A new plugin called "exec" has been added, with command /exec.

The command /exec can execute external commands and display output in WeeChat.

It is similar to /shell (script shell.py), with major improvements:

• run many commands at once,
• send signals to commands,
• send data on stdin of a command,
• line numbers in output,
• ANSI color support,
• command timeout.

Other features coming soon: pipe output to WeeChat command or hsignal (to use in a trigger).

A "bare" display mode has been added. This special mode displays only the current buffer, and no bars around (no title, nicklist, status, input, ...).
It is designed for easy selection of text and click on long URLs (which are not broken at the end of lines, because ncurses is disabled in this mode).

A new key has been added: Alt+l (use /key missing to add the key), or this command: /key bind meta-l /window bare.
You can also use a delay in seconds with command /window bare, for example 5 seconds: /window bare 5.

Two options have been added:

• weechat.look.bare_display_exit_on_input (default: on): by default any changes in input will return to standard display
• weechat.look.bare_display_time_format (default: "%H:%M"): the format of time used in bare display.

Bare display looks like this (click for full size):

Version 0.4.3 is available!

As usual, many new features and bug fixes, see ChangeLog for detail.

Important: please read the release notes if you are upgrading to this version (from any other version).

New major features in this release:

• new command /print
• logical and/or for tags in /filter and hook_print
• gaps in buffer numbers (see this post)
• support of italic text
• new options to customize default text search in buffers
• use of IRC monitor command for /notify (if available on server)
• new IRC server option "ssl_fingerprint"
• new option to smart-filter IRC mode messages
• new option for default IRC ban mask
• support of IPv6 for DCC chat/file (see this post)
• auto check CRC32 of files received with DCC (see this post)

New options:

• irc.look.notice_welcome_tags
• irc.look.smart_filter_mode
• irc.network.ban_mask_default
• irc.network.lag_max
• irc.server.xxx.default_msg_kick
• irc.server.xxx.ssl_fingerprint
• weechat.look.buffer_auto_renumber
• weechat.look.buffer_position
• weechat.look.buffer_search_case_sensitive
• weechat.look.buffer_search_force_default
• weechat.look.buffer_search_regex
• weechat.look.buffer_search_where
• weechat.look.item_buffer_zoom
• weechat.look.tab_width
• weechat.look.window_auto_zoom
• xfer.file.auto_check_crc32

Options changed:

• irc.look.highlight_tags renamed to irc.look.highlight_tags_restrict
• weechat.look.set_title renamed to weechat.look.window_title

New keys:

• Ctrl+C, v: reverse video (replaces Ctrl+C, r)
• Ctrl+C, "_": underlined text (replaces Ctrl+C, u)

Auto renumber of buffers can now be disabled.

Two options have been added:

• weechat.look.buffer_auto_renumber
• weechat.look.buffer_position

A bar item has beed added as well:

• buffer_last_number

When auto renumber is disabled, gaps between buffer numbers are allowed and the first buffer can have a number greater than 1.

Following options for command /buffer are affected when auto renumber is off:

• move:
  • the current number will be left free for use, and the target number can be any number >= 1 (possibly higher than the current last buffer number)
  • the value can be "-" (which moves the buffer to number 1) or "+" (which moves the buffer to the end, ie last number + 1)
• swap:
  • now the buffers are swapped in the list without being "moved"
• (+/-)N:
  • it is now working with gaps in buffer numbers
• merge:
  • it can now merge a group of merged buffers into another buffer (or buffers merged themselves)

When searching text in buffer (with Ctrl+R), the matching text in lines is now emphasized, even if there are color codes in the line.

The search has been improved: it is now possible to search with a regular expression, and select where to search: in messages (default), prefixes or prefixes+messages.

