--- rxvt-unicode/Changes 2011/12/17 01:05:09 1.1057 +++ rxvt-unicode/Changes 2011/12/17 01:09:08 1.1058 @@ -23,33 +23,33 @@ - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: the urxvtd default socket path is now $HOME/.urxvt/urxvtd-. - - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: the "list" keysym expansion now requires - loading of the "keysym-list" perl extension. + - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: the "list" keysym expansion now requires + loading of the "keysym-list" perl extension. - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: A scale value of 0 in the bg image geometry no longer enables tiling, so as to make it possible to disable both scaling and tiling. - - overhaul of the bg image operations. The old operations have - been deprecated in favour of elementary operations and - styles built on top of the new operations and scale/position - settings. (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - support for libafterimage is deprecated and will be removed - in the next release. - - fix a crash caused by selection_check not properly resetting - out-of-bounds mark values (can happen when extending a selection - while scrolling up in curses programs for example). - - do not move the selection when scrolling up and the selection is - outside the scrolling region (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - fix display of bold bright black (reported by Ben Winslow). - - fix memory leak when urgentOnBell is set (patch by Nathaniel - Filardo). - - fix a redraw bug that occurs when a bg pixmap is set and the - wm does not honour the size hints set by urxvt. Now urxvt - forces the size of the terminal window to be a multiple of - the cell size. + - overhaul of the bg image operations. The old operations have + been deprecated in favour of elementary operations and + styles built on top of the new operations and scale/position + settings. (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - support for libafterimage is deprecated and will be removed + in the next release. + - fix a crash caused by selection_check not properly resetting + out-of-bounds mark values (can happen when extending a selection + while scrolling up in curses programs for example). + - do not move the selection when scrolling up and the selection is + outside the scrolling region (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - fix display of bold bright black (reported by Ben Winslow). + - fix memory leak when urgentOnBell is set (patch by Nathaniel + Filardo). + - fix a redraw bug that occurs when a bg pixmap is set and the + wm does not honour the size hints set by urxvt. Now urxvt + forces the size of the terminal window to be a multiple of + the cell size. - sanitise the argument of SD / SU sequences. Fixes a possible crash when the argument is big enough, red hat bug #711137 (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - correctly split long lines when scrolling. + - correctly split long lines when scrolling. - urxvt now looks for perl extensions also in $HOME/.urxvt/ext. - add bell-command perl extension to execute a command when a bell event occurs (Ryan Kavanagh). @@ -63,109 +63,109 @@ Pohlack). - Support for the freedesktop startup-notification protocol (patch by Michael Stapelberg). - - the direction of VPR and VPB commands was reversed. + - the direction of VPR and VPB commands was reversed. - Fix alignment of inherited root pixmap when it is a different size than the root window and the terminal window is off the left or top edge (Mikachu). 9.12 Wed Jun 29 14:34:28 CEST 2011 - - fix regression in processing of SelectionNotify events. - urxvt would fail to request a selection if the owner did not - support the UTF8_STRING target. - - fix rendering of double width chars in certain circumstances, more - likely to happen if urxvt is compiled with 256 colors support as - urxvt runs out of fonts much earlier then. Fixes gentoo bug #358151 - (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - restore support for 'list' syntax in keysym resources (requested by Sung Pae). + - fix regression in processing of SelectionNotify events. + urxvt would fail to request a selection if the owner did not + support the UTF8_STRING target. + - fix rendering of double width chars in certain circumstances, more + likely to happen if urxvt is compiled with 256 colors support as + urxvt runs out of fonts much earlier then. Fixes gentoo bug #358151 + (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - restore support for 'list' syntax in keysym resources (requested by Sung Pae). - always premultiply colour values - while this increases differences between - core fonts and xft, it is "more correct" in practical situations. - - disable PTYTTY_REENTRANT option - not needed for urxvt and saves a bit of code. - - remove lucidatypewriter from the list of fallback fonts, it was the only - non-xft non-cellfont in the list anyway. + core fonts and xft, it is "more correct" in practical situations. + - disable PTYTTY_REENTRANT option - not needed for urxvt and saves a bit of code. + - remove lucidatypewriter from the list of fallback fonts, it was the only + non-xft non-cellfont in the list anyway. 