annotate ChangeLog @ 3815:b2ec492c9afe

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Gaim: The Pimpin' Penguin IM Clone thats good for the soul! 

version 0.60: 
	* French translation updated (thanks, Stephane Wirtel, and
	  Sebastian Carpe)
	* Polish translation updated (Thanks, Przemyslaw Sulek)
	* Finnish translation updated (Thanks, Tero Kuusela)
	* Spanish translation updated (Thanks, Lars Goldschlager) 
	* Traditional Chinese translation updated (Thanks, Paladin Liu)
	* Japanese translation updated (Thanks, Junichi Uekawa)
	* Korean translation updated (Thanks, A Lee)
	* Romanian translation added (Thanks, Misu Moldovan)
	* Jabber invisibility and permanently cancel sending on-
	  line status to Jabber buddies.
	* Support for synchronizing group renames on server.  Group
	  rename server synchronization for AIM.  Server-side
	  synchronization for moving individual AIM buddy to new
	  group improved.  (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
	* Jabber roster updated on group renames.
	* -n, --loginwin option to disable autologins.
	* All new preferences dialog (best used in gtk2)
	* Moved "privacy preferences" to Tools menu
	* Now using libiconv for better i18n support (Thanks Junichi 
	  Uekawa)
	* Optionally uniquely colorize nicks in chats
	* Changed some default options
	* Updated desktop and window icons (Thanks Robert McQueen)
	* GTK2 Goodness:
		- Preferences dialog
		- SignOn Screen
		- Conversation Window (needs tooltips)
		- Chat Window (sort of: needs menu bar, needs listview, tooltips)
		- GtkIMHtml (Ari Pollak, Christian Hammond)
		- Buddy Icons
		- IM Images
		- Alert Dialogs
		- GtkIMHtml tooltips Pangonated
		- About Dialog (Nathan Walp)
		- i18n capable text input widget (Thanks Ethan Blanton, David Odin, etc)
	* Notify.c plugin rewritten; check its configure dialog (Thanks,
	  Etan Reisner)
	* TOC no longer compiles statically by default--use OSCAR
	* ICQ plugin no longer gets built--use OSCAR
	* Added support for gettext 0.11.x.
	* Added support for automake 1.6.
	* Buddy Ticker made a plugin.
	* Read proxy environment variables.  (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
	* Fixed security vulnerability with manual browser option (Thanks,
	  Robert McQueen)
	* Added more IRC slash commands -- /W, /VERSION, /MODE, /CTCP stuff,
	  -- and other cool IRC enhancments (Thanks, Jonas Birmé)
	* Add / Remove buddy menu item added to the chat users list
	  (Thanks Jonas Birmé)
	* Parse URL messages and Contact Sending in ICQ (Thanks Mark
	  Doliner)
	* Added GAIM::remove_event_handler and made set_info short
	  circuitable in perl.  (Thanks Ryan McCabe)
	* Improved MSN internationalization (Thanks A Lee)
	* Can get info for ICQ and Jabber users from the "Edit
	  Buddies" tab (Thanks Brian Bernas)
	* Option to log IMs and Chats seperately.  (Thanks Etan
	  Reisner)
	* Nice Oscar changes--mostly internal (Thanks Mark Doliner)
	* event_del_conversation for plugins (Thanks Bill Tompkins)
	* Code cleanups and fixes (Thanks: Federico Mena Quintero,
	  Ka-Hing Cheung)
	* aim:// URI's supported with gaim-remote command
	* Quit Gaim remotely with gaim-remote (Thanks John Silvestri)
	* Don't auto-login if an existing Gaim session is already
	  running.
	* Login all auto-login accounts from login window (Thanks
	  Etan Reisner)
	* View log button in conversation toolbar (Thanks Etan Reisner)
	* Fixed a possible segfault when signing off Jabber (Thanks
	  Craig Boston)
	* Word-wrapping on mail notification text (Thanks, Andrew Molloy)
	* /topic with no argument displays the current topic (Thanks Mark 
	  Doliner)
	* Lots of i18n fixes (Thanks Matt Wilson, Ethan Blanton, A Lee)
	* Removed Ctrl-C binding for color
	* Docklet plugin--replaces the old GNOME applet.  You'll need the
	  Panel Notification Area applet for GNOME 2, or the kicker for
	  KDE 3.1. (Thanks Robert McQueen, Ari Pollak, Patrick Aussems)
	* Plugins dialog and perl script menu merged into preferences.
	* Auto-loading protocol plugins.
	* use snprintf instead of sprintf (Thanks William T. Mahan).
	* Non-direct connect typing notification for AIM over oscar 
	  (Thanks Mark Doliner)
	* Improved typing notification support for Jabber and 
	  Yahoo! (Thanks Nathan Walp)
	* Generic File Transfer PRPL interface (Thanks William T. Mahan)
	* DCC File Receive support for IRC
	* File receive support for Jabber (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
	* File send/receive support for Oscar (Thanks, William T. Mahan)
	* Option to have AIM over oscar notify you if you have 
	  unread mail (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
	* Fix first message in tab not displaying bug (Thanks Etan Reisner)
	* Switch the .desktop file to the new KDE/GNOME common vfolder 
	  format (Thanks Robert McQueen).
	* Allow only people in buddy list privacy option added for AIM
	* Optional password on IRC accounts (Thanks, Christian Hammond)
	* Better supression of auto-responses (Thanks Joshua Blanton)
version 0.59 (06/24/2002):
	* Hungarian translation added (Thanks, Sutto Zoltan)
	* Swedish translation updated (Thanks, Christian Rose)
	* Spanish translation updated (Thanks, Alex)
	* Traditional Chinese translation updated (Thanks, Paladin Liu)
	* Czech translation added (Thanks, Honza)
	* Polish translation updated (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
	* Squashed a bug in buddy right-click menu handling
	  that crashed Gaim.  In the process: found and
	  eliminated some memory leaks.
	* Fixed a significant applet leak
	* Can now change Jabber password on server (Thanks,
	  Nathan Walp)
	* Certain types of Jabber presence errors no longer
	  falsely show a buddy on-line.  Instead now a "broken
	  light-bulb" icon is shown and the error status is
	  available via "Get Away Msg"  (Thanks and a tip o'
	  the hat to Christian Hammond for the graphic)
	* Conversation struct has pointer to toolbar (thanks Brent
	  Priddy and Paul Miller)
	* Zephyr fixes (thanks, Arun A. Tharuvai)
	* Aliases in buddy ticker
	* Perl scripts can play Gaim sounds (thanks Andrew Rodland)
	* Internal sounds can be played by commands (thanks Lex Spoon)
	* Auto-login item in applet menu (thanks Chris Boyle)
	* Fixed MSN "Unkown Error Code", "Already there", and 
	  "Already in opposite list" errors
	* Changed "Play sound" button to "Mute" button
	* You can now have "reserved" chars in IM and proxy passwords
	* Jabber now has typing notification  (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
	* Improved support for Jabber resources  (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
	* Fixed problem with Gaim crashing on non-ASCII Jabber buddy
	  aliases (Jabber "name" attribute) chars  (Thanks, Ho-seok Lee)
	* Plugged memory leaks in Jabber plug-in
	* Fixed problem with Jabber away status not being propagated to
	  conference rooms for jabberd (server) v1.4.2 and above
	* Chat room buddy lists are now sorted independent of case
	* Added capability for protocol-specific edit buddy menu entries
	* Can now remove a Jabber buddy roster item from the server
	  entirely
	* Gaim can now handle messages from Mac ICQ and Miranda ICQ
	  (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
	* Added Mozilla to browser options and changed KFM to 
	  Konqueror.
	* Can now set the server and port for MSN and Napster
	* MSN Internationalization (Thanks Felipe Contreras and
	  countless, countless others)
	* E-mail addresses are no longer truncated when there is a '.' at
	  the end.

