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http://psi.affinix.com/
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For installation or compiling instructions, see the INSTALL file.
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This program is licensed under the GNU GPL. See the COPYING file for
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OpenSSL is used dynamically during runtime by Psi if you have it
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installed on your system. On unix / MacOS X, this means having
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a .so file somewhere. On Windows, put the two OpenSSL DLL files
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into the same folder as Psi.
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** Notes to those upgrading **
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- If you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.8.5, Psi will try to
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import your old settings as the "Default" profile. Just click the
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"import" button when you are prompted. Do not go back to a previous
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version of Psi after importing to the new config, otherwise you could
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run into configuration problems. Note to Windows users: make sure your
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history files are in the same folder as the new version of Psi
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before you import, so that they can be moved to the correct location.
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If you forget to do this (or it is not possible with your configuration,
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like on NT), you can manually move them later to the
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"PsiData\profiles\Default\history" folder (PsiData resides in the Psi
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folder on Windows 9x, or your personal Documents and Settings folder
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- You will probably need to re-enter your password. As of v0.8, Psi
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encrypts your password on disk, so your old one is going to be read
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incorrectly. Also, as of 0.8.3, the Psi uses a new encryption
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scheme, so if you are upgrading from 0.8.2 to 0.8.3, you will need to
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re-enter it again also. Sorry!
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(On Windows, see install.txt)
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This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License. See
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the COPYING file for more information.
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- You need the QCA-TLS plugin to utilize SSL connectivity.
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See http://psi.affinix.com/
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- Upgrading to 0.9.2 --
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* Import support of config <= 0.8.4 is gone. You must upgrade from
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0.8.5 or higher to preserve your configuration.
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* Due to the increased bandwidth used by auto-version checks, they
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have been disabled in this version by default.
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* The self-contact is now only shown if there is more than one
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resource logged in at once. If you'd rather it always show, like
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in 0.8.7, then there is an option available.
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* An XML format is now used for storing SSL certificates. In the
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future, Psi will support importing of PEM files. For now, you
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will have to create the XML by hand. See certs/README.
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* You must use the QCA-TLS plugin to utilize SSL. The older 'QSSL' plugin
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* Always use the latest version of GnuPG.
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* On Windows, use a native build instead of one based on cygwin, and make
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sure it is properly installed in the registry.
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* Ensure 'gpg' actually works, by testing it from the command-line.
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* You must have a public and secret keyring. Psi cannot operate
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without them, and they must be there when you start it.
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* If you experience fatal GnuPG incompatibilities, you can pass
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the --no-gpg option to Psi and gpg will not be used.
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* If you have gpg-agent set up, but you don't want Psi to use it, then
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you can pass --no-gpg-agent to force the use of Psi's built-in prompt.
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- Separate user profiles
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- New config format (will import old settings)
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- More iconsets, including the new default: "Stellar"
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- Included Sound effects
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- Windows XP theme support
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- Internationalization (available as language packs)
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- Some small features (like clickable urls in away messages)
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- SSL support (with OpenSSL 0.9.6b library)
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- Offline groups, no more need for 'X' empty groups
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- Better URL detection
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- Handy new options: remember window sizes, and ignore headline messages
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- SHA1 now works on big endian systems again
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- Fixed memory leak in the Win32 system tray icon
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- Messages now show proper indentation
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- Service ID translation (jabber:iq:gateway)
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- Redesigned Jabber core
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- A bunch of other little things
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- Removing transports works again
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- vCard submission now submits XML with proper case
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- Options are saved when you hit apply, not just on exit
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- Fixed a bug in the search that caused it to not work on some servers
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- win32: chat window titlebar flashes on new message
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- Some dialogs now have class names, so you can do WM grouping, etc
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- Chat contents can now be told to "destruct" after some time has passed
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- Always-on-top option
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- URLs appear as clickable links, and launch default browser or custom
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- Toolbutton on the main window to toggle Away users
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- Double (or middle) clicking the status area will open the next event
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- Timestamps appear green in the chatwindow if the message was spooled
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- Send and Close buttons are swapped in the message dialog (be careful!)
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- Prompt before quitting if you are connected
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- Now works on Windows 95!
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- Optimizations to the roster loading code. _Much_ faster now.
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- Debug logging now disabled by default (to reduce memory/cpu use)
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- Many other little things
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- View resources of others (see tooltip)
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- Set your resource name and priority
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- Some new options: NAT keep-alive, sound for contact offline,
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choose sound player (on unix)
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- Options dialog no longer modal
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- Contact online name flashes
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- Checkbox to enable/disable all sound is in the Psi menu
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- Contactlist sorts in alphabetical order
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- Drag and drop group change
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- Agent registration should work again (was broken in 0.8 and 0.81)
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- Subjects and URLs are now saved to history
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- Other little things
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- Connection error reporting is fixed (was broken in 0.8)
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- Unicode send/history handling fixed (had problems on Windows)
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- Offline syncing strangeness on Windows fixed.
