2 NEWS for veteran Window Maker users
3 -----------------------------------
7 No Polling of Configuration Files
8 ---------------------------------
10 Running Window Maker with one of -nopolling or --no-polling command line
11 options will make it not to poll every 3 seconds for changes in its
12 configuration files (good for laptops to let them spin disks down when idle).
15 For the ones used with Jim Knoble's 'no polling' patch, this is the same,
16 except that the need to #define ENABLE_NO_POLLING in wconfig.h was removed
17 and the behaviour is always available if you use the command line option.
26 interwoven gradients rip^Winspired on blackbox. Will render a texture that
27 interweaves 2 different ones.
29 (igradient, from1, to1, thickness1, from2, to2, thickness2)
31 Will render a interwoven texture with the 2 specified gradients,
32 with each section having the specified thickness.
37 The wmagnify utility will magnify the area on teh screen where
38 your mouse pointer is located, updating it in real-time.
40 tip: maximize it horizontally, make it Omnipresent and Always at Bottom.
41 Then leave it in the bottom of the screen.
46 2 options (WorkspaceBorder and WorkspaceBorderSize) were added to allow one to
47 set a small (0..5 pixels) border for the workspace. This border will not be
48 covered by windows when maximizing, allowing one to easily access the clip
49 or map a menu using the mouse in the border area, even when there are
50 windows maximized in both horizontal and vertical directions.
51 WorkspaceBorder can be one of (None, LeftRight, TopBottom, AllDirections)
52 while WorkspaceBorderSize is the size in pixles of the border not to be
53 covered by windows when maximizing (usually a small amount 0..5 pixles).
55 Both options can be set using WPrefs.app in the "Miscelaneous Ergonomic
56 Preferences" section. WPrefs will always limit WorkspaceBorderSize in the
59 Note that if "full screen maximization" option is set for a window, that
60 window will ignore this border area, maximizing to full screen.
69 Code for converting wrlib images into X Pixmaps was optimized in many ways,
70 both in the original C code and in assembly for Pentium(tm) processors (with
71 and without MMX(tm)). Depending on the bit depth/color mode and CPU model,
72 performance increases can go up to 150%
75 Weendoze Window Cycling (alt-tab)
76 ---------------------------------
78 Window cycling was changed to weendoze style.
81 NoBorder Window Attribute
82 --------------------------
84 The NoBorder window attribute (to be put in
85 ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowAttributes) was added and will remove the
86 1 pixel border around windows.
89 Removed "Keep Attracted Icons" option from Clip's menu
90 ------------------------------------------------------
92 Since this option brought more confusion than usefulness among users, and
93 since it was usable only in a very limited context, being able to fill up
94 the Clip very easily, it was removed.
95 An alternative way of gaining the same functionality is to use the "Keep icon"
96 entry in the Clip's main menu. Or select multiple icons before calling that
97 entry, to make it apply to more than one icon.
99 Note: "Keep icon", as the obsoleted "Keep Attracted Icons" had nothing to do
100 with holding icons in Clip, while the application is running. Once they
101 are attracted, they are kept until the application close. Using
102 "Keep icon", will only assure that the icon will be kept, even after the
103 application is closed.
105 Please don't ask for this option back. It's error prone, and very unintuitive.
106 Considering it's very restrictive usability, and it's very ambiguous topic, it
107 does not need a special entry in the Clip's menu, taking in count that there
108 are already better alternative ways of gaining the same functionality.
111 Removed DisplayFont Option
112 ---------------------------
114 The font for the geometry size will be controlled by the default
115 WINGs font (SystemFont in WMGLOBAL) now.
121 - added DONT_SCALE_ICONS compile time option
122 - added --dont-restore cmd line option. When passed to wmaker, it
123 wont restore the state saved previously.
130 new libPropList-0.9.1 is REQUIRED to build Window Maker 0.61.1.
131 go grab it and install it first.
137 Window Edge Attraction
138 ----------------------
140 Window edge attraction was now added.
144 will enable/disable gravity to edge's boder.
145 The strength of gravity can be controled by modify `EdgeResistance' value
146 in WindowMaker configuration file.
149 Titlebar Draw String Plugin
150 ---------------------------
152 FTitleColor, UTitleColor, PTitleColor, MenuTitleColor can be assigend with
153 drawstring plugin instead of plain color. For example:
164 will invoke function drawplainstring from libwmfun.so and pass 3 colors for
165 arguments. To code new plugin, please see plugin.h for more informations.
174 The user menu is now a compile time option disabled by default.
175 Supply --enable-usermenu to configure to enable it.
178 root menu INCOMPATIBLE changes
179 ------------------------------
181 EXEC <program> will execute the named program
183 SHEXEC <command> will execute the shell command.
185 If you want to execute something like blabla > /dev/null, then use SHEXEC
187 Dont forget to update your menus.
190 New Option For setstyle
191 -----------------------
193 The --ignore flag will tell setstyle to not change the option that is
194 specified, when modifying the Window Maker configurations. For example:
196 setstyle --ignore MenuStyle sometheme.themed will cause the MenuStyle
197 option to not be changed.
199 setstyle --ignore FTitleBack --ignore UTitleBack --ignore PTitleBack bla.themed
200 will load the theme, but keep the titlebar background related options as
204 MultiByte Text Support Changes
205 ------------------------------
207 The --enable-kanji configure option is not needed anymore and was removed.
208 To enable support for multibyte text, you must:
209 - set the LANG environment variable to the appropriate value
210 - change the font configurations to contain font sets in the appropriate
211 encodings in both ~/G/D/WindowMaker and ~/G/D/WMGLOBAL (for WPrefs)
212 - set the MultiByteText option to YES in both of the above files
218 WorkspaceNameDisplayPosition =
219 none/center/top/bottom/topleft/topright/bottomleft/bottomright
222 SmoothWorkspaceBack = YES/NO
224 will enable smoothing of scaled workspace background images.
228 Application User Menu Path Changes
229 ----------------------------------
231 Default configuration for user specific menus installed in
232 /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/UserMenus or $(datadir)/WindowMaker/UserMenus
233 and ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/UserMenus.
236 Omnipresent icons in Clip
237 -------------------------
239 Added ability to set icons docked in Clip to be omnipresent on all workspaces.
240 To set/reset this flag use the clip menu.
241 The Clip menu changed in the following way:
242 - if you bring up the menu from the Clip's main icon, it will contain as
243 before the "Rename Workspace" entry in the second position.
244 - however, if you bring up the menu from any other icon in clip, the
245 "Rename Workspace" menu entry is replaced by "Omnipresent" or
246 "Toggle Omnipresent" depending on the context.
248 This entry will work in the following way, depending on the context:
250 1. If there is no icon selected in the clip, then the menu will contain the
251 entry named "Omnipresent" which will be checked accordingly to the current
252 state of the icon (omnipresent or not), and will let you change the
253 omnipresent state of the icon you brought the menu from.
254 2. If one or more icons are already selected when the Clip menu is called, the
255 entry will be named "Toggle Omnipresent" and will apply to all selected
256 icons trying to toggle their omnipresent state. The icons which will be
257 succesfully changed to their new state as requested, will be unselected,
258 while the ones that will fail for some reason to gain their new state,
259 will remain selected.
261 In both cases if there is no success in setting what user requested a panel
262 will inform user of the failure.
263 (Note: trying to set an icon to not-omnipresent will never fail. Failures can
264 be met only when trying to set omnipresent for an icon).
266 The icons set to omnipresent will be marked with a triangle in the upper left
267 corner, having the color of the IconTitleColor.
269 An icon can be set to omnipresent, only if its position is free in all the
270 workspaces, else you will be informed of the problem and asked to fix it first.
271 Also when dragging an omnipresent icon around in Clip, all the icons docked in
272 all the workspaces are shown while the dragging is done, to let one easily see
273 where are free slots in all workspaces.
275 For advanced users, there is also a shortcut to set/reset the omnipresent
276 state of an icon: just use "Shift+MiddleButton" (button2) on the icon you want
278 In this case only the mark in the upper left corner will appear in case of
279 success, or nothing will happen if icon cannot be made omnipresent (advanced
280 users are expected to know why the icon failed to be made omnipresent, so they
281 don't need a panel to explain them why ;) ).
283 Now before you load your gun to start a flame war because this is against your
284 principles you love so much, please sit down and think that this is a feature,
285 which, if you don't use, the old behaviour of the Clip is totally preserved.
286 It just adds some extra capabilities to the Clip for people who think that this
290 XDND drop on dock support
291 -------------------------
293 Support for XDE on dock is now replaced by XDND.
294 To enable, edit src/wconfig.h
305 MenuStyle=<style>; will change the menu texture style.
308 normal (default): for the traditional one texture per item, with bevels in
311 singleTexture: for a single texture that spans the whole menu, with bevels
314 flat: singleTexture without the bevels
319 ResizebarBack=<texture>;
321 where <texture> is any of the textures you normally use in titlebars and
324 If the style file/theme does not contain a ResizebarBack option, setstyle
325 will automatically hack it so that wmaker will make the theme work like
329 New crash dialog panel
330 ----------------------
332 From now on, whenever a fatal situation appears, Window Maker will display a
333 dialog panel to the user and let him choose what to do.
335 - Abort and leave a core file (usefull for debugging and getting backtraces)
336 - Restart Window Maker (default behaviour)
337 - Start alternate window manager (the one defined as fallback, or if not
338 possible fvwm or twm in this order).
340 If it will not be able to restart or start the alternate window manager, it
341 will abort and leave the core file.
344 Application User Menu
345 ---------------------
347 Applications with an appicon can have a user defined menu.
349 This menu will emulate keyboard events, and will be sent to the applications'
350 window(s), thus the application must accept key combinations (CTRL+N for
353 To enable this feature, #define USER_MENU in src/wconfig.h and place menu
354 files in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/UserMenus (/usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/UserMenus
357 The user menu is in PropList format and the filename is in:
358 <instance name>.<class name>.menu or application's main window.
359 (Example: the menu for xcalc would be - xcalc.XCalc.menu)
361 Example user menu syntax:
365 ("Put 1", SHORTCUT, "2"),
367 ("Put 2", SHORTCUT, "2"),
368 ("Put 3,4 and 5", SHORTCUT, (3,4,5))
370 ("Exit", SHORTCUT, "Control+q")
378 Appearance Editing in WPrefs
379 ----------------------------
381 Added Appearance/Texture editing capability in WPrefs. Workspace background
382 selection is not yet finished.
388 Removed all themes from the source tree, and moved them in a separate package.
389 You can download the new package from the same place as this package:
390 ftp://ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/beta/srcs/
391 Look after WindowMaker-extra-<version-number>.tar.gz
392 Also WindowMaker-extra pack include the old WindowMaker-data.tar.gz which only
394 Look for the greatest version number when you download this package.
397 get-wraster-flags script change
398 -------------------------------
400 The name of the options passed to get-wraster-flags changed, to allow a better
401 name compatibility with the naming conventions used by other software.
402 The name change was as follows:
403 --lflags was changed in --ldflags
404 To allow backward compatibility, with already written software, the old
405 --lflags option is still recognized, but you are encouraged to move the the
416 Added 2 new cool themes (actually I added in 0.51.1, but forgot
417 to put it here...) from largo (LeetWM) and BadlandZ (STEP2000).
420 Full Screen Maximization
421 ------------------------
423 The FullMaximize window attribute will allow the window to
424 be maximized to the full size of the screen (ignoring anything
425 like titlebar, resizebar, dock, panels etc). It should be usefull
426 for programs that must use the whole screen, like games or things
427 like presentation programs.
432 KDE Application Menu script
433 ---------------------------
435 wkdemenu.pl is a converter from KDE application menu structures to wmaker
436 menu that can be used as a piped menu. Look wkdemenu.sh for how to use it.
439 Window Edge Resistance
440 ----------------------
442 Window edge resistance was now added. No, feature freeze hasn't been
443 removed. Its just part of the edge resistance rewrite ;)
449 Added SteelBlueSilk theme
451 Installation Path Changes
452 -------------------------
454 Default configuration data installed in /usr/local/etc/WindowMaker
455 or $(sysconfdir)/WindowMaker
460 Window Maker has become a GNU program (part of the GNU Project).
462 Title text drop shadow
463 ----------------------
465 drop shadow option added for titlebar text. This is a compile time
466 option which needs to be defined in src/wconfig.h after you run
467 configure and before you run make.
469 New options and syntax for your WindowMaker domain file are:
472 FShadowColor = <color>;
473 PShadowColor = <color>;
474 UShadowColor = <color>;
475 MShadowColor = <color>;
477 The shadow option is dynamic (no need for a restart).
478 MShadowColor is for the menu title text.
483 WARNING!!! libPropList was removed from the Window Maker distribution
484 and is being distributed separately. If you dont have it installed yet,
485 get it from ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/libs and install before building
489 signal handling change
490 ----------------------
491 SIGHUP will exit wmaker instead of restarting it!!! This is because
492 GNOME expects the window manager to exit instead of restarting...
493 Complaints should go to gnome people. SIGUSR1 will restart wmaker now.
498 WINGs-flags was removed, and replaced by get-wraster-flags.
499 Please remove WINGs-flags from your system, since it was obsoloted by
501 Continuing to use WINGs-flags can lead to hazardous effects, since is no
508 docklib is a little library for making dock applets. It's in the
509 docklib-0.0.tar.gz file. Unpack it and read the README file there.
515 Removed OnTopTransients option
517 Added OpenTransientOnOwnerWorkspace
523 OPEN LOOK(tm)/olwm hints support was added.
525 Read the appropriate section in the README file.
531 New option for WorkspaceBack. mpixmap is the same as spixmap, but
532 it will scale the pixmap by keeping the aspect ratio (maximize or maxpect).
533 The option only works for workspace backgrounds.
535 Also added IGNORE_PPOSITION compile time flag, which is equivalent
536 to NoPPosition from fvwm.
547 Added full support for GNOME and KWM hints.
548 Read the INSTALL file to see how enable them.
550 Everything in the so called GNOME window manager bla bla bla pseudo-spec is
553 As for KDE stuff, it implements 90% of everything kwm does, adds some
554 Window Maker specific extensions to it and still uses half of the memory
555 kwm does, which should be enough to let you dump kwm ;) For details on what
556 exactly is implemented, see comments in src/kwm.c Read the README.KDE file
557 for more information.
560 WARNING: Some KDE hints are badly designed, so doing things like using
561 kpanel's desktop switcher/pager and Window Maker's internal workspace
562 management functions to create, destroy and rename workspaces at the same
563 time might cause unknown effects. To be on the safe side, only
564 use either of them to manage workspaces. Switching workspaces is hopefully,
565 safe, so you can switch workspaces from wherever you want.
569 Workspace Specific Background Images
570 ------------------------------------
572 Use the WorkspaceSpecificBack to set background images for specific
573 workspaces. The WorkspaceBack is used as the default background image.
577 WorkspaceSpecificBack = ((solid, red), (cpixmap, ship.jpg, gray), (),
578 (dgradient, red, blue))
580 This will set the background image of workspace 1 to (solid, 0),
581 2 to ship.jpg and 4 to a gradient. Workspace 3 and other workspaces
582 will have the image defined by WorkspaceBack.
584 Note that this uses quite some memory...
590 setstyle now accepts the -nofonts flag, which will load the style
591 file ignoring all font related options.
595 setstyle -nofonts Blabla.style
598 getstyle can be used to create theme packs. See the usage in the
599 WindowMaker/README.themes file.
606 Textured gradients will tile a texture pixmap and combine it with a gradient,
607 using an arbitrary opaqueness.
609 Syntax is (thgradient, <file>, <opaqueness>, <color1>, <color2>)
610 (tvgradient, <file>, <opaqueness>, <color1>, <color2>)
611 (tdgradient, <file>, <opaqueness>, <color1>, <color2>)
613 <color1> and <color2> are the colors for the gradient,
614 <file> is the texture file and
615 <opaqueness> is the opaqueness to merge the texture witht the gradient,
616 ranging from 0 to 255.
