From c9f0bc174d0746c925443d49bcc07727b631e335 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Stapelberg Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 16:17:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] release i3 4.12 --- RELEASE-NOTES-4.11 | 115 --------------------------------------- RELEASE-NOTES-4.12 | 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ man/asciidoc.conf | 2 +- 3 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 116 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 RELEASE-NOTES-4.11 create mode 100644 RELEASE-NOTES-4.12 diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-4.11 b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.11 deleted file mode 100644 index 2cbadda9..00000000 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES-4.11 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,115 +0,0 @@ - - ┌────────────────────────────┐ - │ Release notes for i3 v4.11 │ - └────────────────────────────┘ - -This is i3 v4.11. This version is considered stable. All users of i3 are -strongly encouraged to upgrade. - -Aside from plenty of new features, there are several changes that might result -in behavioral changes, depending on your specific configuration and -environment. As usual, we tried hard to keep the current behavior, and when we -changed behavior, we strongly believe it’s for the better. - -Keyboard binding handling has been made more correct, for details see: -https://github.com/i3/i3/commit/bf3cd41b5ddf1e757515ab5fbf811be56e5f69cc - - ┌────────────────────────────┐ - │ Changes in i3 v4.11 │ - └────────────────────────────┘ - - • docs/debugging: provide instructions on how to debug i3bar - • docs/debugging: added a note about sensitive data - • docs/userguide: add a note to both “exec”s about semicolon and comma - • docs/userguide: quoted strings need to be used, escaping isn’t possible - • docs/userguide: make syntax of syntax descriptions consistent - • docs/userguide: recommend “exec exec” for correct signal handling - • docs/userguide: explain i3-config-wizard’s behavior - • i3-nagbar: open on the primary screen - • i3-config-wizard: respect XDG config directories - • i3-input: position i3-input at window with input focus - • i3bar: use a reasonable default sep_block_width if a separator_symbol is given - • i3bar: add binding mode indicator - • i3bar: add bindsym command (deprecates wheel_{up,down}_cmd) - • i3bar: make tray padding configurable - • makefiles: respect EXEC_PREFIX and PKG_CONFIG - • added a --toggle switch to mark: “mark [--toggle] ” - • added “focus_on_window_activation” directive - • added “no_focus” directive - • added “move [container|window] [to] mark ” command - • added “move [window|container] [to] position mouse|cursor|pointer” command - • added “title_format” command - • added “resize set [width] [height]” command - • added “sticky” command (for floating containers) - • added “workspace” criterion - • added “window_type” criterion - • make center coordinates relative to current workspace - • draw marks in window decoration (configure with show_marks) - • only mark a window if only one window is matched - • make floating window mouse handling consistent with tiled windows - • add a --border flag to enable mouse binds to trigger on border click - • set the _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN atom on windows that are currently not visible - due to being in the non-focused tab of a stacked or tabbed container - • ignore InputHint when not in WM_HINTS - • display which config is used in i3 --moreversion - • support config file line continuation - • use WM_SIZE_HINTS when present to set the geometry of floating windows - • add “tray_output primary” to the default config - • use libxkbcommon for translating keysyms, support all XKB groups - • support special value “__focused__” in criteria - • support _NET_WM_VISIBLE_NAME - • make sure borders are never counted as adjacent to the edge for floating - containers - • support moving dock clients to another output - • let “focus” report success depending on whether a window was matched - • handle _NET_WM_STATE_STICKY (for floating containers) - • make “debuglog on” command persist over restarts - • randr: use root window in case of no randr outputs - • set proper WM_CLASS on frame windows - - ┌────────────────────────────┐ - │ Bugfixes │ - └────────────────────────────┘ - - • i3bar: only detect clicks within the statusline width - • i3bar: fix flickering shortened status bar on other output(s) - • i3bar: send custom-defined command upon click on the non-statusline part of - i3bar even if workspace_buttons is set to “no”. - • i3-config-wizard: Make window size