The default key for search is still Ctrl+R and keys have been added/changed in the search context:

• Ctrl+R: switch search type: string/regex
• Alt+c: switch exact case for search
• Tab: switch search in messages/prefixes

The new search prompt in input bar looks like this: [Search (~ str,msg)]

Short description of content:

• ~: case insensitive search (default)
• ==: case sensitive search
• str: search string (default)
• regex: search regular expression
• msg: search in messages (default)
• pre: search in prefixes
• pre|msg: search in prefixes and messages

Happy search!

WeeChat binary and man page have been renamed from "weechat-curses" to "weechat".

You can read important info about that in release notes.

Version 0.4.1 is available!

As usual, many new features and bug fixes, see ChangeLog for detail.

Important: please read the release notes if you are upgrading to this version (from any other version).

New major features in this release:

• multiple layouts support (see this post)
• nick prefix/suffix are now dynamic (and managed by core instead of irc plugin) (see this post)
• unmask irc join if nick speaks some minutes after the join (see this post)
• new option irc.look.display_join_message to disable some messages after joining a channel
• new option irc.look.pv_buffer to automatically merge private buffers
• add support of UHNAMES
• add DH-AES encryption method for SASL
• multiple irc servers allowed on same port for irc protocol in relay plugin
• add WebSocket server support (RFC 6455) in relay plugin (for irc and weechat protocols) (see this post)
• send nicklist diff in relay plugin (weechat protocol)
• add control of autoload for scripts
• optimizations in aspell plugin

New options:

• irc.look.display_join_message
• irc.look.nicks_hide_password (old option: irc.look.hide_nickserv_pwd)
• irc.look.pv_buffer
• irc.look.smart_filter_join_unmask
• irc.network.lag_reconnect (old option: irc.network.lag_disconnect)
• logger.file.nick_prefix
• logger.file.nick_suffix
• relay.network.websocket_allowed_origins
• script.scripts.autoload
• weechat.color.chat_nick_prefix
• weechat.color.chat_nick_suffix
• weechat.look.nick_prefix
• weechat.look.nick_suffix
• weechat.look.prefix_align_more_after
• weechat.look.prefix_buffer_align_more_after
• xfer.file.auto_accept_nicks

Support of multiple layouts has been added.

The command /layout now supports a name for actions save/apply/reset.

New options have been added:

• leave: leave current layout (it will not update any layout)
• rename: rename a layout

The output of /layout has been improved, especially the tree of windows:

Saved layouts:
  mobile:
    1. core.weechat
    1. irc.server.local
    2. irc.local.#test
    3. irc.local.#test2
  desktop (current layout):
    1. core.weechat
    1. irc.server.local
    2. irc.local.#test
    3. irc.local.#test2
    \== 40% (splith)
      |-- irc.local.#test
      |== 50% (splitv)
        |-- irc.server.local
        |-- irc.local.#test2

A Raspbian repository has been added for Raspberry Pi (thanks to Nils G. for building the packages every night).

The existing Debian repositories are being moved from flashtux.org to weechat.org, like the new Raspbian one. Repositories on weechat.org are already available, therefore it is recommended to use them now.

IMPORTANT: the WeeChat packages on debian.flashtux.org are still built every night, but they will be definitely removed on 2013-03-01.

A new section has been added on download page with a summary of all repositories: https://weechat.org/download/debian/.

A test script called testproto.py has been added in QWeeChat to test the relay protocol with WeeChat. This script runs in terminal and does not require Qt.

Script is located in path src/qweechat/weechat/testproto.py of QWeeChat repository.

Screenshot (click for full size):

Backlog has been added for irc protocol in relay plugin.

The relay plugin now supports server capability "server-time", to include the messages time as tag (not in the message itself).

5 new options have been added:

• relay.irc.backlog_max_minutes
• relay.irc.backlog_max_number
• relay.irc.backlog_since_last_disconnect
• relay.irc.backlog_tags
• relay.irc.backlog_time_format

Enjoy, and merry Christmas!

Tags in IRC messages are now supported (in development version, planned for version 0.4.0), following this specification: http://ircv3.atheme.org/specification/message-tags-3.2.

