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Status

Current version: 0.3.0-rc2 (released on 2009-07-03)
Planed release date: not known (in a few months). Don't worry, development is very active ;)

ChangeLog

Version 0.3.0 (codename "revolution") will bring major new features:

IRC protocol as plugin
Relay plugin (under development)
smart join/part/quit message filter in IRC plugin
many proxies allowed, proxy selection for each IRC server
new plugin API with: hooks, buffer management and nicklist, bars, configuration files, network, infos/infolists, lists, upgrade
new plugins: alias, demo, fifo, logger, tcl, xfer (with speed limit for DCC send)
new scripts: weeget.py (scripts manager), jabber.py (jabber/XMPP protocol), go.py (quick jump to buffers), buffers.pl (sidebar with list of buffers), iset.pl (set options interactively), weetris.pl (tetris-like game), mastermind.pl, ...
custom bars with custom items
aspell plugin improved: use of many dictionaries, global dictionary, real time checking (optional), fix bugs with utf-8
optional backlog for buffers
hooks: command, timer, file descriptor, process, connection, print, signal, config, completion, modifier, info, infolist
new fast display engine, with a prefix for each line, and tags for lines
buffers with free content
buffer merging
custom filtering by tags or regex
layout of buffers and windows automatically saved/restored
/reload command to reload WeeChat and plugins configuration files
group support in nicklist
main loop improved, less CPU usage
many other exciting new features!
many bugs fixed

Blog about development: http://dev.weechat.org/

GIT commits: http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=weechat.git;a=shortlog, RSS feed: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=weechat.git;a=rss

Last screenshots

WeeChat with custom bars (buffers/uptime), IRC debug buffer on top:
(sample scripts for bars: buffers.pl / uptime.pl)

Bars with new filling (with columns):

WeeChat with WeeTris script (weetris.pl), drawing on buffer with free content:

Interactive set script: (iset.pl)

Get development version

Warning!

Since 2008-10-26, branch "protocols" should NOT be used any more (it has been merged to master). Please use only master branch in git repository.

If you're using protocols branch, you should switch back to master branch now, using following commands:

git checkout master
git pull
git remote prune origin

With git

You must clone git repository (git >= 1.5.4.2 is recommended):

git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/weechat.git
cd weechat

Later, when you want to get git repository updates:

git pull

Without git

You can download last git snapshot here: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=weechat.git;a=snapshot;h=refs/heads/master;sf=tgz

Extract:

tar xvzf weechat-refs-heads-master.tar.gz

Compile development version

With cmake

cd weechat
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DPREFIX=/where/you/want/install -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
make
make install

With autotools

cd weechat
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=/where/you/want/install
make
make install

Note 1: plugin "trigger" is not working today, so it is disabled by default, and you should NOT enable it.
Note 2: it's recommended to compile with debug info, so a crash or problem will be easier to report to developers. You should also enable core files (for bash shell, add "ulimit -c unlimited" to your ~/.bashrc)

Missing features

Here's a list of missing features that were temporarily removed (please don't open bug for that, they'll be added ASAP):

key to jump to next server

Warning!

Scripts for WeeChat <= 0.2.6 are NOT (and will NOT be) compatible with this development version. Some new scripts are available for new API, at this URL: http://weechat.flashtux.org/plugins.php?api=devel

See WeeChat_0.3.0_API for changes between old and new API.

Beta testers: you're welcome!

You want to help us by testing this version? You're welcome! Just follow instructions below.

Please submit bugs for this version on WeeChat bugs page (on savannah), using release "dev" (only if this bug is only in dev version and not in stable v0.2.6).
Report any suggestion to FlashCode (IRC or mail).
Some important features are missing in this version (please read "Missing features" above). If you don't know if it's a bug or temporary removal of feature, then ask to FlashCode.
Daily changes are listed at the end of this page, please consult this table if you have a strange behaviour after upgrade of development version.
The following table shows what you can test, and provides some info about each component (what is done/is not done):

What?	Needed	Info
Display	yes	Ready, please test display and scroll in buffers.
Bars	yes	Ready.
IRC plugin	yes	Some minor features are still missing (see list above).
jabber plugin	yes	Only basic features are developed: display of buddy list and chat with buddies. Nothing else today.
alias plugin	yes	Ready.
aspell plugin	yes	Ready.
charset plugin	yes	Ready, should work with IRC plugin, that calls charset for decoding/encoding messages.
fifo plugin	yes	Ready, should work with IRC plugin.
logger plugin	yes	Ready, new file format for logs: new default timestamp, and use of tabulation between prefix and message.
relay plugin	not yet	Under development!
trigger plugin	no	This plugin does not compile today. Stay tuned..
perl plugin	yes	Ready, see below (new plugin API).
python plugin	yes	Ready, see below (new plugin API).
ruby plugin	yes	Ready, see below (new plugin API).
lua plugin	yes	Ready, see below (new plugin API).
tcl plugin	yes	Ready, new plugin, beta testers needed!
xfer plugin	yes	Ready, used by DCC to transfert file and make direct chats, thru DCC protocol (/dcc command).

Warning!
It's recommended to use another WeeChat home for testing this version:

/path/to/weechat-curses --dir /tmp/weechat

This version creates these config files:

alias.conf
aspell.conf
charset.conf
irc.conf
jabber.conf
plugins.conf
relay.conf
weechat.conf
xfer.conf

Log file format (<weechatdir>/.weechat/logs/*) has changed in this version.

Changes in development version (for beta testers)

This table lists changes in development version that need user action to be fixed (commonly after /upgrade):

Date	Commit	Problem	Action required
15/03/2009	[1]	Missing timestamps for lines in buffers	Do this command on each buffer: `/buffer set time_for_each_line 1`
26/03/2009	[2]	Missing away status in status bar	`/bar del input`
07/04/2009	[3]	Alt+s (switch server) does not work	Add new default keys with: `/key missing`
11/04/2009	[4]	Nick completion does not work	Set new default completion template: `/unset weechat.completion.default_template` (old completion codes like "%n" are replaced by names like "%(nicks)")
24/04/2009	[5]	Notify level for buffers are gone	Notify levels were in notify.conf file (not used any more), you can manually copy content of [buffer] section in notify.conf to [notify] section in weechat.conf, then do: `/reload` And you can delete notify* files in your plugins dir (this plugin is now obsolete and should not be used)
02/05/2009	[6]	Errors in all scripts	New argument "data" has been added to script API for all callbacks. Update your scripts to last version.
12/05/2009	[7]	Option weechat.look.jump_current_to_previous_buffer does not work any more	Default keys alt-1 to alt-0 have been modified. Update your keys in weechat.conf, add "``" before number. For example, following line: `meta-1 = "/buffer 1"` becomes: `meta-1 = "/buffer 1"` Then you can reload config if WeeChat is running: `/reload weechat`
18/05/2009	[8]	Key alt-j + alt-p (jump to previous buffer) does not work any more	This key has been removed. It is replaced by alt+'<' and alt+'>' (move in visited buffers list). First remove old key: `/key unbind meta-jmeta-p` Then add missing keys: `/key missing`
10/06/2009	[9]	Key alt-s (switch server) does not work any more	This key has been removed. With new buffer merge feature, you must now use ctrl+x If key is missing: `/key missing` WARNING: `/upgrade` from a previous devel version is not possible to reach this version or any future version

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