Version history
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  1.4b : 31/05/2002
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    Initial version

  1.41b : 14/06/2002
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    User count on channels
    Highlight support
    Quit message

  1.411b : 05/08/2002
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    Fixed /notice alias bug

  1.42b : 01/10/2002
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    Handling semi-op (%) user flag

  1.5b : 13/10/2002
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    ASL handling
    ShowXXX commands
    Problems with autojoin or other "on connect" commands fixed

  1.6b : 17/10/2002
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    More complete ASL handling
    Bitmap graphical smileys
    New nicklistwidth, channelfont, chanlistfont and useinfo commands
    Chanlist horizontal scrolling bug with incorrect mouse hit-box fixed
    Moved unicode special characters to 0xE000 user-defined bank, in order
    to avoid problems with mac users
    Nick input field
    Some other minor changes, fixes and updates
    More than 12,000 lines of java so far...

  1.61 : 23/10/2002
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    Scrollbars now scroll when mouse boutton is maintained down
    Chanlist window now optimized (expect dramatic speed increase)
    Topic may be scrolled from left to right using mouse
    Topic now contains smileys
    Chanlist window now shows first channels when openned
    Word and url catcher is now more clever, it understands that 
    <nick> matches nick. Same apply for (nick), "nick", etc...
    Some bugs fixed

  1.611 : 24/10/2002
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    Deadlock bug that might occured with scrollbars is now fixed

  1.62 : 28/10/2002
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    [ and ] characters are no more ignored in word catcher
    Sources (Channels, Status, Privates, ...) and Chanlist text color is now
    configurable.

  1.7 : 1/1/2003
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    Copy from buffer to system clipboard via a text area popup
    Full buffer copy using shift+click on buffer
    Sound support
    Catchers enhanced
    External langage files

  1.71 : 16/1/2003
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    Server password now supported
    StyledList greatly enhanced : must faster drawing speed, more precise
    copy behaviour from buffer, top-down support for channels list, less
    memory used, ...
    Copy from buffer now translates smiley back to original text
    Text input field colors matches buffer colors
    Little bug with nicklist scrollbar fixed

  1.72 : 26/1/2003
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    Style selector support added
    Backup undocumented parameter source screen removed because lot of people
    was using it as a primary end-user interface. Since this screen was only
    shown when mandatory parameters weren't provided, I don't consider it as a
    feature removal
    Ident server now uses given user name for user name ident reply
    Alternate nick now supported
    Unicode encoding is now supported for file langage, allowing non-latin pjirc
    translation
    Unicode characters are now supported between PJIRC clients

  1.73 : 14/2/2003
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    Style selector + command bug fixed
    Netscape 4.7 linux scrollbar's deadlock fixed
    Netscape 4.7 non-compatible zip-file bug fixed
    Mouse hit-test on styledlist bug fixed
    Mouse wheel now supported on jvm1.4+

  1.8 : 21/3/2003
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    Netscape 4.7 linux scrollbar's deadlock fixed once again :)
    Javascript external event now supported
    The join command now supports password parameter
    Background images can now be displayed on channels
    Authorized command list can be defined
    Authorized join/leave channel list can be defined
    "On word" sound event added
    Status screen can now be fully removed
    Floating hint-box for asl support added
    UTF-8 support
    Some other minor enhancements
    Some other minor bugs fixed

  1.81 : 23/3/2003
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    Authorizedcommandlist bug fixed
    /me capitalized bug fixed
    Tab-cycle is now disabled in order to use nick completion
    Textfield keyboard focus can now be requested from javascript

  1.82 : 20/4/2003
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    showconnect bug fixed
    ident id can now be configured
    several dcc bugs fixed
    new /echo command
    new /sleep command
    single or double-click can now be configured for url catcher
    local charset coding may now be used for encoding
    lng extension now can be configured
    right to left display supported
    commandX now go through server status interpretor if prefixed by /

