Release Notes for Version 7.1.0

The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 7.1.0 of the Textual IRC Client.

User Interface

The entire user interface of Textual, from the smallest window to the largest, has been refined to take full advantage of the dark appearance of macOS Mojave.

Additionally, Textual can now be configured to automatically inherit your Mac's appearance to avoid the unnecessary burden of changing it in two places. To do this, change the “Main window appearance” preference in the Interface section of Preferences to “Your Mac's Default”. This is the default for new installations. Existing installations will default to the appearance that was configured before upgrading to macOS Mojave.

Modern Sockets

A new way for apps to establish connections, referred to by Textual as “modern sockets”, is available in macOS Mojave. When conditions are right, Textual will use this to connect to IRC.

Modern sockets can't be configured to prefer IPv4. To accommodate users that want this behavior, the “Prefer IPv4” preference has been replaced with a preference to enable only IPv4, only IPv6, or enable both. Users that had the old preference enabled will be automatically migrated to only IPv4.

See the Network Socket section of Server Properties.

Scrollback Improvements

An indicator, similar to the one shown below, now appears in the scrollback when the day changes.

This indicator can be toggled in the Style section of Preferences.

Additions

• Added spoiler formatting option which is compatible with other apps.
• Added support for chghost capability.
• Added :thinking: to the Smiley Converter addon. (Thanks Perry)
• Added preference to the Flood Control section of Preferences that can used to add a delay before automatically joining channels. This preference defaults to no delay.
• Added support for color codes 16 through 98. Click “More…” in the color formatting menu to access these colors.
• Added inline image support for speedtest.net results.

Changes

• Tweaked the appearance of the application icon.
• Errors in Server Properties, Channel Properties, and related windows are now much more descriptive.
• The command /cs deop and other variations no longer auto corrects to /cs drop
• Simplified some menus to make them easier to navigate.
• Log files are now automatically closed after 20 minutes of inactivity.
• Log files are now automatically closed if there isn't enough space available for them. You will be alerted of this.
• File transfers are now automatically stopped if there isn't enough space available at the save location.
• The lagcheck and mylag commands now work regardless of whether automatic Client-to-Client Protocol (CTCP) responses are enabled.
• The channel quick select window is now detached from the main window. It can be dragged around and will remain on screen until escape is pressed.
• The following RPL_ISUPPORT configuration options are now correctly handled: AWAYLEN, EXCEPTS, INVEX, KEYLEN, KICKLEN, STATUSMSG, and TOPICLEN.

Fixes

• Fixed the clearall command not working correctly.
• Fixed the conn command not working correctly.
• Fixed running timers not being stopped when disconnected from IRC.
• Fixed incorrect implementation of RPL_REDIR.
• Fixed a crash that may occur when using the keyx command.
• Fixed Preferences window reopening at incorrect location on screen.
• Fixed some alerts not displaying a “Do not show this again” option when they are supposed to.

Addon Backwards Compatibility

Styles

Styles are no longer permitted to force dark mode.

When a style is loaded that has the Force Invert Sidebars setting enabled, the user will be asked if they want to enable dark mode, instead of forcing it. This behavior is in place for the benefit of the user. To make it easier for them to update preferences to their liking. This behavior should not be relied on by styles to provide a certain experience.

Plugins

Plugin features that were marked as “deprecated” no longer exist.