1 To find out what should go in this file, see "Information For
2 Maintainers of GNU Software" (maintain.texi), the section called
5 Julio José Teca Nemesio:
6 ChangeWindowTitle and ChangeWindowTitleFromArg FvwmScript instructions.
7 ChangeWindowTitle FvwmScript command.
10 SVG image loader. ARGB/animated mouse cursor loading.
13 Window style !StickyStippledTitle (and hence StickyStippledTitle).
14 Icon style StippledIconTitle and !StickyStippledIconTitle.
15 StartShaded style option.
16 Introduce the command expansion placeholder: $[w.visiblename]
17 Make style matching honour a window's visible name (c.f. $[w.visiblename])
18 Added "bindings" option to PrintInfo command useful for debugging.
19 Force windows on-screen where applicable when using
20 "PositionPlacement UnderMouse".
22 Serge (gentoosiast) Koksharov:
23 Documentation fixes, bug fixes.
26 UnderMousePlacement style.
29 Menu styles TitleColorset, HilightTitle and TitleFont.
32 Some cleanups. Module linked list mechanism.
35 New MenuStyle option TrianglesUseFore.
38 Patch to improve look of "BorderStyle TiledPixmap" windows.
41 FixedPosition condition.
44 Patch for Perl modules on 64 bit machines. EdgeHasPointer and
45 EdgeIsActive test conditions. Nested variable expansion. MouseWheel
46 and ScrollOffPage menu style options. Simple placement mouse bindings
47 and PlacedByButton window condition. Use of fvwmstyle resource. Warnings
48 for unconsumed arguments to style options. Bug fixes. Advance Menu
52 Patch for FvwmScript tasks running too often.
55 Patch which fixes maximize by growing vs EWMH working area
58 WindowLayer and Layers options to the Maximize command.
62 ShowOnlyFocused option for FvwmIconMan.
63 PressButton command in FvwmButtons
66 MailDir option in FvwmTaskBar.
69 Extend conditionals to handle multiple window names.
75 Menu navigation patch.
81 German translations. Debian package creation procedure.
84 Use font for selected buttons in Start button.
87 Wrote FvwmTabs module. Improved Perl module support. FakeKeyPress
88 command. Window-specific key/mouse bindings. FvwmButtons: ActiveIcon,
89 ActiveTitle, ActiveColorset, PressIcon, PressTitle & PressColorset options.
90 FvwmWindowMenu: rewrote to use WindowList tracker. Version test condition.
91 Added "Periodic" option to Schedule command. Converted manpage into XML
92 source to generate HTML documentation & (auto-generated) manpage.
95 Fixed building FvwmScript under cygwin. Added CenterPlacement style.
98 Fixed the GNOME1 patch. WindowList class name sorting.
101 Added joining and shaping in bi-directional languages that need
102 this; Arabic translations.
105 New module FvwmWindowMenu.
108 Vector button offsets patch.
109 New styles restricting window operations (Close,Maximize,Iconify).
110 Implemented support for combining charaters.
122 Modified FvwmTaskBar to allow shortcut buttons in the taskbar
125 WindowList option SortClassName.
128 Spelling fixes in all man pages.
131 Style option IconSize.
134 Original patch for MaxLabelWidth option in WindowList command.
137 TMPDIR security patch.
140 WindowList option IconifiedAtEnd.
143 Weighted sorting in FvwmIconMan.
146 WindowList option CurrentAtEnd.
152 Memory management clean up patches.
155 Timeout feature in FvwmForm.
158 Multi-pixmap titlebars patch.
161 Patches for fvwm-setup95 and safestrdup.
164 StrokeWidth option for StrokeFunc.
167 ActiveColorset uses colour set supplied hilight and shadow
171 Add $c, $r, $n variables for Functions. Add Next/Prev conditions
172 to WindowId and WindowList. Attempted fix of OLDecor hints use for
173 decorations. Add DestroyStyle command.
176 fvwm-logo-colorful.xpm, a prototype of a current default
180 Rewrote fonts loading and text rendering with locale, Xft, rotation,
181 encoding and shadow support. Rewrote image loading and added PNG
182 support with alpha blending. Added XRender support with full
183 emulation if not present. Added XShm support for faster XImage
184 manipulation. Added EWMH support (with a lot of new styles and
185 commands) for KDE and GNOME. Added Gettext support and (LocalePath
186 command and $[gt.str] variable). Some French translation. Rewrote
187 the color limit code and added dithering for screen with a depth < 24.
