LimeChat

LimeChat is an IRC client for Mac OS X written on RubyCocoa.

• One window for multiple servers.
• Rich keyboard shortcuts for your comfortable operations.
• Fast and stable.

• Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5
• RubyCocoa 0.13.2

OS X 10.5

OS X 10.4

• LimeChat 1.0 source zip
• http://github.com/psychs/limechat/tree/master

• LimeChat for iPhone

• #limechat on irc.freenode.net
• Google Group: LimeChat
• Satoshi Nakagawa

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1.0 (2009.06.03)

• Only OS X 10.5 is supported now.
• Embed RubyCocoa.framework into the app.
• Improved crashing bug in 10.5.7.
• Renewed preferences dialog.
• Renewed paste dialog.
• Renewed welcome dialog.
• Added "Notify events in Growl" option in channel properies.
• Assigned shift-tab to move to the previous control.
• Added %@%n: nick format.
• Added show join/leave option.
• Added time stamp format.
• Added "ignore words" option. If text contains any of these words it will be ignored.
• Added "/close peer" command to close a talk.
• Added /omsg and /onotice commands.
• Added support for /notice @#channel.
• Added /m command.
• Query ban list by /ban.
• Open URLs without activation.
• Remember spell checking status across session.
• Fixed a bug in CP949 and other encodings.
• Shorten sending PONG interval.
• Don't allow < and > in URLs.
• Ignore case in URL schemes.
• Don't show the channel list dialog again while /list responses.
• Markers in scrollers should be drawn as 1 point width lines.
• All kind of ops should be colored as ops.
• Work around for buggy bouncers, they don't send 005 replies appropriately.
• Don't show PONG responses.
• Changed an option name from "Dislike words" to "Exclude words".
• Prohibit backspace, delete and space keys for hotkey.
• Fixed a crash when an user changed his nick to the same one except case.
• Fixed a memory leak when enabling SSL.
• Fixed a bug around quick join.
• Fixed a bug, it tried to join channels with names of talks.
• Fixed a bug, the log was kept blank after /clear sometimes.
• Fixed a bug, register to auto op menu was disabled.

0.20 (2008.10.02)

• Added hot key option.
• Assigned opt+tab to move to the last selected channel.
• Added commands completion.
• Added context menu on channel name in logs.
• Added voice and devoice menu items.
• Added "Channel notice received" and "Talk notice received" to the Growl notification types.
• Added a theme settings: input-text/selected/background-color
• Deal with parenthesis pairs in URLs.
• Tweaked margin of the input text field.
• Added .js file support for themes.
• Allow to send commands before login.
• Added /clear command to clear a log.
• Supported filenames surrounded by double quotations in DCC file transfers.
• Fixed a bug, the auto-op dialog could cause a nil access exception.
• Strip unnecessary ":" when printing a line to log file.
• Fixed a bug, we should allow a Bignum for Time.at.
• Fixed a bug, /quote with no parameter caused a crash.

0.19 (2008.07.10)

• Make bouncing just one time for highlight.
• Added badges on the icon for highlight or new talk.
• Assigned cmd+ctrl+0..9 to move to the nth server.
• Changed to disconnect from all servers when the computer is going to sleep.
• Changed to reconnect to the servers after waking up.
• Added /timer command. (e.g. /timer 5 join #limechat)
• When updating the channel list, perform sorted insert instead of re-sorting.
• Search channel topics in the Channel List.
• Added "first" attribute for span.sender to show nicknames in the first line only.
• Changed to ignore CTCP replies with empty commands.

0.18 (2008.05.22)

