From 48540940b6c28bb4378abfeb500ec45a625b37b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vadim Dashevskiy Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 10:38:20 +0000 Subject: initial commit git-svn-id: http://svn.miranda-ng.org/main/trunk@2 1316c22d-e87f-b044-9b9b-93d7a3e3ba9c --- plugins/clist_nicer/docs/CHANGELOG | 1109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 1109 insertions(+) create mode 100644 plugins/clist_nicer/docs/CHANGELOG (limited to 'plugins/clist_nicer/docs/CHANGELOG') diff --git a/plugins/clist_nicer/docs/CHANGELOG b/plugins/clist_nicer/docs/CHANGELOG new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dd718ce84f --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/clist_nicer/docs/CHANGELOG @@ -0,0 +1,1109 @@ + + Changelog: + --------- + +! = bugfix +* = changed feature ++ = new feature +- = removed + +0.9.0.2 - 2009/07/20 + * It is now possible to use the real location-based timezones set + by UserInfoEx. If present, clist_nicer will use it to calculate + a correct date and time. + +0.9.0.1 - 2009/07/18 + * removed separator from view mode menu when not needed + * version bump, plugin will only load in Miranda 0.9.dev + +0.8.1.2 - 2009/07/03 + * support relative path for skin filenames. + * fixed some redrawing problems for floating frames + * fixed issue with disappearing "Appearance" context menu item. + +0.8.1.0 - 2009/06/30 + + * release for Miranda 0.8.1 + +0.8.0.x - 2009/05/03 + * resource.rc rework for vc6 bugfix + + statusbar font can be changed + * fix for 'Contact list display and ignore options' window + ! fix for the valid skin extension + * slots numbers unification (part 2) + +0.8.0.5 - 2009/04/09 + * slots numbers unification (m_cluiframes.h is now shared between all plugins) + + ToolbarButton support for modernopt.dll + ! fix for translation issues in clist_nicer options + + x64 portability + +0.8.0.4 - 2009/03/05 + + * Made project GCC / MingW32 compatible. Added makefile(s) and project + files. + + + option added to allow clist being shown on task bar, under the following + circumstances: + + a) Window style is set to "title bar" (ordinary Window like any other, + not border- or frameless). + b) Option "Always hide on task bar" (Options->Contact List-> Window) is + DISABLED. This option is enabled by default. + + Does not work with skinned contact list, only when using a default windows + theme. + + * corrected some visual glitches in various option dialogs. + +0.8.0.2 - 2007/10/20 + + * advanced option to save position while moving or resizing (old behaviour) + Use DBEditor++ and set CLUI/save_pos_always (BYTE value) to 1. RESTART + MIRANDA thereafter (the setting is only read at plugin startup). + Deleting the value or set it to 0 to disable it (save position/size only + when Miranda exits). + + * new option for floating contacts (Fill with contact list background color). + If enabled, floaters will be filled with this color before drawing the skin + item. This allows people who don't use a skin at all to show the floaters w/o + having them fully transparent. + +0.8.0.1 - 2007/10/02 + + * removed all hardcoded instances of the MetaContacts protocol name + +0.8.0.0 - 2007/10/02 + + * released for Miranda 0.7. NOT compatible with 0.6 or earlier. + +0.7.2.1 - 2007/09/xx + + * completed floating contacts (patch by yaho, yaho@miranda-easy.net). All the + options on Options->Contact List->Floating contacts are now working and a few + new features (transparency, snapping) have been added. + + * reworked options. Display profiles is now where you can set most things for + the contact layout. Right now, only one profile () is available, but + in the future, there will be the possibility to configure multiple profiles for + quickly changing display options. + +0.7.1.1 - 2007/01/25 + + * more options for per contact display settings. + + * the font colors for selected and hottracked skin items are no longer ignored. + + * removed internal font configuration dialog. Customize->Fonts is now where fonts + and colors can be configured for NON-SKINNED MODE ONLY. Otherwise, settings from + Customize->Contact List skin->Skin items are used. + +0.7.1.0 - 2007/01/20 + + * removed old icon code. From now on, clist_nicer requires IcoLib services, either + via IcoLib plugin or by using Miranda 0.7.x build. + + * added new option to auto-apply last active view mode when the contact list + starts (Options->Contact List) + + * Removed the "Priority Contact" menu item. This can now be found in the new + "Contact settings" dialog which is an improved version of the old "Visibility and + Ignore" dialog. It allows to set various other options "per contact" (e.g. avatar + display override/disable, 2nd line of text display option etc.). + +0.7.0.x - see SVN for changes. Mostly bugfixes, no new features. + +0.6.0.7 - 2006/03/xx + + * added 2 items to the view mode menu, allowing to: + 1) setup view modes + 2) clear the current view mode + + * fixed another frame ordering bug. + +0.6.0.6 - 2006/02/28 + + * fixed possible crash on exit bug. + + * fixed auth requests not appearing on the tray & event area + + * improved performance for "sort by last message" - event timestamps are only + retrieved when actually needed. + + * Various CLUIframes tweaks and fixes to get rid of some annoying problems with + frame re-ordering after deleting or installing frame-aware plugins. + +0.6.0.5 - 2006/01/30 + + * groups now have their own alignment option. + * Always left + * Always right + * Automatic (in that case, RTL detection will determine whether the group name will + be right or left aligned). + + ! fixed hit-testing for right-aligned groups (you can now click on the expand/collapse + icon even if it is aligned to the right). + + * sort by last message works "dynamically" now (when new messages or events arrive, + the contact list will update its sorting). + + + started floating contacts implementation. Quite big changes, will take a while until + it is usable. + +0.6.0.4 - 2006/01/27 + + ! The option "If window is partially covered..." should no longer affect the + minimize/maximize feature when the visual style in use has a rounded window frame. + + ! more docking tweaks (still possible minor visual glitches) + + * tweaked RTL detection for group names and completely disabled