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Changes in version 2.3.0
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  - Added a feature to search the buffer for a given string.

  - The input bar can now have more than one line, to ease typing long
    commands.

  - Added the "Edit" menu with the usual Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete.

  - When you have a prompt and some command echoes text in the screen,
    this text is printed above the command and not after the prompt.

  - Triggers and aliases can now match case-insensitively.

  - The play() function has been added. This function allows you to
    play WAV files.

  - It is now possible to export triggers, aliases, macros, timers,
    permanent variables and hooks and import them in other worlds.

  - The order of permanent variables can now be changed (but this is
    only for grouping of realted variables, there is no real effect in
    the world).

  - The entry boxes in the Multi Line Send dialog are now 80
    characters wide.

  - In the editors for triggers, aliases, etc., you can now select
    more than one item and delete all selected items at once.

  - You can display items defined by plugins in the editors for
    triggers, aliases, etc. The changes, however, are NOT made in the
    plugin file.

  - KildClient can now connect with SSL to servers that support Telnet
    Over SSL, and the MUD session will be encrypted. (Note: this
    feature can be disabled at compilation time.)

  - Added the functions $world->triggerenabled(),
    $world->aliasenabled(), $world->macroenabled(),
    $world->timerenabled() and $world->hookenabled() to check if a -
    given trigger, alias, etc. is enabled. These functions can also be
    used to check for existence of triggers, aliases, etc.

  - Plugins can define two functions ENABLE and DISABLE to be called
    when the plugin is to be enabled or disabled, if this action
    requires some extra functionality that the default actions are not
    enough.

  - Fixed a bug that caused macros not to be run when non-English
    keymaps are used. (Thanks to Sergey Bogdanov.)

  - Fixed a bug that caused the wrong number of lines that fit in the
    window to be calculated (and sent to the server if NAWS is being
    used) under some circunstances.

  - Fixed a bug that caused a segfault when a recursive alias
    definition was found. Now alias processing stops after the command
    line gets too big.

  - Fixed a bug that caused a segfault after a world was closed.


Changes in version 2.2.2
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  - In colorize(), you can now use && and ^^ to insert a literal & or
    ^ character.

  - URLs with username and password for authenticated login are now
    detected correctly and made clickable.

  - Removed some big memory leaks that caused KildClient's memory
    comsumption to get very high in long sessions.

  - Fixed a security bug that caused a segmentation fault when a very
    long ANSI sequence was receveived.

  - Fixed a bug that caused a crash when a connection was broken
    abruptly (ie, not in a tidy way, generally because of a network
    failure).

  - Fixed a bug that caused a segfault in the Windows version when
    $world->listtrigger was used and there was a trigger without an
    action.

  - Fixed a bug that caused text to be displayed in the wrong colors
    or attributes when non-recognized ANSI sequences were received.


Changes in version 2.2.1
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  - Fixed a bug that caused a crash (segfault) when trying to connect
    to a World. This bug affects the Windows version.


Changes in version 2.2.0
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  - KildClient has now much more complete support for ANSI codes: if
    you mud server uses it, KildClient can display text underlined
    (singly and doubly), in italics, striked through, in reverse video
    and in hidden mode. The colorize() function has been extended to
    include codes to turn on these attributes.

  - KildClient now supports vt100's line-drawing mode, which allows
    tables to be built with proper characters (and not +, - and |)
    that look really nice. (But the server must use these characters,
    naturally.)

  - KildClient now supports xterm's sequences to access a 256-colour
    mode instead of only the default 16. The colorize() function has
    been extended to allow a way to access these additional colors so
    you can use them in echoed text even if you mud server does not
    use them.

  - You can set some world parameters (such as fonts, colors, and
    others) as defaults, and all new worlds will use these defaults
    when they are created.

  - You can now have more than one character for auto-login. When a
    World has more than one character defined for auto-login, its
    entry in the World Selector can be expanded to show all
    characters and you can select which one to use for auto-login.

  - Added the hability to test triggers and see how they would react
    to lines sent from the MUD.

  - The line count in the status bar now displays the total number of
    lines received for that session, and not the number of lines in
    the scrollback buffer (which never increases, once the limit is
    reached).

  - The Reconnect and Connect to Another menu itens now have shortcuts
    (CTRL+R and CTRL+SHIFT+R, respectively).

  - You can now set default values for the command group size and
    delay between sending command groups (used in the Multi-line Send
    and Command History dialogs) in the Preferences dialog.

  - In the editors for triggers, aliases, etc, you can now delect a
    line by selecting it and pressing the DEL key.

  - When you connect to a world that uses MCCP, that information is
    now displayed in the status bar.

  - Fixed a bug that caused an infinite loop when there was an
    OnSentCommand hook and two triggers matched and caused commands to
    be sent.

  - Fixed a bug that sometimes caused segfaults when "Connect to
    Another World" was selected.


Changes in version 2.1.0
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  - KildClient now records the time at which each line of the MUD
    output was received. You can see this time by leaving the mouse
    over a line of output for a brief time.