The tag "time" is now read and is used to set the time for the message displayed.

The "znc" IRC bouncer is using this tag with the capability "znc.in/server-time-iso" (name should change in the next release). For example if you are using a server called "znc" in WeeChat, you can do:

/set irc.server.znc.capabilities "znc.in/server-time-iso"

Note: with znc 1.0, the server capability was "znc.in/server-time". With znc git > 1.0, the capability is "znc.in/server-time-iso".

Some info about capability "server-time": https://github.com/atheme/ircv3-specifications/blob/master/extensions/server-time-3.2.

Version 0.3.9.1 is available, it fixes a security problem (buffer overflow when decoding IRC colors in strings).

Upgrade is recommended for all users.

A new scripts manager has been added, the plugin is called "script" and provides the /script command.

This plugin will replace two scripts: weeget.py (the current scripts manager) and script.pl (providing a /script command to load/unload/reload scripts for any language).

The new /script command is similar to command /weeget with some minor differences (see /help script for more info).

The plugin provides a buffer with list of scripts in repository, which makes installation or removal of scripts very fast: just press alt+i on this buffer, and the script is installed! Not satisfied with the script? Key alt+r and the script is gone!

The buffer allows you to search string in scripts (description, tags, ...) and to sort scripts with many keys. Columns displayed can be fully customized (order, columns displayed), as well as colors.

For list of options, just do: /set script.*

List of scripts (click for full size):

Detail of a script (click for full size):

Enjoy!

Version 0.3.8 is available!

As usual, many new features and bug fixes, see ChangeLog for detail.

Important: please read the release notes if you are upgrading to this version (from any other version).

New major features in this release:

• add terminal "bracketed paste mode" (see this post)
• add IRC "external" SASL mechanism
• improve parsing of IRC channel modes (do not send extra command "MODE" to server)
• follow symbolic links for configuration files (*.conf)
• new option weechat.look.prefix_same_nick (hide same prefix for multiple consecutive messages from same nick)
• add colors for backlog lines
• redirect IRC messages from clients to hide output (relay plugin, IRC protocol)
• add a connection timeout for child process in hook_connect
• fix display bugs and crashs with small windows
• fix truncated configuration files (zero-length) after system crash

New options:

• logger.color.backlog_line
• logger.color.backlog_end
• weechat.look.paste_bracketed
• weechat.look.paste_bracketed_timer_delay
• weechat.look.prefix_same_nick
• weechat.network.connection_timeout

Options changed:

• weechat.look.prefix_align_more (from boolean to string)
• weechat.look.prefix_buffer_align_more (from boolean to string)

New keys:

• meta2-200~ = "/input paste_start" (start of bracketed paste)
• meta2-201~ = "/input paste_stop" (end of bracketed paste)

Note: to add missing keys, you can use command /key missing

A new script samegame.py is now available! More info about this game is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SameGame.

If you are using weeget, just do: /weeget install samegame.py

Mouse is required, so you must have WeeChat >= 0.3.6.

For help: /help samegame.

Screenshot (click for full size):

Enjoy!

Version 0.3.7 is available!

As usual, many new features and bug fixes, see ChangeLog for detail.

Important: please read the release notes if you are upgrading to this version (from any other version).

New major features in this release:

• support of Scheme scripts (new plugin "guile") (see this post)
• support of Python 3.x (but version 2.x still recommended) (see this post)
• add "weechat" protocol in relay plugin for remote interfaces, like QWeeChat (see this post)
• new option irc.color.mirc_remap to remap mirc colors in irc messages
• new options irc.look.highlight_{server|channel|pv} to customize or disable default nick highlight
• new option "capabilities" in irc servers (to enable some client capabilities on connection)
• new option weechat.history.max_buffer_lines_minutes to limit buffer history by time
• use extended regex in /filter, /ignore and /list
• add support of flags in regular expressions and highlight options
• add URL transfer in plugin API (with hook_process) (see this post)
• add translations in japanese
• add doc for relay protocol
• add developer's guide

