KMess - Live Messenger client for KDE

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 1.5-pre2

Notes:
With so many fixes and improvements in CVS, it's time to release a second preview of KMess 1.5. This release fixes many remaining issues and shortcomings of 1.5-pre1. Not all bugs may be fixed, in that case the release would be called "1.5" already. However, it's recommended to install this version, as it greatly improves the user experience of KMess.

The most significant changes are:
- added support for now playing information.
- added file transfer previews.
- fixed critical bugs with the direct file transfer, also caused problems for emoticons and display pictures.
- fixed clickable links in the chat window.
- fixes problems with emoticon styles.
- fixed problems with the installer package.
- fixed problems with compiling KMess.
- updated many translations.

Other notes to highlight:
- The now playing feature Detects media from Amarok, Kaffeine, Noatun, KsCD and Juk.
- The file previews are generated for any file which has a thumbnail in Konqueror. This includes OpenOffice, HTML and video files!
- The chat view is now also able to highlight links without a www. or http: prefix, like slashdot.org, or dot.kde.org!

Changes:
Changes between KMess 1.5pre2 and 1.5pre1:
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- added "now playing" support, both sending and receiving.
- added file transfer preview support, both sending and receiving.
- added x-clientcaps message for third party client exchange.
- added option to disable the nudge shaking effect, completing the nudge support.
- added proper error message for webcam invitations, which are currently not supported yet.
- added support for an second incoming file transfer invitation to become client instead of server.
- added translation support for chat styles, fixed untranslated "says:" message in the chat window.
- added emoticon image conversion to the the personal status message.
- added warning message when KMess is installed in a folder where it can't find it's resources.
- added warning dialog when KMess can't find it's eventsrc file to handle notifications.
- improved visual *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_ effects, they don't hide the ASCII codes anymore.
- improved account menu's, display account handle instead of long friendly name.
- improved compatibility with Windows Live Messenger's protocol for client-to-client invitations.
- restored context menu in the chat window.
- fixed file transfers, a timer was not stopped to detect a direct connection timeout.
- fixed crash when a timeout occurs during a direct file transfer.
- fixed login problems with "restricted passport accounts".
- fixed image width/height of received custom emoticons.
- fixed link parsing, adding http:// before www. URL's, and fixed geek-style links (links without www. or http://).
- fixed unwanted resizing of the chat window when the statusbar text didn't fit.
- fixed unwanted resizing of the chat window sidebar.
- fixed contact window alignment, right-to-left names aligned randomly.
- fixed contact window updating when a group was succesfuly renamed.
- fixed lost personal status message when moving contacts.
- fixed own personal status message, it could literally become "<Enter your personal message here>".
- fixed missing right-to-left flag in sent chat messages.
- fixed message "<handle> has left the chat", displays contact name now.
- fixed missing contact name when adding new contacts.
- fixed missing "overwrite file" question when saving sent files.
- fixed tab order of the 'chatting' options panel.
- fixed revoking of sent invitations when a timeout occurred.
- fixed typing notification, these were not sent instantly when the user continues to type after sending a message.
- fixed emoticons support for KDE 3.3 and below.
- fixed emoticons installation with the installer.
- fixed compiling with automake 2.10.
- fixed compiling of the RPM with patch level KDE versions (e.g. 3.1-10).
- fixed character encoding problem in the desktop file.
- fixed filename of Estonian translation.
- updated website address, moved to www.kmess.org.
- updated Dutch translation by Jaap Woldringh.
- updated Danish translation by Pascal d'Hermilly.
- updated German translation.
- updated Finnish translation by Joonas Niilola.
- updated Hungarian translation by Páder Rezsõ.
- updated Italian translation by Valerio Pilo.
- updated Spanish translation by Jaume Corbí.
- updated Turkish translation, by Uğur Çetin.
- updated Traditional Chinese translation, by Yen-chou Chen.
- added Hungarian translation by Páder Rezsõ.
- Removed ASL and unhappy icon because these are no longer used in Windows Live Messenger.