news.php

   1 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   2 <head>
   3   <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy for Linux (vers 25 March 2009), see www.w3.org" />
   4
   5   <title>Window Maker: News</title>
   6   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" />
   7   <link href="title.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
   8 </head>
   9
  10 <body>
  11   <?php include("dock.php");  ?>
  12   <?php include("header.php"); ?>
  13
  14   <div>
  15     <table class="inner" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
  16       <tr>
  17         <td content="content" colspan="2" valign="top">
  18
  19         <h3>Version 0.95.8 released</h3>
  20           <p> Window Maker 0.95.8 was released on March 11th 2017.</p>
  21         <ul>
  22         <li>
  23         <p> See the
  24 <a href="http://repo.or.cz/wmaker-crm.git/blob/HEAD:/NEWS"> NEWS </a>file and/or the git logs for an overview of
  25         the changes.
  26         </p>
  27         </li>
  28         </ul>
  29
  30
  31         <h3>Version 0.95.7 released</h3>
  32           <p> Window Maker 0.95.7 was released on August 2nd 2015.</p>
  33
  34         <ul>
  35         <li>
  36         <p> Window <a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/df4906186525c25781320c58a4d22168eae0c39c"> snapping </a> feature has
  37         been added, which allows one to "snap" a window to one side of the screen by
  38         dragging it to that side (Doug Torrance).
  39         </p>
  40         </li>
  41
  42         <li>
  43         <p> New mouse actions configuration were
  44 <a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/0d0169a41376cf667fb0b10c4ced46ecba6e08cf"> added </a> to WPrefs
  45 (David Maciejak).</p>
  46         </li>
  47
  48         <li>
  49         <p> New button and wheel mouse
  50 <a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/f40095ac9e6e1c27b9d50d4a05a2e08d44758f48"> actions </a>
  51 (David Maciejak).</p>
  52         </li>
  53
  54         <li>
  55         <p> Many code cleanups and refactoring by Christophe Curris.</p>
  56         </li>
  57
  58         </ul>
  59
  60
  61         <h3>Version 0.95.6 released</h3>
  62           <p> Window Maker 0.95.6 was released on August 30th 2014.</p>
  63
  64         <ul>
  65         <li>
  66          <p> Window Maker can now load WebP images and support ImageMagick library to support even more
  67              formats like SVG, BMP, TGA, ... (David Maciejak)
  68         </p>
  69         </li>
  70
  71         <li>
  72         <p> Add mini-window <a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/c6c7652e240f3bc49fb23939bc49eb042aff85ad"> apercu </a>, a small preview of
  73             window contents (David Maciejak)
  74         </li>
  75
  76         <li>
  77         <p> Support for up to 9-buttons mouse added (David Maciejak)
  78         </li>
  79
  80         <li>
  81         <p> Many configuration options added to WPrefs.app (Doug Torrance)
  82         </li>
  83
  84         <li>
  85         <p> Add wmiv, an image viewer application (David Maciejak)
  86         </li>
  87
  88         <li>
  89         <p>  Bug fixes and code cleanups by various people.</p<
  90         </li>
  91
  92
  93         </ul>
  94
  95         <h3>Version 0.95.5 released</h3>
  96           <p> Window Maker 0.95.5 was released on August 29th 2013.</p>
  97
  98         <ul>
  99         <li>
 100          <p>Window Maker can now maximize windows to the top/bottom halves of
 101         the screen as well as to the corners (top left, top right etc). The keyboard shortcuts to do that can be configured via WPrefs (Renan Traba).
 102         </p>
 103         </li>
 104
 105         <li>
 106         <p> Support for <a href="http://www.dechelotte.com/en/wmaker.php"> drawers</a> in the dock has been added (Daniel Dechelotte).</p>
 107         </li>
 108
 109         <li>
 110         <p> Keyboard shortcuts to move windows between workspaces (Iain Patterson).</p>
 111         </li>
 112
 113         <li>
 114         <p> Window border colours and width are now configurable (Iain Patterson).</p>
 115         </li>
 116
 117         <li>
 118         <p> The menu is now able to parse command-generated <a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/c21ae6b580889d247408123a5c624abf6d784232"> proplist style menus</a>.
