* New features:
- Handle the STATE_ADD command of the EWMH _NET_WM_STATE
message from version 1.3 of the EWMH spec.
- Support transparency in ARGB windows
* Bug Fixes:
- Fixed problem with windows disappearing when created
unless the style Unmanaged was used.
- Edge move delay was used as resistance for the top edge.
- Fixed a parsing problem of the screen argument of the
SnapAttraction style.
- Some html documentation files were not installed.
- Fixed a memory leak in internationalized font handling.
- Fixed a bug in MinOverlap placement.
- Fixed the StickyAcrossPages style in the FvwmPager.
- Fixed the determination of the X charset on UTF-8 systems.
- Fixed a crash when certain EWMH messages were sent to
unmanaged windows.
- Fixed a memory leak in multibyte codepage code.
- Ignore the EWMH staysontop and staysonbottom hints if the
EWMHIgnoreStackingOrderHints style is used.
- Fixed a sporadic crash when the root background set by gnome,
fvwm-root, esetroot etc. changes and a root transparent
colour set is used.
- Fixed spradic crash in modules with root transparent
background from colour sets.
- Fixed a possible crash if the last active module fails.
* New features:
- The command Scroll can now be used for interactive scrolling.
- New Style options: StippledIconTitle, !StickyStippledTitle,
and !StickyStippledIconTitle.
- Full support for menu context (M) key and mouse bindings. See
the section Menu Bindings in the man page for details.
- Hilighted menu backgrounds now use pixmaps gradients and
transparency from their related colorset.
- New window conditions: StickyIcon, StickyAcrossPagesIcon and
StickyAcrossDesksIcon.
* Changed features:
- "Mouse n M N" is no longer used to disable or remap the
builtin tear off menu button. See the section Tear Off Menus
for details on replacement commands.
* Bug Fixes
Changes in beta release 2.5.16 (20-Jan-2006)
* New features:
- If the pointer can not be grabbed in functions, a message is
printed to the console instead of beeping.
* Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a couple of build problems introduced in 2.5.15.
Changes in beta release 2.5.15 (14-Jan-2006)
* New features:
- Variables can be nested, like $[desk.name$[desk.n]].
- Obsolete one-letter variables work, but generate warnings now.
- Windows can be placed by any button (now also >3).
- It is now possible to redefine the buttons usable to finish
window movement and manual placement.
- New window condition PlacedByButton.
- MenuStyle pairs can be negated by prefixing '!'.
- New generic tabbing module - FvwmTabs.
- New Style option: EWMHIgnoreWindowType.
- New MenuStyle options: MouseWheel, ScrollOffPage and
TrianglesUseFore.
- To compile from CVS, autoconf-2.53 or above is now required.
This does not affect compiling the released tarballs.
- New option "screen" to Move and ResizeMove commands to allow
specifying the target Xinerama screen.
* Bug Fixes:
- Supported a new fribidi version 0.10.5 in addition to 0.10.4.
- Better look for windows with "BorderStyle TiledPixmap".
- Some EWMH-related 64-bit fixes.
- Fixed segmentation fault when replacing title of title only
menus (Bug #1121).
- Fixes for resizing of shaded windows and resizing/moving
windows with complex functions.
PKGLOCALEDIR and which install their locale files directly under
${PREFIX}/${PKGLOCALEDIR} and sort the PLIST file entries. From now
on, pkgsrc/mk/plist/plist-locale.awk will automatically handle
transforming the PLIST to refer to the correct locale directory.
pkgsrc changes:
- Support pkgviews
- Disable ancient GTK+ module
Changes in alpha release 2.5.12 (6-Oct-2004)
* New commands:
- EdgeLeaveCommand
* New module features:
- FvwmIconMan: ShowOnlyFocused option.
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Changes in alpha release 2.5.11 (30-Sep-2004)
* Multiple window names can be specified in conditions.