620 (thgradient, "BlueImage.jpeg", 120, white, black)
622 The BlackTexture style and Checker theme are examples.
626 You can use any type of pixmap file for this, but small (like 64x32)
627 grayscale pixmap files should get the best results (fast and low memory
628 usage). You can use color pixmaps, but it is harder to get the desired effect
631 Be warned that this texture type is the slowest.
638 IconTitleBack and IconTitleColor control the color of the
639 miniwindow title. Both of them are colors.
642 IconTitleColor=white;
646 Since this introduces an incompatibility in themes and getting flamed by the
647 themes ppl isn't the most pleasant thing ("Whaddafuk you're thinking!? You
648 just broke 500 themes!!!" ;) the setstyle command was hacked so that it will
649 make old themes work as before, by trying to automatically set the above
650 options. Note that in some cases it will not have exactly the same results as
654 StartMaximized window attribute. Will maximize the window when it
658 AutoRaiseLower option for the Clip. This allows automatic Raise/Lower of the
659 Clip icons when the mouse pointer enter/leave the Clip. To avoid unwanted
660 raising/lowering there is a time threshold before raising/lowering.
661 The thresholds can be changed in wconfig.h by changing one or both of
662 AUTO_LOWER_DELAY and AUTO_RAISE_DELAY (expressed in miliseconds).
663 For example if you set AUTO_RAISE_DELAY to 0, then the Clip will be raised as
664 soon as the mouse pointer enters it's area. Setting AUTO_RAISE_DELAY to a very
665 big value, will make the Clip to practically do not auto raise unless clicked,
666 but to be automatically lowered after AUTO_LOWER_DELAY (ms) when leaved.
672 Starting with this version, a new format of themes is being supported.
673 Before you open pine and start composing your flame, rest assured that
674 the old format is still supported. The new format is documented
675 in the WindowMaker/README.themes file.
681 The -noext option for OPEN_MENU will strip whatever is after the last .
682 in file names that appear on the opened directory. So,
684 OPEN_MENU ~/bg WITH xv -root -quit
686 will create a menu with all the images in ~/bg without the extension.
693 Icon (miniwindow) stacking
694 --------------------------
696 If you want miniwindows to reside under normal windows, edit
697 wconfig.h and change WNormalLevel (just grep for it) to
704 If you have a 5 button mouse and want to give some utility for
705 the extra 2 buttons, edit the appropriate line in src/wconfig.h
706 Clicking Button4 in the root window will switch you to the previous
707 workspace and Button5 will do that for the next.
713 put NoWindowOverDock back
715 KeepOnBottom window attribute
718 -static command line option
719 ---------------------------
721 wmaker -static will start Window Maker in static mode. This will
722 prevent wmaker from checking or making any configuration changes.
723 That makes it possible to run wmaker before running wmaker.inst
726 Hysteresis for menu item selection
727 ----------------------------------
729 Hopefully it's intelligent enough, so you won't notice it.
731 In case you want to know what's it, it's equivalent to that
732 (insanely long) 2 second delay present in that Windoze95 menu,
733 but more usefull than annoying (I hope :). To see it, do the following
734 with your current wmaker version and later with 0.20.3:
736 - open the apps menu and stick it
737 - click in the item for the "Workspaces" submenu and hold
738 - drag the mouse to the 4th or bigger entry (like "Workspace 4") in a
739 straight line, trying to select the target item before the submenu
740 is unmapped when you dragged over other items in the main menu
747 Window shortcuts are shortcuts to arbitrary windows. You can make up to 4
748 shortcuts. To assign a previously bound shortcut to a window use the "Select
749 Shortcut" submenu in the window commands menu. If the shortcut is not yet
750 assigned for any window, you can hit the shortcut to assign it to the active
751 window. The shortcut will do the same as clicking in an entry in the window
752 list menu. The keys for the shortcuts are defined in the ~/G/D/WindowMaker
753 file or in WPrefs.app
757 WindowShortcut1Key through WindowShortcut4Key
763 The name of WindowMaker was changed to Window Maker.
765 Window creation animation disabled by default.
770 If you use it edit src/wconfig.h and #define OPTIMIZE_SHAPE or disable the
771 titlebar and resizebar for the window. OPTIMIZE_SHAPE will remove the
772 flickering for xdaliclock and other programs that change their shapes often,
773 but will increase network traffic considerably. So, if you use xdaliclock
774 from a remote machine it can get slow.
780 The applications menu will now use the shell in the SHELL environment
781 variable to execute EXEC menu commands. If it is unset (I think it's always
782 automatically set by the shell program) it will use /bin/sh
785 Extra fancy icon kaboom :)
786 --------------------------
788 Edit src/wconfig.h and #define ICON_KABOOM_EXTRA to get
789 more effects for the icon undocking animation.
791 Options for superfluous stuff are even more superfluous, so this
792 will not become runtime.
795 XDE drag and drop support
796 -------------------------
798 Support for XDE drag and drop was added (by "]d" <id@maliwan.org>).
799 To enable, edit src/wconfig.h
800 The support works with gtk 1.1.2
806 libPropList will now be built automatically by wmaker. Wich means
807 the (simplified) building process is now:
815 tar xzf libPropList.tar.gz
816 (cd libPropList; make)
820 You also don't need to worry about GNOME libPropList incompatibilities
824 Bug with focus lost in sloppy focus fixed
825 -----------------------------------------
827 The bug only occurs in sloppy or auto focus modes, with AutoFocus disabled
828 and Superfluous enabled. There is no easy/clean way to fix this, so Window
829 Maker will disable the animation of window creation if the focus mode is
830 either sloppy or auto AND AutoFocus=NO.
832 If you want the animation, enable AutoFocus or use manual focus mode
836 The NoWindowUnderDock option was removed
837 ----------------------------------------
838 To obtain the same result, use the "Keep Dock On Top" option in the dock menu.
841 Persistent Program Suplied Icons
842 --------------------------------
844 Application supplied icons are now stored, so that the dock will keep
845 showing them after the app is exited. The icons are stored at
846 ~/GNUstep/.AppInfo/WindowMaker/
852 Sound support is now on by default. Even if you don't use sound the overhead
853 is very small, and has no impact on performance. If you still want to
854 optimize it and remove a few hundred of bytes, then use --disable-sound or
855 --enable-sound=no options when you configure Window Maker.
861 Multihead support. wmaker will now manage all screens that are attached to the
863 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
866 It does so from a single process (instead of spawning a new process for each
867 screen, like fvwm does). This keeps memory usage a lot lower than fvwm.
869 State files have a suffix .n, where n is the number of the screen.
871 Since I don't have a real multiheaded machine, it probably has bugs.
876 Yet another useless superfluous animation. Find out what exactly it is
883 ~/G/L/W/exitscript will be called automatically when wmaker is exited.
889 1. Miniaturization animation is now selectable by a runtime option
892 IconificationStyle = <style>;
894 to your WindowMaker configuration file.
895 <style> can be one of: Zoom, Twist, Flip or None
896 Case doesn't matter, and default is Zoom.
900 This can be controlled by setting:
902 EdgeResistance = xxx;
904 in your WindowMaker configuration file.
905 xxx is an integer greater than 0 and represents the number of pixels of edge
906 resistance. Setting it to 0 (default) will disable this feature.
911 A new theme named Night, is available in this distribution.
917 GIF support was added. You will need libgif 2.2 to use it.
919 cpixmap added. Syntax is the same as tpixmap or spixmap
924 getstyle will include IconBack info in Style files.
928 libPropList was updated. If you have it installed, you must upgrade or
929 WPrefs will crash because of bugs in libPropList.
937 WindowTitleBalloons = YES;
938 will enable balloons for window titles that are not fully visible.
940 MiniwindowTitleBalloons = YES;
941 will enable balloons for miniwindow titles.
943 AppIconBalloons = YES;
944 for application icons (docked or not)
950 IconPosition (the position of the icons) is specified as:
952 IconPosition = c1c2c3;
956 c1 can be t or b (meaning top or bottom)
957 c2 can be l or r (meaning left or right)
958 c3 can be v or h (meaning vertical or horizontal)
965 is the old iconPosition position.
