Re: mIRC 6.17 released

mIRC 6.17 är ute nu och den ska tydligen stödja native utf-8 (se nedan).


mvh
martin




announce-XNQd/[email protected] wrote:
> Dear mIRC User,
> 
> mIRC version 6.17 has been released friday February 17th, 2006. You are
> receiving this e-mail because you have subscribed to the mIRC release
> mailing list. The new version of mIRC is available from http://www.mirc.com/
> and from all fast mirrors around the world. We have also provided a few
> download addresses below.
> 
> * Fixes, improvements and new features.
> 
> Khaled added support for displaying UTF-8 text as unicode to mIRC. This
> works in status, channel, query, and other windows, and in nickname
> listboxes, window titlebars, switchbar, and tooltips. The display of UTF-8
> can be enabled by default for all windows in the Options/IRC/Messages
> dialog, or individually for any window you like via the Fonts dialog. Use
> the /font command to open the Fonts dialog. Make sure you select a font that
> contains the characters or script (hebrew, arabic, greek, cyrillic,...) you
> want to see!
> 
> The Fonts dialog also has an "Encode" option that encodes outgoing text in
> UTF-8 based on the script/codepage selected for that window. The Encode
> feature is selective, ie. it only encodes the parts of an outgoing message
> that are not already in UTF-8 format. It also takes into account if the IRC
> server is fully UTF-8 enabled or not.
> 
> Various other changes:
> - mIRC now has a 'check for timed out connections' option in connect/options
>   dialog. When this is set mIRC pings the server every so often if it hasn't
>   heard form the server for a while to test your connection.
> - Support for initiating passive dcc send/chat connections has been added. 
> - Changing the default font for a window type now affects all open windows
>   of the same type immediately.
> - Most file dialogs are now resizable. 
> - You can disable the $decode identifier (and various other "dangerous"
>   commands) in the Lock options dialog. (The $decode is of course disabled
>   by default.)
> - Lots of SSL things have improved and mIRC now also supports SSL
>   connections for sockets
> 
> This new version has extended support for MP3 id3v2 tags, better invite and
> except lists, and heaps of other little thingies and identifiers like
> $findfilen/$finddirn, $qt(text)/$noqt(text), $locked and $mouse.key
> improvements. Of course also some UTF-8 related idfentifiers like
> $utfencode(), $utfdecode() and $isutf() have been added.
> 
> In total the versions.txt mentions over 160 changes. Some changes are
> obvious, some need getting used to - please take your time to play with them
> and see how they work. May we invite you to the Message Board on the website
> with all questions you might have? The board offers great help with
> everything related to mIRC!
> 
> * How to upgrade?
> 
> mIRC is distributed in a self-extracting cabinet (mirc617.exe) that helps
> you to install mIRC on your PC. Simply download the cabinet and run the
> installer. Follow the instructions the installer program gives to you. When
> upgrading all your old settings and scripts will stay as they were, if you
> want that. Read the questions the installer program asks with care and
> nothing can go wrong. You will be chatting with the new mIRC in no time. If
> you get stuck or if you want to find out more about a certain feature, just
> click on a Help button or browse the Help file and you should find lots of
> hints to help you out.
> 
> * Where to download?
> 
> For the latest download addresses just go to the mIRC website. As a special
> service to you we included some links below where mIRC is available already;
> 
> Holland         ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/mirc/mirc617.exe
> Bulgaria        ftp://ftp.headoff.com/Software/mIRC/mirc617.exe
> Illinois        http://www.efnet.org/clients/win32/mirc/mirc617.exe
> Switzerland     http://mirc.swissirc.ch/mirc617.exe
> Iowa            ftp://ftp.psionics.net/mirc617.exe
> Turkey          http://www.ircoper.com/mirc/mirc617.exe
> North Carolina  http://mirc.aginet.com/mirc/mirc617.exe
> United Kingdom  http://mirc.mirrors.nuqe.net/mirc617.exe
> Singapore       http://mirc.vodien.com/mirc617.exe
> Germany         http://mirc.arcor-online.net/mirc617.exe
> 
> On the mIRC websites also the new mIRC FAQ version 59 (mfaq59hp.zip) is
> available. The FAQ answers a lot of questions regarding mIRC, IRC, DCC and
> the like. It also includes a tutorial on Aliases, Popups and on
> 'programming' the Tools/Remote section.
> 
> * Shareware.
> 
> As you might know mIRC is shareware. It can be downloaded freely and
> evaluated for 30 days. Assuming you find that you enjoy using mIRC, and you
> continue to use it, you have to register your copy. This licenses you to
> keep your copy of mIRC and it supports our continued work on mIRC. Khaled
> offers a one time registration, which works with all future versions of
> mIRC. You will never need to register again.
> 
> Thanks for using mIRC, lots of fun on IRC,
> Tjerk Vonck.
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