preferences_stage_apply ();
         save_result = preferences_persistence_save_all ();
         if (save_result.success)
         {

src/fe-gtk/theme/tests/test-theme-preferences-gtk3-populate.c

@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ theme_get_color (ThemeSemanticToken token, GdkRGBA *color)
         return TRUE;
 }
 
+void
+theme_get_widget_style_values_for_widget (GtkWidget *widget, ThemeWidgetStyleValues *out_values)
+{
+        (void)widget;
+        if (!out_values)
+                return;
+        gdk_rgba_parse (&out_values->foreground, "#111111");
+        gdk_rgba_parse (&out_values->background, "#f0f0f0");
+}
+
 void
 theme_manager_set_token_color (unsigned int dark_mode, ThemeSemanticToken token, const GdkRGBA *color, gboolean *changed)
 {

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

@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ theme_preferences_manager_dialog_response_cb (GtkDialog *dialog, gint response_i
                 if (theme_preferences_stage.active)
                 {
                         ThemeSemanticToken token;
+                        ThemeWidgetStyleValues style_values;
 
                         for (token = THEME_TOKEN_MIRC_0; token < THEME_TOKEN_COUNT; token++)
                         {
@@ -733,6 +734,12 @@ theme_preferences_manager_dialog_response_cb (GtkDialog *dialog, gint response_i
                                 theme_preferences_stage.staged[token] = rgba;
                                 theme_preferences_stage.staged_valid[token] = TRUE;
                         }
+                        theme_get_widget_style_values_for_widget (GTK_WIDGET (dialog), &style_values);
+                        theme_preferences_stage.staged[THEME_TOKEN_TEXT_FOREGROUND] = style_values.foreground;
+                        theme_preferences_stage.staged_valid[THEME_TOKEN_TEXT_FOREGROUND] = TRUE;
+                        theme_preferences_stage.staged[THEME_TOKEN_TEXT_BACKGROUND] = style_values.background;
+                        theme_preferences_stage.staged_valid[THEME_TOKEN_TEXT_BACKGROUND] = TRUE;
+                        theme_preferences_stage_sync_runtime_to_staged ();
                         theme_preferences_stage_recompute_changed ();
                         if (ui->color_change_flag)
                                 *ui->color_change_flag = theme_preferences_stage.changed;

win32/version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.18.0~pre4
+2.18.0~pre5