New options:

• irc.look.highlight_server
• irc.look.highlight_channel
• irc.look.highlight_pv
• irc.look.mirc_remap
• irc.server.xxx.capabilities
• relay.network.allowed_ips
• relay.network.compression_level
• weechat.look.scroll_bottom_after_switch
• weechat.completion.base_word_until_cursor
• weechat.history.max_buffer_lines_minutes
• weechat.history.max_buffer_lines_number (old name was weechat.history.max_lines)

New default alias:

• /umode --> /mode $nick

New keys:

• alt + "/": jump to last buffer displayed (/input jump_last_buffer_displayed)

Note: to add missing keys, you can use command /key missing

WeeChat can now compile with Python 3.x (successfully tested with Python 3.1 and 3.2).
This is still experimental and recommended Python for WeeChat remains version 2.7.

Some scripts (including weeget.py) have been updated for Python 3.x, they have tag "py3k-ok" on the scripts page: https://weechat.org/scripts/stable/tag/py3k-ok/

Python versions supported by WeeChat:

• 2.5: many scripts require at least 2.6 - NOT recommended
• 2.6: all scripts should work fine
• 2.7: recommended version (all scripts are guaranteed to work with this version)
• 3.x: experimental, should be used only for tests

Note that "python" plugin in WeeChat can support only one version, so it can be a 2.x or 3.x, not both at same time.

Updated on 2019-07-01: Python 3 is now compiled by default and therefore the recommended version, see the post: Python 3 by default.

1. key Alt+1
2. key Alt+j, then 0, then 1
3. key F5 ^*
4. key F6 ^*
5. key Ctrl+p ^*
6. key Ctrl+n ^*
7. key Alt+Left ^*
8. key Alt+Right ^*
9. key Alt+Up ^*
10. key Alt+Down ^*
11. key Alt+a (if buffer #1 is first in hotlist)
12. left mouse button with long gesture to the left (with mouse enabled)
13. command /buffer 1
14. command /buffer core.weechat (if core buffer is #1)
15. command /buffer close 2-99999 (joke! - this will destroy all buffers and keep only buffer(s) with number 1)
16. command /buffer move 1 (joke! - current buffer will become #1)

There are other ways with scripts, but it's cheating!

^* : press key many times until you reach buffer #1.

The short name of buffers can be changed with /buffer set short_name <new_name> command. This might be useful for long channel names displayed in the buffers bar (buflist plugin with WeeChat ≥ 1.8 or script buffers.pl with an older version).

For example on channel #weechat:

/buffer set short_name #wee

New value is used immediately, but is not saved in config file. To make it persistent, you have to use script buffer_autoset.py:

/autosetbuffer add irc.freenode.#weechat short_name #wee

Note1: it's not recommended to set short name of query buffers, because WeeChat will change name of buffer when nick changes.

Note2: you should use command /buffer set with precautions, it is not recommended to change other buffer properties if you're not sure about what you do. This could lead to weird behaviour or a crash.

Version 0.3.6 is available!

As usual, many new features and bug fixes, see ChangeLog for detail.

Important: please read the release notes if you are upgrading to this version (from any other version).

New major features in this release:

• mouse support (see this post)
• cursor mode (free movement of cursor on screen)
• contexts for keys (default, search, cursor, mouse)
• hdata in API (direct access to WeeChat data)
• "inactive" colors for inactive windows and lines in merged buffers (see this post)
• support of merged buffers in /layout, save layout of buffers/windows on /upgrade (see this post)
• horizontal scrolling in buffers with free content
• split of outgoing IRC messages
• options for "more" chars in bars
• bold not used any more for basic colors (if terminal has more than 16 colors)
• automatic zoom on current window when terminal becomes too small for windows
• new command /repeat
• local variable "highlight_regex" in buffers

New options:

