weechat

New features

• core: add command /item to create custom bar items (issue #808)
• core: add bar item "spacer" (issue #1700)
• core: add case conversion in evaluation of expressions with lower:string and upper:string (issue #1778)
• core: move detailed list of hooks from command /plugin listfull to /debug hooks <plugin>
• core: allow to remove multiple filters at once with command /filter del
• api: allow to catch multiple signals in functions hook_signal and hook_hsignal (issue #1780)
• irc: rename option save to apply in command /autojoin
• irc: add support of RPL_HELPSTART, RPL_HELPTXT and RPL_ENDOFHELP (messages 524, 704, 705, 706) (issue #1772)
• php: add support of PHP 8.2 (issue #1787)

Bug fixes

• core: fix bad window size on startup with some terminals like https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty[kitty] (issue #1769)
• api: run hook_print callback also on empty messages
• buflist: fix memory leak when reading config and changing option buflist.look.sort
• irc: remove channel from autojoin option when manually closing a buffer with /buffer close or /close
• irc: fix add of channel to autojoin option when joining a channel with a buffer still opened
• relay: fix save of channels in autojoin option when JOIN and PART commands are received from an IRC relay client (issue #1771)
• trigger: add ${buffer.notify} > 0 in conditions of default trigger "beep"
• trigger: fix completion of command /trigger add when there are spaces in the following arguments
• trigger: fix memory leak in command /trigger addinput

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.6/

New features

• core: search in message tags when tags are displayed with /debug tags
• core: add support of date and tags in messages displayed in buffers with free content, add function printf_y_date_tags (issue #1746)
• irc: add command /autojoin, add server option "autojoin_dynamic"
• irc: add IRC message tags in messages displayed (issue #1680)
• relay: add zstd (Zstandard) compression in weechat protocol, remove option compression from init command, rename option relay.network.compression_level to relay.network.compression
• trigger: add variables ${tg_tag_irc_xxx} containing IRC message tags (issue #1680)

Bug fixes

• core: fix memory leak when removing a line on a buffer with free content
• core: remove obsolete option weechat.plugin.debug (issue #1744)
• core: fix search of commands with UTF-8 chars in name when option weechat.look.command_incomplete is on (issue #1739)
• core: fix display of hotlist in buflist after changing value of option weechat.look.hotlist_sort (issue #1733)
• api: add function buffer_new_props (issue #1759)
• api: fix add of infolist items in hashtable when prefix contains UTF-8 chars in function hashtable_add_from_infolist (issue #1739)
• guile: remove disabling of guile gmp allocator with Guile ≥ 3.0.8
• irc: fix completion of channel topic with UTF-8 chars (issue #1739)
• irc: fix parsing of messages 311, 312, 327 (whois) and 314 (whowas) in case of missing parameters
• irc: fix parsing of message 223 (m_filter) sent by InspIRCd server (issue #1751)
• irc: fix parsing of message 338 (whois, host) sent by Rizon server (issue #1737)
• irc: fix display of message 344 received as whois geo info (issue #1736)
• irc: fix display of message 901 (you are now logged out) (issue #1758)
• irc: fix display of IRC numeric messages with no parameters
• python: fix crash in hook callbacks after script loading failure (issue #1740)
• scripts: allow NULL in parameters "default_value" and "value" of function config_new_option (issue #1761)
• scripts: auto-load scripts with supported extensions only (issue #1698)
• tcl: add constant $::weechat::WEECHAT_NULL (issue #1761)
• trigger: fix search of triggers with UTF-8 chars in name (issue #1739)
• xfer: fix auto-accept of server/nick when the server name contains UTF-8 chars (issue #1739)

Tests

• core: add tests on GUI chat functions
• core: add build of Debian packages in CI

Build

• debian: change dependency libargon2-0-dev to libargon2-dev (debian #1005703)
• ruby: add detection of Ruby 3.1

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.5/

Bug fixes

• core: set again TLS verification functions after options weechat.network.gnutls_ca_system and weechat.network.gnutls_ca_user are changed (issue #1763)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.4.1/

New features

• core: add support of static arrays in hdata
• core: add command /toggle
• api: add parameters pointers, extra_vars and options in function hdata_search
• api: add user variables in evaluation of expressions with define:name,value
• api: add IRC message parameters param1 to paramN and num_params in output of irc_message_parse
• irc: allow quotes around IRC message in command /server fakerecv
• trigger: hide key and password in command /msg nickserv setpass nick key password
• trigger: add support of option -server when hiding passwords in command /msg nickserv register

Bug fixes

• core: fix memory leak in evaluated expression split:number,seps,flags,xxx when multiple "strip_items" are given
• core: fix random integer number with large range in evaluation of expressions on GNU/Hurd
• core: fix access to integer/long/time arrays in hdata
• api: fix search of option when the section is not given in functions config_search_option and config_search_section_option
• irc: fix join of channels with long name (issue #1717)
• irc: fix parsing of parameters in all IRC messages (issue #1666)
• irc: fix parsing of CAP message when there is no prefix (issue #1707)
• irc: fix parsing of TAGMSG message when there is a colon before the channel