RTL for the non- + unicode build. + + ! fixed long standing CLUIframes bug - Position up/down is now working for all top + or bottom aligned frames, so re-arranging frames shouldn't be longer a problem. + +0.6.0.3 - 2006/01/27 + + * fixed possible memory allocation - related crash on startup. + +0.6.0.2 - 2006/01/27 + + * still bugfixing phase. Some troubles with autosizing were fixed. + + fix: sticky taskbar button when there shouldn't be one (e.g. borderless mode) + restored the old way of skinning the clist with the desktop wallpaper (the + option "Use these settings to skin the entire background" now works like it did + in older builds). + + * added "priority contacts" - you can toggle a priority contact in the contact menu + (right click). A priority contact will always be on top of the list or its group + and override the normal sorting order. If there are multiple priority contacts + per group, then they will be sorted according to the normal contact list sorting, + but will still all stay on top of the group. + + * added multilevel sorting. Up to 3 levels of sorting can be selected to sort the clist. + There are 4 available sorting criterias, as following: + + * name + * protocol + * status + * last message received + + The feature works similar to the sorting in clist_modern. It respects the setting "Do + not separate offline contacts" and will also take priority contacts into account. + + * improved docking. Should now work again, but the clist must have one of the following + frame styles: + + * tool window + * thin border + * no border. + + With the default border/title bar, docking doesn't work (may or may be not fixed in the + future, but it doesn't matter much - most people prefer to dock the clist without any + title bar at all. + + * status floater fixed. In some cases, it appeared when it shouldn't (auto-hide was + "reversed"). Also, the event area on the status floater will now clear events when + the clist is hidden. + +0.6.0.00 - 2006 + + * from now on, clist_nicer+ is based on the new clist interface code which was + introduced in 0.4.3.x (nightly build #42). It is no longer compatible with older + versions of the miranda core and requires a recent core + database plugin. + We call this "post clist revolution", because the changes in the contact list api + were HUGE and required a lot of changes to all contact list plugins. + +0.5.1.17 - 2005/11/20 + + ! fixed a few minimize/maximize issues with various border styles. + Minimize now always follow the "miniemize to tray" setting + +0.5.1.16 - 2005/11/20 + + + added UNICODE_AWARE so that a unicode core will not reject the contact list. + +0.5.1.15 - 2005/11/05 + + ! toolbar icon bugs (introduced in .14) fixed. + + ! fixed flickering group header items when group skin items are set to be ignored. + + * GDI+ text rendering is disabled since the results were not satisfying. You can + still enable it if you want. + + Use dbeditor and create the following setting: + CLC/gdiplustext (BYTE value, set it to 1). + + + added per contact skin items. There is no UI for that (and there probably won't + come one). It can be done by editing a .ini style file which can be loaded when + at startup or during runtime (from the Background+ options page). + + See the included contacts.cln for description how per contact skinning works and + how to create your own personal .ini file. + + Note that per contact skinning should be considered an advanced and probably rarely + used feature. Future enahancements, like more advanced contact matching, are + possible, but I don't think I'll make an UI for it. + + * moved the invisible/visible icons to the right so they are now aligned with the + other extra icons. Looks better, also it makes much better text flow possible. If + the avatar is high enough to allow more than 2 lines of text, the 2nd row (status + message) will wrap and show with multiple lines (if needed). The text flows + around the icons so that the available space is used in the best possible way. + + + added ability to right align the entire contact list. This will just mirror the + entire display, so right becomes left and vice versa. + On the advanced options page you can specify when this should happen. + + + added new toolbarbutton. "Status menu" -> can be used to set and show the current + global status. + + + added option to set the border and titlebar type on Options->Contact List->Window. + 4 options are possible. + * Normal (normal title bar, window frame) + * Tool window (toolstyle titlebar, thinner window frame) + * Thin border (one pixel, black border) + * No border (nothing, no title bar, no window border). + + * BIG skinning changes. See the skinning.howto for more detail on how to use it. Along + with this, some options now have different effects. Particularly the "Rounded window" + and "Clip border by" options now only work when the clist is set to full transparency. + If you only want to remove the border - don't use the clipping anymore, use the new + "Border" option to set the title bar and border to "None". + + * several memory leaks fixed, optimized drawing performance. + + + smoother resizing in skinned and transparent mode + + + added a status floater (activate it in the contact lists context menu -> appearance. + The floater shows the same status as the global status mode button (most online + status mode) and the icon. The floater allows you to access: + + * the status menu (left click the icon) + * the main menu (right click the floater anywhere). + + The floater can be skinned by defining its skin item (Background+ page). It can be + transparent, have rounded corners and so on. You can drag the floater around with + the left mouse button, its size, however, is automatically calculated so that the + longest status mode text will "fit" on it. + You can also set the floater to auto hide (context menu->Appearance->Auto Hide + Floater) in which case it will only be visible when the contact list is minimized + or hidden. + And finally, the floater can show a copy of the event area. + + + changed RTL behaviour a bit. When rtl alignment is set to "Never", RTL text will + be printed left to right, that is, no RTL alignment will be made in any case and the + contact list will look like normal (left to right aligned) for all