1 Note, the changes for the last STABLE release start with release
4 -------------------------------------------------------------------
6 Changes in beta release 2.5.22 (not released yet)
10 - New Style command options:
11 UnderMousePlacementHonorsStartsOnPage
12 UnderMousePlacementIgnoresStartsOnPage
13 !MinOverlapPlacementPenalties
14 !MinOverlapPercentPlacementPenalties
16 - SVG (scalable vector graphics) image loading support.
17 - New extended variables
19 $[w.miniiconfile.svgopts].
20 - Added suffix 'w' to the arguments of the Move command and
21 similar. It is now possible to add multiple shifts to a
22 window position, e.g. "50-50w 50-50w" for the center of the
24 - Removed UnderMousePlacement and CenterPlacement. Use
25 "PositionPlacement Center" and "PositionPlacement UnderMouse"
27 - Documentation in HTML format.
28 - Replaced "UseListSkip" with "UseSkipList" & "OnlyListSkip" with
29 "OnlySkipList" in WindowList command. (Old options deprecated.)
30 - New subject ImageCache for PrintInfo command.
31 - The new commad EchoFuncDefinition prints a function's
32 definition to the console for debugging purposes.
33 - The CursorStyle command can now load PNG and SVG images as
34 mouse cursors. New x and y arguments to specify the
35 hot spot. Also, it is now possible to load non-monochrome
36 cursors and cursors with partial transparency.
38 * New module features:
40 - FvwmScript: New instructions: ChangeWindowTitle and
41 ChangeWindowTitleFromArg.
42 - FvwmScript: New command: ChangeWindowTitle.
46 - Windows with aspect ratio no longer maximize past the screen
48 - Fixed CenterPlacement with Xinerama screens.
49 - Fixed CascadePlacement with title direction west and east
50 - Windows no longer unstick when going to fullscreen mode.
51 - Fixed crash when raising/lowering a destroyed window.
52 - Fixed expansion of $[n-] and $[*], broken in 2.5.20.
53 - Fixes for resizing shaded windows and windows with a gravity
55 - Fixed CursorStyle POSITION, broken since 2.3.24.
56 - The hi, sh and fgsh colors in colorsets are no longer replaced
57 by computed values if not explicit set on the same line as the
58 bg, or for fgsh fg, changes. (bug #3359)
59 - FvwmButtons now redraws stretched button backgrounds correctly
61 - Windows with circular transient for hints may no longer crash
62 fvwm with StackTransientParent style.
63 - FvwmPager now displays windows that are StickyAcrossPages
65 - Fixed a possible crash with modules closing down.
66 - Fixed broken demo script fvwm_make_browse_menu.sh.
67 - The conditon following a comma separator without whitespace
68 padding was previously ignored if the presiding condition was
70 - Various FvwmButtons drawing problems.
71 - Window movement or resizing triggered by an EWMH message now
72 honours the FixedSize and FixedPosition window styles.
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76 Changes in beta release 2.5.21 (20-Jan-2007)
80 - The command Scroll can now be used for interactive scrolling.
84 - Fixed Tile...Placement styles (SmartPlacement) that were
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89 Changes in beta release 2.5.20 (15-Jan-2007)
93 - New Style options: StippledIconTitle, !StickyStippledTitle,
94 and !StickyStippledIconTitle.
95 - Full support for menu context (M) key and mouse bindings. See
96 the section Menu Bindings in the man page for details.
97 - Hilighted menu backgrounds now use pixmaps gradients and
98 transparency from their related colorset.
99 - New window conditions: StickyIcon, StickyAcrossPagesIcon and
100 StickyAcrossDesksIcon.
104 - "Mouse n M N" is no longer used to disable or remap the
105 builtin tear off menu button. See the section Tear Off Menus
106 for details on replacement commands.
110 - FvwmWinList: fix problem with window name/button mixups during
111 Init/Restart of fvwm. (bug #1393)
112 - It is now possible to switch the viewport while resizing
113 windows if "EdgeScroll 0 0" is set.
114 - Fixed disappearing windows when aborting interactive resizing
115 of maximized windows when unmaximizing them later.
116 - Fixed disappearing windows when moving maximized windows and
117 unmaximizing them later.
118 - Fixed calculation of final location with MoveToPage and
119 MoveToScreen with windows to the left or top of the viewport.
120 - 64-bit architecture fix in FvwmProxy.
121 - FvwmForm now work with balanced quoted command for Timeout.
122 - FvwmPager correctly updates on window desk change.
123 - FvwmIconBox: fixed problem with IconColorset's background
124 color change not being applied immediately.
125 - Allow FvwmConsole to run a terminal via rxvtc or urxvtc.
126 FvwmConsole dies if no client connects within one minute.
127 - Expansion of variables in FvwmTaskBar launch button commands
129 - Fixed a race condition with applications raising their own
130 transient windows in certain ways. (Apple Shake, kphotoalbum)
131 - FvwmIdent reports the correct geometry if the window has its
132 title at the left or right side.
133 - Fixed an infinite loop when deiconifying windows in a group
134 via a different window than the initially iconified.
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138 Changes in beta release 2.5.19 (9-Dec-2006)
142 - FvwmCommand now reports "end windowlist" and "end configinfo".
143 - FvwmCommand now prints config info split on lines.
144 - FvwmTaskBar no longer gets lost with trailing whitespace after
145 geometry specification.
146 - Fixed a window size problem if the aspect ratio is set (e.g.
148 - Decorations now update when unmanaged windows take focus, and
149 not FlickeringQtDialogsWorkaround is enabled.
150 - FvwmPager again allows movement of windows added before a
152 - fvwm no longer crashes on 1 and 4 bit displays. (#1677)
153 - EWMH desktops now correctly handles FPClickToFocus. (#1492)
154 - Security fix in fvwm-menu-directory. (CVE-2006-5969)
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158 Changes in beta release 2.5.18 (11-Sep-2006)
162 - If a window started fullscreen, leaving fullscreen state now
163 properly unmaximizes and resizes the window.
164 - Fixed the ForeColor/HilightFore styles that were broken in
166 - FvwmPager can now move icons with the !IconTitle style.
167 - Fixed drawing of icons that are moved to a different desk.
168 - FvwmPager no longer tries to move non-movable windows.
169 - FvwmPager now moves all windows as user requests.
170 - FvwmPager no longer displaces windows with title and border
172 - TestRc now correctly matches Break, and $[cond.rc] is
174 - Fixed several 64-bit architecture problems with
175 XGetWindowProperty(). Xine works much better on 64-bit
177 - Fixed handling of ClickToFocusPassesClick with the EWMH
178 desktop (e.g. using nautilus).
179 - Fixed handling of windows that are unmapped and mapped again
180 too fast (e.g. fpga_editor).
182 -------------------------------------------------------------------
184 Changes in beta release 2.5.17 (19-Jul-2006)
188 - New MenuStyle options TitleFont, TitleColorset and
190 - New command PressButton in module FvwmButtons for being able
191 to emulate button press via other means than the mouse.
192 - New wrap options to EdgeScroll command for wrapping with pixel
194 - New Style option UnderMousePlacement.
195 - Unused arguments to Style options generate warnings.
196 - The name style names match against can be augmented by the
197 X-resource "fvwmstyle".
198 - New options, Reverse and UseStack, to All command.
199 - WindowShade can now reshade windows using the Last direction.
