[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-announce
Subject:    [kde-announce] Konversation 0.19
From:       Eike Hein <sho () eikehein ! com>
Date:       2006-01-30 10:12:17
Message-ID: fb679075b747123f233352a79205683a () www ! kde-apps ! org
[Download RAW message or body]

Name: Konversation
Version: 0.19
Type: Chat Application
Depend: KDE 3.4.x
License: GPL
Homepage: http://konversation.kde.org
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=9927

Description:
 Konversation is a user-friendly Internet Relay
Chat (IRC) client for KDE. The Konversation Wiki
is located at: http://konversation.kde.org/wiki

Changelog:
 We are extremely pleased to announce the
immediate release of Konversation 0.19. The focus
of this release is on extending and improving upon
established functionality. Most notable in this
regard are significantly improved management of
IRC networks and servers all across the
application, a redesigned tab bar and better
support for common IRC commands. A long list of
further additions and improvements has us
confident of this being the best version of
Konversation yet. Enjoy!


Changelog from 0.18 to 0.19:

User Interface
* The Server List dialog has been rewritten to
allow direct manipulation of a network's servers
and features more intelligent sorting behavior.
Reordering networks via drag and drop is now
possible. A behavioral audit of all actions in the
dialog resulted in numerous improvements.
* A redesigned tab bar sports highly configurable
text- and LED icon-based notifications as well as
more intelligent scaling behavior under
space-critical conditions.
* Tabs are now intelligently grouped around their
respective connection status tab.
* Status tab labels now display the
user-configured network name where appropriate.
* The Find Text dialog has been replaced by a
search bar that no longer interrupts your
workflow.
* Channel links in the chat area now feature a
context menu for quick access to common actions.
* Usage of the status bar has been extended to
show context-relevant information as the cursor
passes over various interface elements. The lag
information segment is now only shown where
appropriate.
* A channel's topic can now be cleared by setting
an empty text in the Channel Options dialog.
* The Channel Options dialog has been redesigned
to allow editing the current topic while browsing
a channel's topic history.
* The Watched Nicknames interface has been fully
integrated with network management.
* Pressing the Arrow Down key in the input line
now preserves any input entered by adding it to
the history.
* Commands may now be sent as regular messages by
typing Ctrl+Enter.
* The multi-line paste editor window now
highlights whitespace characters and prepends the
existing content of the input line.
* The Colored Nicknames feature has been improved
to better handle nickname changes and immediately
apply any changes to the color palette.
* Some previously not configurable notification
events have been made configurable.
* Users leaving a server will now be announced in
any query you have open with them.
* Query tab labels will now update when a user you
have a query open with changes his/her name.
* The DCC file transfer dialogs have seen a number
of cosmetic improvements. Among other things, in
the event of a file being renamed on save, the
local file name is now shown across the
application.
* Various status and error messages have been
rewritten for improved consistency and clarity.
* The KDE standard text font will now be correctly
set as initial default chat font.
* It is now possible to skip displaying a server's
MOTD on connect.
* If the application is set to display a server's
MOTD in a fixed-width font and the previously
configured default chat font is already a
fixed-width font, the chat font will now be used
rather than the global KDE default fixed-width
font.
* The state of the automatic spell checking
functionality is now remembered across sessions
and set for all tabs.
* Networks no longer lose their channel history
when their settings are changed.
* The Server List dialog will no longer close when
a connection attempt fails due to the identity not
being set up correctly.
* After changing your nickname using the optional
drop-down menu to the left of the input line,
focus will now be returned to the input line.
* The configuration dialog has been rewritten to
correctly update the button state of its primary
actions and improve consistency with the KDE style
guide.
* The vertical and horizontal splitters in channel
tabs now behave better when the application window
is resized and correctly retain their positions
across sessions.
* The OSD preview in the OSD settings page is now
always shown correctly.
* The OSD will no longer be shown when the desktop
is locked.
* A bug that prevented copying text from the chat
area under certain circumstances has been fixed.
* Keyboard search in the channel nickname list has
been fixed.
* A number of issues affecting nickname context
menus in the chat area have been fixed.
* A bug leading to a wrong operator count in the
status bar has been fixed.
* It is no longer possible to add nameless
networks or hostless servers in the responsible
management dialogs.
* Bugs that led to parts of the interface not
reacting to KDE color scheme changes have been
fixed.
* The status bar now correctly reacts to KDE font
size changes.
* A bug that led to the application window
resizing on overly long status bar contents has
been fixed.
* A bug that led to multiple remember lines being
inserted into the frontmost tab when away mode was
activated has been fixed.
* A bug that led to wrong link addresses being
opened from the chat area has been fixed.
* Bugs that led to wrong URLs being produced by
dragging a link from the chat area to the input
line have been fixed.
* Channel names are now better recognized as such
by the chat area.


