1 Release notes for i3 tree-pr4
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4 This is the fourth PREVIEW RELEASE for the tree branch. It is *NOT* part of
5 i3’s regular releases and should *NOT* be packaged in the usual way for
6 distributions. Instead, provide a separate, unofficial package if possible.
8 The so called tree branch is the place where the next version of i3 is
9 developed. This time, we did a major code refactoring bringing many changes.
10 The idea is to use a tree as datastructure instead of separate lists (like one
11 for outputs, workspaces and a table for storing your window layout).
13 Quite a few advantages arise from this new data structure. The most prominent
14 ones will be a slightly different look and feel, the possibility to store your
15 layout and restore it later, correct resizing, a much cleaner command parser
16 and more little improvements.
18 This release is considered a release candidate for i3 v4.0. We will not make
19 big changes and plan to release v4.0 in a few weeks.
20 With this release, we want to gather feedback from you, so please
21 report any bugs you encounter in our bugtracker at http://bugs.i3wm.org/
23 What should be working in this release?
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26 • Basic window management, navigation, moving
27 • Fullscreen mode, correct aspect ratio
28 • Stacked/Tabbed layout, floating mode
29 • Splitting (for fancy layouts), resizing
30 • Restarts (preserving the layout), crash handler
31 • RandR changes, keyboard layout changes
34 • Config file compatibility
35 • i3bar, get it from http://git.merovius.de/
37 -- Michael Stapelberg, 2011-07-15