9.11 Mon May 2 10:34:46 CEST 2011 - - fix compilation on GNU/Hurd, debian bug #624736. - - remove 'list' syntax for keysym resources, as it serves no useful purpose. - If you need it, poke us and provide a use case. - - fix alpha channel support. Premultiply alpha in colours if the visual - supports an alpha channel, as xrender expects premultiplied alpha - (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - fix reply to a selection request sent by an obsolete client - such as syncterm (patch by Marcin Cieslak). + - fix compilation on GNU/Hurd, debian bug #624736. + - remove 'list' syntax for keysym resources, as it serves no useful purpose. + If you need it, poke us and provide a use case. + - fix alpha channel support. Premultiply alpha in colours if the visual + supports an alpha channel, as xrender expects premultiplied alpha + (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - fix reply to a selection request sent by an obsolete client + such as syncterm (patch by Marcin Cieslak). - fix crash when the window is resized and the overlay is active (Emanuele Giaquinta, reported by Ryan Kavanagh). - - match character-wise rather than byte-wise in selection - extension again. perl 5.8.9+ is required to avoid extreme - slowdowns. Fixes debian bugs #523072, #616463. - - fix a possible crash if the INCR transfer process for a - selection property timeouts and at least one chunk is - received. (Emanuele Giaquinta) + - match character-wise rather than byte-wise in selection + extension again. perl 5.8.9+ is required to avoid extreme + slowdowns. Fixes debian bugs #523072, #616463. + - fix a possible crash if the INCR transfer process for a + selection property timeouts and at least one chunk is + received. (Emanuele Giaquinta) - work around a memory corruption bug in xorg's XrmSetDatabase (apparently - broken since http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-commit-diffs/2004-March/000239.html). - - fix memory corruption bug when custom command sequences bound to keys - were injected into an already-full pty input buffer. - - gdk-pixbuf is autodetected by default and preferred over libafterimage. - - do not prepend a newline to the selection text when the starting line - of the selection is not highlighted (Emanuele Giaquinta). + broken since http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-commit-diffs/2004-March/000239.html). + - fix memory corruption bug when custom command sequences bound to keys + were injected into an already-full pty input buffer. + - gdk-pixbuf is autodetected by default and preferred over libafterimage. + - do not prepend a newline to the selection text when the starting line + of the selection is not highlighted (Emanuele Giaquinta). - don't swap perl env with real env, save and restore it, just in case - we ever get recursive perl invocations. also saves a bit of codespace - with gcc. - - fix various memory leaks (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - fix typo in kIC terminfo capability, debian bug #446444. - - document 'thickness' resource. - - fix debian bug #504817, to the extent possible. + we ever get recursive perl invocations. also saves a bit of codespace + with gcc. + - fix various memory leaks (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - fix typo in kIC terminfo capability, debian bug #446444. + - document 'thickness' resource. + - fix debian bug #504817, to the extent possible. - try to detect byte order at compile time, saves a couple of - hundred bytes, if your compiler is smart enough. - - add support for previewing the pasted data in confirm-paste - (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - added "newlines to spaces" option in selection-popup. - - actually enabled solaris event ports backend (was disabled by accident). - - revert to 38400 baud max., mission accomplished. - - no longer create scary "pty_fill: PLEASE REPORT" message, instead, - silently drain the input (problem is well understood now). - - no longer swallow rob nation's own graphics mode commands. + hundred bytes, if your compiler is smart enough. + - add support for previewing the pasted data in confirm-paste + (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - added "newlines to spaces" option in selection-popup. + - actually enabled solaris event ports backend (was disabled by accident). + - revert to 38400 baud max., mission accomplished. + - no longer create scary "pty_fill: PLEASE REPORT" message, instead, + silently drain the input (problem is well understood now). + - no longer swallow rob nation's own graphics mode commands. 