Documentation

• doc: remove tester's guide
• doc: add dark theme (automatic, following browser/desktop settings)
• doc: make build reproducible
• doc: disable web fonts
• doc: switch from prettify to pygments for syntax highlighting

Tests

• core: add build with CMake and Ninja in CI
• core: add build on macOS 11 in CI

Build

• ruby: add detection of Ruby 3.0 (issue #1721, issue #1605)
• core: add targets "changelog" and "rn" to build HTML version of ChangeLog and release notes (CMake build only)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.4/

New features

• core: change key Alt+h to Alt+h, Alt+c (clear hotlist)
• core: add options "hotlist_remove_buffer", "hotlist_restore_buffer" and "hotlist_restore_all" in command /input, add default keys Alt+h, Alt+m (remove buffer), Alt+h, Alt+r (restore hotlist in current buffer) and Alt+h, Alt+Shift+R (restore hotlist in all buffers)
• core: add option "certs" in command /debug
• core: add options "-o", "-ol", "-i" and "-il" in command "/plugin list"
• api: add split of string and shell arguments in evaluation of expressions with "split:number,seps,flags,xxx" and "split_shell:number,xxx"
• api: add ${re:repl_index} to get the index of replacement in function string_eval_expression (issue #1689)
• api: add random integer number in evaluation of expressions with "random:min,max"
• api: add function string_cut
• api: add function file_copy (issue #1667)
• api: remember insertion order in hashtables
• api: add keys/values with tags in output of irc_message_parse_to_hashtable (issue #1654)
• irc: add option "-parted" in command /allchan (issue #1685)
• irc: allow signals "irc_raw_in" and "irc_in" to eat messages (issue #1657)
• irc: implement IRCv3.2 SASL authentication, add command /auth, reconnect by default to the server in case of SASL authentication failure (issue #413)
• irc: add support of capability "message-tags" and TAGMSG messages (issue #1654)
• irc: enable all capabilities by default (if supported by server and WeeChat), change default value of option irc.server_default.capabilities to "*" (issue #320)
• irc: add options irc.look.display_account_message and irc.look.display_extended_join (issue #320)
• irc: add command /setname, add support of message and capability "setname" (issue #1653)
• irc: always set realname in nicks even when extended-join capability is not enabled (issue #1653)
• irc: add support of FAIL/WARN/NOTE messages (issue #1653)
• irc: drop support of DH-BLOWFISH and DH-AES SASL mechanisms (issue #175)
• typing: new plugin "typing": display users currently writing messages on IRC channel/private buffers

Bug fixes

• core: fix decoding of attributes in basic ANSI colors (issue #1678)
• api: fix function string_match with joker in the string if multiple words matched in input string
• irc: fix send of empty JOIN when connecting to a server with only parted channels (issue #1638)
• irc: fix SASL authentication when AUTHENTICATE message is received with a server name (issue #1679)
• irc: remove unneeded message about Diffie-Hellman shared secret exchange during SSL connection to server (issue #857)
• irc: escape/unescape IRC message tags values (issue #1654)
• irc: set notify level to "private" for received WALLOPS
• script: fix move of installed script on another filesystem (issue #1667)

Documentation

• add Spanish FAQ (issue #1656)
• add Serbian translations (issue #1655)

Tests

• core: switch to PHP 8.0 in CI
• core: add build on macOS in CI

Build

• core: fix build on macOS (issue #1662)
• lua: add detection of Lua 5.4
• php: add support of PHP 8.0 and 8.1 (issue #1599, issue #1668)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.3/

Bug fixes

• relay: fix crash when decoding a malformed websocket frame

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.2.1/

New features

• core: use XDG directories by default (config, data, cache, runtime) (issue #1285)
• core: add option weechat.network.gnutls_ca_system, rename option weechat.network.gnutls_ca_file to weechat.network.gnutls_ca_user (now evaluated), delete and reload certificates when options are changed (issue #972)
• core: evaluate option weechat.plugin.path, change default value to ${weechat_data_dir}/plugins
• core: add options to customize commands executed on system signals received (SIGHUP, SIGQUIT, SIGTERM, SIGUSR1, SIGUSR2) (issue #1595)
• core: quit WeeChat by default when signal SIGHUP is received in normal run, reload configuration in weechat-headless (issue #1595)
• core: add signals "cursor_start" and "cursor_end"
• api: add function crypto_hmac (issue #1628)
• api: add translated string in evaluation of expressions with translate:xxx
• api: add evaluation of WeeChat directories with ${weechat_xxx_dir} in evaluated strings
• api: add optional key "directory" in hashtable options of function/modifier string_eval_path_home
• api: add supported prefixes ${weechat_xxx_dir} in function mkdir_home
• api: add infos "weechat_config_dir", "weechat_data_dir", "weechat_cache_dir" and "weechat_runtime_dir"
• api: add support of pointer names in function string_eval_expression (direct and in hdata)
• api: add info "weechat_daemon"
• buflist: add option buflist.format.tls_version
• fifo: change default value of option fifo.file.path to ${weechat_runtime_dir}/weechat_fifo_${info:pid}
• irc: add support of SASL mechanisms SCRAM-SHA-1, SCRAM-SHA-256 and SCRAM-SHA-512 (issue #1628)
• irc: add variable ${target} (target nick) in commands /kick and /kickban
• irc: add bar item "tls_version", add options irc.color.item_tls_version_ok, irc.color.item_tls_version_deprecated and irc.color.item_tls_version_insecure (issue #1622)
• irc: evaluate server options "sasl_key" and "ssl_cert"
• logger: change default value of option logger.file.path to ${weechat_data_dir}/logs
• python: add stub for WeeChat API (issue #1377)
• relay: evaluate option relay.network.ssl_cert_key, change default value to ${weechat_config_dir}/ssl/relay.pem
• script: change default value of option script.scripts.path to ${weechat_cache_dir}/script
• trigger: add variables ${tg_shell_argc} and ${tg_shell_argvN} in command trigger evaluated strings (issue #1624)
• xfer: change default value of option xfer.file.download_path to ${weechat_data_dir}/xfer