version 0.58 (05/13/2002):
	* Bulgarian translation added (Thanks, Igel Itzo)
	* Traditional Chinese  translation added (Thanks, Paladin Liu)
	* Better applet transparency
	* Option to raise buddy list on signons/signoffs
	* Formatting of incoming MSN messages	
	* Get Info from menu multiple-account-aware (thanks
	  Brian Bernas)
	* Hide and unhide functions for the filectl plugin.
	  (Thanks, Ari Pollak)
	* Added helpful stuff to the Help menu.
	* Self-aliasing from the account editor.
	* Better selection in GtkIMHtml (Thanks Ben Miller)
	* A warning when your OSCAR buddy list is too long
	  (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
	* ICQ status messages in OSCAR (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
	* Play sound when your name is said in a chat
	* Approval dialog for Jabber when somebody wants to
	  subscribe to user's presence. Also gives user the
	  opportunity to add that buddy if not already on the
	  user's buddy list.
	* Jabber "Change buddy group" roster synchronization now
	  works again.  (This was unknowingly broken when the
	  "out-sourced" Jabber libs were upgraded in 0.56)
	* Invalid Jabber I.D.'s no longer crash Gaim.  User now
	  notified with pop-up's.
	* Jabber Buddy sign-on time support, added in 0.57,
	  removed until and unless and inconsistency can be
	  resolved. (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
	* Bug-fix for potential buffer overflow in Jabber
	  plugin. (Thanks, rwscott)
	* Tempfiles used for secure MSN/HotMail login (added in
	  0.57) are now themselves created securely.
	* Secure MSN logins (added in 0.57) no longer blow up
	  on Solaris.
	* Timezone support improved.

