-i3-wm (4.0-0) unstable; urgency=low
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- * NOT YET RELEASED
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- -- Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de> Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:10:30 +0200
+i3-wm (4.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * In addition to the proper flex/bison based parser for the config file
+ introduced in 3.δ, we now also have a flex/bison parser for commands. What
+ this means is that we can have more human-readable, beautiful command names
+ instead of cryptic commands like 'f' for fullscreen or 'mh' for move left.
+ In fact, the commands for the aforementioned functions *are* 'fullscreen'
+ and 'move left'!
+ * You can now chain commands using ';' (a semicolon). One example for that is
+ 'workspace 3 ; exec /usr/bin/urxvt' to switch to a new workspace and open a
+ terminal.
+ * You can specify which windows should be affected by your command by using
+ different criteria. A good example is '[class="Firefox"] kill' to get rid
+ of all Firefox windows.
+ * As the configuration file needs new commands (and a few options are
+ obsolete), you need to change it. To make this process a little bit easier
+ for you, this release comes with the script i3-migrate-config-to-v4.pl. Just
+ run it on your current config file and it will spit out a v4 config file to
+ stdout. To make things even better, i3 automatically detects v3 config files
+ and calls that script, so you never end up with a non-working config :).
+ * Similarly to the criteria when using commands, we now have a 'for_window'
+ configuration directive, which lets you automatically apply certain commands
+ to certain windows. Use it to set border styles per window, for example with
+ 'for_window [class="XTerm"] border 1pixel'.
+ * Since dock clients (like dzen2) are now part of the layout tree (as opposed
+ to a custom data structure as before), it was easy to implement top and
+ bottom dock areas. Programs which properly specify the dock hint get placed
+ on the edge of the screen they request. i3bar has the -dtop and -dbottom
+ parameters, for example.
+ * The internal workspace bar is obsolete. Use i3bar instead.
+ * Resizing now works between all windows!
+ * Fullscreen now works for everything!
+ * Floating now works for everything!
+ * Your layout is now preserved when doing an inplace restart.
+ * When you have an error in your config file, a new program called i3-nagbar
+ will tell you so. It offers you two buttons: One to view the error in your
+ $PAGER and one to edit your config in your $EDITOR.
+ * The default config used key symbols (like 'bind Mod1+f fullscreen') instead
+ of key codes. If you use a non-qwerty layout, the program i3-config-wizard
+ can create a key symbol based config file based on your current layout. You
+ can also chose between Windows (Mod4) and Alt (Mod1) as your default
+ modifier. i3-config-wizard will automatically be started as long as you
+ don’t have a configuration file for i3.
+ * Custom X cursor themes are now supported.
+ * The RandR backend now respects the primary output.
+ * A wrong 'font' configuration in your config file will no longer make i3
+ exit. Instead, it will fall back to a different font and tell you about the
+ error in its log.
+ * The default split direction (whether a new window gets placed right next to
+ the current one or below the current one) is now automatically set to
+ horizontal if you have a monitor that is wider than high or vertical if you
+ a monitor which is higher than wide. This works great with rotated monitors.
+ * Sockets and temporary files are now placed in XDG_RUNTIME_DIR, if set (this
+ is used on systemd based systems).
+ * Tools like i3bar, i3-msg etc. use the I3_SOCKET_PATH property which is set
+ to the X11 root window, so you don’t have to configure your socket path
+ anywhere.
+ * The kill command kills single windows by default now. To kill a whole
+ application, use 'kill client'.
+ * IPC: Commands can now have custom replies. When the parser encounters an
+ error, a proper error reply is sent.
+ * There is now an 'exec_always' configuration directive which works like
+ 'exec' but will also be run when restarting.
+
+ -- Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:34:26 +0200
i3-wm (3.e-bf1-3) unstable; urgency=low