Miranda NG 0.96.1 | Miranda IM 0.10.80

Core and libraries

• added ability to hide group chats from contact list (same way as regular contacts).
• added Visual Studio 2022 support.
• the first step towards Linux support — mir_core that builds under Linux.
• updated BASS, BASSWMA, libcurl, libtox, PCRE, pthreads-win32 (pthreads4w), SQLite, and TinyXML2 libraries.
• the installer now puts sound files into %miranda_path%\Sounds instead of %miranda_path%\Skins\Sounds.
• removed GG protocol from the installer (protocol still supported by Miranda).
• Issue #2871 fixed crash at message window open.
• fixed crash when account name equals protocol name.
• fixed some problems with the application exit.
• Issue #2992 fixed unsuccessful autoexec files deletion if Miranda is installed into Program Files (privilege escalation will be requested).
• Issue #3012 fixed crash when adding a hotkey to an action that has a slash in its name.
• Autoexec import form: Move button no longer wipe the file if the source and destination file name are the same.
• Issue #3048 forbidden to disable a plugin if there is no equivalent core plugin (for example, you cannot disable TabSRMM if StdMsg is missing).
• Issue #3084 fixed crash when changing gap between toolbar buttons.
• fixed reconnection when exiting sleep mode under Wine.

Protocols

• Discord
  • Issue #2994 deprecated. Discord Inc. made the development of the protocol as difficult as possible and banned the our accounts. Contacts and history will be automatically converted to the Dummy protocol.
• EmLanProto
  • Issue #2897 fixed hangup on exit.
• Facebook
  • Issue #2901 added popup if login/password is incorrect.
  • removed contact search (not implemented in the protocol).
  • fixed reading more than 500 contacts from friends list.
• ICQ
  • fixed a very rare crash on login.
  • Issue #2733 fixed "Unknown contact" which remained in the contact list after blocking the spam chat.
  • fixed contact addition.
  • Issue #2940 fixed ignoring contact status changes during an active session.
  • Issue #2964 fixed erroneous receiving of MRA contacts if ICQ account is linked with @mail.ru e-mail.
  • Issue #2972 fixed login/registration using phone number.
  • Issue #2981 fixed contacts search if user is logged in using phone number.
  • Issue #2988 fixed crash when canceling file transfer.
  • Issue #2989 fixed history loading if user logged in using phone number.
  • fixed reading file transfer descriptions.
• IRC
  • Issue #3000 popup about settings error is no longer showing if the protocol is offline.
  • Issue #2928 removed Scripting support option.
• Jabber
  • added errors popup control to Options → Popups → Events.
  • added "DisableOmemo" hidden option to disable OMEMO per contact.
  • added support for description field in the incoming OOB file transfers.
  • added Allow local time & timezone requests (XEP-0202) option for privacy reasons (thx @deadsend).
  • Issue #1255 added some OMEMO-related info to the contact info.
  • Issue #2911 added some OMEMO-related info to the user info.
  • added a message for OMEMO non-capable clients.
  • Issue #3022 added missing file transfer failure messages.
  • Issue #3038 disabled by default Show information about operating system in version replies option for privacy reasons.
  • Issue #3041 removed list of predefined XMPP servers.
  • Issue #2750 fixed XEP-0384: OMEMO Encryption (thx @deadsend). Tested between Miranda and Conversations/Gajim/Psi+.
  • fixed drawing mood icons in the contact list (as advanced status icons).
  • Issue #2910 fixed some connection problems.
  • Issue #2915 fixed delay at shutdown.
  • Issue #3014 there is no additional space added to MirVer when the software version string is empty.
  • Issue #3015 fixed crash on startup.
  • Issue #3064 fixed "Identity" hidden option (it spoofed client version only in Service Discovery but not in user info).
  • a recent topic change in group chat no longer triggers a new message notification at every login.
• LotusNotify
  • Issue #3007 fixed crash on account selection.
• MRA
  • Issue #2934 fixed login with password.
  • Issue #2939 fixed inability to login into MRA using phone number if same phone number is connected to MRA account and ICQ account at the same time.
• Omegle
  • Issue #2947 fixed login.
  • Issue #2976 fixed crash.
• SkypeWeb
  • Issue #2588 removed limit on the number of uploaded messages.
  • Issue #2946 fixed login.
• Twitter
  • fixed rare crash in avatar reader.
  • fixed Unicode in chat user names.
  • tweets from unknown contacts are no longer ignored but rather marked as temporary.
• VKontakte
  • added crutch for login after entering confirmation code (VK returns 404 instead of token).
  • fixed "Invisible" status.
  • fixed authorization.
  • fixed audio messages sent.
  • fixed 2-factor authorization.
  • fixed captcha form.
  • Issue #2965 fixed display of cyrillic messages about page actions in Scriver.