version 0.57 (04/25/2002):
	* New authorization method for Yahoo!
	* Polish translation updated (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
	* Jabber will tell you when your buddies signed on (Thanks
	  Nathan Walp)
	* Danish translation added (Thanks, Sarauw Hansen)
	* Finnish translation update (Thanks, Tero Kuusela)
	* Japanese translation added (Thanks, Ryosuke Kutsuna)
	* Jabber improvements (Thanks, Nathan Walp)
	* More keyboard shortcuts
	* event_chat_recv takes char**'s, and event_im_recv takes
	  a *guint32 for flags
	* Secure hotmail login for MSN (thanks for the tips,
	  Scott Werndorfer)

version 0.56 (04/11/2002):
	* German translation update (Thanks Karsten Weiss)
	* Shell-like send history binded to Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down
	* Russian Translation Updated (thanks Grigory Bakunov)
	* libjabber upgraded to most recent stable version
	* Buddylist looks a little better
	* Fixed MSN privacy settings
	* Group deletion fix (Thanks Mark Doliner)
	* Alias/Group syncronization for Jabber (Thanks JSeymour)
 	* Fixed broken signal handling in gdm-started GNOME sessions 
	  (Thanks Jim Seymour, Vann, Robert McQueen)
	* Oscar group syncronization (Thanks, Mark Doliner)
	* ICQ Authorization via Oscar (Thanks, Mark Doliner)

version 0.55 (03/29/2002):
	* Jabber improvements (Thanks Jim Seymour)
	* Various sound cleanups (Thanks Robert McQueen)
	* Login process shown in single window (Thanks Michael 
	  Golden)
	* Can reorder your accounts in the account editor (Thanks
	  Luke Schierer)
	* Updated Dutch translation
	* Shows "mobile" icon for Oscar buddies using mobile
	  devices (Thanks Mark Doliner)
	* Updated Polish Translation (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
	* Fixed bug in MSN smilies that crashed PPC (and other?) platforms
	* Updated Spanish Translation (Thanks Amaya)
	* Updated French translation
	* Updated Finnish translation (Thanks Tero Kuusela)
	* HTTP Proxy settings now HTTP compliant (Thanks Robert McQueen)	
	* Speling corections (Thanks Tero Kuusela)
	* Oscar list icon fixes (Thanks Mark Doliner)
	* Oscar idle times work again (Thanks Mark Doliner)
	* Protocol icons on Edit Buddies tab (Thanks Christian Hammond)	

version 0.54 (03/14/2002):
	* Compiles without GdkPixbuf again
	* GtkIMHtml will refresh when you set a new GTK+ theme
	* Improved Yahoo! typing notification (thanks Brian Macke)
	* Prompt to authorize MSN buddies who added you while you
	  were offline (Thanks Jason Willis)
	* Option to globally disable Buddy Icon animation (Thanks
	  Luke Schierer)
	* Numerous bugfixes
	* Yahoo! will tell you when your buddies are playing Yahoo! 
 	  games and give you the ability to join them
	* Yahoo! can receive offline messages
	* IRC can do DCC chat.
	* IRC will convert HTML formatting to mIRC formatting.
	* Buddylist tab placement option (Thanks Jason Willis)
	* Protocol specific smiley faces
	* Italian translation added
	* IM Image sending

version 0.53 (02/28/2002):
	* Updated Polish Translation (thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
	* Slovak translation added (Thanks Daniel Rezny)
	* Minor bug fixes re: queued away messages
	* Better buddy icon transparency (for real this time ;-))
	* Ability to change formatting of Oscar screen name
	* Better selection in HTML widget (Thanks BMiller)
	* New icons for ICQ (Thanks Kevin Miller)
	* Editable buddy pounces (Thanks Jason Willis)
	* Server side buddy lists in Oscar (Thanks Mark Doliner :-))
	* Fix for the chatlist plugin
	* Typing Notification (AIM Direct Connect, Yahoo, MSN)
	* IM Images (Receive Only)
	* Prettier GtkImHtml selection

version 0.52 (02/17/2002):
	* Better buddy icon transparency (thanks SeanEgan)
	* Updated Polish Translation (thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
	* Fixed a little bug with connecting via proxy (thanks
	  for reminding me of this, Manish Singh)
	* Updated Simplified Chinese Translation (Thanks Rocky S. Lee)
	* Updated German Translation (Thanks Karsten Weiss)
	* Yahoo! Messenger works again
	* MSN Works again
	* Can register a new user with a Jabber Server (JSeymour)
	* Can now set Jabber vCards (JSeymour)
	* Jabber vCards are now shown in their entirety (JSeymour)
	* Various jabber bug fixes/enhancements (JSeymour)

version 0.51 (01/24/2002):
	* Arrow buttons in log viewer and some other dialogs
	  work (thanks Ben Miller)
	* Option to only send auto-response while idle (thanks
	  Sean Egan)
	* Control time between sending auto-responses (thanks
	  Mark Doliner)
	* Should be able to sign on to Oscar using Mac OS X
	  (thanks Fingolfin, Vincas Ciziunas, et al.)
	* Finnish translation added (Thanks Tero Kuusela)
	* Updated French Translation (Thanks sebfrance)

version 0.50 (12/14/2001):
	* Updated polish translation (Thanks Przemyslaw Sulek)
	* Able to import GnomeICU contact lists
	* Galeon as browser option (Thanks Rob McQueen)
	* IRC /list, /invite (Thanks Sean Egan)
	* Added swedish translation (Thanks Christian Rose)
	* Option to have IMs and Chats tabbed in same window
	* Finally put the lagmeter plugin out of its misery and
	  removed it. (/me dances on its grave.)

