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@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@ v0.7.90 2000-04-xx Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi> * On the way to 0.8.0 .. Major rewriting/rearranging code. There's - some changes in behaviour because I'm trying to make Irssi a bit - more compatible with EPIC. + some changes in behaviour because I'm trying to make Irssi + compatible with EPIC as much as possible (except the scripting, + perl should be enough?) + + * Irssi isn't anymore IRC specific client, you could easily take the + whole IRC part away and use some other chat protocol instead, or + use both at the same time. Currently however, only IRC protocol + is supported. See docs/design.txt for more information. * libPropList isn't needed anymore - I'm using my own configuration library. This is mostly because different proplists worked a bit @@ -32,16 +38,125 @@ v0.7.90 2000-04-xx Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi> And finally I'm also using `const' all over the place. + * Signal handlers changed - you don't anymore return value 0 if you + wish to stop signal. Instead use signal_stop() or + signal_stop_by_name(). + + + Flood protection when sending commands to server works now better. + It allows sending first 5 messages immediately, but after that + only one message is sent every 2.2 seconds. + + This is the same flood protection that most IRC servers use, so + the only affect this protection has is that when sending a lot of + commands to server you won't get kicked out from server because of + "excessive flood". + + This can be changed from settings `cmd_max_at_once' and + `cmd_queue_speed'. If you want to disable this for some reason, use + /SET cmd_queue_speed 0 + /EVAL <commands> - Expand all the special variables from string and run it. Commands can be split with ; character. See - docs/SPECIAL_VARS for more info. + docs/special_vars.txt for more info. + Aliases are parsed just like /EVAL - arguments are in $0..$9. + Text formats are also parsed like /EVAL, arguments used to be in $1..$9, now they're in $0..$8 so it messes up existing themes.. + /SET [key [value]] - no more the '=' character. Boolean values also need to be changed with ON/OFF/TOGGLE values (not yes/no). - Settings aren't saved to disk until you use /SAVE. + + /SAVE [<filename>] - saves the settings to disk. + /REHASH [<filename>] - re-read the configuration file on the fly + /TOGGLE <key> [ON/OFF] - same as /SET <key> TOGGLE + + /ALIAS [-]<alias> [<command>], /UNALIAS <alias> + Show, add or remove aliases. /ALIAS -alias = /UNALIAS alias + + /NOTIFY [-list] [-away] [-idle [minutes]] <mask> [ircnet [ircnet...]] + -away notifies about away-status changes + -idle notifies if idle time is first larger than `minutes' + (default is hour) and then it drops down. + -list lists the notify list entries with all their settings + /UNNOTIFY <mask> + + /NOTIFY without any arguments displays if the people in notify + list are online or offline. + + /HILIGHT [-nick | -regexp | -word] [-color <color>] + [-level <level>] [-channels <channels>] <text> + -nick: match only for nick + -regexp: `text' is a regular expression + -word: `text' must match to full words + -color: print the reply with `color' - color can be a bold (^B), + underline (^_) etc. too + -level: match only for `level' messages, default is + publics,msgs,notices,actions + -channels: match only in `channels' + /DEHILIGHT <ref#> | <text> + + /LASTLOG [-] [-new] [-regexp | -word] [-<level> [...]] + [<pattern>] [<count> [<start>]] + -: don't print the "Lastlog:" and "End of Lastlog" messages. + -new: show only lines since last /LASTLOG + -regexp: `text' is a regular expression + -word: `text' must match to full words + -level: what levels to check, like -public -msgs (default is all) + <pattern>: text to search for, or all if empty + <count>: maximum number of lines to show + <start>: skip the last `start' lines + + /IGNORE [-regexp | -word] [-pattern <pattern>] [-except] + [-channels <channel>] <mask> <levels> <^levels> + -regexp: `pattern' is a regular expression + -word: `pattern' must match to full words + -pattern: <pattern> must match to the message's text + -except: *DON'T* ignore + -channels: ignore only in channels + <mask>: either a nick mask or list of channels + <levels>: list of levels to ignore + <^levels>: list of levels to NOT ignore + (/ignore -except nick notices = /ignore nick ^notices) + /UNIGNORE <ref#> | <mask> + + The best match always wins, so you can have: + /IGNORE * CTCPS + /IGNORE -except *!*@host.org CTCPS + + /LOG OPEN [-noopen] [-autoopen] [-channels <channels>] [-window] + [-rotate hour|day|month] <filename> [<levels>] + -noopen: create the entry to log list, but don't start logging + -autoopen: automatically open this log file at startup + -channels: log only in specified channels/nicks + -window: Log this window + -rotate: Reopen the log file every hour, day or month. This + makes only sense if you specify date/time formats + to file name. + <filename>: File name where to log, it is parsed with strftime(), + so %d=day, etc. see "man strftime" for more info. + <levels>: Defaults to ALL + /LOG CLOSE <ref#> | <fname> - close log and remove from log list + /LOG START <ref#> | <fname> - start logging to file + /LOG STOP <ref#> | <fname> - stop logging to file + /LOG - display the log list + NOTE: Log files are locked after opened, so two irssi's can't + accidentally try to write to same log file. + + /WINDOW LOG ON|OFF|TOGGLE [<filename>] + Start/stop logging window, same as /LOG OPEN -window. If file name + isn't given, it defaults to ~/irc.log.<windowname> or + ~/irc.log.Window<ref#> if window doesn't have name. + /WINDOW LOGFILE <filename> + Creates the entry to log list, same as /LOG OPEN -window -noopen. + Also, if /WINDOW LOG ON is used it starts logging to this file. + + /SET AUTOLOG ON|OFF|TOGGLE + /SET AUTOLOG_LEVEL <level> + /SET AUTOLOG_PATH <path> - expandos can be used, $0 is the target. + Enables automatic logging, files are automatically created as + needed and after some time of inactivity, they are closed. If you + are using multiple servers, it makes sense to use the server tag + as part of the file name, for example ~/irclogs/$tag/$0.log (this + is the default). + + /SET window_auto_change - if enabled, irssi will automatically + change to automatically created windows (like queries). It will + also clear your command line and put it to command history so that + you don't accidentally write anything to wrong window. You'll get + the command back by pressing up arrow. + + /SET show_quit_once - show quit message only once instead of in + all channel windows the nick was joined. + + Server reconnections work better. It will now automatically set + your previous user mode and away message (and rejoin the channels, + which it already did before) after reconnected. If you use /SERVER + to connect to different IRC network, none of this will be done. v0.7.28 2000-03-11 Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi> |