969 will place the icons over the Dock.
974 EmulateAppIcon = YES; will make the window have an application icon.
975 Only use this option for fully specified windows (like rxvt.Rxvt).
976 NEVER use in generic window specifications (like * or rxvt).
977 You must restart the application for the attribute to take effect.
988 Boolean balues have changed!!! YES, Y and any non-zero integer will
989 mean TRUE and anything else (including True) will mean FALSE. This
990 is to conform to the OpenStep values used for booleans and
991 not cause headaches later, when GNUstep apps also starts using
992 defaults and users will try using True wich won't get recognized.
1000 Clip button layout was changed. IT IS TEMPORARY AND THE DEFINITIVE LOOK
1001 WILL BE DIFFERENT!!!
1007 More bugs were fixed in it. Upgrade the library if you have an older version
1008 installed, with the one included.
1014 Format for property list menus has changed! The redundant array for
1015 submenus was removed, so a menu that looked like:
1018 ("Xterm", EXEC, "xterm"),
1021 ("Gimp", EXEC, "gimp"),
1030 ("Xterm", EXEC, "xterm"),
1032 ("Gimp", EXEC, "gimp"),
1042 NUMLOCK_HACK is back. This time it works and is enabled by default.
1043 If you think you don't need it and promise me that you won't send
1044 "bug" reports saying that shortcuts stop working after a while, you can
1045 disable it ;) It will save some memory and CPU.
1051 Removed the SwapMenuButton option and added 3 finer grained options:
1053 SelectWindowsMouseButton
1054 WindowListMouseButton
1055 ApplicationMenuMouseButton
1057 Values that can be used are Left, Middle, Right and Button1 through Button5
1058 Left is equivalent to Button1, Middle to Button2 and Right to Button3
1061 Removed the WorkspaceChangeDelay option and corresponding action.
1062 Removed AClipColor and IClipColor
1065 Added the SelectKey back
1068 Changed default binding of Window commands menu from F10 to Control+Escape
1075 libPropList has changed! Upgrade it before compiling wmaker.
1077 Hopefully the bugs that caused wmaker to crash if an error is found
1078 in the config files is fixed. If you do crash wmaker with a bad
1079 file, please try to find out the smallest possible portion of the file
1080 that still crashes wmaker and send it to me.
1086 PixmapPath was split to PixmapPath and IconPath. PixmapPath is the path
1087 for the pixmaps used as textures and IconPath is for the icons.
1088 Don't forget to add IconPath to your current configuration file.
1090 There's also a new library in ~/GNUstep/Library/Icons. You should place
1091 your icons there, since icons are not a WindowMaker specific resource.
1094 DontConfirmKill=YES; will disable the confirmation panel for Kill
1102 Unhide Here in the appicon menu was changed to be the first entry.
1103 This way you can unhide the appicon with a single click without
1104 even moving the pointer.
1110 The collect icons commands was renamed to attract icons and
1111 the attract icons options was renamed to Auto attract icons.
1113 The Remove Selected Icons was renamed to Remove Icon(s). It will
1114 act as before if some icon is selected and will remove the clicked
1115 icon (without confirmation) if it is not.
1117 Added a Keep Icon(s) command that will keep the selected icons if
1118 any is selected and the current one if none.
1120 The Move To command was renamed to Move Icon(s) To.
1125 If you have libPropList installed, you might want to reinstall it,
1126 replacing with the included libPropList. It has a small bug fix.
1131 Removed --with-gnome and made MWM_HINTS defined by default.
1132 This means that "GNOME support" will work with no additional
1133 flags passed to configure.
1135 Added support for KDE, by adding a DisableWorkspaceMouseActions option.
1136 Set it to YES and run krootwm to be able to use everything in kfm.
1139 Shortcuts for Root Menu
1140 -----------------------
1142 There is now a new SHORTCUT optional keyword for the menus.
1143 For example, you can bind Control-F1 to xterm with:
1145 "XTerm" SHORTCUT Control+F1 EXEC xterm
1147 or F2 to ARRANGE_ICONS with:
1149 "Arrange Icons" SHORTCUT F2 ARRANGE_ICONS
1152 All commands allowed in the menu file accept the keyword, except for
1159 ** Configuration of docked applications is now done in a panel instead of
1162 ** Added a command menu for application icons
1164 ** Shift double-click on the application icon will unhide the app
1165 in the current workspace.
1171 NotMiniaturizable option changed to NoMiniaturizeButton
1172 NotClosable option changed to NoCloseButton
1175 Speed options values are now UltraFast, Fast, Medium, Slow or UltraSlow
1178 Removed the Select keyboard binding. You can access it in the window
1181 Removed the ClipMaxIcons option and made it a compile time option.
1183 Removed the ConstrainWindowSize option
1185 Renamed NoSound to DisableSound
1187 Renamed NoAutowrap to DontLinkWorkspaces
1189 Renamed NoDithering to DisableDithering
1191 Renamed NoAnimations to DisableAnimations
1193 Removed the LeftHanded option and added a SwapMenuButton option.
1194 SwapMenuButton will make the rubberband selection in the root window
1195 be bound to the right button and the root menu to the left button.
1198 New way to display temporary icons
1199 ----------------------------------
1201 The icons that are attracted by Clip, but will not be kept after the
1202 application close, are now using a different color for shading, unlike previous
1203 version that always used white. This will improve look for very different color
1204 combinations, and allow the user to control the look of the shaded icon.
1205 The color used for shading the icons is computed as follows:
1207 First a color is computed depending on the IconBack type:
1208 - for solid the color is the solid color itself.
1209 - for simple gradients the color is (from_color + to_color)/2.
1210 - for multiple gradients, the color is the first color in list.
1211 - for pixmaps, the color is the solid color specified for that pixmap.
1213 Then the color is made lighter by multiplying each red/green/blue filed with
1214 1.7 and limiting each field to 0xff in case they exceed this value.
1215 Then this new color will be used by superposing it with the icon we want to
1216 shade, using a proper alpha value.
1218 To control the color for shading is simple:
1220 - In case of multi gradients you just need to put the first color, as the color
1221 you like. WindowMaker do not use the first color in the list to directly build
1222 the gradient, but only when it needs a solid color for something (like in this
1225 - For pixmaps, put the needed color as the solid color the syntax for pixmaps
1226 require. This color is also not used when displaying normal icons, just when
1227 solid colors are needed (like this case).
1229 - For solid color, or simple gradients, in case the color it uses after
1230 computing is not good enough, you can always convert the solid or simple
1231 gradient to a multi gradient with the same look, and use that one. In this
1232 case is simple, just put the needed color as first color in list.
1234 Please note that this will not slow down WindowMaker, because the IconBack is
1235 read only once at startup, and then only if it is changed. After reading it WM
1236 will construct the image of the tile, and use the image instead of recomputing
1237 the gradient every time.
1239 Here are 2 examples of converting solid or simple gradient to a same looking
1242 IconBack = (solid, Blue);
1244 IconBack = (mhgradient , LightBlue, Blue, Blue);
1245 using LightBlue as color for shading.
1247 IconBack = (dgradient, "#284569", "#082420");
1249 IconBack = (mdgradient, "#183454", "#284569", "#082420");
1250 looking the same, but using #183454 for shading.
1253 New Sound Server Location
1254 -------------------------
1256 The sound server new URL is http://www.frontiernet.net/~southgat/wmsound
1257 Also it seems to be running on FreeBSD too (with little changes maybe).
1265 The path for the WINGs resource files was changed. If you don't
1266 do make install, you must move /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Resources to
1267 /usr/local/share/WINGs
1273 The following new options are available:
1274 NewStyle = Yes/No; (static) Replaces --enable-newstyle
1275 DisableDock = Yes/No; (static) Same as -nodock command line option.
1276 DisableClip = Yes/No; (static) Same as -noclip.
1277 Superfluous = Yes/No; (dynamic) Replaces --enable-superfluous.
1280 - The static options are only read at startup. Changing them, needs to restart,
1281 so they will be accounted.
1282 - DisableDock and DisableClip have lower precedence than -nodock -noclip
1283 command line options. If both option/command line option are given, then the
1284 command line option will be accounted.
