1 conkeror (0.9.3+git110307-2) unstable; urgency=low
3 The search order for searching xulrunner binaries has been changed
4 since current state became quite confusing:
6 /usr/bin/conkeror first looked for the xulrunner of Squeeze and Sid
7 (1.9.1), then the (former) experimental xulrunner (1.9.2), then the
8 one from Lenny (1.9.0/generic 1.9), then the current one from
9 experimental (2.0), and then for generic ones like the one from
12 It now looks first for xulrunner 2.0, then 1.9.2, then 1.9.1, then
13 1.9 (aka 1.9.0) and then for a xulrunner binary without version
14 suffix (as e.g. xulrunner 1.8 from Sarge used to be called). This
15 means it now checks for the highest version first, then checks for
16 lower and less specific versions, taking the generic one as last
19 This should be more future-proof and is less Debian-centric,
20 i.e. helps Debian-based distributions which maintain their own
21 xulrunner packages. But it also helps people who have the xulrunner
22 packages from experimental installed as conkeror now uses the xulrunner
23 version from experimental if it is installed.
25 -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:41:21 +0100
27 conkeror (0.9.3+git110213-1) unstable; urgency=low
29 * The format of the auto-save session file has changed slightly to be
30 more robust. Conkeror automatically converts the file on first usage.
32 * In the new-tabs module, the widgets that show the buffer index in each
33 tab now have the class "tab2-index" instead of "tab2-icon". This
34 change affects anybody who has written a theme which styles the
37 * The variable edit_field_in_external_editor_extension has been removed,
38 and superseded by a mime-type table
39 external_editor_extension_overrides which maps mime types to
40 extensions. If you previously used this variable to set the temp file
41 extension to "foo", for example, you would update your rc to now do
44 external_editor_extension_overrides.set("text/plain", "foo");
46 * The function get_filename_for_current_textfield has been superseded by
47 external_editor_make_base_filename, which takes as its arguments the
48 root element being edited and the top document of the buffer
49 containing the element. The top document is more useful than the
50 element's own ownerDocument in some cases, such as when about:blank is
51 used for the document of an editable iframe. The new function returns
52 only the base filename, with no extension, as the extension is
53 generated by means described above.
55 * buffer_favicon_change_hook renamed to buffer_icon_change_hook
57 * current_buffer_favicon_change_hook renamed to
58 current_buffer_icon_change_hook
60 * reddit-mode is no longer loaded by default. Consensus was that it is a
61 confusing mode, mainly because of how it overrides several default
62 browser objects. If you use this mode, you will now need to load it by
63 putting the following in your rc:
67 * Module search-engine.js replaced by opensearch.js. API for defining
68 opensearch webjumps has changed to be more conventional. Opensearch
69 webjumps can now be defined like either of the following:
71 define_opensearch_webjump("foo", make_file("/opensearch/files/foo.xml"));
73 opensearch_load_paths.unshift(make_file("/opensearch/files/"));
74 define_opensearch_webjump("foo", "foo.xml");
76 * The browser object browser-object-links, which is used by follow,
77 copy, etc, no longer matches anchors which do not have an href
80 -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:47:03 +0100
82 conkeror (0.9.3+git101015-1) experimental; urgency=low
84 * The eval-expression command (M-:) now evaluates directly in
85 application scope. This lets you do things like set user variables and
86 define functions without fully qualifying names with "conkeror.".
88 * Page-modes no longer bind alternative keys for keys that they shadow
89 in the normal keymaps. These were bindings like 'C-c f' for follow,
90 etc. The key C-z can now be used as a prefix to access bindings that
91 are shadowed by a page-mode keymap.
93 -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:29:44 +0200
95 conkeror (0.9.3-1) experimental; urgency=low
97 * Input-modes removed. Instead of an input-mode display in the
98 minibuffer, there is now a keymaps-display.
100 - quote-next-input-mode renamed to quote-next-mode
101 - gmail_edit_keymap removed (no longer necessary)
102 - buffer-reset-input-mode command removed (no longer necessary)
104 * overlink_mode rewritten
106 - content_buffer_overlink_change_hook removed
107 - current_content_buffer_overlink_change_hook removed
109 * Hinting now performs a case-sensitive match if the user's text
110 includes upper-case letters.