version 0.49 (11/29/2001):
	* Can compile against GTK+ 2.0 (version 1.3.10/1.3.11)
	* Confirm before removing buddies
	* Updated Russian translation (thanks Grigory Bakunov)
	* Updated Korean translation (thanks Ho-seok Lee, also for
	  resized ICQ icons)
	* Updated Dutch translation (thanks Floris Eshuis)
	* Yahoo updates (thanks Brian Macke)
	* Jabber updates
	* Zephyr updates (thanks Arun A Tharuvai)
	* Gadu-Gadu updates (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
	* Option to show aliases in conversation tabs
	* Option to hide windows after sending messages
	* licq2gaim.pl conversion script (thanks Arturo Cisneros, Jr.)

version 0.48 (11/18/2001):
	* Right-click on links to open/copy URL
	* Yahoo changes
	* Oscar can send/receive offline messages in ICQ. Since the "real"
	  ICQ protocol isn't working too well it's recommended that you
	  use Oscar for ICQ.

version 0.47 (11/01/2001):
	* Better font loading (pays attention to charset now)
	  (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
	* Better recoding in Gadu-Gadu (thanks Arkadiusz Miskiewicz)
	* Open Mail button for when you get new mail (Yahoo and MSN)
	* New buddy pounce option: Popup Notification
	* When adding a buddy, the groups list now updates when you switch
	  accounts.
	* When creating a new buddy pounce, gaim now automagically
	  selects "on away" or "on idle", if the user is away
	  or idle.
	* Add Opera to the available browsers (thanks Brian Enigma)
	* Improved log viewer (thanks to Ben Miller)
	* When you are queueing away messages, double clicking on
	  a buddy's name will cause the messages for that name to be
	  dequeued.
	* You can choose which sound player you use at run-time
	  (thanks Ben Miller)
	* When someone adds you to their buddy list, it asks if you want
	  to add them as well (Yahoo, ICQ, and MSN) (thanks Nathan Walp)
	* Option to grey idle buddies (thanks Nathan Walp)
	* MSN Privacy Options
	* In MSN you can set a person's alias to their "friendly name" by
	  right-click on their name while they're online.
	* IRC can do /WHOIS
	* The usual bug fixes and memory leak plugs
	* Added Dutch translation
	* Updated Korean translation

version 0.46 (10/18/2001):
	* New applet icons (courtesy David Raeman)
	* ICQ works on big-endian platforms, e.g. sparc and ppc
	  (thanks to Nathan Walp and Ben Miller)
	* Better applet icon drawing (thanks to Ari Pollak)
	* An extraordinary number of bug fixes
	* Updated Korean translation
	* Ability to stop animation on buddy icons, restart animation,
	  hide certain buddy icons, and save people's buddy icons, all 
	  through a right-click menu
	* Event handlers in perl passed arguments as elements of
	  an array rather than all concatenated as a string, making
	  perl much easier to use (thanks Dennis Lambe Jr.)
	* Can pass an argument to timeout_handlers in perl
	  (thanks Artem Litvinovich)
	* Redesigned Modify Account window (thanks Sean Egan)
	* Add buddy dialog now lets you select which protocol
	  to add the buddy to
	* Pressing 'signon' on the first screen for accounts that
	  do not require passwords no longer incorrectly displays 
	  an error message.

version 0.45 (10/04/2001):
	* New plugin event: event_chat_send_invite
	* Major updates to the perl system (reread PERL-HOWTO and
	  SIGNALS)
	* Major updates to event_chat_* events for plugins (reread
	  SIGNALS)
	* Some GtkIMHtml improvements
	* Various bugfixes
	* Nick Highlighting in chat
	* Tab-completion for nicks in chat (thanks to Sean Egan)
	* Large internal reworkings
	* New Protocol: Gadu-Gadu, written by Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
	* Can choose buddy icon to send (for Oscar)
	* New Translation: Polish translation by Przemysaw Suek

version 0.44 (09/20/2001):
	* More sane scaling of buddy icons (intelligently scale to
	  either 48x48 or 50x50 depending on icon)
	* Have you ever had it happen where you cancel a login and
	  Gaim starts using all the available processing power? I
	  think I fixed that.
	* Temporarily removed Jabber user registration, which wasn't
	  working anyway.
	* Added a spiffy Help button
	* Wrote a plugin for all those people who miss having the
	  chat rooms in their buddy lists (chatlist.so)
	* Updated libfaim
	* Added drop down selection to chat invitation
	* Improved the look of the chat invitation dialog
	* Improved the look of the proxy preferences
	* event_im_recv and event_im_display_rcvd passed whether
	  the message received was auto-response (see SIGNALS)
	* IRC fixes (largly copied from X-Chat)
	* Internal change to how preferences are stored
	* Other bug fixes
	* Option to hide buddy icons

version 0.43 (09/06/2001):
	* Updated German Translation (thanks Daniel Seifert)
	* Can change friendly name in MSN again
	* Bug fixes
	* Auto-reconnect plugin has exponential timeout (i.e. it
	  tries after 8 seconds, then 16, then 32, etc. up to 17
	  minutes)
	* Removed file transfer things from Napster. It didn't work
	  well anyway. It'll be back eventually. (Does anyone even
	  use napster anymore?)