contacts. + A new option "RTL TEXT only" has been added to the alignment options which will, + when active, only align the text label, but not "mirror" the entire contact. + + RTL text is still autodetected, but the formatting depends on the setting of the + "Right align" combo box. + + + added UNICODE_AWARE flag so that the clist will load with new unicode cores + +0.5.1.14 - 2005/10/15 + + ! fixed misising status messages (rarely happening, but still possible) + + ! some skin items were ignoring margin settings (frame titles, event area). + + You can also specifiy the colors which will be used to draw the 3d border for the + "Raised" and "Sunken" border styles. + + ! corrected docking with active border clipping (no more gaps between the clist window + and the screen edge). + + * the import/export function now imports and exports more skin-related settings. + + * View Modes: new group entry -> Ungrouped contacts. Check if you want to include + ungrouped contacts in the current view mode. Uncheck it, if ungrouped contacts should + be filtered out. + + * cvs synced with clist_classic (minor translation fixes) + + ! fixed ugly tray tooltip on 9x systems (when using mTooltip) + + + added toolbar buttons for accessing the view mode functions (select, modify, clear). + Remember, you can configure the toolbar by right clicking on any toolbar button and + choosing the buttons you want to see from the button submenu. + + + added button skinning. There are 4 new items on the Background+ page. Toolbar buttons + pressed/not pressed and UI buttons pressed/not pressed. The first is only used for the + toolbar, the latter is used for all other buttons (the menu and status button at the + bottom and the buttons in the view mode frame). + Note that in order to get UI buttons skinned, you need to activate the "Set all + buttons to skinned mode" option on the Background+ page. Also, for best results, + enable the "Skin entire background" setting on the Background option page. + + With the two color boxes "3D border bright / dark" on the Background+ button you + can configure the colors for 3d highlighting of skin items (when the border style + is set to either "Raised" or "Sunken". + + * fixed small alignment bug (right aligned avatars and extra icons) + + * fixed several hittesting bugs for the extra icons when avatars are set to right + aligned. + + * fixed bug when creating subgroup (garbage groupnames appearing) (unicode version + only). + + + added separate row height value for group items (Options->Contact List->List). + + + improved performance - While connecting the protocols, the clist sorts and + redraws less frequently than normal. Also, some minor improvements in the painting + handler will skip things which don't need to be drawn more effectively. + + + added "drag on toolbar" - you can now drag the contact list window using any empty + space on the toolbar. Effectively, the toolbar behaves like a title bar now. + + * fixed group name display (alignments, unneeded ellipsis appearing, quicksearch with + centered group names). + + * put xstatus menu(s) directly as submenus below the the protocol menus. So they are + now available from the status bar menus aswell. + + + many improvements added for fist time users. Using clist_nicer+ with a fresh profile + now gives much better results. Frames are created properly, button bar is configured + to only show the most important buttons and more. + + ! fixed the long standing bug which sometimes made a scrollbar appear on the title + bar of the contact list frame. + + + improved and fixed fading - now fades the entire clist frame, including all subframes + smoothly, also works together with transparent contact lists of all sorts. + + + added RTL support - UNICODE version ONLY (sorry, won't make it into the non-unicode + build). + + This works automatically. When the contact list detects a nickname with hebrew or + arabic characters, it displays the nickname RTL formatted. Same happens for status + messages. On the "Advanced Options" page, you can set an option named "Reverse entire + contact display for RTL" - what it does is basically simple. For RTL contacts, the + entire layout of that contact will be flipped horizontally, that is, the icon appears + on the right side, the nickname is printed RTL and so on. It just "mirrors" the + contact display by using a mirrored device context. + + When editing a RTL nickname, you get a RTL aligned text edit box aswell. + + RTL also works for group names (again, automatically, no need for configuring anything). + + + the GDI+ renderer now produces better text output by using antialising and gamma + correction for much smoother text. However, this CAN BE SLOW and if you have a full + featured contact list, including avatars, extra icons, you may experience noticeable + performance drops when using the GDI+ option. The text output DOES look better, though. + You should only use it on fast systems. + + + added new toolbar buttons: + ) 3 view mode buttons (select, configure, clear) + ) button to open miranda main menu + + To configure visible buttons right click the button bar and select the buttons you wish + to see from the submenu. + +0.5.1.13 - 2005/10/15 + + * view modes which have been set to auto-expire won't expire as long as the mouse + pointer is over the contact list + + * added a debuggin message when the "Hidden" value of a contact is set to 1 (causing + the contact to be hidden on the clist). This is temporary and only to find out why + somtimes contacts are set to hidden. + +0.5.1.12 - 2005/10/15 + + ! fixed internal font dialog. + + ! fixed deleting last view mode from list creating "strange" view mode name. + + * contacts local time is now only shown when it actually differs from your own time- + zone to keep the clist "cleaner" (there is an option for this, so you can still have + local time display for all contacts with a valid time zone). + + * fixed: adding/removing subcontacts should now update the clist properly (still, make + sure you have the latest MetaContacts plugin installed as clist_nicer+ relies on + some of the newer features). + + ! fixed: last protocol did not appear in the skin configuration. + + ! fixed: hide per group wasn't working + + ! don't clip icon on the status button - only status text is clipped (when needed) + + ! fixed: redrawing issues when "Pin to desktop" is active. + + ! more redrawing issues with fading active etc.. + + ! fixed a few bugs with the menu bar + + ! fixed file dropping on contact list main window. + + * changed: View mode configuration. + + * Empty protocol or group selection boxes are now ignored. + * Stickies can use their own status modes (per contact). To configure stickies, + select the global status mode for sticky contacts using the status icons in + the "*** All Contacts ***" row. You can then change each status mode for + individual contacts. Remember that only checked contacts will be examined + by the sticky filter, unchecked contacts will follow the global ruleset. + + * moved ICQ custom status menu from the main menu to the status menu (patch by + nullbie - only works with recent ICQJ versions (alpha releases)). + + ! when multiple tray icons are visible and you have hidden one or more protocols + (MetaContacts for example), flashing has been corrected (no icon will flash if + the protocol causing the event has been hidden in the contact lists protocol order + configuration). + + + show xstatus icons on the status bar (optional, can be enabled/disabled on + Options->Contact List->Status bar + +0.5.1.11 - 2005/10/04 - beta and unicode build only. + + ! status message wasn't properly clipped when visibility icon active. + + * multiple tray icons now follow the protocol configuration (protocols which are + invisible in the status bar are now also invisible on the tray). + + * connecting icon(s) are now visible on the status button and in the tray. + + ! the row gap does no longer affect the minimum row height (the latter is enforced, + even with a row gap in effect) + + ! improved meta support. clist_nicer+ does no longer use the "Meta Contacts hidden + group hack", instead it detects subcontacts in another way. This needs a recent + version of the MC protocol (0.9.13.4 MINIMUM) and improves the behaviour with + server side contact lists, where the "hidden group hack" could cause strange + effects. + + + added mTooltips over statusbar panels showing protocol name + statusmode. Requires + a mToolTip plugin with service API (0.0.1.5 or later). Also, the tray tooltip has + been replaced with a mTooltip (if mTooltip with service api is present). This removes + the limitation of 127 characters for the tray tooltip which might be a problem when + lots of protocols are installed. + + * NOTE FOR DEVELOPERS: + + * MS_CLIST_GETCONTACTDISPLAYNAME supports the GCDNF_UNICODE flag in lParam to get + the contact name as wide string (compatible with clist_classic). + + * MS_CLIST_SYSTRAY_NOTIFY supports a NIIF_INTERN_UNICODE flag in MIRANDASYSTRAYNOTIFY.dwInfoFlags. + If set, the service will treat all strings in the MIRANDASYSTRAYNOTIFY structure + as wide strings (you'll probably have to cast the pointers to avoid compiler + warnings). + + + added extra font setting for the event area. + + + Importing and exporting themes (.clist files) now also import or export all font settings, + background configuration and the contact list window config. + + + custom hittesting now allows to resize the clist window even when it does not have a visible + resizing border (e.g. when the border has been removed by TweakUI or the "Clip border" + option. + + + option to disable the tray icon tooltips when hovering the contact list tray icon(s) + (Options->Contact List) + + + added a first (and simple) versions of the "view modes" extension. A view mode is a + contact filter, currently based on protocol, group and status mode and allows for quick + filtering in the contact list. A new multiwindow frame has been added with a few buttons + to select and configure available view modes. + + + added option to scale the extra icons (Options->Contact List->Window->Extra icon size) + At the default value of 16 pixels (which is the default icon size), the icons won't be scaled. + You can scale them down to 8 and up to 20 pixels if you want (of course, at a loss of + quality - scaling small images like 16x16 icons won't give very beautiful results). + NOTE: status icons are not affected by icon scaling, only the "extra" (right aligned) + icons are (to save some space on the clist...) + + + ability to show contacts local time on the contact list. The following requirements must + be fulfilled: + + * a timezone needs to be present (either set by the protocol (ICQ only) or set as user + info using UserInfoEx or tabSRMMs per contact preferences dialog. + * contact list must be in dual row mode (either forced or by using avatars large enough + to make enough space for 2 lines of text). + * the option to show local time needs to be enabled (Options->Contact List->Advanced options, + where you set the dual row display options). + + NOTE: local timestamps are refreshed once per minute (which is enough and the time stamp + is formatted according to your regional language settings. + + a new font setting (Contact list local time) has been added to the font configuration + options. + + + added option: Contact List->Don't separate offline contacts (at the sorting options). + When enabled, offline contacts will be sorted together with contacts of other status mode(s). + This setting makes only real sense when using sort by protocol or by name. + Make sure to disable the "dividers" on the Options->Contact List->List page, or else + you'll get dividers when there shouldn't be any. + + ! fixed: the option "If window is partially covered, bring it to front instead of hiding it" + now works when window clipping (clip border and rounded window options) are enabled. + +0.5.1.10 - 2005/09/29 - beta and unicode build only. + + + new option: center status icons (Advanced option page, at the top). + Effect: status icons are vertically and horizontally centered within their + space. That works only when avatars are emabled. Use the "Always align icons and + text for missing avatars" option to get a consistent space for both avatars and + icons. This option also centers avatars horizontally within the available space + (that is, if the avatars width is less than its height). + + * restored old behaviour of the "Always align icon and text for missing avatars" + option. It now again allows an "empty" avatar space. + + ! fixed bug with