Konversation 1.7-rc1 released!

March 30, 2017

Konversation v1.7-rc1 is the first release candidate for the next major version of Konversation. The focus of the v1.7 release is on greatly expanded protocol support, with newly-added support for many more IRC v3 extensions and the much-requested support for SASL EXTERNAL and ‘server-time’. Many bugfixes and cleanups along with reinstated features initially lost in the first Frameworks 5-based release series v1.6.x are included as well. Finally, the handbook has been thoroughly refreshed in this release and building on Mac and Windows has seen several fixes.

Changes from 1.6.2 to 1.7-rc1:

• Improved support for CAP negotiation
• Output for CAP LS and CAP LIST is now shown in the server status view
• Added support for IRCv3 CAP MULTI-PREFIX
• Added support for IRCv3 CAP AWAY-NOTIFY
• Added support for IRCv3 CAP ACCOUNT-NOTIFY
• Added support for IRCv3 CAP EXTENDED-JOIN
• Added support for IRCv3 CAP USERHOST-IN-NAMES
• Added support for extended WHO
• Added support for server-time and message tags
• Added support for znc.in/server-time-iso, making buffer playback from ZNC much nicer
• Added support for the SASL EXTERNAL authentication mechanism, e.g. needed for using Tor with freenode.
• Redesigned search bar in chat views
• Added support for font zooming to chat views
• Improved bi-di text handling in chat views
• The –restart command line argument works again
• Fixed command line argument parsing when Konversation is already running
• Fixed tab completion not working when pressing tab after a full existing nickname as prefix
• Fixed the topic editor not updating when the topic changes
• Fixed nickname links including the pipe character
• Fixed the Invite dialog not closing on OK
• Fixed angle bracket display in OSD message bubbles
• Fixes to core protocol handling, e.g. in prefix parsing
• Fixed crash on close when the nick menu has been shown
• Fixed crash on quit
• Fixed crash when closing views
• Fixed crash in DCC resume dialogs without a Retry button
• Fixed incorrect icon for the global away action
• Minor UI layout cleanups, e.g. in the Behavior -> Chat Window settings page and fixes to tooltips
• Code cleanups, e.g. removal of unused settings and related code paths, porting away from deprecated API, and more
• Overhauled and corrected handbook & refreshed handbook screenshots to Frameworks 5 version
• Build fixes for Windows (MSVC compatibility and winsock linking)
• The Windows and Mac builds now have app icons
• Improved code portability by using different byte swapping routines
• Updated AppStream metadata
• Konversation now depends on Qt 5.5+ and KDE Frameworks 5.25+