2 NEWS for veteran Window Maker users
3 -----------------------------------
12 MenuStyle=<style>; will change the menu texture style.
15 normal (default): for the traditional one texture per item, with bevels in
18 singleTexture: for a single texture that spans the whole menu, with bevels
21 flat: singleTexture without the bevels
26 ResizebarBack=<texture>;
28 where <texture> is any of the textures you normally use in titlebars and
31 If the style file/theme does not contain a ResizebarBack option, setstyle
32 will automatically hack it so that wmaker will make the theme work like
39 Appearance Editing in WPrefs
40 ----------------------------
42 Added Appearance/Texture editing capability in WPrefs. Workspace background
43 selection is not yet finished.
49 Removed all themes from the source tree, and moved them in a separate package.
50 You can download the new package from the same place as this package:
51 ftp://ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/beta/srcs/
52 Look after WindowMaker-extra-<version-number>.tar.gz
53 Also WindowMaker-extra pack include the old WindowMaker-data.tar.gz which only
55 Look for the greatest version number when you download this package.
58 get-wraster-flags script change
59 -------------------------------
61 The name of the options passed to get-wraster-flags changed, to allow a better
62 name compatibility with the naming conventions used by other software.
63 The name change was as follows:
64 --lflags was changed in --ldflags
65 To allow backward compatibility, with already written software, the old
66 --lflags option is still recognized, but you are encouraged to move the the
77 Added 2 new cool themes (actually I added in 0.51.1, but forgot
78 to put it here...) from largo (LeetWM) and BadlandZ (STEP2000).
81 Full Screen Maximization
82 ------------------------
84 The FullMaximize window attribute will allow the window to
85 be maximized to the full size of the screen (ignoring anything
86 like titlebar, resizebar, dock, panels etc). It should be usefull
87 for programs that must use the whole screen, like games or things
88 like presentation programs.
93 KDE Application Menu script
94 ---------------------------
96 wkdemenu.sh is a converter from KDE application menu structures to wmaker
97 menu that can be used as a piped menu. Look wkdemenu.sh for how to use it.
100 Window Edge Resistance
101 ----------------------
103 Window edge resistance was now added. No, feature freeze hasn't been
104 removed. Its just part of the edge resistance rewrite ;)
110 Added SteelBlueSilk theme
112 Installation Path Changes
113 -------------------------
115 Default configuration data installed in /usr/local/etc/WindowMaker
116 or $(sysconfdir)/WindowMaker
121 Window Maker has become a GNU program (part of the GNU Project).
123 Title text drop shadow
124 ----------------------
126 drop shadow option added for titlebar text. This is a compile time
127 option which needs to be defined in src/wconfig.h after you run
128 configure and before you run make.
130 New options and syntax for your WindowMaker domain file are:
133 FShadowColor = <color>;
134 PShadowColor = <color>;
135 UShadowColor = <color>;
136 MShadowColor = <color>;
138 The shadow option is dynamic (no need for a restart).
139 MShadowColor is for the menu title text.
144 WARNING!!! libPropList was removed from the Window Maker distribution
145 and is being distributed separately. If you dont have it installed yet,
146 get it from ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/libs and install before building
150 signal handling change
151 ----------------------
152 SIGHUP will exit wmaker instead of restarting it!!! This is because
153 GNOME expects the window manager to exit instead of restarting...
154 Complaints should go to gnome people. SIGUSR1 will restart wmaker now.
159 WINGs-flags was removed, and replaced by get-wraster-flags.
160 Please remove WINGs-flags from your system, since it was obsoloted by
162 Continuing to use WINGs-flags can lead to hazardous effects, since is no
169 docklib is a little library for making dock applets. It's in the
170 docklib-0.0.tar.gz file. Unpack it and read the README file there.
176 Removed OnTopTransients option
178 Added OpenTransientOnOwnerWorkspace
184 OPEN LOOK(tm)/olwm hints support was added.
186 Read the appropriate section in the README file.
192 New option for WorkspaceBack. mpixmap is the same as spixmap, but
193 it will scale the pixmap by keeping the aspect ratio (maximize or maxpect).
194 The option only works for workspace backgrounds.
196 Also added IGNORE_PPOSITION compile time flag, which is equivalent
197 to NoPPosition from fvwm.
208 Added full support for GNOME and KWM hints.
209 Read the INSTALL file to see how enable them.
211 Everything in the so called GNOME window manager bla bla bla pseudo-spec is
214 As for KDE stuff, it implements 90% of everything kwm does, adds some
215 Window Maker specific extensions to it and still uses half of the memory
216 kwm does, which should be enough to let you dump kwm ;) For details on what
217 exactly is implemented, see comments in src/kwm.c Read the README.KDE file
218 for more information.
221 WARNING: Some KDE hints are badly designed, so doing things like using
222 kpanel's desktop switcher/pager and Window Maker's internal workspace
223 management functions to create, destroy and rename workspaces at the same
224 time might cause unknown effects. To be on the safe side, only
225 use either of them to manage workspaces. Switching workspaces is hopefully,
226 safe, so you can switch workspaces from wherever you want.
230 Workspace Specific Background Images
231 ------------------------------------
233 Use the WorkspaceSpecificBack to set background images for specific
234 workspaces. The WorkspaceBack is used as the default background image.
238 WorkspaceSpecificBack = ((solid, red), (cpixmap, ship.jpg, gray), (),
239 (dgradient, red, blue))
241 This will set the background image of workspace 1 to (solid, 0),
242 2 to ship.jpg and 4 to a gradient. Workspace 3 and other workspaces
243 will have the image defined by WorkspaceBack.
245 Note that this uses quite some memory...
251 setstyle now accepts the -nofonts flag, which will load the style
252 file ignoring all font related options.
256 setstyle -nofonts Blabla.style
259 getstyle can be used to create theme packs. See the usage in the
260 WindowMaker/README.themes file.
267 Textured gradients will tile a texture pixmap and combine it with a gradient,
268 using an arbitrary opaqueness.
270 Syntax is (thgradient, <file>, <opaqueness>, <color1>, <color2>)
271 (tvgradient, <file>, <opaqueness>, <color1>, <color2>)
272 (tdgradient, <file>, <opaqueness>, <color1>, <color2>)
274 <color1> and <color2> are the colors for the gradient,
275 <file> is the texture file and
276 <opaqueness> is the opaqueness to merge the texture witht the gradient,
277 ranging from 0 to 255.
281 (thgradient, "BlueImage.jpeg", 120, white, black)
283 The BlackTexture style and Checker theme are examples.
287 You can use any type of pixmap file for this, but small (like 64x32)
288 grayscale pixmap files should get the best results (fast and low memory
289 usage). You can use color pixmaps, but it is harder to get the desired effect
292 Be warned that this texture type is the slowest.
299 IconTitleBack and IconTitleColor control the color of the
300 miniwindow title. Both of them are colors.
