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
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73 Changes in beta release 2.5.21 (20-Jan-2007)
77 - The command Scroll can now be used for interactive scrolling.
81 - Fixed Tile...Placement styles (SmartPlacement) that were
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86 Changes in beta release 2.5.20 (15-Jan-2007)
90 - New Style options: StippledIconTitle, !StickyStippledTitle,
91 and !StickyStippledIconTitle.
92 - Full support for menu context (M) key and mouse bindings. See
93 the section Menu Bindings in the man page for details.
94 - Hilighted menu backgrounds now use pixmaps gradients and
95 transparency from their related colorset.
96 - New window conditions: StickyIcon, StickyAcrossPagesIcon and
97 StickyAcrossDesksIcon.
101 - "Mouse n M N" is no longer used to disable or remap the
102 builtin tear off menu button. See the section Tear Off Menus
103 for details on replacement commands.
107 - FvwmWinList: fix problem with window name/button mixups during
108 Init/Restart of fvwm. (bug #1393)
109 - It is now possible to switch the viewport while resizing
110 windows if "EdgeScroll 0 0" is set.
111 - Fixed disappearing windows when aborting interactive resizing
112 of maximized windows when unmaximizing them later.
113 - Fixed disappearing windows when moving maximized windows and
114 unmaximizing them later.
115 - Fixed calculation of final location with MoveToPage and
116 MoveToScreen with windows to the left or top of the viewport.
117 - 64-bit architecture fix in FvwmProxy.
118 - FvwmForm now work with balanced quoted command for Timeout.
119 - FvwmPager correctly updates on window desk change.
120 - FvwmIconBox: fixed problem with IconColorset's background
121 color change not being applied immediately.
122 - Allow FvwmConsole to run a terminal via rxvtc or urxvtc.
123 FvwmConsole dies if no client connects within one minute.
124 - Expansion of variables in FvwmTaskBar launch button commands
126 - Fixed a race condition with applications raising their own
127 transient windows in certain ways. (Apple Shake, kphotoalbum)
128 - FvwmIdent reports the correct geometry if the window has its
129 title at the left or right side.
130 - Fixed an infinite loop when deiconifying windows in a group
131 via a different window than the initially iconified.
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135 Changes in beta release 2.5.19 (9-Dec-2006)
139 - FvwmCommand now reports "end windowlist" and "end configinfo".
140 - FvwmCommand now prints config info split on lines.
141 - FvwmTaskBar no longer gets lost with trailing whitespace after
142 geometry specification.
143 - Fixed a window size problem if the aspect ratio is set (e.g.
145 - Decorations now update when unmanaged windows take focus, and
146 not FlickeringQtDialogsWorkaround is enabled.
147 - FvwmPager again allows movement of windows added before a
149 - fvwm no longer crashes on 1 and 4 bit displays. (#1677)
150 - EWMH desktops now correctly handles FPClickToFocus. (#1492)
151 - Security fix in fvwm-menu-directory. (CVE-2006-5969)
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155 Changes in beta release 2.5.18 (11-Sep-2006)
159 - If a window started fullscreen, leaving fullscreen state now
160 properly unmaximizes and resizes the window.
161 - Fixed the ForeColor/HilightFore styles that were broken in
163 - FvwmPager can now move icons with the !IconTitle style.
164 - Fixed drawing of icons that are moved to a different desk.
165 - FvwmPager no longer tries to move non-movable windows.
166 - FvwmPager now moves all windows as user requests.
167 - FvwmPager no longer displaces windows with title and border
169 - TestRc now correctly matches Break, and $[cond.rc] is
171 - Fixed several 64-bit architecture problems with
172 XGetWindowProperty(). Xine works much better on 64-bit
174 - Fixed handling of ClickToFocusPassesClick with the EWMH
175 desktop (e.g. using nautilus).
176 - Fixed handling of windows that are unmapped and mapped again
177 too fast (e.g. fpga_editor).
179 -------------------------------------------------------------------
181 Changes in beta release 2.5.17 (19-Jul-2006)
185 - New MenuStyle options TitleFont, TitleColorset and
187 - New command PressButton in module FvwmButtons for being able
188 to emulate button press via other means than the mouse.
189 - New wrap options to EdgeScroll command for wrapping with pixel
191 - New Style option UnderMousePlacement.
192 - Unused arguments to Style options generate warnings.
193 - The name style names match against can be augmented by the
194 X-resource "fvwmstyle".
195 - New options, Reverse and UseStack, to All command.
196 - WindowShade can now reshade windows using the Last direction.
197 - Positional parameters to complex functions can now be expanded
198 using $[n], $[n-m], $[n-] and $[*] expressions.
199 - The width and height arguments of the Resize command now
200 accept the prefix 'w' to allow resizing relative to the
202 - New command ModuleListenOnly.
203 - New "Periodic" option added to Schedule command.
207 - Fixed detection of running non-ICCCM2 wm (bug #3151).
208 - Fixed drawing of menus with the sidepic on the right.
209 - EdgeScroll no longer divides pixel distances >1000 by 1000.
211 - The configure script can now cope with four-part version
212 numbers when detecting some libraries.
213 - The WarpToWindow command followed by Move in a complex
214 function now uses the correct pointer position.
215 - The menu style TitleWarp does no longer warp the pointer for
216 root menus (as it is documented).
217 - Fixed detection of safe system version of mkstemp.
218 - Fixed the conditions Iconifiable, Fixed, FixedSize,
219 Maximizable and Closable.
220 - Fixed problem with window outline and placement position
222 - FvwmConsole no longer conflicts with Cygwin stdio (bug #3772).
223 - FvwmGtk now configures correctly on Cygwin (bug #3772).
224 - Fixed tempfile vulnerabilities in FvwmCommand.
226 -------------------------------------------------------------------
228 Changes in beta release 2.5.16 (20-Jan-2006)
232 - If the pointer can not be grabbed in functions, a message is
233 printed to the console instead of beeping.
237 - Fixed a couple of build problems introduced in 2.5.15.
239 -------------------------------------------------------------------
241 Changes in beta release 2.5.15 (14-Jan-2006)
245 - Variables can be nested, like $[desk.name$[desk.n]].
246 - Obsolete one-letter variables work, but generate warnings now.
247 - Windows can be placed by any button (now also >3).
248 - It is now possible to redefine the buttons usable to finish
249 window movement and manual placement.
250 - New window condition PlacedByButton.
251 - MenuStyle pairs can be negated by prefixing '!'.
252 - New generic tabbing module - FvwmTabs.
253 - New Style option: EWMHIgnoreWindowType.
254 - New MenuStyle options: MouseWheel, ScrollOffPage and
256 - To compile from CVS, autoconf-2.53 or above is now required.
257 This does not affect compiling the released tarballs.
258 - New option "screen" to Move and ResizeMove commands to allow
259 specifying the target Xinerama screen.
263 - Supported a new fribidi version 0.10.5 in addition to 0.10.4.
264 - Better look for windows with "BorderStyle TiledPixmap".
265 - Some EWMH-related 64-bit fixes.
