--- rxvt-unicode/Changes 2006/01/03 18:11:34 1.480 +++ rxvt-unicode/Changes 2006/01/04 02:37:30 1.488 @@ -9,15 +9,33 @@ WISH: just for fun, do shade and tint with XRender. WISH: make builtin character glyphs optional +SECURITY FIX: systems using openpty (most BSDs) had wrong permissions +on the tty. Systems using unix pty's (such as GNU/Linux) were not +affected. Apart from this, the meta8 option is no longer forcefully +enabled. New features: urxvt now supports embedded perl, which can already +do useful things and will certainly be extended in the future. + +6.3 + - SECURITY FIX: on systems using openpty, permissions were + not correctly updated on the tty device and were left as + world-readable and world-writable (likely in original rxvt, + too), and were not restored properly. Affected are only systems + using non-unix ptys (such as most BSDs, not GNU/Linux). + - meta8 support was forcefully enabled in most configurations. + restored configurability of this (useless) feature (reported + by Mikachu). - optionally embed a perl interpreter, which can be used for more intelligent/customized selection support, visual feedback, menus, tabs etc. See the the urxvtperl manpage, the -pe option, - perl*-resources and keysym resources. + perl*-resources and keysym resources. Not everything is there yet. + - try to be more clever about differing font sizes and their ascent. + Not guarenteed to work, but works better in most cases now. - fix directory permissions on install. - - improved sched_yield support. - - meta8 support was forcefully enabled in most configurations. - restored configurability of this (useless) feature (reported - by Mikachu) +TODO - implemented option to disable built-in line drawing characters + and fall back to the font ones (patch by Martin Pohlack). + - disabled sched_yield support: the linux version is just too useless + (it schedules nice'd processes before the own one for extended + periods). Too bad, it could reduce system time by a factor of 5 here. 6.2 Mon Jan 2 16:03:01 CET 2006 - implemented intensityStyles option which enables/disables bold/blink