1290 The start hidden option was fixed, and made to be an application wide option.
1291 It will apply to every window the application owns. Also its place in the
1292 Attribute Inspector panel, changed accordingly, to reflect this.
1293 The start miniaturized is however still applying to particular windows of an
1294 application, unless the option is set for the class.
1295 Start miniaturized, will override start hidden if both set.
1298 Because of the way Netscape Communicator is implemented, it is NOT possible
1299 to set the start hidden or miniatirized flags for it. This is because Netscape
1300 chooses to send a second map event to the window it maps. This makes the
1301 window to receive a second map request and to be unhidden or maximized back,
1302 immediately after it was hidden or miniaturized by WindowMaker at startup.
1311 The NextMenuBehaviour option was renamed to WrapMenus
1312 The WorkspaceTiedMiniwindows option was renamed to StickyIcons
1314 The .tif files were renamed to .tiff
1317 Selecting Mini Windows
1318 ----------------------
1320 Now miniaturized windows can be selected as well as normal windows.
1321 You can do this by Shift-Click-ing them. They will be marked, and will follow
1322 you through workspaces like normal selected windows do.
1323 Miniaturizing a window will no longer deselect the window, but will place the
1324 icon and mark it as selected.
1325 The only difference between miniaturized and normal window selection is that
1326 for the moment the rubber-band selecting method works only for normal windows.
1329 Icon Selection Panel in Attributes Editor
1330 -----------------------------------------
1332 Now, selecting icons is as easy as clicking in the file name in a list.
1338 IconSlideStep, IconSlideSlowDown and IconSlideDelay were merged to
1341 MenuScrollStep and MenuScrollDelay were merged to MenuScrollSpeed
1343 ShadeStep and ShadeDelay were merged to ShadeSpeed
1346 Valid values for them are: Fast, Normal, Slow or UltraSlow
1348 If you want to fine tune the values, they can be changed in wconfig.h
1349 Send me your set of values with an indication of how fast is your hardware,
1350 so that I can make the default values more adequate.
1353 New Window Attributes
1354 ---------------------
1356 Added StartMiniaturized and StartHidden as window attributes and
1357 removed the previous implementation. Also removed the dock menu entries.
1358 They are now settable in the Attributes Panel.
1360 Also added DontSaveSession attribute. This way, you won't end up with multiple
1361 unwanted copies of the same app after the previous session is restored.
1362 I start X with a xterm in .xinitrc instead of wmaker, wich will cause the
1363 xterm restored by wmaker be duplicate. Just add -name something to the
1364 xterm started form .xinitrc and mark DontSaveSession=YES for that window.
1368 User Specifiable Visual IDs
1369 ---------------------------
1371 wmaker now supports different visuals than the default one. It isn't of much
1372 use for most people, but can be usefull for lucky SGI users who want it
1373 to use TrueColor instead of the default PseudoColor.
1375 wmaker -visualid VISUAL_ID
1377 where VISUAL_ID is the hex code for the visual you want.
1379 Note: I don't have an SGI box and haven't tested it...
1386 The starting workspace is identified in the following order:
1387 1. If the app is omnipresent will be mapped on the current workspace.
1388 2. Else if the application have a StartWorkspace option set as attribute
1389 then this one will be used.
1390 3. Else, if the application was started from Clip, the workspace on which
1391 the Clip from where it was started is used.
1392 4. Else the current workspace is used.
1394 Restoring saved sessions will always use the saved workspace, no matter
1395 what other options are, except onmipresent.
1401 Workspace specific mini windows
1402 -------------------------------
1404 The minimized windows can be workspace specific, being more consistent with
1405 the rest. This is because minimized window represents just another state of a
1406 window (like normal or shaded), which all are workspace specific.
1407 This (or the old "present anywhere") behavior can be set using an option in
1408 the WindowMaker database: WorkspaceTiedMiniWindows = Yes/No;
1410 New way to animate the blowing icons
1411 ------------------------------------
1413 There is now a compile time option that allows one to set how the icons are
1414 animated when detaching from dock/clip in superfluous mode.
1415 By default the classic "Falling pieces" animation is used.
1416 If SPREAD_ICON is #define-ed in wconfig.h, then a "Spread in four directions"
1417 animation is used instead. Take a look at the section where this is described
1419 By default there is #undef SPREAD_ICON to select "Falling pieces" animation.
1421 Auto Colapse for Clip
1422 ---------------------
1424 The clip now supports an option named "Auto Collapse" which can be set from
1425 the clip main menu. When set, clip will stay collapsed, and will show itself
1426 when the mouse moves over it. While the mouse is over it, or over any of the
1427 icons attached to the clip, the clip will stay uncollapsed, letting you to
1428 access the attached icons. This is not true for applications like asclock, or
1429 applets of that kind, because the icon window do not belongs to WindowMaker,
1430 but to the application itself. For such icons you must keep the mouse over the
1431 icon groundplate, else it will collapse back. But usually these type of icons
1432 will not stay in a collapsed clip, since one needs to see what they show.
1433 When the clip is leaved it will collapse back after a delay of 1 second, unless
1434 the mouse is moved back to the clip area. The delay can be set modifying
1435 AUTO_COLLAPSE_DELAY in wconfig.h. Default is 1000 (ms) which means 1 second.
1442 Changed name from Fiend to Clip
1443 -----------------------------------
1445 All occurrences of word Fiend with or without capital F were replaced with
1446 the corresponding Clip (same capital).
1447 This affects all configuration files under ~/GNUstep that contain this word.
1448 It can be refered as "Workspace Dock" too.
1451 New option in Clip menu, and extended Clip behavior
1452 ---------------------------------------------------
1454 The following new items are available in the dock menu:
1457 2. Keep Attracted Icons
1459 4. (Un)select All Icons
1460 5. Remove Selected Icons
1462 7. Start miniaturized (also available for regular dock)
1463 8. Start hidden (also available for regular dock)
1465 10. Set icon... (also available for regular dock)
1468 Here is what they do:
1470 1. "Attract Icons" will let the Clip to attract and attach any new appicon that
1471 is created when an application starts. It will not do this if the Clip is
1472 full. If the Clip is Collapsed then the appicon will be hidden after it is
1474 2. "Keep Attracted Icons" will tell the Clip to keep the attracted appicons,
1475 after the application is closed. Without this the appicons will vanish,
1476 leaving the Clip in the original state. If you move an appicon that was
1477 attracted from Clip to regular Dock, it will be kept when closed, no matter
1478 what "Keep Attracted Icons" is set to in Clip.
1479 3. "Collect Icons" will collect all appicons that are not yet attached to Dock
1480 or Clip, and attach them to the current workspace Clip. The value of
1481 "Keep Attracted Icons" will apply when applications close. If Clip is
1482 collapsed, the appicons will be hidden.
1483 4. "(Un)select All Icons" will select all icons in the clip if none is
1484 selected, or it will deselect all selected ones. The selected icons are
1485 marked using a small triangle in the bottom right corner of the appicon.
1486 The color of the mark is set using SClipColor in WindowMaker domain
1488 5. "Remove Selected Icons" will remove from Clip all selected icons. The ones
1489 that still run, will be detached, all the others will vanish.
1490 6. "Move To" will transfer all selected icons to another workspace and attach
1491 them to the Clip in that workspace. If none is selected, only the one the
1492 mouse was pressed on will be moved.
1493 7. "Start miniaturized" will launch (or autolaunch if set) the application in
1494 a miniaturized state.
1495 8. "Start hidden" will launch (or autolaunch if set) the application in a
1496 hidden state. Note that only one of the two can be set at a time.
1497 9. "Selected" can be used to toggle the selected state of the appicon
1498 individually. The same can be achieved using Shift-LeftClick on the appicon.
1499 In fact the intended way of toggling the selected state is by using
1500 the Shift-LeftClick on icon. The menu entry is just another way to do the
1502 10. "Set icon..." will allow one to set the image for the appicon. The image
1503 will be updated without restart, and also all appicons in the same
1504 instance.class as the one we set for, will be updated.