266 - Fixed segmentation fault when replacing title of title only
268 - Fixes for resizing of shaded windows and resizing/moving
269 windows with complex functions.
271 -------------------------------------------------------------------
273 Changes in beta release 2.5.14 (24-Aug-2005)
277 - Fvwm now officially supports 64-bit architectures.
278 - New Test conditions EnvIsSet, EnvMatch, EdgeHasPointer and
280 - New window condition FixedPosition.
282 * New module features:
284 - FvwmPerl module supports window context when preprocessing.
285 - FvwmPerl module accepts new --export option that by default
286 defines two fvwm functions "Eval" and ".", to be used like:
289 Eval $a = $[desk.n] - 2; cmd("GotoDesk 0 $a") if $a >= 0
290 . Exec xmessage %{2 + cos(0)}% # embedded calculator
292 - New FvwmProxy option ProxyIconified.
293 - New FvwmTaskBar option Pad to control the gap between
298 - Fixed a Solaris compiler error introduced in 2.5.13.
299 - Fixed a hang with layers set by applications (e.g. AbiWord).
300 - GotoDesk with a relative page argument now wraps around at
301 the end of the given range as documented. (Bug #1396).
302 - PopupDelayed menu style option was not copied on
304 - Transparent Animated menus with non-transparent popup were
305 not animated correctly.
306 - Supported euc-jp class of encodings.
307 - A window's default layer is no longer set to 0 during a
309 - Fixed an annoying MouseFocus/SloppyFocus problem in
310 conjunction with EdgeResistance + EdgeScroll (sometimes a
311 window did not get the focus as it should have). This
312 problem first occured in 2.5.11.
314 -------------------------------------------------------------------
316 Changes in beta release 2.5.13 (16-Jul-2005)
320 - The MoveToPage command did not work without arguments in
322 - Mouse/Key command no args possible core dump.
323 - Direction with no args possible core dump.
324 - FvwmScript periodic tasks run too often.
325 - Perl modules did not work on 64 machines.
326 - FvwmDebug did not report any extended messages.
327 - fvwm-menu-desktop supports mandriva.
328 - fvwm-menu-desktop when verifying executable, allow full path.
330 * New module features:
332 - FvwmIconMan: MaxButtonWidth and MaxButtonWidthByColumns
334 - FvwmIconMan: added tool tips with Tips, TipsDelays, TipsFont,
335 TipsColorset, TipsFormat, TipsBorderWidth, TipsPlacement,
336 TipsJustification and TipsOffsets options.
337 - FvwmButtons: PressColorset & ActiveColorset options for
338 _individual_ buttons.
340 -------------------------------------------------------------------
342 Changes in alpha release 2.5.12 (6-Oct-2004)
348 * New module features:
350 - FvwmIconMan: ShowOnlyFocused option.
352 -------------------------------------------------------------------
354 Changes in alpha release 2.5.11 (30-Sep-2004)
356 * Multiple window names can be specified in conditions.
358 * Window-specific key/mouse bindings. (Bindings no longer have to
361 * The default fvwm configuration files are now: ~/.fvwm/config and
362 $FVWM_DATADIR/config. Five previously used config file locations
363 are still searched as usual for backward compatibility.
365 * New extended variables $[w.desk] and $[w.layer].
367 * New options GrowOnWindowLayer and GrowOnlayers to the Maximize
370 * New Style option "State".
372 * New Style option "CenterPlacement".
374 * New option to FvwmIconMan: ShowNoIcons.
376 * New WindowList tracker and other enhancements in Perl library.
378 * New option to fvwm-menu-directory: --func-name.
380 * Improved FvwmWindowMenu module.
382 * Fluxbox-like Alt-Button3 resizing with the new Resize options
383 Direction, WarpToBorder and FixedDirection
385 * Enhanced "Test (Version >= x.y.z)" option to allow version
388 * New FvwmButtons options: ActiveColorset, ActiveIcon, ActiveTitle,
389 PressColorset, PressIcon and PressTitle.
391 * New FvwmButtons swallow option: SwallowNew.
393 * The option CurrentGlobalPageAnyDesk was accidentally named
394 CurrentGlobbalPageAnyDesk before.
396 * New conditions AnyScreen and Overlapped.
398 * The Read and PipeRead commands return 1 if the file or command
399 could be read or executed and -1 otherwise.
401 * New menu option TearOffImmediately.
403 * Added support for Solaris' Xinerama.
405 * New option MailDir in FvwmTaskBar.
407 * MoveToPage command:
409 New options wrapx, wrapy, nodesklimitx and nodesklimity.
410 New suffix 'w' to allow for window relative movement.
412 -------------------------------------------------------------------
414 Changes in alpha release 2.5.10 (19-Mar-2004)
416 * New command FakeKeyPress.
418 * New BugOpts option ExplainWindowPlacement.
420 * Adjustable button reliefs in FvwmIconMan (option ReliefThickness).
422 * Security patch in fvwm-bug.
423 See http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Jan/1008781.html
427 fvwm-menu-directory (BugTraq id 9161)
428 fvwm_make_directory_menu.sh
429 fvwm_make_browse_menu.sh
431 -------------------------------------------------------------------
433 Changes in alpha release 2.5.9 (2-Mar-2004)
435 * New MenuStyle options PopupIgnore and PopupClose.
437 * New configure option --disable-iconv to disable iconv support.
439 * New extended variables $[w.iconfile] and $[w.miniiconfile].
441 * New Style option Unmanaged. Such windows are not managed by
444 * New binding context 'U' for unmanaged windows, similar to 'R'oot.
446 * New option DisplayNewWindowNames to the BugOpts command.
448 * Security fix for fvwm-menu-directory.
451 -------------------------------------------------------------------
453 Changes in development release 2.5.8 (31-Oct-2003)
455 * New prefix command KeepRc.
457 * Renamed the Cond command to TestRc, and the On command to Test.
458 Removed the CondCase command. Use "KeepRc TestRc" instead.
460 * The Break command can be told the number of nested function
461 levels to break out of. Break now has a return code of -2
464 * Directions can be abbreviated with -, _, [, ], <, >, v or ^ like
465 in key or mouse bindings.
467 * New extended variable $[func.context].
469 * New Style option MoveByProgramMethod. Tries to autodetect
470 whether application windows are moved honouring the ICCCM or not
471 (default). The method can be overridden manually if the
472 detection does not work.
474 * fvwm supports tear off menus. See the "Tear Off Menus" section
475 in the man page or press Backspace on any menu to try them out.
477 * fvwm now handles what Unicode calls "combining characters" (i.e.
478 marks drawn on top of other characters).
480 * New commands WindowStyle and DestroyWindowStyle for individual
483 * The conditions !Current... and !Layer now work as expected.
485 * Added a nice autohide script to the FAQ.
487 * FvwmAnimate now supports dynamical commands "pause", "play",
488 "push", "pop" and "reset" to manipulate the playing state.
490 -------------------------------------------------------------------
492 Changes in development release 2.5.7 (30-May-2003)
494 * The commands Cond and CondCase now support checking for
495 inequality by prefixing the return code with '!'.