112 * stackoverflow-mode has been renamed to stackexchange-mode.
114 -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:02:21 +0200
116 conkeror (0.9.2+git100804-1) unstable; urgency=low
118 * Editing in the minibuffer is now done with the normal editing commands
119 instead of a special set of editing commands. All of the editing
120 commands which begin with the prefix "minibuffer-" have been
121 removed. Also, editing commands are now bound in the keymap
122 text_keymap instead of content_buffer_text_keymap and
123 minibuffer_base_keymap. If you have written custom bindings for
124 editing in your rc, you will need to change [pairs of] bindings like
127 define_key(minibuffer_base_keymap, "C-l", "minibuffer-forward-char");
128 define_key(content_buffer_text_keymap, "C-l", "forward-char");
132 define_key(text_keymap, "C-l", "forward-char");
134 * In hinting mode, right and left are no longer bound to
135 next/previous-hint. Hinting mode now supports editing in the
136 minibuffer, so right and left move the cursor. Down, up, C-n, C-p,
137 C-s, and C-r are all bound to next/previous-hint.
139 * Due to a change in Mozilla as of XULRunner 1.9.3a5pre, Conkeror's
140 feature of automatically loading glue code for extensions is no longer
141 possible. This means that when you have one of the previously
142 supported extensions installed, you will no longer automatically have
143 Conkeror commands for using the extension. The extensions that were
144 previously supported in this way were adblockplus, dom-inspector,
145 noscript, and venkman. If you have any of these extensions installed,
146 you will now have to load the glue module from your rc, with a line
147 like the following, substituting in the appropriate module name:
149 require("dom-inspector");
151 With some of these modules, loading the module when the extension is
152 not installed could result in an error, so to be safe, you could wrap
153 the call to 'require' in a try/catch block:
155 try { require("dom-inspector"); } catch (e) {}
157 Further information: http://bugs.conkeror.org/issue272
159 * The variable download_buffer_automatic_open_target can no longer be an
160 array of two targets. This is a reversion from 2009-06-07 back to how
161 it was before. The behavior of the download-show command is now
162 configured independently of this variable. To configure download-show,
163 use set_handler and alternates. The following handlers are provided:
164 download_show_new_window, download_show_new_buffer,
165 download_show_new_buffer_background. The default handler of
166 download_show is alternates(download_show_new_buffer,
167 download_show_new_window).
169 -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:04:22 +0200
171 conkeror (0.9.2+git100420-2) unstable; urgency=low
173 * Function load_rc no longer supports loading arbitrary js files. Use
176 * Function load_rc_file removed. Use load instead.
178 * call_after_load now takes a feature name, not a filename. In general
179 this simply means trimming off any ".js" extension.
181 * Modules API overhaul (already included in 0.9.2-1 and caused the
182 uploads 0.9.2+git100324-1 and -2):
183 - Modules should have an in_module assertion as their first
184 expression. For modules to be loaded directly into application
185 scope, it should be in_module(null);
186 - Modules should have as their last expression a provide call, like
187 provide("feature"); where "feature" is the name of the feature
188 provided by the module.
190 -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:38:49 +0200
192 conkeror (0.9.1+git100317-1) unstable; urgency=low
194 * emacswiki webjump removed. better version posted on
195 http://conkeror.org/Webjumps
197 * M-< and home keys now scroll to the top left corner of the buffer.
199 * minibuffer.read_url now returns a load_spec instead of a simple
202 * The command confirm-quit has been removed. To have a quit
203 confirmation, see the code example on
204 http://conkeror.org/BreakingChanges
206 -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:04:20 +0100
208 conkeror (0.9.1+git100131-1) unstable; urgency=low
210 Please see http://conkeror.org/BreakingChanges for the complete list of
211 breaking changes. Just the most important ones are listed here.
213 * mime_type_external_handlers removed. Replaced by
214 external_content_handlers.
216 * define_buffer_mode, define_input_mode, and define_page_mode no longer
217 take display_name or doc as positional arguments. They are now given
218 as keyword arguments: $display_name and $doc.