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- "Unfinished Software" popup gone
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- Digest password authorization, no more plaintext
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- AddUser from search now works
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- Guest mode was logging sends. Fixed now.
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- Event sound for "first chat"
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- Event sound for "online" no longer happens during sign-on
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- core classes reworked again (on the quest to perfection, not there yet)
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- Transport/Agent listing and registration
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- Status icons for detected Transports (ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo!)
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- shows number of unread messages in caption
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- "Shift+PageUp/Down" scrolls chat window like an xterm :)
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- "/clear" will clear the chat buffer (there is also a button)
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- send button removed (it was pointless)
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- Account info view/change
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- Directory service searching
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- On-event sound capability (uses the "play" command. no sounds included)
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- Guest mode (leave no traces)
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- Password is no longer saved as plaintext on disk
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- README accessible from the help menu
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- Core classes redone (life will be easier for me now)
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- Event queue is saved to disk at all times for fault protection
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- Enable/disable accounts
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- Groupchat nickname tab-completion
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- Groupchat trackbar to mark last read text when unfocused
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- *bold*, /italic/, _underline_
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- Fixed bug where the roster window could get lost on Windows
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- 'Compact' mode for chat window
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- Ability to export history as readable text
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- Event queue sorting by type
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- Type-ahead search in the roster
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- External programs can now have parameters
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- Toolbar configuration is now accessed from the right-click menu
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- Show dates in local format
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- Use the gnome-open utility for opening URLs with GNOME2
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- Fixed "broken pipe" crash when receiving GnuPG errors
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- Service Discovery browser (JEP-0030)
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- Redesigned Iconset & Emoticons system, based on JEP-0038
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- Now possible to use service/transport icons for individual contacts
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- Ability to use custom roster icons for contacts via RegExps
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- Emoticon popup menu in chat window, for quick access
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- Reorganized Options window
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- GnuPG 1.2.3 compatibility
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- New XMPP/Jabber engine (partially complete, XMPP 1.0 support deferred)
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- SOCKS5 proxy support
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- HTTP polling proxy support (JEP-0025)
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- Roster groups open/closed state saved
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- 'Free for Chat' status
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- Selectable colors for roster 'blink' animation
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- Copy Location in URL attachment context menu
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- X11: WindowMaker docklet
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- Windows: fixed idle detection on Windows 9x
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- Mac: ability to hide/restore main window
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- Option: ignore messages from addresses not in your roster
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- Option: enter key sends chat messages
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- Option: raise chat window on receiving new messages
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- Option: auto-authorize contacts
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- Option: 'small' group headings
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- Option: treat incoming chats as messages unless chatting
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- Option: show/hide subject line
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- Option: enable/disable vCard check during login
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- Account dialogs ensure the JID is a valid user-JID before accepting
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- Bugfix: crash after using the Jabber browser
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- Bugfix: crash when resolving DNS
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- Bugfix: busy indicator sometimes stopped when it should still be running
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- Fixed many other bugs
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- OpenPGP integration (via GnuPG) for end-to-end personal security
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- Groupchat: invites, private messaging, nick coloring, word highlighting
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- Fixed OS-shutdown problem
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- Support for GNOME2 trayicon (freedesktop standard)
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- Option to block popups from unlisted contacts
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- VCards are now cached locally
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- Fixed build issues on Solaris
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- Fixed double-transport item bug
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- Version checks are now optional
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- Lockdown (undocumented, see profiles.cpp source code for details)
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- Default chats to no-resource, as per XMPP recommendation
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- SSL Certificate dialog
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- Improved SSL Certificate verification and certs format (see certs/README)
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- Set WM_CLASS's on X11
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- Account Registration allows specifying separate host from JID
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- New Proxy Profiles system, to share proxy configuration between accounts
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- Fixed bug where outgoing messages were logged when history was disabled
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- Chat dialog no longer logs redundant presence updates
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- Fixed chat dialog scrolling annoyance
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- Swap yes/no buttons on some dialogs back to normal
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- Fixed clipboard URL-grabbing
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- win32: Pasting text into Notepad should have proper linebreaks
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- win32: fixed idle bugs
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- JIDs that have < or > characters are now escaped in the event dialog
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- Chat dialog should now wrap long URLs
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- Unhiding a chat dialog should bring it to the current virtual desktop
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- Tons of other minor bugfixes
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Psi is a Jabber client written in C++ using the Qt toolkit. It's the
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only Qt Jabber client under active development that I'm aware of, and I
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plan for it to be a suitable replacement for people switching from Licq.
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Psi started out as an X11 program for unix, but thanks to the portability
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of Qt, there are also Windows and MacOS X versions.
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Psi is a capable Jabber client aimed at experienced users. Its design
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goals are simplicity and stability. Psi is highly portable and runs on
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Windows, Unix/X11, and MacOS X.
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The interface is very ICQ-like. Alerts appear in the contact list when
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events are received, and things like subscriptions requests appear as
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