subgroup indent + + ! fixed - main menu didn't always update when using menu bar. + + + ability to skin the status bar with a clist_nicer item. Eanble skinning on the status + bar option page and set up the skin item on the Background+ page. + + + ability to skin the toolbar background (skin item on the Background+ page). To + enable/disable a skinned toolbar, right click any toolbar button and select "skinned + toolbar". + + + added "per protocol" skin items. Enable it on the Background+ page and set the skin + items for each protocol. + + Protocol skin items have priority over status skin items, however, the text color is, by + default taken from the status skin item. So you can have per-protocol background + skins mixed with per-status text colors. If you don't want to mix, then check "Override + per status text colors, so that items with a valid "per protocol" skin will not use the + per status text color. + + For metacontacts: Unless the "Ignore all subcontact states" option is checked, + metacontacts will be skinned according to their "real" protocol. Otherwise, you can define + a protocol skin for the MetaContacts protocol. + + ! "sort by proto" now uses the protocol order defined under Options->protocols. It also + properly sorts metacontacts according to their active subcontact (unless, the "Ignore all + subcontact states" option is checked. + + + added the ability to show the "connecting" status for each protocol using a special icon + for the status bar panel of that protocol. The icon is visible while the connection is + "in progress". + If you are using IcoLib, you can configure one connecting icon for each installed protocol, + otherwise it is global and cannot be changed (unless, you edit the DLL). + + ! fixed all option pages so that the "Apply" button isn't enabled when the dialog opens. + + + support for the GCDNF_UNICODE flag added to the MS_CLIST_GETCONTACTDISPLAYNAME service. + If this flag is set in the lParam, the service returns a widestring contact name. + (Unicode build only). + + * the setting to configure the minimum row height has been moved away from the font + configuration page and is now on the "List" page, because clist_nicer hides the font + configuration page when the font service plugin is available. + +0.5.1.9 - 2005/09/22 + + * Non-Unicode build should now again work with Miranda 0.4.0.1. + + * status bar doesn't look weird when "Make sections equal width" is unchecked + + * many internal code robustness updates + + + merged one critical unicode / group related bugfix from clist_classic + + * When sorting contacts by protocol, metacontacts are sorted by their current + "real" protocol (the protocol which determines the most online contact). + Note: Uncheck "Ignore all subcontact states" on the advanced option page to + make this work. If the setting is checked, the contact list will ignore all + subcontact state values and only use the master contact information. + NOTE: this feature is incomplete, it does not react to protocol changes (yet). + + + new, experimental, autosizing optimization. Much less repainting and flickering + when a large number of contacts go online/offline (e.g. while conncting a + protocol). + + * changed the way selective status icons work a bit. The setting does no longer + depend on "Show status icons" being off, and the "Always align..." option being + on. Note that selective status icons only work with the avatar alignment set to + "Far left". + +0.5.1.8 - 2005/09/20 + + * Critical bug (hangup when status bar disabled) solved. + +0.5.1.7 - 2005/09/20 + + ! items in protocol ordering dialog were not dragable (unicode build). + + ! The option "Automatically fill background with wallpaper" was crashing the plugin + in the unicode build. + +0.5.1.6 - 2005/09/19 - released as UNICODE only build (for testing). + + + added status bar protocol sorting + + + added new option on the Background+ page: Apply group indent to background drawing. + When enabled, the indentation values for grouped contacts will also affect the background + of the items, not only the contents. + + + BIG unicode changes. All clist_classic changes to allow Unicode contact and group names + have been merged. This should, however, be considered experimental alpha code. There + are probably bugs and it may crash. BACKUP your db before using the unicode build (that's + generally a good idea when testing bleeding edge builds, including the nightly builds + of the unicode core). + + + ability to show the ICQ extended status menu on the status menu. Patch by Nullbie - this + feature requires a slightly modified ICQJ. Maybe, this code will make it into the + official ICQJ version. + + ! fix: Move to Group->Root Group actually made the contact invisible, because it set the + Group to an empty string (wrong, the Group entry needs to be deleted in the db). + +0.5.1.5 - 2005/09/15 + + + added TweakUI - like full transparency. Setting is on the Window page (same place + where you can set normal transparency). This setting can be mixed with active/ + inactive transparency values, which will then control the transparency of the + remaining parts of the window (fonts etc..). + + + added: double clicking the avatar opens the user info dialog. + Enable it on Options->Contact List->List. + + * somewhat smoother and less "jumpy" resizing (new bugs/small visual glitches possible, + especially with autosizing enabled). + This includes "fast resizing" for manual resize operations (dragging the window border). + Certain "expensive" paint operations are skipped to speed up resizing. A full window + repaint is executed at the end of a resizing cycle. + + * fix: minor visual glitch with sunken frame and bottom buttons enabled. + + + added pflagnum_5 support to the status menu builder... + + ! fixed: status bar default setting was ignored for fresh profiles + +0.5.1.4 - 2005/09/13 + + + added "move to group" contact menu entry + + + client icon update from clist_mw. Should be all there now. + + + "Automatically fill background with wallpaper" now also works with the new setting + on the background page (use background for entire window). + + * The "Plus" page has been renamed to "Advanced options". Reason: "Plus" conflicts with + a similar page of the popup plugin, and with some language packs the resulting