mcabber (0.9.2)

 * XEP-0115 - Entity Capabilities

 * "~" (HOME directory) is allowed in the configuration options

 * The key binding system is much more flexible (Oleg Nemanov)

 * New command "/source" to read a configuration file

   New commands "/iline", "/chat_disable" and "/screen_refresh" (Oleg Nemanov)

 * Aspell support (Piotr Zielonka)

 * mcabber will load symlinked histories only once, now (Frank Zschockelt)

 * Partial support for XEP-0146 [Remote Controlling Clients] (Michael Scherer)

 * Line highlighting in MUC rooms

 * Improve MUC nickname completion

 * /roster bookmark in the status buffer now shows all bookmarks

 * PGP encryption can be enforced with the "/pgp force" command

 * New options "muc_flag_joins", "buddy_me_fulljid"

 * New options for the command /room names: --short, --quiet

 * A UTF-8 bug with group names has been fixed (Myhailo Danylenko)

 * Fix a few odd command line behaviours (Oleg Nemanov)

 * Fix a segfault in XMPP Ping support (reported by univac)

 * Fix a small issue with Private Storage detection

 * Misc. bugfixes

 * A "mcabber.desktop" file is provided

mcabber (0.9.1)

 * The Ctrl-q binding isn't hardcoded anymore

 * Major memory management and speed improvement

 * New commands "/buffer close" and "/buffer close_all"

 * New options "cmdhistory_lines" and "max_history_blocks"

 * New option "logging_ignore_status"

 * Add a few event scripts (OSD and libnotify examples)

 * New events option "events_ignore_active_window"

 * Support for invitations to muc rooms (Michael Scherer)

 * Response to XMPP Ping (XEP-0199) (Michael Scherer)

 * Fix /say_to to contacts of a folded group (reported by Salvador)

 * Fix a bug in the history logging (incoming "/me " messages)

   (reported by Frank Zschockelt)

 * Fix a few memory leaks (Michael Scherer)

 * A few more misc. bug fixes and improvements

 * Rewritten mcwizz setup script (Mulander)

 * Add scripts to contrib: merge_history.py and filter_statusmsg.py

   (Frank Zschockelt)

 * help: Add Russian translation (Loenko Artyom)

 -- Mikael, 2007-02-10

mcabber (0.9.0)

 * Auto-reconnection after a network or server failure

 * XEP-0022/XEP-0085 - Events/ChatStates support, a.k.a. typing notifications

   (Alexis Hildebrandt, Mikael)

    New option "disable_chatstates"

 * XEP-0027 - Current Jabber OpenPGP Usage

   New options "pgp", "pgp_private_key"

   New command "/pgp"

 * XEP-0054 - VCard-temp (retrieval only)

   New command "/request vcard"

 * XEP-0048 - Bookmark Storage

   MCabber can auto-join bookmarked rooms

   New command "/room bookmark"

 * XEP-0012 - Last Activity

   New command "/request last"

 * XEP-0145 - Annotations

   New command "/roster note"

 * New commands /roster item_lock|item_unlock

   These commands allow us to lock a contact so that it stays visible in the

   roster (when offline contacts are hidden).

 * New commands /roster group_prev|group_next

 * New options "log_win_on_top" and "roster_win_on_right"

 * JID completion for hidden buddies/groups

 * MCabber answers IQ disco#info queries

 * Ctrl-d sends multi-line messages (same as /msay send)

 * help: Add Ukrainian translations (Myhailo Danylenko)

 * Configurable command character (Alexis Hildebrandt)

 * Fix unicode detection on BSD systems

 * Misc. bug fixes and improvements

 * Update documentation and translations

 -- Mikael, 2006-12-16

mcabber (0.8.3)

 * Fix truncation of UTF-8 buddy names in the roster (Myhailo Danylenko)

 * Fix SSL support on OS X (Alexis Hildebrandt)

 * Fix a freeze with some mistakes in the configuration file

 * Update the sample event script to be more portable

 * Fix some UTF-8 related issues

 * Fix permissions of help files

 * Correctly display the first message of a buffer (it wasn't wrapped)

 -- Mikael, 2006-11-16

mcabber (0.8.2)

 * Fix a freeze with UTF-8 locales

   Some commands were causing a freeze when there was a trailing space

   in the command line.