Bug fixes

• core: split startup commands before evaluating them (issue #1643)
• core: set server name when connecting to server with TLS (SNI extension) only if it's not an IPV4/IPv6 (issue #1635)
• core: use function mallinfo2 instead of mallinfo when available (issue #1636)
• core: display a warning when the file with certificate authorities is not found (option weechat.network.gnutls_ca_file)
• core: evaluate left/right part of comparison after split on the comparison operator in ${if:xxx} (issue #1627)
• core: prevent switching to start of visited buffers when jumping to next (issue #1591, issue #1592)
• core: recreate buflist and fset bars on /reload when WeeChat is started without configuration files (issue #1618)
• buflist: fix comparison of hotlists in option buflist.look.sort (issue #1621)
• irc: split server command before evaluating it (issue #1643)
• xfer: make file transfer fail when option xfer.file.auto_rename is off and file already exists (issue #1633)

Tests

• core: switch from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 in CI
• trigger: add tests on main trigger functions

Build

• core: remove build option CA_FILE
• core: set WeeChat home to empty string by default in CMake and autotools

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.2/

New features

• core: add options weechat.look.hotlist_update_on_buffer_switch and weechat.look.read_marker_update_on_buffer_switch (issue #992, issue #993)
• core: add option sec.crypt.passphrase_command to read passphrase from an external program on startup, remove option sec.crypt.passphrase_file (issue #141)
• core: improve debug in command /eval: display more verbose debug with two "-d", add indentation and colors
• core: add options "setvar" and "delvar" in command /buffer, rename option "localvar" to "listvar"
• core: add buffer local variable "completion_default_template" (evaluated) to override the value of option "weechat.completion.default_template" (issue #1600)
• core: add option "recreate" in command /filter
• core: add raw string in evaluation of expressions with "raw:xxx" (issue #1611)
• core: add evaluation of conditions in evaluation of expressions with "eval_cond:xxx" (issue #1582)
• api: add info_hashtable "secured_data"
• irc: add info "irc_is_message_ignored"
• irc: add server option "default_chantypes", used when the server does not send them in message 005 (issue #1610)
• trigger: add variable "${tg_trigger_name}" in command trigger evaluated strings (issue #1580)

Bug fixes

• core: fix quoted line in cursor mode (issue #1602)
• core: fix wrong size of the new window after vertical split (issue #1612)
• core: do not remove quotes in arguments of command /eval as they can be part of the evaluated expression/condition (issue #1601)
• core: display an error when the buffer is not found with command /command -buffer
• buflist: add option buflist.look.use_items to speed up display of buflist (issue #1613)
• irc: add bar item "irc_nick_prefix"
• irc: fix separator between nick and host in bar item "irc_nick_host"
• irc: fix completion of commands /halfop and /dehalfop

Documentation

• do not build weechat-headless man page if headless binary is disabled (issue #1607)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.1/

Bug fixes

• exec: fix search of command by identifier
• spell: fix refresh of bar item "spell_suggest" when the input becomes empty (issue #1586)
• spell: fix crash with IRC color codes in command line (issue #1589)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.0.1/

New features

• api: add optional list of colors in infos "nick_color" and "nick_color_name" (issue #1565)
• api: add argument "bytes" in function string_dyn_concat
• api: add function string_color_code_size (issue #1547)
• exec: add option "-oerr" to send stderr to buffer (now disabled by default) (issue #1566)
• fset: add option fset.look.auto_refresh (issue #1553)
• irc: add pointer to irc_nick in focus of bar item "buffer_nicklist" (issue #1535, issue #1538)
• irc: allow to send text on buffers with commands /allchan, /allpv and /allserv
• irc: evaluate command executed by commands /allchan, /allpv and /allserv (issue #1536)
• script: add option script.scripts.download_enabled (issue #1548)
• trigger: add variable "tg_argc" in data set by command trigger (issue #1576)
• trigger: add variable "tg_trigger_name" in data set by all triggers (issue #1567, issue #1568)