trans- + lation can be confusing - for example, in german language pack, plus is translated to + "smilies and skins" (for the popup+ plugin) which doesn't really match the purpose + of clist_nicer's former "Plus" page. "Advanaced options" is neutral and not confusing + at all. + + + added the 2 new font settings for status messages and frame titles to the font service + configuration. Consequently, when the font service plugin is installed and detected, + clist_nicer+ disables its internal font configuration dialog. Also, the internal font + configuration dialog has been moved to the "Customize" section. + + + added the genmenu group menu stuff (group, subgroup etc.) + +0.5.1.3 - 2005/09/13 + + ! fix for status detection not working in some cases (too much optimizations done) + +0.5.1.2 - 2005/09/13 + + ! row gap value wasn't loaded at startup. + + ! fixed problem with ICQ xstatus modes & messages + + * strip cr/lf sequences from status messages to avoid unreadable chars. + + * reorganized client icons and id strings + + * fixed dimmed avatar for idle contacts when using GDI+ + + + new setting on the "Advanced Options" page. + "Don't request avatars for offline contacts". This option will, when enabled, prevent + the contact list from requesting avatars using the avatar service when a contact is + offline. + The option is useful if your contact list is very large and the initial request for + all avatars may cause a delay or if you have set your clist to display all contacts + (including offline). Avatars will then be requested when a contact comes online. This + option might also save quite some memory on large contact lists, because most of the + time only a fraction of your contacts will be actually online. + + ! fixed hit-test (double click on extra icons...) + + * changed database paths for menu item configuration. Unfortunately, you may have to + redo your menus :/ Reason: collisions when switching clists (mw, modern, nicer) may + cause troubles with the menu system. clist_mw and _modern are already using different + database paths, so clist_nicer also has to do so. + + + added a skin item for the event area. Also, the button is now gone and the entire + event area is now clickable. The button just didn't look well with a skinned event + area. + + ! fixed "not on list" font color was ignored. + + + added icon to show activity in irc channels, based on the visiblity setting. You need to + have "Show visibility icons" enabled in order to show it. + Icon is configureable via IcoLib, as always. + + * the detection for the "most online" protocol now ignores protocols which are not fully IM + capable (like RSSNews) and don't support away status mode(s). This prevents the status + button from showing always "Online", when a protocol cannot go into away mode (like RSS). + +0.5.1.1 - 2005/09/09 + + ! fixed a few mw bugs (frame gap, some redraw issues). Additional pointer checks in AddFrame() + + ! fixed possible on exit crash (using deleted critical section) + + + added clist_nicer+ skin item for the frame title bar background. + + * some optimizations to resizing (clui frame mainly). + + + added extra icons (mail, sms, homepage + one reserved). Options + are in Contact List->Window. The icons are clickable and open your default browser + or email client respectively (double click needed). + + + frame title bar can now be fully skinned. A new font setting has been added to set + the font + color for frame titles. + + + new setting: Clip border by (Window page). Will clip the main window border by + x pixels on each side which can effectively be used to completely get rid of the + contact lists border. This can work in combination with the "rounded window" setting + on the same page. Note: may not fully work when autosizing is enabled. + + + new setting: Row gap (List page). Insert x pixels of gap after each contact on the + list. The gap is transparent, so the background image (or color) will be visible here. + This is somewhat different from the Background+ item configuration where a margin can + be set for each side of a contact list item. The row gap is considered when calculating + row heights, the individual item margins are not. + + * removed clist_nicers own copy of ICQ xstatus icons. These icons are now obtained by + using the extraimages api (like clist_mw does). The ICQ protocol sends these icons + on request. + + * the options to show extra and client icons were moved to the "Window" page, where you + can also configure the other extra icons (email, homepage, URL etc..). + In order to see mBirthday icons, you need to activate the "Reserved" and "Reserved2" + entries. + + * the event area is now a frame of its own and can be moved anywhere you want it. Autohide + feature does still work. + +0.5.0.7 - 2005/08/30 - not officially released, for testing purpose only + + * GDI+ rendering added. Requires gdi+ installed - it is on all XP and most Win2K systems, + others can get it here: + + http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a63ab9c-df12-4d41-933c-be590feaa05a&DisplayLang=en + + Using GDI+ for rendering the avatars gives better quality, especially for fully alpha- + blended PNG images, but even normal bitmaps look better because of the higher quality + image rescaling in gdi+. + + + the toolbar button for toggling sounds has now 2 icons showing the actual state of the + sounds setting. + + + updated toolbar icons with the latest ttb icon set by Angeli-Ka + + * show xstatus (if set) on the status button (patch submitted by nullbie) + + + more GDI+ rendering - background items are now also rendered with GDI+ using antialiasing, + so rounded contact list items should look better now. GDI+ is optional and needs to be + enabled on the "Plus" page in the options tree. It cannot be enabled, if it isn't installed + though. GDI+ is used with "delayed" linkage, so it shouldn't give you an error if the + gdiplus.dll is not installed on your system. + + ! small bug with "far right" aligned avatars corrected (text overdrawing the avatars). + + + added customizable menus (main menu, status menu and contact menu only) - code from clist_mw, + slightly changed because some _mw features are not in clist_nicer. + + + added multiwindow API, so all multiwindow plugins should work now, including top