9.10 Mon Dec 13 17:43:52 CET 2010 - the "schmorp=north korea dickey=south korea" release. - - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: make OSC 20 simpler and more correct - (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: make OSC 20 simpler and more correct + (Emanuele Giaquinta). - if options were compiled out, this could lead to the option - count to be defined wrongly. This is likely behind the - failures with gcc 4.5. - - explicitly depend on fontconfig and xrender when xft support - is enabled. Although the public Xft api uses types from - both, in Xft 2.2.0 these libs are private - dependencies only thanks to an idiotic behaviour of - pkg-config that was added to workaround cases like this one. - Fixes linking when using GNU ld with --as-needed or GNU gold - (based on patch by Jan Palus). - - fix minor memory leaks in urxvt and urxvtd. - - fix regression in urxvtd that prevented options from being correctly - set (reported by Michal Vaner). + count to be defined wrongly. This is likely behind the + failures with gcc 4.5. + - explicitly depend on fontconfig and xrender when xft support + is enabled. Although the public Xft api uses types from + both, in Xft 2.2.0 these libs are private + dependencies only thanks to an idiotic behaviour of + pkg-config that was added to workaround cases like this one. + Fixes linking when using GNU ld with --as-needed or GNU gold + (based on patch by Jan Palus). + - fix minor memory leaks in urxvt and urxvtd. + - fix regression in urxvtd that prevented options from being correctly + set (reported by Michal Vaner). - implement xterm's horribly broken 1005 mouse reporting mode, - and an alternative 1015 mode that works in non-utf-8 locales - and has fewer limitations. + and an alternative 1015 mode that works in non-utf-8 locales + and has fewer limitations. - fix a possible bug where mouse notifications didn't work after - startup for the upper left corner. - - implement our own pixbuf to pixmap rendering to get rid of - dependency on buggy gdk-pixbuf-xlib. Only truecolor visuals - are supported (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - apply tinting before shading when both operations are requested. - Previously they were intermixed when lightening and the result - was inaccurate and confusing. Note that now a black tint yields a - completely black image, regardless of shading (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - avoid spurious redraws of the bg image when bg is transparent or - when using 'root' mode (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - fix build on XFree86. - - dynamically number options according to compiletime requirements. - For the extra saved byte. Or so. Yay. - - start options at one, not zero. Wastes a bit per terminal. Maybe. - saves 50 instruction bytes. Possibly. + startup for the upper left corner. + - implement our own pixbuf to pixmap rendering to get rid of + dependency on buggy gdk-pixbuf-xlib. Only truecolor visuals + are supported (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - apply tinting before shading when both operations are requested. + Previously they were intermixed when lightening and the result + was inaccurate and confusing. Note that now a black tint yields a + completely black image, regardless of shading (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - avoid spurious redraws of the bg image when bg is transparent or + when using 'root' mode (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - fix build on XFree86. + - dynamically number options according to compiletime requirements. + For the extra saved byte. Or so. Yay. + - start options at one, not zero. Wastes a bit per terminal. Maybe. + saves 50 instruction bytes. Possibly. 9.09 Sat Nov 13 01:39:07 CET 2010 - NOTICE: this release updates terminfo/termcap. - the bestest release ever. - - it was verified that urxvt handles µ and μ correctly. + - it was verified that urxvt handles µ and μ correctly. - add support for blending and blurring with XRender (Emanuele Giaquinta). - add support for using gdk-pixbuf as image backend (Emanuele Giaquinta). - cleanup and minor fixes of the image code (Emanuele Giaquinta). @@ -178,16 +178,16 @@ - fix utmpx detection on upcoming FreeBSD 9. - Use COMPOUND_TEXT encoding for WM_NAME/WM_ICON_NAME value when it is not fully convertible to STRING (patch by James Cloos). - - fix a buffer overflow that would cause wrong key sequences to - be generated for numpad keys (introduced in 9.05). - - fix definition of sgr0 to work around limitations in luit. + - fix a buffer overflow that would cause wrong key sequences to + be generated for numpad keys (introduced in 9.05). + - fix definition of sgr0 to work around limitations in luit. - extend ISO 14755 5.4 mode to also print the font name of the characters other than first one in the selected cell (Emanuele Giaquinta). - new iso14755 option to disable ISO 14755 at runtime - (Emanuele Giaquinta). + (Emanuele Giaquinta). - make sure pagewise scrolling scrolls at least one line - (found by Mikachu). + (found by Mikachu). - remove deprecated OSC 18 / 19 and make