Changelog for Openbox:
2.0.0:
- * fix compliling with --disable-slit or --disable-nls. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Add an rc option (modiferMask) to allow changing (Ben Jansens)
+ which modifier combo Openbox uses for mouse
+ interation with windows.
- * fixed sticky windows behavior. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Add an rc option (rootScrollDirection) to specify (Ben Jansens)
+ the direction the workspaces scroll when using the
+ mouse wheel on the root window.
- * make reconfigure reset the timeout values for
- windows, the slit, and the toolbar, so that a new
- autoRaiseDelay value will take effect without having
- to restart. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Add a new checkmark pixmap in the menus to denote (Ben Jansens)
+ selected items, instead of the old colored box.
- * fix for loading the autoRaiseDelay value. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Add "workspace warping" while moving a window. (Grab (Ben Jansens)
+ a window and move it past the edge of the screen, so
+ that your mouse pointer hits the edge, and you'll
+ flip to the next workspace.
-1.2.0:
- * fix off-by-one window resizing bug. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Add options intheconfig menu for ignoring shaded and (Ben Jansens)
+ full-maximized windows when placing new windows.
- * fix for slit menu not using the correct style when
- the style changed. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Style extension for flatborder texture type. (Ben Jansens)
- * changed the menu from an rcfile option to a command-
- line option. use 'openbox -menu <file>' to select an
- alternate menu. The default menu used is
- ~/.openbox/menu. If the default, or the file you
- specify does not exist, the global menu is tried.
- And if the global menu also does not exist, a
- simple, internal menu is used instead. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Add a window-snapping offset (edgeSnapOffset in the (Ben Jansens)
+ rc file).
+
+ * Window resistance snapping (specified with (Ben Jansens)
+ windowToWindowSnap and windowToEdgeSnap in the rc
+ file).
+
+ * Sticky windows appear in the workspace menus (Ben Jansens)
+ for all workspaces, and generally behave like
+ a normal window, except appearing on all
+ workspaces.
- * new version of bsetroot ported from blackbox cvs
- with intent to support Eterm/Esetroot. (Sean Perry)
+ * Xft font support for style. (Ben Jansens)
- * make bsetroot behave properly with Eterm/Esetroot. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Xinerama support for window placement, maximization, (Ben Jansens)
+ and snapping.
- * new version of bsetbg. (Timothy King)
+ * NETWM/EWMH Support. (Scott Moynes and
+ Ben Jansens)
- * fix the 'wrong window move' bug displayed by apps
- such as bbkeys. (Sean Perry)
+ * KDE 3 Support. (Scott Moynes and
+ Ben Jansens)
- * fix bug when removing and then readding a titlebar
- button without restarting (by reconfiguring). (Ben Jansens)
+ * window zone resizing (specified by resizeZones in (Ben Jansens)
+ the rc file). Allows you to resize a window in 2
+ halves or 4 quarters.
- * more focus code changes. also fixes a segfault from
- last round of focus changes. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * make image dithering value load correctly. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Allow any style settings to be placed in the rc (Ben Jansens)
+ file, where they will override all styles
+ (especially useful for the rootCommand or fonts).
- * fix segfault with multiple screens. (Sean Perry)
+ * Makes the ~/.openbox dir for you if it doesn't (Ben Jansens)
+ exist.
-1.1.0:
- * improved focused window logic to remove a segfault
- when the focused window on an inactive workspace
- closes, and focusLastWindow is enabled. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Window-to-window snapping (including corner (Ben Jansens)
+ snapping!).
- * bsetroot supports transparent applications by
- setting the xrootpmap_id property on the root
- window (Sean Perry)
+ * Properly save/restore your menu position when (Ben Jansens)
+ Openbox reconfigures (e.g. when changing
+ styles).