200 - Positional parameters to complex functions can now be expanded
201 using $[n], $[n-m], $[n-] and $[*] expressions.
202 - The width and height arguments of the Resize command now
203 accept the prefix 'w' to allow resizing relative to the
205 - New command ModuleListenOnly.
206 - New "Periodic" option added to Schedule command.
210 - Fixed detection of running non-ICCCM2 wm (bug #3151).
211 - Fixed drawing of menus with the sidepic on the right.
212 - EdgeScroll no longer divides pixel distances >1000 by 1000.
214 - The configure script can now cope with four-part version
215 numbers when detecting some libraries.
216 - The WarpToWindow command followed by Move in a complex
217 function now uses the correct pointer position.
218 - The menu style TitleWarp does no longer warp the pointer for
219 root menus (as it is documented).
220 - Fixed detection of safe system version of mkstemp.
221 - Fixed the conditions Iconifiable, Fixed, FixedSize,
222 Maximizable and Closable.
223 - Fixed problem with window outline and placement position
225 - FvwmConsole no longer conflicts with Cygwin stdio (bug #3772).
226 - FvwmGtk now configures correctly on Cygwin (bug #3772).
227 - Fixed tempfile vulnerabilities in FvwmCommand.
229 -------------------------------------------------------------------
231 Changes in beta release 2.5.16 (20-Jan-2006)
235 - If the pointer can not be grabbed in functions, a message is
236 printed to the console instead of beeping.
240 - Fixed a couple of build problems introduced in 2.5.15.
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244 Changes in beta release 2.5.15 (14-Jan-2006)
248 - Variables can be nested, like $[desk.name$[desk.n]].
249 - Obsolete one-letter variables work, but generate warnings now.
250 - Windows can be placed by any button (now also >3).
251 - It is now possible to redefine the buttons usable to finish
252 window movement and manual placement.
253 - New window condition PlacedByButton.
254 - MenuStyle pairs can be negated by prefixing '!'.
255 - New generic tabbing module - FvwmTabs.
256 - New Style option: EWMHIgnoreWindowType.
257 - New MenuStyle options: MouseWheel, ScrollOffPage and
259 - To compile from CVS, autoconf-2.53 or above is now required.
260 This does not affect compiling the released tarballs.
261 - New option "screen" to Move and ResizeMove commands to allow
262 specifying the target Xinerama screen.
266 - Supported a new fribidi version 0.10.5 in addition to 0.10.4.
267 - Better look for windows with "BorderStyle TiledPixmap".
268 - Some EWMH-related 64-bit fixes.
269 - Fixed segmentation fault when replacing title of title only
271 - Fixes for resizing of shaded windows and resizing/moving
272 windows with complex functions.
274 -------------------------------------------------------------------
276 Changes in beta release 2.5.14 (24-Aug-2005)
280 - Fvwm now officially supports 64-bit architectures.
281 - New Test conditions EnvIsSet, EnvMatch, EdgeHasPointer and
283 - New window condition FixedPosition.
285 * New module features:
287 - FvwmPerl module supports window context when preprocessing.
288 - FvwmPerl module accepts new --export option that by default
289 defines two fvwm functions "Eval" and ".", to be used like:
292 Eval $a = $[desk.n] - 2; cmd("GotoDesk 0 $a") if $a >= 0
293 . Exec xmessage %{2 + cos(0)}% # embedded calculator
295 - New FvwmProxy option ProxyIconified.
296 - New FvwmTaskBar option Pad to control the gap between
301 - Fixed a Solaris compiler error introduced in 2.5.13.
302 - Fixed a hang with layers set by applications (e.g. AbiWord).
303 - GotoDesk with a relative page argument now wraps around at
304 the end of the given range as documented. (Bug #1396).
305 - PopupDelayed menu style option was not copied on
307 - Transparent Animated menus with non-transparent popup were
308 not animated correctly.
309 - Supported euc-jp class of encodings.
310 - A window's default layer is no longer set to 0 during a
312 - Fixed an annoying MouseFocus/SloppyFocus problem in
313 conjunction with EdgeResistance + EdgeScroll (sometimes a
314 window did not get the focus as it should have). This
315 problem first occured in 2.5.11.
317 -------------------------------------------------------------------
319 Changes in beta release 2.5.13 (16-Jul-2005)
323 - The MoveToPage command did not work without arguments in
325 - Mouse/Key command no args possible core dump.
326 - Direction with no args possible core dump.
327 - FvwmScript periodic tasks run too often.
328 - Perl modules did not work on 64 machines.
329 - FvwmDebug did not report any extended messages.
330 - fvwm-menu-desktop supports mandriva.
331 - fvwm-menu-desktop when verifying executable, allow full path.
333 * New module features:
335 - FvwmIconMan: MaxButtonWidth and MaxButtonWidthByColumns
337 - FvwmIconMan: added tool tips with Tips, TipsDelays, TipsFont,
338 TipsColorset, TipsFormat, TipsBorderWidth, TipsPlacement,
339 TipsJustification and TipsOffsets options.
340 - FvwmButtons: PressColorset & ActiveColorset options for
341 _individual_ buttons.
343 -------------------------------------------------------------------
345 Changes in alpha release 2.5.12 (6-Oct-2004)
351 * New module features:
353 - FvwmIconMan: ShowOnlyFocused option.
355 -------------------------------------------------------------------
357 Changes in alpha release 2.5.11 (30-Sep-2004)
359 * Multiple window names can be specified in conditions.
361 * Window-specific key/mouse bindings. (Bindings no longer have to
364 * The default fvwm configuration files are now: ~/.fvwm/config and
365 $FVWM_DATADIR/config. Five previously used config file locations
366 are still searched as usual for backward compatibility.
368 * New extended variables $[w.desk] and $[w.layer].
370 * New options GrowOnWindowLayer and GrowOnlayers to the Maximize
373 * New Style option "State".
375 * New Style option "CenterPlacement".
377 * New option to FvwmIconMan: ShowNoIcons.
379 * New WindowList tracker and other enhancements in Perl library.
381 * New option to fvwm-menu-directory: --func-name.
383 * Improved FvwmWindowMenu module.
385 * Fluxbox-like Alt-Button3 resizing with the new Resize options
386 Direction, WarpToBorder and FixedDirection
388 * Enhanced "Test (Version >= x.y.z)" option to allow version
391 * New FvwmButtons options: ActiveColorset, ActiveIcon, ActiveTitle,
392 PressColorset, PressIcon and PressTitle.
394 * New FvwmButtons swallow option: SwallowNew.
396 * The option CurrentGlobalPageAnyDesk was accidentally named
397 CurrentGlobbalPageAnyDesk before.
399 * New conditions AnyScreen and Overlapped.
401 * The Read and PipeRead commands return 1 if the file or command
402 could be read or executed and -1 otherwise.
404 * New menu option TearOffImmediately.
406 * Added support for Solaris' Xinerama.
408 * New option MailDir in FvwmTaskBar.
410 * MoveToPage command:
412 New options wrapx, wrapy, nodesklimitx and nodesklimity.
413 New suffix 'w' to allow for window relative movement.
415 -------------------------------------------------------------------
417 Changes in alpha release 2.5.10 (19-Mar-2004)
419 * New command FakeKeyPress.
421 * New BugOpts option ExplainWindowPlacement.
423 * Adjustable button reliefs in FvwmIconMan (option ReliefThickness).
425 * Security patch in fvwm-bug.
