1 | rxvt-unicode changelog <= google-friendly title |
1 | rxvt-unicode changelog <= google-friendly title |
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3 | TODO: init_secondary serves what purpose? maybe move it to earlier startup phase and re-think |
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4 | TODO: xcopyarea pass broken, fix and improve |
3 | TODO: xcopyarea pass broken, fix and improve |
5 | TODO: event mechanism that replaces on_keyboard_command with something more scalable. |
4 | TODO: event mechanism that replaces on_user_command with something more scalable. |
6 | TODO: slipwheeling needs a keyboard grab to get key release events. |
5 | TODO: slipwheeling needs a keyboard grab to get key release events. |
7 | TODO: overlays collide with the way the out-of-focus cursor is being drawn |
6 | TODO: overlays collide with the way the out-of-focus cursor is being drawn |
8 | TODO: "slow" rendering mode for bidi and scripts, pango! |
7 | TODO: "slow" rendering mode for bidi and scripts, pango! |
9 | TODO: read property sequence is broken with respect to utf-8 etc. |
8 | TODO: read property sequence is broken with respect to utf-8 etc. |
10 | TODO: slow drag selection on remote display - other things seem fast (rxvt illness, motion hints?) |
9 | TODO: slow drag selection on remote display - other things seem fast (rxvt illness, motion hints?) |
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12 | WISH: investigate -pe tabbed -g 80x25 being 23 not 24 or 25 lines |
11 | WISH: investigate -pe tabbed -g 80x25 being 23 not 24 or 25 lines |
13 | => when setting the constraints, the wm might (correctly) |
12 | => when setting the constraints, the wm might (correctly) |
14 | resize the outer window, which might result in a smaller window overall. |
13 | resize the outer window, which might result in a smaller window overall. |
15 | or something like that. guys, send me a patch. |
14 | or something like that. guys, send me a patch. |
16 | WISH: coloured pastebin |
15 | WISH: coloured pastebin |
17 | WISH: selection-color-pair instead of reverse video |
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18 | WISH: load system-wide config file even if we don't have one |
16 | WISH: load system-wide config file even if we don't have one |
19 | WISH: look into XAddConnectionWatch, does anybody need that? |
17 | WISH: look into XAddConnectionWatch, does anybody need that? |
20 | DUMB: support tex fonts |
18 | DUMB: support tex fonts |
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19 | TODO: perl-shell-window? perl-unix-socket? |
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22 | TODO: /*TODO: the xlceararea/xfillrectangle below don't take scroll offste into account, ask mikachu for details */ |
21 | TODO: - upgrade to libev-4.00. |
23 | 00:25:39 <Mikachu> put your prompt around the middle row in the terminal |
22 | TODO: curses startcolor is supposed to reset palette |
24 | and while sleep 0.1; do printf '\e[J'; done |
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25 | 00:26:31 <schmorp> i assume scorllttyoutput or so wouldinterfere? |
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24 | - add support for blending and blurring with XRender (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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25 | - add support for using gdk-pixbuf as image backend (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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26 | - new perl extension "confirm-paste" (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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27 | - new on_tt_paste perl hook and tt_paste perl binding (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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28 | - new on_bell perl hook (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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29 | - searchable-scrollback no longer ignores the first line |
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30 | (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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31 | - fix utmpx detection on upcoming FreeBSD 9. |
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32 | - Use COMPOUND_TEXT encoding for WM_NAME/WM_ICON_NAME value when it |
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33 | is not fully convertible to STRING (patch by James Cloos). |
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34 | - fix a buffer overflow that would cause wrong key sequences to |
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35 | be generated for numpad keys (introduced in 9.05). |
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36 | - fix definition of sgr0 to work around limitations in luit. |
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37 | - extend ISO 14755 5.4 mode to also print the font name of the |
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38 | characters other than first one in the selected cell |
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39 | (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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40 | - new iso14755 option to disable ISO 14755 at runtime |
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41 | (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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42 | - make sure pagewise scrolling scrolls at least one line |
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43 | (found by Mikachu). |
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44 | - remove deprecated OSC 18 / 19 and make OSC 17 / 19 apply to |
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45 | highlightColor / highlightTextColor (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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46 | - add highlightTextColor resource to change the foreground colour of |