Bug fixes

• core: set "notify_level" to 3 if there is a highlight in the line (issue #1529)
• core: do not add line with highlight and tag "notify_none" to hotlist (issue #1529)
• irc: remove SASL timeout message displayed by error after successful SASL authentication (issue #1515)
• irc: send all channels in a single JOIN command when reconnecting to the server (issue #1551)
• script: do not automatically download list of scripts on startup if the file is too old (issue #1548)
• spell: properly skip WeeChat and IRC color codes when checking words in input (issue #1547)
• trigger: fix recursive calls to triggers using regex (issue #1546)
• trigger: add ${tg_tags} !!- ,notify_none, in conditions of default trigger "beep" (issue #1529)

Tests

• core: add tests on GUI line functions

Build

• core: disable debug by default in autotools build
• tests: fix compilation with CppUTest ≥ 4.0

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/3.0/

New features

• core: add bar option "color_bg_inactive": color for window bars in inactive window (issue #732)
• core: add Alacritty title escape sequence support (issue #1517)
• core: display notify level for current buffer with command /buffer notify (issue #1505)
• core: count only visible nicks in bar item "buffer_nicklist_count", add bar items "buffer_nicklist_count_groups" and "buffer_nicklist_count_all" (issue #1506)
• core: set default size for input bar to 0 (automatic) (issue #1498)
• core: add default key Alt+Enter to insert a newline (issue #1498)
• core: add flag "input_multiline" in buffer (issue #984, issue #1063)
• core: add a scalable WeeChat logo (SVG) (issue #1454, issue #1456)
• core: add base 16/32/64 encoding/decoding in evaluation of expressions with "base_encode:base,xxx" and "base_decode:base,xxx"
• core: add case sensitive wildcard matching comparison operator (==* and !!*) and case sensitive/insensitive include comparison operators (==-, !!-, =-, !-) in evaluation of expressions
• core: add default key Alt+Shift+N to toggle nicklist bar
• core: add command line option "--stdout" in weechat-headless binary to log to stdout rather than ~/.weechat/weechat.log (issue #1475, issue #1477)
• core: reload configuration files on SIGHUP (issue #1476)
• api: add pointer "_bar_window" in hashtable sent to hook focus callback (issue #1450)
• api: add info_hashtable "focus_info" (issue #1245, issue #1257)
• api: rename function hook_completion_get_string to completion_get_string and hook_completion_list_add to completion_list_add
• api: add functions completion_new, completion_search and completion_free
• api: add hdata "completion_word"
• buflist: add default key Alt+Shift+B to toggle buflist
• buflist: add options enable/disable/toggle in command /buflist
• buflist: evaluate option buflist.look.sort so that sort can be customized for each of the three buflist bar items (issue #1465)
• irc: add support of UTF8MAPPING (issue #1528)
• irc: display account messages in buffers (issue #1250)
• python: add WeeChat sharedir python directory to PYTHONPATH (issue #1537)
• relay: increase default limits for IRC backlog options
• relay: add command "handshake" in weechat relay protocol and nonce to prevent replay attacks, add options relay.network.password_hash_algo, relay.network.password_hash_iterations, relay.network.nonce_size (issue #1474)
• relay: add command "completion" in weechat relay protocol to perform a completion on a string at a given position (issue #1484)
• relay: add option relay.network.auth_timeout
• relay: update default colors for client status
• relay: add status "waiting_auth" in irc and weechat protocols (issue #1358)
• trigger: evaluate arguments of command when the trigger is created (issue #1472)

Bug fixes

• core: fix command /window scroll_beyond_end when buffer has fewer lines than chat height (issue #1509)
• core: force buffer property "time_for_each_line" to 0 for buffers with free content (issue #1485)
• core: don't collapse consecutive newlines in lines displayed before the first buffer is created
• core: don't remove consecutive newlines when pasting text (issue #1500)
• core: don't collapse consecutive newlines in bar content (issue #1500)
• core: fix WEECHAT_SHAREDIR with CMake build (issue #1461)
• core: fix memory leak in calculation of expression on FreeBSD (issue #1469)
• core: fix resize of a bar when its size is 0 (automatic) (issue #1470)
• api: fix use of pointer after free in function key_unbind
• api: replace plugin and buffer name by buffer pointer in argument "modifier_data" sent to weechat_print modifier callback (issue #42)
• buflist: add "window" pointer in bar item evaluation only if it's not NULL (if bar type is "window")
• exec: fix use of same task id for different tasks (issue #1491)
• fifo: fix errors when writing in the FIFO pipe (issue #713)
• guile: enable again /guile eval (issue #1514)
• irc: use new default chantypes "#&" when the server does not send it
• irc: add support of optional server in info "irc_is_nick", fix check of nick using UTF8MAPPING isupport value (issue #1528)
• irc: fix add of ignore with flags in regex, display full ignore mask in list of ignores (issue #1518)
• irc: do not remove spaces at the end of users messages received (issue #1513)
• irc: fix realname delimiter color in WHO/WHOX response (issue #1497)
• irc: reuse a buffer with wrong type "channel" when a private message is received (issue #869)
• python: fix crash when invalid UTF-8 string is in a WeeChat hashtable converted to a Python dict (issue #1463)
• relay: add missing field "notify_level" in message "_buffer_line_added" (issue #1529)
• relay: fix slow send of data to clients when SSL is enabled
• trigger: only return trigger's return code when condition evaluates to true (issue #592)
• trigger: fix truncated trigger command with commands /trigger input|output|recreate
• trigger: do not hide values of options with /set command in cmd_pass trigger