version 0.11.0-pre15 (08/28/2001):
	* MSN works again
	* Fixed a little segfault when images are links
	* Redid the about box again.
	* Fixed a nice little bug with the manual browser command
	* Oscar Unicode fix (Thanks John Matthews)
	* Added Russian Translation
	* Can select which protocols are compiled statically
	  (e.g.: ./configure --with-static-prpls=oscar,jabber)
	* New plugin events: event_im_displayed_sent and
	  event_im_displayed_rcvd. Use these to change messages after
	  they're displayed (e.g. encrypt sent messages, or send
	  auto-responses and have them display locally properly)
	* Updated French Translation (thanks sebfrance)
	* Can use Arts for sound (thanks Tom Dyas)

version 0.11.0-pre14 (06/17/2001):
	* Fixed a segfault with Oscar's account confirmation
	  (Thanks, Adam)
	* Updated the German translation (Thanks, Dominik)
	* Some MSN changes
	* Some HTML widget changes
	* Can specify hosts/ports for Yahoo (thanks Jeremy Brooks)
	* Many many bugfixes

version 0.11.0-pre13 (06/06/2001):
	* Can view/set chat topic in Jabber (thanks faceprint)
	* The napster plugin no longer segfaults on invalid names
	  and/or passwords.
	* HTML is properly stripped from away messages in protocols that
	  do not use HTML.  (thanks, faceprint)
	* Can view/set chat topic in IRC
	* MSN properly escapes outgoing messages
	* Much needed updates to the gaim man page (thanks, Sean Egan)

version 0.11.0-pre12 (05/29/2001):
	* Fixed a funny bug with auto responses when queued messages
	  are enabled.
	* Redesigned the Font Options preference page
	* Improved Jabber chat support (it whispers now, too)
	* Zephyr can do Subscriptions now (thanks to nsanch)
	* Auto-recon plugin got reworked
	* Lots of clean-ups
	* Some new pixmaps (Thanks, DennisR).
	* Fixed a segfault in IRC (Thanks Sean Egan)
	* MSN can now change your 'friendly name' (Thanks for the
	  packet logs, aechols)
	* More IRC improvements [colors, etc] (Thanks Sean Egan)
	* Improved proxy options
	* Fixed a small issue with HTML not being stripped from
	  log files properly (Thanks, faceprint and David Stoddard)
	* Can turn on/off Yahoo! Mail announcements
	* Can force messages through the server for ICQ (use this if
	  you have problems sending)
	* Can receive buddy icons in Oscar (requires gdk_pixbuf,
	  which GNOME depends on. If you --disable-pixbuf, it will
	  disable this.)
	* Redesigned plugins dialog (thanks Mike Heffner)

version 0.11.0-pre11 (04/30/2001):
	* Zephyr updates and additions, thanks Neil Sanchala (nsanch)
	* Jabber can send/accept chat invites (due to mid)
	* MSN has the option to notify you of new hotmail
	  messages
	* Fixed a problem with ADD requests in MSN
	* Fixed a small memory leak with MSN
	* Moved MSN's spammy debug output into debug_printf's
	* Can rename groups/buddies in the Edit Buddies pane
	  (thanks Neil Sanchala)
	* Some perl updates (thanks to Sean Egan)
	* IRC got the following slash commands:
	  op, deop, voice, devoice, mode, raw, quote, and kick (thanks
	  to Sean Egan)
	* MSN Properly handles URL decoding of 'friendly' names
	* Redesigned Preferences pages (design by DennisR)
	* Can select where tabs are for tabbed IM/Chat windows
	* Option to queue away messages while away
	* Jabber got good updates (from faceprint)
	* Oh yes, and Oscar works, yet again. (gee... that's what, 4
	  releases that have "fixed" it now?)

version 0.11.0-pre10 (04/13/2001):
	* Many, many bug fixes
	* Can choose to not send away auto-response (thanks phzzzt)
	* Uh... Oscar works? For now?
	* IRC Plugin can do whois (right click and info)
	* IRC Plugin got away message support
	* Gaim blist to WinAIM blt perl script (courtesy Andy Harrison)
	* Sound on buddy pounce (Thanks Andrew Echols)
	* Can view all group chats in one tabbed window (same keybindings
	  as for tabbed normal conversations)
	* More Protocol plugins:
		Zephyr (plugins/zephyr) (DON'T USE THIS unless you know
			what it is and why you'd want to use it)

version 0.11.0-pre9 (03/26/2001):
	* Can register Jabber accounts (load the Jabber plugin and click
	  Register on the login window)
	* GtkIMHtml handles themes (no background pixmaps though) (thanks
	  decklin, mishan)
	* URLS Linkify properly in Buddy chats
	* Jabber compiles better on Solaris?
	* Gaim works with Oscar Again (Huge thanks to Adam Fritzler of
	  libfaim)

version 0.11.0-pre8 (03/23/2001):
	* Fixed a problem with MSN not detecting signoffs and buddy updates.
	* Implemented away options in MSN
	* Alt-[1-9] to go to [1-9]th pane in tabbed convo window
	* Jabber fixes, Oscar fixes (!), Yahoo fixes, TOC fixes
	* Can use Alt to access menu, and Ctl-char for certain actions
	  (thanks baldnik)
	* Oscar blocking works (?)
	* MSN can see status of other users