OSC 17 / 19 apply to highlightColor / highlightTextColor (Emanuele Giaquinta). - add highlightTextColor resource to change the foreground colour of @@ -196,145 +196,145 @@ but not to non selected cells with reverse video (Emanuele Giaquinta). - remove colorRV resource (it was enabled only with frills off). - fix numlock handling, the most longstanding bug to date (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - reduce the number of custom bits to 4, to make room - for 256 colours. + - reduce the number of custom bits to 4, to make room + for 256 colours. - add support for 256 colors (Emanuele Giaquinta, Marc Lehmann). - - add rxvt-unicode-256color terminfo and use it by default in 256 colors mode. - - update rxvt-unicode terminfo to state 7744 colour pairs to cover all - 88*88 possible pairs. - - actually added macosx-clipboard-native, which should have been in - the 9.07 release but had been forgotten. - - fix hang if DECAWM is not set and there are not enough columns to insert a - character (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - cub1 ("backspace") will now respect wrapping when past the rightmost column, - working around a shortcoming of most tty line discipline's line editing. + - add rxvt-unicode-256color terminfo and use it by default in 256 colors mode. + - update rxvt-unicode terminfo to state 7744 colour pairs to cover all + 88*88 possible pairs. + - actually added macosx-clipboard-native, which should have been in + the 9.07 release but had been forgotten. + - fix hang if DECAWM is not set and there are not enough columns to insert a + character (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - cub1 ("backspace") will now respect wrapping when past the rightmost column, + working around a shortcoming of most tty line discipline's line editing. - add support for grabbing the clipboard selection and extend selection{_clear,_grab,} perl bindings to optionally work on the clipboard selection (based on patch by Dana Jansens). - - no longer force CERASE to BACKSPACE - use the system default. affects - default value for VERASE only when no compatible setting for - backspacekey was given. - - use higher than 38400 baudrate setting, if detected. - - erase screen would clear to the wrong background when blinking - was enabled (which selects high intensity under some circumstances). - - scr_kill_char didn't touch the line. - - upgrade and port to libev-4.01. - - enabled solaris event ports and kqueue backends (if available). + - no longer force CERASE to BACKSPACE - use the system default. affects + default value for VERASE only when no compatible setting for + backspacekey was given. + - use higher than 38400 baudrate setting, if detected. + - erase screen would clear to the wrong background when blinking + was enabled (which selects high intensity under some circumstances). + - scr_kill_char didn't touch the line. + - upgrade and port to libev-4.01. + - enabled solaris event ports and kqueue backends (if available). 9.07 Wed Dec 30 07:07:18 CET 2009 - port to glibc-2.10 changes (strchr etc. returning const char * - in C++), based on patches by Milos Jakubicek and Oliver Mader. - - the binary search algorithm to find precomposed characters - was faulty, skipping some possible combinations (found by - Mikachu). - - new -letterspace option, patch by Mark H. Wilkinson. + in C++), based on patches by Milos Jakubicek and Oliver Mader. + - the binary search algorithm to find precomposed characters + was faulty, skipping some possible combinations (found by + Mikachu). + - new -letterspace option, patch by Mark H. Wilkinson. - enable --mlock option for urxvt with frills on - systems supporting it (patch by Russell Harmon). + systems supporting it (patch by Russell Harmon). - urxvt did not compile without frills enabled - (analysed by Matthew Rosewarne). - - correctly reset the mbstate after an illegal - input sequence when handling terminal output (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - avoid redrawing wide characters with combining enabled on every - refresh (reported by Mikachu). - - fix a typo preventing the ISO-646.1991 character set from being - recognized (http://achurch.org/patch-pile/). - - better warning for x11 font encoding detection failures, also, - try to deduce encoding from both font properties and name - (adapted from http://achurch.org/patch-pile/). - - resizing the window with the scrollbar disabled via the escapes - sequence could make the window bigger again (Mikachu). - - make sure the alignment for fd passing control messages - is correct and work around some NetBSD issues (Taylor R Campbell). - - update to libptytty 1.3. - - replace macosx-clipboard by a nicer version by Reza Jelveh, and move - the old version to macosx-clipboard-native. - - document the -uc option (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - assertions in libev are now enabled depending on frills. - - update AnyEvent implementation to version 5.23 API. - - work