Documentation

• add includes directory
• merge 53 auto-generated files into 11 files
• fix broken literal blocks in Japanese docs with Firefox (issue #1466)

Tests

• core: add CI with GitHub Actions, move codecov.io upload to GitHub Actions
• core: switch to Ubuntu Bionic on Travis CI, use pylint3 to lint Python scripts
• core: run tests on plugins only if the plugins are enabled and compiled
• irc: add tests on IRC color and channel functions

Build

• javascript: disable build by default and remove Debian packaging of JavaScript plugin (issue #360)
• core: make GnuTLS a required dependency
• core: fix build with CMake 3.17.0
• core: fix build with cygport on Cygwin

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/2.9/

New features

• core: add variable "old_full_name" in buffer, set during buffer renaming (issue #1428)
• core: add debug option "-d" in command /eval (issue #1434)
• api: add functions crypto_hash and crypto_hash_pbkdf2
• api: add info "auto_connect" (issue #1453)
• api: add info "weechat_headless" (issue #1433)
• buflist: add pointer "window" in bar item evaluation
• irc: add support of fake servers (no I/O, for testing purposes)
• relay: accept hash of password in init command of weechat protocol with option "password_hash" (PBKDF2, SHA256, SHA512)
• relay: reject client with weechat protocol if password or totp is received in init command but not set in WeeChat (issue #1435)

Bug fixes

• core: fix memory leak in completion
• core: flush stdout/stderr before forking in hook_process function (issue #1441)
• core: fix evaluation of condition with nested "if" (issue #1434)
• irc: split AUTHENTICATE message in 400-byte chunks (issue #1459)
• irc: copy temporary server flag in command /server copy
• irc: add nick changes in the hotlist (except self nick change)
• irc: case-insensitive comparison on incoming CTCP command, force upper case on CTCP replies (issue #1439)
• irc: fix memory leak when the channel topic is changed
• logger: fix crash when logging is disabled on a buffer and the log file was deleted in the meanwhile, when option logger.file.info_lines is on (issue #1444)
• php: fix crash when loading script with PHP 7.4 (issue #1452)
• relay: update buffers synchronization when buffers are renamed (issue #1428)
• script: fix memory leak in read of script repository file if it has invalid content
• script: fix unexpected display of scripts list in buffer with command /script list -i
• xfer: send signal "xfer_ended" after the received file has been renamed (issue #1438)

Tests

• scripts: fix generation of test scripts with Python 3.8
• unit: add tests on IRC protocol functions and callbacks
• unit: add tests on function secure_derive_key
• unit: add tests on functions util_get_time_diff and util_file_get_content

Build

• core: fix Cygwin build
• guile: add detection of Guile 3.0.0 (issue #1442)
• irc: fix build with GnuTLS < 3.1.0 (issue #1431)
• php: add detection of PHP 7.4
• ruby: add detection of Ruby 2.7 (issue #1455)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/2.8/

Bug fixes

• irc: fix crash when receiving a malformed message 352 (who)
• irc: fix crash when a new message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes
• irc: fix crash when receiving a malformed message 324 (channel mode) (CVE-2020-8955)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/2.7.1/

New features

• core: add option weechat.look.nick_color_hash_salt to shuffle nick colors (issue #635)
• core: add different icons sizes (16x16 to 512x512) (issue #1347)
• core: add file weechat.desktop
• core: add reverse of string for screen in evaluation of expressions with "revscr:"
• core: add length of string (number of chars and on screen) in evaluation of expressions with "length:xxx" and "lengthscr:xxx"
• core: add calculation of expression in evaluation of expressions with "calc:xxx" (issue #997)
• core: add optional default path (evaluated) in completion "filename"
• core: add support of modifiers in evaluation of expressions with "modifier:name,data,string"
• api: add modifier "color_encode_ansi" (issue #528)
• api: add modifier "eval_path_home"
• irc: add filters on raw buffer (issue #1000)
• irc: add option irc.look.display_pv_warning_address to display a warning in private buffer if the remote nick address has changed (issue #892)
• irc: add server option "ssl_password" (issue #115, issue #1416)
• irc: add "user" in output of irc_message_parse (issue #136)
• irc: add options irc.color.message_kick and irc.color.reason_kick (issue #683, issue #684)
• logger: add option logger.file.color_lines (issue #528, issue #621)
• script: add options "-ol" and "-il" in command "/script list" to send translated string with list of scripts loaded, display "No scripts loaded" if no scripts are loaded
• xfer: add option xfer.file.download_temporary_suffix with default value ".part" (issue #1237)