Bookmarking
* Bookmark titles now default to the channel name.
* Bookmarks now store the network name rather than
the server address where available.
* Bookmarks now support IPv6 addresses.


Commands
* The '/server' command now recognizes a greater
variety of address notations including network
names.
* The '/names' command now always succeeds in
returning the user list of a channel.
* The '/topic' command now always succeeds in
returning the topic of a channel.
* A '/dns' command has been added that facilitates
resolving the host name of a user on the server as
well as generic host names. Reverse resolve is
supported on KDE 3.5.1+.
* An '/unignore' command has been added.
* A '/disconnect' command has been added.
* A '/reconnect' command has been added that
disconnects and then reconnects the respective
server.
* A '/setkey' command has been added to set the
Blowfish encryption/decryption key for the
respective context.
* The '/list' command now correctly opens the
Channel List tab.
* A bug in parsing the arguments of the '/join'
command has been fixed.
* Usage information and error reporting for
various commands has been rewritten for improved
consistency and clarity.
* A bug that led to a 'clear' command being sent
to the server when using the '/clear' command to
clear the contents of a query tab has been fixed.


Miscellaneous
* The 'media' script has been rewritten and now
features improved compatibility with common
character sets, greatly enhanced support for the
Kaffeine media player and newly added support for
the Yammi media player.
* The 'sysinfo' script has been rewritten to
produce more concise output and better handle a
variety of storage scenarios.
* The convenience feature expanding [[term]] into
a Wikipedia link is now localizable and generates
a link that performs an intelligent lookup for the
term in the Wikipedia rather than assume a correct
direct link.


Technology
* Konversation now depends on KDE 3.4+.
* The preferences storage system has been
rewritten to facilitate easier maintenance and
faster development in future release cycles.
* Localized support for a long list of IRC
protocol primitives has been added.
* The application will now correctly iterate over
a network's servers on successive failed
connection attempts.
* When the '/server' command or the Quick Connect
dialog is used to connect to a server that has
previously been added to a network in the Server
List dialog, it will be recognized as being part
of the network and the respective identity
settings will be applied.
* The automated reply to a highlight event can now
reference the groups of the matched pattern by the
identifiers %1-%9 and the entire match by the
identifier %0.
* The CABAP IDENTIFY-MSG technology is now
supported.
* Compatibility with the Unreal IRC server has
been improved.
* Initial support for Blowfish encryption
(compatible with mIRCryption and FiSH) has been
added. Note that Diffie-Hellman key exchange (DHX)
is not yet supported.
* The Watched Nicknames reporting has been made
more reliable.
* Socket handling in the DCC file transfer feature
has been improved.
* Alpha-blending of icons in the channel nickname
list has been fixed.
* Support for the iso-2022-jp encoding has been
enhanced.
* The custom web browser feature will now
automatically append the URL as a parameter to the
specified command when the %u identifier is
missing.
* Channel modes are now correctly cleared and
updated in the internal representation on rejoin.
* A bug that led to an infinite loop during a
connection attempt when all nicknames configured
in the identity were in use has been fixed.
* A bug that could lead to a crash when opening
the log file for a closed connection has been
fixed.


_______________________________________________
kde-announce mailing list
kde-announce@kde.org
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-announce
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]