around arrogant bsd idiocies again: netbsd spills the default - namespace with lots of symbols "for gnu/gcc compatibility" even - though neither of them does it, and then calls the rest of the world - in need of fixing. go figure. - - on_keyboard_command is on_user_command (patch by Michael Witten). - - setting the selection from perl will now reset the selection screen - to the current screen. the screen can be manipulated using - the new ->selection_screen method. - - implement --enable-assert configure option and get rid of DEBUG_STRICT - (based on patch by Emanuele Giaquinta). - - fix printpipe data output (patch by Emanuele Giaquinta). - - allow `xxx' quoting style for perl selection. - - upgrade to libev-3.9 prerelease. - - updated compose tables to unicode 5.2.0. + (analysed by Matthew Rosewarne). + - correctly reset the mbstate after an illegal + input sequence when handling terminal output (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - avoid redrawing wide characters with combining enabled on every + refresh (reported by Mikachu). + - fix a typo preventing the ISO-646.1991 character set from being + recognized (http://achurch.org/patch-pile/). + - better warning for x11 font encoding detection failures, also, + try to deduce encoding from both font properties and name + (adapted from http://achurch.org/patch-pile/). + - resizing the window with the scrollbar disabled via the escapes + sequence could make the window bigger again (Mikachu). + - make sure the alignment for fd passing control messages + is correct and work around some NetBSD issues (Taylor R Campbell). + - update to libptytty 1.3. + - replace macosx-clipboard by a nicer version by Reza Jelveh, and move + the old version to macosx-clipboard-native. + - document the -uc option (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - assertions in libev are now enabled depending on frills. + - update AnyEvent implementation to version 5.23 API. + - work around arrogant bsd idiocies again: netbsd spills the default + namespace with lots of symbols "for gnu/gcc compatibility" even + though neither of them does it, and then calls the rest of the world + in need of fixing. go figure. + - on_keyboard_command is on_user_command (patch by Michael Witten). + - setting the selection from perl will now reset the selection screen + to the current screen. the screen can be manipulated using + the new ->selection_screen method. + - implement --enable-assert configure option and get rid of DEBUG_STRICT + (based on patch by Emanuele Giaquinta). + - fix printpipe data output (patch by Emanuele Giaquinta). + - allow `xxx' quoting style for perl selection. + - upgrade to libev-3.9 prerelease. + - updated compose tables to unicode 5.2.0. 9.06 Sat Nov 8 17:47:18 CET 2008 - NOTICE: this release updates terminfo/termcap. - - updates libev to 3.48. + - updates libev to 3.48. - the aterm code now frees the as visual and image manager objects - when a window was closed. - - do not (wrongly) adjust the virtual line length inside - scr_insdel_chars/ERASE (Miroslav Lichvar). - - fix an issue where wide tab characters caused character shifts - when part of them was deleted (tracked down by Miroslav Lichvar). - - artificially enlargen the previous character at the end of a line - when trying to output a character that doesn't fit. looks ugly, but - makes copy&paste work. + when a window was closed. + - do not (wrongly) adjust the virtual line length inside + scr_insdel_chars/ERASE (Miroslav Lichvar). + - fix an issue where wide tab characters caused character shifts + when part of them was deleted (tracked down by Miroslav Lichvar). + - artificially enlargen the previous character at the end of a line + when trying to output a character that doesn't fit. looks ugly, but + makes copy&paste work. - remove bogus "setuid/setgid security issues" from rxvt.1.pod, they - no longer apply. - - the urgency hint is now cleared on both focus in and focus out. - - cache urgency hint locally to avoid server rtt on every focus change. + no longer apply. + - the urgency hint is now cleared on both focus in and focus out. + - cache urgency hint locally to avoid server rtt on every focus change. - perl 5.10 needs PERL_SYS_INIT3 on hppa. - ignore byte-order marks and do not treat them like combining characters. - - fix build issue when CURSOR_BLINK is not defined (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - do some µ-optimisations to the character fast path. - - use a less cunning, but more robust algorithm to avoid one terminal - monopolising the whole process by outputting a lot of text. - - try to work around linux first breaking sched_yield and now breaking - the only known workaround. - - new option -icon to set _NET_WM_ICON (based on patch by Frank Schmitt). - - initialise the as visual only on demand, instead of unconditionally, - to save memory in the common case of not using visual gimmicks. - - try to work around bugs in a few wm's that erroneously