426 See http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Jan/1008781.html
430 fvwm-menu-directory (BugTraq id 9161)
431 fvwm_make_directory_menu.sh
432 fvwm_make_browse_menu.sh
434 -------------------------------------------------------------------
436 Changes in alpha release 2.5.9 (2-Mar-2004)
438 * New MenuStyle options PopupIgnore and PopupClose.
440 * New configure option --disable-iconv to disable iconv support.
442 * New extended variables $[w.iconfile] and $[w.miniiconfile].
444 * New Style option Unmanaged. Such windows are not managed by
447 * New binding context 'U' for unmanaged windows, similar to 'R'oot.
449 * New option DisplayNewWindowNames to the BugOpts command.
451 * Security fix for fvwm-menu-directory.
454 -------------------------------------------------------------------
456 Changes in development release 2.5.8 (31-Oct-2003)
458 * New prefix command KeepRc.
460 * Renamed the Cond command to TestRc, and the On command to Test.
461 Removed the CondCase command. Use "KeepRc TestRc" instead.
463 * The Break command can be told the number of nested function
464 levels to break out of. Break now has a return code of -2
467 * Directions can be abbreviated with -, _, [, ], <, >, v or ^ like
468 in key or mouse bindings.
470 * New extended variable $[func.context].
472 * New Style option MoveByProgramMethod. Tries to autodetect
473 whether application windows are moved honouring the ICCCM or not
474 (default). The method can be overridden manually if the
475 detection does not work.
477 * fvwm supports tear off menus. See the "Tear Off Menus" section
478 in the man page or press Backspace on any menu to try them out.
480 * fvwm now handles what Unicode calls "combining characters" (i.e.
481 marks drawn on top of other characters).
483 * New commands WindowStyle and DestroyWindowStyle for individual
486 * The conditions !Current... and !Layer now work as expected.
488 * Added a nice autohide script to the FAQ.
490 * FvwmAnimate now supports dynamical commands "pause", "play",
491 "push", "pop" and "reset" to manipulate the playing state.
493 -------------------------------------------------------------------
495 Changes in development release 2.5.7 (30-May-2003)
497 * The commands Cond and CondCase now support checking for
498 inequality by prefixing the return code with '!'.
500 * Schedule and Deschedule support hexadecimal and octal command
503 * In FvwmIconMan, windows can move from one manager to another
504 according to the managers' Resolution options.
506 * In order to fix a problem with StartsOnScreen and applications
507 that set a user specified position hint, the StartsOnScreen style
508 no longer works for the following modules: FvwmBanner,
509 FvwmButtons, FvwmDragWell, FvwmIconBox, FvwmIconMan, FvwmIdent,
510 FvwmPager, FvwmScroll, FvwmTaskBar, FvwmWharf, FvwmWinList. Use
511 the '@<screen>' bit in the module geometry specification where
514 * Documented variable $[gt.any_string] and LocalePath command
517 * Added gettext support to FvwmScript. New head instruction
518 UseGettext and WindowLocaleTitle. New widget instruction
519 LocaleTitle. New instruction ChangeLocaleTitle and new function
522 * WindowListFunc is executed now within a window context, so
523 a prefix "WindowId $0" is not needed in its definition anymore,
524 and it is advised to remove it in user configs.
526 * FvwmEvent now executes all window related events within a window
527 context, so PassId is not needed anymore, and all prefixes
528 "WindowId $0" may be removed in user event handlers.
530 * New FvwmTaskBar option NoDefaultStartButton.
532 -------------------------------------------------------------------
534 Changes in development release 2.5.6 (28-Feb-2003)
536 * Fix button 3 drag in FvwmPager so that drag follows the mouse.
538 * Fix for gmplayer launched by fvwm. Close stdin on Exec so the
539 exec'd process knows it's not running interactively.
541 * Improvement in MultiPixmap. In particular Colorset and Solid
542 color can be specified.
544 * New ButtonStyle and TitleStyle style options AdjustedPixmap,
545 StretchedPixmap and ShrunkPixmap.
547 * Use the MIT Shared Memory Extension for XImage.
549 * The TitleStyle decor of a vertical window Title is rotated.
550 This is controllable using a new style option:
552 !UseTitleDecorRotation / UseTitleDecorRotation
554 * New style options IconBackgroundColorset, IconTitleColorset,
555 HilightIconTitleColorset, IconTitleRelief, IconBackgroundRelief
556 and IconBackgroundPadding.
558 * Minor incompatible improvements to the Perl library API.
560 * Renamed FvwmWindowLister to FvwmWindowMenu.
562 * New option to IconSize style: Adjusted, Stretched, Shrunk.
564 * New shortcuts for button states: AllActiveUp, AllActiveDown,
565 AllInactiveUp, AllInactiveDown.
569 Closable, Iconifiable, Maximizable, AllowMaximizeFixedSize
571 * New conditions for matching windows:
573 Closable, Iconifiable, Maximizable, FixedSize and HasHandles
575 * New conditional command On for non-window related conditions.
577 * Removed --disable-gnome-hints and --disable-ewmh configure
580 * All single letter variables are deprecated now; new variables:
582 $[w.id], $[w.name], $[w.iconname], $[w.class], $[w.resource],
583 $[desk.n], $[version.num], $[version.info], $[version.line],
584 $[desk.pagesx], $[desk.pagesy]
586 -------------------------------------------------------------------
588 Changes in development release 2.5.5 (2-Dec-2002)
590 * Added support for joining and shaping in bi-directional
591 languages that need this.
593 * ButtonStyle and TitleStyle new style type Colorset.
595 * New experimental module FvwmProxy.
597 * New command RestackTransients.
599 * Added a pixel offset to vector button definitions.
601 * New command FocusStyle as a shorthand for setting the FP...
602 styles with the Style command.
604 * New option Locale to PrintInfo command.
606 * The Next and Prev commands start looking for a matching window at
607 the context window if there is any.
609 * The MoveToPage command does nothing with sticky windows.
611 * New module FvwmWindowLister, a WindowList substitute.
613 * Sticky windows can be sticky across pages, across desks or both.
615 - New commands StickAcrossPages and StickAcrossDesks.
616 - New Style options StickyAcrossPages and StickyAcrossDesks.
617 - New conditional command options StickyAcrossPages and
619 - New WindowList options NoStickyAcrossPages,
620 NoStickyAcrossDesks, StickyAcrossPages, StickyAcrossDesks,
621 OnlyStickyAcrossPages, OnlyStickyAcrossDesks.
622 - New FvwmRearrange options -sp and -sd.
624 * Fixed flickering in FvwmTaskBar, FvwmWinList, FvwmIconBox,
625 FvwmForm, FvwmScript and FvwmScroll when xft fonts or icons with
626 an alpha channel are used.
628 * New Colorset option RootTransparent
630 * The Transparent Colorset option can be tinted under certain
633 * New MinHeight option to TitleStyle
635 * Added gettext support. New command LocalePath and new variable
638 -------------------------------------------------------------------
640 Changes in alpha release 2.5.4 (20-Oct-2002)
642 * FvwmTaskBar may now include mini launch buttons using the Button
643 command. Also has new options for spacing the buttons:
644 WindowButtonsLeftMargin, WindowButtonsRightMargin, and
645 StartButtonRightMargin. See man page for details.
647 * Style switches can be prefixed with '!' to inverse their meaning.