188 Colorset support in BorderStyle, TitleStyle and ButtonsStyle and
189 MultiPixmap. Solid option of MultiPixmap. Merge MultiPixmap code and
190 regular title bar drawing code. AdjustedPixmap, StretchedPixmap and
191 ShrunkPixmap options for the decorations commands. MinHeight option to
192 TitleStyle. UseTitleDecorRotation Style. Colorset Improvement: lot of
193 works with the Transparent option, new options RootTransparent, Tint,
194 fgTint, bgTint, Alpha, fgAlpha, Dither, NoDither, IconTint, IconAlpha,
195 fgsh. Bitmap support in Colorset. BorderColorset,
196 HilightBorderColorset, IconBackgroundColorset, IconTitleColorset,
197 HilightIconTitleColorset, IconTitleRelief, IconBackgroundRelief and
198 IconBackgroundPadding Styles. MinOverlapPercentPlacement,
199 PlacementOverlapPenalties and PlacementOverlapPercentPenalties Styles.
200 Indexed{Window,Icon}Name Styles. Adjusted, Stretched, Shrunk option to
201 IconSize style. layer flags to the Maximize command. DesktopName
202 command with variables $[desk.name<n>] and dynamic update for
203 FvwmPager. layer flags to the Maximize command. OnlySkipList,
204 NoDeskNum, NoCurrentDeskTitle, TitleForAllDesks, NoNumInDeskTitle
205 options to WindowList. CopyMenuStyle, BusyCursor, EscapeFunc and
206 PrintInfo commands. StrokeFunc command and some works on the STROKE
207 patch. PlacedByFvwm condition. libs: setSyncMask to define the
208 messages on which a module is lock on send (not my idea); put
209 SendFvwmPipe in the library; amelioration of SlideWindow.
210 FvwmButtons: (No)FvwmModule Swallow option; Vastly improved redrawing
211 with complex colorset configuration; position option for panel.
212 FvwmBacker: RetainPixmap option. FvwmEvent: StartDelay option.
213 FvwmIconBox: UseSkipList options; aliases support. FvwmIconMan: Full
214 colorset support. FvwmM4/Cpp: -lock and -noread options. FvwmPager:
215 Aliases support; some fixes. FvwmPager: Aliases support. FvwmScript:
216 The Default configuration options; UseGettext and WindowLocaleTitle
217 head instruction; LocaleTitle widget instruction; NoFocus and Left,
218 Center, and Right flags option for text position; Key and
219 ChangeLocaleTitle instructions; GetPid, Parse, SendMsgAndGet,
220 LastString and Gettext functions; SendToModule ScriptName SendString
221 command; rewrite some scripts examples and new script examples.
222 FvwmScroll: p option for a percentage reduction. FvwmTaskBar: Focus,
223 Rows, 3DFvwm, NoIconAction options, take in account the real border
224 width for geometry computation, AutoHide amelioration; aliases
225 support. FvwmWinList: geometries fixes; aliases support. utils:
226 fvwm-menu-desktop script for GNOME and KDE desktop menus. fvwm-root
227 improvement (root properties).
231 Parsing Restart command, Session*Function and StartFunction
232 special functions, {Save|Quit}Session commands, some work on
233 restart logic and session stuff, FormFvwmRootCursor, creating
234 fvwm-menu-* scripts, FvwmWharf improvements, new FvwmBacker
235 syntax, new default FvwmBanner logo, updates to envvar lib,
236 FVWM_DATADIR/FVWM_USERDIR changes, fvwm-config script, some work
237 on configure, module alias support in KillModule & SendToModule,
241 Session management, layered stacking order, maximized shaded
242 windows, FvwmGtk module, colored and xpm cursors.
245 Original idea for 'previous page' parameter (MoveToPage and
249 Common-color Color Limiting, Multiple IconBoxes, Iconification Animation,
250 lots of improvements in FvwmForm, replacement of FvwmTalk
251 with FvwmForm, fvwm setup form.
254 Original patch for opaque resizing for 2.2.
257 $d, $x and $y macros for functions.
260 Fixes in the fvwmrc_convert script.
263 Implemented new menu style definition, allowing multiple
264 definitions and gradients and pixmaps 'ala' ButtonStyle. See
265 doc/README.styles for more info.
268 Private colormaps on subwindows.
271 Multiple menu hotkeys. Automatic menu hotkeys. Reverse-resolution
272 for FvwmIconMan. Multiple FvwmIconMan invocations. FvwmBacker
273 per-page hacks (only usable after lots of fixes by
274 others). Finally killed FvwmAudio. Finished off GSFR in modules.