220 * The variable browser_automatic_form_focus_window_duration was renamed
221 to block_content_focus_change_duration.
223 * The commands follow-current, follow-current-new-buffer,
224 follow-current-new-buffer-background, and follow-current-new-window
227 * browser_prevent_automatic_form_focus_mode has been renamed and put in
228 its own file. To use this mode, simply do this:
229 require("block-content-focus-change.js");
231 * The default of hints_auto_exit_delay has been changed to 0.
233 This change means that by default, the user has to hit return to exit
234 the hints interaction. This change makes Conkeror's UI more
235 predictable for new users, less prone to run unintended commands
236 because of extra keystrokes outside the timeout window, and removes
237 assumptions about people's typing speed, browsing style, and focus of
238 attention when using the hints system.
240 To use the hints-auto-exit feature, put a line like the following in
241 your rc, adjusting the number to suit your preference. 500 was the old
244 hints_auto_exit_delay = 500;
246 -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:55:04 +0100
248 conkeror (0.9~git090708-1) unstable; urgency=low
250 The conkeror Debian package now works with the upcoming experimental
251 xulrunner-1.9.1 packages (see http://glandium.org/blog/?p=370) in
254 Since conkeror still throws much more warnings with xulrunner 1.9.1 than
255 with 1.9.0.x, for now the package currently prefers 1.9.0.x over 1.9.1
256 if both are installed.
258 Call "xulrunner-1.9.1 /usr/share/conkeror/application.ini" if you have
259 xulrunner-1.9 and xulrunner-1.9.1 installed and want to checkout
260 conkeror in combination with xulrunner 1.9.1.
262 -- Axel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org> Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:48:36 +0200
264 conkeror (0.9~git090617-1) unstable; urgency=low
266 There were a few changes since the last conkeror version in Debian which
267 may cause troubles to users of the previous version.
269 Short summary follows:
270 * The key bindings `<<` and `>>` are now simply `<` and `>`.
271 * page-mode keymaps are now declared in the `define_page_mode` form with
272 a new keyword argument, `$keymaps`. See
273 http://conkeror.org/WritingPageModes for more information about the
275 * `default_directory` and `set_default_directory` have been removed and
276 replaced by the variable `cwd`.
277 * buffer-local variables are now indexed by `buffer.local.foo`.
278 page-local variables are indexed by `buffer.page.local.foo`.
279 * The command `send-ret` was removed since it is redundant of the
280 module `global-overlay-keymap`.
281 * Buffer-local cwd is no longer set or inherited automatically.
282 * `download-cancel` is now bound to `d` instead of `C-g`, and it asks
284 * In order to make Conkeror compatible with native toolkit theming,
285 Conkeror's themes have undergone a big rewrite:
286 - Conkeror no longer specifies its own gui colors.
287 - The blackened theme no longer exists.
288 - It is no longer possible to theme scrollbars.
289 From now on, the right way to change Conkeror's gui colors is to do so
290 at the OS level, for example, with a GTK theme.
291 * Conkeror has now session saving support. See
292 http://conkeror.org/Sessions for details.
294 See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.mozilla.conkeror/1547 and
295 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.mozilla.conkeror/1451 for the
296 details and what to change in case you run over some removed or renamed
297 functions or variables.
299 -- Axel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:04:58 +0200
301 conkeror (0.9~git090223-1) unstable; urgency=low
303 There were a few changes since the last conkeror version in Debian which
304 may cause troubles to users of the previous version:
305 * Changes to the behaviour of the universal argument C-u.
306 * Loads now ~/.conkerorrc as the default rc file
307 * Many simple webjumps previously enabled by default have been removed
308 from upstream. Non-default webjumps are now collected and shared at
309 http://conkeror.org/Webjumps
310 * Many additional keybindings, e.g.
311 - pasting current paste buffer content bound to `C-y'
312 - new command `submit-form' bound to `C-c C-c' in forms
313 * Incremental search for URLs in the mini-buffer can currently include
314 _either_ the history or the bookmarks, but not both at the same
315 time. See http://bugs.conkeror.org/issue10 for details on choosing
318 -- Axel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:04:41 +0100