648 For example, "Style * Sticky" is the same as "Style * !Slippery".
649 This works *only* for pairs of styles that take no arguments and
650 for the Button and NoButton styles.
652 * New button property Id in FvwmButtons. FvwmButtons now accepts
653 dynamical actions using SendToModule, see the man page:
655 ChangeButton <button-id> <properties-to-change>
656 ExpandButtonVars <button-id> <command-to-expand>
658 * New Colorset options bgTint, fgTint (which complete Tint), Alpha,
659 IconTint and IconAlpha.
661 * Alpha blending rendering is supported even without XRender
664 * Enhanced commands [Add]ButtonStyle, [Add]TitleStyle. ButtonState.
665 Titles and buttons now have 4 main states instead of 3: ActiveUp,
666 ActiveDown, InactiveUp and InactiveDown, plus 4 Toggled variants.
667 Several shortcuts added: Active means ActiveUp + ActiveDown,
668 Inactive means InactiveUp + InactiveDown, similarly for shortcuts
669 ToggledActive and ToggledInactive.
671 * More shortcuts for button states added: AllNormal, AllToggled,
672 AllActive, AllInactive, AllUp, AllDown. These six shortcuts are
673 actually different masks for 4 individual states (from 8 total).
675 * FPClickToFocus and FPClickToRaise work with any modifier by
678 * Perl library API regarding event handlers is changed, so personal
679 modules in Perl should be adjusted.
681 * Allow the use of mouse buttons other than the first in
682 FvwmWinList when invoked transient.
684 * ImagePath now supports directories in form "/some/directory;.png"
685 (where semicolon delimits a file extension that files in
686 /some/directory have. This file extension replaces the original
687 image extension (if any) or it is added if there is no extension.
688 For example with: Style XTerm MiniIcon mini/xterm.xpm
689 the file /some/directory/mini/xterm.png is searched.
691 * New graphical debugger module FvwmGtkDebug.
693 * New command NoWindow for removing the window context.
695 * New FvwmIconMan option ShowTransient.
697 * All conditions have a negation.
699 * New FvwmBacker option RetainPixmap.
701 * Fixed flickering in menus, icon title, FvwmButtons, FvwmIconMan
702 and FvwmPager when xft fonts or icons with an alpha channel is
705 * FvwmButtons redrawing improvement: colorsets are now usable with
708 * FvwmIconMan options PlainColorset, IconColorset, FocusColorset
709 and SelectColorset are now strictly respected.
711 * The HilightBack and ActiveFore menu styles are independent of
712 each other. HilightBack without using ActiveFore does no longer
713 hilight the item text.
715 * New WindowList option SortByResource; the previously added
716 SortClassName option is renamed to SortByClass.
718 * New command PrintInfo for debugging.
720 -------------------------------------------------------------------
722 Changes in alpha release 2.5.3 (25-Aug-2002)
724 * TitleStyle MultiPixmap now works once again.
726 * Removed the old module interface for ConfigureWindow
727 packets. External modules relying on this interface no longer
730 * Fixed interaction bug between CascadePlacement and StartsOnPage:
731 if the target page was at a negative x or y page displacement
732 from the current viewport, the window would be placed on the
735 * New Style option IconSize for restricting icon sizes.
737 * New WindowList options SortClassName, MaxLabelWidth, NoLayer,
738 ShowScreen, ShowPage, ShowPageX and ShowPageY.
740 * Restored old way of handling clicks in windows with ClickToFocus
741 and ClickToFocusPassesClickOff. This fixes a problem with
742 click+drag in an unfocused rxvt or aterm window.
744 * Fixed wrong warp coordinates when WarpToWindow was used with two
745 arguments on an unmanaged window.
747 * Vastly improved FvwmEvent performance.
749 * FvwmAuto can operate on Enter and Leave events too. This makes
750 it possible to have auto raising with ClickToFocus and
751 NeverFocus. See -menter and -menterleave options and examples in
752 the FvwmAuto man page.
754 * The "hangon" strings in FvwmButtons support wild cards.
756 * New option "Icon" to PlaceAgain command.
758 * New option "FromPointer" and direction "Center" to the Direction
761 * The styles ClickToFocusRaises(Off) and
762 MouseFocusClickRaises(Off) are now different names for the same
763 style. Configurations that used
765 Style * ClickToFocus, ClickToFocusRaises
766 Style * MouseFocusClickRaisesOff
768 or vice versa no longer work as like before. Remove the second
769 line to fix the problem. ClickToFocusRaises now works only on
770 the client part of a window, not on the decorations as it did
773 * New color limit method for screens that only display 256 colors
776 * In depth less or equal to 16 image and gradient can be
777 dithered. This can be enabled/disabled by using the new
778 dither/nodither options to the Colorset command.
780 * Removed the styles MouseFocusClickIgnoreMotion and
781 MouseFocusClickIgnoreMotionOff again.
783 * Many new focus policy styles "FP..." and "!FP...".
785 -------------------------------------------------------------------
787 Changes in alpha release 2.5.2 (24-Jun-2002)
789 * Fonts can have shadow effects, see the FONT SHADOW EFFECTS
790 section of fvwm manual page.
792 * New Colorset options: fgsh for shadow text and fg_alpha for
793 merging text with the background.
795 * New module FvwmPerl adds perl scripting ability to fvwm
798 * Provided powerful perl library for creating FVWM modules in
801 * New WindowList option IconifiedtAtEnd.
803 * Always display the current desk number in the FvwmPager window
806 * Allow to bind a function to the focus click and pass it to the
807 application at the same time.
809 * New styles !Borders and Borders to enable or disable window
812 * Removed the --enable-multibyte configure option. Multibyte
813 support is now compiled in unconditionally.
815 * New FvwmButtons option ActionOnPress enables execution of action
816 on press rather than on release for any specific button.
818 * Improved CascadePlacement, the last used position is reused if
819 the last placed window does not exist any more.
821 * FvwmIconMan may now change the resolution dynamically, just
822 issue "*FvwmIconMan: resolution page" while FvwmIconMan is
825 * New command XineramaSlsScreens.
827 * MoveToPage and MoveToDesk no longer unstick windows.
829 * It is possible to specify a string encoding in a font name, see
830 the "FONT AND STRING ENCODINGS" section of fvwm manual page.
832 -------------------------------------------------------------------
834 Changes in alpha release 2.5.1 (26-Apr-2002)
836 * Changed the executable and the man page names from fvwm2 to
837 fvwm. The old names are still supported by symlinking.
839 * All fvwm utilities are renamed to conform to the "fvwm-"
840 scheme. fvwm-bug, fvwm-root (was xpmroot), fvwm-config,
843 * Added a full support for the side window titles. New Style
844 options TitleAtLeft and TitleAtRight added to TitleAtTop and
847 * A title text may now be optionally rotated for both vertical and
848 horizontal title directions, search for "Rotated" in the man
851 * Added support for loading images in PNG (including alpha
852 blending) and XBM formats anywhere.
854 * New commands Schedule and Deschedule.
856 * New command State. New conditions State and !State.
858 * New commands XSync and XSynchronize for debugging purposes.
860 * In interactive move/placement when Alt/Meta modifier is pressed,
861 snap attraction (SnapAttraction, SnapGrid and EdgeResistance) is
864 * New flags (No)FvwmModule to FvwmButtons Swallow option
866 * The I18N_MB patch (--enable-multibyte) has been
867 rewritten. MULTIBYTE is used to identify what is was I18N_MB. A
868 set of locale functions (locale initialization, font loading,
869 text drawing, ...etc.) is created in libs/Flocale.{c,h} and used
870 in the entire fvwm code (but FvwmWharf). Font loading and
871 memory management is improved in the multibyte case.