497 * Schedule and Deschedule support hexadecimal and octal command
500 * In FvwmIconMan, windows can move from one manager to another
501 according to the managers' Resolution options.
503 * In order to fix a problem with StartsOnScreen and applications
504 that set a user specified position hint, the StartsOnScreen style
505 no longer works for the following modules: FvwmBanner,
506 FvwmButtons, FvwmDragWell, FvwmIconBox, FvwmIconMan, FvwmIdent,
507 FvwmPager, FvwmScroll, FvwmTaskBar, FvwmWharf, FvwmWinList. Use
508 the '@<screen>' bit in the module geometry specification where
511 * Documented variable $[gt.any_string] and LocalePath command
514 * Added gettext support to FvwmScript. New head instruction
515 UseGettext and WindowLocaleTitle. New widget instruction
516 LocaleTitle. New instruction ChangeLocaleTitle and new function
519 * WindowListFunc is executed now within a window context, so
520 a prefix "WindowId $0" is not needed in its definition anymore,
521 and it is advised to remove it in user configs.
523 * FvwmEvent now executes all window related events within a window
524 context, so PassId is not needed anymore, and all prefixes
525 "WindowId $0" may be removed in user event handlers.
527 * New FvwmTaskBar option NoDefaultStartButton.
529 -------------------------------------------------------------------
531 Changes in development release 2.5.6 (28-Feb-2003)
533 * Fix button 3 drag in FvwmPager so that drag follows the mouse.
535 * Fix for gmplayer launched by fvwm. Close stdin on Exec so the
536 exec'd process knows it's not running interactively.
538 * Improvement in MultiPixmap. In particular Colorset and Solid
539 color can be specified.
541 * New ButtonStyle and TitleStyle style options AdjustedPixmap,
542 StretchedPixmap and ShrunkPixmap.
544 * Use the MIT Shared Memory Extension for XImage.
546 * The TitleStyle decor of a vertical window Title is rotated.
547 This is controllable using a new style option:
549 !UseTitleDecorRotation / UseTitleDecorRotation
551 * New style options IconBackgroundColorset, IconTitleColorset,
552 HilightIconTitleColorset, IconTitleRelief, IconBackgroundRelief
553 and IconBackgroundPadding.
555 * Minor incompatible improvements to the Perl library API.
557 * Renamed FvwmWindowLister to FvwmWindowMenu.
559 * New option to IconSize style: Adjusted, Stretched, Shrunk.
561 * New shortcuts for button states: AllActiveUp, AllActiveDown,
562 AllInactiveUp, AllInactiveDown.
566 Closable, Iconifiable, Maximizable, AllowMaximizeFixedSize
568 * New conditions for matching windows:
570 Closable, Iconifiable, Maximizable, FixedSize and HasHandles
572 * New conditional command On for non-window related conditions.
574 * Removed --disable-gnome-hints and --disable-ewmh configure
577 * All single letter variables are deprecated now; new variables:
579 $[w.id], $[w.name], $[w.iconname], $[w.class], $[w.resource],
580 $[desk.n], $[version.num], $[version.info], $[version.line],
581 $[desk.pagesx], $[desk.pagesy]
583 -------------------------------------------------------------------
585 Changes in development release 2.5.5 (2-Dec-2002)
587 * Added support for joining and shaping in bi-directional
588 languages that need this.
590 * ButtonStyle and TitleStyle new style type Colorset.
592 * New experimental module FvwmProxy.
594 * New command RestackTransients.
596 * Added a pixel offset to vector button definitions.
598 * New command FocusStyle as a shorthand for setting the FP...
599 styles with the Style command.
601 * New option Locale to PrintInfo command.
603 * The Next and Prev commands start looking for a matching window at
604 the context window if there is any.
606 * The MoveToPage command does nothing with sticky windows.
608 * New module FvwmWindowLister, a WindowList substitute.
610 * Sticky windows can be sticky across pages, across desks or both.
612 - New commands StickAcrossPages and StickAcrossDesks.
613 - New Style options StickyAcrossPages and StickyAcrossDesks.
614 - New conditional command options StickyAcrossPages and
616 - New WindowList options NoStickyAcrossPages,
617 NoStickyAcrossDesks, StickyAcrossPages, StickyAcrossDesks,
618 OnlyStickyAcrossPages, OnlyStickyAcrossDesks.
619 - New FvwmRearrange options -sp and -sd.
621 * Fixed flickering in FvwmTaskBar, FvwmWinList, FvwmIconBox,
622 FvwmForm, FvwmScript and FvwmScroll when xft fonts or icons with
623 an alpha channel are used.
625 * New Colorset option RootTransparent
627 * The Transparent Colorset option can be tinted under certain
630 * New MinHeight option to TitleStyle
632 * Added gettext support. New command LocalePath and new variable
635 -------------------------------------------------------------------
637 Changes in alpha release 2.5.4 (20-Oct-2002)
639 * FvwmTaskBar may now include mini launch buttons using the Button
640 command. Also has new options for spacing the buttons:
641 WindowButtonsLeftMargin, WindowButtonsRightMargin, and
642 StartButtonRightMargin. See man page for details.
644 * Style switches can be prefixed with '!' to inverse their meaning.
645 For example, "Style * Sticky" is the same as "Style * !Slippery".
646 This works *only* for pairs of styles that take no arguments and
647 for the Button and NoButton styles.
649 * New button property Id in FvwmButtons. FvwmButtons now accepts
650 dynamical actions using SendToModule, see the man page:
652 ChangeButton <button-id> <properties-to-change>
653 ExpandButtonVars <button-id> <command-to-expand>
655 * New Colorset options bgTint, fgTint (which complete Tint), Alpha,
656 IconTint and IconAlpha.
658 * Alpha blending rendering is supported even without XRender
661 * Enhanced commands [Add]ButtonStyle, [Add]TitleStyle. ButtonState.
662 Titles and buttons now have 4 main states instead of 3: ActiveUp,
663 ActiveDown, InactiveUp and InactiveDown, plus 4 Toggled variants.
664 Several shortcuts added: Active means ActiveUp + ActiveDown,
665 Inactive means InactiveUp + InactiveDown, similarly for shortcuts
666 ToggledActive and ToggledInactive.
668 * More shortcuts for button states added: AllNormal, AllToggled,
669 AllActive, AllInactive, AllUp, AllDown. These six shortcuts are
670 actually different masks for 4 individual states (from 8 total).
672 * FPClickToFocus and FPClickToRaise work with any modifier by
675 * Perl library API regarding event handlers is changed, so personal
676 modules in Perl should be adjusted.
678 * Allow the use of mouse buttons other than the first in
679 FvwmWinList when invoked transient.
681 * ImagePath now supports directories in form "/some/directory;.png"
682 (where semicolon delimits a file extension that files in
683 /some/directory have. This file extension replaces the original
684 image extension (if any) or it is added if there is no extension.
685 For example with: Style XTerm MiniIcon mini/xterm.xpm
686 the file /some/directory/mini/xterm.png is searched.