  1.83 : 21/5/2003
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    005 reply for server parameter handling
    access control with channel containg '+' or a '-'
    disable autoconnect
    automatic queries configuration
    query popup if nick error
    popupmenu config
    new packaging for the jar-files

  1.8.4 : 6/6/2003
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    fixed background image bug 
    fixed nick change deadlock bug 
    non-applet launch configuration support 
    advanced mouse configuration support 
    extended /url command 
    code size optimization 
    channel nicklist display optimized 

  1.9.0 : 8/7/2003
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    nick completion now also works with pagedown key
    textfield cursor now goes to end-of-line when historic is used
    mode reprogrammed using 005 server configuration parameters
    more strict RFC implementation for end-of-line symbols (PIRCD bug)
    special %% character for popup command replacement
    away messages now display in active window
    fixed some focus bugs
    dock/float support for sources and channel listing added
    multiserver support added
    alternate servers list on connection failure now supported
    no-asl display code support
    "unknown" choice for asl sex added
    default language file support added
    added /sound command
    join/part etc messages can now be removed from the current source

  1.9.1 : 25/8/2003
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    major code refactoring for v2 preparation
    CTCP sound handling and global sound command added
    floating hint on taskbar, invite handling and other minor enhancements

  2.0.0 : 1/11/2003
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    multigui support
    next z-ordered source should be activated when current active source is undocked
    respect threading model for javascript external call
    nick alignement to the left should be available
    add a parameter for default taskbar item width
    input field should have keyboard focus at startup
    html page refresh problems
    popup on taskbar closes the wrong source or doens't close anything at all
    topic doesn't go from right to left when option is set
    there are asv instead of asl in the manual
    cancelling file selector for file reception via DCC doesn't prevent the file from being downloaded

  2.0.1 : 25/4/2004
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    /sound support bug
    away messages are displayed in both status and query windows
    regional issue regarding string case conversion is now fixed
    PDK enhancement : javascript can call plugins methods
    line spacing option is available in style configuration

  2.0.2 : 6/6/2004
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    away messages is fixed once again
    code has been cleaned up so that Eclipse reports less warnings
    automatic channel scrolling
    maximum line count can be specified for the message history buffer
    docking mechanism can now be configured so that the source is left upon window closure
    the whois idle information is now formatted
    the configuration parameters can be moved in a file server-side
    CTCP userinfo and finger reply is now customizable
    plugins and GUI can now add a custom string in the about window
    error reporting has been enhanced in case of connection failure
    right-clicking on the style selection now selects the background color instead of the foreground color

  2.0.3 : 27/6/2004
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    animated gif support
    nickname format is now configurable
    new asl separator string feature
    new %4 parameter for popup menu
    new interpretor commands for changing color, bold and underline status in Pixx interface
    +l bug fixed
    maximum line count is now defaulted to 1024
    fixed 'spaces in font names' bug
    fixed background color + string beggining with a number bug

  2.0.4 : 17/7/2004
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    fixed static gif not appearing issue
    fixed DCC support
    fixed duplicate query on nickname change bug
    added nickpostif blank space escaping sequence
    enhanced whois reply information
    background image can now be placed in any source corner
    new "you're now talking in #channel as nickname" message
    mIRC background color bug fixed

  2.1.0 : 27/11/2004
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    Fix : RFC compliance issue: if several spaces are used between IRC protocol parameters, PJIRC
    incorectly decodes an empty string instead of the actual parameter
    Fix : On Java plug-in 1.5, reloading the page containing the applet might freeze the software
    added "enter text here" option
    Fix : non-authorized commands can be used anyway if they are prefixed by a space.
    parameters from the html tags and from the fileparameter option are now mixed
    on-mouse events are now disablable
    "on mouse over" link highlighting feature added
    dcc chat acceptance popup is now displayed
    queries are now disablable
    undocked sources can now be removed from the taskbar
    simple channel name and topic can be used instead of channel options and so on


  2.1.1 : 29/11/2004
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    Fix : applet not working on Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