Plugins

• AVS
  • fixed memory corruption.
  • Issue #3025 fixed crash.
  • Issue #3043 fixed reloading avatars after they were deleted from disk.
• ClientChangeNotify
  • moved the popup control from Main menu → Popups to Options → Popups → Events.
• Clist_modern
  • Issue #2895 fixed various quirks with embedded clists, metacontacts and drag-n-drops.
  • Issue #2991 fixed crash on moving group.
  • fixed the occasional crash under Wine.
• CrashDumper
  • Issue #2993 removed vi.miranda-ng.org support. It was closed due to low popularity.
• CurrencyRates
  • added %d modifier to visualize the rate delta.
• DbChecker
  • restored ability to fix UTF-8 in old events.
  • Issue #3020 added Remove duplicate events option.
• Db autobackups
  • Issue #1281 Use CloudFile option is no longer available if CloudFile not installed.
  • moved the popup control from Main menu → Popups to Options → Popups → Events.
• DbEditorPP
  • fixed global settings removal.
• Dbx_mdbx
  • Issue #2771 removed all MDBX utilities since all databases will be converted to the SQLite format.
• Dbx_sqlite
  • Issue #2917 changing the password immediately after changing the encryption type will no longer destroy the database.
  • Issue #2958 fixed base compaction (it didn't work).
• Dummy
  • Issue #3004 fixed automatic transfer of deprecated protocol accounts to Dummy protocol.
• IEView
  • fixed broken templates.
  • Issue #3023 fixed displaying file transfer descriptions.
• Import
  • added file events import from JSON.
  • fixed setting correct blob size when importing from JSON.
• MessageState
  • Issue #2884 fixed time display.
• Msg_Export
  • Issue #2942 added Export history contact menu item.
  • fixed replacing contact IDs in file names.
  • fixed file descriptions export.
• mRadio
  • the plugin now looks for ini files in %miranda_path%\Plugins\mRadio instead of %miranda_path%\Plugins. Move your files accordingly.
• NewEventNotify
  • renamed Disable event notifications for instant messages and Disable event notifications for group chats to Enable event notifications for instant messages and Enable event notifications for group chatsrespectively.
  • removed Show entry in popup menu option (popup control moved from Main menu → Popups to Options → Popups → Events).
• NewXstatusNotify
  • moved the popup control from Main menu → Popups to Options → Popups → Events.
• NotesReminders
  • added high resolution reminder icon (thx C1eriC).
  • Issue #2793 fixed problems with reminder creation.
  • Issue #2898 fixed disappearing notes after restart.
• OpenSSL
  • Issue #2912 deprecated.
• Ping
  • Issue #2999 fixed hang on exit.
  • Issue #3006 fixed various frame problems.
• PluginUpdater
  • removed Use HTTPS option (since all work with secure connections is now done using OpenSSL libraries, there is no need to disable HTTPS on legacy operating systems).
  • Issue #3003 fixed popup color settings.
  • Issue #3008 fixed architecture switching (32-bit ←→ 64-bit).
  • Issue #3085 fixed switching between update channels.
• ProxySwitch
  • moved the popup control from Main menu → Popups to Options → Popups → Events.
• QuickSearch
  • rewritten from Pascal to C++.
  • removed Close button.
• Scriver
  • Issue #3057 removed Send message on: option. Hotkeys for sending messages are now assigned in Options → Customize → Hotkeys → Messaging → Action: Send message.
  • Issue #3028 fixed Ctrl+F hotkey.
  • Issue #3083 fixed message window closing when opening settings.
• StdMsg