version 0.11.0-pre7 (03/16/2001):
	* Can build RPMs as non-root
	* New yahoo library (can use HTTP proxy)
	* Command-line arg to specify config file (thanks Jason Boerner)
	* Can view all conversations in one tabbed window (Control-[ and
	  Control-] move left and right respectively; Control-Tab moves
	  to the next unread, or the next tab if there are no unread tabs)
	* Tooltips on links work again
	* Can log system notices: signons/signoffs, awayness and idleness
	  (thanks Andrew Echols)
	* MSN fixes
	* Applet fixes

version 0.11.0-pre6 (03/06/2001):
	* Fixed bug with NAS support
	* Napster plugin is included again
	  (Thanks for pointing out that it was missing,
	  (Yan V. Bulgak)
	* Oscar can: search by email, request confirmation, change password
	* TOC fixes
	* ICQ fixes
	* Faster HTML parsing/rendering

version 0.11.0-pre5 (02/26/2001):
	* Minor GUI changes
	* ICQ Alias problem fixed
	* Negative times fixed
	* Cannot create blank away messages/messages with blank titles
	* Can right-click Edit Buddies list to alias/add pounce/etc.
	* Ability to independently set accounts as away
	* Can use all away states for ICQ, Yahoo (N/A, Be Right Back, etc.)
	* Fixed hanging trees
	* Can close windows by hitting 'Esc' (optional)
	* Better HTML Widget
	* Can toggle timestamps by hitting F2 (optional)
	* Rewritten file transfer for TOC
	* Jabber got chat
	* Log Viewer (courtesy BMiller)
	* Can save conversation history
	* Napster can kinda sorta download files sometimes :)
	* You can activate IDs in Yahoo
	* ICQ upgraded to use icqlib 1.1.5

version 0.11.0-pre4:
	* ICQ upgraded to use icqlib 1.1.0
	* An enormous amount of bug fixes
	* Even More Protocol Plugins:
		Jabber (plugins/jabber)
		Napster (plugins/napster.c)
	* Fixed a segfault with 'Ignore new conversations while away'

version 0.11.0-pre3 (12/15/2000):
	* Away messages arranged alphabetically (Thanks Justin)
	* More GUI adjustments
	* Can optionally run command to play sound files
	* Icons for ICQ plugin (blatently stolen from GnomeICU)
	* Icons for Yahoo plugin (not-so-blatently stolen from GTKYahoo)
	* Optionally display warning level next to name in buddy list
	* Optionally ignore fonts on incoming messages
	* Command-line option to automatically set yourself as
	  away upon signon (thanks bmiller)
	* Buddy list backups now stored in ~/.gaim/SN.protocol.blist (gaim will
	  move the old file for you). Needed for when you have the same name on
	  two different protocols. (Oscar and TOC share the same file.)
	* More Protocol plugins:
		MSN (plugins/msn)

version 0.11.0-pre2 (12/04/2000):
	* Fixed a segfault with a bad util.c 

version 0.11.0-pre1 (12/03/2000):
	* Multiple connections
	* Protocol plugins:
		IRC (plugins/irc.c)
		Yahoo (plugins/yay)
		ICQ (plugins/icq)
	* Logs now stored to ~/.gaim/logs rather than ~/.gaim/SN/
	* User configurable sounds
	* Scroll bar now functions properly in chat room user lists
	* X-Idle support added (thanks bmiller and bryner)
	* small change in the way away messages are displayed
	  (Thanks Ryan C. Gordon)
	* Plugin system uses GModule now (improves portability, adds features)
	  (Requires recompile and probably modifications of most plugins)
	* Perl got updates (reread plugins/PERL-HOWTO)
	* Spell checker now uses gtkspell
	* Auto-Away (thanks, yet again, to bmiller ;)
	* More buddy pounce options
	* Various GUI improvements

version 0.10.3 (10/09/2000):
	* Segfault when viewing user info fixed
	* libdb problem fixed

version 0.10.2 (10/07/2000):
	* A few fixes to the URL parser.
	* Better placement of smiley dialog
	* Improved log file readibility
	* Code cleanups (thanks kylev)
	* Fixed problem when closing away message box (thanks bmiller)
	* sprintf() problem on some systems
	* Various small bug fixes

version 0.10.1 (09/15/2000):
	* Better chatroom logging
	* Oscar works again. Pay no attention to Slashdot.
	* gtkhtml handles background colours better.
	* A third conversation window display preference.
	* Better support for things like Sawfish

