Notable changes:
Notable changes (incomplete):
• Changed all projects minimum target to OS X 10.12
• All xib files and custom view source files have been modified to use auto layout, NSGridView, NSStackView, and other modern features wherever possible. Hacks such as specifying heights, offsets, etc. for multiple appearances spanning multiple operating systems are no longer needed because auto layout and related systems are solid back to our target.
• In response to system-wide changes made in macOS Big Sur the width of the Preferences window has been expanded to a minimum 670.
• Deprecated Cocoa APIs have been replaced with their modern equivalents.
• The System Profiler plugin has been modified to simplify the process of requesting model information from Apple. The previous class (TPISystemProfilerModelIDRequestController), now named TPISystemProfilerModelRequest, at one time used XML parser to retrieve value of a single element. This made maintainability difficult. It now uses a simple regular expression.
• Optional extensions (Blowfish Encryption, Caffeine, and Wiki Style Link Parser) had their versions bumped and repackaged into installer. Their xib files were modified to accommodate the new width of Preferences.
• The Blowfish Encryption extension has been updated to libressl 3.1.4.
• All code related to the never completed "Buddy List" dialog has been stripped. There is no interest in continuing development of it.
Almost the entire core.js file has been rewritten to provide greater documentation.
app.channelIsJoined() has been deprecated in favor of app.channelIsActive().
app.channelIsActive() will return a value for a regular channel or private message, so it makes more sense to use "active" over "joined"
Why don't I add app.privateMessageIsActive() instead? Because app.channelIsActive() can kill two birds with one stone.
app.channelMemberCount() now throws a JavaScript exception when used outside a channel.
Many resources have been added to Textual with little thought for long term maintenance. This commit is an overdue overhaul of the entire project. The goals of this overhaul was to introduce as much consistency as possible to the project.
Some notable changes:
• Code signing identity file has moved to "Configurations/Build"
• All build configuration files, including entitlements, moved to "Configurations"
• Source code for the app has moved to "Sources/App"
• Shared source code has moved to "Sources/Shared"
• Source code for extensions have moved to "Sources/Plugins"
• The project file for the app has moved along with its source code. It's recommended to use the Textual.xcworkspace workspace file.
• Build scripts are no longer packaged within the project files.
• Folders are now used throughout most projects instead of groups.
• Removed a lot of redundant framework linking.
• The preference panel sample plugin has been modified to use standard Cocoa facilities instead of those that are project specific. e.g. NSUserDefaults and NSLog() instead of TPCPreferencesUserDefaults and LogToConsole()
Michael