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┌────────────────────────────┐
│ Release notes for i3 v4.17 │
└────────────────────────────┘
This is i3 v4.17. This version is considered stable. All users of i3 are
strongly encouraged to upgrade.
This release contains a number of assorted fixes and improvements across pretty
much all individual components of i3.
┌────────────────────────────┐
│ Changes in i3 v4.17 │
└────────────────────────────┘
• config: make binding modes case-sensitive
• default config: mention ~/.config/i3/config
• default config: start xss-lock, nm-applet, pactl (volume keys)
• docs/userguide: update syntax in strip_workspace_*
• docs/userguide: add a section about hidpi displays
• docs/userguide: document mark --replace
• docs/userguide: uncomment and update mark section example
• docs/userguide: point out differences of normal/pixel title bars
• docs/userguide: clarify which config directives can be used at runtime
• docs/userguide: for_window is a directive, not a command
• docs/ipc: clarify event/reply types
• docs/ipc: mention new i3-ipc++ C++ library
• docs/ipc: clarify restart/exit behavior
• docs/i3bar-protocol: add markup
• man/i3.man: fix config file search order
• ipc: make restart command send a reply once restart completed
• ipc: use queue for all messages
fixes i3bar issues when switching between workspaces with many windows
• i3-dump-log: clarify log message
• i3-msg: exit with status code 2 when i3 returns an error
• render left and right borders of titles in stacked mode
• make swap work with floating windows, fix swap crash
• switch to clang-format-6.0
• add input and bounding shapes support
(e.g. for the https://github.com/phw/peek screen recorder)
• preserve back_and_forth across restarts
• allow partial UTF-8 to UCS-2 conversion for better handling of
title bar content which cannot be represented (e.g. emoji)
when using bitmap pixel fonts
• check for duplicate key bindings in i3 -C
• i3bar: support transparency via --transparency flag (RGBA)
• i3bar: support for user-defined border widths
┌────────────────────────────┐
│ Bugfixes │
└────────────────────────────┘
• build: correctly depend on glib (for g_utf8_make_valid)
• build: fix build when git is configured to show signatures
• ipc: report correct workspace in init event after workspace move
• ipc: send missing window:focus event
• i3bar: correctly recognize click events with text alignment
• i3bar: fix running without fd 0
• i3bar: correctly handle button presses on separator
• i3 --moreversion: warn when $DISPLAY is unset
• i3bar: support disabling click events
• release.sh: persist correct version number in docs
• accept output names containing spaces (e.g. in assignment)
• fix cursor resizing positioning
• fix aspect ratio issues (e.g. with mpv)
• fix brief focus flicker when renaming workspaces
• fix crash when canceling i3 via ctrl+c
• fix heap-use-after-free, memory leak
• fix focus bugs in enabling/disabling RandR outputs
• fix crash with popups when fullscreen is non-leaf
• fix crash when moving a second window to mark
• fix crash with programs with splash screen
• fix atoms when closing inactive workspace
• apply title_align to non-leaf containers
• layout loading: correctly mark non-leaf containers
• truncate wm_name utf8 strings to first zero byte
(makes window titles work with buggy clients)
• fix crash in workspace moving
• export I3SOCK environment variable (again)
• fix hanging flaky testcase by using the correct X11 connection
• resize: add missing error replies
• dont pop up floating windows on the wrong workspace
• remove extra \n from errx and die calls
┌────────────────────────────┐
│ Thanks! │
└────────────────────────────┘
Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:
aksel, Albert Safin, Alejandro Angulo, Christopher Hasse, Connor E, Hamish
Macdonald, Ingo Bürk, Iskustvo, Jeffrey Huxen, Jeremy Klotz, Jonathan
Woodlief, lasers, Morten Linderud, nejni-marji, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nils
ANDRÉ-CHANG, Oliver Kraitschy, Orestis Floros, TAL, Vladimir Panteleev
-- Michael Stapelberg, 2019-08-03