version 0.10.0 (09/11/2000): 
	* New Smiley Faces and Pixmaps added.
	* Smiley faces now properly wrap in the conversation windows.
	* Smiley dialog
	* Fixed 0-byte file segfault.
	* Borderless buttons (for that cool pop-up look)
	* Fixed some resizing bugs
	* Added Ctrl+{B/I/U/S} hotkeys to conversation windows.
	* Added Ctrl+(number) hotkeys to insert smileys in conversation windows.
	* Support for %n, %d, and %t in away messages.  Thanks bmiller!
	* Background colors
	* Redesigned preferences dialog
	* Redesigned conversation dialog
	* Removed the Lag-O-Meter (Lag-O-Meter is now a plugin)
	* Socks 4/5 Proxy works
	* Buddy Pounces are now saved in .gaimrc
	* Buddy Chats are now saved in .gaimrc
	* Ability to merge gaim, aim2, aim4 buddylists. Thanks again bmiller!
	* ICQ-style aliases. This lets you change the name you see your buddy
	  as. For example, if your buddy's SN is 'CouldntGetMyName', you can
	  alias him as 'Loser'.
	* Compile with GNOME bits if available
	* Added GNOME Url Handler as an available web-browser 
	* Added the S html tag. 		
	* Optionally Ignore TiK's Automated Messages
	* Option to beep instead of play sound
	* New icons for panel (depends on some GNOME pixmaps)
	* Perl scripting. See plugins/PERL-HOWTO for how to write perl scripts.
	  All .pl files in ~/.gaim are autoloaded when gaim starts.
	* HTML widget is faster, more stable

version 0.9.20 (07/14/2000):
	* More plugin events, more plugin features
	* French (fr), Spanish (es), Simplified Chinese (zh_CN), Korean (kr)
	  translations added 
	* Run-time OSCAR support
	* Added buddy list ticker (See prefs/Appearance). Clicking on a
	  name will cause a new or previous IM window to display for 
	  that screenname 
	* "You are sending messages too quickly" error is now fixed
	   when you have a large buddylist.
	* Fixed the LC_ALL compile problem on Solaris boxes 
	* Fixed PPC and ARM compile problem with oscar.c
	* Smileys work better, and don't cause font attributes to drop
	* Dialog windows are now prettier
	* /me in IM window; font/color dialogs and smileys in chat window

version 0.9.19 (06/09/2000):
	* Graphical Smiley Faces
	* Applet got a bit of a makeover (inside & out)
	* Compile-time options affect Preferences dialog
	* Whispering in chat works (does anyone even use this?)
	* HTML-tag buttons in chat
	* Chat got all kinds of new features (like IRC-sytle /me)
	* Chat in oscar works much better
	* Locale support
	* Fixed the segfault when your server-side config is null
	* Many many bugfixes

version 0.9.18 (06/02/2000):
	* Logging in works better for oscar
	* Double error bug when sending message to an offline user is
	  fixed.
	* Pressing enter once again sends a message in buddy chatrooms (oops)
	* More fixes for the change on the AOL sign-on process. 
	* Fixed bug where Gaim sometimes doesn't find a font to use.
	* Per-conversation font and color dialogs (thanks fflewddur)
	* Chat in oscar works (somewhat)
	* Even more fixes for the sign-on process, and now you don't flash when
	  setting permit/deny lists.

version 0.9.17 (05/31/2000):
	* Automagic feature to check for new versions has been removed
	* Infinite loop bug fixed

version 0.9.16: (05/31/2000)
	* Paned buddy chat window (Thanks Syd)
	* Buddy lists (and changes) are cached to ~/.gaim/<sn>.blist
	  where <sn> is your screen name. If for some reason, you log
          into the AOL server and the buddy list comes back empty, we
	  check for a cache file, and, if we find one, read it in. This
          essentially implements recovery from a server crash at AOL
	  (AOL does not back up machines that contain TOC-based buddy
	  lists, unfortunately).  (Thanks Syd)
	* Font selection dialog 
	* Small changes to the Oscar/libfaim stuff (see libfaim/README.gaim)
	* SOCKS v4 Proxy support
	* Better proxy support overall (you can get people's info now! :) )
	* Two-way file transfer (you can get and send files, but you still
	  can't initiate either)
	* Fixed font problem with Misconfigured X-Servers.  Thanks Decklin!
	* Fixed the No Configuration problem that came about today (5/31)

version 0.9.15: (05/06/2000)
	* Plugin support enabled by default (oops)
	* Some plugins built/installed by default
	* Option to automagically check for new releases
	* Ability to receive files (one-way file transfer)
	* In-line spell checker (thanks to Torrey Searle of the
	  Everybuddy Devel team for this one)

version 0.9.14:
	* Numerous Fixes by G. Sumner Hayes (buffer over flow patches,
	  etc)
	* Paned Conversation Windows (Thanks Syd)
	* Raise Window On Message Received, Fixed (Thanks Syd)
	* When multiple screen names, Gaim now correctly remembers the name
	  that was used last.
	* FONT sizes now work correctly.
	* PLUGIN SUPPORT!! (Lots of cool goodies here)
	* Fixed another leak or two
	* Added ability to change your screenname password
	* Devil pixmaps

version 0.9.13 (03/27/2000):
	* Dialog Box Segfault Fixed (When You Click A Toggle Then Cancel)
	* Double Log-Out Message Fixed
	* GNOME compile error fixed
	* Away Message Problem Fixed
	* Fixed URL Right Click Menus
	* Conversation Loggin now shows Full Date and Time
	* Internal Change to Buddy List
 
