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X-Chat 2.8.8

May-07-2012

Program Info:

Name:	X-Chat
Version:	2.8.8
Lisence:	Open Source
OS:
Updated:	May-07-2012
Homepage:	X-Chat

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Name : X-Chat 2.8.8
File : XChat-WDK 1506 x86.exe
File Size : 8.98 Mt

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X-Chat is an open source IRC client.

It has support for: most character encoding formats like UTF-8, connecting multiple simultaneous IRC-networks, secure connections, CTCP, DCC -data transfer, configurable GUI and a plugin -system supporting programming languages like C, C++, Perl, Python, Ruby , CLISP and lua. X-Chat has also most of the IRC-commands included in the GUI menus so you don't have to know them to use IRC.

X-Chat is an open source project but a fee is required for an official Windows build. However, the Windows version can be still used for free by either compiling the source code or using someone else's build.

You can download a free up-to-date Windows build from XChat-WDK.

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Change log :

News for 2.8.7f (16/Aug/2009)

* Fixed a stability issue in the color text entry gadget.
* Improved the speed of reloading the scrollback logs from disk.
* Updated or added default server lists for: MintIRC, Rizon, Ustream, Xentonix.

News for 2.8.7e (18/Jan/2009)

* Fixed a rare Auto-Nick-Completion (non-TAB key) crash.
* Fixed a possible crash if you clicked "Add to favourites" in the main text area, while the server-list window was open in the background.
* The setting added in the previous version: "/set -or gui_tweaks 64 will now turn OFF user list icons" will now properly remove the prefix character from the right-click menu.
* Added -on and -off parameters to the /SET command. This can be used to set bits, for example gui_tweaks.
* /set -or gui_tweaks 128 will now turn OFF the text attribute button.

News for 2.8.7d (30/Dec/2008)

* Fixed logging in to QuakeNet using the "Nickserv password" box.
* Fixed adding a channel with "Add to Favorites" sometimes not saving to disk.
* /set -or gui_tweaks 64 will now turn OFF user list icons.

News for 2.8.7c (14/Jun/2008)

* Worked around Internet Explorer not escaping URLs passed on the command line.
* Fixed a rare crash bug.

News for 2.8.7b (07/Jun/2008)

* Fixed a crash if you selected multiple people in the user-list, while the friends-list was non-empty.
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News for 2.8.7a (15/Apr/2008)

* Fixed a possible crash if too many characters were typed or pasted into the input-box (this affected 2.8.7 only).
* Fixed logging if the global setting was OFF and you turned it ON for individual channels.
* Python scripts will now also be auto-loaded from C:\Program Files\XChat\Plugins\*.py.
* Fixed a Python crash [1931579] where the word array contained more than 28 words.
* /Ignore will now automatically add !*@* to be more user friendly.
* Fixed: Changing settings in a channel's right-click menu while that channel wasn't the front-most used to fail.
* The TCL plugin now requires ActiveTCL 8.5.

News for 2.8.7 (20/Mar/2008)

* The lag-o-meter now has a full-scale of 1.0 seconds and turns different colours (green, yellow, red).
* The /timer plugin is now loaded before other plugins/scripts so they can make use of it.
* The tray icon now responds to mouse-release events instead of mouse-press to avoid a bug on Vista [forum post].
* The Drag&Drop files to userlist feature has been enabled again.
* Changing the time-stamp format now applies the new setting instantly (in 2.8.5e it wouldn't fit in the margin until a restart).
* If you have an SSL cert/key, it can now be loaded from C:\Program Files\XChat\client.pem or \.pem (requires OpenSSL).
* The Alerts settings now accept wildcards, instead of partitial string match [1807563]. This avoids the problem of people with very short nicks getting too many highlights.
* Changing away status during reconnect/disconnect will now remember it.
* You can now change your Away/Back status (all networks) in the tray menu.
* Favorite Channels / Auto-Join-List management:
** Network List window now has a "." button to edit the auto-join-list in a more friendly way.
** Channel(text area), Tree/Tab and Channel-List right-click menus now have a Add/Remove function.
** Previous limit of 300 bytes has been overcome. Now up to 2 KB worth of channels/keys can be joined and it will be automatically split into multiple lines, if necessary.
** Per-Channel settings now save to disk, including Logging and Scrollback settings.
** /ChanOpt has been re-worked to be more like /Set.
* 'hostname:port' syntax is now accepted, if it's not an IPv6 address. This should avoid confusion.
* The Notify List has been renamed to Friends List, so it's more obvious what it is.
* The Userlist right-click menu now has icons and an option to add to friends list. If you've edited this menu before you'll still get the old one. To get the new one delete XChatDir\popup.conf while XChat isn't running.
* When there's missing information in the Userlist right-click menu, it'll issue a silent /WHOIS and fill it in. This includes retrieving a person's away-reason.
* A few GUI, menu and tray icons have been improved.
* \startup.txt is now loaded on launch (like /LOAD -e). It's a text file full of commands to execute when XChat starts (optional).
* The /Menu command's -i parameter can now be a file relative to \Icons.
* The tree/tab right-click menu has been reorganized.
* The Channel List window now shows bold, underline, italic and mIRC colors.
* Added support for QuakeNet's /AUTH for nick password, when numeric 005 NETWORK=QuakeNet is detected.
* You can now copy with IRC attributes and mIRC colors if CTRL key is down when a selection is finished (on mouse release). This replaces the old "Color paste" feature.
* The input box and topic bar support editing with attributes (bold, underline etc) and mIRC colors.
* Added a 'compact' flag to gui_tweaks. This'll make the userlist and tree spacing smaller. E.g. type /set -or gui_tweaks 32 and restart to turn it on.
* Improved the reconnect logic. If a network is already open but disconnected, it'll now get re-used if you use the Network List and connect to that same network.
text_stripcolor can now be set to different values 0-Off 1-Strip Messages 2-Strip Topic 3-Strip Both.
* The /Clear command takes a number as paramater (how many lines to clear).
* With the input-box in focus, CTRL-ALT-o will now open xchat's data folder.
* Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when joining a channel you've been in before. Caused by a bug in re-loading the scrollback (Thanks to Warpath).
* Plugin API: Fixed a bug where not all 32 elements were available in word[] and word_eol[].
* Plugin API: xchat_emit_print will now trigger Sound, Blink, Icon etc type events, depending on user's settings.

News for 2.8.5e (11/Dec/2007)

* You can now optionally install OpenSSL libraries, if you prefer to use them instead of Window's own SChannel library.
* Fixed a crash if you changed the channel-switcher to Hidden and then back to Top/Bottom.
* Fixed a crash if you left the font-dialog open after closing the setup window.
* Dropped support for Windows 98/ME. XChat now requires at least Windows 2000. This allowed some code simplification, and makes future development easier.
* Added a simple "Check for updates" in the Help menu.

News for 2.8.5d (21/Nov/2007)

* Fixed a rare crash related to loosing the last away reason when reconnecting via BNC (a bug that appeared in 2.8.5b and c only).
* Fixed a possible Channel List crash if you searched many times while the download was still going.
* Using /part on a channel that contains a quotation mark now works.
* The balloon alert settings are now visible again after being accidently hidden in the last couple releases.

News for 2.8.5c (03/Nov/2007)

* Fixed a problem connecting to sBNC/ZNC via SSL [forum post].
* Fixed a crash in pressing left arrow in some multiline labels (e.g the About window).
* Fixed a leak of file descriptors related to the scrollback feature (resource leak).

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