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@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@ +-*- mode: outline -*- + +* New features in jabber.el latest git +** Support for reading passwords from netrc/authinfo files +Use "machine example.com login username password s3cret port xmpp". + +** Support for roster's groups roll state saving + +** Full support for XEP-0012 +Response of idle time. + +** Support for XEP-0202 +Entity Time for request/response time as main method. + +** Support for automatic MUC nicks colorization +See "Customizing the chat buffer" in the manual. + +** XML Console +Log all received/sending XML stanzas into special buffer. Also can be +used to send custom XML stanzas manually. + +** Autoaway +Support for list of autoaway methods. Support for Xa. See section "Autoaway" in manual. + +** MUC +MUC participants list format is now customizable: see +jabber-muc-print-names-format in manual. Also, participants sorted by +role. + +** Treat XML namespace prefixes correctly +A change in the Google Talk server has brought to light the fact that +jabber.el didn't handle XML namespace prefixes correctly. This should +be fixed by the new jabber-xml-resolve-namespace-prefixes function. + +* New features in jabber.el 0.8 +** Support for multiple accounts +Configuration variables have changed. See section "Account settings" +in the manual. + +** Activity mode improved +Customizable face for personal messages added, list of unwanted (banned) JIDs added + +** Simple automatic answering machine +Realized as alert. Can match regexp and answer with predefined string + +** OSD alerts (message, MUC, MUC-personal) + +** Family of personal MUC alerts added +See section "Standard alerts" in manual. + +** MUC nicks completion +See section "Groupchat" in manual. + +** Automatic reconnection +Not enabled by default; See "Reconnecting" section in manual. + +** Support for XEP-0085 +This means "contact is typing" notifications when chatting with Gajim +or Google Talk users, among others. +See "Typing notifications" section in the manual. + +** Option: hide offline contacts in roster +See "The roster buffer" in manual. + +** Clean history from chat buffers +See jabber-truncate-* functions and new options for +jabber-alert-muc-hooks and jabber-alert-message-hooks. See section +"Message history" in manual too. + +** MUC bookmarks +See jabber-edit-bookmarks function and "Bookmarks" section in manual. + +** Name of browse buffers customizable +See "Services" section in manual. + +** Subscription requests are sent to chat buffers +Subscription requests now displayed in chat buffers. See "Presence +subscription" section in manual. + +** Option: hide avatar in chat buffer +`jabber-chat-buffer-show-avatar'. + +** Gmail notifications +(Not documented nor autoloaded) + +** GConf-based installation of URI handler +See "XMPP URIs" in manual. + +* New features in jabber.el 0.7.1 + +** STARTTLS + +** SRV records +Requires No Gnus. + +** Message composition buffer +Try jabber-compose. + +** XMPP URIs are handled +See manual for setup. + +** Autoaway + +** MUC features +*** Don't display alerts for your own messages +See jabber-muc-alert-self. +*** Presence changes are sent to MUC rooms too +*** Check room features before joining + +** Avatars +Viewing and publishing JEP-0153 avatars (vCard-based) is now +supported. + +** File transfer + +** Sound files per contact for alerts + +** Per-user history files changed +For some time after 0.7 these file names erroneously contained double +quotes. If you have used the CVS version you'll need to rename your +history files manually. + +** New function: jabber-send-directed-presence + +** Entity time supported (XEP-0090) + +** Last activity supported (XEP-0012) + +* New features in jabber.el 0.7 + +** SSL connections possible +See variable `jabber-connection-type'. + +** Chat buffers rewritten +New modular design gives increased extensibility. +*** Received URLs are displayed +*** Long lines are filled +See jabber-chat-fill-long-lines. +*** Rare timestamps are printed by default +See jabber-print-rare-time and jabber-rare-time-format. + +** MUC features +*** Different default nicknames for different MUC rooms +See jabber-muc-default-nicknames. +*** Autojoin MUC rooms on connection +See jabber-muc-autojoin. +*** Change nickname +Actually simply an alias from jabber-muc-nick to jabber-muc-join. +*** Invitations +Both sending and receiving invitiations is supported. +*** Basic affiliation change support +(Not finished) +*** Private MUC messages +*** Support for setting and displaying topic + +** Global key bindings +Global keymap under C-x C-j. + +** Vcard viewer and editor + +** Roster export + +** Message events (JEP-0022) + +** Easy way to define external notifiers +See define-jabber-alert. Alerts for Festival (speech synthesis), +Sawfish, and xmessage added. + +** Activity mode improved +Can now display count in frame title. Update hook added. + +** Roster display optimized + +** Optionally use per-contact history files + +** Jabber menu in menubar not enabled by default +Call jabber-menu to have it there. + +** Flyspell in chat buffers +Flyspell will only spell check what you're currently writing. + +** Different time formats for instant and delayed messages +See `jabber-chat-time-format' and `jabber-chat-delayed-time-format'. +You can see the complete timestamp in a tooltip by holding the mouse +over the prompt. + +** Chat buffers in inactive windows are scrolled + +** Roster is sorted by name also + +* New features in jabber.el 0.6.1 + +** Message history +Set jabber-history-enabled to t to activate it. + +** Backlogs +If you have history enabled, the last few messages are inserted when +you open a new chat buffer. + +** Activity tracking on the mode line +Activate it with M-x jabber-activity-mode. + +** Receive an alert when a specific person goes online +Use it with M-x jabber-watch-add. + +** Support for /me in chats (xep-0245, except XHTML-IM) +As in "/me laughs" etc. + +** Message alerts for current buffer can be disabled +Set jabber-message-alert-same-buffer to nil to do that. + +** Basic moderation support in MUC + +** MUC alerts are separated from ordinary message alerts +Customize jabber-alert-muc-hooks to get your desired behaviour. + + +arch-tag: 1CE20E4E-3BD9-11D9-8D64-000A95C2FCD0 |