resize - client windows on hint property updates by temporarily - disabling size hints. - - implement the DECSTR soft reset sequence and use it for tput init, - and make hard RIS and DECSTR both reset more private modes, such - as mouse reporting. - - redundantly clear mouse reporting and a few other states in - tput init/tput reset, for older urxvts. - - partial/full clear screens did cause flickering and possibly pixel - droppings when urxvt viewed the scrollback buffer. - - use current rendition style in DCH sequence. - - the 132/80 mode switch no longer forces a screen reset. - - add an osc sequence to change the border colour (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - new perl extension "overlay-osc", for status displays and the like. - - fix some minor cursor drawing issues with overlays by allowing - overlays to modify screen flags (to disable the cursor themselves). - - work around programs not restoring rstyle before rmcup - (analysed by Miroslav Lichvar). + - fix build issue when CURSOR_BLINK is not defined (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - do some µ-optimisations to the character fast path. + - use a less cunning, but more robust algorithm to avoid one terminal + monopolising the whole process by outputting a lot of text. + - try to work around linux first breaking sched_yield and now breaking + the only known workaround. + - new option -icon to set _NET_WM_ICON (based on patch by Frank Schmitt). + - initialise the as visual only on demand, instead of unconditionally, + to save memory in the common case of not using visual gimmicks. + - try to work around bugs in a few wm's that erroneously resize + client windows on hint property updates by temporarily + disabling size hints. + - implement the DECSTR soft reset sequence and use it for tput init, + and make hard RIS and DECSTR both reset more private modes, such + as mouse reporting. + - redundantly clear mouse reporting and a few other states in + tput init/tput reset, for older urxvts. + - partial/full clear screens did cause flickering and possibly pixel + droppings when urxvt viewed the scrollback buffer. + - use current rendition style in DCH sequence. + - the 132/80 mode switch no longer forces a screen reset. + - add an osc sequence to change the border colour (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - new perl extension "overlay-osc", for status displays and the like. + - fix some minor cursor drawing issues with overlays by allowing + overlays to modify screen flags (to disable the cursor themselves). + - work around programs not restoring rstyle before rmcup + (analysed by Miroslav Lichvar). 9.05 Sun Jun 15 20:09:20 CEST 2008 - new option --cd/chdir to set the starting working directory. - - tabbed extension now starts in the "correct" working directory. + - tabbed extension now starts in the "correct" working directory. - work around fedora 9 providing isastream but not the relevant - header file for it (report by Tuncer Ayaz). + header file for it (report by Tuncer Ayaz). - upgrade libev, fixing a bug in the select backend. - with more than 31 file descriptors on non-linux 64 bit systems. + with more than 31 file descriptors on non-linux 64 bit systems. - correctly reset the multibyte state to the initial one - after EILSEQ (patch by Neil Booth). This fixes the - issue of rxvt-unicode not properly displaying text after an illegal - sequence on NetBSD and probably other systems. - - more intelligent property handling with -pe tabbed, works around - broken window managers (kwm et al.), saves bandwidth and should - help working window managers as well. + after EILSEQ (patch by Neil Booth). This fixes the + issue of rxvt-unicode not properly displaying text after an illegal + sequence on NetBSD and probably other systems. + - more intelligent property handling with -pe tabbed, works around + broken window managers (kwm et al.), saves bandwidth and should + help working window managers as well. - made tabs moveable (based on a patch by Petr Machata). - - implement ESC [ 3 K as a more rational alternative to ESC [ 0 K. - - support relative paths for RXVT_SOCKET in urxvtd. - - the tabbed extension now blindly copies over all (rxvt-) resources - from the toplevel window to the children. - - better diagnostic on 0x0 window geometries. - - update AnyEvent API to version 3.4 and above. - - document the default value of :0 for DISPLAY. - - rename perl method XChangeWindowProperty to XChangeProperty. + - implement ESC [ 3 K as a more rational alternative to ESC [ 0 K. + - support relative paths for RXVT_SOCKET in urxvtd. + - the tabbed extension now blindly copies over all (rxvt-) resources + from the toplevel window to the children. + - better diagnostic on 0x0 window geometries. + - update AnyEvent API to version 3.4 and above. + - document the default value of :0 for DISPLAY. + - rename perl method XChangeWindowProperty to XChangeProperty. 