303 IconTitleColor=white;
307 Since this introduces an incompatibility in themes and getting flamed by the
308 themes ppl isn't the most pleasant thing ("Whaddafuk you're thinking!? You
309 just broke 500 themes!!!" ;) the setstyle command was hacked so that it will
310 make old themes work as before, by trying to automatically set the above
311 options. Note that in some cases it will not have exactly the same results as
315 StartMaximized window attribute. Will maximize the window when it
319 AutoRaiseLower option for the Clip. This allows automatic Raise/Lower of the
320 Clip icons when the mouse pointer enter/leave the Clip. To avoid unwanted
321 raising/lowering there is a time threshold before raising/lowering.
322 The thresholds can be changed in wconfig.h by changing one or both of
323 AUTO_LOWER_DELAY and AUTO_RAISE_DELAY (expressed in miliseconds).
324 For example if you set AUTO_RAISE_DELAY to 0, then the Clip will be raised as
325 soon as the mouse pointer enters it's area. Setting AUTO_RAISE_DELAY to a very
326 big value, will make the Clip to practically do not auto raise unless clicked,
327 but to be automatically lowered after AUTO_LOWER_DELAY (ms) when leaved.
333 Starting with this version, a new format of themes is being supported.
334 Before you open pine and start composing your flame, rest assured that
335 the old format is still supported. The new format is documented
336 in the WindowMaker/README.themes file.
342 The -noext option for OPEN_MENU will strip whatever is after the last .
343 in file names that appear on the opened directory. So,
345 OPEN_MENU ~/bg WITH xv -root -quit
347 will create a menu with all the images in ~/bg without the extension.
354 Icon (miniwindow) stacking
355 --------------------------
357 If you want miniwindows to reside under normal windows, edit
358 wconfig.h and change WNormalLevel (just grep for it) to
365 If you have a 5 button mouse and want to give some utility for
366 the extra 2 buttons, edit the appropriate line in src/wconfig.h
367 Clicking Button4 in the root window will switch you to the previous
368 workspace and Button5 will do that for the next.
374 put NoWindowOverDock back
376 KeepOnBottom window attribute
379 -static command line option
380 ---------------------------
382 wmaker -static will start Window Maker in static mode. This will
383 prevent wmaker from checking or making any configuration changes.
384 That makes it possible to run wmaker before running wmaker.inst
387 Hysteresis for menu item selection
388 ----------------------------------
390 Hopefully it's intelligent enough, so you won't notice it.
392 In case you want to know what's it, it's equivalent to that
393 (insanely long) 2 second delay present in that Windoze95 menu,
394 but more usefull than annoying (I hope :). To see it, do the following
395 with your current wmaker version and later with 0.20.3:
397 - open the apps menu and stick it
398 - click in the item for the "Workspaces" submenu and hold
399 - drag the mouse to the 4th or bigger entry (like "Workspace 4") in a
400 straight line, trying to select the target item before the submenu
401 is unmapped when you dragged over other items in the main menu
408 Window shortcuts are shortcuts to arbitrary windows. You can make up to 4
409 shortcuts. To assign a previously bound shortcut to a window use the "Select
410 Shortcut" submenu in the window commands menu. If the shortcut is not yet
411 assigned for any window, you can hit the shortcut to assign it to the active
412 window. The shortcut will do the same as clicking in an entry in the window
413 list menu. The keys for the shortcuts are defined in the ~/G/D/WindowMaker
414 file or in WPrefs.app
418 WindowShortcut1Key through WindowShortcut4Key
424 The name of WindowMaker was changed to Window Maker.
426 Window creation animation disabled by default.
431 If you use it edit src/wconfig.h and #define OPTIMIZE_SHAPE or disable the
432 titlebar and resizebar for the window. OPTIMIZE_SHAPE will remove the
433 flickering for xdaliclock and other programs that change their shapes often,
434 but will increase network traffic considerably. So, if you use xdaliclock
435 from a remote machine it can get slow.
441 The applications menu will now use the shell in the SHELL environment
442 variable to execute EXEC menu commands. If it is unset (I think it's always
443 automatically set by the shell program) it will use /bin/sh
446 Extra fancy icon kaboom :)
447 --------------------------
449 Edit src/wconfig.h and #define ICON_KABOOM_EXTRA to get
450 more effects for the icon undocking animation.
452 Options for superfluous stuff are even more superfluous, so this
453 will not become runtime.
456 XDE drag and drop support
457 -------------------------
459 Support for XDE drag and drop was added (by "]d" <id@maliwan.org>).
460 To enable, edit src/wconfig.h
461 The support works with gtk 1.1.2
467 libPropList will now be built automatically by wmaker. Wich means
468 the (simplified) building process is now:
476 tar xzf libPropList.tar.gz
477 (cd libPropList; make)
481 You also don't need to worry about GNOME libPropList incompatibilities
485 Bug with focus lost in sloppy focus fixed
486 -----------------------------------------
488 The bug only occurs in sloppy or auto focus modes, with AutoFocus disabled
489 and Superfluous enabled. There is no easy/clean way to fix this, so Window
490 Maker will disable the animation of window creation if the focus mode is
491 either sloppy or auto AND AutoFocus=NO.
493 If you want the animation, enable AutoFocus or use manual focus mode
497 The NoWindowUnderDock option was removed
498 ----------------------------------------
499 To obtain the same result, use the "Keep Dock On Top" option in the dock menu.
502 Persistent Program Suplied Icons
503 --------------------------------
505 Application supplied icons are now stored, so that the dock will keep
506 showing them after the app is exited. The icons are stored at
507 ~/GNUstep/.AppInfo/WindowMaker/
513 Sound support is now on by default. Even if you don't use sound the overhead
514 is very small, and has no impact on performance. If you still want to
515 optimize it and remove a few hundred of bytes, then use --disable-sound or
516 --enable-sound=no options when you configure Window Maker.
522 Multihead support. wmaker will now manage all screens that are attached to the
524 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
527 It does so from a single process (instead of spawning a new process for each
528 screen, like fvwm does). This keeps memory usage a lot lower than fvwm.
530 State files have a suffix .n, where n is the number of the screen.
532 Since I don't have a real multiheaded machine, it probably has bugs.
537 Yet another useless superfluous animation. Find out what exactly it is
544 ~/G/L/W/exitscript will be called automatically when wmaker is exited.
550 1. Miniaturization animation is now selectable by a runtime option
553 IconificationStyle = <style>;
555 to your WindowMaker configuration file.
556 <style> can be one of: Zoom, Twist, Flip or None
557 Case doesn't matter, and default is Zoom.
561 This can be controlled by setting:
563 EdgeResistance = xxx;
565 in your WindowMaker configuration file.
566 xxx is an integer greater than 0 and represents the number of pixels of edge
567 resistance. Setting it to 0 (default) will disable this feature.