688 * New graphical debugger module FvwmGtkDebug.
690 * New command NoWindow for removing the window context.
692 * New FvwmIconMan option ShowTransient.
694 * All conditions have a negation.
696 * New FvwmBacker option RetainPixmap.
698 * Fixed flickering in menus, icon title, FvwmButtons, FvwmIconMan
699 and FvwmPager when xft fonts or icons with an alpha channel is
702 * FvwmButtons redrawing improvement: colorsets are now usable with
705 * FvwmIconMan options PlainColorset, IconColorset, FocusColorset
706 and SelectColorset are now strictly respected.
708 * The HilightBack and ActiveFore menu styles are independent of
709 each other. HilightBack without using ActiveFore does no longer
710 hilight the item text.
712 * New WindowList option SortByResource; the previously added
713 SortClassName option is renamed to SortByClass.
715 * New command PrintInfo for debugging.
717 -------------------------------------------------------------------
719 Changes in alpha release 2.5.3 (25-Aug-2002)
721 * TitleStyle MultiPixmap now works once again.
723 * Removed the old module interface for ConfigureWindow
724 packets. External modules relying on this interface no longer
727 * Fixed interaction bug between CascadePlacement and StartsOnPage:
728 if the target page was at a negative x or y page displacement
729 from the current viewport, the window would be placed on the
732 * New Style option IconSize for restricting icon sizes.
734 * New WindowList options SortClassName, MaxLabelWidth, NoLayer,
735 ShowScreen, ShowPage, ShowPageX and ShowPageY.
737 * Restored old way of handling clicks in windows with ClickToFocus
738 and ClickToFocusPassesClickOff. This fixes a problem with
739 click+drag in an unfocused rxvt or aterm window.
741 * Fixed wrong warp coordinates when WarpToWindow was used with two
742 arguments on an unmanaged window.
744 * Vastly improved FvwmEvent performance.
746 * FvwmAuto can operate on Enter and Leave events too. This makes
747 it possible to have auto raising with ClickToFocus and
748 NeverFocus. See -menter and -menterleave options and examples in
749 the FvwmAuto man page.
751 * The "hangon" strings in FvwmButtons support wild cards.
753 * New option "Icon" to PlaceAgain command.
755 * New option "FromPointer" and direction "Center" to the Direction
758 * The styles ClickToFocusRaises(Off) and
759 MouseFocusClickRaises(Off) are now different names for the same
760 style. Configurations that used
762 Style * ClickToFocus, ClickToFocusRaises
763 Style * MouseFocusClickRaisesOff
765 or vice versa no longer work as like before. Remove the second
766 line to fix the problem. ClickToFocusRaises now works only on
767 the client part of a window, not on the decorations as it did
770 * New color limit method for screens that only display 256 colors
773 * In depth less or equal to 16 image and gradient can be
774 dithered. This can be enabled/disabled by using the new
775 dither/nodither options to the Colorset command.
777 * Removed the styles MouseFocusClickIgnoreMotion and
778 MouseFocusClickIgnoreMotionOff again.
780 * Many new focus policy styles "FP..." and "!FP...".
782 -------------------------------------------------------------------
784 Changes in alpha release 2.5.2 (24-Jun-2002)
786 * Fonts can have shadow effects, see the FONT SHADOW EFFECTS
787 section of fvwm manual page.
789 * New Colorset options: fgsh for shadow text and fg_alpha for
790 merging text with the background.
792 * New module FvwmPerl adds perl scripting ability to fvwm
795 * Provided powerful perl library for creating FVWM modules in
798 * New WindowList option IconifiedtAtEnd.
800 * Always display the current desk number in the FvwmPager window
803 * Allow to bind a function to the focus click and pass it to the
804 application at the same time.
806 * New styles !Borders and Borders to enable or disable window
809 * Removed the --enable-multibyte configure option. Multibyte
810 support is now compiled in unconditionally.
812 * New FvwmButtons option ActionOnPress enables execution of action
813 on press rather than on release for any specific button.
815 * Improved CascadePlacement, the last used position is reused if
816 the last placed window does not exist any more.
818 * FvwmIconMan may now change the resolution dynamically, just
819 issue "*FvwmIconMan: resolution page" while FvwmIconMan is
822 * New command XineramaSlsScreens.
824 * MoveToPage and MoveToDesk no longer unstick windows.
826 * It is possible to specify a string encoding in a font name, see
827 the "FONT AND STRING ENCODINGS" section of fvwm manual page.
829 -------------------------------------------------------------------
831 Changes in alpha release 2.5.1 (26-Apr-2002)
833 * Changed the executable and the man page names from fvwm2 to
834 fvwm. The old names are still supported by symlinking.
836 * All fvwm utilities are renamed to conform to the "fvwm-"
837 scheme. fvwm-bug, fvwm-root (was xpmroot), fvwm-config,
840 * Added a full support for the side window titles. New Style
841 options TitleAtLeft and TitleAtRight added to TitleAtTop and
844 * A title text may now be optionally rotated for both vertical and
845 horizontal title directions, search for "Rotated" in the man
848 * Added support for loading images in PNG (including alpha
849 blending) and XBM formats anywhere.
851 * New commands Schedule and Deschedule.
853 * New command State. New conditions State and !State.
855 * New commands XSync and XSynchronize for debugging purposes.
857 * In interactive move/placement when Alt/Meta modifier is pressed,
858 snap attraction (SnapAttraction, SnapGrid and EdgeResistance) is
861 * New flags (No)FvwmModule to FvwmButtons Swallow option
863 * The I18N_MB patch (--enable-multibyte) has been
864 rewritten. MULTIBYTE is used to identify what is was I18N_MB. A
865 set of locale functions (locale initialization, font loading,
866 text drawing, ...etc.) is created in libs/Flocale.{c,h} and used
867 in the entire fvwm code (but FvwmWharf). Font loading and
868 memory management is improved in the multibyte case.
870 * Better support of non ISO-8859-1 window and icon titles. See the
871 --disable-compound-text option in INSTALL.fvwm for more
874 * Added anti-aliased text rendering support using Xft (use
875 --enable-xft to enable it). Recent versions of XFree and
876 freetype2 are needed (see the FONT NAMES AND FONT LOADING
877 section of the fvwm manual page).
879 * Conditional commands now have a return code (Match, NoMatch or
880 Error). This return code can be checked and tied to an action
881 with the new commands Cond and CondCase.
883 * Bindings can be made to the separate parts of the window border
884 with the new contexts '[', ']', '-', '_', '<', '^', '>' and
887 * New parameters for FvwmRearange: -maximize and -animate.
889 * New option StartCommand for FvwmTaskBar to allow placing the
892 *FvwmTaskBar: StartCommand Popup RootMenu \
893 rectangle $widthx$height+$left+$top 0 -100m
895 Please refer to the FvwmTaskBar man page for details.
897 * New extended variables pointer.x, pointer.y, pointer.wx,
898 pointer.wy, pointer.cx and pointer.cy.
900 * The Current command does not select a random window when no
901 window has the focus.
903 * New color '@4' (transparent) in button vectors.