  - A new dialog has been added in which you can review the command
    history, send commands again, find commands, etc.

  - The shortcut for moving to the next or previous world is not
    CTRL+Page Up or CTRL+Page Down, respectively, but the old ones
    (ALT+Right or Left arrow) still work. There are also new
    shortcuts: ALT+<num> where <num> is a number from 1 to 9 will move
    to the corresponding world.

  - There's an option in the Advanced section of the World Editor that
    allows you to skip the confirmation dialog when deleting a
    trigger, alias, etc.

  - The Reconnect menu item (and the $world->reconnect function) now
    work even if you are connected, closing the connection and trying
    to reconnect.

  - Added a new hook, OnDisconnect, triggered after you are
    disconnected from a World.

  - Fixed a bug that caused a newline to be sent when a pure gag
    trigger (one without an action) matched.

  - Fixed a bug that caused you to be disconnected if a very long line
    was sent by the mud.

  - Fixed a bug that caused the first line of output not to be
    correcty displayed in some circunstances.


Changes in version 2.0.0
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  - It is now possible to add, edit, remove, plugins, triggers,
    aliases, macros, timers, hooks and permanent variables using a
    Graphical User Interface, accessible from the World Editor.
    Dealing with Perl is not necessary anymore for that.

  - Having the World Editor open does not prevent you from using the
    program anymore.

  - URLs in the MUD window are now more clearly marked, and pressing
    the left mouse button opens them automatically. The right mouse
    button still pops up a menu with an option to open it or copy the
    URL's address.

  - Dialog windows (especially the World Selector) now appear in the
    center of the screen, and not in awkward places.

  - The output from the MUD is not shown anymore in a vte widget, but
    in a TextView. This should not bring any big changes, things
    should still work as before with small modifications. The only
    thing that has been removed is the hability to have a transparent
    or image background.

  - KCWin's now use a TextView also. Gnome2::Vte::Terminal is not
    necessary anymore. If you used the ->{VTE} widget directly, you
    will need to make some changes to you plugins. The other functions
    (especially feed()) still work as before.

  - Added the $world->movetrigger() function to reorder triggers, and
    similar functions for aliases, times, macros and hooks.

  - Fixed a bug that attributed an invalid name to some hooks.

  - Bug fixed: macro names are displayed in $world->listmacro().

  - Bug fixed: attempting to edit an offline World no longer crashes
    KildClient.

  - Corrected some problems that caused build failures for some
    versions of the Perl library.


Changes in version 1.3.2
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  - Bug fixed: KildClient does not segfault anymore when opening a new
    world for the first time.

  - Bug fixed: & and < can be used in the command separator and this
    does not cause the world to stop being recognized anymore.


Changes in version 1.3.1
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  - This version fix a library dependency problem. It brings no new
    features and bugfixes, but if you had problems building version
    1.3.0, try using this version.


Changes in version 1.3.0
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  - You can now specify one or more world names in the command line,
    and these worlds will be automatically opened.

  - The status bar is more informative and more configurable: it can
    display the time connected and/or idle, and the font can be
    changed.

  - When you are disconnected from a world, there is another option
    you can select: Offline, to keep that window open, so that you can
    review the screen, run Perl commands, etc.

  - Two new function: $world->reconnect() reconnects to the world that
    was open, when in offline mode. $world->connectanother() closes
    the current connection (if one is open) and allows you to select
    another world to connect to, using the same tab.

  - The command history is now more functional, behaving similary to
    the command history used in the Bash shell and other programs
    using the same library. The most noticeable feature is that if you
    start typing something and move to another command, the partially
    typed command is not lost.

  - More parts of KildClient appear translated (if there is a
    translation for that language, naturally).

  - The substitution of aliases can now be evaluated as a Perl
    statement (using the s//e construct). See the manual for more
    details.

  - KildClient now identifies itself using the Telnet TERMINAL TYPE
    option.

  - KildClient now supports the Telnet NAWS option to inform the
    server of the current window size.

  - A new menu has been added: Debug Matches in the Preferences menu.
    When this option is selected, information about matched triggers
    and alises will be output to stderr.

  - The enaXXX, disXXX and listXXX functions now support several
    arguments, for example: $world->distrigger(1, 3).

  - Bug fixed: when sending something to the server that contains the
    Telnet IAC character, that character is now correctly escaped.

  - Bug fixed: timers with names now have this name loaded correctly
    upon loading a world.


Changes in version 1.2.0
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  - The list of save worlds is now displayed sorted alphabetically.

  - It is now possible to temporarily disable all trigger (or all
    macros, or all aliases, or all timers) via the Preferences menu.

  - The command separator can now be configured instead of having to
    be %;. (But %; is still the default.)

  - KildClient now supports MCCP (Mud Client Compression Protocol)
    version 1 and 2. This protocol, supported by several servers,
    compresses that sent by the server, thus reducing greatly the
    bandwidth used. And this happens transparently, so the user
    doesn't need to do anything.

