icewm -- history of user-visible changes. 2025-03-30
Release icewm-3.7.3 released 2025-03-30
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git shortlog --no-merges -e -n -w80,6,8 3.7.2...3.7.3
Bert Gijsbers <gijsbers@science.uva.nl> (9):
Fix --disable-librsvg. Don't barf when --without-icesound. Update READMEs.
Set a title to the dock window.
Add the usertime and x11time commands to icesh.
Remove the remnants of the root proxy window. Only set focus to the icewm
top window when it hasn't focus yet.
Remove DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID, DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID, XDG_ACTIVATION_TOKEN
variables from the environment.
Improve support for _NET_WM_USER_TIME and _NET_STARTUP_ID for issue #799.
Fix typo for fUserTimeWindow in getUserTime.
Startup notification says to always accept updates to _NET_STARTUP_ID.
Fix compiler error on missing include errno.h.
Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org> (5):
Make location of nanosvg header customizable
By default, try fallback to non-specific Sans or non-bold
Fix cmake warning about wrong COMMENT arguments
Upgrade min.req. of CMake to version 3.10
App name filter shall consider the command line too
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Release icewm-3.7.2 released 2025-03-09
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git shortlog --no-merges -e -n -w80,6,8 3.7.1...3.7.2
Bert Gijsbers <gijsbers@science.uva.nl> (15):
Always print icons double-quoted for issue #794.
Also support SVG icons when the image library supports it natively.
Mark the WindowList as a toplevel and redirect its input to the listbox.
Fix compiling without internationalization for icewm-menu-fdo.
Also update the server time before setting focus to the topWindow.
Try not to go backwards in our notion of the X server time.
Only save event time when it is non-zero.
Add updateServerTime to class declaration in header.
Use the window handle when retrieving the user time.
Fix off-by-one errors in the QuickSwitch bottom right border for
ice-wm/icewm#174.
Log the keycode as a decimal.
Improve readability in SwitchWindow::resize.
Ignore key releases and modifier presses in the top window key handler.
Remove the incompatible cmake_path from the po CMakefile.
Prepare 3.7.2 release
Release icewm-3.7.1 released 2025-02-27
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git shortlog --no-merges -e -n -w80,6,8 3.7.0...3.7.1
Bert Gijsbers <gijsbers@science.uva.nl> (11):
Link against NLS libs for icewm-menu-fdo and closes ice-wm/icewm#185.
Fix broken modSuperIsCtrlAlt for issue #791.
Simplify key handling in MenuProgSwitchItems.
Skip past carriage-returns in getArgument for ice-wm/icewm#186.
Remove trailing carriage-returns from each input line in icewm-menu-fdo
for ice-wm/icewm#186.
Let QuickSwitch select the proper client tab, before activating a frame.
Fix toolbar addButton for issue ice-wm/icewm#186.
Wait for the Return key-release event before accepting the address bar
input line to avoid stray Return key-release events in applications.
Improve focusing xterms by first updating our notion of the server time
from xproperty events for issue ice-wm/icewm#188.
Update the event time strictly increasing.
Prepare 3.7.1 release
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Release icewm-3.7.0 released 2025-02-22
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git shortlog --no-merges -e -n -w80,6,8 3.6.0...3.7.0
Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org> (107):
LC_CTYPE specific hints to Xft selection
Minor fixes and improvements on XDG menu
WIP: switched more glib containers to stl
Workaround for gettext not applied on submenu
WIP: redesigning menu handling
First working printing code after rewrite
Fixup some of the expansion patterns in the exec string
Cleanup, fix Other menu population
Localized sorting
Map unknown subcats to Other main cat
Simple attempt to get duplicated items in parent nodes
Attaching menu description, incomplete
Fix main cat fallback
Work around missing reverse iterator, can be plain C++11 again
Fallback to directory file base name matching the category name
Mark submenu labels translateable
Drop menu info getter
Don't recurse for .directory fetching
clang-reformat fdomenu.cc
Stop requiring glib in CMake build
Common DBG macro to turn on/off debug notes
Filter out duplicates where apps declare some intermediate categories as
well
Add extra separator handling
Implemented execution in Terminal
Rename local DBG macro
Cleaning
Support --no-sub-cats
Stop storing lookup helper in global member
Fewer stat operations using readdir hints
Match country-specific languages correctly
Printing of GenericName
Drop old Perl based converter (obsolete)
Restore option to remove Other menu
Option to move lone entries to their parent menues.