905 * New option "Frame" for the Resize and ResizeMove commands.
907 * Added direction options to WindowShade command. Windows can be
908 shaded in any of the eight compass directions.
910 * Styles WindowShadeLazy (default), WindowShadeBusy and
911 WindowShadeAlwaysLazy to optimize performance of the WindowShade
914 * The DO_START_ICONIC flag is no longer supported in the module
917 * Added bi-directional text support for Asian charsets.
919 * New option MinimalLayer for FvwmIdent to control window layer.
921 * New FvwmIconMan configuration syntax now conforms to the syntax
922 of other modules, see the man page.
924 * FvwmForm can automatically run commands after a timeout
927 * Fvwm commands can be invoked when the edge of the screen is hit
930 * New commands Colorset, ReadWriteColors and CleanupColorsets
931 allow the colorset functionality previously available using
934 * FvwmTheme is obsolete now, but still supported for some time.
936 * New options Tint, TintMask and NoTint to colorsets.
938 * New WindowList option CurrentAtEnd.
940 * New weighted sorting in FvwmIconMan.
942 * New conditional command ThisWindow.
944 -------------------------------------------------------------------
946 Changes in alpha release 2.5.0 (27-Jan-2002)
948 * New commands ResizeMaximize and ResizeMoveMaximize that modify
949 the maximized geometry of windows and maximize them as
950 necessary. Very useful to make a window larger manually and
951 then get back the old geometry with a click.
953 * New command ResizeMoveMaximize similarly.
955 * New styles FixedPPosition, FixedUSPosition, FixedSize,
956 FixedUSSize, FixedPSize, VariablePPosition, VariableUSPosition,
957 VariableSize, VariableUSSize, and VariablePSize.
959 * Actions can be bound to windows swallowed in FvwmButtons. To
960 disable this feature for a specific button, the new option
961 ActionIgnoresClientWindow can be used.
963 * Fvwm respect the extended window manager hints
964 specification. This allows fvwm to work with KDE version >= 2
965 and GNOME version 2. This support is configurable using a bunch
966 of new commands and style options, search for "EWMH" in the man
969 * New DateFormat option in FvwmTaskBar to change the date format
970 in the clock's popup tip.
972 * Window titlebars may now be designed using a new powerful
973 TitleStyle option MultiPixmap, that enables to specify separate
974 pixmaps for different parts of the titlebar: Main, LeftEnd,
975 LeftOfText, UnderText, RightOfText, RightEnd and more.
977 * New styles MinOverlapPlacementPenalties and
978 MinOverlapPercentPlacementPenalties.
980 * New styles IndexedWindowName / ExactWindowName and
981 IndexedIconName / ExactIconName.
983 * New command "DesktopName desk name" to define the name of a
984 desktop for the FvwmPager, the WindowList and EWMH compliant
985 pagers. New expanding variables $[desk.name<n>] for the desktop
988 * New window list options NoDeskNum, NoCurrentDeskTitle,
989 TitleForAllDesks, NoNumInDeskTitle.
991 * New emacs style bindings in menus.
993 * New Maximize global flag "layer" which causes the various grow
994 methods to ignore the windows with a layer less than or equal to
995 the layer on the window which is maximized.
997 * Better support of the Transparent colorset in the modules and in
1000 * Amelioration of the WindowShade animation.
1002 * New ButtonStyle and TitleStyle option MwmDecorLayer.
1004 * New style BackingStoreWindowDefault which is the default
1005 now. Fvwm no longer disables backing store on windows by
1008 * New styles MouseFocusClickIgnoreMotion and
1009 MouseFocusClickIgnoreMotionOff.
1011 * The module interface now supports up to 62 message types.
1013 * New module messages MX_ENTER_WINDOW and MX_LEAVE_WINDOW.
1015 * New events "enter_window" and "leave_window" in FvwmEvent.
1017 * New MenuStyle PopupActiveArea.
1019 * New command line option -passid to FvwmAuto.
1021 * New conditional commands Any and PointerWindow.
1023 * New conditions Focused, !Focused, HasPointer and !HasPointer.
1025 * New commands EWMHBaseStruts and EWMHNumberOfDesktops.
1027 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1029 Changes in stable release 2.4.20 (6-Dec-2006)
1031 * The configure script now correctly appends executable file
1032 extensions to conditionally built binaries. Fixes building on
1035 * FvwmConsole no longer conflicts with getline of Cygwin's stdio.
1037 * Fixed parsing of For loops in FvwmScript.
1039 * Fixed a possible endless loop when de-iconifying a transient
1042 * Reject some invalid GNOME hints.
1044 * Fixed a loop when xterm changes its "active icon" size.
1046 * The configure script can now cope with four-part version numbers
1047 when detecting some libraries.
1051 fvwm-menu-directory. (CVE-2006-5969)
1054 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1056 Changes in stable release 2.4.19 (30-Sep-2004)
1058 * Fixed BackingStore style option.
1060 * Fixed MoveToDesk commend with a single argument.
1062 * Allow whitespace in menu names.
1064 * Fixed a hang when restarting FvwmCommand or FvwmConsole.
1066 * A double click no longer occurs when two different mouse
1067 buttons are pressed.
1069 * Fixed a relief drawing problem in FvwmWinList.
1071 * Fixed travelling windows on restart if a window used non NorthWest
1072 gravity and changed that before the restart.
1074 * Fixed installation of FvwmGtk.1 for debian (with DESTDIR set).
1076 * The clock in FvwmTaskBar is redrawn immediately when its colour
1079 * The option CurrentGlobalPageAnyDesk was accidentally named
1080 CurrentGlobbalPageAnyDesk before.
1082 * Fixed a problem with fvwm startup and shutdown when the pointer
1083 was grabbed by another application.
1085 * Fixed parsing of the Pointer option to the Move command.
1087 * Fixed handling of MWM hints on 64 bit machines.
1089 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1091 Changes in stable release 2.4.18 (19-Mar-2004)
1093 * Corrected rebooting the machine in FvwmScript-Quit.
1095 * Fixed the FlickeringMoveWorkaround option to the BugOpts command.
1097 * Security patch in fvwmbug.sh.
1098 See http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Jan/1008781.html
1101 fvwm-menu-directory (BugTraq id 9161)
1102 fvwm_make_directory_menu.sh
1103 fvwm_make_browse_menu.sh
1105 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1107 Changes in stable release 2.4.17 (10-Oct-2003)
1109 * Fixed error message for incorrect --with-SOME-library argument.
1111 * It is now possible to suppress title action or title completely
1112 in menus created by fvwm-menu-directory.
1114 * Fixed a compile problem on QNX 4.25.
1116 * New configure switch --disable-gtk.
1118 * FvwmGtk.1 is not installed if FvwmGtk is not built.
1120 * The "Visible" condition does no longer select windows on
1123 * With the styles StartsOnPage, SkipMapping and UsePPosition,
1124 windows that request a specific position are still placed on the
1127 * Fixed sending M_NEW_PAGE packets to the modules if the page did
1130 * Added support for new BBC headlines in fvwm-menu-headlines, this
1131 replaces the old BBC-Worlds and BBC-SciTech headlines.
