* Use Glib for UTF-8 conversions

mcabber (0.6.5)

 * Add Debian directory for packaging, create an experimental package

 * Add a few external actions (MSG OUT, STATUS *)

   The contrib/eventcmd script has been updated

 * Use better messages for server connection states

 * [FIX] Fix a segfault when starting mcabber in a really small terminal

 * Fix some history log directory issues

 * - Check history directory permissions and configuration file permissions

     They are corrected automatically (to 700 and 600)

   - Warn when mcabber main directory ($HOME/.mcabber) has bad permissions

 * Add "/buffer search_backward"  and "/buffer search_forward", to search

   for a string in a buffer window

 * Add "/roster up" and "/roster down" commands

 * New logging system.  The "debug" file has been replaced by a "trace file",

   and 2 levels are available.  In level 1, the messages from the log window

   are written to te trace file.  In level 2, debug messages and XML are

   written to the file.  See the sample configuration file.

 * A few other internal changes and minor bugfixes

 -- Mikael, 2005-07-26

mcabber (0.6.4)

 * Configuration file format change (see NEWS file)

   Aliases & key bindings can be put in the config. file

 * Enable /set command

 * [FIX] Convert status messages to/from UTF-8

 * The /status command can specify a status message

 * Display the buddy status message when a buddy connects/changes his status

 * New autoaway feature (see sample config. file)

 * New "/roster alternate".  Jumps to the last buddy window left in chat mode

 * Handle "error" message type

   leaves multi-line message mode and aborts current completion

 * Add a sample script to handle events (currently, it plays a sounds when

   a message is received)

 -- Mikael, 2005-07-20

mcabber (0.6.3)

 * Fix interactive password crash

 * Disable /set command (it is almost useless)

 -- Mikael, 2005-07-12

mcabber (0.6.2)

 * The history log file format has changed; the old log files written by

   mcabber < 0.6.1 are no longer supported and should be converted.

   Please see the NEWS file for the details.

 * New multi-line "verbatim" mode (/msay verbatim).  In this mode, all

   commands but /msay are disabled, so that lines beginning with a slash

   can be sent

 * Ctrl-o (accept-line-and-down-history) has been added

 * Add "/roster search jid|name" to look for somebody in the current buddylist

 * Color configuration handling improvement

   NOTE: configuration file needs to be updated; see sample config. file!

 * Resource priority can be set (see sample config. file)

 * Status messages can be user-defined (see sample config. file)

 * mcabber now warns when logging is enabled and there is a write error while

   writing to log files

 * Remove busy/occupied status, which does not exist (it could be an alias for

   dnd)

 * The settings system has been rewritten

 * Fix segfault when the resource is not specified

 * New /alias command

 * New /bind command

 * Add /roster toggle_offline

 * Add /connect and /disconnect commands

 -- Mikael, 2005-07-11

mcabber (0.6.1)

  * Fix backspace handling (KEY_BACKSPACE isn't reliable)

  * Change logfile date format to iso8601 (more readable!)

    A script is available in contrib/ to convert the existing (old) logfiles

    MCabber will display a warning when parsing an old-style file

  * Implement Ctrl-q (jump to first/next unread message)

  * Implement initial support for multi-line messages (/msay command)

  * The /add command can now set the nickname

  * Display a warning when the locale is UTF-8

  * Display log notice when sending a notification request message

  * Update INSTALL and mcabberrc.example files for better explanations

  * Comment out useless code (fix a compilation error with gcc 4)

  * Add Makefile for the doc subdir; the manpage will be installed now

  * Minor fixes

 -- Mikael, 2005-06-25

mcabber (0.6.0)

  Initial fork from cabber 0.5.0-test1

  Lots of changes, here is a quick summary:

  * Use automake/autoconf

  * Switch to libjabber

  * SSL support with OpenSSL (should work with gnutls but I didn't

    succeed)

  * History scrolling and resizing

  * History logging (and reading)

  * Small manpage (AsciiDoc documentation)

  * Buddy groups implementation

    - fold/unfold groups

    - hide/show offline buddies

  * Commands, and command completion system

  * Hooks for external events (for ex. when receiving a message)

 -- Mikael, 2005-06-07