  • Issue #3057 removed Send on double Enter, Send message on Enter, and Send message on Ctrl+Enter options. Hotkeys for sending messages are now assigned in Options → Customize → Hotkeys → Messaging → Send message.
  • Issue #3061 fixed some problems that occurred when loading the plugin dynamically.
• StdSSL
  • Issue #2912 deprecated. Microsoft CryptoAPI support was dropped. All work with secure connections is now done using OpenSSL libraries, which are now included in the core package.
• StdUIHist
  • Issue #2893 added Ctrl+F hotkey.
  • Issue #2906 added F3 hotkey.
  • Issue #2907 added Del hotkey.
  • Issue #2914 added ability to empty system history.
  • Issue #2906 search query is now saved when reopening the search window.
  • Issue #2907 multiple clicking on Find... button no longer opens multiple search dialogs.
• TabSRMM
  • added a new "aero" custom theme (better suites for dark themes).
  • Issue #2984 status change events no longer ignore font and color settings.
  • moved the popup control from Main menu → Popups to Options → Popups → Events.
  • Issue #3058 moved group chats' popup options dialog to Options → Popups → Group chats.
  • Issue #3071 moved Show popups when a user is typing option to {Menu|Options|Popups|Events}}.
  • Issue #1950 removed notification engine. These functions are now performed by NewEventNotify plugin, which comes with TabSRMM.
  • Issue #3057 removed Send on Shift+Enter, Send message on Enter, and Send message on double Enter options. Hotkeys for sending messages are now assigned in Options → Customize → Hotkeys → Message windows - all → Send message.
  • Issue #3028 fixed Ctrl+F hotkey.
  • Issue #3055 fixed unwanted truncation of long error messages in built-in message log.
• Toaster
  • Issue #3076 fixed crash when loading the plugin dynamically.
• UInfoEx
  • fixed average age calculation.
  • Issue #3001 removed (obsolete) mBirthday support.
  • Issue #3018 removed broken and unwanted sorting ability in anniversary list.
• Weather
  • Issue #2872 added "partly sunny" as alias for "cloudy".
  • added Snow Shower/Rain Shower conditions' detection.
  • added gismeteo.com and gismeteo.ru support (thx Dimtr).
  • Issue #2886 the weather is now displayed as and extra-icon instead of status.
  • moved the popup control from Main menu → Popups to Options → Popups → Events.
  • moved old gismeteo.ini and weatherxml.ini to deprecated.
  • fixed update time for MSN Weather.
  • Issue #2872 fixed incorrect icons mapping.
  • Issue #2889 fixed a bug that prevented localization.
  • Issue #2931 fixed processing ini filed with UTF-8 encoding.
• WhenWasIt
  • Issue #3001 removed (obsolete) mBirthday support.
• WhoUsesMyFiles
  • moved the popup control from Main menu → Popups to Options → Popups → Events.
• XSoundNotify
  • fixed crash on settings page.
• YAMN
  • Issue #3021 removed "Plugins" tab.

For developers

• added new methods: CCtrlListView::MoveItem, CCtrlListView::SetCurSel, and CCtrlCombo::SelectData.
• exported hidden function Proto_GetAccount as Proto_GetContactAccount.
• added suitable helper for combo boxes — CCtrlCombo::GetCurData.
• added a wrapper for WM_SETREDRAW command — SetDraw(bool bEnable).
• added a Unicode version of case-insensitive search of substring — mir_wstrstri.
• added a service to empty history — MS_HISTORY_EMPTY.
• added core function to detect if we need to draw a shield on buttons that require escalation — PU::IsMirandaFolderWritable.
• added new database helpers: db_is_module_empty and db_copy_module.
• converted old NETLIBOPENCONNECTION structure into a set of parameters — Netlib_OpenConnection.