Gobby 0.3.0

  • This release depends on net6 1.2.0 and obby 0.3.0, it is not backwards-compatible protocol-wise to the 0.2.x series.
  • No more pending changes due to the new merging algorithm
  • Cursor is left-gravity now, which relieves some problems with newlines
  • Joins are now threaded and thus abortable
  • Connection status is displayed in the status bar
  • Lines in the chat log are now wrapped to the display width
  • Session serialisation and restore
  • Name and colour could be changed directly when they are already in use
  • User and document list are now separate windows, their position and state is preserved by default
  • Close document now just unsubscribes from the document
  • Scrollable document folder
  • Search and replace
  • New translations:
    • Swedish (complete)
    • Catalan (partial)
    • Chinese (partial)
    • Spanish (almost complete)

A more or less complete list of the issues fixed in this release is available on its milestone page.

obby 0.3.0

  • This version is not protocol, ABI- or API compatible to the 0.2.x series!
  • New merging algorithm (Jupiter)
  • Session serialisation and restore, containing documents and chat messages
  • PHP-based script to parse and visualise saved sessions
  • MSVC8 build environment added
  • New translations:
    • Swedish (complete)
    • Catalan (partial)
    • French (partial)

A more or less complete list of the issues fixed in this release is available on its milestone page.

net6 1.2.2

  • This release is both API- and ABI-incompatible to the 1.1.x series.
  • New boolean type added
  • Heavily refactored through intensive use of templates
  • MSVC8 build environment added
  • Redesigned type concept with thread safety in mind
  • New translations: Swedish (complete); French (partial)

A more or less complete list of the issues fixed in this release is available on its milestone page.

Sobby 0.3.0

  • Updated for obby 0.3.0
  • Automatic save of serialised sessions (e.g. for web presentation through the PHP script provided by obby)
  • Ability to restore saved session files

A more or less complete list of the issues fixed in this release is available on its milestone page.

Gobby 0.2.0

The following changed in Gobby 's build process:

  • New dependency on gtksourceview-1.0: The dependency on gtksourceview is no more optional, but a required one.
  • New dependency on gthread-2.0 (which is included in glibmm-2.4)

Gobby now includes the following new features (in no particular order):

  • Document subscriptions
  • Global session passwords
  • Basic user authentication to protect the nickname
  • Server verification through a generated public key [not yet]
  • Create document works without a delay
  • Preference pane
  • Zeroconf support
  • Colour presets
  • Auto indentation
  • Colour changes from within the session
  • Drag'n'drop of documents into the session

A more or less complete list of the issues fixed in this release is available on its milestone page.

obby 0.2.0

The following changed in obby 's build process:

  • New dependency on GNU MP: The GNU multi precision arithmetic library provides big integers which are used to secure the password transmission on the wire.
  • New optional dependency on howl: The howl library is used to provide local network service publishing and discover through Zeroconf.

obby now includes the following new features (in no particular order):

  • Document subscriptions
  • Global session passwords
  • Basic user authentication to protect the nickname
  • Localisation through GNU gettext

A more or less complete list of the issues fixed in this release is available on its milestone page.

net6 1.1.0

net6 now includes the following new features (in no particular order):

  • Numerical error code transmission instead of static strings
  • More dynamic type system
  • Fixed compilation for FreeBSD
  • Localisation through GNU gettext

A more or less complete list of the issues fixed in this release is available on its milestone page.