9.02 Tue Jan 29 11:58:36 CET 2008 - the "exg makes everybody happy" release. @@ -343,562 +343,562 @@ 9.01 Sat Jan 26 20:49:27 CET 2008 - be more aggressive about handling X events, this seems to be required - with newer xlibs (should fix the "screen stays black until event is - received" problem, again :) + with newer xlibs (should fix the "screen stays black until event is + received" problem, again :) - add buffered resource to control xft double-buffering. 9.0 Fri Jan 25 19:34:04 CET 2008 - fix a crash bug where urxvtd would crash when urxvtc was called - with wrong arguments (I wish debian maintainers in general would - report bugs and their proposed fixes to the original package maintainers - instead of sitting on them for good measure to see if anybody notices). - - drawing xft compose characters was causing garbage to be drawn. - - correctly clear xft character background in all cases. + with wrong arguments (I wish debian maintainers in general would + report bugs and their proposed fixes to the original package maintainers + instead of sitting on them for good measure to see if anybody notices). + - drawing xft compose characters was causing garbage to be drawn. + - correctly clear xft character background in all cases. - implement bracketed paste mode (xterm private mode 2004). - - improve documentation on alpha channel handling, make urxvt - work better on servers lacking the RENDER extension when alpha - channels or background images are used. - - check for refresh after initialising to avoid staying blank - till the first event arrives. or so. - - the FORCE_UNBUFFERED_XFT feature macro works again. + - improve documentation on alpha channel handling, make urxvt + work better on servers lacking the RENDER extension when alpha + channels or background images are used. + - check for refresh after initialising to avoid staying blank + till the first event arrives. or so. + - the FORCE_UNBUFFERED_XFT feature macro works again. - continuously update transparency while moving/resizing now. - OSC 39/49 are deprecated and aliased to OSC 10/11. - - cub1 now acts as advertised (and ignores the "wrapped" state). - - the 132/80 mode switch now forces a height of 24, too, and - resets the terminal. + - cub1 now acts as advertised (and ignores the "wrapped" state). + - the 132/80 mode switch now forces a height of 24, too, and + resets the terminal. - scrollbar code cleanups. - - stopping children is no longer confused with children exiting. - - removed (undocumented) #aarrggbb format. - - updated to libev 3.0. + - stopping children is no longer confused with children exiting. + - removed (undocumented) #aarrggbb format. + - updated to libev 3.0. 8.9 Mon Dec 24 07:51:40 CET 2007 - fix the issue where urxvtd would not immediately close a window - when the command exited but only on the next X event. - - changed terminfo file not to use application keypad mode. - - fix the issue where making a selection in one urxvtd window - would not clear it visually in another. - - fix an issue of urxvt not getting background pixmap updates - and flickering after bg pixmap changes (reported by Mikachu). + when the command exited but only on the next X event. + - changed terminfo file not to use application keypad mode. + - fix the issue where making a selection in one urxvtd window + would not clear it visually in another. + - fix an issue of urxvt not getting background pixmap updates + and flickering after bg pixmap changes (reported by Mikachu). - fix redraw bug in xterm scrollbar with -sr (reported by Mikachu). - - correctly provide dependencies for libev (µikachu). - - minor code reorganisations and cleanups. - - be more robust in case the urxvt-popup extension cannot be loaded. + - correctly provide dependencies for libev (µikachu). + - minor code reorganisations and cleanups. + - be more robust in case the urxvt-popup extension cannot be loaded. 8.8 Sat Dec 15 19:40:39 CET 2007 - - option -C was aliased to all unsupported options, activating - options that shouldn't be compiled in, leading to interesting - effects. - - updated libev, working around a bug in linux 2.4, curing the - symptom of urxvt not closing its window on shell exit. also - fixes a problem with urxvt not refreshing. - - the text blink callback was called even when no blinking - text was visible. - - pre-8.4 slipwheeling behaviour has been reinstated, with - some minor improvements. - - streamlined x events processing to only flush once per - display and not once per terminal window. - - quite a bit of minor code cleanups and codesize optimisations. + - option -C was aliased to all unsupported options, activating + options that shouldn't be compiled in, leading to interesting + effects. + - updated libev, working around a bug in linux 2.4, curing the + symptom of urxvt not closing its window on shell exit. also + fixes a problem with urxvt not refreshing. + - the text blink callback was called even when no blinking + text was visible. + - pre-8.4 slipwheeling behaviour has been reinstated, with + some minor improvements. + - streamlined x events processing to only flush once per + display and not once per terminal window. + - quite a bit of minor code cleanups and codesize optimisations. 