Version 0.4.2 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:

• rename binary from "weechat-curses" to "weechat" (with symbolic link "weechat-curses" for compatibility) (see this post)
• add secured data (encryption of passwords or private data), new command /secure, new file sec.conf (see this post)
• search of regular expression in buffer with text emphasis, in prefixes, messages or both (see this post)
• add option "scroll_beyond_end" for command /window
• add optional buffer context in bar items (for example to display bitlbee nicklist in a root bar)
• new options weechat.look.hotlist_{prefix|suffix}
• new option weechat.look.key_bind_safe to prevent any key binding error from user
• new option weechat.network.proxy_curl to use a proxy when downloading URLs with curl
• display day change message dynamically
• support of wildcards in IRC commands (de)op/halfop/voice
• new option irc.look.notice_welcome_redirect to redirect channel welcome notices to the channel buffer
• new option irc.look.nick_color_hash: new hash algorithm to find nick colors (variant of djb2)
• add info about things defined by a script in the detailed view of script (/script show)
• support of enchant library in aspell plugin

New options:

• aspell.color.suggestions
• irc.look.nick_color_hash
• irc.look.notice_welcome_redirect
• irc.look.pv_tags
• sec.crypt.cipher
• sec.crypt.hash_algo
• sec.crypt.passphrase_file
• sec.crypt.salt
• weechat.color.chat_day_change
• weechat.color.emphasized
• weechat.color.emphasized_bg
• weechat.look.emphasized_attributes
• weechat.look.hotlist_prefix
• weechat.look.hotlist_suffix
• weechat.look.key_bind_safe
• weechat.network.proxy_curl
• xfer.look.pv_tags

Options changed:

• aspell.look.color renamed to aspell.color.misspelled
• weechat.look.day_change_time_format split into two options: weechat.look.day_change_message_1date and weechat.look.day_change_message_2dates

New keys:

• in search context (Ctrl+R):
  • Ctrl+I (tab): search in prefixes, messages or both
  • Ctrl+R: search text/regex
  • Alt+c: case (in)sensitive search