toolbar + of course. + + * client icons are loaded "on demand" to save gdi resources + +0.5.0.6 - 2005/08/27 + + + option to disable the expand/collapse icons for groups (Options->Contact List->List) + If enabled, you'll have to double click the group label in order to expand/collapse + a group. + + + added more client icons - thanks to Angeli-Ka for the icon set. + + + some performance optimizations (about +5k code size) + + * changed the status icon on the bottom status selection button. If you don't have set + a preferred system tray icon on Options->contact list, the button will now show your + "most online" status, using the global status icon. + + * visual corrections for multiline-status messages. only full rows of text are visible. + + ! fixed and added a few border styles for contact list items (Background+ page) + +0.5.0.5 - 2005/08/25 + + + added rounded window frame + + + added support for database-cached Yahoo and GG status messages. Also, ICQ + extended status messages can be shown on the contact list, since they are + also saved to the database. + + - removed the "unknown" avatar feature. Since the avatar service now supports + per protocol default images, it's rather pointless to have a fallback + image in the clist itself. + + * reduced database reads and writes a lot (caching some configuration data). + + * slightly changed the way the clist determines if a second line of text is + needed. There are now 4 modes availble, selectable via a combo + box and they are considered in the following order: + + * Never - the 2nd line will never be visible, no matter how much space is + available. If an avatar requires a larger row size, the nickname will be + centered and the remaining space will be left empty. + + * Always - each contact will have a second row of text. + + * If space allows - The second row will be visible when the row height is already + large enough (e.g. due to the avatar using a considerable amount of vertical + space). + + * If needed - The second row will be visible if there is useful information to + display, that is, the contact has set a status message or extended status mode + (for ICQ contacts). The normal protocol status is not considered here. + + + some tweaks to avatar drawing - better clipping with rounded avatars, region based + borders. + + + another memory overflow found and fixed in the DrawAlpha() function + +0.5.0.4 - 2005/08/25 + + + bugfix for startup crash + +0.5.0.3 - 2005/08/22 + + ! bugfix: when starting hidden/minimized, some buttons did not show up after + restoring the clist until it was resized. + + * delete group warning dialog now shows the name of the group which is about to + be deleted in the title bar (useful, if the delete group service was called by + another plugin, and you therefore cannot know which group is affected). + + * embedded contact lists can now display avatars and use dual row mode. + + ! fixed quicksearch problems with avatars and dual row display. + + ! Background+ page was not translateable (inherited bug from original clist_nicer). + + + added option ("Plus page") to show the status msg instead of the status mode. Note + that this only shows cached "CList" status messages and does NOT retrieve them + actively. Also, you need to enable "Allow two rows of text" to show them. + + The order of tings shown in the 2nd line is (depending on availability): + 1) Clist status message (if enabled on the option page) + 2) Custom status mode name (ICQ only) + 3) protocol status mode name (online, offline, away and so on...) + + ! fixed incorrect display of some contacts. + + + added "overlay" status icons which can be superimposed over avatars. Customization + possible via IcoLib plugin. Enable them on the "Plus" option page. + Thanks to Faith Healer for permission to use the icons. + + + added "selective status icon" support. This is a bit tricky. Basically, it fills + the empty space for missing avatars with the protocol status icon. Selective status + icons require the following: + + * option enabled (plus page) + * Status icons switched off (plus page) + * Avatars enabled + * "Always align icons and text for missing avatars" enabled + + If these settings are in effect, then the empty space showing up if a contact has + no avatar is filled with the protocol status icon. + + + added variable row heights. Thanks to pescuma for a really nice and clean + implementation of this feature with minimal impact on the contact list core code. + As a result, the avatar height is now a separate value and does no longer depend + on the row height (set it on the "Plus" page - default are 28 pixels in height). + + + added support for the updater plugin by sje. Future versions of clist_nicer+ may + be available by automatic updates ONLY ("major" releases will still be available + in the file listing). + +0.5.0.2 - 2005/08/06 + + * changed API of loadavatars. You need to update both .DLLs not only the + clist_nicer_plus.dll. If you don't, it will crash. + + * better quality for "rounded" avatars. + + + option to always align nicknames and/or icons, even if there is NO avatar for + a contact (just leave an empty space then). + + * if an extended status mode (ICQ) is set, it will be shown in the second line, + instead of the normal protocol status. + + ! center group names now also works with the contact count numbers enabled. Also, + draw lines along group names works with centered group names. + + + avatar alignment now supports 3 modes: + * far left (avatar at the left edge of the contact list) + * far right (avatar at the right edge) + * with nickname (avatar just in front of the nickname, but right of the status + icon). + + + some fixes to hottracking (works for ignored items). The option "ignore selection + for group names" is now working. + +0.5.0.1 - 2005/08/05 + + * hottrack item config moved to the item list. It can now be configured like any + other item, except that it inherits the following stats from the underlying + item. + + * corners + * gradient TYPE (colors can be set) + * margins + + colors and transparency value can be set for the hottracking item, but shape + (corners), margins and gradient type cannot, because they need to be inherited + from the item which is currently "hottracked". + + ! another bugfix with window layout when