Update CMake requirement to prevent warnings
Minor updates
Helper to create locale folder mock
Fix loading from gettext if menu did not have a description
Fix and streamline conversion flow
Hint on requirement of SVG support
Drop dependency on YLocale class and X11 libs
Disable sync with stdio
Include implicitly pulled headers directly
Deadline option to abort XDG data reading and print what we got so far
Refactor, reformat, fix typo
Better fix for duplicated appendixes
Bugfixes, cleanup
More sophisticated -S operation, also fixes, cleanup
Restore .desktop launching function
Simple string matching filter implemented
Icon donation from AudioVideo section to Audio / Video
Reimplemented --flat mode
Fix segfault when AudioVideo did not have decoration
Relocate --match-osec check to hit translated section names too
Added a user hint and basic precaching hack on menu timeout
Minor refactoring (DRYing)
Minor heap usage optimization
Tiny runtime saving by not cleaning up the tree in the end
Document missing options and align help text format
Document new options
In timeout, don't waste time with nice-to-have optimizations
Disable --no-sep-others again
Configured timeout defaults to "sane" values
Dodge the GenericName which just repeats Name content
Support more OS with the d_ent shortcut
Optional source comment, more hidding, various fixes
Minor performance tuning with different containers
Save a few CPU cycles
Update XDG format reference version
Fixed merging of some submenu entries into correct parent
Stop using std::regex
Don't evaluate TryExec
Local formating of prog title
Option to clamp rogue menu title's length
Make true/false checks case-insensitive
Overhaul content processing
Resolve shadowing of apps which are having the same translated name
Convert translated sorting to internal bubble sort
Wide char aware string cropping
Drop unused fields, ignore comments earlier
More similar standard level selection (to autoconf with recent compilers)
Fix C++14 issue with constness of functors
Use system installation of nanosvg package, where possible
Stop using smart pointers
Work around GCC11 issue
Solve some warnings from receng clang and gcc
Stop using VLAs, they are not fully legal in C++
Make PACKAGE/VERSION overridable in from-git build mode
Document optional requirements
Ignore local junk from IDEs and personal notes
Build dependency on gennews.sh for NEWS creation
Control language selection by LINGUAS file, not filesystem wildcards
POT/PO update
Explicit blacklisting of menu-xdg subfolders
Ignore certain prefix commands
Unmark text while not moving ahead at the end
Never mark text in the complete operation
Fix potential resize-to-smaller problem
Drop ycollections classes
Render the list of proposals in a tooltip
Make the tooltip act like an assistant with further proposals
Stop tooltip when space was typed in
Redo completion when deleting
Try using smaller icon versions in WS overview
Make clicks in the corner effective to ShowDesktop button in right-placed
mode
Fix a crash when selecting Default from the clock menu
No text insertion while doing tooltip update only
Bert Gijsbers <gijsbers@science.uva.nl> (70):
Add support for _NET_WM_MOVERESIZE_CANCEL.
Better guard move/sizes and make sure they are properly terminated.
Stop move/sizes when changing tabs.
End manual placement when the client exits.
Properly compute the first parameter to the select(2) system call.
Add -Await option to icesh to wait for and select new client windows.
Improve support for properties with COMPOUND_TEXT in icesh.
When a key event is handled, don't propagate it further.