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47 | highlighted characters (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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48 | - make highlightColor apply also to selected cells with reverse video |
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49 | but not to non selected cells with reverse video (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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50 | - remove colorRV resource (it was enabled only with frills off). |
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51 | - fix numlock handling, the most longstanding bug to date (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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52 | - reduce the number of custom bits to 4, to make room |
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53 | for 256 colours. |
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54 | - add support for 256 colors (Emanuele Giaquinta, Marc Lehmann). |
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55 | - add rxvt-unicode-256color terminfo and use it by default in 256 colors mode. |
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56 | - update rxvt-unicode temrinfo to state 7744 colour pairs to cover all |
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57 | 88*88 possible pairs. |
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58 | - actually added macosx-clipboard-native, which should have been in |
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59 | the 9.07 release but had been forgotten. |
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60 | - fix hang if DECAWM is not set and there are not enough columns to insert a |
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61 | character (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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62 | - cub1 ("backspace") will not respect wrapping when past the rightmost column, |
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63 | working around a shortcoming of most tty line discipline's line editing. |
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64 | - add support for grabbing the clipboard selection and extend |
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65 | selection{_clear,_grab,} perl bindings to optionally work |
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66 | on the clipboard selection (based on patch by Dana Jansens). |
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67 | - no longer force CERASE to BACKSPACE - use the system default. affects |
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68 | default value for VERASE only when no compatible setting for |
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69 | backspacekey was given. |
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70 | - use higher than 38400 baudrate setting, if detected. |
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71 | - erase screen would clear to the wrong background when blinking |
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72 | was enabled (which selects high intensity under some circumstances). |
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73 | - it was verified that urxvt handles µ and μ correctly. |
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74 | - scr_kill_char didn't touch the line. |
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28 | TODO: cursor over overlays, when focus change? |
76 | 9.07 Wed Dec 30 07:07:18 CET 2009 |
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77 | - port to glibc-2.10 changes (strchr etc. returning const char * |
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78 | in C++), based on patches by Milos Jakubicek and Oliver Mader. |
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79 | - the binary search algorithm to find precomposed characters |
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80 | was faulty, skipping some possible combinations (found by |
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81 | Mikachu). |
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82 | - new -letterspace option, patch by Mark H. Wilkinson. |
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83 | - enable --mlock option for urxvt with frills on |
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84 | systems supporting it (patch by Russell Harmon). |
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85 | - urxvt did not compile without frills enabled |
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86 | (analysed by Matthew Rosewarne). |
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87 | - correctly reset the mbstate after an illegal |
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88 | input sequence when handling terminal output (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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89 | - avoid redrawing wide characters with combining enabled on every |
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90 | refresh (reported by Mikachu). |
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91 | - fix a typo preventing the ISO-646.1991 character set from being |
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92 | recognized (http://achurch.org/patch-pile/). |
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93 | - better warning for x11 font encoding detection failures, also, |
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94 | try to deduce encoding from both font properties and name |
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95 | (adapted from http://achurch.org/patch-pile/). |
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96 | - resizing the window with the scrollbar disabled via the escapes |
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97 | sequence could make the window bigger again (Mikachu). |
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98 | - make sure the alignment for fd passing control messages |
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99 | is correct and work around some NetBSD issues (Taylor R Campbell). |