autosizing is enabled + + * changed sorting method. It now uses sorting based on current locale + settings, which means it peroperly handles language specific characters like + german umlauts. That also fixes wrong sortings with cyrillic nicknames. + + + avatars added. Yes, I don't like avatars on the contact list, but since it is + requested so often... really, I need someone who can explain me why avatars are + SO important in instant messaging... :) + + The options are, as always, in the context + menu of the contact list. Avatars can be switched off, they can be ordered to left + align (normally, they are just left of the nickname, but after the status icon) + and they can have a border. + + Avatars follow the row height, so in order to get a reasonable avatar size, you + should increase the row height (a value of 28 or more pixels already gives decent + quality). They are also drawn with the alpha value of the background item, so they + can be partially transparent. + + Avatars require the plugin LOADAVATARS.DLL, which is a separate plugin and works + as some kind of avatar service in the background. + + + dual row mode added. When the row height allows for more than a single line of text + (given the current fonts), a second line is added showing the status mode. Also, some + icon position are changed in dual row mode and the visibility icon is moved to the + 2nd row so it won't take space from the nickname. + + + some options to tweak the layout added. It is now possible to make the status icons + optional, for example. + + + status icons are now optional (enable them via the context menu or use the new "Plus" + option page. + + + new option page added (Contact List->Plus). Contains all the new settings for tweaking + the layout and other stuff. + +0.4.0.4 - 2005/07/13 + + * better client icon update + + ! evemt area only groups message events + + + timer based clist sorting added. This saves A LOT of sorting, especially while + connecting multiple protocols and filling the contact list. It can reduce the + number of sorting runs by a factor of 10. The disadvantage are very small delays + in the range of 100 - 150 milliseconds. In most cases, you won't notice it. + + The timer based sorting can be disabled by creating a DWORD value in the CLC + module. Name it "SortTimer" and set its value to 0. + Alternatively, you can set the timer value in milliseconds, using the same db + setting. Default is 150 ms and you can set it to any value between 50 and 500. + Smaller and larger values will be ignored as they don't make sense. + + NOTE: restart required after changing the db setting. + + + added right margin indent value. Affects text, right-aligned icons only, but not + the background (they already have individual margins for each item type). + Options->Contact List->List. Basically, it prevents the client or extended status + icon(s) to "touch" the right window border (which may look ugly). + + + added "full row selection". Simple, you don't HAVE to click on the contacts text + any longer in order to select it. This conflicts with the "easy move" feature, + unless you have some free space in your contact list. To disable full row select + hold the SHIFT key while using the mouse, so you can still "easy drag" the contact + list window around. + + You can enable/disable full row select under Options->Contact List->List + Note: full row selection also impacts hottracking of items. + + + added hottracking with changing background color. Two new color fields are on + the Background+ page which allow you to set the (background) colors for hottracked + items. If a gradient has been set for an item type, hottracking uses both colors + to build the new gradient, otherwise, only the first color is active. + + ! fixed a few redrawing/layout problems with the new window elements. + + ! fixed autosize-related focus stealing (ugly) + + + added a new skin item "First group on list" - allows to draw the first group header + with a different skin. + +0.4.0.3 - 2005/07/13 + + ! don't draw additional icons in "embedded" mode (e.g. if the clist control + is being used in a dialog box like typing notify options. + + ! only show the toolbar config menu when right clicking over the toolbar. + + ! some visual glitches fixed when autosizing is on. + +0.4.0.2 - 2005/07/09 + + ! fixed bug with fade in/out contact list + + ! fixed "sorting by name" bug (inherited from clist_classic, rather old bug) + + ! fixed metacontacts not disappearing from group when going offline + + - removed "simple" font configuration dialog. + + + added a context menu to allow configuration of some aspects of the button bar. + You can increase/decrease the size of the buttons, can set them as flat or 3d, + and you can disable visual styles for the buttons (may look better with some + visual styles as they have problems to draw very small buttons). + Also, you can now decide which buttons you want to see on the button bar, + and which buttons you don't (that may be an opportunity to add some more + buttons in the future). + + + added option to the contact list context menu -> use meta protocol icons. If + enabled, icons for the meta protocol will be shown for metacontacts (instead of + the actual protocol icons). + + ! some visual glitches fixed (especially, when TweakUI is enabled). + + ! another old bug fixed. Groups are now using the colors from the "Background+" + page. + + + added the "Event Area". This is a small area at the bottom of the contact list + which will show you the most recent contact list event (received message, file + and so on...). If more than one event is waiting, a list of unhandled event is + opened when you click the button in that area. + This feature is, of course, optional. Right click the contact list and you'll find + the options in the context menu. You can disable the event area or set it to auto- + hide so it will only be visible when needed. + + + feature added: "Move events on top" - contacts with unread or + "unhandled" events (simply, all flashing contacts) will stick on top of their group + (or the entire contact list, if no groups are in use). + + This is optinonal, and can be configured at the "Contact List" main page (where you + set other sorting options. + +0.4.0.1 - 2005/07/08 - first public release -- cgit v1.2.3