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New in this release of roxirc:
Version 1.8
   fixed bug in /set underline
   fixed bug in nick complete involving nicks with braces
   fixed bug in dcc resume and dcc file dialog
   more stuff i cant remember
   
Version 1.72
   fixed a bug in /set causing things like bold and underline to not take effect
   added netsplit color
   does not show users away message if a query is open
   
Version 1.71
   fixed ts bug in dcc chats and queries introduced in 1.7
   fixed /search and tab completion bug introduced in 1.7
   rewrote /search to be much faster
   added a workaround for weird servers before registering nick
   
Version 1.7
   tcl 8.3 or newer is required
   removed OS from version reply
   new nicklist handling is much faster
   millisecond pings
   timestamps are now always on, but not always visible
   dropped the tspos configuration parameter
   created example startup file
   moved some key bindings to a bindings file and added more defaults
   
Version 1.6
   added support for mice with wheels
   changed bindings to class bindings, script should now bind to "cmdline" instead of .0.bottom.cmdline
   added nicer checking for wish (which is broken in solaris)
   fixed the bind command
   fixed the unload command error when unloading nonexistant script
   new exec command runs in background
   added variable "unsafedcc" when set to true will connect to the supplied ip inst
   ead of persons hostname
   added variable "dcctimeout" which is the number of seconds to wait for a connect
   ion on a dcc send or chat
   added variable "iconifyqueries" which controls whether new queries start as icons or normal windows
   default server changed from irc.mcs.net to irc.core.com
   i think there was a problem with auto away that is fixed
   complete dcc rewite (again!) i think i got it right this time
   fixed changing servers looping issue
   if you change font size with a window at the bottom, it will stay at the bottom now
   changed the way the nicklist detach is done slightly, should be better
   made /load look in ~/.roxirc as well as current dir
   removed the hard coded scrollbar width, you can set it with X resource Roxirc*Scrollbar.width if needed
   font settings are now saved with /save instead of in the config file
   new window names for /font: cmdline menu channel chat topic nicklist
   removed the hard coded menubutton borderwidth, if you want the old look back set Roxirc*Menubutton.borderWidth to 1
   added ignore to the qbk command in the default menus
   changed class name of queries to Query
   roxirc now requires wish version >= 8.1
   
Version 1.5
   added "connected to server for:" info when disconnected
   fixed many more dcc problems (dcc is such a bitch)
    dotted quad to int conversion for small ips is fixed (0 padding problem)
    several remote crashes fixed
    better cleanup of old connections
   put 5 second delay before reconnect for server connection problems, this should fix some looping issues
   made the /save command save settings, for saving a buffer use /savebuf
   fixed a bug with metachars in an unparsed numeric string
   switched to binary search algorithm for nicklists
   new error reporting, should handle the rare times when a blank error is shown
   new handling for commands with newlines in them (it wasnt buggy, but now its even better)
   made some notify stuff display in alphabetical order
   /unload command (script must have an unload handler)
   selected text color now overrides all other text color, i think its better but tell me if its not
   added variables dcclowport and dcchighport to control the port range used for dcc
   made /alias overwrite existing aliases instead of having to /unalias first
   made /unlias unalias multiple aliases at once: /unalias alias1 alias2 ...
   fixed some problems with bindings
   changed some error messages to be (hopefully) more consistent
   removed variable awaytime, changed variable autoaway to be a time or <= 0 for off
   
Version 1.4
   flood protection
   finished /dcc close
   made position saving for dcc chat windows case insensitive
   made /load accept directory names as well as file names
   fixed /bind to apply bindings to windows created after the binding was created
   /bind with no args will now show all user added bindings
   fixed a dcc get bug that affected files with metachars in the name
   made beeps parsing faster
   fixed some dcc resume bugs
   made dcc get able to accept files with spaces in the name (used to crash roxirc)
   changed /server to fix a small bug, you now must supply a port number if a password is used
   made events faster
   fixed a small inconsistency in /ctcp nick ping
   now drops ping requests over 25 chars
   fixed a bug in rejoin-channel-on-kick dialog
   added read error checking in dcc send
   fixed inconsistencies in dcc status messages
   moved mode display to the right
   added ^Backspace to delete entire line (sorry ^U is taken)
   added error catching to /color and /bind for bad colors and keys
   
Version 1.3
   /bind command for binding keys to scripts
   fixed a small (recent) autounaway bug
   fixed new /msg /notice /describe and /me bugs with newlines in them (recent bug)
   changed the way commands are done to make it more extensible
   now easier to write complex scripts by making proc event_*
   dynicamically loaded help script
   added proc to make it easy for scripts to add variables to /set
   made it so everything in /set is saved, even things added by a script
   made "save position" remember the state and position of the nicklist as well
   added var "nicklist", specifies whether new windows have a nicklist by default
   fixed a problem (recent) involving trying to connect to 2 servers where you may be disconnected
   made /set accept true, false, on, and off as well as 0 or 1 for boolean values
   fixed a small (recent) bug in /clear /echo /font and /ts
   roxirc now searches for a link called ~/.roxirc/.wish and will exec that as wish if found
   fixed a bug where the chats used the style set for channels (oops)
   fixed a bug cause by my mispelling a command in /save (oops again)
   updated /server so you can use a password on the command like like hostname:optionalport:optionalpassword
   set better premissions on the files copied to ~/.roxirc in the port install
   
Version 1.2
   everything is rewritten but heres a short list of new features
   ill start keeping a real change log now
   
   dcc resume
   saveable settings
   timestamps on a per window basis
   ^G for beep
   
Version 1.11
   url catcher has time and channel stamp
   adjustable margin for wrapped lines
   default dir for logs
   many new keybindings
   a little support for channel mode e
   ial all fixed
   /url
   netsplit detection
   option to turn nicklist off
   
Version 1.1
   ignore
   /color
   /ial
   /font
   dcc is now integrated
   support for bold and underline
   url catcher
   notify list
   detachable nicklists
   faster
   lots of other stuff
   
Version 1.08
   can set position of timestamp
   logging
   new help format
   can set times to be shown in short or long format
   fixed insert problem with ^b and other special chars
   fixed /set var ""
   
Version 1.07
   nicklist can be resized by dragging
   fixed some script loading stuff
   
Version 1.06
   rewrote /on and /set to make them more extensible
   added error messages when scripts dont load
   added server groups
   added support for server passwords
   rewrote /server
   added config option for what server/group to connect to on startup
   
Version 1.05
   added beta dcc chat support with the dcc script
   
Version 1.04
   added host to /set
   fixed autoaway bug when disconnected
   added stuff so if all your nicks are taken you get prompted
   
Version 1.03
   changed command line again
   better /hide
   added scrollback length option
   updated menus with some "..."
   
Version 1.02
   fixed /close
   added on kick event
   changed command history behavior a little
   changed ts on notify
   
Version 1.01
   fixed ^b
   fixed space after timestamp
   fixed command line args getting nick wrong
   now gets nick correct when server replies with nick!ident@host in numeric 001
   showmotd now works right
   
Version 1.0
   /set command
   turning autoaway off now works
   command line arguments
   can bind to other hosts/ips
   turn ts on/off


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