1133 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1135 Changes in stable release 2.4.16 (30-May-2003)
1137 * Fixed a transparency problem in FvwmButtons.
1139 * The PageOnly option in FvwmTaskBar now works after a desk change
1142 * Fixed a possible core dump when more than 256 windows are on
1145 * Initial drawing and final undrawing of wire frame no longer
1146 toggles the pixel in the top left corner of the screen.
1148 * Fixed parsing of button geometries in FvwmButtons when the
1149 geometry specification appeared after another option with a comma
1152 * FvwmCommand works too when invoked without the DISPLAY variable
1155 * Fixed displaying iconified windows without an icon in
1158 * All single letter variables are deprecated now; new variables:
1160 $[w.id], $[w.name], $[w.iconname], $[w.class], $[w.resource],
1161 $[desk.n], $[version.num], $[version.info], $[version.line],
1162 $[desk.pagesx], $[desk.pagesy]
1164 * Fixed a bug with aspect pixmaps in colorsets.
1166 * Iconified windows without an icon do not receive focus.
1168 * Fixed a bug in FvwmPager that displayed iconified windows without
1169 icon title or picture as not iconified.
1171 * Fixed parsing of '@<screen>' Xinerama specification in the
1172 ButtonGeometry option of FvwmButtons.
1174 * The NoWarp menu position hint option works with root menus too.
1176 * Fixed a problem with styles not being properly applied after a
1177 DestroyStyle command.
1179 * Fixed a bug introduced in 2.4.14. The pointer was sometimes
1180 warped to another screen during a restart and command execution.
1182 * Fixed a crash when a window was destroyed twice in a complex
1185 * Fixed corruption of the window list when windows died at the
1188 * Fixed problem with empty frame windows if X recycled the window
1189 id of a window that died recently.
1191 * Fixed loading of application supplied pixmap on 8/24 depth screen.
1193 * WindowListFunc is executed now within a window context, so
1194 a prefix "WindowId $0" is not needed in its definition anymore
1195 and it is advised to remove it in user configs.
1197 * FvwmEvent now executes all window related events within a window
1198 context, so PassId is not needed anymore, and all prefixes
1199 "WindowId $0" may be removed in user event handlers.
1201 * Fixed "GotoDeskAndPage prev" on desks larger than 2x2.
1203 * Expansion of variables like $[w.name] or $[EMPTY_STRING] that are
1206 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1208 Changes in stable release 2.4.15 (24-Jan-2003)
1210 * Fix for gmplayer launched by fvwm. Close stdin on Exec so the
1211 exec'd process knows its not running interactively.
1213 * Windows using the WindowListSkip style do not appear in the
1214 FvwmTaskBar at random.
1216 * Fixed a memory leak in ChangeIcon, ChangeForeColor and
1217 ChangeBackColor FvwmScript Instruction.
1219 * Fixed a core dump in the parsing of FvwmAuto arguments.
1221 * Fixed screwed calculation of icon picture size when application
1222 specifies it explicitly.
1224 * The option ShowOnlyIcons now works as described in the
1225 FvwmIconMan man page. It was accidentally named ShowOnlyIconic
1228 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1230 Changes in stable release 2.4.14 (29-Nov-2002)
1232 * Modules do not crash anymore when more than 126 windows are on
1235 * FvwmIconMan displays windows correctly that were iconified and
1236 then moved to another page.
1238 * Application provided icon windows no longer appear at 0 0 when
1241 * The built-in session management can handle window names, classes
1242 etc. beginning with whitespace (textedit).
1244 * Removed the flawed "A"ny context key binding patch from 2.4.13.
1246 * The default EdgeScroll (if not specified) was incorrectly
1247 assumed to be 100 pixels instead of 100 percents.
1249 * Icons no longer appear on top of all other windows after a
1252 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1254 Changes in stable release 2.4.13 (1-Nov-2002)
1256 * Icon titles for windows with an icon position hint no longer
1257 appear at random places.
1259 * Fvwm no longer displays two icon pictures when switching from
1260 NoIconOverride to IconOverride with windows that provide their
1263 * The Current, All, Pick, ThisWindow and PointerWindow commands
1264 work on shaded windows too.
1266 * Fixed a problem stacking iconified transients.
1268 * No more flickering when raising transients.
1270 * Fixed a number of problems with window stacking, some new in
1271 2.4.10 or later, some older problems that have been around for a
1274 * Windows starting lowered or on any layer other than the default
1275 layer are displayed at the right place in FvwmPager.
1277 * Bindings with the "A"ny context can not be overridden by Gnome
1278 panel or OpenOffice.
1280 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1282 Changes in stable release 2.4.12 (10-Oct-2002)
1284 * Fixed drawing problems with TiledPixmap and Solid MenuFaces which
1285 appeared in 2.4.10, replacing the same problem with ?Gradient
1288 * Fixed accidental menu animation with certain menu position hints.
1290 * Increased maximum allowed key symbol name length to 200
1293 * Allow quotes in conditional command conditions.
1295 * Fixed starting Move at random position when pointer is on a
1298 * Transient windows do not appear in FvwmWinList after they have
1299 been moved on the desktop.
1301 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1303 Changes in stable release 2.4.11 (20-Sep-2002)
1305 * Allow the use of mouse buttons other than the first in
1306 FvwmWinList when invoked transient.
1308 * Fixed a crash with ssh-askpass introduced in 2.4.10.
1310 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1312 Changes in stable release 2.4.10 (15-Sep-2002)
1314 * The commands Maximize, Resize and ResizeMove can be used on icons
1317 * Fixed hilighting of menu items with HGradient and VGradient
1318 MenuFace. Reduced flickering with these options.
1320 * Fixed a minor problem with entering submenus via keyboard.
1322 * Fixed race conditions in FvwmTaskBar with AutoStick that caused
1325 * Fixed drawing of pager balloons with BalloonBack option.
1327 * Fixed drawing of SidePic menu background with B/D gradients.
1329 * Fixed drawing of menu item reliefs with gradient menu faces.
1331 * Fixed key bindings on window corners.
1333 * Fixed FvwmTaskBar i18n font loading
1335 * Fixed StackTransientParent style without RaiseTransient or
1336 LowerTransient on the parent window.
1338 * StackTransientParent works only on parent window if it is on the
1341 * Fixed handling of window group hint with the (De)Iconify
1344 * No more flickering when a transient overlapping its parent window
1347 * Fixed hilighting of unfocused windows.
1349 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1351 Changes in stable release 2.4.9 (11-Aug-2002)
1353 * Fixed interaction bug between CascadePlacement and StartsOnPage -
1354 if the target page was at a negative x or y page displacement
1355 from the current viewport, the window would be placed on the
1358 * Fixed a problem with colormap transition when a transient window
1361 * Fixed a FvwmScript crash with Swallow widget and very long window
1364 * Restored old way of handling clicks in windows with ClickToFocus
1365 and ClickToFocusPassesClickOff. This fixes a problem with
1366 click+drag in an unfocused rxvt or aterm window.