572 A new theme named Night, is available in this distribution.
578 GIF support was added. You will need libgif 2.2 to use it.
580 cpixmap added. Syntax is the same as tpixmap or spixmap
585 getstyle will include IconBack info in Style files.
589 libPropList was updated. If you have it installed, you must upgrade or
590 WPrefs will crash because of bugs in libPropList.
598 WindowTitleBalloons = YES;
599 will enable balloons for window titles that are not fully visible.
601 MiniwindowTitleBalloons = YES;
602 will enable balloons for miniwindow titles.
604 AppIconBalloons = YES;
605 for application icons (docked or not)
611 IconPosition (the position of the icons) is specified as:
613 IconPosition = c1c2c3;
617 c1 can be t or b (meaning top or bottom)
618 c2 can be l or r (meaning left or right)
619 c3 can be v or h (meaning vertical or horizontal)
626 is the old iconPosition position.
630 will place the icons over the Dock.
635 EmulateAppIcon = YES; will make the window have an application icon.
636 Only use this option for fully specified windows (like rxvt.Rxvt).
637 NEVER use in generic window specifications (like * or rxvt).
638 You must restart the application for the attribute to take effect.
649 Boolean balues have changed!!! YES, Y and any non-zero integer will
650 mean TRUE and anything else (including True) will mean FALSE. This
651 is to conform to the OpenStep values used for booleans and
652 not cause headaches later, when GNUstep apps also starts using
653 defaults and users will try using True wich won't get recognized.
661 Clip button layout was changed. IT IS TEMPORARY AND THE DEFINITIVE LOOK
668 More bugs were fixed in it. Upgrade the library if you have an older version
669 installed, with the one included.
675 Format for property list menus has changed! The redundant array for
676 submenus was removed, so a menu that looked like:
679 ("Xterm", EXEC, "xterm"),
682 ("Gimp", EXEC, "gimp"),
691 ("Xterm", EXEC, "xterm"),
693 ("Gimp", EXEC, "gimp"),
703 NUMLOCK_HACK is back. This time it works and is enabled by default.
704 If you think you don't need it and promise me that you won't send
705 "bug" reports saying that shortcuts stop working after a while, you can
706 disable it ;) It will save some memory and CPU.
712 Removed the SwapMenuButton option and added 3 finer grained options:
714 SelectWindowsMouseButton
715 WindowListMouseButton
716 ApplicationMenuMouseButton
718 Values that can be used are Left, Middle, Right and Button1 through Button5
719 Left is equivalent to Button1, Middle to Button2 and Right to Button3
722 Removed the WorkspaceChangeDelay option and corresponding action.
723 Removed AClipColor and IClipColor
726 Added the SelectKey back
729 Changed default binding of Window commands menu from F10 to Control+Escape
736 libPropList has changed! Upgrade it before compiling wmaker.
738 Hopefully the bugs that caused wmaker to crash if an error is found
739 in the config files is fixed. If you do crash wmaker with a bad
740 file, please try to find out the smallest possible portion of the file
741 that still crashes wmaker and send it to me.
747 PixmapPath was split to PixmapPath and IconPath. PixmapPath is the path
748 for the pixmaps used as textures and IconPath is for the icons.
749 Don't forget to add IconPath to your current configuration file.
751 There's also a new library in ~/GNUstep/Library/Icons. You should place
752 your icons there, since icons are not a WindowMaker specific resource.
755 DontConfirmKill=YES; will disable the confirmation panel for Kill
763 Unhide Here in the appicon menu was changed to be the first entry.
764 This way you can unhide the appicon with a single click without
765 even moving the pointer.
771 The collect icons commands was renamed to attract icons and
772 the attract icons options was renamed to Auto attract icons.
774 The Remove Selected Icons was renamed to Remove Icon(s). It will
775 act as before if some icon is selected and will remove the clicked
776 icon (without confirmation) if it is not.
778 Added a Keep Icon(s) command that will keep the selected icons if
779 any is selected and the current one if none.
781 The Move To command was renamed to Move Icon(s) To.
786 If you have libPropList installed, you might want to reinstall it,
787 replacing with the included libPropList. It has a small bug fix.
792 Removed --with-gnome and made MWM_HINTS defined by default.
793 This means that "GNOME support" will work with no additional
794 flags passed to configure.
796 Added support for KDE, by adding a DisableWorkspaceMouseActions option.
797 Set it to YES and run krootwm to be able to use everything in kfm.
800 Shortcuts for Root Menu
801 -----------------------
803 There is now a new SHORTCUT optional keyword for the menus.
804 For example, you can bind Control-F1 to xterm with:
806 "XTerm" SHORTCUT Control+F1 EXEC xterm
808 or F2 to ARRANGE_ICONS with:
810 "Arrange Icons" SHORTCUT F2 ARRANGE_ICONS
813 All commands allowed in the menu file accept the keyword, except for
820 ** Configuration of docked applications is now done in a panel instead of
823 ** Added a command menu for application icons
825 ** Shift double-click on the application icon will unhide the app
826 in the current workspace.
832 NotMiniaturizable option changed to NoMiniaturizeButton
833 NotClosable option changed to NoCloseButton
836 Speed options values are now UltraFast, Fast, Medium, Slow or UltraSlow
839 Removed the Select keyboard binding. You can access it in the window
842 Removed the ClipMaxIcons option and made it a compile time option.
844 Removed the ConstrainWindowSize option
846 Renamed NoSound to DisableSound
848 Renamed NoAutowrap to DontLinkWorkspaces
850 Renamed NoDithering to DisableDithering
852 Renamed NoAnimations to DisableAnimations
854 Removed the LeftHanded option and added a SwapMenuButton option.
855 SwapMenuButton will make the rubberband selection in the root window
856 be bound to the right button and the root menu to the left button.
859 New way to display temporary icons
860 ----------------------------------
862 The icons that are attracted by Clip, but will not be kept after the
863 application close, are now using a different color for shading, unlike previous
864 version that always used white. This will improve look for very different color
865 combinations, and allow the user to control the look of the shaded icon.
866 The color used for shading the icons is computed as follows:
868 First a color is computed depending on the IconBack type:
869 - for solid the color is the solid color itself.
870 - for simple gradients the color is (from_color + to_color)/2.
871 - for multiple gradients, the color is the first color in list.
872 - for pixmaps, the color is the solid color specified for that pixmap.
874 Then the color is made lighter by multiplying each red/green/blue filed with
875 1.7 and limiting each field to 0xff in case they exceed this value.
876 Then this new color will be used by superposing it with the icon we want to
877 shade, using a proper alpha value.
879 To control the color for shading is simple:
881 - In case of multi gradients you just need to put the first color, as the color
882 you like. WindowMaker do not use the first color in the list to directly build
883 the gradient, but only when it needs a solid color for something (like in this
886 - For pixmaps, put the needed color as the solid color the syntax for pixmaps
887 require. This color is also not used when displaying normal icons, just when
888 solid colors are needed (like this case).