Bug fixes

• core: set buffer name, short name and title only if the value has changed
• core: fix scrolling up in bare mode when switched to bare mode at the top of the buffer (issue #899, issue #978)
• core: optimize load of configuration files
• core: fix window separators not respecting window splits (issue #630)
• core: fix cursor mode info when prefix_align is none and with words split across lines (issue #610, issue #617, issue #619)
• core: add support of reverse video in ANSI color codes
• core: fixed segfault during excessive evaluation in function string_repeat (issue #1400)
• buflist: fix extra spaces between buffers when conditions are used to hide buffers (regression introduced in version 2.6) (issue #1403)
• irc: do not automatically open a channel with name "0" (issue #1429)
• irc: remove option irc.network.channel_encode, add server option "charset_message" to control which part of the IRC message is decoded/encoded to the target charset (issue #832)
• irc: use path from option xfer.file.upload_path to complete filename in command "/dcc send" (issue #60)
• logger: fix write in log file if it has been deleted or renamed (issue #123)
• python: send "bytes" instead of "str" to callbacks in Python 3 when the string is not UTF-8 valid (issue #1389)
• relay: send message "_buffer_title_changed" to clients only when the title is changed
• xfer: fix memory leak when a xfer is freed and when the plugin is unloaded

Tests

• unit: add tests on GUI color functions

Build

• core: fix build on Haiku (issue #1420)
• core: fix build on Alpine
• core: remove file FindTCL.cmake
• core: display an error on missing dependency in CMake (issue #916, issue #956)
• debian: disable Javascript plugin on Debian Sid and Ubuntu Eoan
• debian: build with Guile 2.2
• guile: add support of Guile 2.2, disable /guile eval (issue #1098)
• python: add detection of Python 3.8

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/2.7/

New features

• core: add support of 32767 color pairs (issue #1343, issue #1345)
• core: add option "close" in command /window (issue #853)
• api: add infos "term_colors" and "term_color_pairs"
• api: add function list_user_data (issue #666)
• api: add argument "strip_items" in function string_split
• buflist: add infolist "buflist" with list of buffer pointers (issue #1375)
• exec: evaluate option exec.command.shell, change default value to "${env:SHELL}" (issue #1356)
• fset: add filters "h=xxx" and "he=xxx" to filter options by description (translated or in English)
• irc: make command char optional in server option "command" (issue #615)
• irc: add variables "user_max_length" and "host_max_length" in server structure (issue #1387)

Bug fixes

• core: use fixed-width integer for computing nick and hashtable DJB2 key hashes, add values "djb2_32" and "sum_32" for option weechat.look.nick_color_hash (issue #1394)
• core: create or update option weechat.notify.xxx when function buffer_set is called with "notify" property (issue #1390)
• core: fix memory leak in case of error when building content of bar item for display (issue #1384)
• core: send command line parameter to plugins only if the name starts with the plugin name followed by a colon
• core: auto disable upgrade process (command line option "--upgrade") if the file weechat.upgrade is not found
• core: replace newlines by spaces in argument "completion" of function hook_command (issue #538)
• core: replace char "," by "~" in color codes to separate foreground from background (issue #1264)
• alias: remove default aliases /AME and /AMSG (issue #1355)
• buflist: use extra variables in option buflist.look.display_conditions (issue #1393)
• irc: fix parsing of messages 346 (invite list), 348 (exception list), 367 (ban list) and 728 (quiet list) when there is a colon before the timestamp (issue #1396)
• irc: fix memory leak when removing a server
• irc: fix length of user/nick/host in split of messages (issue #1387)
• irc: quote NICK command argument sent to the server only if there's a ":" in the nick (issue #1376, issue #1319)
• irc: return all arguments in the PONG response to a PING (issue #1369)
• irc: disable server reconnection when the server buffer is closed (issue #236)
• irc: strip spaces at beginning/end of addresses in server option "addresses" (issue #195)
• irc: fix display of enabled/disabled client capabilities received in command CAP ACK (issue #151)
• ruby: fix conversion of big integers on 32bit architecture (issue #1395)

Tests

• unit: add tests on IRC ignore, message and nick functions

Build

• core: fix compilation with autotools on FreeBSD 12.0
• debian: disable Javascript plugin on Debian Buster/Bullseye (issue #1374)
• python: compile with Python 3 by default
• python: use pkg-config to detect Python (issue #1382)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/2.6/

New features

• core: use getopt to parse command line arguments
• core: add option weechat.look.prefix_same_nick_middle (issue #930, issue #931)
• core: add option weechat.look.buffer_time_same (issue #1127)
• core: use seconds by default in /repeat interval, allow unit for the interval
• core: allow text in addition to a command in command /repeat
• core: add option "addreplace" in command /filter (issue #1055, issue #1312)
• api: return allocated string in hook_info callback and function info_get
• api: replace argument "keep_eol" by "flags" in function string_split (issue #1322)
• api: add function command_options (issue #928)
• api: add function string_match_list
• irc: add bar items "irc_nick", "irc_host" and "irc_nick_host"
• irc: add variable "host" in server structure
• relay: add support of UNIX socket (issue #733, issue #1333)
• relay: add option relay.weechat.commands (issue #928)
• script: use SHA-512 instead of MD5 for script checksum
• spell: rename aspell plugin to spell (issue #1299)
• trigger: add hooks "info" and "info_hashtable"
• xfer: rename option xfer.network.speed_limit to xfer.network.speed_limit_send, add option xfer.network.speed_limit_recv (issue #269)