• weechat.look.bar_more_down
• weechat.look.bar_more_left
• weechat.look.bar_more_right
• weechat.look.bar_more_up
• weechat.look.color_basic_force_bold
• weechat.look.color_inactive_buffer
• weechat.look.color_inactive_message
• weechat.look.color_inactive_prefix
• weechat.look.color_inactive_prefix_buffer
• weechat.look.color_inactive_time
• weechat.look.color_inactive_window
• weechat.look.eat_newline_glitch
• weechat.look.item_buffer_filter
• weechat.look.mouse
• weechat.look.mouse_timer_delay
• weechat.look.separator_horizontal
• weechat.look.separator_vertical
• weechat.color.chat_inactive_buffer
• weechat.color.chat_inactive_window
• weechat.color.chat_prefix_buffer_inactive_buffer
• weechat.color.chat_tags
• logger.file.flush_delay

New keys:

• alt + "m": toggle mouse (/mouse toggle)

New keys have been added for context "cursor" and "mouse", please see documentation.

Note: to add missing keys, you can use command /key missing

New "inactive" colors have been added, to use a different text color for inactive windows or inactive lines (lines from merged buffer which is not selected).

Some options have been added to control display of inactive color, and of course inactive color themselves.

The first two options control wheter inactive colors are used for inactive windows or inactive lines in merged buffers:

• /set weechat.look.color_inactive_window (default: off)
• /set weechat.look.color_inactive_buffer (default: off)

Some options are used to specify if time/prefix_buffer/prefix/message will use inactive colors or not:

• /set weechat.look.color_inactive_time (default: off)
• /set weechat.look.color_inactive_prefix_buffer (default: on)
• /set weechat.look.color_inactive_prefix (default: on)
• /set weechat.look.color_inactive_message (default: on)

And finally, the three new colors used for inactive windows and inactive lines in merged buffers:

• /set weechat.color.chat_inactive_window (default: darkgray, suggested: 245)
• /set weechat.color.chat_inactive_buffer (default: darkgray, suggested: 245)
• /set weechat.color.chat_prefix_buffer_inactive_buffer (default: darkgray, suggested: 58)

A new script floodit.py is now available! You can now play to Flood'it inside WeeChat, with following features:

• single mode
• versus mode (play vs computer)
• demo mode
• 3 different board sizes.

If you are using weeget, just do: /weeget install floodit.py

For help: /help floodit.

Note: mouse is supported with latest devel version of WeeChat (0.3.6-dev).

Screenshot (click for full size):

Enjoy!

Mouse support has been added to WeeChat, and a "cursor" mode: a mode when you can move cursor everywhere and do actions with keys on focused area.

New commands added:

/mouse
/cursor

Before using mouse, add missing keys:

/key missing

Mouse events (clicks on buttons, gestures) are caught as special "keys", in context "mouse". For a list of default events, you can look at documentation (default keys) or output of this command in WeeChat:

/key list mouse

Mouse is not enabled by default. To enable it (at startup and now), do:

/set weechat.look.mouse on
/mouse enable

When mouse is enabled, you can use shift+selection or shift+buttons to select/paste text (like when mouse is disabled). Note that on some terminals like iTerm, you may have to use alt instead of shift.
New key alt+m will toggle mouse on/off.

Finally, thanks to Nei for his scripts, the mouse support in WeeChat is partially based on them.

Mouse support will be improved in near future, for example interactions with words/messages in chat area (select text, click on URLs, ..).
Stay tuned!

A new script cmd_help.py is now available. It displays contextual help on command line like:

• commands:
  • list of commands if you type a non-complete command name, for example: /serv
  • help about command arguments if you type command (and optionally arguments), for example with /server add you'll see arguments for adding an IRC server
• options:
  • list of options if you type a non-complete option name with command /set, for example: /set weechat
  • help about option if you type a complete or unique option name with command /set, for example: /set weechat.look.command_chars

Note: this script requires version 0.3.5 of WeeChat.

Screenshot (click for full size):