  - A new trigger mode: rewriter triggers. Rewriter triggers run
    before normal triggers and can change the received line, so that
    further triggers work on the changed line.

  - Hooks work now more similary to triggers, aliases, etc: for each
    event, you can connect any number of hooks, and later edit them,
    disable them, etc. This is mainly for the use of plugins that want
    to define hooks. There have been some changes in the functions
    that deal with hooks. Also, a new hook has been added:
    OnSentCommand, run after each sent command.

  - When a plugin is unloaded (that is, when the world that loaded it
    is closed, KildClient will call the plugin's UNLOAD function
    automatically.

  - New functions, $world->getname(), $world->getmainfont() and
    $world->getentryfont() that return the name of the world, the main
    window font, and the command entry font, respectively.

  - New functions, getversion() and $world->getpluginversion() to
    return the version of KildClient or of a given plugin.

  - A new stardard helper plugin, KCWin, meant to be used in other
    plugins that require a little window for input and output.

  - A new standard plugin, notes, to associate notes with a world.

  - A new standard plugin, easypath, makes using paths easier.

  - A new plugin allows peer to peer chat with other users or
    KildClient or of other compatible clients that implement the
    MudMaster or zChat protocols.

  - Fixed a bug when it was not possible to connect to the first world
    tried when the program was started. (It used to pop two World
    Selector dialogs).

  - Fixed a bug that caused a crash when the user tried to enable or
    disable a plugin that was not loaded.


Changes in version 1.1.2
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  - Bug fixed: pressing up arrow to retrieve the last command now
    correctly retrieves it in all cases.

  - Bug fixed: the anti-flood mechanism now works correctly even with
    multiple open worlds.

  - Bug fixed: some worlds were marked with new text and not be
    unmarked when focused, this does not happen anymore.

  - Bug fixed: the Preferences dialog now displays correctly when
    opened.

  - Bug fixed: avoided duplicate creation of plugin timers when the
    plugin is loaded from a script file.

  - Bug fixed: when the MUD sends lot of text at once, KildClient does
    not lock until all the text has been received, and does not show
    it all at once anymore.

  - Bug fixed: $world->setstatus() now correctly works even if the
    window does not have the focus when the function is called.

  - Bug fixed: when deleting a world, all its files are deleted, not
    only the .wrl file.

  - Bug fixed: when the last world is disconnected, "Connect to
    another world is selected" and then "Cancel" is clicked, the
    program now exits correctly instead of keeping an open window.

  - The check for trigger (done for each received line) and for
    aliases (done for each typed command) should be faster now, as
    some optimizations regarding that have been done.


Changes in version 1.1.1
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  - Some changes regarding plugins:

    * The format for the plugin file has been slightly changed (there
      is no need to enclose the file in a block now). Plugins will
      have to be changed, but this change should be very easy to do.

    * If the plugin cannot be loaded by some reason (syntax error, it
      requires a non-existent Perl module, etc), loadplugin() will not
      consider the plugin as loaded anymore.

    * Similar to the above, if die() is called in a BEGIN block in the
      plugin file, the loading of the plugin can be aborted. This can
      be used to test for some condition and abort the loading if that
      is not met.

    * A function has been added, $world->requireplugin, that is
      similar to loadplugin(), but first checks if the plugin is
      already loaded. If it is, it returns successfully. If not, it
      tries loading the plugin (silently). If this succeeds, the
      function returns successfully, if not, it die()'s. This function
      is useful in plugins that require other plugins, and is meant to
      be called in a BEGIN block of a plugin that requires another.

  - Hyperlinks that appear in the MUD window can now be open in a web
    browser (or other program), or have they URLs copied, by clicking
    the right mouse button over them.

  - The keys for moving between worlds are now Alt+Left or Right
    arrow, because Ctrl+these arrows is used to move between words in
    the command entry box.

  - Corrected bug that caused the About dialog to be displayed only in
    the first time it was requested.


Changes in version 1.1.0
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  - There is now support for plugins, which are Perl scripts that add
    new functionality to the client. Plugins can define functions,
    triggers, timers, macros, aliases, etc.

  - Triggers, aliases, macros and timers can be given names. These
    names can be used when enabling, disabling and deleting them.
    Several triggers (or aliases, macros, timers) can have the same
    name. In this case, a group is formed, and operations for
    enabling, disabling and deleting them work on all of them at once.

  - The World Selector dialog now starts with the last open world
    selected.

  - There are menu entries for moving between worlds. The shortcuts
    Ctrl+Left Arrow and Ctrl+Right Arrow can also be used.

  - Added the getwindowsize() function to return the size of the
    window, in characters.

  - Added the $world->commandecho() function to set or get the value
    of the command echo option of the world.

  - Added the $world->sendecho() and $world->sendnoecho() functions
    that behave just as $world->send(), but which never or always,
    respectively, echo the sent commands.

  - Added the Esperanto translation.

  - Some bugs fixed.


Changes in version 1.0.0
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  - This is the first public release.