New feature.
Change.
Fixed bug.About Obsidian FServe 0.9.1 for X-Chat 1.8+ This software is copyleft and distributed under the terms of the GPL version 2. You should have recieved a copy of the GPL with this program. This copy may be attached to this file so if You havn't already read this important document jump to the end and read it. Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Alexander Werth (alexander.werth@gmx.de) Copyright (c) 2001 Martin Persson (mep@passagen.se) (inactive) If You have any problems with this software please try to gather as much information as possible before sending a typical "don't work, help now." email. If You don't know the exact nature and cause of the problem send as much info as possible. This should at least contain the version of xchat, perl, obsidian fserve, operation system, a copy or exception of the file .xchat/obsidian.conf and any messages that appear when loading this script.
Q: Will there be this or that feature?
A: Planed features are
listet in the Obsidian Fserve file. Open the file and search for TODO.
If You have an idea not listed there I would be interessted to hear it.
Q: Does it work with xchat 1.9.x/2.0.0 ?
A: Dito. Use at least 0.9.2-pre1.
Q: The percentages reported by Obsidian FServe are off.
A: This should be fixed in 0.9.1. However You must also use a recent 1.8.x release.
Q: Is it possible to cap sends?
A: The transmission of the
files are handled by X-Chat. Obsidian Fserve has no influence on that. On the
other hand there is very little to be gained with this approach. A
better way would be to employ a real traffic shaper. For Linux users I
would recommend to read Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control. The Wondershaper described there is great.
A less sophisticated solution would be to use xchat 2 which has send caps buildin.
Q: The timers seam to be running to fast.
A: Use at least 0.9.1-rc2.
Q: I still have problems with the version 0.9.1. Why isn't this or that bug fixed ?
A: Because You didn't complain about it when the release candidates where out. Most likely it's a problem with components of Your system that are somwhat unusual. Check if the problem is still existing in the development version. If it does, write a bugreport and it should be fixed soon.
Q: I have more sends going with 0.9.1-pre2 than I allowed.
A: Update to at least 0.9.1-pre3.
Q: I want to have a custom welcome message.
A: Use a 0.9.1 release and create an obsidian.welcome file in the ~/.xchat directory.
Q: Hey the resume function is broken. Most files just won't resume.
A: I'm afraid it's neither my nor xchat's fault. The recent mirc releases have a broken implementation of the dcc resume protocol. While mirc understands it's own broken protokol most other irc clients will rightfully reject mirc's resume requests. Relax, it's not Your problem.
Q: I want to use multiple servers in my xchat but obsidian does mess up the sends.
A: Try the latest developmen version. Multiserver support is supported thanks to Patrick Klein since 0.9.2-pre2.
Q: This Fserve doesn't respont if I type my own trigger.
A: This would require Xchat to make a connection to itself. This just doesn't work. Open a new instance of xchat to test Your Fserve.
Q: This Fserve doesn't respont if someone else types the trigger.
A: Most of the time it's a firewall or router problem. Try to play with the options and read the manual of Your router/firewall. If You get outgoing xchat dcc chat's working (right click nick→Direct Client-to-Client→Offer Chat/Send File) You have won because obsidian will use exactly these functions. I found that the rawlog of xchat helps a lot in finding the problem (Menu→Window→Rawlog…).
Q: Somehow the wrong windows get closed.
A: There seams to be a slight misunderstanding between xchat 2.4.4 and the latest obsidian. For now revert to xchat 2.4.3.
2004/08/20: released 0.9.2-pre3
2004/01/30: released 0.9.2-pre2
2003/07/26: released 0.9.2-pre1
2003/07/26: released 0.9.1
2003/02/01: released 0.9.1-rc2
2002/10/24: released 0.9.1-rc1
2002/08/27: released 0.9.1-pre4
2002/07/14: released 0.9.1-pre3
2002/07/13: released 0.9.1-pre2
2002/04/16: released 0.9.1-pre1
2002/04/11: released 0.9.0
2002/03/20: released 0.9.0-rc2
2002/02/03: released 0.9.0-rc1
2002/01/13: released 0.9.0-pre3
2001/11/12: released 0.9.0-pre2
2001/10/25: released 0.9.0-pre1
2001/06/28: released 0.8.0
show_notice now uses /notice when user types !list
and some other minor issues...
this is probably the last version of obsidian fserve
for xchat, i have switched irc client to
irssi (irssi.org)
so there is really no reason for me to continue
writing a fserve for xchat
2001/06/22: released 0.7.6
added basic @find support and filename caching
implemented support for nick changes
fixed send_next_file not to cause a stall of xchat
replaced save/load_queue with save/load_backup
and implemented auto_backup, auto_backup saves the
sends and the queue to file at regular intervals
2001/06/16: released 0.7.5
included perl memleak patch, read important note below
WHOPS!!! just fixed a bug that caused send_next_file
to always send the last file in queue first, sorry
about that, i recently switched the order...
queue slot now starts from 1 not 0
(users got confused...)
fixed display_who to show correct number of users,
corrected user cmd "stats" to actually display
stats and not the same as "who", fixed display_sends
to show the correct slotnumber, fixed max_queue bug
added $note to variables, fixed a few color bugs
add option to /msg instead of /notice in channels,
Min CPS (if not 0) is now shown in notify_channel,
added support for loading and saving queues
fixed bunch of other bugs i didn't write down
2001/06/12: released 0.7.4
no longer uses strict mode
online time & send fail counters implemented
new server commands: stats sends queues
new user commands: stats dequeue
code cleanups
2001/06/11: first release (version 0.7.3)
after three days of active developement