PChat Portable 2.0.0 Alpha 2 Development Test 2

• Portable Mode Dependency Bundling: Windows portable builds now automatically copy all required DLLs for pchat.exe and plugins during install
• Built-in Update Checker: Optional update checking feature for Windows/macOS (disabled in portable mode, can be disabled at build time)
• Clickable URLs: URLs in chat are now clickable
• System Tray Support: Cross-platform tray menu functionality restored
• AppStream Metadata: Added appstream metadata example for Linux packaging
• Session Lookup Hash Tables: O(1) channel/dialog lookups using hash tables with linear fallback

Changed

• `find_channel()` and `find_dialog()` now use hash table lookups (O(1) instead of O(n))
• `ignore_check()` optimized from two-pass to single-pass algorithm
• `ignore_showlist()` uses tracked pointer and memcpy instead of multiple strcat calls
• Partial buffer clearing implemented in textview-chat.c
• Memory Management Standardization: Converted malloc/free to GLib functions (g_malloc/g_free) across 40+ files
• String Safety: Replaced unsafe strcpy/sprintf with g_strlcpy/g_snprintf throughout codebase
• POT File Rebuild: Translation template now rebuilds when translations change

Fixed

• macOS: Fixed Objective-C notification code compilation
• macOS: Fixed code signing in CMake build
• macOS: Disabled tray icon (not working in app bundle)
• Windows/GCC: Fixed audioplayer plugin compilation on MinGW-w64 GCC
• Compiler Warnings: Fixed GTK3 enum usage, pointer-to-bool conversions, bitfield signedness
• Memory Leaks: Fixed pango font description leak, proper hash table cleanup in server_free()
• About Dialog: Fixed URL in about menu

Removed

• Autotools Files: Removed old autotools/meson build files (PChat uses CMake exclusively)

Development Test 1 (2025-12-24):
Major Changes

• Complete GTK3 Migration: Fully migrated from legacy GTK2 to modern GTK3 APIs
• New Text Widget: Replaced custom xtext widget with GTKTextView for better maintainability and future GTK4 compatibility
• Modern Build System: Added comprehensive CMake build system
• Code Modernization: Merged latest HexChat common code and modernized codebase
• Audio Player Plugin: Full-featured audio player with FFmpeg/FAudio support (also sports it's own gui as well as command options)
• Notification Plugin: Cross-platform desktop notification support
• Not so prevalent for windows: macOS Native Integration: gtk-mac-integration support for native menu bar
• Memory Management: Standardized to use GLib memory functions (g_malloc, g_free, etc.)
• Buffer overflow prevention through bounds-checked string operations and Shell escape sequence handling for file paths