 119         WPrefs support for this has been added too (Andreas Bierfert).</p>
 120         </li>
 121
 122         <li>
 123         <p> Plus a few other new features and a lot of bug fixes and code cleanups by various people.</p<
 124         </li>
 125
 126
 127         </ul>
 128
 129         <h3>Version 0.95.4 released</h3>
 130           <p> Window Maker 0.95.4 was released on January 3rd 2013. There was a major code cleanup related to icons, some changes
 131               in WPrefs, the addition of a new "Center" placement strategy, support for _NET_FRAME_EXTENTS, the removal of CPP
 132               dependency to process menu files and small fixes and improvements all around.</p>
 133
 134         <h3>Version 0.95.3 released</h3>
 135           <p> Window Maker 0.95.3 was released on May 16th 2012. This release fixes a regression
 136           which would cause more than one instance of an application to start (under some circunstances) when using menu
 137           shortcuts. The window maximization procedures now have a more intuitive behavior with respect to remembering
 138           the old geometry and going back to it. Furthermore, there are some other small fixes and cleanups.</p>
 139
 140           <h3>Version 0.95.2 released</h3>
 141           <p> Window Maker 0.95.2 was released on February 14th 2012, and it contains just a few
 142           commits on top of 0.95.1. They were necessary to fix a few issues like 'make dist' not compiling.
 143           Furthermore a few more code cleanups slipped in.</p>
 144
 145
 146           <h3>Version 0.95.1 released</h3>
 147
 148           <p>Window Maker 0.95.1 was released on January 29th 2012.</p>
 149
 150           <p>The last official Window Maker release was version 0.92.0 from 2005, and version 0.95.1 contains many bug fixes and
 151           also a few new features.</p>
 152
 153           <h3>New features and highlights</h3>
 154
 155           <p>The following list is incomplete, but should give a first-order approximation to the new features in this release.
 156           For the truly curious among you, reading through <code>git log</code> is the only complete source of information.</p>
 157
 158           <ul>
 159             <li>
 160               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/6924454836b3a9432def2749f093ea060ac82e97">Left Half / Right
 161               Half Maximize</a>.</p>
 162             </li>
 163
 164             <li>
 165               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/cf62d1591f5aef1e6760a8c0881a6de97ae26e92">Maximus: tiled
 166               maximization</a>. Maximizes a window such that it occupies the largest area without overlapping others.</p>
 167             </li>
 168
 169             <li>
 170               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/a063338175511c4e6af211cef9f2c8a555d7cb44">New mouse-resizing
 171               functionality</a>. Windows can now be resized vertically (horizontally) using MOD+Wheel (CTRL+Wheel).</p>
 172             </li>
 173
 174             <li>
 175               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/05720d97076ffc1569e50d904b998ec99c3d3d4e">History and TAB
 176               completion in dialogs</a>. To use this new functionality in your old WMRootMenu, replace %a by %A in the relevant
 177               entry. It will look like this <code>(Run..., SHEXEC, "%A(Run, Type command:)")</code>. Or use
 178               <code>wmgenmenu</code> to generate a new menu.</p>
 179             </li>
 180
 181             <li>
 182               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/a257e16593bb471662ce46f65d489c2ba6d87813">Bouncing appicon
 183               effect</a>.</p>
 184             </li>
 185
 186             <li>
 187               <p>New applications (<a href=
 188               "http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/1861880239634774bf898175a3155b7c7cd9b59c">wmgenmenu</a> and wmmenugen)
 189               to generate the root menu automatically by looking which applications you have on your $PATH. Translations to
 190               German, <a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/077a2eaa71623421eaffc234c30e6d40a52f0220">Spanish and
 191               French</a> of menus generated by wmgenmenu.</p>
 192             </li>
 193
 194             <li>
 195               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/56d856878743ec2d3b8d98ab6a0b61a6b2c99129">Automatic detection
 196               of configuration changes</a>. Linux users whose kernel supports the <a href=