890 - For solid color, or simple gradients, in case the color it uses after
891 computing is not good enough, you can always convert the solid or simple
892 gradient to a multi gradient with the same look, and use that one. In this
893 case is simple, just put the needed color as first color in list.
895 Please note that this will not slow down WindowMaker, because the IconBack is
896 read only once at startup, and then only if it is changed. After reading it WM
897 will construct the image of the tile, and use the image instead of recomputing
898 the gradient every time.
900 Here are 2 examples of converting solid or simple gradient to a same looking
903 IconBack = (solid, Blue);
905 IconBack = (mhgradient , LightBlue, Blue, Blue);
906 using LightBlue as color for shading.
908 IconBack = (dgradient, "#284569", "#082420");
910 IconBack = (mdgradient, "#183454", "#284569", "#082420");
911 looking the same, but using #183454 for shading.
914 New Sound Server Location
915 -------------------------
917 The sound server new URL is http://www.frontiernet.net/~southgat/wmsound
918 Also it seems to be running on FreeBSD too (with little changes maybe).
926 The path for the WINGs resource files was changed. If you don't
927 do make install, you must move /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Resources to
928 /usr/local/share/WINGs
934 The following new options are available:
935 NewStyle = Yes/No; (static) Replaces --enable-newstyle
936 DisableDock = Yes/No; (static) Same as -nodock command line option.
937 DisableClip = Yes/No; (static) Same as -noclip.
938 Superfluous = Yes/No; (dynamic) Replaces --enable-superfluous.
941 - The static options are only read at startup. Changing them, needs to restart,
942 so they will be accounted.
943 - DisableDock and DisableClip have lower precedence than -nodock -noclip
944 command line options. If both option/command line option are given, then the
945 command line option will be accounted.
951 The start hidden option was fixed, and made to be an application wide option.
952 It will apply to every window the application owns. Also its place in the
953 Attribute Inspector panel, changed accordingly, to reflect this.
954 The start miniaturized is however still applying to particular windows of an
955 application, unless the option is set for the class.
956 Start miniaturized, will override start hidden if both set.
959 Because of the way Netscape Communicator is implemented, it is NOT possible
960 to set the start hidden or miniatirized flags for it. This is because Netscape
961 chooses to send a second map event to the window it maps. This makes the
962 window to receive a second map request and to be unhidden or maximized back,
963 immediately after it was hidden or miniaturized by WindowMaker at startup.
972 The NextMenuBehaviour option was renamed to WrapMenus
973 The WorkspaceTiedMiniwindows option was renamed to StickyIcons
975 The .tif files were renamed to .tiff
978 Selecting Mini Windows
979 ----------------------
981 Now miniaturized windows can be selected as well as normal windows.
982 You can do this by Shift-Click-ing them. They will be marked, and will follow
983 you through workspaces like normal selected windows do.
984 Miniaturizing a window will no longer deselect the window, but will place the
985 icon and mark it as selected.
986 The only difference between miniaturized and normal window selection is that
987 for the moment the rubber-band selecting method works only for normal windows.
990 Icon Selection Panel in Attributes Editor
991 -----------------------------------------
993 Now, selecting icons is as easy as clicking in the file name in a list.
999 IconSlideStep, IconSlideSlowDown and IconSlideDelay were merged to
1002 MenuScrollStep and MenuScrollDelay were merged to MenuScrollSpeed
1004 ShadeStep and ShadeDelay were merged to ShadeSpeed
1007 Valid values for them are: Fast, Normal, Slow or UltraSlow
1009 If you want to fine tune the values, they can be changed in wconfig.h
1010 Send me your set of values with an indication of how fast is your hardware,
1011 so that I can make the default values more adequate.
1014 New Window Attributes
1015 ---------------------
1017 Added StartMiniaturized and StartHidden as window attributes and
1018 removed the previous implementation. Also removed the dock menu entries.
1019 They are now settable in the Attributes Panel.
1021 Also added DontSaveSession attribute. This way, you won't end up with multiple
1022 unwanted copies of the same app after the previous session is restored.
1023 I start X with a xterm in .xinitrc instead of wmaker, wich will cause the
1024 xterm restored by wmaker be duplicate. Just add -name something to the
1025 xterm started form .xinitrc and mark DontSaveSession=YES for that window.
1029 User Specifiable Visual IDs
1030 ---------------------------
1032 wmaker now supports different visuals than the default one. It isn't of much
1033 use for most people, but can be usefull for lucky SGI users who want it
1034 to use TrueColor instead of the default PseudoColor.
1036 wmaker -visualid VISUAL_ID
1038 where VISUAL_ID is the hex code for the visual you want.
1040 Note: I don't have an SGI box and haven't tested it...
1047 The starting workspace is identified in the following order:
1048 1. If the app is omnipresent will be mapped on the current workspace.
1049 2. Else if the application have a StartWorkspace option set as attribute
1050 then this one will be used.
1051 3. Else, if the application was started from Clip, the workspace on which
1052 the Clip from where it was started is used.
1053 4. Else the current workspace is used.
1055 Restoring saved sessions will always use the saved workspace, no matter
1056 what other options are, except onmipresent.
1062 Workspace specific mini windows
1063 -------------------------------
1065 The minimized windows can be workspace specific, being more consistent with
1066 the rest. This is because minimized window represents just another state of a
1067 window (like normal or shaded), which all are workspace specific.
1068 This (or the old "present anywhere") behavior can be set using an option in
1069 the WindowMaker database: WorkspaceTiedMiniWindows = Yes/No;
1071 New way to animate the blowing icons
1072 ------------------------------------
1074 There is now a compile time option that allows one to set how the icons are
1075 animated when detaching from dock/clip in superfluous mode.
1076 By default the classic "Falling pieces" animation is used.
1077 If SPREAD_ICON is #define-ed in wconfig.h, then a "Spread in four directions"
1078 animation is used instead. Take a look at the section where this is described
1080 By default there is #undef SPREAD_ICON to select "Falling pieces" animation.
1082 Auto Colapse for Clip
1083 ---------------------
1085 The clip now supports an option named "Auto Collapse" which can be set from
1086 the clip main menu. When set, clip will stay collapsed, and will show itself
1087 when the mouse moves over it. While the mouse is over it, or over any of the
1088 icons attached to the clip, the clip will stay uncollapsed, letting you to
1089 access the attached icons. This is not true for applications like asclock, or
1090 applets of that kind, because the icon window do not belongs to WindowMaker,
1091 but to the application itself. For such icons you must keep the mouse over the
1092 icon groundplate, else it will collapse back. But usually these type of icons
1093 will not stay in a collapsed clip, since one needs to see what they show.
