Download XChat 2.8.9

A new version of the Windows version of XChat was released on Saturday. XChat is one of the most widely used irc programs on the Linux platform. Although the source code and program for Linux are released under gpl license, that is not the case for the Windows version. After a 30-day trial, you’ll have to pay $20 for it. The makers justify this by stating that building the Windows version is complicated and that it also has extra functionality, including spell check and graphic emoticons. Here’s what’s changed in this release:

News for 2.8.9:

• The balloon time is now adjustable via /set input_balloon_time .
• The /Ghost command’s password parameter is now optional.
• Updated the default IRC network list with various additions.
• When switching tabs, made the treeview only scroll if the selected item isn’t visible.
• The Search/Find window can now be closed with the ESC key.
• Selecting an item in the nickmenu will now copy it to clipboard.
• New icons for notification area (systray).
• For the auto-join command, added an ‘x’ filler for empty keys. This works around a bug in ircd-seven.
• Lifted a limitation which only allowed the auto-join list to be 255 characters long.
• When a single channel-MODE changes, xchat will no longer re-issue a MODE request for the titlebar display, but figure the new modes intelligently.
• A favorite networks feature has been added to the network list.
• Various text event changes:
  • Added “Private Action”, “Private Action to Dialog”, “SSL Message”.
  • Added “Identified text” parameter to all the ‘action’ events.
  • Added a $3 parameter to “Server Text”.
• Plugin API changes:
  • Added ‘gtkwin_ptr’ to xchat_get_info.
  • Added DCC fields ‘poshigh’ and ‘resumehigh’.