1368 * Fixed problems with $fg and $bg variables in FvwmButtons when the
1369 UseOld option was used.
1371 * Fixed wrong warp coordinates when WarpToWindow was used with two
1372 arguments on an unmanaged window.
1374 * Added a workaround for popup menus in TK applications that appear
1375 on some random position.
1377 * Fixed problems with wish scripts creating windows that start
1380 * Fixed the NoClose option with unmapped panels in FvwmButtons.
1382 * A number of drawing fixes in FvwmPager.
1384 * Fixed a slight bug when waiting until all buttons are released,
1385 for example after executing a complex function.
1387 * Fixed potentially harmful change in module interface.
1389 * Fixed displaying menu items with icons when using the MenuStyle
1392 * Fixed problems with the pointer moving off screen in a multi
1395 * Fixed a potential crash with windows being destroyed during a
1396 recapture operation.
1398 * Fixed a memory leak in some modules when not using glibc.
1400 * Applications using Mwm hints can now enforce that a window can
1403 * Fixed negative arguments of WarpToWindow when used on an
1406 * DESTDIR may be fully used again (only useful for distributors).
1408 * Fixed a key binding problem with key symbols that are generated
1411 * Fixed a possible crash when a window was recaptured and the
1412 focus could not be transfered to another window.
1414 * Fixed a minor problem with clicks on focused windows being
1417 * fvwm-menu-headlines: added support for CNN and BBC headlines.
1419 * Fixed a performance problem with large numbers of mouse binding
1422 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1424 Changes in stable release 2.4.8 (11-Jun-2002)
1426 * A fix for switching between czech and us keyboard layout.
1428 * Remember the icon position when an icon is moved
1431 * Setup "fvwm" and "fvwm-root" name symlinks for the executable and
1432 the man page when installing, see INSTALL.fvwm.
1434 * Fixed another problem with the DeskOnly option and sticky icons
1437 * New FvwmIconMan configuration syntax now conforms to the syntax
1438 of other modules, see the man page.
1440 * New WindowList option CurrentAtEnd.
1442 * Fixed maximal length of a named module packet
1444 * Fixed a crash on a config with a new 2.5.x Colorset command.
1446 * Always display the current desk number in the FvwmPager window
1449 * Allow to bind a function to the focus click and pass it to the
1450 application at the same time.
1452 * Fixed a problem with fvwm not accepting keyboard input when the
1453 application with the focus vanished at the start of a session.
1455 * A small security patch regarding TMPDIR.
1457 * Fixed a problem with colormap transition when a transient window
1460 * Fixed calculation of average bg colour in colour sets with large
1463 * Fixed some minor problems regarding the multibyte patch.
1465 * Fixed selection in FvwmScript List widget.
1467 * fvwm-menu-headlines: updated the site data, added a configurable
1468 timeout on socket reading (20 sec) to avoid fvwm hanging, new
1469 --icon-error option.
1471 * Fixed a problem with ClickToFocus + ClickToFocusRaisesOff and
1472 windows that are below others.
1474 * Fixed the ClickToFocusPassesClick style.
1476 * Fixed CascadePlacement for huge windows, so that the top-left
1477 corner is always visible.
1479 * Fixed parsing of SendToModule with the first parameter quoted.
1481 * Fonts in double quotes now should work in module configurations.
1483 * Fixed copying PopupOffset values in CopyMenuStyle.
1485 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1487 Changes in stable release 2.4.7 (11-Apr-2002)
1489 * Fixed parsing of WindowList with conditions and a position at
1490 the same time that was broken in 2.4.6.
1492 * Fixed some problems with the DeskOnly option of FvwmTaskBar
1493 (windows were duplicated when moving to a different Desk; the
1494 StickyIcon style was ignored).
1496 * Fixed config.h warnings with some compilers introduced in 2.4.6.
1498 * Fixed icon titles being raised when they should not be.
1500 * Fixed initial drawing of the internals of the FvwmPager window.
1502 * Fixed the FvwmAudio compatible mode in FvwmEvent when external
1503 audio player is used.
1505 * Fixed execution on QNX.
1507 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1509 Changes in stable release 2.4.6 (10-Mar-2002)
1511 * Better support of non ISO-8859-1 window and icon titles. See the
1512 --disable-compound-text option in INSTALL.fvwm for more details.
1514 * Improved speed of opaque window movement/resizing.
1516 * Fixed a bug that caused windows not being raised and lowered
1519 * Suppress error message when using XBM icons.
1521 * Fixed a read descriptor problem in FvwmTaskBar
1523 * Fixed a minor colour update bug in the pager.
1525 * Fixed an fvwm crash when a module died at the wrong moment;
1526 specifically a transient FvwmPager or FvwmIconMan.
1528 * Fixed placement of WindowList on wrong Xinerama screen when
1529 called without any options on a screen other than the primary
1532 * Fixed a problem with root bindings and xfishtank.
1534 * Fixed moving windows with the keyboard over the edge of the
1535 screen when the pointer remained of the previous page.
1537 * Do not hilight windows after ResizeMove.
1539 * New conditional command ThisWindow.
1541 * Some fixes in the configure script that caused some rare
1542 problems detecting gnome and ncurses.
1544 * Fixed a memory leak in the Pick command.
1546 * Allow to choose windows with CirculateSkip with the Pick command.
1548 * Fixed an FvwmScript compile problem on dec-osf5.
1550 * The window handles are now resizes as they should when the
1551 HandleWidth style changes.
1553 * The Current command does not select a random window when no
1554 window has the focus.
1556 * Fixed a rare menu placement problem with Xinerama.
1558 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1560 Changes in stable release 2.4.5 (27-Jan-2002)
1562 * Fixed minor problems in popping sub menus up and down.
1564 * Fixed moving windows between pages with the keyboard.
1566 * Fixed the size of the geometry window that was broken sometimes.
1568 * Fixed problem with pointer warping to another screen on a dual
1571 * Fixed a problem with the focus in internal Ddd and Netscape
1574 * Reduced the time in which fvwm attempts to grab the pointer.
1576 * Fixed unmanaged window when window was mapped/unmapped/mapped too
1579 * Fixed MiniScroll's auto repeating in FvwmScript.
1581 * Fixed a crash with the UseStyle style in combination with
1584 * Fixed excessive redraws of the windows under a window being
1587 * Fixed a minor memory leak in the Style command.
1589 * Fixed pixmap background of FvwmButtons behind buttons with only
1592 * Fixed a crash in FvwmIconBox when the application provided an
1595 * Fixed a configure problem with libstroke-0.5.1.
1597 * New style BackingStoreWindowDefault which is the default
1598 now. Fvwm no longer disables backing store on windows by
1601 * Fixed bug that sometimes caused unnecessary redraws when a style
1604 * Fixed crash when something like "$[$v]" appeared in a command.
1606 * Fixed parsing of conditions with more than one comma.
1608 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1610 Changes in stable release 2.4.4 (16-Dec-2001)
1612 * Minor title drawing fixes.
1614 * Fixed manual placement with Xinerama.