1094 When the clip is leaved it will collapse back after a delay of 1 second, unless
1095 the mouse is moved back to the clip area. The delay can be set modifying
1096 AUTO_COLLAPSE_DELAY in wconfig.h. Default is 1000 (ms) which means 1 second.
1103 Changed name from Fiend to Clip
1104 -----------------------------------
1106 All occurrences of word Fiend with or without capital F were replaced with
1107 the corresponding Clip (same capital).
1108 This affects all configuration files under ~/GNUstep that contain this word.
1109 It can be refered as "Workspace Dock" too.
1112 New option in Clip menu, and extended Clip behavior
1113 ---------------------------------------------------
1115 The following new items are available in the dock menu:
1118 2. Keep Attracted Icons
1120 4. (Un)select All Icons
1121 5. Remove Selected Icons
1123 7. Start miniaturized (also available for regular dock)
1124 8. Start hidden (also available for regular dock)
1126 10. Set icon... (also available for regular dock)
1129 Here is what they do:
1131 1. "Attract Icons" will let the Clip to attract and attach any new appicon that
1132 is created when an application starts. It will not do this if the Clip is
1133 full. If the Clip is Collapsed then the appicon will be hidden after it is
1135 2. "Keep Attracted Icons" will tell the Clip to keep the attracted appicons,
1136 after the application is closed. Without this the appicons will vanish,
1137 leaving the Clip in the original state. If you move an appicon that was
1138 attracted from Clip to regular Dock, it will be kept when closed, no matter
1139 what "Keep Attracted Icons" is set to in Clip.
1140 3. "Collect Icons" will collect all appicons that are not yet attached to Dock
1141 or Clip, and attach them to the current workspace Clip. The value of
1142 "Keep Attracted Icons" will apply when applications close. If Clip is
1143 collapsed, the appicons will be hidden.
1144 4. "(Un)select All Icons" will select all icons in the clip if none is
1145 selected, or it will deselect all selected ones. The selected icons are
1146 marked using a small triangle in the bottom right corner of the appicon.
1147 The color of the mark is set using SClipColor in WindowMaker domain
1149 5. "Remove Selected Icons" will remove from Clip all selected icons. The ones
1150 that still run, will be detached, all the others will vanish.
1151 6. "Move To" will transfer all selected icons to another workspace and attach
1152 them to the Clip in that workspace. If none is selected, only the one the
1153 mouse was pressed on will be moved.
1154 7. "Start miniaturized" will launch (or autolaunch if set) the application in
1155 a miniaturized state.
1156 8. "Start hidden" will launch (or autolaunch if set) the application in a
1157 hidden state. Note that only one of the two can be set at a time.
1158 9. "Selected" can be used to toggle the selected state of the appicon
1159 individually. The same can be achieved using Shift-LeftClick on the appicon.
1160 In fact the intended way of toggling the selected state is by using
1161 the Shift-LeftClick on icon. The menu entry is just another way to do the
1163 10. "Set icon..." will allow one to set the image for the appicon. The image
1164 will be updated without restart, and also all appicons in the same
1165 instance.class as the one we set for, will be updated.
1167 So a simple way of avoiding the screen to be filled up with appicons is to set
1168 the "Attract Icons" in the Clip. Also the "Keep Attracted Icons" can be set to
1169 No, so the attracted icons will be deleted when application exits, thus leaving
1170 the Clip clean. If also one to not want to see the appicons that keep filling
1171 the Clip, he can set the Clip to be Collapsed.
1173 Getting rid of unneeded icons in Clip is as simple as selecting them
1174 individually using Shift-LeftClick, and then using the "Remove selected Icons"
1178 Support for different visuals.
1179 ------------------------------
1181 WindowMaker is now able to support any visual, except DirectColor, in any
1182 depth from 1bpp to 32bpp.
1184 One can start the X server with different visuals, by passing the X server the
1185 right option. For XFree 3.3.x is -cc <id>.
1186 WindowMaker is not yet able to choose a different visual from the Default one
1187 on a given screen, but can use any default visual it finds, except the direct
1189 For example starting X like (for XFree 3.3.x, and if the driver for the
1190 card supports this. Read the man page for your X server):
1191 startx -- -bpp 8 -cc 0 will give you the StaticGray visual.
1192 startx -- -bpp 8 -cc 1 will give the GrayScale visual
1195 Wrlib code is now generic, and will support any visual except DirectColor in
1196 any depth. Programs written with wrlib can work on different visuals from
1197 the default visual for a given screen.
1198 Behavior in different visuals can be tested using the testgrad program in
1199 wrlib subdirectory in distribution.
1200 testgrad -h will show the usage.
1202 Multidiagonal gradients are also implemented now in wrlib, and a new algorithm
1203 is used to speed up the generation of diagonal gradients.
1206 New arrangement of the directory structure under ~/GNUstep/
1207 ---------------------------------------------------------------
1209 To better adapt to theme support the directory structure changed under
1210 ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker
1212 1. Style directory moved to Styles.
1213 2. Added the following directories: Backgrounds, IconSets, Pixmaps, Sounds and
1215 3. The .style files no longer get copied in the user's Styles directory.
1216 Instead they are read from the global /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Styles
1219 Under ~/GNUstep/Defaults the following changes occurred:
1221 1. A default WMState is installed by wmaker.inst.
1222 It contains the dockit program assigned to the top icon of the dock, and
1223 the wmsetbg program assigned for the drop command on both dock's and clip's
1225 Double clicking the dock's main icon will bring up dockit that will let you
1226 dock any application that do not have an application icon.
1227 Dropping an image on dock's or clip's main icon, from an Offix DND aware
1228 application, will put the image on the background tiled, and will update
1229 WindowMaker domain database file.
1230 2. Syntax of WMState changed a little. The old position will not be restored
1231 when you will first start the new version, but after that it will be
1232 normally remembered. This is because now the main clip icons is only saved
1233 once, not for every workspace.
1234 You should replace Fiend with Clip in any place where it appears, if you
1235 want to keep the old WMState file, else it will not work.
1236 3. At compile time, it will detect if you have support for tif, and will
1237 install a WMWindowAttributes with corresponding image name extension
1238 (.tif or .xpm). This is true only for pixmaps that come with the source
1239 distribution and get installed under /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Pixmaps
1241 The menu file changed a lot. Old menu file will *not* work with new theme
1242 support, so please upgrade.
1245 New behavior of OPEN_MENU command
1246 ---------------------------------
1248 The OPEN_MENU command now supports the following syntax:
1249 1. File menu handling.
1250 // opens file.menu which must contain a valid menu file and inserts
1251 // it in current position
1253 2. Pipe menu handling.
1254 // opens command and uses it's stdout to construct menu.
1255 // Command's output must be a valid menu description.
1257 3. Directory handling.
1258 // Opens one or more directories and construct a menu with all
1259 // the subdirectories and executable files in them sorted alphabetically.
1260 OPEN_MENU /some/dir [/some/other/dir ...]
1261 4. Directory handling with command.