- * added ClickMouse window placement algorithm/type. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * added UnderMouse window placement algorithm/type. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Disable the current workspace in the send-to menu. (Ben Jansens)
- * improved logic for decorating windows when the
- decoration level is changed (Ben Jansens)
+ * Added UnderMouse window placement algorithm/type. (Ben Jansens)
- * fix positioning of the window menu (Ben Jansens)
+ * Added ClickMouse window placement algorithm/type. (Ben Jansens)
- * save the titlebarLayout in the default config file. (Ben Jansens)
+ * Added a runtime option for hiding the toolbar. (Ben Jansens)
- * gcc 3 compatibilty (Ben Jansens)
+ * Custom ordering of windows' titlebar elements with (Ben Jansens)
+ a titlebarLayout option added to the rc file.
-1.0.0:
- * maximizing windows takes the slit into account as
- well as the toolbar when 'Full Maximization' is off (Ben Jansens)
+ * Rolling the mouse wheel on a window's title bar will (Ben Jansens)
+ shade/unshade the window. rolling the mouse wheel on
+ the root window will change workspaces.
- * better handling of the rc file and its configuration
+ * better handling of the rc file and its configuration (Ben Jansens)
options. The file is written each time an option in
the file is changed, instead of being written at
shutdown. This means that you can edit the file by
hand while in Openbox, and then choose reconfig or
- restart to have it use the new rc file. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * added a runtime option for hiding the toolbar. (Scott Moynes)
-
- * made shaded windows edge-snap correctly to the
- bottom for their size instead for their unshaded
- size. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * added BestFit window placement algorithm/type. (Ruhi Bloodworth)
-
- * forced a redraw of the close button after pressing
- it. Some applications (eg. acroread) ignore the
- close request and you end up with a funky close
- button. (Scott Moynes)
-
- * fix positioning of the window menu (Ben Jansens)
-
-0.99.0:
- * renamed header files from *.hh to *.h. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * fix clipping of the date/time in the toolbar with
- proportional fonts. (Sean Perry, Ben Jansens)
-
- * added a --enable-clobber configuration option to
- allow users to turn off the event clobbering by
- hitting the numlock or scroll lock keys. (Scott Moynes)
-
- * window menu is inconsistant in that other menus
- ignore mouse button 2, but it did not, because of
- the maximize option. Now all options in the window
- menu ignore mouse button 2 to be consistant. (Scott Moynes)
-
- * changed the default configuration file from
- ~/.blackboxrc to ~/.openbox/rc. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * ignore fully-maximized windows when smart
- placing windows. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * windows snaps to both sides of the screen's edge,
- i.e. they have double the snapping area, half
- inside and half outside the visible screen. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * a rootCommand per-screen in the rc file which
- will override the rootCommand in styles for that
- screen. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * rolling the mouse wheel on a window's title bar
- will shade/unshade the window. rolling the mouse
- wheel on the root window will change workspaces (John Kennis, Ben Jansens)
-
- * new button press/release code in Window class,
- gives window buttons more consistent behavior. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * custom ordering of windows' titlebar elements
- with a titlebarLayout option added to the
- rc file (MrFab, Ben Jansens)
-
- * when resizing a window in non-opaque mode, fixed
- the drawn rectangle so that it is drawn entirely
- within the bounds of the new window. it used to
- be drawn in the area of the window + 1. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * changed the background of the toolbar's workspace
- label when it is being edited. The text color
- being used was that of the active window label,
- but the background remained that of the toolbar.
- Changed to use the background of the active
- window label. (Ben Jansens)
-
- * added windowZones to the rc file specifying
- the number of zones to divide a window into for
- alt-drag resizing, and code to resize windows
- with the number of zones specified. (Nicolas Delon, Ben Jansens)
-
+ restart to have it use the new rc file.
+
+ * changed the default configuration file from (Ben Jansens)
+ ~/.blackboxrc to ~/.openbox/rc.
+
+ * changed the menu from an rcfile option to a (Ben Jansens)
+ command-line option. use 'openbox -menu ' to select
+ an alternate menu. The default menu used is
+ ~/.openbox/menu. If the default, or the file you
+ specify does not exist, the global menu is tried.
+ And if the global menu also does not exist, a
+ simple, internal menu is used instead.
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