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Psi 0.11-RC3
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Date: October 15th, 2007
Project Lead/Maintainer (2004-current):
Kevin Smith
kismith@psi-im.org
http://www.kismith.co.uk/
Original Author (2001-2004):
Justin Karneges
justin@affinix.com
http://psi-im.org/
For installation or compiling instructions, see the INSTALL file.
This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License. See
the COPYING file for more information.
Known Issues
------------
The following are known issues with this release:
Issues with Qt 4.2.3: There is a bug in Qt 4.2.3 that corrupts incoming text
with rare Unicode characters (outside of the BMP)
Issues with Qt 4.3.(0|1): On X11 Qt 4.3 seems to have problems with some
window managers that result in windows not beeing displayed or displayed
with a broken layout.
In rare situations, primarily when reconnecting after a forced disconnect,
a very small group of users experience a crash of Psi.
Notes
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- QCA --
* QCA2 is required to build Psi: a version is bundled with Psi.
* The qca-ossl and qca-gnupg plugins are desirable for full
functionality of Psi.
- Upgrading to 0.11 --
* Unless you use the 'default' profile, the last used profile settings
will not be transferred from 0.10 and previous Qt3-based builds to the
0.11-beta1 and newer Qt4 based builds.
If Psi loads with a blank profile, cancel the account creation and use
"Choose profile" to reset your default profile.
* When you decide to switch to Psi 0.11 permanently, you can safely clear
the 'affinix.com' keys from your registry.
* The PEM format is now used for storing SSL certificates.
* You must use the QCA-OpenSSL plugin for QCA2 to utilize SSL.
The older 'QSSL' plugin and QCA1 plugin will not work.
* Users upgrading from pre-0.10 will not benefit from the new colour
scheme. If they want the new colours, they should quit Psi and edit
their config.xml file by hand. For details, please see the User Guide in
the Help menu.
* The WindowMaker docklet has been discontinued. We have been suffering
problems with it since the previous release(s), it is non-standard,
it lacks documentation, and so we decided to only support the
FreeDesktop.org tray. People using WindowMaker can use tools such as
Docker as a replacement.
- GnuPG tips --
* Always use the latest version of GnuPG.
* On Windows, use a native build instead of one based on cygwin, and make
sure it is properly installed in the registry.
* Ensure 'gpg' actually works, by testing it from the command-line.
* You must have a public and secret keyring. Psi cannot operate
without them, and they must be there when you start it.
Changes
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New in 0.11
- Reworked account registration process (including proper support for
XEP-0077 (In-band registration))
- Finished support for XEP-0004 (Data Forms) by supporting forms in
messages. (thanks to Roelof Naude)
- Added support for XEP-0070 (Verifying HTTP Requests via XMPP).
Thanks to Maciej Niedzielski.
- Customizable shortcuts (thanks to Ephraim)
- System-wide shortcuts
- Added spell checking (thanks to Ephraim).
Currently only aspell is supported.
- Added option to automatically set the resource (using the hostname)
- Added new default Stellar3 iconset
- Added support for XEP-138 (Stream Compression)
- Added support for using XEP-33 (Extended Stanza Addressing) to multicast
messages to multiple users. Use option.enable-multicasting to enable it.
- Added 'Show status message' toggle. There is a hidden option to put
status messages under the nickname (at the cost of 2 extra pixels
when no status message is shown)
- Support for Bookmark Storage (XEP-0048), where bookmarked conferences are
auto-joined. No UI is provided for creating bookmarks (yet).
- Better error messages, including error condition mappings (XEP-0086)
- Support dynamically changing priority
- Improved PGP error messages
- Hiding the deprecated protocol selector for service discovery by default.
Use option.ui.show-deprecated.service-discovery.protocol-selector to
re-enable it.
- New options system (see options.xml)
- Receiving support for vCard-Based Avatars (XEP-0153)
- Support for Multi-User-Chat (XEP-0045)
- Preliminary support for User Nickname (XEP-0172)
- Preliminary support for Roster Item Exchange (XEP-0144)
- Psi now uses the Qt4(>=4.3) and QCA2 libraries, replacing the Qt3 and QCA1
requirements.
- "Privacy List" support in the account dialog.
- Support for XEP-0050 (Ad-hoc commands)
- Preliminary support for XEP-0163 (Personal Eventing Protocol)
- Preliminary support for XEP-0146 (Remote Controlling Clients)
- Large parts of the codebase have been restructured.
- Fixed a chat room bug where subject/topic changes were not shown.
- Mac OS X builds are now universal binaries, supporting the new Intel
based Macs.
- Support for XEP-85 (Chat State Notifications).
- Support for XEP-0115 (Entity Capabilities).
- There is now a config.xml option to make some windows use the brushed
metal theme on Mac OS X.
- Window opacity support is now present for all three supported platforms.
- Fixed Unicode URL opening bug #510
- Auto-reconnect accounts on wakeup
- Copy-pasting with emoticons now works
- Fixed issue #263 where emoticons would disappear in a reply or quote
- History index is rebuilt faster
- Configure toolbars merged into main preferences dialog
- Moving tooltips
- MingW32 compiler support (Coupled with the open source Qt4 Windows library
this now allows completely free building of Psi on Windows)
New in 0.10
- Psi will now sign out before Windows or Mac OS X machines go to 'sleep'
- The default text input line in the chat dialogs starts at one line tall, and grows as necessary.