• Added exact word matching for highlighting.
• Added SSL support.
• Added alternative nicknames support.
• Implemented drag and drop files on the member list to send files on dcc.
• Added fallback encoding.
• Changed Cmd-w to close current panel with confirmation when the panel is a channel.
• Added Kick, Ban and Kick & Ban in the context menu on the member list.
• Assigned Cmd+E to copy the selection.
• Changed priority of Growl notifications to 1 for highlight events.
• Added 'New Folder' button on the open dialog for transcripts location.
• Changed to not use nick format for transcripts.
• Changed the format of text messages for Growl notifications to "<nick> msg".
• Changed to order front the main window when clicked on a growl notification.
• Assigned enter key to send text on the paste dialog.
• Added opt-up/down for moving around histories.
• Changed to not allow '?' at the end of URLs.
• Changed to select an existing talk when trying to start a talk again.
• On the paste dialog, changed "Privmsg command" and "Notice command" to "Send to channel" and "Send Notice to Channel" respectively.
• Changed /part without parameters to close the current talk.
• Changed to handle /whois to get more information.
• Added /rejoin, /cycle and /hop commands to rejoin the current channel.
• Added /op, /deop, /halfop, /dehalfop, /voice, /devoice, /ban, /unban, /umode, /raw and /quote commands.
• Added aliases, /t for /topic and /leave for /part.
• Added /j command to join a channel.
• Renamed /ctcpquery to /ctcp.
• Removed /ctcpping.
• Added nick attribute to the console log.
• Changed to set 'server' type attribute for server logs like <body type="server">.
• Fixed a nil access bug in DccManager#tableView_objectValueForTableColumn_row.
• Fixed a bug, 'Override Log Font' option should be applied to body[type=...] and body.(normal|console) elements.
• Fixed a bug, numeric values should be capped when converting from ruby to objc.
• Fixed a bug, parameters for Time.at should be Fixnum.
• Fixed a bug, marked scrollers were visible on the top-left corner of log views when initialized.
• Fixed a bug, the scrollers of log views won't be rendered correctly when initialized with not enough frame.
• Fixed a bug, "MODE +a user" should be considered as setting an user mask.
• Fixed a bug, my address was forgotten after reconnecting.
• Fixed a bug in utf-8 string validator.
• Fixed a bug, log views dropped received lines before initializing.
• Fixed a bug, 'Reveal in Finder' menu action on the dcc dialog caused an exception.
• Fixed a bug, 'Highlight your current nickname' option should be applied for the console log.
• Fixed a bug, /query command should be cleared after opening a talk.

0.17 (2008.03.03)

• Fixed a crashing bug on 10.4, when pushed [+] button on the startup dialog.
• Implemented drawing highlight indicators on a vertical scroller of log views.
• Enabled continuous spell checking by default.
• Now we can rearrange servers and channels on the server tree.
• Added a filter text field on the channel list dialog.
• Added an option, "Auto accept file transfers".
• Added "Open File" menu item for receiving items on the dcc dialog.
• Added "Reveal in Finder" menu item for receiving items on the dcc dialog.
• Assigned double click to reveal a file in Finder on the dcc receiving transfer list.
• Reformed main menu.
• Assigned cmd+W to "Close Current Panel" when the main window is active.
• Added a menu item, 'Copy Log as HTML'.
• Added a menu item, 'Mark All as Read'.
• Changed shortcut key for 'Mark Scrollback' to cmd+L, and 'Clear Mark' to cmd+shift+L as well.
• Changed to show the paste dialog on opt-return.
• Changed to select 'privmsg' as the default syntax when the paste dialog is not for paste.
• Reformed the html template for log views.
• New style action messages.
• Moved the themes directory from '~/Library/LimeChat/Theme' to '~/Library/Application Support/LimeChat/Themes'.
• Changed the default nick format to '%n: '.
• More smaller font for the member list.
• Removed '*' in the head of system messages.
• Removed a server name from place part in the console log.
• Now mIRC color effects can be styled in css.
• Added "colornumber" attribute to span.sender for coloring each nick with different colors.
• Added "identified" attribute in log view's html for CAPAB IDENTIFY-MSG support.
• Added HTML4 color names support for YAML themes.
• Changed to allow rgb() and rgba() strings in YAML theme files.
• Changed /query without parameters to close the current talk.
• Changed to remember the current text if modified when pushed up key.
• Now a scroll position is kept when received a new line and removed the first line.
• Changed to retain input text when changed the current channel, and restore it when come back to the channel.
• Use the current username for nick on the startup dialog.
• Added support for CAPAB IDENTIFY-MSG and CAPAB IDENTIFY-CTCP.
• Now 401 error is printed in a talk log when there is a talk item for the target.
• Don't change servers when closing a channel.
• Fixed a bug, an effect stopping character should not render as an end tag when there is no effect.
• Fixed a bug, the input text field should be scrolled on nick completion.

0.16.2 (2008.02.16)

• Added new connection dialog for the first start up.
• Added +q/+a channel modes support for Unreal IRCd.
• Added /query support.
• Added an option, don't show notifications when the application is active.
• Prohibit adding a member when received join in a mode +a channel.
• Changed to clear member list when received mode +a.
• Changed to rebuild member list when received mode -a.
• Changed to keep selection when a log view become not focused.
• Added note for the encoding setting.
• Fixed a method not found bug while formatting '%@'.

0.16 (2008.02.03)

• Fixed a number format bug, "0.format_size" caused an exception.
• Changed to send whois for a pointed member when doubleclicked on the member list.
• Improved the report dialog of SACrashReporter.

