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- ┌──────────────────────────────┐
- │ Release notes for i3 v4.2 │
- └──────────────────────────────┘
-
-This is the second release of the new major version of i3, v4.2. It is
-considered stable. All users of i3 are strongly encouraged to upgrade.
-
-A big change with this release is (again) a new parser for commands. You might
-get the impression that we like rewriting parsers, but check the commit message
-of commit a532f5a for rationale on this decision.
-
-A more visible change to users is the introduction of a scratchpad command:
-This is useful to have a permanent editor session ready whenever you need it.
-Or your music player. Or email client? Or $programming-language REPL? Give it a
-try!
-
-Also, you are finally able to move workspaces between the different outputs if
-you are using multiple monitors. You can rename workspaces on the fly and
-identify named workspaces by their number. So you can rename "1: www" to "1:
-code" with one simple rename command and all your keybindings will still work.
-
-A subtle indicator of the split state of containers has been introduced: In
-case you are in a split container with precisely one window (a situation which
-you could not recognize by looking at your screen previously), i3 will
-highlight the bottom/right border of the split container in a lighter blue.
-This should reduce confusion about whether you are dealing with a split
-container or not.
-
-And finally, i3bar now supports a JSON input protocol, so that with a
-subsequent release of i3status, you will be able to use colors in your bar!
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ Changes in v4.2 │
- └────────────────────────────┘
-
- • i3-sensible-*: don’t call which without parameters
- • i3-config-wizard: Mark the currently selected modifier with an arrow
- • i3bar: kick tray clients after output configuration changed
- • i3bar: kill child processes when exit()ing (they might be stopped)
- • i3bar now supports a JSON input format to provide colors and more (later)
- • Support different modifier keys for showing i3bar in hide mode
- • bar config: add i3bar_command for non-standard setups
- • Implement scratchpad functionality
- • Implement 'focus output left|right|up|down'
- • Implement 'workspace next_on_output|prev_on_output'
- • Implement 'move workspace to output <output>'
- • Implement a new parser for commands
- • Implement 'workspace number <number>' to switch to named workspaces
- • Implement 'move [container|window] to workspace number <number>'
- • Implement 'rename workspace <old_name> to <new_name>'
- • Re-implement borders in the workspace bar
- • Draw a separator line after each tab in tabbed mode
- • Ignore aspect ratio during fullscreen mode (fixes MPlayer subtitles)
- • Correctly restore focus after in-place restarts
- • Highlight the right/bottom border of split windows ("indicator")
- • Install /usr/share/applications/i3.desktop so that you can select i3 as a
- window manager in GNOME
- • Don’t migrate unfocused empty workspaces when disabling an output
- • randr: Skip workspaces which are assigned to a different output when
- creating a new workspace
- • Implement an urgency flag criterion
- • Render only once for all matching assignments
- • Implement support for user configuration of constraints on floating window
- dimensions
- • Extend move command for floating windows
- • Added option to select primary display on tray_output
- • Implement resize <grow|shrink> <width|height>, use it in the default config
- • Replace the old fullscreen container when requesting fullscreen
- • Prevent changing focus outside a container when scrolling on the
- decorations
- • Only resize when the left/right mouse button is used, not when scrolling
- • docs: replace the refcard with an HTML version
- • cfgparse: accept force-xinerama as a synonym of force_xinerama
- • Implement support for 32 bit visuals (necessary for transparency)
- • X11: only copy the requested region from buffer pixmaps in ExposeEvents
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ Bugfixes │
- └────────────────────────────┘
-
- • Bugfix: Don’t leak IPC file descriptors
- • Bugfix: fix empty tray icon areas in i3bar
- • Bugfix: properly handle workspace names with double quotes
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ Thanks! │
- └────────────────────────────┘
-
-Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:
-
- Aaron Small, ablepharus, aksr, alexander, badboy, B-con, beauby, ben, biiter,
- binzter, cg, cradle, darkraven, dbp, dcoppa, Don, dothebart, D Thompson,
- eeemsi, f8l, Fandekasp, fernandotcl, gamo, garga, gregkh, Han, helgikrs,
- Jeremy O'Brien, jjfoerch, joepd, Jose Pereira, Jure Ziberna, MasterofJOKers,
- Merovius, mhcerri, migueldvb, moemoe, mseed, mxf, nh2, noxxun, Paul, Pavel
- Löbl, Peter Bui, Phlogistique, phnom, piroko, rami, SardemFF7, xeen, xpt,
- zeus
-
--- Michael Stapelberg, 2012-04-25
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