- The Roster can now be automatically resized to fit all contacts.
- The Roster now has a menu bar available on Windows and Linux
- Chat windows can be collected together using tabs
- On Windows and Mac OS X, selected text may be automatically copied to the clipboard.
- Mac OS X builds now enjoy Growl(.info) support
- Photos are now available in the VCard dialog
- New default colour scheme
- New default iconsets
- Roster and chat dialog opacity is now configurable on Windows and Mac OS X
- The colour scheme is now slightly more configurable
- Assorted minor feature additions and bug fixes
New in 0.9.3
- Notification when a user is typing
- Advanced Data Forms capability (x:data)
- Mac version uses the menu bar and also has a new color scheme
- Slightly improved new user dialog
- Drag and drop File Transfer
- Ability to specify a status messages when going offline
- The tray icon under X11 should now be more beautiful
- Show self-contact is now a toolbar button instead of a normal option
- There is now an option for all chat windows to be compact by default
- Bugfix: file transfer sometimes wouldn't send the whole file
- Fixed many other small bugs
New in 0.9.2
- File transfer
- Event queue is saved to disk at all times for fault protection
- Enable/disable accounts
- Groupchat nickname tab-completion
- Groupchat trackbar to mark last read text when unfocused
- *bold*, /italic/, _underline_
- Fixed bug where the roster window could get lost on Windows
- 'Compact' mode for chat window
- Tip of the day
- Hidden roster group
- Ability to export history as readable text
- Event queue sorting by type
- Type-ahead search in the roster
- External programs can now have parameters
- Toolbar configuration is now accessed from the right-click menu
- Show dates in local format
- Use the gnome-open utility for opening URLs with GNOME2
- Fixed "broken pipe" crash when receiving GnuPG errors
New in 0.9.1
- Service Discovery browser (XEP-0030)
- Popup notifications
- Redesigned Iconset & Emoticons system, based on XEP-0038
- Now possible to use service/transport icons for individual contacts
- Ability to use custom roster icons for contacts via RegExps
- Emoticon popup menu in chat window, for quick access
- Reorganized Options window
- Toolbar Editor
- GnuPG 1.2.3 compatibility
- New XMPP/Jabber engine (partially complete, XMPP 1.0 support deferred)
- SOCKS5 proxy support
- HTTP polling proxy support (XEP-0025)
- Roster groups open/closed state saved
- 'Free for Chat' status
- Character counter
- Selectable colors for roster 'blink' animation
- Copy Location in URL attachment context menu
- X11: WindowMaker docklet
- Windows: fixed idle detection on Windows 9x
- Mac: ability to hide/restore main window
- Option: ignore messages from addresses not in your roster
- Option: enter key sends chat messages
- Option: raise chat window on receiving new messages
- Option: auto-authorize contacts
- Option: 'small' group headings
- Option: treat incoming chats as messages unless chatting
- Option: show/hide subject line
- Option: enable/disable vCard check during login
- Account dialogs ensure the JID is a valid user-JID before accepting
- Bugfix: crash after using the Jabber browser
- Bugfix: crash when resolving DNS
- Bugfix: busy indicator sometimes stopped when it should still be running
- Fixed many other bugs
Description
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Psi is a capable Jabber client aimed at experienced users. Its design
goals are simplicity and stability. Psi is highly portable and runs on
Windows, Unix/X11, and Mac OS X.
The interface is very ICQ-like. Alerts appear in the contact list when
events are received, and things like subscriptions requests appear as
"system messages" (ICQ users know these well). Even "Chats" are
queued in the contact list. Also, chats are "remembered" by default,
so that you don't have to keep a bunch of windows open for each person.
Just close the chat window. If you open it again it will all be there.
Psi is minimal but powerful. There are keybindings for just about
everything, Unicode is supported throughout, and contacts are cached
offline. Security is also a major consideration, and Psi provides it for
both client-to-server (SSL) and client-to-client (GnuPG).
How you can help
----------------
Comments
--------
We like comments, even (especially) if they are a simple thanks.
Bug reports
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If you want to help us out, please file a bug report on our forum at
http://forum.psi-im.org/forum/2 for release versions, or email us a bug
report to the development mailing list for development builds, details at:
http://lists.affinix.com/listinfo.cgi/psi-devel-affinix.com
Please be as descriptive as possible and tell us what exactly you were doing
at the time something went wrong. If possible, send us a stack backtrace.
Wishes
------
We can't possibly know what everyone wants, so we appreciate all feature
requests. These can be submitted to http://forum.psi-im.org/forum/4
Porting
-------
Psi should be very portable. Please e-mail us first if you want to
port Psi to another platform.
Graphics
--------
There are many ways to contribute to the Psi project, if you think you can
do a better job with any of the Psi graphics, then go right ahead!
Sound
-----
Same goes for sound. Start mixing!
Programming
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Patches are welcome. External tools would be useful as well, like Licq
conversion utilities (iconsets, message history, etc). Get to work!
Packaging
---------
Want to make an RPM or something?
Financial
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You can send a paypal gift if you'd like, to donate@psi-im.org
Have fun,
-The Psi team
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