X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?p=i3%2Fi3;a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES-4.16;fp=RELEASE-NOTES-4.16;h=e5505cbf458195b07e70c47570c8d95b2be97684;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=1847938d4eeba98260cc79ca45a11a134274c2ea;hpb=c54f5008395b10c046f380cc3069ff779e5d2877 diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-4.16 b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.16 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e5505cbf --- /dev/null +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.16 @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ Release notes for i3 v4.16 │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + +This is i3 v4.16. 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 v4.16 │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + + • build: add conditionals for building docs/mans + • docs/i3bar-protocol: mention skipping blocks with empty full_text + • docs/ipc: add window_properties to tree node + • docs/layout-saving: clarify JSON non-compliance + • docs/userguide: clarify X resource value format + • docs/userguide: fix move_to_outputs link + • docs/userguide: link workspace_auto_back_and_forth from workspace + command + • docs/userguide: mention known issues for assign + • docs/userguide: use anchor for list_of_commands + • docs/userguide: add the default keybinding for focus parent + • man/*: fix title markers (for asciidoctor) + • man/i3-msg.man: add get_config and send_tick + • ipc: kill misbehaving subscribed clients instead of hanging + • ipc: introduce the sync IPC command for synchronization with i3bar + • ipc: scratchpad show now returns correct success + • ipc: send_tick now sets the already-documented “first” field + • i3bar-protocol: add modifiers to events sent by i3bar + • dump-asy: use Pod::Usage for --help and perldoc + • dump-asy: introduce -gv flag to disable opening ghostview + • dump-asy: introduce -save flag to store the rendered tree in a file + • dump-asy: add marks + • dump-asy: include floating containers + • i3bar: add --verbose flag + • i3bar: make modifier accept combinations (like floating_modifier) + • i3-config-wizard: add --modifier flag to allow for headless config + • i3-config-wizard: support startup notifications + • i3-msg: only print input + error position if they are set + • i3-msg: check replies also in quiet mode (-q) + • i3-msg: add support for the SUBSCRIBE message type + • i3-nagbar: support startup notifications + • i3-nagbar: add option for button that runs commands without a terminal + • i3-save-tree: exclude unsupported transient_for property + • i3-sensible-terminal: add alacritty + • i3-sensible-terminal: add hyper + • introduce strip_workspace_name alongside strip_workspace_numbers + • introduce title_align config directive + • “border toggle” now accepts an optional pixel argument + • “resize set” now interprets 0 as “no change” + • “resize set” now accepts the “width” and “height” keywords + • “resize” with pixel values now works for tiling containers + • the optional “absolute” method is now silently ignored in “move position” + commands, where it did not cause a visible difference anyway + • the _NET_WM_STATE_FOCUSED atom is now supported, resulting in e.g. + GTK applications displaying the correct window decoration + • moving fullscreen containers now moves them across outputs + • floating windows can now be used with a geometry of e.g. +1+1, i.e. + their top-left corner can be outside any output as long as the window + is contained partially by one + • prefer floating fullscreen containers when switching focus + • moving containers to an active workspace no longer changes focus + • the rename workspace command no longer confuses directions (e.g. “left”) + with output names + • prefer $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config over ~/.i3/config + • allow multiple assignments of workspaces to output + • respect maximum size in WM_NORMAL_HINTS + • reject requests for WM_STATE_ICONIC, which avoids e.g. wine + applications being stuck in paused state + • a number of code refactorings and cleanups, some of which tool-assisted + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ Bugfixes │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + + • build: fix static linking + • i3bar: fix various memory leaks + • i3bar: fix crash when no status_command is provided + • i3bar: fix chopping the first character on the very left when using the + full width of the output + • i3bar: fix relative_x and width properties of click events + • i3bar: fix the tray disappearing in some cases when using "tray_output" + • fix various memory leaks and memory correctness issues + • refocus focused window on FOCUS_IN events for the root window. This + fixes incorrect behavior with steam and some tk apps + • fix focus bugs when moving unfocused containers + • fix incorrect urgent window state edge case + • moving an unfocused container from inside a split container to another + workspace doesn’t focus siblings + • toggling and killing floating windows now maintains focus order + • don’t incorrectly focus siblings when scrolling on window decorations + • fix crash when moving a container to a marked workspace + • fix swap when first is behind a fullscreen window + • fix crash when renaming an existing workspace to a name assigned to the + focused output + • reframe swallowed windows if depth doesn’t match + • use detectable autorepeat so that --release bindings are run only when + the key is actually released (and not when it is repeated) + • fix border artifacts when moving windows + • correctly handle bindings for the same mod key with and without --release + • reset B_UPON_KEYRELEASE_IGNORE_MODS bindings when switching modes + • fix height offset calculation in pango text drawing + • fix detection of libiconv on OpenBSD + • free workspace assignments on reload + • fix mouse position at startup with multiple outputs + • no longer allow dragging global fullscreen floating containers + • fix rendering artifacts with global fullscreen containers + • fix disabling floating for scratchpad windows + • fix a crash when renaming an unfocused empty workspace matching an + assignment + • ensure containers have a size of at least 1px after resize + • permit invalid UTF-8 in layout JSON files (e.g. for window titles) + • correct invalid UTF-8 characters in window and container titles + • fix a crash when moving to a child of a floating container + • fix a crash when matching __focused__ with no window open + • fix no_focus when only using floating windows + • fix max_aspect calculation + • moving an unfocused container from another output now maintains + the correct focus order + • don’t change focus order when swapping containers + • correctly update _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP when moving containers between outputs + using the directional move command + • don’t produce move events after attempting to directionally move a container + towards a direction it can’t go + • fix sticky focus when switching to workspace on different output + + + ┌────────────────────────────┐ + │ Thanks! │ + └────────────────────────────┘ + +Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to: + + Adrian Cybulski, Aestek, Alan Barr, Andriy Yablonskyy, Cassandra Fox, + Christian Duerr, Dan Elkouby, downzer0, Elouan Martinet, Felix Buehler, + Gravemind, Harry Lawrence, Hritik Vijay, hwangcc23, Ingo Bürk, Joona, Klorax, + lasers, Łukasz Adamczak, Martin, Michael Stapelberg, Oliver Graff, + Orestis Floros, Soumya, Takashi Iwai, Thomas Fischer, Todd Walton, Tony + Crisci, Uli Schlachter, Vivien Didelot + +-- Michael Stapelberg, 2018-11-04