* Window-specific key/mouse bindings. (Bindings no longer have to
be global.)
* The default fvwm configuration files are now: ~/.fvwm/config and
$FVWM_DATADIR/config. Five previously used config file locations
are still searched as usual for backward compatibility.
* New extended variables $[w.desk] and $[w.layer].
* New options GrowOnWindowLayer and GrowOnlayers to the Maximize
command.
* New Style option "State".
* New Style option "CenterPlacement".
* New option to FvwmIconMan: ShowNoIcons.
* New WindowList tracker and other enhancements in Perl library.
* New option to fvwm-menu-directory: --func-name.
* Improved FvwmWindowMenu module.
* Fluxbox-like Alt-Button3 resizing with the new Resize options
Direction, WarpToBorder and FixedDirection
* Enhanced "Test (Version >= x.y.z)" option to allow version
comparisons.
* New FvwmButtons options: ActiveColorset, ActiveIcon, ActiveTitle,
PressColorset, PressIcon and PressTitle.
* New FvwmButtons swallow option: SwallowNew.
* The option CurrentGlobalPageAnyDesk was accidentally named
CurrentGlobbalPageAnyDesk before.
* New conditions AnyScreen and Overlapped.
* The Read and PipeRead commands return 1 if the file or command
could be read or executed and -1 otherwise.
* New menu option TearOffImmediately.
* Added support for Solaris' Xinerama.
* New option MailDir in FvwmTaskBar.
* MoveToPage command:
New options wrapx, wrapy, nodesklimitx and nodesklimity.
New suffix 'w' to allow for window relative movement.
Changes in alpha release 2.5.10 (19-Mar-2004)
* New command FakeKeyPress.
* New BugOpts option ExplainWindowPlacement.
* Inverted button reliefs in FvwmIconMan.
* Security patch in fvwm-bug.
See http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Jan/1008781.html
* Security fixes in
fvwm-menu-directory (BugTraq id 9161)
fvwm_make_directory_menu.sh
fvwm_make_browse_menu.sh
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Changes in alpha release 2.5.9 (2-Mar-2004)
* New MenuStyle options PopupIgnore and PopupClose.
* New configure option --disable-iconv to disable iconv support.
* New extended variables $[w.iconfile] and $[w.miniiconfile].
* New Style option Unmanaged. Such windows are not managed by
fvwm.
* New binding context 'U' for unmanaged windows, similar to 'R'oot.
* New option DisplayNewWindowNames to the BugOpts command.
* Security fix for fvwm-menu-directory.
Se BugTraq id 9161.
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Changes in development release 2.5.8 (31-Oct-2003)
* New prefix command KeepRc.
* Renamed the Cond command to TestRc, and the On command to Test.
Removed the CondCase command. Use "KeepRc TestRc" instead.
* The Break command can be told the number of nested function
levels to break out of. Break now has a return code of -2
("Break").
* Directions can be abbreviated with -, _, [, ], <, >, v or ^ like
in key or mouse bindings.
* New extended variable $[func.context].
* New Style option MoveByProgramMethod. Tries to autodetect
whether application windows are moved honouring the ICCCM or not
(default). The method can be overridden manually if the
detection does not work.
* fvwm supports tear off menus. See the "Tear Off Menus" section
in the man page or press Backspace on any menu to try them out.
* fvwm now handles what Unicode calls "combining characters" (i.e.
marks drawn on top of other characters).
* New commands WindowStyle and DestroyWindowStyle for individual
(per window) styles.
* The conditions !Current... and !Layer now work as expected.
* Added a nice autohide script to the FAQ.
* FvwmAnimate now supports dynamical commands "pause", "play",
"push", "pop" and "reset" to manipulate the playing state.
This package is based on the unstable 2.5.x series of fvwm. Do
not use it unless comfortable running beta software.
Thanks to Stoned Elipot, Martti Kuparinen, and Curt Sampson for
review.