and click coordinates dependent on font - • i3-save-tree: retain “rect” for floating cons - • move urgency hint when moving container - • fix percents when attaching a window to a ws creates a new split con - • cope with non-null-terminated x class properties - • get workspace name when renaming current workspace - • allow single-child non-default layout cons to be moved between outputs - • allow --whole-window right after 'bindsym' within binding modes - • remove windows from the save set when unmapping (fixes problems with e.g. - owncloud when restarting i3) - • serialize con_id with %p in run_binding() - • initialize workspace rect to the output's upon creation - • mkdirp: do not throw an error if directory exists - • grab all buttons when managing a window to also allow 'bindsym - --whole-window button4 …' to work correctly - • properly clear the urgency hint when set by i3 - • layout restore: load floating containers correctly - • layout restore: remove remaining criteria when swallowing window - • layout restore: When appending a layout containing a marked container, make - sure that any other containers with the same mark are unmarked during - insertion of the new container. - • use the EWMH support window rather than the root window as an input focus fallback - • use the focused container to determine the target window_mode when using - floating mode_toggle - - ┌────────────────────────────┐ - │ Thanks! │ - └────────────────────────────┘ - -Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to: - - Andrzej Pronobis, Chris West (Faux), Deiz, Felix C. Stegerman, Georgiy Tugai, - hwangcc23, Ingo Bürk, Kacper Kowalik (Xarthisius), lasers, lambithal, Michael - Hofmann, Michael Tipton, Micha Rosenbaum, Nikita Mikhailov, Nils Schneider, - PopeLevi, rr-, shdown, Simon Nagl, Theo Buehler, Thomas Anderson, Tim Creech, - Tony Crisci - --- Michael Stapelberg, 2015-09-30 diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-4.12 b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.12 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..57cd9553 --- /dev/null +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.12 @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ Release notes for i3 v4.12 │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + +This is i3 v4.12. This version is considered stable. All users of i3 are +strongly encouraged to upgrade. + +If cairo ≥ 1.14.4 is available, i3 and i3bar will use cairo for rendering +(instead of raw X11 drawing primitives). While this is currently optional, +having cairo ≥ 1.14.4 will be a hard requirement in future release. + +This release contains a good number of detail improvements and fixes. + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ Changes in i3 v4.12 │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + + • use https instead of git/http, update contact information, add GPG key + • docs/hacking-howto: fix old cfgparse.y reference to config_parser.c + • docs/ipc: added link to i3ipcpp (C++ library) + • docs/userguide: clarify no_focus documentation + • docs/userguide: add documentation for binding modes + • docs/userguide: fix rendering of __focused__ + • docs/userguide: improve placement of explicit IDs for headings + • docs/userguide: make rendering of key bindings more consistent + • docs/userguide: clarify quoting of “exec” commands + • man/i3-nagbar: fix example invocation + • man/i3: add “floating window” to terminology + • i3-sensible-*: quote variables correctly + • i3-sensible-editor: add neovim + • i3-sensible-terminal: add termit, st + • i3bar: use cairo for all drawing operations + • i3bar: support per-statusblock border and background colors + • i3bar: support different bar background colors depending on whether the bar + is on the focused output or not + • i3bar: multiple tray_output directives on the same bar are now supported + • i3bar: support disabling the modifier by specifying “modifier none” + • use cairo for all drawing operations + • fix a number of memory leaks, thanks to AddressSanitizer + • no_focus is now suppressed for the first window of a workspace + • “workspace next/prev” now looks for numbered workspaces after reaching the + last workspace (it used to incorrectly only look at named workspaces) + • multiple marks can now be set on a single window (but a mark can still only + be present on one window at a time) + • the “unmark” command now supports criteria + • the “con_id” criterion now supports the special value __focused__ + • the “workspace” command now supports the --no-auto-back-and-forth parameter + • the “move window to workspace” command now supports the + --no-auto-back-and-forth parameter + • the “resize grow|shrink width|height” command now works for a nested split + in the same direction + • support _NET_WM_USER_TIME’s special 0 value, indicating that a window + should not be focused + • use 32-bit visual by default if available. This reduces graphical glitches + when using transparency (which is still not officially supported) + • the “move position center” command now supports criteria + • specifying invalid match criteria now results in an error instead of + blindly applying the operation to the currently focused window + • allow mouse bindings to run on the root window + • support matching _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NOTIFICATION in criteria + • all criteria are now matched, even when con_id or con_mark are given (used + to be a special case) + • allow the “id” criterion to be specified in any base recognized by + strtol(), not only base 10 + • non-true color displays are now supported again (e.g. the Raspberry Pi) + • the “split” command now has a “toggle” option + • the additional color class “decoration_border” was added + • title_format is now stored on containers instead of windows, allowing the + use of title_format on split containers + • On OpenBSD, i3 now uses pledge(2) + • support _NET_WM_DESKTOP (for pager applications like gnome-panel) + • floating workspaces are no longer available (they were not supported for a + while now) + • floating windows now carry the I3_FLOATING_WINDOW atom so that tools like + compositors can be configured to match on floating windows + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ Bugfixes │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + + • i3bar: display short text only on the monitor(s) on which it is necessary + • i3bar: explicitly set cursor using libxcb-cursor if available + • i3bar: fix XEMBED messages + • i3-nagbar: explicitly set cursor using libxcb-cursor if available + • duplicated keybindings are now also detected when one uses bindcode but the + other(s) use(s) bindsym + • keymap fallback for servers without XKB (e.g. TightVNC) has been added + • using pango markup in mode names is now optional, fixing a regression in i3 + v4.11 where modes which contained characters such as “<” would break. + • moving windows to a workspace by specifying a mark now works + • the root output is now used when any RandR request fails (for x2go) + • assignments are now marked as run before executing them, preventing endless + loops/crashes when assignments cause another assignment evaluation + • splitting/floating a dock container no longer crashes i3 + • correctly compare modifier mask when identifying keybindings (fixes + bindings which use --release) + • no longer fail config validation when there is no newline at the end of + the config file + • scrollwheel buttons are now only grabbed when necessary, allowing the use + of “bindsym button*” or scrolling in windows without focusing them (in case + no “bindsym button*” is present) + • parse con_id in base 16 (affected FreeBSD only) + • fix crash when opening a large number of windows + • reject empty swallow definitions to avoid crashes + • don’t remove SubstructureRedirect event mask temporarily (fixes i3bar + stopping after system suspend) + • move urgent flag before killing the parent to avoid a crash + • correctly validate “kill” command to avoid crashing when “kill” is invoked + on workspace containers + • actually accept the documented “workspace” token as an alternative to “→” + in assign statements + • remove _NET_WM_STATE on withdrawn windows to comply with the spec + • the “border” command now uses logical pixels (relevant for hi-dpi displays) + • “tray_output primary” does not properly fall back and hence was removed + from the default config again + • correctly determine focused workspace when moving workspace to output + • revert to default binding mode before reloading the config file + • correctly interpret _MOTIF_WM_HINTS (endianness-dependent) + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ Thanks! │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + +Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to: + + Adaephon, Airblader, Alexis211, bendem, botovq, brianmillar, DavidMikeSimon, + dcoppa, Florian Merkel, fmthoma, frederik, hwangcc23, jolange, Juuso + Lapinlampi, kneitinger, lotheac, nicklan, norrland, pra85, romanblanco, + sur5r, tbu-, tyll, wodny + +-- Michael Stapelberg, 2016-03-06 diff --git a/man/asciidoc.conf b/man/asciidoc.conf index 6cbcebe8..11e76501 100644 --- a/man/asciidoc.conf +++ b/man/asciidoc.conf @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ template::[header-declarations] {mantitle} {manvolnum} i3 -4.11 +4.12 i3 Manual