873 * Better support of non ISO-8859-1 window and icon titles. See the
874 --disable-compound-text option in INSTALL.fvwm for more
877 * Added anti-aliased text rendering support using Xft (use
878 --enable-xft to enable it). Recent versions of XFree and
879 freetype2 are needed (see the FONT NAMES AND FONT LOADING
880 section of the fvwm manual page).
882 * Conditional commands now have a return code (Match, NoMatch or
883 Error). This return code can be checked and tied to an action
884 with the new commands Cond and CondCase.
886 * Bindings can be made to the separate parts of the window border
887 with the new contexts '[', ']', '-', '_', '<', '^', '>' and
890 * New parameters for FvwmRearange: -maximize and -animate.
892 * New option StartCommand for FvwmTaskBar to allow placing the
895 *FvwmTaskBar: StartCommand Popup RootMenu \
896 rectangle $widthx$height+$left+$top 0 -100m
898 Please refer to the FvwmTaskBar man page for details.
900 * New extended variables pointer.x, pointer.y, pointer.wx,
901 pointer.wy, pointer.cx and pointer.cy.
903 * The Current command does not select a random window when no
904 window has the focus.
906 * New color '@4' (transparent) in button vectors.
908 * New option "Frame" for the Resize and ResizeMove commands.
910 * Added direction options to WindowShade command. Windows can be
911 shaded in any of the eight compass directions.
913 * Styles WindowShadeLazy (default), WindowShadeBusy and
914 WindowShadeAlwaysLazy to optimize performance of the WindowShade
917 * The DO_START_ICONIC flag is no longer supported in the module
920 * Added bi-directional text support for Asian charsets.
922 * New option MinimalLayer for FvwmIdent to control window layer.
924 * New FvwmIconMan configuration syntax now conforms to the syntax
925 of other modules, see the man page.
927 * FvwmForm can automatically run commands after a timeout
930 * Fvwm commands can be invoked when the edge of the screen is hit
933 * New commands Colorset, ReadWriteColors and CleanupColorsets
934 allow the colorset functionality previously available using
937 * FvwmTheme is obsolete now, but still supported for some time.
939 * New options Tint, TintMask and NoTint to colorsets.
941 * New WindowList option CurrentAtEnd.
943 * New weighted sorting in FvwmIconMan.
945 * New conditional command ThisWindow.
947 -------------------------------------------------------------------
949 Changes in alpha release 2.5.0 (27-Jan-2002)
951 * New commands ResizeMaximize and ResizeMoveMaximize that modify
952 the maximized geometry of windows and maximize them as
953 necessary. Very useful to make a window larger manually and
954 then get back the old geometry with a click.
956 * New command ResizeMoveMaximize similarly.
958 * New styles FixedPPosition, FixedUSPosition, FixedSize,
959 FixedUSSize, FixedPSize, VariablePPosition, VariableUSPosition,
960 VariableSize, VariableUSSize, and VariablePSize.
962 * Actions can be bound to windows swallowed in FvwmButtons. To
963 disable this feature for a specific button, the new option
964 ActionIgnoresClientWindow can be used.
966 * Fvwm respect the extended window manager hints
967 specification. This allows fvwm to work with KDE version >= 2
968 and GNOME version 2. This support is configurable using a bunch
969 of new commands and style options, search for "EWMH" in the man
972 * New DateFormat option in FvwmTaskBar to change the date format
973 in the clock's popup tip.
975 * Window titlebars may now be designed using a new powerful
976 TitleStyle option MultiPixmap, that enables to specify separate
977 pixmaps for different parts of the titlebar: Main, LeftEnd,
978 LeftOfText, UnderText, RightOfText, RightEnd and more.
980 * New styles MinOverlapPlacementPenalties and
981 MinOverlapPercentPlacementPenalties.
983 * New styles IndexedWindowName / ExactWindowName and
984 IndexedIconName / ExactIconName.
986 * New command "DesktopName desk name" to define the name of a
987 desktop for the FvwmPager, the WindowList and EWMH compliant
988 pagers. New expanding variables $[desk.name<n>] for the desktop
991 * New window list options NoDeskNum, NoCurrentDeskTitle,
992 TitleForAllDesks, NoNumInDeskTitle.
994 * New emacs style bindings in menus.
996 * New Maximize global flag "layer" which causes the various grow
997 methods to ignore the windows with a layer less than or equal to
998 the layer on the window which is maximized.
1000 * Better support of the Transparent colorset in the modules and in
1003 * Amelioration of the WindowShade animation.
1005 * New ButtonStyle and TitleStyle option MwmDecorLayer.
1007 * New style BackingStoreWindowDefault which is the default
1008 now. Fvwm no longer disables backing store on windows by
1011 * New styles MouseFocusClickIgnoreMotion and
1012 MouseFocusClickIgnoreMotionOff.
1014 * The module interface now supports up to 62 message types.
1016 * New module messages MX_ENTER_WINDOW and MX_LEAVE_WINDOW.
1018 * New events "enter_window" and "leave_window" in FvwmEvent.
1020 * New MenuStyle PopupActiveArea.
1022 * New command line option -passid to FvwmAuto.
1024 * New conditional commands Any and PointerWindow.
1026 * New conditions Focused, !Focused, HasPointer and !HasPointer.
1028 * New commands EWMHBaseStruts and EWMHNumberOfDesktops.
1030 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1032 Changes in stable release 2.4.20 (6-Dec-2006)
1034 * The configure script now correctly appends executable file
1035 extensions to conditionally built binaries. Fixes building on
1038 * FvwmConsole no longer conflicts with getline of Cygwin's stdio.
1040 * Fixed parsing of For loops in FvwmScript.
1042 * Fixed a possible endless loop when de-iconifying a transient
1045 * Reject some invalid GNOME hints.
1047 * Fixed a loop when xterm changes its "active icon" size.
1049 * The configure script can now cope with four-part version numbers
1050 when detecting some libraries.
1054 fvwm-menu-directory. (CVE-2006-5969)
1057 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1059 Changes in stable release 2.4.19 (30-Sep-2004)
1061 * Fixed BackingStore style option.
1063 * Fixed MoveToDesk commend with a single argument.
1065 * Allow whitespace in menu names.
1067 * Fixed a hang when restarting FvwmCommand or FvwmConsole.
1069 * A double click no longer occurs when two different mouse
1070 buttons are pressed.
1072 * Fixed a relief drawing problem in FvwmWinList.
1074 * Fixed travelling windows on restart if a window used non NorthWest
1075 gravity and changed that before the restart.
1077 * Fixed installation of FvwmGtk.1 for debian (with DESTDIR set).
1079 * The clock in FvwmTaskBar is redrawn immediately when its colour
1082 * The option CurrentGlobalPageAnyDesk was accidentally named
1083 CurrentGlobbalPageAnyDesk before.
1085 * Fixed a problem with fvwm startup and shutdown when the pointer
1086 was grabbed by another application.
1088 * Fixed parsing of the Pointer option to the Move command.
1090 * Fixed handling of MWM hints on 64 bit machines.
1092 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1094 Changes in stable release 2.4.18 (19-Mar-2004)
1096 * Corrected rebooting the machine in FvwmScript-Quit.