version 0.9.12 (03/25/2000):
	* Segfault fix for PPC/Alpha/etc machines with log(0)
	  Thanks to Todd Cohen for this one.
	* Small internal change to the way prefs work
	* GNOME Applet support works better
	  (thanks to Eric Warmenhoven for the patch)
	* Support for displaying true type fonts
	* Lag-O-Meter does not send lag-test if not selected 
	* Fixed problem with saving away messages which contain spaces
	  and numbers.
	* Various GNOME Applet Enhancements (thanks AGAIN to 
	  Eric.  Someone needs to stop this boy :-) ) 
	* A lot of random, obscure bugs fixed
	* All of the major and I believe all of the minor memory leaks are 
	  now fixed
	  (Thanks to Peter Teichman, Larry Ewing, Jeramey Crawford, and me)
	
version 0.9.11 (03/22/2000):
	* <STRIKE>Strike Tag Support</STRIKE> :-)
	* Another memory leak fix
	* New .gaimrc format
	* Better support for multiple screen names
	* Font Properties
	* Saving of buddylist window position 
	* Fixed a problem with Gaim and the Netscape-branded version
	  of Mozilla 
	* New Sound Properties
	* More General Properties
	* Bigger Text-Entry field (Thanks to CrazyDavy for this one)
	* Various Random Bug fixes

version 0.9.10 (11/03/1999):
	* Fixed a nasty memory leak.  No more 40M Gaim processes. LOL
	* IDLE Times are displayed in a neater fashion.
 
version 0.9.9  (10/31/1999):
	* A little selection bug has been squished
	* Small memory leak fixed
	* Small network fix (problem with HTTP Proxy fixed?)
	* Proxy stuff should work now :)
	* Widget table support, dir info looks nicer
	* Info box looks nicer (thanks to Decklin Foster)
	* Client now 'corrects' time values from the server for accurate
          login times.
	* Lag-O-Meter (ala Drunken Jim)
	* IDLE Preferences

version 0.9.8  (10/04/1999):
	* HTTP Proxy Support (No SOCKS yet)
	* HTML Widget more robust
	* Graphical Debug Window
	* Buddylist bug fixed
	* Some logging fixes and improvements
	* configurable host/port selection
	* Clickable Links in buddy chat
	* New Gaim Logo 
	* Display Signon/Signoff messages in conversation windows 
	* Option to strip HTML from logged messages
	* GNOME cleanups (It might work now haha)
	* When viewing user info, URLS are converted to clickable links
	* Tooltips on URLS

version 0.9.7  (08/08/1999):
	* Preliminary Oscar Support
        * Fixed bad network bug
        * Fixed some bad text rendering bugs in the HTML widget
        * log all conversation names are now normalized.
        * Fixed another bad network bug :)
        * Multiple browser support, some Netscape buggies fixed.
	* Permit/Deny preferences moved to 'Permit' pane on buddylist.
	* Fixed problem with _, ', and \ in passwords
	  
version 0.9.6  (08/01/1999):
	* Fixed 'log all conversation' segfault
	* Added NAS support
	* Removed Xmu dependancies.
	* Restructured network code
	* ESD detection more robust.
	* Sound fallbacks are MUCH more robust!

version 0.9.5  (07/25/1999):
	* Fixed About Box SegFault
	* Autologin Works with Applet
	* Option to Show Buddy List after Signon with Applet
	* 2048 character messages
	* Away-Detection (shows a different icon on the buddy list)
	* Fixed Segfault with messages > allowed size
	* Added option to log all conversations
	* Changed g_new to g_new0
	* Buddy List: Right Click Menus
	* Find Buddy By Email
	* Find Buddy By Info
	* New HTML widget (Underline/Links/HRs)
	* Updated Toolbar with 'Underline' Icon
	* More Buddy Pounce Options
	* Option to auto-change urls into clickable links (Under Prefs)
	* Better Buddy Chat functionality
	* Away Prefs
	* Registration Information (Let Us Know Who You Are)
	* Buddy Chat Prefs (Update Chatroom Lists)
	* Set User Info
	* FAQ added to the distribution
	* Sound problem with some systems fixed
	* Set Dir Info
	* Autostart of Netscape on URL Click
	* DnD Rearranging of Groups
	* Better Netscape Functionality
	* Right Click `URL' Menus
	* DnD Rearranging of Buddies
	* Script to convert win95 buddylist to gaim buddylist
	* Added `Link/URL' button to conversation window
	* ESD is now autodetected
	* Not too important but we GNU-ified the source tree :)

version 0.8.0  (04/31/1999):
	* Code clean-up
	* Updated Prefs
	* Buddy Pouncing
	* Pixmaps for buttons
	* Buddylist import/export
	* Autoconf/Automake
	* Conversation Logging
	* Coloured Text Selection
	* Updated Preferences
	* ESD Support
	* Minor Bug Fixes
	* `Warning' support
	* `Blocking' on conversation window
	* Add/Remove buddy from conversation window
	* Scroll-Wheel Mice work in Conversation Window
	* Fixed WindowMaker Appicon 
	* Version Number in About Box
	* Gaim Slogan in about box :)
	* Created Changelog File :)