ViRC 0.90alpha4 Readme
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The helpfile included with this release is from 0.85. I haven't had a chance to
update it yet. =] All the new stuff is detailed in this file.

 - Query window (like mIRC, WSIRC) etc.
   To enable it, go to User Setup/Options and click the "Enable query window"
   checkbox. To initiate a query session, just type /query nick.

 - New lagscope
   Due to popular request, the old, clunky lagscope has been replaced with a
   new, smaller, neater model that fits into the status bar.

 - VPL (ViRC Programming Language)
   Surely the most important new feature ever, VPL provides a complete
   programming language to do things in, similar to ircII, but extending it in
   some areas. No other IRC client comes close. For full information on VPL,
   see VPL.TXT (927 lines).

   Use /load filename to load a script, or click on Load in the Scripts menu.

 - Improved list filtering capability
   ViRC can now display all the channels that do not contain a certain
   substring (use -string).

 - Lots of bug fixes!!
   Bugs fixed in this release (from 0.85) include:
   - "Invalid property value" when joining channels, caused by Arial font not
     being present on the system
   - Channel mixover - on some systems, messages from one channel sometimes
     "leaked" into another
   - "Disappearing entries" bug fixed in notify and ignore list editors.
   - Some odd, hard-to-track-down bugs fixed in the XDCC pack editor.
   - Performance improvements in many areas

 - Lots of new bugs!! =]

 - Note that 0.85 "scripts" (e.g. VTooLZ) are NOT COMPATIBLE with 0.90. This is
   due to all the changes required to the engine to implement VPL. However, VPL
   versions of these scripts will soon be available that work fine under 0.90
   (and should be a lot faster too).

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