When DockApps has "dock" and LimitByDockLayer=1 then update the desktop
work area so that maximized windows leave the DockApps container visible
for issue #779.
Also update DockApps container when downsizing.
Update DockApps preferences comment.
Document the layers and the support for dockapps.
Document the use of the LimitByDockLayer pref for DockApps.
Simplify captureEvents/releaseEvents.
Support changing the Dock container layer while running.
When focusing a frame under the mouse, prefer to focus its topmost
transient.
When raising a frame, check if the focused frame needs to bind the mouse
buttons, if it is overlapped. When minimizing or hiding transients,
check against transients being tabs in the same frame.
When LimitPosition is false, you can drag maximized windows off-screen and
closes issue #780.
Revert "When LimitPosition is false, you can drag maximized windows
off-screen."
To drag a maximized window, keep the Shift key down for issue #780.
Elaborate on symbols and expressions and document the minus operator.
Support keybindings to shifted XF86keysyms like XF86AudioPause for issue
#781.
Move parsing key definitions to class WMKey.
Reuse WMKey in KProgram.
Enforce a limit of 8 mouse pointer buttons, as more is impossible.
Add constructors to WMKey.
Consistently use keyCodeToKeySym.
Dissolve the WM_KEY macros.
Move all keybinding initializations to its own C++ file.
Correct versions and date.
Drop ycollections.
Succinct.
Improve pager icon sizes conditional structure.
Remove smart pointers from misc.cc.
Restore mstring strncpy's.
Improve readability.
Restore unsigned char array in yarray.
Replace max by min.
Let icesh accept UTF-8 strings in properties.
Support locales with three letter language codes.
Remove silly casts.
Restore simple arrays and avoid mallocs.
Retstore the previous fontmacro's, because e.g. the InputFont no longer
was bold.
Let icewmbg also support the AVIF image format.
Remove the default 1px black border on the right and bottom sides of the
QuickSwitch window when Look is flat for issue ice-wm/icewm#174.
Support OpenBSD tar in --install list for issue ice-wm/icewm#179.
Both scrollbars need to be able to process the same key event.
Cleanup the listing of installable themes for issue ice-wm/icewm#179.
Revert "When undoing an arrange or showing the desktop, focus the last
focused window instead of the topmost window." for issue #788.
fix fi.po to fix the build.
Don't call XKeysymToKeycode several times per key grab, but cache it.
Create YKeycodeMap and getKeycodeMap.
Drop grabVKey and fixupPreferences. Move unshift to WMKey grab.
Support grabbing two keys simultaneously by a single keybinding definition
when both keys are bound to the same keysym.
Increase max backgrounds to 8000.
Increase toolbar height when icons are taller for issue ice-wm/icewm#178.
Drop a NOTE.
Make 4 graph widths themable for issue ice-wm/icewm#178.
Revert "Remove the default 1px black border of the QuickSwitch for issue
ice-wm/icewm#174." This reverts commit
e7511806257cdee92585a21a4a794e19e33478dd.
Revert "Don't draw a border on QuickSwitch when Look=flat for issue #736."
This reverts commit 11c0b34db6b24f5fbd9815d359e0b5ef1360517f.
Mark support for global modality as done.
Add ColorQuickSwitchBorder themable preference for issue #736.
Never use CurrentTime, but always use last event time when setting the
input focus to a window.
Fix compilation error for fdomenu.cc undefined msglang when no I18N.
Include locale include files last in fdomenu.cc, because they contain
macro's.
Restore support for NanoSVG in the CMake build.
Update the about copyright to 2025.
Update potfiles.
Restore support for C++11 in fdomenu.cc.
Check for __GNUC__ at least 5 for codecvt dependency.
Prepare 3.7.0 release
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Release icewm-3.6.0 released 2024-06-16
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git shortlog --no-merges -e -n -w80,6,8 3.5.1...3.6.0
Bert Gijsbers <gijsbers@science.uva.nl> (19):
Double-click the border to maximize just that side for ice-wm/icewm#163.