1506 So a simple way of avoiding the screen to be filled up with appicons is to set
1507 the "Attract Icons" in the Clip. Also the "Keep Attracted Icons" can be set to
1508 No, so the attracted icons will be deleted when application exits, thus leaving
1509 the Clip clean. If also one to not want to see the appicons that keep filling
1510 the Clip, he can set the Clip to be Collapsed.
1512 Getting rid of unneeded icons in Clip is as simple as selecting them
1513 individually using Shift-LeftClick, and then using the "Remove selected Icons"
1517 Support for different visuals.
1518 ------------------------------
1520 WindowMaker is now able to support any visual, except DirectColor, in any
1521 depth from 1bpp to 32bpp.
1523 One can start the X server with different visuals, by passing the X server the
1524 right option. For XFree 3.3.x is -cc <id>.
1525 WindowMaker is not yet able to choose a different visual from the Default one
1526 on a given screen, but can use any default visual it finds, except the direct
1528 For example starting X like (for XFree 3.3.x, and if the driver for the
1529 card supports this. Read the man page for your X server):
1530 startx -- -bpp 8 -cc 0 will give you the StaticGray visual.
1531 startx -- -bpp 8 -cc 1 will give the GrayScale visual
1534 Wrlib code is now generic, and will support any visual except DirectColor in
1535 any depth. Programs written with wrlib can work on different visuals from
1536 the default visual for a given screen.
1537 Behavior in different visuals can be tested using the testgrad program in
1538 wrlib subdirectory in distribution.
1539 testgrad -h will show the usage.
1541 Multidiagonal gradients are also implemented now in wrlib, and a new algorithm
1542 is used to speed up the generation of diagonal gradients.
1545 New arrangement of the directory structure under ~/GNUstep/
1546 ---------------------------------------------------------------
1548 To better adapt to theme support the directory structure changed under
1549 ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker
1551 1. Style directory moved to Styles.
1552 2. Added the following directories: Backgrounds, IconSets, Pixmaps, Sounds and
1554 3. The .style files no longer get copied in the user's Styles directory.
1555 Instead they are read from the global /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Styles
1558 Under ~/GNUstep/Defaults the following changes occurred:
1560 1. A default WMState is installed by wmaker.inst.
1561 It contains the dockit program assigned to the top icon of the dock, and
1562 the wmsetbg program assigned for the drop command on both dock's and clip's
1564 Double clicking the dock's main icon will bring up dockit that will let you
1565 dock any application that do not have an application icon.
1566 Dropping an image on dock's or clip's main icon, from an Offix DND aware
1567 application, will put the image on the background tiled, and will update
1568 WindowMaker domain database file.
1569 2. Syntax of WMState changed a little. The old position will not be restored
1570 when you will first start the new version, but after that it will be
1571 normally remembered. This is because now the main clip icons is only saved
1572 once, not for every workspace.
1573 You should replace Fiend with Clip in any place where it appears, if you
1574 want to keep the old WMState file, else it will not work.
1575 3. At compile time, it will detect if you have support for tif, and will
1576 install a WMWindowAttributes with corresponding image name extension
1577 (.tif or .xpm). This is true only for pixmaps that come with the source
1578 distribution and get installed under /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Pixmaps
1580 The menu file changed a lot. Old menu file will *not* work with new theme
1581 support, so please upgrade.
1584 New behavior of OPEN_MENU command
1585 ---------------------------------
1587 The OPEN_MENU command now supports the following syntax:
1588 1. File menu handling.
1589 // opens file.menu which must contain a valid menu file and inserts
1590 // it in current position
1592 2. Pipe menu handling.
1593 // opens command and uses it's stdout to construct menu.
1594 // Command's output must be a valid menu description.
1596 3. Directory handling.
1597 // Opens one or more directories and construct a menu with all
1598 // the subdirectories and executable files in them sorted alphabetically.
1599 OPEN_MENU /some/dir [/some/other/dir ...]
1600 4. Directory handling with command.
1601 // Opens one or more directories and construct menu with all
1602 // subdirectories and readable files in them sorted alphabetically,
1603 // preceding each of them with command.
1604 // WITH is a required keyword!!!
1605 OPEN_MENU /some/dir [/some/other/dir ...] WITH command -options
1607 Please note that because of the 'WITH' keyword old menu files no longer work
1608 for the OPEN_MENU with a command.
1614 Theme support is now as easy as untar-ing a tarball in the right place.
1615 Because of the way OPEN_MENU works, they can be installed on a global
1616 shareable basis, or for personal user use.
1617 Themes installed under ~/GNUstep will be available only for a user, but
1618 if if they are installed under /usr/local/share/WindowMaker they will be seen
1619 by all users. This is also true for style files, background images, pixmaps,
1620 etc that get installed under /usr/local/share/WindowMaker.
1621 Themes can be saved or loaded using the Appereance menu.
1623 Also support for different IconSets is available. You can save or load a new
1624 IconSet using the Appereance menu.
1626 Setting background images is now as simple as putting the images in the right
1627 place (~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds or
1628 /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Backgrounds, or any other place in your
1629 PixmapPath). Then use the Appereance menu. They will be instantly available
1630 since they are opened by a OPEN_MENU command. Also the image do not need to
1631 have a .jpg or any other extension. It will be recognized anyhow.
1632 As an example please see the OpenStep theme supplied with WindowMaker.
1633 The OpenStep image is a jpeg file without extension.
1635 Please keep in mind that anything under /usr/local/share/WindowMaker will be
1636 available for all users.
1639 New options for wmsetbg and getstyle
1640 ------------------------------------
1642 wmsetbg now accepts the following options:
1643 usage: wmsetbg [-options] image
1648 -s scale image (default)
1649 -u update WindowMaker domain database
1650 -D <domain> update <domain> database
1651 -c <cpc> colors per channel to use
1653 By default, it will try to guess if dithering is needed or not and proceed
1655 Using -d or -m will force it to dither or match colors.
1657 Dithering for more than 15bpp is generally not needed, and will only result
1658 in a slower processing.
1659 Don't use dithering except when needed, because it is slower. Else rely on
1660 wmsetbg which will detect if dithering is needed and use it.
1662 -u will update the WorkspaceBack in the default database domain file in
1663 ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker, and let WindowMaker refresh the screen.
1664 Please note that this option only works under WindowMaker, and will have no
1665 effect under other window managers, since it rely on WindowMaker to update
1666 the image after it reads the updated defaults database.
1668 -D <domain> is same as above, but will update the domain <domain> instead of
1669 the default WindowMaker domain.
1671 -c <cpc> will set the color per channel to use. Only needed for PseudoColor
1672 visuals. WindowMaker will automatically pass the value read from the
1673 WindowMaker domain database.
1676 getstyle now have the -t option, that instructs it to read all options
1677 related to theme. Without -t getstyle will read only style options that
1678 means it will not read WorkspaceBack and IconBack.
1679 Use -t when you want to make a theme and need all theme options to be saved.
1680 Else it will extract just a style file.
1683 Session management support
1684 --------------------------
1686 Two new commands are available for use in menus:
1688 SAVE_SESSION and CLEAR_SESSION.
1691 will take a snapshot of all running applications, and their current hints
1692 (shaded, hidden, minimized, geometry and workspace they are on),
1693 and save it inside the WMState file. Also the current workspace we are on is
1694 saved. The applications that are running and were started from dock or clip are
1695 marked, so they will be attached to the corresponding dock/clip when restored.
1696 This state is restored every next session, until a new one is saved or
1697 CLEAR_SESSION is used.
1700 will clear any previous saved session.
1702 There is also a run time option named SaveSessionOnExit = Yes/No; that allows
1703 one to automatically save the state of desktop when leaving WindowMaker.
1704 This way next session, the state of the desktop before last exit is restored.
1706 Please note that if this option is set to Yes, than any manual saving of the
1707 state, or any clearing of the state will be overridden when exiting
1710 These options are available under the "Workspace" menu.
1713 User WindowMaker configuration files are now merged with global ones
1714 --------------------------------------------------------------------
1716 When starts WindowMaker will look for database domain files under
1717 $GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT/Defaults or ~/GNUstep/Deafults to be read. (In this order).
