Tue Dec 17 11:58:05 PST 2002

- Fixed private messages to show the message instead of "1" :)
- Changed format on non-current channel to "user:#channel"


Tue Dec 17 11:26:56 PST 2002

First entry to changelog.  See README for older updates.

New stuff:
- Multi-channel support
  - the bot keeps track of which channels you are in.  The most recent join
    is your "current" channel, and "plain" message (ie. no "/" at the front)
    get sent to that channel.  You can change the active channel with the
    /join command.

  - there are some related "Use of unitialized value" warnings that I haven't
    yet tracked down yet.

- Preferences file
  - defaults to ~/.aim2ircrc, but can be set near the top of the program.
  - see aim2ircrc.sample file for details
  - once a section is defined for your AIM name, you can just tell the bot
    "/start" or "/server" without having to specify your nick,server,name.
    You can still specify as before to override.

- IRC commands can be indicated with an @ sign or a /, like "@join #sidekick"
  This was to make it slightly more Hiptop-friendly, since the / requires an
  Alt-press.

- $::RunFromLoop
  - defaults to on.  set to 0 if you don't want it.  If you run the bot from
    a loop in your shell (preferred right now), for example:

         #!/bin/bash
         
         while true; do
             aim2irc.pl MyBotName MyBotPassword
             sleep 10;
         done

    you can set $::RunFromLoop and when there are no active IRC sessions,
    the bot will quit, then restart from the shell loop.  This is another
    attempt at getting around the AIM speed-limits.  The idea is that maybe
    when the bot gets blocked by AIM, you can "/quit" (@quit :), then the
    bot will exit and restart, possibly getting its AIM block lifted.

- I think that's all.