 * The current ssl_verify value is used in /connect (no need to restart

   mcabber)

 * System messages are not blocked anymore when the option

   "block_unsubscribed" is set

 * Do not enter chat mode after command "/del" or when somebody joins a room

 * Display mcabber version in the status window (when chat mode is disabled)

   (Suggested by pmw & hednod)

 * Small code cleanup and a few cosmetic changes

 -- Mikael, 2006-09-19

mcabber (0.8.1)

 * Fix a bug in key bindings (with special keys)

 * Fix a compilation issue on some systems (e.g. Slackware)

 -- Mikael, 2006-08-21

mcabber (0.8.0)

 * UTF-8 terminal support (Reimar Döffinger)

 * SSL server certificate verification (Jefferson Ogata)

 * CPU usage improvement (Christof Meerwald)

 * New configuration script, mcwizz.pl (Adam Wolk, Mateusz Karkula)

 -- Mikael, 2006-08-13

mcabber (0.7.8)

 * Fix a small issue in make install

 * help: Add French translations

 * help: Add Polish translations (Michal Jeczalik Jr/Daniel Czerniawski)

 -- Mikael, 2006-06-27

mcabber (0.7.7)

 * New "status" special buffer

   This buffer contains the log window data.

 * Mcabber does not stop when there is no configuration file

 * New command "/help" (online help)

 * New command "/authorization request_unsubscribe"

 * New command "/msay toggle_verbatim"

 * New command "/buffer purge"

 * New commands "/buffer scroll_lock|scroll_unlock|scroll_toggle"

 * The commands /alias and /bind now list the defined aliases and key bindings

 * Groups can now be renamed

 * Fix a small buddylist bug when receiving a subscription request

   (the buddylist wasn't always refreshed)

 * Fix a bug (hang) in the input line

 * Display incomplete subscriptions in the roster

 * Remember the status message when a contact goes offline

 * Extand "/event" to allow a wildchar '*'

 * New option "block_unsubscribed"

   When set, messages from people who don't have a subscription to our

   presence updates are blocked.

 * New option "delete_on_reject"

   When set, people are automatically removed from the roster if their

   subscription request is rejected.

 * New option "max_history_age"

 * MUC: New option "muc_auto_whois"

 * MUC: Mcabber can join password-protected chatrooms

 * MUC: Allow "/room join . [nick [pass]]" if the current item is a MUC room

 * MUC: Fix joining a room when the buddylist is empty

 * MUC: Try to work around some server and network issues

 * Ctrl-l now rereads color option values

 * Tab characters are expanded when the "verbatim multi-line mode" is enabled

 * Disable file permission checks on Cygwin

 * Improve logging (especially, XML data isn't truncated anymore)

 * Fix negative priority

 * Fix a few memory leaks

 * Other misc. bugfixes and improvements

 * Documentation updates

 -- Mikael, 2006-06-21

mcabber (0.7.6)

 * Initial Cygwin port (Soren Andersen)

 * Fix a segfault when mcabber is not connected to a Jabber server

   (reported by Mario Iseli)

 * Correctly restore term settings when interrupting the password query

 * Fix a small bug in the /request command (reported by pmw)

 * MUC: Fix "/room whois" with UTF-8 nickname

 * MUC: Fix completion for UTF-8 nicknames

 * Improve support for long messages

 * Add command "/msay toggle"

 * Allow messages with a subject (with /msay)

 * New option "log_display_sender"

 * Multi-line mode: Do not send empty messages

 * Update documentation

 -- Mikael, 2006-04-14

mcabber (0.7.5)

 * History files now use UTF-8 encoding

   See file "NEWS" for an example to convert existing log files

 * UI change: Add two status/info lines

 * Meta keys can be used (and bound to a command)

 * Add Ctrl-left/right to move 1 word backward/forward in the input line

 * Outgoing messages can be colorized

 * The color options names have changed, several colors have been added.

   Bright (bold) colors can be used for the text.

   A theme directory has been created.

 * New "/event" command.

   Subscription requests are not automatically accepted anymore.

 * New IQ system, for Jabber IQ request

 * Add "/request time|version" commands

 * Add "/roster hide|show|toggle" commands

   This allows having a full-width chat window.

 * Group names are now case sensitive

 * Add "--enable-hgcset" option to the ./configure script, for people using

   the Mercurial repository.  If used, the /version command will display

   the Mercurial changeset.