Repeat to restore that side. Also for corners.
Restore moving windows by dragging with the right button down.
Double-clicking on the border can undo a maximization.
Support composing characters in the address bar with X input method.
Fix checking for mkdir success in ensureDirectory.
Provide for the case when XCreateIC fails.
Convert to wchar_t using YWideString.
Only compare icewm-extra tar file against ctime.
Ignore moving/sizing requests, when a moving or sizing is already in
progress.
Don't create Window handle when destroyed or without a parent.
Don't install mouse bindings when the frame is being destroyed.
Don't dispatch events to destroyed windows.
Fix length calculation after getCharFromEvent.
Log key events.
Avoid constructing invalid work areas.
Do XFilterEvent globally.
Mention the requirements for the --install option.
Update pot files.
Prepare 3.6.0 release
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Release icewm-3.5.1 released 2024-06-06
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git shortlog --no-merges -e -n -w80,6,8 3.5.0...3.5.1
Bert Gijsbers <gijsbers@science.uva.nl> (24):
Drop obsolete AC_HEADERs from configure.
MailBoxPath is a list separated by spaces.
MailBoxPath is a list separated by spaces.
Replace duplicate code in getsesfile with getPrivConfFile.
Add ensureDirectory to upath.
Use 'space' instead of 'Space' in default key bindings.
Extra test on upath expansion.
Check for path existence in rewritePrefs.
Use ensureDirectory in getPrivConfDir.
Always create directory in getPrivConfFile.
Add minute as a time unit.
Add Tab completion on usernames and on environment variables.
Add a permanent history of commands to the address bar.
Update new address bar features.
Tab-complete a leading environment variable in the address bar.
Don't arrange, but only limit the position on screen dimension changes.
Warn if DESKTOP_SESSION is icewm instead of icewm-session.
Update icewm manpage description.
Also expand a leading tilde username prefix.
Update INSTALL.cmakebuild from INSTALL-cmakebuild.md.
Drop empty si.po.
Fix test -nt for NetBSD and closes ice-wm/icewm#168.
Add percentage to icesh move for ice-wm/icewm#169
Prepare 3.5.1 release
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Release icewm-3.5.0 released 2024-05-20
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git shortlog --no-merges -e -n -w80,6,8 3.4.7...3.5.0
Bert Gijsbers <gijsbers@science.uva.nl> (31):
Never handle internal WM actions via XSendEvent, but always via XPutBack.
Succinct handling of mstrings in themes.
Let "icesh restore" also clear the urgency flag.
Clear urgency and stop flashing when focusing a client.
When the frame drops urgency, also update the client.
Improve readability of setState.
Set errno in dirExists and fix leak for userhome in expand.
Avoid a shell in show_backtrace.
Add fmt to mstring.
Add -i,--install option to icewm to install an extra theme.
Clarify icons for keyboard layouts.
Keyboard layout icon names can be longer than 2 letters for issue
ice-wm/icewm#161.
Add chdir and set errno in fileExists.
Add -i,--install option to help output.
Update pot files.
Show spaces around KeyboardLayouts example.
2024
Fix portability to NetBSD 10 and closes #774.
Fix portability to NetBSD 10 and closes #775.
Add file argument completion to the addressbar for ice-wm/icewm#33
'icesh winoptions' only affects new windows.
Drop the C from the glob flags as it returns a starred string on failure.
update README to 3.4.7
Point documentation links to website.
Document the address bar editing keys.
Also do tilde expansion in file arguments.
Delay clearing the urgency flag in the client for half a second.
When lowering a frame by KeyWinLower or by a menu action, then also lower
the frame in the focus order, otherwise it appears as the first entry in
the Quick Switch.
Add "cd" and "pwd" commands to the address bar. Add tilde expansion on
user login names.
Don't chdir after realpath, but test for directory.
Prepare 3.5.0 release
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