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100 | - update to libptytty 1.3. |
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101 | - replace macosx-clipboard by a nicer version by Reza Jelveh, and move |
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102 | the old version to macosx-clipboard-native. |
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103 | - document the -uc option (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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104 | - assertions in libev are now enabled depending on frills. |
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105 | - update AnyEvent implementation to version 5.23 API. |
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106 | - work around arrogant bsd idiocies again: netbsd spills the default |
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107 | namespace with lots of symbols "for gnu/gcc compatibility" even |
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108 | though neither of them does it, and then calls the rest of the world |
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109 | in need of fixing. go figure. |
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110 | - on_keyboard_command is on_user_command (patch by Michael Witten). |
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111 | - setting the selection from perl will now reset the selection screen |
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112 | to the current screen. the screen can be manipulated using |
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113 | the new ->selection_screen method. |
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114 | - implement --enable-assert configure option and get rid of DEBUG_STRICT |
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115 | (based on patch by Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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116 | - fix printpipe data output (patch by Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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117 | - allow `xxx' quoting style for perl selection. |
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118 | - upgrade to libev-3.9 prerelease. |
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119 | - updated compose tables to unicode 5.2.0. |
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121 | 9.06 Sat Nov 8 17:47:18 CET 2008 |
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122 | - NOTICE: this release updates terminfo/termcap. |
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123 | - updates libev to 3.48. |
29 | - the aterm code now frees the as visual and image manager objects |
124 | - the aterm code now frees the as visual and image manager objects |
30 | when a window was closed. |
125 | when a window was closed. |
31 | - do not (wrongly) adjust the virtual line length inside |
126 | - do not (wrongly) adjust the virtual line length inside |
32 | scr_insdel_chars/ERASE (Miroslav Lichvar). |
127 | scr_insdel_chars/ERASE (Miroslav Lichvar). |
33 | - fix an issue where wide tab characters caused character shifts |
128 | - fix an issue where wide tab characters caused character shifts |
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48 | - try to work around linux first breaking sched_yield and now breaking |
143 | - try to work around linux first breaking sched_yield and now breaking |
49 | the only known workaround. |
144 | the only known workaround. |
50 | - new option -icon to set _NET_WM_ICON (based on patch by Frank Schmitt). |
145 | - new option -icon to set _NET_WM_ICON (based on patch by Frank Schmitt). |
51 | - initialise the as visual only on demand, instead of unconditionally, |
146 | - initialise the as visual only on demand, instead of unconditionally, |
52 | to save memory in the common case of not using visual gimmicks. |
147 | to save memory in the common case of not using visual gimmicks. |
53 | - try to work around a race between urxvt and wm's on programmatic |
148 | - try to work around bugs in a few wm's that erroneously resize |
54 | resizes by temporarily disabling size hints. |
149 | client windows on hint property updates by temporarily |
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150 | disabling size hints. |
55 | - implement the DECSTR soft reset sequence and use it for tput init, |
151 | - implement the DECSTR soft reset sequence and use it for tput init, |
56 | and make hard RIS and DECSTR both reset more private modes, such |
152 | and make hard RIS and DECSTR both reset more private modes, such |
57 | as mouse reporting. |
153 | as mouse reporting. |
58 | - redundantly clear mouse reporting and a few other states in |
154 | - redundantly clear mouse reporting and a few other states in |
59 | tput init/tput reset, for older urxvts. |
155 | tput init/tput reset, for older urxvts. |
60 | - partial/full clear screens did cause flickering and possibly pixel |
156 | - partial/full clear screens did cause flickering and possibly pixel |
61 | droppings when urxvt viewed the scorllback buffer. |
157 | droppings when urxvt viewed the scrollback buffer. |
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158 | - use current rendition style in DCH sequence. |
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159 | - the 132/80 mode switch no longer forces a screen reset. |
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160 | - add an osc sequence to change the border colour (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
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161 | - new perl extension "overlay-osc", for status displays and the like. |
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162 | - fix some minor cursor drawing issues with overlays by allowing |
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163 | overlays to modify screen flags (to disable the cursor themselves). |
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164 | - work around programs not restoring rstyle before rmcup |
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165 | (analysed by Miroslav Lichvar). |