1262 // Opens one or more directories and construct menu with all
1263 // subdirectories and readable files in them sorted alphabetically,
1264 // preceding each of them with command.
1265 // WITH is a required keyword!!!
1266 OPEN_MENU /some/dir [/some/other/dir ...] WITH command -options
1268 Please note that because of the 'WITH' keyword old menu files no longer work
1269 for the OPEN_MENU with a command.
1275 Theme support is now as easy as untar-ing a tarball in the right place.
1276 Because of the way OPEN_MENU works, they can be installed on a global
1277 shareable basis, or for personal user use.
1278 Themes installed under ~/GNUstep will be available only for a user, but
1279 if if they are installed under /usr/local/share/WindowMaker they will be seen
1280 by all users. This is also true for style files, background images, pixmaps,
1281 etc that get installed under /usr/local/share/WindowMaker.
1282 Themes can be saved or loaded using the Appereance menu.
1284 Also support for different IconSets is available. You can save or load a new
1285 IconSet using the Appereance menu.
1287 Setting background images is now as simple as putting the images in the right
1288 place (~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds or
1289 /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Backgrounds, or any other place in your
1290 PixmapPath). Then use the Appereance menu. They will be instantly available
1291 since they are opened by a OPEN_MENU command. Also the image do not need to
1292 have a .jpg or any other extension. It will be recognized anyhow.
1293 As an example please see the OpenStep theme supplied with WindowMaker.
1294 The OpenStep image is a jpeg file without extension.
1296 Please keep in mind that anything under /usr/local/share/WindowMaker will be
1297 available for all users.
1300 New options for wmsetbg and getstyle
1301 ------------------------------------
1303 wmsetbg now accepts the following options:
1304 usage: wmsetbg [-options] image
1309 -s scale image (default)
1310 -u update WindowMaker domain database
1311 -D <domain> update <domain> database
1312 -c <cpc> colors per channel to use
1314 By default, it will try to guess if dithering is needed or not and proceed
1316 Using -d or -m will force it to dither or match colors.
1318 Dithering for more than 15bpp is generally not needed, and will only result
1319 in a slower processing.
1320 Don't use dithering except when needed, because it is slower. Else rely on
1321 wmsetbg which will detect if dithering is needed and use it.
1323 -u will update the WorkspaceBack in the default database domain file in
1324 ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker, and let WindowMaker refresh the screen.
1325 Please note that this option only works under WindowMaker, and will have no
1326 effect under other window managers, since it rely on WindowMaker to update
1327 the image after it reads the updated defaults database.
1329 -D <domain> is same as above, but will update the domain <domain> instead of
1330 the default WindowMaker domain.
1332 -c <cpc> will set the color per channel to use. Only needed for PseudoColor
1333 visuals. WindowMaker will automatically pass the value read from the
1334 WindowMaker domain database.
1337 getstyle now have the -t option, that instructs it to read all options
1338 related to theme. Without -t getstyle will read only style options that
1339 means it will not read WorkspaceBack and IconBack.
1340 Use -t when you want to make a theme and need all theme options to be saved.
1341 Else it will extract just a style file.
1344 Session management support
1345 --------------------------
1347 Two new commands are available for use in menus:
1349 SAVE_SESSION and CLEAR_SESSION.
1352 will take a snapshot of all running applications, and their current hints
1353 (shaded, hidden, minimized, geometry and workspace they are on),
1354 and save it inside the WMState file. Also the current workspace we are on is
1355 saved. The applications that are running and were started from dock or clip are
1356 marked, so they will be attached to the corresponding dock/clip when restored.
1357 This state is restored every next session, until a new one is saved or
1358 CLEAR_SESSION is used.
1361 will clear any previous saved session.
1363 There is also a run time option named SaveSessionOnExit = Yes/No; that allows
1364 one to automatically save the state of desktop when leaving WindowMaker.
1365 This way next session, the state of the desktop before last exit is restored.
1367 Please note that if this option is set to Yes, than any manual saving of the
1368 state, or any clearing of the state will be overridden when exiting
1371 These options are available under the "Workspace" menu.
1374 User WindowMaker configuration files are now merged with global ones
1375 --------------------------------------------------------------------
1377 When starts WindowMaker will look for database domain files under
1378 $GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT/Defaults or ~/GNUstep/Deafults to be read. (In this order).
1380 If they are not available then it will scan for them in
1381 $GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT/Defaults, $GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Defaults or
1382 /usr/local/GNUstep/Defaults (in this order).
1384 Even if the file was found or not, it will always load the corresponding domain
1385 file under /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Defaults.
1387 Then if the user file was found it will merge it over the global file, else
1388 the global file will be used.
1390 This way any settings that are set by the system administrator in the shared
1391 file will be available for users that do not have them in their config files.
1392 Any option the user have in his config file will override the one in the
1395 So any new runtime options that appear in WindowMaker domain, do not need to
1396 be set in all user files, except the ones the user wants a different behavior
1397 from the default set for all users in the shared file.
1399 Also it is possible for the user to not have any personal domain databases, and
1400 the global shared ones will be used, but it still needs to have the directory
1401 structure, so WMState gets written on session exit.
1402 So all it needs to have is ~/GNUstep/Defaults directory available.
1405 New behavior of the Slide Icons
1406 -------------------------------
1408 Animation constants are now runtime.
1412 IconSlideSlowDown = 50;
1414 To better adapt both slow and fast machines the behavior of sliding icons
1415 changed in the following manner:
1417 Old one was to keep moving the icon with a constant step (default 5 pixels)
1418 until it reached the destination.
1420 Now it will use a new parameter named IconSlideSlowDown to speed up or slow
1423 Instead of moving it with a constant step it will use IconSlideSlowDown to
1424 divide the distance to the destination, and use this value as the first step.
1425 Then is will compute the remaining distance and will again use
1426 IconSlideSlowDown to divide it and get the new step. And so on.
1427 When the step to move becomes smaller than IconSlideStep, IconSlideStep will
1428 be used further until the destination is reached.
1430 This way a nice deceleration effect is achieved, since while the icon
1431 approaches destination, it will use smaller steps, gibing the illusion that
1432 the icons is moving slower.
1434 IconSlideDelay will give the pause between steps, and is expressed in ms.
1436 Giving large values to IconSlideSlowDown (>1024 for 1024x768 screen) will
1437 result in the old "constant step advance" behavior, since the computed step
1438 will always be smaller than IconSlideStep, and the last will be used instead.
1440 Making IconSlideSlowDown = 0 or 1, will result in an instant jump to the
1441 destination without any animation.
1447 Because the icon images on screen automatically update after any change in
1448 WMWindowAttributes domain file, the use of both Save and Apply buttons is no
1449 longer needed. If one wants to just apply the setting to the current window
1450 only, he will only use the Apply button.
