Textual 4 release notes
The complete recorded changes for Textual 4, grouped by release without losing individual fixes.
A reference from an earlier chapter
This material preserves the original Textual documentation and may describe older versions, former services, or superseded policies. It is not a statement of current availability or new Blendbyte commitments.
On this page
These are the original Codeux release records; references to future plans, support and availability describe the release at the time.
Release Notes for Version 4.1.8
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.1.8 of the Textual IRC Client.
Fixes
- Fixed a crash that would occur when closing Textual.
Release Notes for Version 4.1.7
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.1.7 of the Textual IRC Client.
Fixes
- Fixed a crash that would occur when Textual tried to remove a user from the user list that does not exist there.
Release Notes for Version 4.1.6
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.1.6 of the Textual IRC Client.
Additions
- Added the finduser command to assist channel operators with the task of finding users that meet certain criteria.
Release Notes for Version 4.1.5
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.1.5 of the Textual IRC Client.
Changes
- Automatic approval of untrusted certificates no longer occurs during a reconnect on disconnect. An untrusted certificate can be marked as trusted using the confirmation dialog to allow automatic reconnects.
Release Notes for Version 4.1.4
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.1.4 of the Textual IRC Client.
Changes
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The preference to speak notifications will now wait for other applications to finish speaking before Textual does so.
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Empty encrypted lines (e.g. “+OK “) are now replaced with a single whitespace.
Release Notes for Version 4.1.3
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.1.3 of the Textual IRC Client.
Additions
- Single clicking a user in the chat view will now highlight all messages written by that user.
Changes
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The IP address resolved by DNS lookup is now shown in the server console.
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Textual will now wait for the Internet to be available before reconnecting after disconnect.
Release Notes for Version 4.1.2
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.1.2 of the Textual IRC Client.
Additions
- Added support for "passive DCC" to Textual's implementation of the Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) protocol.
Release Notes for Version 4.1.1
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.1.1 of the Textual IRC Client.
Fixes
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Fixed the inline image parser not correctly handling URLs with an international domain name.
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Fixed the inline image parser not correctly handling URLs with a query string.
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Fixed a crash that would occur when Textual tried to remove a user from the user list that does not exist there.
Release Notes for Version 4.1.0
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.1.0 of the Textual IRC Client.
Additions
- Added support for sending and receiving files using the Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) protocol.
Changes
- The visibility of channel mode changes is now controlled by the “Show general event messages” preference.
Release Notes for Version 4.0.3
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.0.3 of the Textual IRC Client.
Additions
- Added the late-2013 Mac Pro to list of models for the sysinfo command.
Release Notes for Version 4.0.2
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.0.2 of the Textual IRC Client.
Additions
- Added support for identifying with NickServ services (or other) using a client-side certificate. More Information.
Changes
- Dock icon badge colors have been swapped to reflect the server list.
Release Notes for Version 4.0.1
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.0.1 of the Textual IRC Client.
Changes
- The topic bar can now be double clicked to edit the topic.
Release Notes for Version 4.0.0
The following list is a summary of all major additions, changes, and fixes part of version 4.0.0 of the Textual IRC Client.
Additions
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Added support for iCloud. See the iCloud Syncing knowledge base article for more information.
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Added Diffie–Hellman key exchange support to the Blowfish Encryption addon.
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Added preference to change the behavior of Control Enter to send a message instead of inserting a new line.
Changes
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The visibility of nickname changes is now controlled by the “Show general event messages” preference.
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Strengthened the amount of security that goes into storing passwords.
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The detach command now disables auto join for the targeted channel.
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Command Zero (0) now comes after Command Nine (9) in the Navigation menu.
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Highlights that use Regular Expression will no longer consider a match valid if it is inside a URL.
Source material
Original Codeux material preserved from the knowledgebase snapshot of 9 September 2026. Formatting and internal links have been adapted for this site.
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.1.8.kb
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.1.7.kb
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.1.6.kb
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.1.5.kb
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.1.4.kb
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.1.3.kb
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.1.2.kb
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.1.1.kb
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.1.0.kb
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.0.3.kb
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.0.2.kb
- Release-Notes:-Version-4.0.1.kb
- Changelog-History:-Version-4.0.0.kb
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