- consolidated changelog and updated gitignore

.gitignore

@@ -1,44 +1,124 @@
-# Gradle
-.gradle
-build/
-
-# Android built artifacts
-*.apk
-*.ap_
-*.dex
-
-# Java build artifacts class files
+### Artifacts ###
+# Compilation
 *.class
 
-# other generated files
-gen/
+# Package Files
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.nar
+*.ear
+
+### Maven ###
+
+pom.xml.*
+release.properties
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+buildNumber.properties
+.mvn/timing.properties
+
 target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
 
-# local configuration file (for Android sdk path, etc)
-local.properties
+### Java ###
 
-# OSX files
-.DS_Store
+# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
+.mtj.tmp/
 
-# Eclipse
-/.classpath
-/.settings/
-/.project
-/.metadata
-bin/
+# crash logs and heap dumps
+hs_err_pid*
+replay_pid*
 
-# IntelliJ
-*.iws
-*.uml
-.idea/
-out/
+### Backup ###
+*.bak
+*.ori
+*.orig
+*.tmp
+*.zip
+*.tar.gz
+*.rar
 
-# NDK
-obj/
+### CREDENTIALS ###
 
-# Misc
-.bin/
-.release/
+**/secret
+
+### LOCAL-DEV ###
+*-local.xml
+*-local.yml
+*-local.yaml
+*-settings.*
+
+drivers/*.jar
 *.log
-*.graphml
-coverage.db*
+
+### IntelliJ ###
+.idea/
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+out/
+!.idea/**/vcs.xml
+!.idea/**/encodings.xml
+
+### Eclipse ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.metadata
+.project
+.classpath
+.settings/
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+/bin/
+/tmp/
+*.swp
+*~.nib
+
+### NetBeans ###
+**/nbproject/*
+build/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+!.vscode/*.code-snippets
+.history/
+*.vsix
+
+### Windows ###
+
+Thumbs.db
+[Dd]esktop.ini
+*.lnk
+
+### Linux ###
+*~
+.fuse_hidden*
+.directory
+.Trash-*
+.nfs*
+
+### MacOS ###
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+### AI harness ###
+.claude/
+.codex/
+
+### Lokale Umgebung ###
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,12 +4,18 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## Version 1.1.7 - 2026-11-01
-### Fixed
+### Added
+- messages during encounters are sent unchanged, with a one-time notice
+### Changed
 - handling of german umlauts (and other unicode characters)
 - updated libraries and bumped version for all incarnations of WoW (Classic Era, Forever, Classic, Retail)
-- adaptations to Retail v12 new Chat handling (Send API, encounter lockdown, instance chat)
-- /r no longer sends to an empty whisper target if the last told target is unavailable
-
+- adaptations to Retail v12 new Chat handling (API changes, encounter lockdown, instance chat)
+### Fixed
+- "/r" no longer sends to an empty whisper target if the last told target is unavailable
+- fixed replacements in instance chats
+- messages to unknown numbered channels are now discarded
+- right-click on the minimap button
+ 
 ## Version 1.1.6 - 2023-01-18
 ### Changed
 - bumped version for latest WotLK Classic patch