1451 If he wants them saved for all applications in the same instance and/or class
1452 the using the Save button will write them to disk, and automatically
1453 WindowMaker will update all the icons that need to be updated on screen.
1459 Some basic sound support is now part of WindowMaker. The sound server is not
1460 yet part of WindowMaker distribution, so you need to download it separately.
1461 This is because is linux specific, and need some changes before it can be
1463 Until them if you have a linux system and want to use sound, use the
1464 wmsound-0.5 available at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/7874
1465 Download that package, and only build the sound server there.
1466 DO NO APPLY ANY PATCHES FROM THERE!, because they are already applied.
1467 Just build the sound and copy the executable in /usr/local/bin
1468 Follow the rest of the install steps described there, except the patch-ing
1471 To enable sound for WindowMaker pass --enable-sound to configure.
1473 Also use NoSound = Yes/No; to enable/disable sound at runtime without killing
1476 If you cannot set the sound to work yet, then is not for you.
1477 Wait until the sound server will be fixed and will be part of WindowMaker.
1480 New entries in WindowMaker domain database
1481 ------------------------------------------
1483 The following entries have been added to the runtime options:
1485 SaveSessionOnExit = No;
1487 will autosave (or not) the session state on exit.
1489 WindowPlaceOrigin = "64, 64";
1491 will offset all windows in auto or cascade placement mode with the value
1492 (in pixels) before placing them on screen. First is horizontal direction and
1494 This do not apply to windows that request a specific position on screen.
1495 This is useful if you want your Clip on the top left corner to not be
1496 overlapped by mapping windows.
1497 It will let it to have a row and a column of docked appicons near the screen
1498 edge, that will not be overlapped by windows.
1499 If you set it to "128, 128" it will have 2 rows and 2 columns not overlapped.
1504 Enable/disable sound at runtime without the need of killing the sound server.
1507 MenuScrollDelay = 10;
1510 Constants for the menu scrolling animation.
1514 IconSlideSlowDown = 50;
1516 Constants for the icons sliding on screen. Explained above.
1521 Animation parameters for shading a window. How many steps it will take, and the
1522 delay between steps in ms.
1524 DoubleClickTime = 250;
1526 The time for the double click to be considered so. Expressed in ms.
1528 SClipColor = "#6f8ae2";
1530 Color for selected icons in Clip.
1532 All delays are expressed in ms.
1539 *** Enhanced fiend clone.
1541 Here are the new fiend features:
1542 1. Keys for raising/lowering the fiend, and their default values:
1543 FiendLowerKey = None;
1544 FiendRaiseKey = None;
1545 FiendRaiseLowerKey = None;
1547 All reside in WindowMaker configuration file.
1549 2. Added posibility to launch the workspace menu with button1 click on the
1550 idle indicator of fiend, or with button3 click on workspace name on the
1553 3. Added Control-button1-click on fiend's idle indicator, to create a new
1554 workspace and move to it. Same action as New item in Workspace menu.
1556 4. Fiend's idle indicator do have a color that reflects its normal/collapsed
1559 5. The delay between changing workspaces from fiend is now a runtime option:
1561 WorkspaceChangeDelay = 700;
1563 in WindowMaker configuration file.
1565 6. Application icons can be moved between dock and fiend now.
1567 7. The way workspaces are changed is controlled now by two runtime options:
1569 AdvanceToNewWorkspace=Yes/No;
1570 CycleWorkspaces=Yes/No;
1572 Both apply to either fiend navigating buttons or to next/prev worksapace
1573 keybindings. Both default to No, and are in WindowMaker configuration file.
1575 8. Also added posibility to advance to new workspace, no matter what value
1576 AdvanceToNewWorkspace have, with Control-button1-click on "next workspace"
1580 *** Theme support ***
1582 Spixmap and tpixmap now work. Their syntax is:
1584 SomeStyleOption = (spixmap, file, color);
1585 SomeStyleOption = (tpixmap, file, color);
1587 - spixmap means scaled pixmap, so the image in the file will be scaled to
1588 adapt to the destination's size.
1589 - tpixmap means tiled pixmap, and the image from file will be tiled in the
1592 file is searched in the PixmapPath, but can be a full path name.
1594 Color is used depending on which Style option is applied.
1595 For example in case of titlebars, color is used for miniwindows titles color.
1596 You are not restricted in selecting that color, but is better to put one
1597 that matches the overall color of the image.
1599 Currently they apply to all the options that accept (solid, color), or any
1601 This means they also apply to WorkspaceBack and IconBack, which allows theme
1602 support with the simple use of the setstyle and getstyle utilities.
1603 There is no need for an extra theme manager, just to include the needed
1604 options in the style files.
1606 In case of WorkspaceBack, color is used to be set in the background until
1607 the image gets loaded and displayed. This is to avoid the stippled screen
1608 the X server shows, in case the image is big and loads slow.
1609 There is a small utility in the util directory, named wmsetbg which is
1610 used to set the background image. This is needed for windowmaker not to
1611 freeze while loading and scaling the image.
1612 Currently it is hardcoded in windowmaker to use wmsetbg to set the background
1613 image, and is better to use it since is smaller that other image manipulation
1614 programs, and it is compiled with support for same image types as windowmaker.
1615 Since it comes and is installed with WindowMaker, there will be no need to
1616 download and use an external app, which also may not have support for the same
1617 image types as windowmaker.
1625 The fiend clone is a dock extender, that lets you dock more than the default
1626 10-12 icons in the dock. It actually lets you dock how many icons you like,
1627 with a current default of 25 per workspace. The fiend have different docked
1628 icons on every workspace. Also the fiend main icon shows you the workspace
1629 you're on and lets you navigate through the workspaces with the small green
1630 buttons on the low right corner.
1631 To save screen space the fiend can be collapsed to the main icon either
1632 from the fiend menu (available with right click on the fiend icons), or
1633 with a double left click on the main fiend icon, which is a toggle for
1634 the collapsed/uncollapsed state.
1635 Collapsed state is marked by a different title color.
1636 Pressing on the small buttons on the low right corner, the workspaces are
1637 changed in increments of 1 to the left or right, but keeping the button
1638 pressed over them will continuously advance through workspaces until the
1639 mouse is moved away from the buttons or the button is released.
1640 The delay between workspace changes is set by FIEND_WKS_CHANGE_DELAY in
1641 src/wconfig.h, and defaults to 700 ms.
1642 Unlike the dock, fiend can hold icons in any directions, and can be placed
1643 in any position on screen.