 197               "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify">inotify</a> mechanism have their configuration changes detected
 198               automatically without polling, reducing the number of CPU wakeups.</p>
 199             </li>
 200
 201             <li>
 202               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/9318a7f42870753bd6b8c306573936369aa819f4">Improved dockapp
 203               recognition.</a></p>
 204             </li>
 205
 206             <li>
 207               <p>And many trivial things which reduce little annoyances one might have. For example, an option was added to
 208               control whether or not Window Maker should do <a href=
 209               "http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/d6c134f420bfa1cd6b6a9474d01548933b559901">automatic workspace
 210               switching</a> to satisfy a focus request from a window located in another workspace.</p>
 211             </li>
 212
 213             <li>
 214               <p>(For developers). The <a href=
 215               "http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/442e3876c6e5a78c6ed385ec204647553f45c168">addition</a> of a debian/
 216               folder which allows the creation of a debian package for wmaker using the git sources.</p>
 217             </li>
 218
 219             <li>
 220               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/b6689a0108fd06ba4d7bf22b789b3de531c2ad70">Added keyboard
 221               shortcut to uncover/cover the dock</a>.</p>
 222             </li>
 223
 224             <li>
 225               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/18408fff93468c533bf4aef3ce6c9808b415adde">Mac OS X-style
 226               window cycling</a>.</p>
 227             </li>
 228
 229             <li>
 230               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/c201e1612c1798106ccc2f806669a90b0bbb7a19">Preliminary XRandR
 231               support</a> (needs a bit more work to be bug-free; not compiled in by default. Use --enable-xrandr if you want to
 232               test it).</p>
 233             </li>
 234           </ul>
 235
 236           <h3>Bug fixes</h3>
 237
 238           <p>Window Maker 0.92.0 was already very stable, but many bugs were fixed in this release. A <strong>very</strong>
 239           incomplete list is given below, and as time permits it will be updated (including links to the commits) in the future.
 240           But the message now is that if you don't like bugs, use version 0.95.1.</p>
 241
 242           <ul>
 243             <li>
 244               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/37829a7c60ca09eb47d4d82b00070f6f6c0fb277">Fix loading saved
 245               states on 64-bit systems</a></p>
 246             </li>
 247
 248             <li>
 249               <p>Fix to avoid a segfault when creating more than 81 workspaces, as reported on youtube <a href=
 250               "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkNJZvKwmhE">here</a>.</p>
 251             </li>
 252
 253             <li>
 254               <p><a href="http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/c91bb1ba1360006c568db37438779e525868cf17">Periodic focus
 255               bug</a>.</p>
 256             </li>
 257           </ul>
 258
 259           <h3>Summary of changes</h3>
 260
 261           <p>A lot of effort was put into cleaning up the code, with lots of code removal and tidying things up. The following
 262           output should give you an idea of the development in the last cycle:</p>
 263           <pre>
 264 git diff --shortstat wmaker-0.92.0+..wmaker-0.95.1
 265  592 files changed, 118361 insertions(+), 133342 deletions(-)
 266 git diff --shortstat 688a56e8ab67b..wmaker-0.95.1
 267  566 files changed, 37676 insertions(+), 41817 deletions(-)
 268 </pre>The first shortstat is really everything, including the (huge) patch generated in this <a href=
 269 "http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/688a56e8ab67b56550e2874d9d7423f0d435bfd9">commit</a> from 2009, which changed the old
 270 sources to the linux kernel coding style. The second shortstat contains the summary of development afterwards -- but included is
 271 the addition of a debian folder with files summing around ~20k lines. The full diffstat for the second command can be seen
 272 <a href="fulldiffstat.php">here</a>.
 273
 274           <p><br /></p>
 275
 276           <div align="center"><img src="v0_95_1.png" alt="Info v0.95.1" width="382" height="257" /></div>
 277         </td>
 278       </tr>
 279     </table>
 280
 281   <?php include("footer.php"); ?>
 282
 283 </body>
 284 </html>