Version 4.9.5 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.9.5.

Version 4.9.3 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.9.3.

Version 4.9.1 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.9.1.

Version 4.8.2 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.8.2.

Version 4.8.0 is available, see new features and bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.8.0.

Version 4.7.1 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.7.1.

Version 4.6.2 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.6.2.

Version 4.6.0 is available, see new features and bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.6.0.

Version 4.5.1 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.5.1.

Version 4.4.4 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.4.4.

Version 4.4.2 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.4.2.

Version 4.4.0 is available, see new features and bugs fixed in the ChangeLog.

Version 4.3.5 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.3.5.

Version 4.3.3 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.3.3.

Versions 4.2.3 and 4.3.1 are available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.2.3 and ChangeLog v4.3.1.

Version 4.2.2 is available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.2.2.

Version 4.2.0 is available, see new features and bugs fixed in the ChangeLog and important notes if you upgrade to this version from any older version in the Release notes.

Versions 4.0.7 and 4.1.2 are available, see bugs fixed in the ChangeLog v4.0.7 and ChangeLog v4.1.2.

Version 4.1.0 is available, see new features and bugs fixed in the ChangeLog and important notes if you upgrade to this version from any older version in the Release notes.

Version 4.0.4 is available, it fixes the following bugs:

• fix integer overflow when setting integer option with ++N or --N
• fix increment/decrement of options weechat.notify.*
• add missing tags on multiline IRC messages
• fix redirection of IRC command /list when the reply doesn't start with message 321 (start of /list)
• fix wrong time displayed for IRC CTCP messages received from self nick
• remove trailing empty line in display of backlog (logger plugin)
• fix display of non-ASCII chars after load of a script with Perl >= 5.38
• adjust scroll after command /script go N
• fix function string_parse_size on 32-bit systems (python and ruby)
• fix conversion of string to IPv4 on 32-bit systems in xfer plugin
• fix tests on function irc_join_compare_join_channel
• fix tests of functions print_date_tag, print_y_date_tags and hook_timer on 32-bit systems

Version 4.0.2 is available, it fixes the following bugs:

• fix renaming of options with command /item rename
• don't send "key_pressed" signal again for the same key press
• don't send "key_combo_*" signals for incomplete keys
• add key ctrl-backspace in /help key
• keep keys ctrl-H and ctrl-? (in lower case) if they were manually bound to custom commands in a previous version

Version 4.0.0 is available!

WeeChat now follows a practical semantic versioning and there are breaking changes in this release, please read carefully the release notes.

See ChangeLog for the complete list of new features and bug fixes.

New major features in this release:

• use human readable key bindings
• use 256 colors by default
• make many identifiers case sensitive, rename default aliases to lower case
• display similar command names when a command is unknown
• add item "mouse_status" in default status bar
• rename SSL options to TLS, connect by default with TLS to IRC servers
• improve multiline support, add multiline support in IRC and Relay plugins
• add support of new IRC capabilities: draft/multiline, batch, echo-message (in Relay plugin as well)
• add support of LINELEN and UTF8ONLY in IRC plugin
• add IRC commands /action, /rules, /knock
• display IRC STATUSMSG actions differently from standard actions on channels
• add option "join" in command /autojoin
• add server option "registered_mode", add fields "authentication_method" and "sasl_mechanism_used" in server
• add "${username}" in server options "nicks" and "username", change their default values to use it
• add infos "irc_server_cap" and "irc_server_cap_value"
• add option irc.look.display_host_notice
• add modifier "irc_cap_sync_req"
• add relative move of read marker with /buffer set unread +/-N
• add command /reset
• add option "rename" in command /bar
• add option "split_return" in command /input
• add option "missing" in command /alias
• add $& to replace all arguments with double quotes escaped in aliases
• add options weechat.color.chat_status_disabled and weechat.color.chat_status_enabled, remove options trigger.color.trigger and trigger.color.trigger_disabled
• improve display of color options in fset buffer, add options fset.color.color_name and fset.color.color_name_selected
• add option logger.file.log_conditions
• add info "logger_log_file"
• add modifiers "relay_client_irc_in", "relay_client_irc_out1" and "relay_client_irc_out" in relay irc protocol
• add handshake option "escape_commands" in relay weechat protocol
• add API function config_set_version
• many bugs fixed.