0.15 (2008.02.01)

• Added major servers to the server list on the server properties dialog.
• Added ISO-8859-1 as a server encoding.
• Added '%9n', '%-9n' and '%@' for nick format.
• Removed target channel completion for text commands except /me.
• Made sorting nicks for auto completion stable.
• Added an exception handler in completing nick for safety.
• Changed to allow '@' in nickname.
• Changed to append a pasted url in the input text field.
• Stopped periodical GC sweeps.
• Stopped printing the end of who message, "Members list has been initialized".
• Changed to not open a talk for 'NickServ' or 'ChanServ' when sending a command.
• Changed to not match a domain name followed by an alphabet or a digit.
• Fixed a bug, the selected item in the server tree should be initialized.
• Improved implementation of custom cells in table views to watch copyWithZone.
• Fixed a bug, disconnect menu didn't work while connecting.
• Fixed a bug, autoop masks should ignore case.
• Fixed a nil access bug when updating a nick completion weight.

0.14.2 (2007.12.27)

• Added target channel completion when sending raw commands.
• Added "Message scrollback" option.
• Fixed a nil access bug with old WebKit, when changing theme in log.rb.
• Changed the default transcript directory to ~/Library/LimeChat/Transcripts.
• Changed the url regex to disallow parentheses, brackets, braces and etc in the end.
• Improved to avoid nick changing loop when a nick collision occurred.
• Changed to use nickname length and modes count in 005(RPL_ISUPPORT) replies.

0.14.1 (2007.12.19)

• Improved the logic for nick completion. Now it also takes account of the conversations not for you.
• Added a workaround for WebKit of Safari 2.

0.14 (2007.12.19)

• Added the "Deep Ocean" theme.
• Switched pasting services from Pastie to Pasternak. (Thanks to Eloy Duran)
• Added "Override nickname format" option.
• Added nickname format settings in a theme.
• Added gradient color settings for member list selected items in a theme.
• Added "Reload Theme" menu item under View.
• Added @nick style conversation tracking for the nick completion.
• Improved SACrashReporter to ignore SignalException.
• Improved log rendering performance.
• Changed max lines of log views to 500.
• Fixed a bug, weights for completion didn't work correctly.
• Fixed a nil access bug in starting up.
• Fixed a name error when received a kill command.

0.13.1 (2007.12.13)

• Fixed a nil access bug in drawing the member list on starting up.

0.13 (2007.12.13)

• Added theme.
• Added the override log font option.
• Improved encoding choices.
• Implemented cmd+'+'/'-' to change the font size.
• Changed to print operator marks and nick names separately in the member list.
• Changed to split a text message if the message is too long.
• Changed to highlight a current nickname in priority.
• Changed to parse raw commands.
• Changed not to do wordwrap for addresses in log views.
• Changed the url regex to disallow double quotes.
• Changed to put received files into ~/Downloads if it exists.
• Changed max lines of log views to 300. (Due to save memory consumption)
• Added compatibility stuff for old RubyCocoa releases.
• Fixed a bug, pasting multi line text to the input text field caused an exception.
• Fixed a bug, NaN should be treated as 0 for height of log views.
• Fixed a bug, the nick sheet won't show after right clicked on a log view
• Fixed a nil access bug, when the parameters of a message are too few.
• Fixed a bug, an empty string should be rejected for a raw command.

0.12 (2007.11.30)

• Improved the paste dialog to remain showed while requesting to Pastie.
• Improved the paste dialog to show error messages on it.
• Changed to send current nickname to Pastie.
• Fixed a bug, NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData should not be used for Tiger.
• Improved SACrashReporter to send a ruby version and a RubyCocoa version.
• Now privmsg command is the default setting for pasting.

0.11 (2007.11.29)

• Added "log transcripts" option.
• Integrated Pastie support on a paste sheet.
• Added an option for 3 columns layout (server tree, logs, member list).
• Added a channel list dialog.
• Added "highlight whole line" option.
• Added "highlight your current nickname" option.
• Changed to not select a candidate while completing nickname.
• Integrated SACrashReporter.
• Made a paste sheet resizable.
• Assigned ctrl+enter to send Notice commands.
• Assigned cmd+alt+up/down for moving around channels.
• Changed a short cut key for moving around servers, from cmd+left/right to cmd+alt+left/right.
• Supported Internationalized Domain Name in the URL detection.
• Set "break-word:break-all" for URLs
• Changed the default setting for tab key to nickname completion.
• Changed to hide channel passwords in the title bar of the main window.
• Changed to allow lossy encoding conversions.
• A message with "//" prefix is now to send a message with "/" prefix.
• Tweaked the logic for nick completion.
• Stopped printing Names replies in a channel.
• Fixed a bug, exceptions from Socket.getaddrinfo should be caught.
• Enabled ruby thread hooks.

