From f9551529d0a3a60a1c9ec2ca19a7813376758d4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fluxgen <fluxgen> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:43:51 +0000 Subject: 1.0rc3 --- NEWS | 142 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 108 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index df7748c..811bbc7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,40 +1,114 @@ -News in 1.0rc2: - * New resource/command - * session.modKey: <modkey> - * command SetModKey <modkey> - eg: session.modKey: Mod4 allows to use the winkey to resize and move - windows and have Mod1 (Alt) free for using blender or Maya. - * Updated de_DE translation - * Added EUC-KR to ko_KR encodings - * startfluxbox aware of --program-prefix and --program-suffix - * More ewmh support: _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG and - _NET_FRAME_EXTENTS are now supported. - * Native Language Support: - * Was broken in 1.0rc - * New menu items to specify encoding of enclosed labels: - [encoding] {UTF-8} - ... (menu) ... - [endencoding] - We recommend that all automatic menu generation programs use this - around their output to ensure portability between user locale - settings. - * Automatic conversion for unknown encodings (if supported by host) +News in 1.0rc3: + * More extended wm hints support: + * _NET_WM_MOVERESIZE_CANCEL (new in version 1.4.draft-1), + * _NET_REQUEST_FRAME_EXTENTS + * _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_MENU + * _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR + * Little simplification of data structure for keybindings (Mark) + Side effects: + - "Mod4 a b" now behaves like "Mod4 a None b" -- in fact, "None" is now + completely obsolete + - You can press "Escape" to cancel any Emacs-style keychain in progress + (unless it's bound to something else) + - If there is a conflict between bindings, the first one in the file wins + - Fixes handling of keychains like "Mod4 a Mod1 b" + - Should fix some issues with "None" modifier + * Updated following translations: + pt_PT, es_ES, es_AR, pt_BR, de_DE, nb_NO + * Support per-window transparency settings. + ( sf.net patch #1511042, feature #1108692 ) + - new "Transparency" menu in the window menu + - new apps file attribute: + [alpha] {int int} (or just {int}) + Where numbers represent focused and unfocused transparency, + respectively. One number only will be used for both. + - Also, show toggle status for shade and stick in window menu. + * Added resource and menu item for maximizing over external tabs + * Renamed session.screen*.iconbar.deiconifyMode to + session.screen*.userFollowModel (Mark) + This resource is used for: + - clicking a window on a different workspace in the iconbar + - _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW messages where the source is a pager + - clicking a client in the workspace menu (and the opposite is used for + right clicks) + Possible values are: + - Follow: go to the workspace of the selected window + - Current: bring the window to the current workspace + - SemiFollow: act like Current for iconified windows, else Follow + - Ignore: leave it alone + * Added support for negative arguments to the `Tab' key command to count + backwards from the last tab in the group + * Added option to :Minimize key command to lower all windows in the same + layer as the focused window,syntax is :Minimize (layer) + * Several changes for background style option: + - now support `background: mod' to coincide with fbsetroot -mod -- + In addition to `background.color' and `background.colorTo', this option + must also set `background.modX' and `background.modY' to integers + - added `background: none' for styles that do not include a background + - fixed bug with style backgrounds not getting set when changing styles + - updated default styles to be valid wrt background options + * Update window transparency immediately when using pseudotransparency, + also introduced new key command: SetAlpha [[+-]<int> [[+-]<int>]] + - with no arguments, returns the focused window to default settings + - with one argument, changes both focused and unfocused settings the same + way + - with two arguments, the first changes the focused alpha, and the second + changes the unfocused alpha + E.g. SetAlpha 127 +5 will set the focused alpha to 127 and increment the + unfocused alpha by 5 (until it reaches 255) + * Made some changes to the way autogrouping in the apps file works + - Introduced new syntax [group] (workspace) to group new windows only with + windows on the current workspace. + * XEMBED support for systemtray. + * Added typeahead support to menus (patch by Philipp Goedl, modified by Mark + and Matteo Galiazzo) + - Added new style item menu.frame.underlineColor: <color> for displaying + matching items + * session.screen<N>.defaultDeco now allows same strings as apps file + Bug fixes: - * #1507754, iconbar text was not updated to match titlebar - * #1362463, menu selection pixmaps disappear - * #1507671, clock not updating on multiple screens - * #1512046, "window.label.unfocus.pixmap" doesn't update - * Fixed slit menu so it closes when you press escape - * Fixed crash when unable to convert between local and utf-8 encodings - * Make Urgency Hint flash the correct tab in a group - * Window placement when apps remembers size but not location - * Menu placement issue with (vertical) xinerama - * nls fixes + * #1437864, Buttons should only run a command if the mouse was clicked down + on the same button + * #1560803, MaxSize and MinSize hints weren't getting updated properly + * #1535304, #1572683, #1646740, Layer wasn't set properly on remembered + windows, and the layer menu wasn't getting updated properly, + * #1060891, #1517747, Clicking on the edge of a button didn't work + * #1595497, Don't escape regular expression metacharacters in apps file + * #1621980, Fix data type of data passed to set _NET_FRAME_EXTENTS + * #1528646, Don't add 2 pixels to a specified toolbar height + * #1595336, Stop cycling focus when any other command is run + * #1561482, Crash when clicking on the workspacename to get the + toolbar menu. + * #1362913, core dumps on Solaris + * #1519913, Next/PrevWindow toolbar buttons break MouseFocus + * #1491571, Round corners badly rendered + * #1449608, Auto-grouped windows using groups file didn't raise + * #1069909, Incorrect window dimensions + * Changing between internal and external tabs didn't affect iconified + windows + * Preserve order of focused windows on restart + * Properly revert focus when two windows close simultaneously + * Fixed nls digit strings to prefix with zero "%4d" => "%04d" for proper + spacing + * Fix RefCount crash and Slit deconstruction ordering + * Detect user's shell from environment rather than assuming /bin/sh + * Fixed an unreported bug with grouping windows on multiple screens + * Fixed a bug with resizing windows for clients when only the width is + specified + * Fixed a bug with `session.ignoreBorder: true' + * Slit was creating a strut even when it wasn't visible + * Fixed display bug with ParentRelative menu highlight + ...and more, not listed here. See ChangeLog for more details. -Before next release we need people to help us with translation. -We also need people to report bugs and other issues with the changed setup. -Do not forget to include language setting, OS and distribution in the report. +This is the final release candidate. +Next relase will be 1.0.0 stable. + +We need people to report bugs and other issues so we can make next +release the most stable release ever. + +Do not forget to include language setting, OS and distribution +when reporting bugs. -- cgit v0.11.2