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xchat (2.8.8-7ubuntu2) raring; urgency=low

  * Optimise default settings for efficient chatting
    + Make tab completion by default use last-used order, not alphabetical.
      This way for example if one is chatting with cjwatson, typing
      "cj" will complete to cjwatson and not cjohnston.
      Manual migration: ~/.xchat/xchat.conf: completion_sort = 1
    + Do not focus channel upon entering, as that clears highlights when using a znc proxy.
      To be honest, there should be a distinction between manually joining
      new channels & auto-joining. (LP: #189222)
      Manual migration: ~/.xchat/xchat.conf: tab_new_to_front = 0
    + Do not clear buffer with Ctrl-L shortcut. (LP: #304477)
      That shortcut is dominated by web-browsers changing URLs and causes
      context loss if the focus was accidently left on xchat.
  * Fix ftbfs, should link against gmodule.
  * Add xchat-indicator to recommends. (LP: #1048335)
  * Include svg icon (LP: #840673)
 -- Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.ledkov@ubuntu.com>   Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:03:52 +0000

This upload should make xchat more pleasant to work with for avid irc chatters. Note that since xchat doesn't track what is default vs custom set, one may want to adjust to the new default settings:
  • tab_new_to_front = 0
  • completion_sort =1
The first one prevents focusing channels upon (auto-)joining. This prevents loosing highlights and backscroll marker on high velocity channels as well as when using an irc proxy like ZNC.

The second one makes tab completion to prefer recently used nicks, over alphabetically sorted once. In practice this means highlighting the wrong people less.

I hope you enjoy this upload. It seems like these fixes also affect hexchat... I do wonder if that one should be uploaded into ubuntu/debian. Duplicate code/bugs for some parts...
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  1. Anonymous26 February 2013 at 20:50

    This sounds awesome!

    What about xchat-gnome? Does it support the same settings?

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    1. Dimitri John Ledkov27 February 2013 at 10:52

      I am not sure if xchat-gnome support same settings, it may be missing UI to set them. I personally dislike xchat-gnome as being less stable and less feature-full than xchat.

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