277 Code & manual cleanups, enhancements, Fixes and module-library
278 which partially made it into fvwm-2.0.42-47d. Rewrite & cleanup of
279 FvwmAuto & FvwmAudio. Created FvwmEvent to supersede FvwmAudio (&
283 MoveThreshold command.
286 The original author of fvwm.
289 Animated windowshading, "adaptive maximize", various bugfixes.
292 Gnome support (thanks, Jay!).
295 Patch fix MoveToPage command without arguments.
298 Handling of transient windows in Raise/Lower: reasonable emulation
299 of Motif group behaviour is now possible. $v variable in fvwm
303 Rework of signal handlers (fvwm, FvwmButtons, FvwmIconMan,
304 FvwmPager and FvwmEvent).
307 Autoconf & automake support, configuration & portability
308 improvements, and general code gadfly a la Paul Smith.
311 Addition of ReliefThickness feature to FvwmIconMan.
312 Solaris Xinerama support.
315 Purify support (heap rot, array overwrites, memory stompage of all
316 sorts). Some autoconf/automake/portability help. Initial cut at a
317 generic debugging API. Rework module interface API on fvwm's
318 side. General code gadfly: tiptoe in; change some code; run away,
322 Original idea and some code for IgnoreModifiers command.
328 Improved ShuffleButtons algorithm (FvwmButtons), button geometries
329 (FvwmButtons), Menu Position Hints, XResources.c, various
330 move/resize and menu enhancements, MoveToPage, MoveToDesk, various
331 parsing functions, COPYING file, a myriad of bugfixes, Rewrite of
332 MenuStyle syntax, Silent command, GSFR preparations, various
333 enhancements and bugfixes for FvwmButtons, FvwmPager and
334 FvwmTaskBar, split function and menu code, FAQ rewrite, rewrite of
335 toggling function syntax (with hints from Matthias Claasen),
336 IgnoreModifiers command, enhancements of GotoPage and MoveToPage
337 syntax, Repeat command, menu code clean up, panel enhancements
338 (FvwmButtons), transient FvwmPager, GSFR for the main module,
339 dynamic menus, recursive menus, rewrite of menu drawing, speed up
340 startup with lots of menus, new menu styles BorderWidth,
341 ItemFormat, VerticalItemSpacing, VerticalTitleSpacing,
342 Hilight3DThickness and SubmenusLeft, major clean up of the menu
343 code, improved transient FvwmPager, improved transient window
344 handling, MaxWindowSize style, Improved(?) mouse paging,
345 RaiseTransient and LowerTransient styles, nicer cursors, helped
346 with colorset implementation, variables for FvwmButtons actions,
347 fvwm-cats page, ported &%!#?-95 like config file from fvwm95,
348 cleanup of gradient drawing code, rewrite of opaque resize patch
349 for 2.3.8, HideSizeWindow command, enhanced CursorStyle command,
350 TitleAtBottom style, patches to obsolete Recapture command (styles
351 apply immediately), new old styles BackingStore/BackingStoreOff
352 and SaveUnder/SaveUnderOff, more WindowList enhancements, look of
353 sticky icons, WindowList menu style, PointerKey command, several
354 FvwmTheme options, FvwmTheme parsing, styles Font and IconFont,
355 introduced the decor_w, smooth window shading, smooth (well, sort
356 of) opaque resizing, many many more bugfixes. Lost motivation to
360 SnapAttraction patch.
363 StartsOnPage style, Stacking Order chain, new variable module
364 packets, GSFR for the modules.
367 Contributed some patches in the early days of fvwm. Later took
368 over maintenance of fvwm-2.0.x after Rob Nation, the original
369 author of fvwm, decided to "retire". Made a fair amount of
370 changes and fixes, and incorporated changes and fixes from
371 numerous people all over the net. Did this from about August of
372 1995 until May of 1998 when he came to the realization that he
373 didn't have enough time to properly devote to it and decided to
374 "retire" himself, handing Brady Montz the torch. Shortly
375 thereafter is when fvwm became "ruled by committee" and this
376 previous fvwm dictator is now happy to see fvwm surviving and
377 thriving with this new development methodology (and may even
378 contribute again himself, someday).
381 Wrote extras/fvwmperl, before X11::Fvwm (available via CPAN) made
385 Substantial rewrite of fvwm-2.0.x menuing code to support
386 arbitrary depth menus, animated menus, Win95 look, better
387 logically-based shortcut keys, auto-splitting of long menus, check
388 for re-used hot-keys, integrated LEFT_MENUS option. Added
389 primitives: animated-moves, SetEnv, fix to Echo. Improve modules:
390 Make FvwmM4 pass args on to m4, font-related seg-fault bug fix in
394 Along with a cast of thousands (well, dozens) mentioned in old
395 ChangeLog entries. If you find your name below, please send an
396 entry in the style of the above entries, to the mailing list
397 fvwm-workers@fvwm.org.
413 Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation