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* Major changes in 1.0.7

** New add-on riece-toolbar. (ueno)
   riece-toolbar displays icons on toolbar.  Currently not all the
   icons are included.

** New add-on riece-keepalive. (ueno)
   riece-keepalive spontaneously sends a PING message to server to
   keep an IRC connection.

** New add-on riece-google. (bg66)
   riece-google searches on Google and sends the result to the channel.

** New add-on riece-eval. (bg66)
   riece-eval evaluates elisp expression and sends the result to the channel.

** Some add-ons are enabled by default. (ueno)
   riece-log, riece-alias, riece-ctlseq, and riece-keyword are now
   enabled by default.

** New command riece-command-suspend-resume. (ueno)
   riece-command-suspend-resume saves or restores the current window
   configuration.

** Preserve cursor position when clicking button widget. (ueno)

** Decorate modeline indicator with faces. (ueno)

** Count users in NAMES reply. (ueno)

** New user option riece-part-message. (ueno)

** Add-ons located in riece-addon-directory are automatically enabled. (ueno)

** Default value of riece-buffer-dispose-function is now kill-buffer. (ueno)

** Backtrace when encountered an error in process-filter. (ueno)

** Ask channel key to user when it is required. (ueno)

** Automatic buffer shrinking is now disabled by default. (ueno)

** New directory structure for riece-log. (ueno)

** Fixed a bug in user-renamed signal-filter. (kaoru)

** Fixed a bug in riece-command-enable-addon and
   riece-command-disable-addon. (yoichi)

* Major changes in 1.0.6

** Bundle url-riece, a backend of url-irc which comes with the recent
   GNU Emacs. (Yamato-san)

** New user option riece-url-regexp-alist to allow users to define
   mapping from arbitrary strings (such as "Bug#12345") to URL. (This
   feature is a backport from Liece) (ueno)

** New modeline indicator which represents user's channel operator
   status in the current channel. (ueno, thanks to k-to)

** Remove multiple lines at a time when shrinking channel buffers.
   Number of lines to be removed is controlled by
   riece-shrink-buffer-remove-lines option. (ueno, thanks to ysjj)

** riece-alias-alist now works again. (ueno)

** Fixed a bug in flow control for sending long messages, introduced
   in 1.0.4. (ueno)

** New command riece-submit-bug-report to generate a template for good
   problem report. (ueno)

** Accept radical IRC proxy programs which break with tradition of the
   original IRC server implementation. (ueno, thanks to k-to san)

** New key bind C-c # <number> to switch channel by number. (ueno,
   thanks to ysjj)

** If a prefix-argument is given, riece-yank sends message as a NOTICE. (bg66)

* Major changes in 1.0.5

** Added some test cases. (ueno)

** Alternate separator string for channel names. (ueno)
   In case riece-alias-alternate-separator set to "@", rewriting will
   be done as follows:

   "#riece" -> "#riece"
   "#riece localhost" -> "#riece@localhost"
   "#ch@nnel" -> "#ch@@nnel"
   "#ch@nnel localhost" -> "#ch@@nnel@localhost"

** Fixed interop bug in DCC. (ueno)

** New add-on riece-yank to send strings from kill-ring. (by Yamato-san)

** English translation of texinfo document is included. (ueno)

* Major changes in 1.0.4

** Do "flow control" to avoid flooding. (ueno)

** Automatically open servers when joining channels at startup.  Users
   can now omit riece-startup-server-list settings. (ueno)

** riece-mini provides a command to browse recent messages. (bg66)

* Major changes in 1.0.3

NOTE: This release includes some fixes to long standing bugs in essential features.  I recommend to upgrade from the older versions.

** Remove nonexistent users from user list.  (Thanks to Yamashita-san)

** Improved line truncation customizability.  Users can now control it
   by simply setting truncate-lines on each buffer.  (Thanks to
   Yamashita-san)

** Added new user option riece-window-center-line to control buffer
   scrolling behavior.

** Fixed completion bug in command buffer.  (Thanks to Yamashita-san)

** Remove chat partner from channel list when he/she resigned from
   IRC.  (Thanks to Morimoto-san)

** Exit immediately after an error occurred in connecting to the
   default IRC server.  (Thanks to k-to san)

* Major changes in 1.0.2

** Fixed problem hiding menubar menus when riece-url is enabled.

** Split IRC protocol interface from the core modules.

** Fixed minor bugs.

* Major changes in 1.0.1

** Arranged background colors of modeline faces (for XEmacs)

** When changing channel modes, do not prepend ":" to MODE message
   (Thanks to Yamada-san)

** Added riece-foolproof add-on which prevents miss posting to
   channels (by Takahashi-san)

** Arranged the order of modeline elements on channel buffers (by
   Takahashi-san)

** Changed open/close bracket for displaying own notices (by Takahashi-san)

**  Don't register signal-slot functions duplicatedly.

** New user command riece-command-beginning-of-buffer bound to C-c Home.

** For frozen channels, preserve cursor position of channel buffers
   while zapping between other channels.

** Follow the change in emacs-cvs, check the return value of
   current-word (by Nakayama-san)

** Fixed random number generation logic for riece-hangman (by Takahashi-san)

** Signal "No text to send" error if user types C-c p on an empty line.

** New user option riece-startup-ignored-user-list: which can be used
   to set up riece-ignored-user-list in ~/.riece/init.el.

** Allow sending/receiving files whose names contain whitespaces.

* Major changes in 1.0.0

** New UI for enabling/disabling add-ons (to enter this mode, C-c ^)

** Fixed bug that a user couldn't quit password input with C-g.

** New add-on "riece-hangman" which allows channel members to play hangman(6).

** Display error message on C-c q when no IRC process are running.

** New add-on "riece-ignore" which allows to ignore messages from
   particular users.

** Accept nicknames consisting more than 9 letters.

** Avoid duplicate initialization of add-ons.

** New add-on "riece-biff" which displays biff mark ("[R]") on
   mode-line. (by Ohashi-san)

** New add-on "riece-kakasi" which converts Japanese to roman string.

** Fixed prompt strings to indicate the current action more
   precisely. (suggested by Yamashita-san)

* Major changes in 0.2.2

** Interpret control sequences used in IRC such as ^B, ^V, ^_, etc.
   This feature is implemented as an add-on called riece-ctlseq.

** Fixed bug that private messages were not treated as unread.

** Buffer "freeze" status can be toggled in each buffer respectively.
   (use C-t C-f)

** Use canonicalized channel names to locate directories where log
   files are stored. (by Ohashi-san)

* Major changes in 0.2.0

** Introduced "signal-slot" (as in Qt, GTK+) mechanism to routing
   display events.

** When a user requests NAMES, insert nicknames into the channel buffer. 

** Fixed bug in riece-lsdb. (by Nakayama-san)

* Major changes in 0.1.8

** Added riece-lsdb add-on which cooperates with LSDB.
** Added riece-xface add-on which displays X-Faces in user list buffer.

** Fixed bug that channel names were treated case sensitively.

** Handle messages from other clients which use the same IRC proxy.
   (by Takahashi-san)

* Major changes in 0.1.7

** Added riece-async add-on which provides safe connection to an IRC
   server via local proxy which responds to PING requests while Emacs
   is busy or suspended.

** Fixed changing user away status bug when riece-away-message is set.
   (Thanks to Fujimura-san)

** Remove side effects on standard-syntax-table when loading.
   (Thanks to Hori-san)

** Can join channels on several servers at startup by setting
   riece-startup-server-list as well as riece-startup-channel-list.

** New user option `riece-log-coding-system' to specify default coding
   system used for log files.

** New user option `riece-keyword-notify-functions' called when
   someone spoke a message including the specified keyword. Please use
   it instead of `riece-notify-keyword-functions'(very confusing
   name!).

** riece-log-flashback also restores faces and buttons.

** riece-{unread,mini} ignores NOTICE and CTCP ACTION messages.

* Major changes in 0.1.6

** Fixed running problems on Emacs 20.7.

** Fixed compilation failure on XEmacs 21.1.

** Allow riece-rdcc to receive large files without memory consumption.

** Check channel modes when joinning if riece-gather-channel-modes == t.

** Fixed run-idle-timer usage to shrink channel buffers.

** Fixed buffer scrolling behavior when switching channels.

** Allow to specify qualified channel names in
   riece-log-directory-map.  (by Ohashi-san)

* Major changes in 0.1.5

** Added 6 new window layouts.

** Automatically save/restore the current window layout.

** Added riece-icon add-on which decorates buffers with icons.

** Speedup in redrawing the user list buffer.

** Improve usability of CTCP ACTION (Thanks to knu-san)

** Fixed bug in riece-rdcc which causes freeze on DCC SEND.

** When riece server was opened, Do riece-command-configure-windows
   instead of signaling.  (Thanks to Ohashi-san)

** Fixed bug in C-c o (riece-command-set-operators) and C-c v
   (riece-command-set-speakers).

** Shrink buffers when they exceeds riece-max-buffer-size.

* Major changes in 0.1.4

** Bind "N" instead of "\C-n" to riece-command-names in channel
   buffers. (thanks to Takahashi-san)

** Fixed bug causing an error when the user typed C-c C-t a
   (riece-command-toggle-away). (thanks to Maeda-san)

** Don't redisplay buffers when the current selected window doesn't
   display Riece buffers.

** Don't reuse buffers created by different programs.  Genereate new
   buffer in such case.

** Fixed bug which doesn't allow to join a channel whose name is
   beginning with "!!".

** When riece-keyword is effective, don't check if the message from
   myself contains given keywords.

** Signal an error when the user issues a command which assumes the
   current channel though the current channel is not available.