Bug fixes

• core: don't execute command scheduled by /repeat and /wait if the buffer does not exist any more
• core: set max length to 4096 for /secure passphrase (issue #1323)
• core: refilter only affected buffers on filter change (issue #1309, issue #1311)
• fset: fix slow refresh of fset buffer during /reload (issue #1313)
• irc: fix parsing of MODE command when there are colons after the first mode argument (issue #1296)
• irc: fix memory leak in infos "irc_server_isupport" and "irc_server_isupport_value"
• irc: fix length of string for SHA-512, SHA-256 and SHA-1 in help on ssl_fingerprint option
• irc: display an error with /allchan -current or /allpv -current if the current buffer is not an irc buffer (issue #1325)
• irc: fix update of channels modes with arguments when joining a channel (issue #1324)
• irc: quote NICK command argument sent to the server (issue #1319)
• php: fix memory leak in functions string_eval_expression, string_eval_path_home, key_bind, hook_process_hashtable, hook_hsignal_send, info_get_hashtable, hdata_update
• relay: fix crash when a weechat relay client reloads the relay plugin with /plugin reload relay (issue #1327)
• spell: fix detection of nick followed by the nick completer (issue #1306, issue #1307)
• trigger: fix split of hook arguments (issue #1322)

Tests

• unit: add tests on function util_signal_search

Build

• core: fix value of libdir in file weechat.pc (issue #1341, issue #1342)
• core: fix generation of man page weechat-headless with autotools
• core: add CMake option "ENABLE_CODE_COVERAGE" to compile with code coverage options (CMake ≥ 3.0 is now required)
• core: fix compilation on Mac OS (issue #1308)
• lua: add detection of Lua 5.3 with autotools
• ruby: add detection of Ruby 2.6 (issue #1346)
• tests: fix compilation of tests on FreeBSD

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/2.5/

New features

• core: do not automatically add a space when completing "nick:" at the beginning of command line (the space can be added in option weechat.completion.nick_completer)
• core: add default keys Ctrl+F11/Ctrl+F12 to scroll up/down one page in nicklist (same action as F11/F12)
• core: add command line option "-t" (or "--temp-dir") to create a temporary WeeChat home (deleted on exit)
• api: add functions string_base_encode and string_base_decode, remove functions string_encode_base64 and string_decode_base64
• api: add support of Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP), add infos "totp_generate" and "totp_validate"
• buflist: add default keys Ctrl+F1/Ctrl+F2 to scroll up/down one page in buflist (same action as F1/F2)
• buflist: add variable ${number2}, always set with the indented buffer number
• exec: add option exec.command.shell to customize the shell used with /exec -sh
• relay: add support of close frame in websocket connection (issue #1281)
• relay: add support of Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) as second authentication factor in weechat protocol

Bug fixes

• core: fix compilation of empty regular expression (not allowed on FreeBSD)
• core: fix forced highlight on messages sent to other buffers (issue #1277)
• aspell: look for suggestions only if the misspelled word has changed (issue #1175)
• buflist: add alternate key codes for F1/F2 and Alt+F1/Alt+F] (compatibility with terminals)
• buflist: fix warning displayed when script buffers.pl is loaded (issue #1274)
• irc: fix parsing of whois messages in notify
• irc: fix parsing of MODE, 341 (invite) and CHGHOST commands when there are colons (issue #1296)
• irc: return IRC color code instead of WeeChat color code when decoding a too short ANSI color sequence
• irc: fix encoding of italic attribute when colors are removed
• irc: fix parsing of "time" message tag on FreeBSD (issue #1289)
• relay: fix crash on /upgrade when the real IP is not set (issue #1294)
• relay: fix memory leak in connection of client

Tests

• unit: fix UTF-8 and evaluation tests on FreeBSD
• unit: add tests on IRC configuration and protocol functions

Build

• core: add C compiler flag "-fsigned--char" to force "char" data type to be always signed (issue #1277)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/2.4/

New features

• core: add repeat of string in evaluation of expressions with "repeat:count,string" (issue #958)
• core: allow specifying buffer number/name for /buffer localvar (issue #1259)
• core: allow multiple arguments in command /buffer close
• core: allow multiple options "-r" ("--run-command") in command line arguments (issue #1248)
• core: add option "-P" (or "--plugins") to customize the plugins to load at startup
• core: allow partial buffer name in command /buffer close (issue #1226)
• api: add function hook_line
• irc: display a warning when the value of option irc.server.xxx.autojoin is set to an invalid value
• relay: add real IP in client description (issue #1256)
• trigger: allow creation of temporary variables with the regex
• trigger: add hook "line"

Bug fixes

• core: fix evaluation of nested ternary operators (issue #1263)
• core: fix evaluation of condition when the left operand is an empty string
• core: fix string evaluation with regex replacement when the string is empty
• core: fix check of tags in lines (command /filter and hook_print)
• core: fix clear of completion item in case of partial completion (issue #1162)
• core: send signal "key_pressed" for mouse code only if the string is UTF-8 valid (issue #1220)
• api: fix memory leak in function string_split
• lua: fix return code of mkdir functions in case of error (issue #1267)
• scripts: fix duplicated lines in output of script eval (python, perl, ruby, lua and guile)