1719 If they are not available then it will scan for them in
1720 $GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT/Defaults, $GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Defaults or
1721 /usr/local/GNUstep/Defaults (in this order).
1723 Even if the file was found or not, it will always load the corresponding domain
1724 file under /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Defaults.
1726 Then if the user file was found it will merge it over the global file, else
1727 the global file will be used.
1729 This way any settings that are set by the system administrator in the shared
1730 file will be available for users that do not have them in their config files.
1731 Any option the user have in his config file will override the one in the
1734 So any new runtime options that appear in WindowMaker domain, do not need to
1735 be set in all user files, except the ones the user wants a different behavior
1736 from the default set for all users in the shared file.
1738 Also it is possible for the user to not have any personal domain databases, and
1739 the global shared ones will be used, but it still needs to have the directory
1740 structure, so WMState gets written on session exit.
1741 So all it needs to have is ~/GNUstep/Defaults directory available.
1744 New behavior of the Slide Icons
1745 -------------------------------
1747 Animation constants are now runtime.
1751 IconSlideSlowDown = 50;
1753 To better adapt both slow and fast machines the behavior of sliding icons
1754 changed in the following manner:
1756 Old one was to keep moving the icon with a constant step (default 5 pixels)
1757 until it reached the destination.
1759 Now it will use a new parameter named IconSlideSlowDown to speed up or slow
1762 Instead of moving it with a constant step it will use IconSlideSlowDown to
1763 divide the distance to the destination, and use this value as the first step.
1764 Then is will compute the remaining distance and will again use
1765 IconSlideSlowDown to divide it and get the new step. And so on.
1766 When the step to move becomes smaller than IconSlideStep, IconSlideStep will
1767 be used further until the destination is reached.
1769 This way a nice deceleration effect is achieved, since while the icon
1770 approaches destination, it will use smaller steps, gibing the illusion that
1771 the icons is moving slower.
1773 IconSlideDelay will give the pause between steps, and is expressed in ms.
1775 Giving large values to IconSlideSlowDown (>1024 for 1024x768 screen) will
1776 result in the old "constant step advance" behavior, since the computed step
1777 will always be smaller than IconSlideStep, and the last will be used instead.
1779 Making IconSlideSlowDown = 0 or 1, will result in an instant jump to the
1780 destination without any animation.
1786 Because the icon images on screen automatically update after any change in
1787 WMWindowAttributes domain file, the use of both Save and Apply buttons is no
1788 longer needed. If one wants to just apply the setting to the current window
1789 only, he will only use the Apply button.
1790 If he wants them saved for all applications in the same instance and/or class
1791 the using the Save button will write them to disk, and automatically
1792 WindowMaker will update all the icons that need to be updated on screen.
1798 Some basic sound support is now part of WindowMaker. The sound server is not
1799 yet part of WindowMaker distribution, so you need to download it separately.
1800 This is because is linux specific, and need some changes before it can be
1802 Until them if you have a linux system and want to use sound, use the
1803 wmsound-0.5 available at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/7874
1804 Download that package, and only build the sound server there.
1805 DO NO APPLY ANY PATCHES FROM THERE!, because they are already applied.
1806 Just build the sound and copy the executable in /usr/local/bin
1807 Follow the rest of the install steps described there, except the patch-ing
1810 To enable sound for WindowMaker pass --enable-sound to configure.
1812 Also use NoSound = Yes/No; to enable/disable sound at runtime without killing
1815 If you cannot set the sound to work yet, then is not for you.
1816 Wait until the sound server will be fixed and will be part of WindowMaker.
1819 New entries in WindowMaker domain database
1820 ------------------------------------------
1822 The following entries have been added to the runtime options:
1824 SaveSessionOnExit = No;
1826 will autosave (or not) the session state on exit.
1828 WindowPlaceOrigin = "64, 64";
1830 will offset all windows in auto or cascade placement mode with the value
1831 (in pixels) before placing them on screen. First is horizontal direction and
1833 This do not apply to windows that request a specific position on screen.
1834 This is useful if you want your Clip on the top left corner to not be
1835 overlapped by mapping windows.
1836 It will let it to have a row and a column of docked appicons near the screen
1837 edge, that will not be overlapped by windows.
1838 If you set it to "128, 128" it will have 2 rows and 2 columns not overlapped.
1843 Enable/disable sound at runtime without the need of killing the sound server.
1846 MenuScrollDelay = 10;
1849 Constants for the menu scrolling animation.
1853 IconSlideSlowDown = 50;
1855 Constants for the icons sliding on screen. Explained above.
1860 Animation parameters for shading a window. How many steps it will take, and the
1861 delay between steps in ms.
1863 DoubleClickTime = 250;
1865 The time for the double click to be considered so. Expressed in ms.
1867 SClipColor = "#6f8ae2";
1869 Color for selected icons in Clip.
1871 All delays are expressed in ms.
1878 *** Enhanced fiend clone.
1880 Here are the new fiend features:
1881 1. Keys for raising/lowering the fiend, and their default values:
1882 FiendLowerKey = None;
1883 FiendRaiseKey = None;
1884 FiendRaiseLowerKey = None;
1886 All reside in WindowMaker configuration file.
1888 2. Added posibility to launch the workspace menu with button1 click on the
1889 idle indicator of fiend, or with button3 click on workspace name on the
1892 3. Added Control-button1-click on fiend's idle indicator, to create a new
1893 workspace and move to it. Same action as New item in Workspace menu.
1895 4. Fiend's idle indicator do have a color that reflects its normal/collapsed
1898 5. The delay between changing workspaces from fiend is now a runtime option:
1900 WorkspaceChangeDelay = 700;
1902 in WindowMaker configuration file.
1904 6. Application icons can be moved between dock and fiend now.
1906 7. The way workspaces are changed is controlled now by two runtime options:
1908 AdvanceToNewWorkspace=Yes/No;
1909 CycleWorkspaces=Yes/No;
1911 Both apply to either fiend navigating buttons or to next/prev worksapace
1912 keybindings. Both default to No, and are in WindowMaker configuration file.
1914 8. Also added posibility to advance to new workspace, no matter what value
1915 AdvanceToNewWorkspace have, with Control-button1-click on "next workspace"
1919 *** Theme support ***
1921 Spixmap and tpixmap now work. Their syntax is:
1923 SomeStyleOption = (spixmap, file, color);
1924 SomeStyleOption = (tpixmap, file, color);
1926 - spixmap means scaled pixmap, so the image in the file will be scaled to
1927 adapt to the destination's size.
1928 - tpixmap means tiled pixmap, and the image from file will be tiled in the
1931 file is searched in the PixmapPath, but can be a full path name.
1933 Color is used depending on which Style option is applied.
1934 For example in case of titlebars, color is used for miniwindows titles color.
1935 You are not restricted in selecting that color, but is better to put one
1936 that matches the overall color of the image.
1938 Currently they apply to all the options that accept (solid, color), or any
1940 This means they also apply to WorkspaceBack and IconBack, which allows theme
1941 support with the simple use of the setstyle and getstyle utilities.
1942 There is no need for an extra theme manager, just to include the needed
1943 options in the style files.
1945 In case of WorkspaceBack, color is used to be set in the background until
1946 the image gets loaded and displayed. This is to avoid the stippled screen
1947 the X server shows, in case the image is big and loads slow.
1948 There is a small utility in the util directory, named wmsetbg which is
1949 used to set the background image. This is needed for windowmaker not to
1950 freeze while loading and scaling the image.
1951 Currently it is hardcoded in windowmaker to use wmsetbg to set the background
1952 image, and is better to use it since is smaller that other image manipulation
1953 programs, and it is compiled with support for same image types as windowmaker.
1954 Since it comes and is installed with WindowMaker, there will be no need to
1955 download and use an external app, which also may not have support for the same
1956 image types as windowmaker.
1964 The fiend clone is a dock extender, that lets you dock more than the default
1965 10-12 icons in the dock. It actually lets you dock how many icons you like,
1966 with a current default of 25 per workspace. The fiend have different docked
1967 icons on every workspace. Also the fiend main icon shows you the workspace
1968 you're on and lets you navigate through the workspaces with the small green
1969 buttons on the low right corner.