** Added riece-menu add-on which adds a menu entry in the menubar.

* Major changes in 0.1.3

** Treat channel names in PRIVMSG/NOTICE messages case-insensitively.

** When riece-history is effective, mark the last visited channel with "+".

** Added riece-button add-on which decorates buffers with buttons and
   define some popup-menus.

** Added riece-keyword add-on which notifies the user when the arrived
   message contains given keywords.

   If you are using XEmacs and want to be notified of keywords with
   sound, add the following lines to your ~/.riece/init.el:

   (load-default-sounds)
   (setq riece-keywords '("foo" "bar"))
   (add-hook 'riece-notify-keyword-functions
             (lambda (keyword) (play-sound 'cuckoo)))

* Major changes in 0.1.2

** Fixed bug when joinning a channel using a key.

** Revive riece-startup-channel-list.

** New user option riece-rdcc-save-directory is added.

** Fixed unable to interrupt password input.

** Fixed bug in the INVITE handler.

** Prompt a channel name when the user joins the invited channel.

** Fixed bug that occasionally kept riece-channel-list-indicator not
   up to date.

* Major changes in 0.1.1

** Load some add-ons by default.

** Fixed bug with riece-default-channel-binding not working.

** Mark the current channel with "*" in *Channels* buffer.

** If riece-debug is turned off, don't report connection status when exiting.

** New add-on: riece-history manages channel switching history.

** New add-on: riece-guess offers the next channel user may want to check.

   Tips:

   If you have the following lines in ~/.riece/init.el:

   (setq riece-guess-channel-try-functions
         '(riece-guess-channel-from-unread
           riece-guess-channel-from-history))

   By hitting `C-c g' repeatedly, you can check channels in the
   following order:

   1. Channels where there is unread message.
   2. Channels where you have visited recently.
   3. The rest.

* Major changes in 0.1.0

** Use vectors to represent channels and users.

** Improve process management:
   -- Server names are now embedded in process names.
   -- Integrate scattered connection management code into riece-server.el.
   -- Force disconnect if the server does not respond after sending QUIT.

** New add-on: riece-doctor.el allows to pretended to be a doctor.

** Window configuration can be easily switched by hitting C-c t l.

** New add-on: riece-skk-kakutei.el avoids \e$B"&\e(B being included in
  spoken text, when you are using SKK. (by Takahashi-san)

** New predefined layout which emulates "top" window-style as in Liece.
   (by Takahashi-san)

* Major changes in 0.0.4

** Added riece-mini add-on which allows conversation through a
   minibuffer (by Ohashi-san).

** Added log collector add-on (riece-log) (by Ohashi-san).

** riece-command-next-channel (C-c >) and
   riece-command-previous-channel (C-c <) now follow the channel list
   circularly (by Nakayama-san).

** When riece-unread is enabled, you can quickly check the unread
   channels by hitting C-c C-u (by Ohashi-san).

** Display of status indicators obeys some IRC messages.

** Replaced ptexinfmt.el with the version which does not depend on
   APEL (Thanks to Yamaoka-san).

* Major changes in 0.0.3

** Fix bug connecting to two servers which require passwords (Thanks
   to Nakayama-san)

** Fix inconsistency when changing case of letters in nickname

** Catch all errors occured in handler hooks

** Support DCC file transfer (riece-ndcc.el, riece-rdcc.el)

** Add "mark unread channels" add-on (riece-unread.el)

** Add Japanese texinfo manual (I'll translate it in the future)

* Major changes in 0.0.2

** Don't use APEL functions (pop, push)

** "depcomp" was missing in the previous archive (sorry!)

** Fix bug building on Windows environment (Thanks to Ohashi-san)

** Fix inconsistency when changing nickname

** Fix bug on C-c C-t u (M-x riece-command-toggle-user-list-mode)

** Provide add-on mechanism

** Partial support for CTCP

** Make font-lock related module (riece-highlight) add-on

** Revive URL collector (formerly liece-url) as add-on

* Major changes in 0.0.1

** Initial release.

* For details of changes, see the file ChangeLog.
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