Tests

• unit: add tests on line and hook functions

Build

• php: add detection of PHP 7.3

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/2.3/

New features

• core: change default value of option weechat.look.hotlist_add_conditions to check connected relay clients via weechat protocol (issue #1206)
• core: add reverse of string in evaluation of expressions with "rev:" (issue #1200)
• core: send buffer pointer (when possible) in signal "hotlist_changed" (issue #1133)
• core: add support of list options in curl (issue #826, issue #219)
• core: allow merge of buffers by name in command /buffer (issue #1108, issue #1159)
• api: add function hashtable_add_from_infolist()
• api: add function string_format_size in scripting API
• irc: add nick, host and log tags in message displayed in private buffer when the nick comes back on the server (issue #1221)
• irc: add support for IRCv3.2 chghost, add options irc.look.smart_filter_chghost and irc.color.message_chghost (issue #640)
• irc: add support for IRCv3.2 invite-notify (issue #639)
• irc: add support for IRCv3.2 Client Capability Negotiation (issue #586, issue #623)
• irc: display current nick on connected servers in output of /server list|listfull (issue #1193)
• irc: add option "-server" in command /list (issue #1165)
• irc: add indexed ban list, add completion for /unban and /unquiet (issue #597, task #11374, task #10876)
• relay: add filtering on protocol in info "relay_client_count"
• trigger: hide password in command "/msg nickserv set password"
• xfer: add option xfer.network.send_ack (issue #1171)

Bug fixes

• core: fix TLS handshake failure on server connection when there are multiple addresses in the server (issue #1196)
• core: count number of chars instead of bytes for suffix in function string_cut
• core: fix delete of previous/next word (keys Ctrl+w and Alt+d) (issue #1195)
• core: fix infinite loop in evaluation of strings (issue #1183)
• core: change default value of option weechat.look.window_title from "WeeChat ${info:version}" to empty string (issue #1182)
• buflist: fix crash when setting the option buflist.look.signals_refresh with a list of signals
• fset: fix memory leak when switching the format with Ctrl+x
• fset: fix truncation of option values when the length is greater than 4096 (issue #1218)
• fset: fix crash when applying filters after closing the fset buffer (issue #1204)
• irc: display message 354 (WHOX) received with missing parameters (issue #1212)
• irc: always set nick away status on WHO response (sent manually or automatically with server option "away_check")
• irc: fix a crash when calling the function hdata_string on the "prefix" variable in the nick
• irc: fix split of messages when server option "split_msg_max_length" is set to 0 (no split) (issue #1173)
• irc: send whole IRC message including IRCv3 tags in the signals irc_in, irc_in2, irc_raw_in and irc_raw_in2 (issue #787)
• irc: fix memory leak when receiving a message with IRCv3 tags
• guile: fix memory leak in 7 functions returning allocated strings
• lua: fix macros used to return values
• php: fix return code of functions config_write_option and config_write_line
• php: fix memory leak in 72 functions returning allocated strings
• python: fix crash when loading a script with Python >= 3.7 (issue #1219)
• relay: fix socket creation for relay server on OpenBSD (issue #1213)
• ruby: fix memory leak in 7 functions returning allocated strings
• script: fix memory leak in case of invalid XML content in list of scripts
• scripts: fix memory leak in hook_info callback
• scripts: fix return value of hook_infolist callback (pointer instead of string)
• scripts: return long integer instead of string in function infolist_time
• xfer: set option TCP_NODELAY on socket when receiving a file via DCC (issue #1171)

Documentation

• core: split man pages weechat and weechat-headless

Tests

• unit, scripts: add tests on infolists

Build

• core: fix build with CMake and Ninja
• debian: add package weechat-headless with the headless binary and its man page
• javascript: fix compilation of javascript plugin with autotools on some Linux distributions (issue #1208)
• python: add detection of Python 3.7

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/2.2/

New features

• core: add binary weechat-headless to run WeeChat without interface, with optional daemon mode (command line option "--daemon") (issue #1120)
• core: add options "-newbuffer", "-free" and "-switch" in command /print (issue #1113)
• core: add option "-y" in command /print, add support of buffers with free content
• core: add option "add" in command /buffer (issue #1113)
• core: add option weechat.completion.partial_completion_templates to force partial completion on specific templates
• api: add hashtable with variables in plugin structure
• api: add time in info "date" (WeeChat compilation date/time) (issue #1138)
• irc: add server option "split_msg_max_length"
• irc: allow ${irc_server.xxx} and ${server} in server evaluated options (issue #1144)
• logger: add option logger.file.fsync (issue #1145)
• logger: add option logger.look.backlog_conditions (issue #1132)
• script: change default value of option script.look.sort from "p,n" to "i,p,n"
• scripts: add configuration file for each script plugin (python.conf, perl.conf, ...)
• scripts: add "eval" option in script commands and info "xxx_eval" (python, perl, ruby, lua and guile) (issue #128)
• scripts: add infos "xxx_interpreter" and "xxx_version" in script plugins (issue #1075)
• scripts: add option "version" in script commands (issue #1075)
• scripts: display the script name in stdout/stderr output from scripts

Bug fixes

• core: fix regression on execution of hook_print callbacks (introduced in version 2.0)

Build

• ruby: add detection of Ruby 2.5 (issue #1122)

Download

https://weechat.org/download/weechat/2.1/