1970 To save screen space the fiend can be collapsed to the main icon either
1971 from the fiend menu (available with right click on the fiend icons), or
1972 with a double left click on the main fiend icon, which is a toggle for
1973 the collapsed/uncollapsed state.
1974 Collapsed state is marked by a different title color.
1975 Pressing on the small buttons on the low right corner, the workspaces are
1976 changed in increments of 1 to the left or right, but keeping the button
1977 pressed over them will continuously advance through workspaces until the
1978 mouse is moved away from the buttons or the button is released.
1979 The delay between workspace changes is set by FIEND_WKS_CHANGE_DELAY in
1980 src/wconfig.h, and defaults to 700 ms.
1981 Unlike the dock, fiend can hold icons in any directions, and can be placed
1982 in any position on screen.
1984 When an icons is to be docked, but the position can be either in the dock
1985 or in the fiend, the dock will be used first, and the icon will be docked
1988 Here are the new runtime options introduced by the fiend:
1989 Files are located in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/
1991 In WMWindowAttributes:
1992 "Logo.WMFiend" = {Icon = "Cone.xpm";}; - icon for the fiend
1995 FiendMaxIcons = 25; - the max number of icons in fiend per
1997 FiendTitleFont = "-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";
1998 - the font used to show the current
2000 FiendTitleColor = black; - color for the uncollapsed fiend title
2001 CFiendTitleColor = "#616161"; - color for the collapsed fiend title
2002 AFiendColor = "#00ba70"; - color for the workspace changing
2003 buttons, when active
2004 IFiendColor = "#008000"; - color for the workspace changing
2007 For the ones who don't want to use fiend, there is a option to wmaker named
2008 -nofiend that can be feed to the command line when starting wmaker.
2009 (This is the equivalent for -nodock, but removes fiend clone).
2011 The syntax of WMState file have changed, but you don't have to worry because
2012 WindowMaker will know to read the old format and will save it and further
2013 will use the new one. You do not need to change your file, for the new version
2019 *** Enhanced Attribute editor.
2021 Now you can save defaults for all windows.
2022 Please note that only Icon, KeepInsideScree, and sometimes NoAppIcon
2023 can be useful in a normal environment. But others may have other opinion ;)
2024 If you set AlwaysUserIcon default for all windows, note that apps like
2025 asclock, wmload, wmmail, wmrack, will show that icon instead of their
2028 Now Attribute editor also counts for defaults saved for all windows,
2029 (not only the default "No" for all options hardcoded in WindowMaker),
2030 when saving options for some instance.class specification. This is to
2031 save disk space by saving only the options that differs from global defaults
2032 (either defaults for all windows or the hardcoded valued in WindowMaker).
2034 Attribute Editor now updates on the fly the appicon image or creates/deletes
2035 the appicon if you set that options in the Inspector panel and Apply them.
2036 Modifying Icon file, NoAppIcon or AlwaysUserIcon and Applying them will
2037 result in the image update for the app-icon.
2039 Note that if you apply but not save these options, the miniwindow image will
2040 not be updated. This is because app-icon is always on screen so it can be
2041 updated, but miniwindow image is read from the defaults database and from disk
2042 every time you minimize the window and is destroyed when you restore.
2047 *** Atribute editor is working ;).
2049 How it works is quite obvious.
2050 Anyway, here is a short description.
2052 Save - only save the configuration in defaults database and updates
2054 Apply - only applies the values to the current window
2055 Revert - reverts the values from the defaults database
2057 Note that Save and Revert count for the window specification
2058 (instance & class), that are selected, and save/use the values for/from
2061 The Update button will show the icon who's name was typed in the textfield
2062 If the textfield is empty, will try to use the default icon.
2063 Also saving with and empty textfield for icon, uses the default icon.
2065 The Default button will use the icon in the textfield as default icon
2066 and save that value in WMWindowAttributes (Note that in this case is no
2067 need to press the Save button!). Also if the textfield is empty it will
2068 try to use the old default icon, if available.
2070 *** Now menus are saved between sessions, or over a restart.
2072 Just stick them to the desktop, and you will find them over sessions
2073 until you close them.
2074 Please note that only the root_menu, the window switch_menu and the
2075 workspaces_menu can be saved this way.
2077 *** Changed the lousy Windoze menu behaviour.
2079 This applies to 'NextMenuBehaviour = NO;'
2081 Now the items are no more automatically selected if you launch the menu
2082 and the mouse is over some item, if you use a short click to launch the
2083 menu (shorter than the default DBL click time).
2084 If you use a longer click or keep the mouse pressed, the item under mouse
2085 will be selected after that delay, and launched when you will release the
2087 If the click was short, a second one is needed to launch the item.
2089 *** Autoarrange icons is now a runtime option
2092 AutoArrangeIcons = YES/NO;
2095 *** Added configurable horizontal resize threshold
2098 HorizontalResizeThreshold = <n>;
2100 This will make the n pixels at the exterior side of the corner handle
2101 of the resize bar to restrict to horizontal only resize.
2102 Also you can use Shift-click&drag anywhere on the corner handle to
2103 restrict the resize only to horizontal.
2104 Note that the Shift-click&drag does not depend of the configured threshold
2105 and works completely independent.
2107 *** New option for OPEN_MENU (pipe from command)
2109 OPEN_MENU | /foo/bar/script
2111 will make a menu that is dinamically constructed by /foo/bar/script
2116 *** New option for OPEN_MENU
2118 OPEN_MENU /foo/bar/pics xv -root -quit
2120 will make a menu with all files in /foo/bar/pics and precede them
2121 with EXEC xv -root -quit
2123 thus, making a menu with entries like:
2126 "marble.gif" EXEC xv -root -quit marble.gif
2127 "water.jpg" EXEC xv -root -quit water.jpg
2131 *** Multicolor gradients
2133 (mhgradient, colorX, color1, color2, color3, ..., colorn)
2134 (mvgradient, colorX, color1, color2, color3, ..., colorn)
2136 You can put any number of colors >= 2.
2138 colorX is a special color that is used as the solid color of the
2139 texture when wmaker needs a solid color (like in miniwindow title and
2142 *** PixmapPath format changed
2146 PixmapPath = "/usr/local/share/pixmaps:~/foobar";
2150 PixmapPath = ("/usr/local/share/pixmaps", "~/foobar");
2153 *** Added OffiX DND in dock
2155 Use the "Set drop arguments..." command in the menu and put a %d
2156 where the dropped object string should be substituted, like:
2160 *** Escape thingies for menu and dock commands:
2162 %w - substitute with current selected X window ID
2163 %s - substitute with current selection
2164 %d - substitute with last dropped object
2165 %a(some text) - opens a input box with "some text" as a title. Then,
2166 the text typed will be substituted there
2168 \r, \n - substitute with corresponding characters
2171 *** The WMState file format has changed a little.
2172 The Command field for the dock application list is now a normal string,
2173 instead of a list. So, remove the parentheses and the commas for the command
2174 and join all the parts. Example:
2178 Command = ( xterm," -geometry", "+10+10" );
2182 Command = "xterm -geometry +10+10";
2187 AutoFocus = NO; disables automatic focusing of windows
2188 when they are first mapped
2193 titlebar gradients are in a single piece now
2195 the WMDock file was merged into the WMState file. You can insert this
2196 file in WMState and set it's key to Dock. For example, if your WMDock
2200 Applications = { {Command = (); }};
2205 and WMState contains:
2208 Workspaces = ( "Workspace 1" );
2211 then you can merge both and have:
2214 Workspaces = ( "Workspace 1" );
2216 Applications = { {Command = (); }};
2224 The configuration format has changed!! Forget everything about the old
2227 dockapp was removed and the old version will not work anymore.
2229 the dialogs require tcl/tk. they will be rewritten in plain C
2232 These are some tips for people upgrading from older versions and don't want
2233 too many unused files around. There is no problem if you decide to keep
2236 you can rm -r ~/gnustep if you don't want anything from there
2238 remove the files in /usr/local/share/WindowMaker before installation
2240 the /usr/local/share/pixmaps directory can be removed