1616 * Minor button 3 handling fix in FvwmPager.
1618 * Fixed *FvwmIconMan*shaped option with empty managers.
1620 * Fixed ClickToFocusClickRaises style.
1622 * FvwmForm: Customize pointers, support ISO_Tab key, buttons can
1623 activate on press or release, special pointer during grab, arrow
1624 keys useful in form with one input field.
1626 * New OpaqueMoveSize argument "unlimited".
1628 * Fixed binding keys with and without "Shift" modifier under some
1631 * Fixed binding actions to the client window with ClickToFocus.
1633 * Mouse bindings are activated without a recapture.
1635 * FvwmScript: new keyboard bindings. New flags NoFocus and Left,
1636 Center, and Right for text position. Amelioration of the Menu
1637 and PopupMenu Widgets. New functions GetPid, Parse,
1638 SendMsgAndGet and LastString. New instruction Key for key
1639 bindings. New command SendToModule ScriptName SendString.
1641 * Command "Silent" when precedes "Key", "Mouse" and "PointerKey"
1642 disables warning messages.
1644 * Restored the default Alt-Tab behaviour from 2.4.0.
1646 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1648 Changes in stable release 2.4.3 (08-Oct-2001)
1650 * Fixed activation of shape extension.
1652 * Fixed problems with overriding key bindings.
1654 * Single letter key names are allowed in upper and lower case in
1655 key bindings as before 2.4.0.
1657 * Fixed WindowList placement with Xinerama.
1659 * Fixed flickering icon titles.
1661 * New X resource fvwmscreen to select the Xinerama screen on which
1662 to place new windows.
1664 * Coordinates of a window during motion are show relative to the
1667 * Some icon placement improvements with Xinerama.
1669 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1671 Changes in stable release 2.4.2 (16-Sep-2001)
1673 * Desk and page can be given as X resources in .Xdefaults, for
1678 * Several Shape compilation problems fixed.
1680 -------------------------------------------------------------------
1682 Changes in stable release 2.4.1 (15-Sep-2001)
1684 * Added Xinerama and SingleLogicalScreen support.
1686 * New commands Xinerama, XineramaPrimaryScreen, XineramaSls,
1687 XineramaSlsSize and MoveToScreen.
1689 * New context rectangle option XineramaRoot for the menu commands.
1691 * New conditions CurrentGlobalPage, CurrentGlobalPageAnyDesk and
1692 AcceptsFocus for conditional commands.
1694 * The DestroyStyle command takes effect immediately.
1696 * New style option StartsOnScreen.
1698 * New style options NoUSPosition, UseUSPosition,
1699 NoTransientPPosition, UseTransientPPosition,
1700 NoTransientUSPosition, and UseTransientUSPosition. These work
1701 similar to the old styles NoPPosition and UsePPosition.
1703 * New option "screen" for Maximize command.
1705 * New option ReverseOrder for WindowList command.
1707 * The default Alt-Tab binding works more intuitive.
1709 * New condition "PlacedByFvwm"
1711 * New Geometry option for FvwmForm.
1713 * New Screen resolution and ShowOnlyIcons options for FvwmIconMan.
1715 * FvwmIconMan can be closed with Delete or Close too.
1717 * New options PageOnly and ScreenOnly for FvwmTaskBar.
1719 * FvwmIconBox, FvwmTaskBar and FvwmWinList support aliases.
1721 * Enhancements in fvwm-menu-headlines and support for 10 more
1724 * Color enhancements in button vectors: @2 is bg color, @3 is fg
1727 * Improved detection of the Shape library.
1729 * Fixed FvwmButtons button titles not being erased for swallowed
1730 windows that showed up on certain setups.
1732 * Fixed bug that caused transient windows to be buried below their
1733 parents with the "BugOpts RaiseOverUnmanaged on". This occured
1734 with the system.fvwm2rc-sample-95 configuration.
1736 * The modules FvwmPager, FvwmIconMan, FvwmWinList and FvwmButtos
1737 set the transient_for hint when started with the "transient"
1740 * Fixed FvwmIconMan with the transient option when mapped off
1743 * Fixed ClickToFocus focus policy when iconifying the focused
1746 * Fixed some focus problems in conjunction with unclutter vs
1747 xv/xmms and Open Look applications.
1749 * Fixed a problem that could cause windows to be lost off screen
1750 with interactive window motion.
1752 * Fixed some FvwmTaskBar autohide problem.
1754 * Fixed a display string problem in FvwmForm.
1756 * Fixed a problem with FvwmTheme shadow colours.
1758 * Fixed the CirculateSkipIcon and CirculateSkipShaded options in
1759 conditional commands.
1761 * Fixed a formatting problem of the man page on AIX, Solaris, and
1762 some other UNIX variants.
1764 * Fixed a problems with FvwmIconBox exiting on 64 bit platforms.
1766 * Fixed FvwmIconBox crashes with MaxIconSize dimensions 0.
1768 * Fixed parameters of fvwm24_convert.
1770 * Fixed a number of building problems related to old vendor unices,
1771 libstroke-0.5, autoconf-2.50, bogus gnome-config and imlib-config.
1773 * Fixed drawing of title bar buttons with MWMDecorStick.
1775 * Fixed missing button or key events over the pan frames.
1777 * Fixed placement of the FvwmDragWell, FvwmButtons and FvwmForm
1780 * Fixed parsing double quotes in FvwmPager's Font and SmallFont
1781 options. Fixed FvwmPager crash with certain font strings.
1783 * Fixed drawing of the grid lines in an iconified FvwmPager window.
1785 * Fixed button grabbing problem for buttons > 3 in FvwmTaskBar.
1787 * Fixed some exotic problems with window gravity and resizing
1790 * Fixed a problem with maximizing windows with the viewport not
1791 starting on a page boundary.
1793 * Fixed handling of parentheses in FvwmButtons button actions.
1795 * Work around a key binding problem with keys that generate the
1796 same symbol with more than one key code (e.g. Shift-F1 = F11).
1798 * The Desk option of FvwmBacker is compatible to earlier
1799 version. Desk or Page coordinates can be omitted to indicate
1800 that desk or page changes trigger no action at all.
1802 * Fixed double updating of background with FvwmBacker sometimes
1803 leading to the wrong background.
1805 * Fixed several escaping errors in fvwm-menu-directory, so files
1806 and directories containing special chars and spaces should
1809 * Fixed PlacedByButton3 condition.
1811 * Fixed vanishing windows when mapping/unmapping too fast.
1813 * Fixed prev option of the GotoDeskAndPage command.
1815 * Fixed calculations of X_RESOLUTION and Y_RESOLUTION for screen
1816 dimensions larger than 2147.
1818 * Fixed compatibility of the FvwmM4 modules on platforms that have
1819 a System V implementation of m4 (Solaris 2.6).
1821 * The SetEnv command without a value for a variable is the same as
1824 * Fixed shading/unshading shaped windows and windows without title
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1829 Changes in stable release 2.4.0 (03-Jul-2001)
1831 * Finally released. :)
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1834 For older NEWS, read the ONEWS file.