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63 | 9.05 Sun Jun 15 20:09:20 CEST 2008 |
167 | 9.05 Sun Jun 15 20:09:20 CEST 2008 |
64 | - new option --cd/chdir to set the starting working directory. |
168 | - new option --cd/chdir to set the starting working directory. |
65 | - tabbed extension now starts in the "correct" working directory. |
169 | - tabbed extension now starts in the "correct" working directory. |
66 | - work around fedora 9 providing isastream but not the relevant |
170 | - work around fedora 9 providing isastream but not the relevant |
67 | header file for it (report by Tuncer Ayaz). |
171 | header file for it (report by Tuncer Ayaz). |
68 | - upgrade libev, fixing a bug in the select backend |
172 | - upgrade libev, fixing a bug in the select backend. |
69 | with more than 31 file descriptors on non-linux 64 bit systems. |
173 | with more than 31 file descriptors on non-linux 64 bit systems. |
70 | - correctly reset the multibyte state to the initial one |
174 | - correctly reset the multibyte state to the initial one |
71 | after EILSEQ (patch by Neil Booth). This fixes the |
175 | after EILSEQ (patch by Neil Booth). This fixes the |
72 | issue of rxvt-unicode not properly displaying text after an illegal |
176 | issue of rxvt-unicode not properly displaying text after an illegal |
73 | sequence on NetBSD and probably other systems. |
177 | sequence on NetBSD and probably other systems. |
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96 | - add buffered resource to control xft double-buffering. |
200 | - add buffered resource to control xft double-buffering. |
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98 | 9.0 Fri Jan 25 19:34:04 CET 2008 |
202 | 9.0 Fri Jan 25 19:34:04 CET 2008 |
99 | - fix a crash bug where urxvtd would crash when urxvtc was called |
203 | - fix a crash bug where urxvtd would crash when urxvtc was called |
100 | with wrong arguments (I wish debian maintainers in general would |
204 | with wrong arguments (I wish debian maintainers in general would |
101 | report bugs and their proposed fixes to the original package maintaienrs |
205 | report bugs and their proposed fixes to the original package maintainers |
102 | instead of sitting on them for good measure to see if anybody notices). |
206 | instead of sitting on them for good measure to see if anybody notices). |
103 | - drawing xft compose characters was causing garbage to be drawn. |
207 | - drawing xft compose characters was causing garbage to be drawn. |
104 | - correctly clear xft character background in all cases. |
208 | - correctly clear xft character background in all cases. |
105 | - implement bracketed paste mode (xterm private mode 2004). |
209 | - implement bracketed paste mode (xterm private mode 2004). |
106 | - improve documentation on alpha channel handling, make urxvt |
210 | - improve documentation on alpha channel handling, make urxvt |
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170 | the high performance libev (http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev). |
274 | the high performance libev (http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev). |
171 | - minor tuning to the perl selection (include single words and more quoting chars). |
275 | - minor tuning to the perl selection (include single words and more quoting chars). |
172 | - fix memory leak in pixmap code. |
276 | - fix memory leak in pixmap code. |
173 | - fix a serious bug while setting the XIM destroy callback |
277 | - fix a serious bug while setting the XIM destroy callback |
174 | on (typical) 64 bit systems. |
278 | on (typical) 64 bit systems. |
175 | - automove-background functionality re-implemented internaly using :root op in pixmap |
279 | - automove-background functionality re-implemented internally using :root op in pixmap |
176 | geometry string. For example: rxvt -pixmap "image.jpg;:root" |
280 | geometry string. For example: rxvt -pixmap "image.jpg;:root" |
177 | - do not link rxvtc against every lib on the planet anymore. |
281 | - do not link rxvtc against every lib on the planet anymore. |
178 | - parallel builds should work once more. |
282 | - parallel builds should work once more. |
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180 | 8.4 Sat Oct 27 14:02:13 CEST 2007 |
284 | 8.4 Sat Oct 27 14:02:13 CEST 2007 |
181 | - overhaul of the transparency/pixmap code (sasha). |
285 | - overhaul of the transparency/pixmap code (sasha). |
182 | - fix possible race betwen visual bell and poweron. |
286 | - fix possible race between visual bell and poweron. |
183 | (reported by Martin von Gagern, gentoo?). |
287 | (reported by Martin von Gagern, gentoo?). |
184 | - urxvt -e no longer crashes the child. |
288 | - urxvt -e no longer crashes the child. |
185 | - fixed some minor memleaks on incorrect usage or |
289 | - fixed some minor memleaks on incorrect usage or |
186 | missing DISPLAY. |
290 | missing DISPLAY. |
187 | - implement xterm 1002/1003 mouse tracking modes (exg). |
291 | - implement xterm 1002/1003 mouse tracking modes (exg). |
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294 | earlier versions only read it if display-resources (usually from |
398 | earlier versions only read it if display-resources (usually from |
295 | .Xresources) are not set. This avoids the #1 FAQ ("why isn't my |
399 | .Xresources) are not set. This avoids the #1 FAQ ("why isn't my |
296 | resource used") and seems to be logical behaviour, too. .Xdefaults |
400 | resource used") and seems to be logical behaviour, too. .Xdefaults |
297 | resources have a lower priority than display-specific resources. |
401 | resources have a lower priority than display-specific resources. |
298 | - add "kuake" perl extension that does a similar thing to the kuake |
402 | - add "kuake" perl extension that does a similar thing to the kuake |
299 | terminal emulator (see man urxtvperl). |
403 | terminal emulator (see man urxvtperl). |
300 | - use less "correct" color scaling that is compatible with libX11 and |
404 | - use less "correct" color scaling that is compatible with libX11 and |
