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+
+ ┌──────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Release notes for i3 v4.7    │
+ └──────────────────────────────┘
+
+This is the i3 v4.7. This version is considered stable. All users of i3 are
+strongly encouraged to upgrade.
+
+This release features a number of documentation improvements, better error
+messages in various places, better tray compatibility in i3bar, and a number of
+bugfixes.
+
+Relevant from a packaging point of view is that we have switched to the new
+xcb-util-cursor library to get rid of libXcursor. The last remaining big piece
+of Xlib code now is XKB, which we may be able to tackle in upcoming releases
+thanks to the just released libxcb 1.10.
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Changes in v4.7            │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+  • docs/userguide: clarify variable parsing
+  • docs/userguide: clarify urgent_workspace
+  • docs/userguide: add proper quoting for rename sample command
+  • docs/userguide: clarify multiple criteria
+  • docs/userguide: userguide: explain the difference between comma and semicolon for command chaining
+  • docs/hacking-howto: update to reflect parser changes
+  • man/i3-dump-log: document -f
+  • switch from libXcursor to xcb-util-cursor
+  • Respect workspace numbers when looking for a free workspace name
+  • Revert "raise fullscreen windows on top of all other X11 windows"
+  • i3bar: Create pixmaps using the real bar height, rather than screen height
+  • Add scratchpad bindings to the default config
+  • Close all children when closing a workspace
+  • i3bar: Add new bar.binding_mode_indicator configuration
+  • Improve error message when $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not writable
+  • libi3/font: Draw the text at the expected place
+  • libi3/font: Set DPI for the pango context
+  • Add ability to escape out of a mouse-resize operation
+  • Do not resize/reposition floating containers when moving them to scratchpad
+  • i3-nagbar: Set button inner-width to the width of the label
+  • Assigned windows open urgent when not visible
+  • i3bar: Only configure tray on own outputs
+  • Command 'move <direction>' moves across outputs
+  • i3bar: Handle DestroyNotify events
+  • i3bar: Realign tray clients on map/unmap notify
+  • i3bar: Group child processes for signalling
+  • i3bar: Print error message when status_command fails
+  • Remove references to PATH_MAX macro for GNU/Hurd
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Bugfixes                   │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+  • update root geometry on output changes for “fullscreen global”
+  • don’t flatten tabbed/stacked containers
+  • Fix handling of new windows with WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN
+  • correctly recognize assigned windows as urgent
+  • Fix keyboard and mouse resize in nested containers
+  • Reply to _NET_REQUEST_FRAME_EXTENTS correctly
+  • Fix command parser: resizing tiling windows
+  • Fix output retrieval for floating cons
+  • Use _PATH_BSHELL to ensure using a bourne shell
+  • Instead of crashing, return DRAG_ABORT on UnmapNotify from drag_pointer
+  • Remove-child callback skips output content cons
+  • ignore _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW for scratchpad windows
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Thanks!                    │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:
+
+Alexander Neumann, badboy, Baptiste Daroussin, Bas Pape, Deiz, Franck Michea,
+Jean-Philippe Ouellet, jj, jookia, kaersten, Lancelot SIX, Leo Gaspard,
+mistnim, Peter Maatman, Quentin Glidic, Sebastian Ullrich, Slava, syl20bnr,
+Tony Crisci, Trung Ngo, Vivien Didelot, Xarthisius
+
+I want to specifically thank Tony Crisci for the very valuable help with
+responding to bugreports in our bugtracker. Thank you!
+
+-- Michael Stapelberg, 2013-12-22
diff --git a/man/asciidoc.conf b/man/asciidoc.conf
index aa0639d5..a5dff477 100644
--- a/man/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/man/asciidoc.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ template::[header-declarations]
 <refentrytitle>{mantitle}</refentrytitle>
 <manvolnum>{manvolnum}</manvolnum>
 <refmiscinfo class="source">i3</refmiscinfo>
-<refmiscinfo class="version">4.6</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="version">4.7</refmiscinfo>
 <refmiscinfo class="manual">i3 Manual</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 <refnamediv>