* 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
Upgrading from earlier 2.5.x versions is strongly recommended.
This release is available at the home page: http://www.fvwm.org/.
* Bug Fixes:
- FvwmCommand now reports "end windowlist" and "end configinfo".
- FvwmCommand now prints config info split on lines.
- FvwmTaskBar no longer gets lost with trailing whitespace after
geometry specification.
- Fixed a window size problem if the aspect ratio is set (e.g.
mplayer).
- Decorations now update when unmanaged windows take focus, and
not FlickeringQtDialogsWorkaround is enabled.
- FvwmPager again allows movement of windows added before a
page change.
- fvwm no longer crashes on 1 and 4 bit displays. (#1677)
- EWMH desktops now correctly handles FPClickToFocus. (#1492)
- Security fix in fvwm-menu-directory. (CVE-2006-5969)
* New features:
- New MenuStyle options TitleFont, TitleColorset and
HilightTitleBack.
- New command PressButton in module FvwmButtons for being able
to emulate button press via other means than the mouse.
- New wrap options to EdgeScroll command for wrapping with pixel
distances.
- New Style option UnderMousePlacement.
- Unused arguments to Style options generate warnings.
- The name style names match against can be augmented by the
X-resource "fvwmstyle".
- New options, Reverse and UseStack, to All command.
- WindowShade can now reshade windows using the Last direction.
- Positional parameters to complex functions can now be expanded
using $[n], $[n-m], $[n-] and $[*] expressions.
- The width and height arguments of the Resize command now
accept the prefix 'w' to allow resizing relative to the
current window size.
- New command ModuleListenOnly.
- New "Periodic" option added to Schedule command.
* Bug Fixes:
- Fixed detection of running non-ICCCM2 wm (bug #3151).
- Fixed drawing of menus with the sidepic on the right.
- EdgeScroll no longer divides pixel distances >1000 by 1000.
(bug #3162).
- The configure script can now cope with four-part version
numbers when detecting some libraries.
- The WarpToWindow command followed by Move in a complex
function now uses the correct pointer position.
- The menu style TitleWarp does no longer warp the pointer for
root menus (as it is documented).
- Fixed detection of safe system version of mkstemp.
- Fixed the conditions Iconifiable, Fixed, FixedSize,
Maximizable and Closable.
- Fixed problem with window outline and placement position
running out of sync.
- FvwmConsole no longer conflicts with Cygwin stdio (bug #3772).
- FvwmGtk now configures correctly on Cygwin (bug #3772).
- Fixed tempfile vulnerabilities in FvwmCommand.
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.
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.