1098 * Fixed the FlickeringMoveWorkaround option to the BugOpts command.
1100 * Security patch in fvwmbug.sh.
1101 See http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Jan/1008781.html
1104 fvwm-menu-directory (BugTraq id 9161)
1105 fvwm_make_directory_menu.sh
1106 fvwm_make_browse_menu.sh
1108 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1110 Changes in stable release 2.4.17 (10-Oct-2003)
1112 * Fixed error message for incorrect --with-SOME-library argument.
1114 * It is now possible to suppress title action or title completely
1115 in menus created by fvwm-menu-directory.
1117 * Fixed a compile problem on QNX 4.25.
1119 * New configure switch --disable-gtk.
1121 * FvwmGtk.1 is not installed if FvwmGtk is not built.
1123 * The "Visible" condition does no longer select windows on
1126 * With the styles StartsOnPage, SkipMapping and UsePPosition,
1127 windows that request a specific position are still placed on the
1130 * Fixed sending M_NEW_PAGE packets to the modules if the page did
1133 * Added support for new BBC headlines in fvwm-menu-headlines, this
1134 replaces the old BBC-Worlds and BBC-SciTech headlines.
1136 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1138 Changes in stable release 2.4.16 (30-May-2003)
1140 * Fixed a transparency problem in FvwmButtons.
1142 * The PageOnly option in FvwmTaskBar now works after a desk change
1145 * Fixed a possible core dump when more than 256 windows are on
1148 * Initial drawing and final undrawing of wire frame no longer
1149 toggles the pixel in the top left corner of the screen.
1151 * Fixed parsing of button geometries in FvwmButtons when the
1152 geometry specification appeared after another option with a comma
1155 * FvwmCommand works too when invoked without the DISPLAY variable
1158 * Fixed displaying iconified windows without an icon in
1161 * All single letter variables are deprecated now; new variables:
1163 $[w.id], $[w.name], $[w.iconname], $[w.class], $[w.resource],
1164 $[desk.n], $[version.num], $[version.info], $[version.line],
1165 $[desk.pagesx], $[desk.pagesy]
1167 * Fixed a bug with aspect pixmaps in colorsets.
1169 * Iconified windows without an icon do not receive focus.
1171 * Fixed a bug in FvwmPager that displayed iconified windows without
1172 icon title or picture as not iconified.
1174 * Fixed parsing of '@<screen>' Xinerama specification in the
1175 ButtonGeometry option of FvwmButtons.
1177 * The NoWarp menu position hint option works with root menus too.
1179 * Fixed a problem with styles not being properly applied after a
1180 DestroyStyle command.
1182 * Fixed a bug introduced in 2.4.14. The pointer was sometimes
1183 warped to another screen during a restart and command execution.
1185 * Fixed a crash when a window was destroyed twice in a complex
1188 * Fixed corruption of the window list when windows died at the
1191 * Fixed problem with empty frame windows if X recycled the window
1192 id of a window that died recently.
1194 * Fixed loading of application supplied pixmap on 8/24 depth screen.
1196 * WindowListFunc is executed now within a window context, so
1197 a prefix "WindowId $0" is not needed in its definition anymore
1198 and it is advised to remove it in user configs.
1200 * FvwmEvent now executes all window related events within a window
1201 context, so PassId is not needed anymore, and all prefixes
1202 "WindowId $0" may be removed in user event handlers.
1204 * Fixed "GotoDeskAndPage prev" on desks larger than 2x2.
1206 * Expansion of variables like $[w.name] or $[EMPTY_STRING] that are
1209 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1211 Changes in stable release 2.4.15 (24-Jan-2003)
1213 * Fix for gmplayer launched by fvwm. Close stdin on Exec so the
1214 exec'd process knows its not running interactively.
1216 * Windows using the WindowListSkip style do not appear in the
1217 FvwmTaskBar at random.
1219 * Fixed a memory leak in ChangeIcon, ChangeForeColor and
1220 ChangeBackColor FvwmScript Instruction.
1222 * Fixed a core dump in the parsing of FvwmAuto arguments.
1224 * Fixed screwed calculation of icon picture size when application
1225 specifies it explicitly.
1227 * The option ShowOnlyIcons now works as described in the
1228 FvwmIconMan man page. It was accidentally named ShowOnlyIconic
1231 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1233 Changes in stable release 2.4.14 (29-Nov-2002)
1235 * Modules do not crash anymore when more than 126 windows are on
1238 * FvwmIconMan displays windows correctly that were iconified and
1239 then moved to another page.
1241 * Application provided icon windows no longer appear at 0 0 when
1244 * The built-in session management can handle window names, classes
1245 etc. beginning with whitespace (textedit).
1247 * Removed the flawed "A"ny context key binding patch from 2.4.13.
1249 * The default EdgeScroll (if not specified) was incorrectly
1250 assumed to be 100 pixels instead of 100 percents.
1252 * Icons no longer appear on top of all other windows after a
1255 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1257 Changes in stable release 2.4.13 (1-Nov-2002)
1259 * Icon titles for windows with an icon position hint no longer
1260 appear at random places.
1262 * Fvwm no longer displays two icon pictures when switching from
1263 NoIconOverride to IconOverride with windows that provide their
1266 * The Current, All, Pick, ThisWindow and PointerWindow commands
1267 work on shaded windows too.
1269 * Fixed a problem stacking iconified transients.
1271 * No more flickering when raising transients.
1273 * Fixed a number of problems with window stacking, some new in
1274 2.4.10 or later, some older problems that have been around for a
1277 * Windows starting lowered or on any layer other than the default
1278 layer are displayed at the right place in FvwmPager.
1280 * Bindings with the "A"ny context can not be overridden by Gnome
1281 panel or OpenOffice.
1283 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1285 Changes in stable release 2.4.12 (10-Oct-2002)
1287 * Fixed drawing problems with TiledPixmap and Solid MenuFaces which
1288 appeared in 2.4.10, replacing the same problem with ?Gradient
1291 * Fixed accidental menu animation with certain menu position hints.
1293 * Increased maximum allowed key symbol name length to 200
1296 * Allow quotes in conditional command conditions.
1298 * Fixed starting Move at random position when pointer is on a
1301 * Transient windows do not appear in FvwmWinList after they have
1302 been moved on the desktop.
1304 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1306 Changes in stable release 2.4.11 (20-Sep-2002)
1308 * Allow the use of mouse buttons other than the first in
1309 FvwmWinList when invoked transient.
1311 * Fixed a crash with ssh-askpass introduced in 2.4.10.
1313 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1315 Changes in stable release 2.4.10 (15-Sep-2002)
1317 * The commands Maximize, Resize and ResizeMove can be used on icons
1320 * Fixed hilighting of menu items with HGradient and VGradient
1321 MenuFace. Reduced flickering with these options.
1323 * Fixed a minor problem with entering submenus via keyboard.
1325 * Fixed race conditions in FvwmTaskBar with AutoStick that caused
1328 * Fixed drawing of pager balloons with BalloonBack option.
1330 * Fixed drawing of SidePic menu background with B/D gradients.
1332 * Fixed drawing of menu item reliefs with gradient menu faces.
1334 * Fixed key bindings on window corners.
1336 * Fixed FvwmTaskBar i18n font loading
1338 * Fixed StackTransientParent style without RaiseTransient or
1339 LowerTransient on the parent window.
1341 * StackTransientParent works only on parent window if it is on the
1344 * Fixed handling of window group hint with the (De)Iconify
1347 * No more flickering when a transient overlapping its parent window
1350 * Fixed hilighting of unfocused windows.
