From: Michael Stapelberg Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 16:26:40 +0000 (+0200) Subject: add release notes for v4.8 X-Git-Tag: 4.8~4 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e07c49f4fb1c0495a36e719096464080f485b6b5;p=i3%2Fi3 add release notes for v4.8 --- diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-4.8 b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1eff3e25 --- /dev/null +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.8 @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ + + ┌──────────────────────────────┐ + │ Release notes for i3 v4.8 │ + └──────────────────────────────┘ + +This is i3 v4.8. This version is considered stable. All users of i3 are +strongly encouraged to upgrade. + +The biggest new feature certainly is layout saving/restoring. See +http://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html for more details. tl;dr: export your +current layout as JSON file, load it into new i3 sessions, get placeholder +windows that will be replaced by the actual apps once you start them. + +Also very important for owners of HiDPI/“retina” displays is that i3 will now +respect your configured DPI and scale up its UI elements accordingly. Use +“xrandr --dpi 184” to set your dpi to 184, in case your setup does not figure +it out automatically. To get properly scaling fonts, we also changed the +default font from a bitmap font to a pango font (“DejaVu Sans Mono 8”). + +Multiple changes improve the compatibility of i3 with other software, e.g. +java-based software (focus handling, once again) or external pagers (we now +provide _NET_CLIENT_LIST and let pager applications change workspaces). + +For packagers, another change is that yajl ≥ 2.0 is now required for compiling +i3. This should not be a problem for anyone, as that version is pretty old by +now. + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ Changes in v4.8 │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + + • docs/ipc: reformat/update list of ipc libraries + • docs/ipc: fix current_workspace outputs reply member + • docs/ipc: update ipc COMMAND reply docs + • docs/userguide: fix multiple typos + • docs/debugging: use bzip2 + • docs/debugging: explain how to enable logging on the fly + • docs/debugging: merge the debug symbols/backtrace section + • docs/debugging: recommend i3 --moreversion + • man/i3-nagbar.man: update manpage to document all options + • i3bar: Amend status line error 127 message + • i3bar: don’t kill watcher on EOF, leads to better error messages + • i3bar: send mouse wheel events to child too + • i3bar: do click handling and tray padding retina-correctly + • i3bar: render separators render-correctly + • i3bar: reinit colors on barconfig update + • i3bar: Don't start child unless status_command + • i3bar: implement custom workspace numbers config + • resize floating windows when right-clicking the decoration + • enable shmlog when invoked as i3-with-shmlog + • Disable pointer warps when focus_follows_mouse is disabled + • Movement into a branch considers movement direction + • set ewmh desktop properties on startup + • handle ButtonPress events with child != XCB_NONE + • implement layout restoring + • only LOG() the DPI when it changes, DLOG() it otherwise + • send IPC window events for focus and title changes + • these types of windows are now floating by default: + dialog, utility, toolbar and splash windows, modal windows, windows with an + equal minimum and maximum size + • send last event timestamp with WM_TAKE_FOCUS message + • maintain the _NET_CLIENT_LIST property + • don’t set input focus _and_ send WM_TAKE_FOCUS + • respect CFLAGS in linking command + • fix parallel make + • reset SIGPIPE handler before executing a command + • render default window border width retina-correctly + • draw workspace buttons and padded text blocks retina-correctly + • render resize windows retina-correctly + • delegate click handling to dock clients + • send complete config on barconfig_update + • implement the window::fullscreen_mode ipc event + • make all workspaces starting with "__" internal + • improve error messages for i3-internal workspace names + • allow _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW requests to switch workspaces if they indicate + that they are a pager (following the spec) + • workspace assignments by number + • add configuration option for disabling mouse warping + • set _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW to None when none has focus + • set X-LightDM-DesktopName in i3.xsession.desktop to fix autostart on Ubuntu + • don’t ELOG ipc EOF + • replace all printf()s with D?LOG + • delete ipc socket when exiting, cleanup tmpdir + • default config: switch to DejaVu Sans Mono 8 as default font + • cleanup tmpdir when restarting and not using XDG_RUNTIME_DIR + • Snap pointer to resize bar on drag resize + • Size resizebar according to container size + • Fix clang -Wextra except -Wunused-parameter + • Respect Motif hint for window decorations + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ Bugfixes │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + + • create con pixmaps when not needed + • i3bar: fix resource leak: statusline_ctx needs to be freed first + • tree_split should not split floating cons + • fix memory leak with ipc_receive_message + • fix invalid reads by setting con->window to NULL in tree_close + • fix memory leak when closing windows + • fix memory leak when matching window by criteria + • fix memory leak when matching window by con_id + • ignore dock clients in the resize command + • clear wm_size_hints if they are not set + • resize window check should check for NULL + • fix window event crash with no window + • i3-dmenu-desktop: also quote the %c field code + • new_window and new_float can now be used simultaneously with different + border widths + • fix crash when using multiple for_window statements that move windows + • Set input focus with last timestamp + • handle windows whose WM_TRANSIENT_FOR points to themselve + • don’t overwrite the original size of floating windows when changing border + • don’t errnously render floating fullscreen windows during restart + • ensure floating windows don’t drop out of fullscreen when restarting + • don’t overwrite the window’s geometry after restartingnext + • i3bar: Set `mapped` flag on trayclient creation + • i3bar: don't show "EOF" status line error + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ Thanks! │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + +Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to: + +Aleksi Blinnikka, Alexander Berntsen, Alexander Kedrik, Antonio, Arun +Persaud, Atte Peltomaki, bo, Campbell Barton, chris, David Coppa, eeemsi, +Holger Langenau, Jean-Philippe Ouellet, Jens, jeroentbt, Jonas Maaskola, +Julian Ospald, Kernc, Koston, lasers, lkraav, Marcin, Marco Hunsicker, +Marcus Crestani, Matthias Thubauville, Maxime, Michael Stapelberg, Peter +Boström, Petr Písař, Quentin Glidic, Steve Jones, TonyC, Tony Crisci, +Vivien Didelot, Wieland Hoffmann, x33a, xeen + +-- Michael Stapelberg, 2014-06-15