301 | Xft (avoids off-by-one colors resulting in striped backgrounds). |
405 | Xft (avoids off-by-one colors resulting in striped backgrounds). |
302 | - the "depth" resource is now respected. |
406 | - the "depth" resource is now respected. |
303 | - preset the searchable-scrollback pattern with "(?i)" to default search |
407 | - preset the searchable-scrollback pattern with "(?i)" to default search |
304 | to case-insensitivity. Will automatically be cleared when typing an |
408 | to case-insensitivity. Will automatically be cleared when typing an |
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345 | - modified XIM according to a patch sent by Takano Akio that sets |
449 | - modified XIM according to a patch sent by Takano Akio that sets |
346 | the preedit rectangle for OverTheSpot, which helps some input methods |
450 | the preedit rectangle for OverTheSpot, which helps some input methods |
347 | to correctly position their preedit window. |
451 | to correctly position their preedit window. |
348 | - un-optimise the line clearing on newly scrolled-in lines a bit: the |
452 | - un-optimise the line clearing on newly scrolled-in lines a bit: the |
349 | former reasoning was that any fg colour on default bg looks the same |
453 | former reasoning was that any fg colour on default bg looks the same |
350 | in empty spaces, but thats not true when reversing (e.g. selection), |
454 | in empty spaces, but that's not true when reversing (e.g. selection), |
351 | so also check for matching fg colours. This fixes the problem where |
455 | so also check for matching fg colours. This fixes the problem where |
352 | selecting newly scrolled-in lines would exhibit wrong colours. |
456 | selecting newly scrolled-in lines would exhibit wrong colours. |
353 | - fix a bug in the perl interface causing focus in events to generate |
457 | - fix a bug in the perl interface causing focus in events to generate |
354 | focus out perl events, causing bad focus effects with -pe tabbed. |
458 | focus out perl events, causing bad focus effects with -pe tabbed. |
355 | - fix a race resulting in a crash on exiting. |
459 | - fix a race resulting in a crash on exiting. |
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364 | 7.6 Fri Feb 10 08:52:36 CET 2006 |
468 | 7.6 Fri Feb 10 08:52:36 CET 2006 |
365 | - changed interpretation of [alpha] colour prefix. |
469 | - changed interpretation of [alpha] colour prefix. |
366 | - +option now really sets the option to default, instead of using the |
470 | - +option now really sets the option to default, instead of using the |
367 | resource value. |
471 | resource value. |
368 | - options that require an argument now really _require_ an argument. |
472 | - options that require an argument now really _require_ an argument. |
369 | - the tabbed extension now forwards focus and keys events to th |
473 | - the tabbed extension now forwards focus and key events to the |
370 | relevant tab window. |
474 | relevant tab window. |
371 | - tab colours are now configurable and have sensible defaults |
475 | - tab colours are now configurable and have sensible defaults |
372 | (initial patch by hednod). |
476 | (initial patch by hednod). |
373 | - option menu is extendable, readline, selection and |
477 | - option menu is extendable, readline, selection and |
374 | selection-autotransform can now be disabled/enabled at runtime. |
478 | selection-autotransform can now be disabled/enabled at runtime. |
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514 | being interpreted in the locale urxvt was started. |
618 | being interpreted in the locale urxvt was started. |
515 | - implemented override-redirect option and enabled it on menus, |
619 | - implemented override-redirect option and enabled it on menus, |
516 | as kwin puts our windows behind the terminal (what a shoddy wm). |
620 | as kwin puts our windows behind the terminal (what a shoddy wm). |
517 | - fixed struct utmp check in configure for OpenBSD. |
621 | - fixed struct utmp check in configure for OpenBSD. |
518 | - complete overhaul of the pty/utmp management stuff and configure |
622 | - complete overhaul of the pty/utmp management stuff and configure |
519 | (Emanuele Giaquinta). |
623 | (Emanuele Giaquinta=exg). |
520 | - add tsl/fsl and related capabilities to the terminfo description, |
624 | - add tsl/fsl and related capabilities to the terminfo description, |
521 | to set the window title. |
625 | to set the window title. |
522 | - swap the environment in some more cases. This hopefully fixes |
626 | - swap the environment in some more cases. This hopefully fixes |
523 | some segfaults that might be caused by xft asking for env variables |
627 | some segfaults that might be caused by xft asking for env variables |
524 | at the wrong time. |
628 | at the wrong time. |
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735 | - added doc/embed-tk, an embedding example in Perl/Tk, |
839 | - added doc/embed-tk, an embedding example in Perl/Tk, |
736 | and doc/rxvt-tabbed, a primitive tabbed shell implemented |
840 | and doc/rxvt-tabbed, a primitive tabbed shell implemented |
737 | in Perl/Gtk2. |
841 | in Perl/Gtk2. |
738 | - fix assertion failure ("crash") on mousewheel-scrolling |
842 | - fix assertion failure ("crash") on mousewheel-scrolling |
739 | when the terminal height is small, by removing the assert. |
843 | when the terminal height is small, by removing the assert. |
740 | (reported by Mikael Magnusson). |
844 | (reported by Mikael Magnusson=Mikachu). |
741 | - SYNCCVS. backported bugfixes done to rxvt |
845 | - SYNCCVS. backported bugfixes done to rxvt |
742 | (sourceforge bugs #1028739, #1028732), except for |
846 | (sourceforge bugs #1028739, #1028732), except for |
743 | pts/%s fix as it seems to collide with freebsd, |
847 | pts/%s fix as it seems to collide with freebsd, |
744 | and sourceforge bug #954654, which is not neccessary. |
848 | and sourceforge bug #954654, which is not neccessary. |
745 | - change terminfo file to not clobber G1 when using |
849 | - change terminfo file to not clobber G1 when using |