1352 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1354 Changes in stable release 2.4.9 (11-Aug-2002)
1356 * Fixed interaction bug between CascadePlacement and StartsOnPage -
1357 if the target page was at a negative x or y page displacement
1358 from the current viewport, the window would be placed on the
1361 * Fixed a problem with colormap transition when a transient window
1364 * Fixed a FvwmScript crash with Swallow widget and very long window
1367 * Restored old way of handling clicks in windows with ClickToFocus
1368 and ClickToFocusPassesClickOff. This fixes a problem with
1369 click+drag in an unfocused rxvt or aterm window.
1371 * Fixed problems with $fg and $bg variables in FvwmButtons when the
1372 UseOld option was used.
1374 * Fixed wrong warp coordinates when WarpToWindow was used with two
1375 arguments on an unmanaged window.
1377 * Added a workaround for popup menus in TK applications that appear
1378 on some random position.
1380 * Fixed problems with wish scripts creating windows that start
1383 * Fixed the NoClose option with unmapped panels in FvwmButtons.
1385 * A number of drawing fixes in FvwmPager.
1387 * Fixed a slight bug when waiting until all buttons are released,
1388 for example after executing a complex function.
1390 * Fixed potentially harmful change in module interface.
1392 * Fixed displaying menu items with icons when using the MenuStyle
1395 * Fixed problems with the pointer moving off screen in a multi
1398 * Fixed a potential crash with windows being destroyed during a
1399 recapture operation.
1401 * Fixed a memory leak in some modules when not using glibc.
1403 * Applications using Mwm hints can now enforce that a window can
1406 * Fixed negative arguments of WarpToWindow when used on an
1409 * DESTDIR may be fully used again (only useful for distributors).
1411 * Fixed a key binding problem with key symbols that are generated
1414 * Fixed a possible crash when a window was recaptured and the
1415 focus could not be transfered to another window.
1417 * Fixed a minor problem with clicks on focused windows being
1420 * fvwm-menu-headlines: added support for CNN and BBC headlines.
1422 * Fixed a performance problem with large numbers of mouse binding
1425 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1427 Changes in stable release 2.4.8 (11-Jun-2002)
1429 * A fix for switching between czech and us keyboard layout.
1431 * Remember the icon position when an icon is moved
1434 * Setup "fvwm" and "fvwm-root" name symlinks for the executable and
1435 the man page when installing, see INSTALL.fvwm.
1437 * Fixed another problem with the DeskOnly option and sticky icons
1440 * New FvwmIconMan configuration syntax now conforms to the syntax
1441 of other modules, see the man page.
1443 * New WindowList option CurrentAtEnd.
1445 * Fixed maximal length of a named module packet
1447 * Fixed a crash on a config with a new 2.5.x Colorset command.
1449 * Always display the current desk number in the FvwmPager window
1452 * Allow to bind a function to the focus click and pass it to the
1453 application at the same time.
1455 * Fixed a problem with fvwm not accepting keyboard input when the
1456 application with the focus vanished at the start of a session.
1458 * A small security patch regarding TMPDIR.
1460 * Fixed a problem with colormap transition when a transient window
1463 * Fixed calculation of average bg colour in colour sets with large
1466 * Fixed some minor problems regarding the multibyte patch.
1468 * Fixed selection in FvwmScript List widget.
1470 * fvwm-menu-headlines: updated the site data, added a configurable
1471 timeout on socket reading (20 sec) to avoid fvwm hanging, new
1472 --icon-error option.
1474 * Fixed a problem with ClickToFocus + ClickToFocusRaisesOff and
1475 windows that are below others.
1477 * Fixed the ClickToFocusPassesClick style.
1479 * Fixed CascadePlacement for huge windows, so that the top-left
1480 corner is always visible.
1482 * Fixed parsing of SendToModule with the first parameter quoted.
1484 * Fonts in double quotes now should work in module configurations.
1486 * Fixed copying PopupOffset values in CopyMenuStyle.
1488 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1490 Changes in stable release 2.4.7 (11-Apr-2002)
1492 * Fixed parsing of WindowList with conditions and a position at
1493 the same time that was broken in 2.4.6.
1495 * Fixed some problems with the DeskOnly option of FvwmTaskBar
1496 (windows were duplicated when moving to a different Desk; the
1497 StickyIcon style was ignored).
1499 * Fixed config.h warnings with some compilers introduced in 2.4.6.
1501 * Fixed icon titles being raised when they should not be.
1503 * Fixed initial drawing of the internals of the FvwmPager window.
1505 * Fixed the FvwmAudio compatible mode in FvwmEvent when external
1506 audio player is used.
1508 * Fixed execution on QNX.
1510 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1512 Changes in stable release 2.4.6 (10-Mar-2002)
1514 * Better support of non ISO-8859-1 window and icon titles. See the
1515 --disable-compound-text option in INSTALL.fvwm for more details.
1517 * Improved speed of opaque window movement/resizing.
1519 * Fixed a bug that caused windows not being raised and lowered
1522 * Suppress error message when using XBM icons.
1524 * Fixed a read descriptor problem in FvwmTaskBar
1526 * Fixed a minor colour update bug in the pager.
1528 * Fixed an fvwm crash when a module died at the wrong moment;
1529 specifically a transient FvwmPager or FvwmIconMan.
1531 * Fixed placement of WindowList on wrong Xinerama screen when
1532 called without any options on a screen other than the primary
1535 * Fixed a problem with root bindings and xfishtank.
1537 * Fixed moving windows with the keyboard over the edge of the
1538 screen when the pointer remained of the previous page.
1540 * Do not hilight windows after ResizeMove.
1542 * New conditional command ThisWindow.
1544 * Some fixes in the configure script that caused some rare
1545 problems detecting gnome and ncurses.
1547 * Fixed a memory leak in the Pick command.
1549 * Allow to choose windows with CirculateSkip with the Pick command.
1551 * Fixed an FvwmScript compile problem on dec-osf5.
1553 * The window handles are now resizes as they should when the
1554 HandleWidth style changes.
1556 * The Current command does not select a random window when no
1557 window has the focus.
1559 * Fixed a rare menu placement problem with Xinerama.
1561 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1563 Changes in stable release 2.4.5 (27-Jan-2002)
1565 * Fixed minor problems in popping sub menus up and down.
1567 * Fixed moving windows between pages with the keyboard.
1569 * Fixed the size of the geometry window that was broken sometimes.
1571 * Fixed problem with pointer warping to another screen on a dual
1574 * Fixed a problem with the focus in internal Ddd and Netscape
1577 * Reduced the time in which fvwm attempts to grab the pointer.
1579 * Fixed unmanaged window when window was mapped/unmapped/mapped too
1582 * Fixed MiniScroll's auto repeating in FvwmScript.
1584 * Fixed a crash with the UseStyle style in combination with
1587 * Fixed excessive redraws of the windows under a window being
1590 * Fixed a minor memory leak in the Style command.
1592 * Fixed pixmap background of FvwmButtons behind buttons with only
1595 * Fixed a crash in FvwmIconBox when the application provided an
1598 * Fixed a configure problem with libstroke-0.5.1.