Removed in this release:

• build with autotools (CMake now required)
• RPM packaging
• cpack config

New commands:

• /action
• /knock
• /reset
• /rules

New options:

• fset.color.color_name
• fset.color.color_name_selected
• irc.look.display_host_notice
• irc.server_default.registered_mode
• logger.file.log_conditions
• weechat.look.input_multiline_lead_linebreak
• weechat.color.chat_status_enabled
• weechat.color.chat_status_disabled
• weechat.look.paste_auto_add_newline
• weechat.color.status_name_insecure

Options changed:

• option irc.server_default.ssl renamed to irc.server_default.tls
• option irc.server_default.ssl_cert renamed to irc.server_default.tls_cert
• option irc.server_default.ssl_dhkey_size renamed to irc.server_default.tls_dhkey_size
• option irc.server_default.ssl_fingerprint renamed to irc.server_default.tls_fingerprint
• option irc.server_default.ssl_password renamed to irc.server_default.tls_password
• option irc.server_default.ssl_priorities renamed to irc.server_default.tls_priorities
• option irc.server_default.ssl_verify renamed to irc.server_default.tls_verify
• option relay.network.ssl_cert_key renamed to relay.network.tls_cert_key
• option relay.network.ssl_priorities renamed to relay.network.tls_priorities
• option weechat.color.status_name_ssl renamed to weechat.color.status_name_tls

Options removed:

• trigger.color.trigger
• trigger.color.trigger_disabled

New keys:

• Alt+K (upper case): grab raw key and its command
• In cursor mode:
  • letter "l" (lower case): quote focused line

Version 3.8 is available!

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

New major features in this release:

• add option weechat.look.chat_space_right
• allow value "0" in buffer property "unread" to remove read marker from buffer
• add command /allbuf
• add command /hotlist
• move some /input actions to commands /allbuf, /buffer and /hotlist
• improve case convert and insensitive char comparisons
• add color attributes "blink" and "dim" (half bright)
• allow command /toggle to create option before setting the value, if allowed in the section
• add signals "buffer_user_input_xxx" and "buffer_user_closing_xxx" for buffers created with /buffer add
• add identifier in buffer lines
• add option "unicode" in command /debug
• add Curl options for versions 7.64.0 to 7.87.0
• add API functions string_strcmp and string_strncmp
• rename char comparison API functions "utf8_char*" to "string_char*"
• return arithmetic difference between chars in API functions string_charcmp, string_charcasecmp, string_charcasecmp_range, string_strcasecmp, string_strcasecmp_range, string_strncasecmp, string_strncasecmp_range, string_strcmp_ignore_chars
• return newly allocated string in API functions string_tolower and string_toupper
• add API function utf8_strncpy
• add trigger regex command "y" to translate chars, set default regex command to "s" (regex replace)
• many bugs fixed.

New commands:

• /allbuf
• /hotlist

New options:

• weechat.look.chat_space_right

Version 3.7 is available!

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

New major features in this release:

• add option "-save" in command "/upgrade"
• add option weechat.look.highlight_disable_regex and buffer property "highlight_disable_regex"
• sort filters by name
• add key Alt+Backspace to delete previous word, change key Ctrl+w to delete previous word until whitespace
• rename API function string_build_with_split_string to string_rebuild_split_string, add arguments "index_start" and "index_end"
• add info "uptime_current"
• add API function crypto_hash_file
• add support of priority in API function hook_line
• add API function string_parse_size
• add API function file_compress
• add buflist variable "${hotlist_priority_number}" (integer version of "${hotlist_priority}")
• display SETNAME command in IRC channels and private buffers, add options irc.color.message_setname and irc.look.smart_filter_setname
• add option irc.look.display_pv_nick_change
• add options to rotate and compress log files: logger.file.rotation_compression_level, logger.file.rotation_compression_type and logger.file.rotation_size_max
• allow special dict value "-" to disable spell checking on a specific buffer
• add elapsed time for trigger execution on monitor buffer when trigger debug is set, add option trigger.color.identifier
• add trigger variable "${tg_hook_type}"
• many bugs fixed.

New keys:

• Alt+Backspace: delete previous word (Ctrl+w: delete previous word until whitespace)

Version 3.5 is available!

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

New major features in this release:

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