1645 When an icons is to be docked, but the position can be either in the dock
1646 or in the fiend, the dock will be used first, and the icon will be docked
1649 Here are the new runtime options introduced by the fiend:
1650 Files are located in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/
1652 In WMWindowAttributes:
1653 "Logo.WMFiend" = {Icon = "Cone.xpm";}; - icon for the fiend
1656 FiendMaxIcons = 25; - the max number of icons in fiend per
1658 FiendTitleFont = "-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";
1659 - the font used to show the current
1661 FiendTitleColor = black; - color for the uncollapsed fiend title
1662 CFiendTitleColor = "#616161"; - color for the collapsed fiend title
1663 AFiendColor = "#00ba70"; - color for the workspace changing
1664 buttons, when active
1665 IFiendColor = "#008000"; - color for the workspace changing
1668 For the ones who don't want to use fiend, there is a option to wmaker named
1669 -nofiend that can be feed to the command line when starting wmaker.
1670 (This is the equivalent for -nodock, but removes fiend clone).
1672 The syntax of WMState file have changed, but you don't have to worry because
1673 WindowMaker will know to read the old format and will save it and further
1674 will use the new one. You do not need to change your file, for the new version
1680 *** Enhanced Attribute editor.
1682 Now you can save defaults for all windows.
1683 Please note that only Icon, KeepInsideScree, and sometimes NoAppIcon
1684 can be useful in a normal environment. But others may have other opinion ;)
1685 If you set AlwaysUserIcon default for all windows, note that apps like
1686 asclock, wmload, wmmail, wmrack, will show that icon instead of their
1689 Now Attribute editor also counts for defaults saved for all windows,
1690 (not only the default "No" for all options hardcoded in WindowMaker),
1691 when saving options for some instance.class specification. This is to
1692 save disk space by saving only the options that differs from global defaults
1693 (either defaults for all windows or the hardcoded valued in WindowMaker).
1695 Attribute Editor now updates on the fly the appicon image or creates/deletes
1696 the appicon if you set that options in the Inspector panel and Apply them.
1697 Modifying Icon file, NoAppIcon or AlwaysUserIcon and Applying them will
1698 result in the image update for the app-icon.
1700 Note that if you apply but not save these options, the miniwindow image will
1701 not be updated. This is because app-icon is always on screen so it can be
1702 updated, but miniwindow image is read from the defaults database and from disk
1703 every time you minimize the window and is destroyed when you restore.
1708 *** Atribute editor is working ;).
1710 How it works is quite obvious.
1711 Anyway, here is a short description.
1713 Save - only save the configuration in defaults database and updates
1715 Apply - only applies the values to the current window
1716 Revert - reverts the values from the defaults database
1718 Note that Save and Revert count for the window specification
1719 (instance & class), that are selected, and save/use the values for/from
1722 The Update button will show the icon who's name was typed in the textfield
1723 If the textfield is empty, will try to use the default icon.
1724 Also saving with and empty textfield for icon, uses the default icon.
1726 The Default button will use the icon in the textfield as default icon
1727 and save that value in WMWindowAttributes (Note that in this case is no
1728 need to press the Save button!). Also if the textfield is empty it will
1729 try to use the old default icon, if available.
1731 *** Now menus are saved between sessions, or over a restart.
1733 Just stick them to the desktop, and you will find them over sessions
1734 until you close them.
1735 Please note that only the root_menu, the window switch_menu and the
1736 workspaces_menu can be saved this way.
1738 *** Changed the lousy Windoze menu behaviour.
1740 This applies to 'NextMenuBehaviour = NO;'
1742 Now the items are no more automatically selected if you launch the menu
1743 and the mouse is over some item, if you use a short click to launch the
1744 menu (shorter than the default DBL click time).
1745 If you use a longer click or keep the mouse pressed, the item under mouse
1746 will be selected after that delay, and launched when you will release the
1748 If the click was short, a second one is needed to launch the item.
1750 *** Autoarrange icons is now a runtime option
1753 AutoArrangeIcons = YES/NO;
1756 *** Added configurable horizontal resize threshold
1759 HorizontalResizeThreshold = <n>;
1761 This will make the n pixels at the exterior side of the corner handle
1762 of the resize bar to restrict to horizontal only resize.
1763 Also you can use Shift-click&drag anywhere on the corner handle to
1764 restrict the resize only to horizontal.
1765 Note that the Shift-click&drag does not depend of the configured threshold
1766 and works completely independent.
1768 *** New option for OPEN_MENU (pipe from command)
1770 OPEN_MENU | /foo/bar/script
1772 will make a menu that is dinamically constructed by /foo/bar/script
1777 *** New option for OPEN_MENU
1779 OPEN_MENU /foo/bar/pics xv -root -quit
1781 will make a menu with all files in /foo/bar/pics and precede them
1782 with EXEC xv -root -quit
1784 thus, making a menu with entries like:
1787 "marble.gif" EXEC xv -root -quit marble.gif
1788 "water.jpg" EXEC xv -root -quit water.jpg
1792 *** Multicolor gradients
1794 (mhgradient, colorX, color1, color2, color3, ..., colorn)
1795 (mvgradient, colorX, color1, color2, color3, ..., colorn)
1797 You can put any number of colors >= 2.
1799 colorX is a special color that is used as the solid color of the
1800 texture when wmaker needs a solid color (like in miniwindow title and
1803 *** PixmapPath format changed
1807 PixmapPath = "/usr/local/share/pixmaps:~/foobar";
1811 PixmapPath = ("/usr/local/share/pixmaps", "~/foobar");
1814 *** Added OffiX DND in dock
1816 Use the "Set drop arguments..." command in the menu and put a %d
1817 where the dropped object string should be substituted, like:
1821 *** Escape thingies for menu and dock commands:
1823 %w - substitute with current selected X window ID
1824 %s - substitute with current selection
1825 %d - substitute with last dropped object
1826 %a(some text) - opens a input box with "some text" as a title. Then,
1827 the text typed will be substituted there
1829 \r, \n - substitute with corresponding characters
1832 *** The WMState file format has changed a little.
1833 The Command field for the dock application list is now a normal string,
1834 instead of a list. So, remove the parentheses and the commas for the command
1835 and join all the parts. Example:
1839 Command = ( xterm," -geometry", "+10+10" );
1843 Command = "xterm -geometry +10+10";
1848 AutoFocus = NO; disables automatic focusing of windows
1849 when they are first mapped
1854 titlebar gradients are in a single piece now
1856 the WMDock file was merged into the WMState file. You can insert this
1857 file in WMState and set it's key to Dock. For example, if your WMDock
1861 Applications = { {Command = (); }};
1866 and WMState contains:
1869 Workspaces = ( "Workspace 1" );
1872 then you can merge both and have:
1875 Workspaces = ( "Workspace 1" );
1877 Applications = { {Command = (); }};
1885 The configuration format has changed!! Forget everything about the old
1888 dockapp was removed and the old version will not work anymore.
1890 the dialogs require tcl/tk. they will be rewritten in plain C
1893 These are some tips for people upgrading from older versions and don't want
1894 too many unused files around. There is no problem if you decide to keep
1897 you can rm -r ~/gnustep if you don't want anything from there
1899 remove the files in /usr/local/share/WindowMaker before installation
1901 the /usr/local/share/pixmaps directory can be removed