1600 * New style BackingStoreWindowDefault which is the default
1601 now. Fvwm no longer disables backing store on windows by
1604 * Fixed bug that sometimes caused unnecessary redraws when a style
1607 * Fixed crash when something like "$[$v]" appeared in a command.
1609 * Fixed parsing of conditions with more than one comma.
1611 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1613 Changes in stable release 2.4.4 (16-Dec-2001)
1615 * Minor title drawing fixes.
1617 * Fixed manual placement with Xinerama.
1619 * Minor button 3 handling fix in FvwmPager.
1621 * Fixed *FvwmIconMan*shaped option with empty managers.
1623 * Fixed ClickToFocusClickRaises style.
1625 * FvwmForm: Customize pointers, support ISO_Tab key, buttons can
1626 activate on press or release, special pointer during grab, arrow
1627 keys useful in form with one input field.
1629 * New OpaqueMoveSize argument "unlimited".
1631 * Fixed binding keys with and without "Shift" modifier under some
1634 * Fixed binding actions to the client window with ClickToFocus.
1636 * Mouse bindings are activated without a recapture.
1638 * FvwmScript: new keyboard bindings. New flags NoFocus and Left,
1639 Center, and Right for text position. Amelioration of the Menu
1640 and PopupMenu Widgets. New functions GetPid, Parse,
1641 SendMsgAndGet and LastString. New instruction Key for key
1642 bindings. New command SendToModule ScriptName SendString.
1644 * Command "Silent" when precedes "Key", "Mouse" and "PointerKey"
1645 disables warning messages.
1647 * Restored the default Alt-Tab behaviour from 2.4.0.
1649 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1651 Changes in stable release 2.4.3 (08-Oct-2001)
1653 * Fixed activation of shape extension.
1655 * Fixed problems with overriding key bindings.
1657 * Single letter key names are allowed in upper and lower case in
1658 key bindings as before 2.4.0.
1660 * Fixed WindowList placement with Xinerama.
1662 * Fixed flickering icon titles.
1664 * New X resource fvwmscreen to select the Xinerama screen on which
1665 to place new windows.
1667 * Coordinates of a window during motion are show relative to the
1670 * Some icon placement improvements with Xinerama.
1672 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1674 Changes in stable release 2.4.2 (16-Sep-2001)
1676 * Desk and page can be given as X resources in .Xdefaults, for
1681 * Several Shape compilation problems fixed.
1683 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1685 Changes in stable release 2.4.1 (15-Sep-2001)
1687 * Added Xinerama and SingleLogicalScreen support.
1689 * New commands Xinerama, XineramaPrimaryScreen, XineramaSls,
1690 XineramaSlsSize and MoveToScreen.
1692 * New context rectangle option XineramaRoot for the menu commands.
1694 * New conditions CurrentGlobalPage, CurrentGlobalPageAnyDesk and
1695 AcceptsFocus for conditional commands.
1697 * The DestroyStyle command takes effect immediately.
1699 * New style option StartsOnScreen.
1701 * New style options NoUSPosition, UseUSPosition,
1702 NoTransientPPosition, UseTransientPPosition,
1703 NoTransientUSPosition, and UseTransientUSPosition. These work
1704 similar to the old styles NoPPosition and UsePPosition.
1706 * New option "screen" for Maximize command.
1708 * New option ReverseOrder for WindowList command.
1710 * The default Alt-Tab binding works more intuitive.
1712 * New condition "PlacedByFvwm"
1714 * New Geometry option for FvwmForm.
1716 * New Screen resolution and ShowOnlyIcons options for FvwmIconMan.
1718 * FvwmIconMan can be closed with Delete or Close too.
1720 * New options PageOnly and ScreenOnly for FvwmTaskBar.
1722 * FvwmIconBox, FvwmTaskBar and FvwmWinList support aliases.
1724 * Enhancements in fvwm-menu-headlines and support for 10 more
1727 * Color enhancements in button vectors: @2 is bg color, @3 is fg
1730 * Improved detection of the Shape library.
1732 * Fixed FvwmButtons button titles not being erased for swallowed
1733 windows that showed up on certain setups.
1735 * Fixed bug that caused transient windows to be buried below their
1736 parents with the "BugOpts RaiseOverUnmanaged on". This occured
1737 with the system.fvwm2rc-sample-95 configuration.
1739 * The modules FvwmPager, FvwmIconMan, FvwmWinList and FvwmButtos
1740 set the transient_for hint when started with the "transient"
1743 * Fixed FvwmIconMan with the transient option when mapped off
1746 * Fixed ClickToFocus focus policy when iconifying the focused
1749 * Fixed some focus problems in conjunction with unclutter vs
1750 xv/xmms and Open Look applications.
1752 * Fixed a problem that could cause windows to be lost off screen
1753 with interactive window motion.
1755 * Fixed some FvwmTaskBar autohide problem.
1757 * Fixed a display string problem in FvwmForm.
1759 * Fixed a problem with FvwmTheme shadow colours.
1761 * Fixed the CirculateSkipIcon and CirculateSkipShaded options in
1762 conditional commands.
1764 * Fixed a formatting problem of the man page on AIX, Solaris, and
1765 some other UNIX variants.
1767 * Fixed a problems with FvwmIconBox exiting on 64 bit platforms.
1769 * Fixed FvwmIconBox crashes with MaxIconSize dimensions 0.
1771 * Fixed parameters of fvwm24_convert.
1773 * Fixed a number of building problems related to old vendor unices,
1774 libstroke-0.5, autoconf-2.50, bogus gnome-config and imlib-config.
1776 * Fixed drawing of title bar buttons with MWMDecorStick.
1778 * Fixed missing button or key events over the pan frames.
1780 * Fixed placement of the FvwmDragWell, FvwmButtons and FvwmForm
1783 * Fixed parsing double quotes in FvwmPager's Font and SmallFont
1784 options. Fixed FvwmPager crash with certain font strings.
1786 * Fixed drawing of the grid lines in an iconified FvwmPager window.
1788 * Fixed button grabbing problem for buttons > 3 in FvwmTaskBar.
1790 * Fixed some exotic problems with window gravity and resizing
1793 * Fixed a problem with maximizing windows with the viewport not
1794 starting on a page boundary.
1796 * Fixed handling of parentheses in FvwmButtons button actions.
1798 * Work around a key binding problem with keys that generate the
1799 same symbol with more than one key code (e.g. Shift-F1 = F11).
1801 * The Desk option of FvwmBacker is compatible to earlier
1802 version. Desk or Page coordinates can be omitted to indicate
1803 that desk or page changes trigger no action at all.
1805 * Fixed double updating of background with FvwmBacker sometimes
1806 leading to the wrong background.
1808 * Fixed several escaping errors in fvwm-menu-directory, so files
1809 and directories containing special chars and spaces should
1812 * Fixed PlacedByButton3 condition.
1814 * Fixed vanishing windows when mapping/unmapping too fast.
1816 * Fixed prev option of the GotoDeskAndPage command.
1818 * Fixed calculations of X_RESOLUTION and Y_RESOLUTION for screen
1819 dimensions larger than 2147.
1821 * Fixed compatibility of the FvwmM4 modules on platforms that have
1822 a System V implementation of m4 (Solaris 2.6).
1824 * The SetEnv command without a value for a variable is the same as
1827 * Fixed shading/unshading shaped windows and windows without title
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1832 Changes in stable release 2.4.0 (03-Jul-2001)
1834 * Finally released. :)
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1837 For older NEWS, read the ONEWS file.