0.10 (2007.9.24)

• Added application icon.
• Added /me support.
• Added nick right-click menu on log views.
• Added menus, mark and clear scrollback.
• Added confirmation on deleting a server from menu.
• Changed sort order of the nick list to myself, op, non-op.
• Changed to push text in the input buffer on moving channels.
• Introduced priority for nickname completion. Thanks to Josh Goebel.
• Limited length of channel topic for window title.
• Improved channel properties dialog.
• Improved server properties dialog.
• Improved reorder server tree dialog.
• Improved settings of tab key actions on preference dialog.
• Changed to disable ruby thread hook.
• Changed max lines of log view to 3000.
• Changed to return the same objects in NSOutlineView datasource.
• Fixed a bug, cancel reconnecting should be enabled in connecting.
• Fixed a bug, the server item in the tree should be open when created the first child.
• Fixed a bug, log view should scroll to the bottom when it finished loading.
• Fixed a bug, application crashes when pushed Command + -.
• Fixed a bug, channel password should be kept after kicked out for rejoining.

0.9 (2007.8.15)

• Changed to work with RubyCocoa 0.12.0 only.
• Added auto op.
• Added Growl notifications.
• Added event sounds.
• Added flood protection.
• Added url menu and address menu.
• Added commands performed on login.
• Added CTCP.
• Added automatic rejoin on kicked.
• Added automatic rejoin to acquire op.
• Added message length check for quick join.
• Changed spacing strategy of log view.
• Changed password text field on the server dialog to NSSecureTextField.
• Changed to open new talk when sending a text message to unknown nick.
• Changed the default action for Tab key to going to next channel.
• Fixed a bug, highlight words need regexp escape.
• Fixed a bug, kana characters in 0xd0-0xdf were ignored in receiving.
• Fixed a bug, multi line paste from context menu of text field should open multi line paste sheet.
• Fixed a bug, windowShouldClose needs objc_method in RubyCocoa 0.11.1p1 for PPC.

0.8 (2007.7.28)

• Fixed a bug, checkboxes on dialogs won't be saved when checkboxes were not checked.

0.7 (2007.7.27)

• Fixed a bug, LimeChat.app won't start up at the first time.
• Added short cut keys, Opt+Space for going to next unread channel and Opt+Shift+space for going to previous unread channel.
• Added an option, no action on Tab key
• Added workaround for WebKit on Leopard.

0.6 (2007.7.25)

• Added an option, users can assign Tab key for nickname completion.
• Fixed a bug, settings are stored inappropriately for pop up buttons on dialogs.
• Fixed a bug, the setting of IP address detection is not applied sometimes.
• Fixed a bug, an user is missing in the member list when he changed nickname to identical one.
• Tweaked conditions to enable or disable Disconnect and Cancel Reconnecting menu items.

0.5 (2007.7.23)

• Fixed a bug, when received a talk message, the message is always showed in the console log.

0.4 (2007.7.22)

• Added Channels tab on Server dialog.
• Added Reorder server tree dialog.
• Implemented comments on Quit and Part.
• Implemented user mode +i.
• Implemented double click events.
• Added support for many encodings.
  • Latin-3, Latin-4, Latin-7, Latin-9, Korean CP949, Chinese GBK, Chinese GB18030, Chinese BIG5, Russian KOI-8R, Russian ISO-8859-5, Hebrew ISO-8859-8
• Added support for Japanese kana.
• Improved to set location of windows and dialogs.
• Added confirmation dialog on quitting the application.
• Improved to parse inputted commands (msg, privmsg, notice, action, nick, quit).
• Improved DCC file transfer dialog to show connecting status of file receiving items.
• Replaced socket classes for DCC file sending from Ruby based implementation to AsyncSocket (workaround for ruby 1.8.2).
• Improved to show confirmation dialog always on quitting the application when there are some active DCC file transfers.
• Improved Disconnect menu to send Quit before disconnect.
• Changed to keep sort order on the server tree.
• Changed the default encoding, use ISO-2022-JP for Japanese and use UTF-8 for the others.
• Improved to eliminate empty lines in the input history.
• Fixed a bug, the application crashes when trying to start a talk to already talking users.
• Fixed a bug, the application crashes when sending text contains irregular characters in the current encoding.
• Improved to consider \r as a new line.

0.3 (2007.6.26)

• Fixed a bug, Enter, Delete and some keys are invalid on PPC machines.

0.2 (2007.6.25)

• Implemented keyword highlighting.
• Implemented DCC file transfers.
• Added Preferences dialog.
• Added Nickname dialog.
• Added input histories (accessible on up key or down key).
• Added Multi-line paste dialog.
• Implemented IP address detection.
• Implemented mIRC effects.

0.1 (2007.6.10)

• The first release.