 * We try to display as many roster items as possible in the buddylist

 * New "beep_on_message" option

 * New "eventcmd_checkstatus" option

 * New "roster_width" option

 * Improved English messages (thanks to Philip M. White)

 * Fix a small issue with resources containing uppercase chars in /status_to

 * Fix iq:time handling: really return UTC time when answering a request

 * Sync libjabber with upstream

 * A lot of small bugfixes

 * Documentation updates

 -- Mikael, 2006-04-03

mcabber (0.7.4)

 * Fix a segfault when reconnecting to the server or rejoining a room

 * Fix a segfault when a group and a contact have the same name

 -- Mikael, 2006-01-17

mcabber (0.7.3)

 * Fix a segfault when a resource contains non-representable chars

 * Fix an UTF-8 encoding issue when joining a room

 * Fix an eventcmd issue

 * Chat Mode is automatically enabled when some commands are entered

   ("/info", "/room names", "/room whois")

 * Messages can be sent to agents

 * The unread_message flags are not reset when the server connection is lost

 * MUC: server messages do not set the new_message flag anymore

 * New "load_muc_logs" option, logfiles are not loaded for MUC room by default

 * New "nickname" option, to set the default nickname in chatrooms

 * Add "/msay send_to" command

 * "/add" and "/status_to" can be used with special jid "." for the current

   selected buddy

 * Lots of misc. bugfixes

 * Documentation updates

 -- Mikael, 2006-01-12

mcabber (0.7.2)

 * Lots of internal changes (code cleanup)

 * Improved commands parsing

   Commands now handle correctly resources or nicknames containing whitespace

 * The roster is updated in real time when receiving an update from the server

 * "/info" shows subscriptions (none, from, to, both)

 * "/info" and "/room whois" show presence timestamp

 * Add "/authorization" command, to manage subscriptions

 * mcabber now answers IQ requests

 * The deprecated Agent list IQ request has been removed

 * Empty resources are displayed (do not use the arbitrary "default" string

   instead)

 * MUC: "/room topic" shows the current room topic

 * MUC: "/room nick" shows the current nickname

 * MUC: Add "/room kick", "/room ban", "/room whois"

 * MUC: Add "/room affil" and "/room role"

 * MUC: Add "/room destroy"

 * MUC: Display a message when somebody is kicked/banned from a room

 * MUC: Display a message (and the reason, if there is one) when a room has

   been destroyed

 * MUC: Multiple other fixes and improvements

 * Handle messages beginning with "/me " (it is replaced with the nickname)

 * New "/version" command

 * Documentation updates

 -- Mikael, 2005-12-19

mcabber (0.7.1)

 * New option 'buddy_format' to select the way buddies are displayed in

   the log window

 * New option 'show_status_in_buffer' to display status changes in the

   buffer (chat) window

 * The "/status" command has been improved -- its behaviour has changed,

   please read the manual page

 * The log window height can be set

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

 * The "/move" command does not jump to the body in the new group anymore

 * MUC: Nickname completion in a room

 * MUC: Improved "/room names" command

 * MUC: departure messages are displayed

 * MUC: mcabber now notices when it is ejected from a room

 * MUC: status is updated in chatrooms

 * External commands: the message body can be passed to the external command

   (see the sample configuration file and the sample eventcmd script)

 * UTF-8 conversion failures are written to the tracelog file (if enabled)

 * The resource priority can now be changed once connected

 * Fix a bug when moving a chatroom to another group (in the roster)

 * Minor cleanup (warnings, small memory leaks and compilation stuff)

 -- Mikael, 2005-11-26

mcabber (0.7.0)

 * mcabber should build on FreeBSD

 * New /rawxml command

 * New /status_to command

 * New /stay_to command

 * Multiple resources support

   The resources can be seen using the /info command

 * Initial Multi-User Chat support

   New /room command (invite, join, leave, names, nick, privmsg, remove,

   topic, unlock)

 * Warn the user when a message is received, which cannot be decoded

   (local charset unable to display some chars, for example)

 * Fix a bug when a buddy's name cannot be converted from utf-8 for

   being displayed in the roster (fall back to jid)

 * Fix: Status message is not lost anymore when using /move command

 * Add "/buffer %" and "/buffer date"

 * A few misc bugfixes

 * Update documentation

 -- Mikael, 2005-10-10

mcabber (0.6.8)

 * Proxy support (see updated mcabberrc sample file)