8.7 Sun Nov 25 10:23:49 CET 2007 - - update libev with an important bugfix that would cause crashes - when closing windows (when using rxvtd, and update is recommended). - - do not compile in the block builtin graphics with --disable-frills. + - update libev with an important bugfix that would cause crashes + when closing windows (when using rxvtd, and update is recommended). + - do not compile in the block builtin graphics with --disable-frills. 8.6 Fri Nov 23 14:10:57 CET 2007 - - upgrade libev to disable kqueue on anything but netbsd as it - seems to be broken everywhere else w.r.t. ptys. - - allow for spurious event notifications, as at least epoll and - especially solaris ports like to lie about them (symptoms: - urxvt "hangs" until there is some x11 related activity). - - -keysym command line options are now subjected to xlib parsing. - - add 'xrm' option analogous to Xt one. + - upgrade libev to disable kqueue on anything but netbsd as it + seems to be broken everywhere else w.r.t. ptys. + - allow for spurious event notifications, as at least epoll and + especially solaris ports like to lie about them (symptoms: + urxvt "hangs" until there is some x11 related activity). + - -keysym command line options are now subjected to xlib parsing. + - add 'xrm' option analogous to Xt one. 8.5a Wed Nov 21 10:16:33 CET 2007 - make it compile with --disable-transparency. 8.5 Wed Nov 21 05:19:20 CET 2007 - - expect major portability issues in this release: please test and report. + - expect major portability issues in this release: please test and report. - converted from the veritable io manager event loop to - the high performance libev (http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev). - - minor tuning to the perl selection (include single words and more quoting chars). + the high performance libev (http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev). + - minor tuning to the perl selection (include single words and more quoting chars). - fix memory leak in pixmap code. - fix a serious bug while setting the XIM destroy callback - on (typical) 64 bit systems. + on (typical) 64 bit systems. - automove-background functionality re-implemented internally using :root op in pixmap geometry string. For example: rxvt -pixmap "image.jpg;:root" - - do not link rxvtc against every lib on the planet anymore. - - parallel builds should work once more. + - do not link rxvtc against every lib on the planet anymore. + - parallel builds should work once more. 8.4 Sat Oct 27 14:02:13 CEST 2007 - overhaul of the transparency/pixmap code (sasha). - fix possible race between visual bell and poweron. - (reported by Martin von Gagern, gentoo?). - - urxvt -e no longer crashes the child. - - fixed some minor memleaks on incorrect usage or - missing DISPLAY. - - implement xterm 1002/1003 mouse tracking modes (exg). - - source code organisational cleanups (exg). - - updated io_manager. + (reported by Martin von Gagern, gentoo?). + - urxvt -e no longer crashes the child. + - fixed some minor memleaks on incorrect usage or + missing DISPLAY. + - implement xterm 1002/1003 mouse tracking modes (exg). + - source code organisational cleanups (exg). + - updated io_manager. 8.3 Wed Aug 1 20:21:31 CEST 2007 - new option: skipScroll/-ss, enabled by default. - - go with the times and expect x11 library files in /usr/lib, not - /usr/X11R6/lib. + - go with the times and expect x11 library files in /usr/lib, not + /usr/X11R6/lib. - initial transparency improvement/afterimage support - patch by Sasha Vasko. - - add urgentOnBell resource to set the urgency hint - (patch by Philip Paeps). - - do not process focus events caused by grabs - (patch by Mikachu). - - add iso14755_52 resource to disable iso14755 5.2 (exg). - - add binding for backspace in iso14755 5.1 to remove the last - digit (exg). - - better option handling, support more than 30 options (exg). + patch by Sasha Vasko. + - add urgentOnBell resource to set the urgency hint + (patch by Philip Paeps). + - do not process focus events caused by grabs + (patch by Mikachu). + - add iso14755_52 resource to disable iso14755 5.2 (exg). + - add binding for backspace in iso14755 5.1 to remove the last + digit (exg). + - better option handling, support more than 30 options (exg). - nuke reconf script, serves no purpose anymore. - fixed and documented matcher/on_user_command processing in matcher extension (tpope). - compile out of the box on Solaris 10 (exg). - - fix MappingNotify events (reported by Stephan Walter). - - zero-initialise mwmhints, this seems to solve all sorts of minor - problems. + - fix MappingNotify events (reported by Stephan Walter). + - zero-initialise mwmhints, this seems to solve all sorts of minor + problems. 8.2 Sat Feb 17 21:35:28 CET 2007 - fix make depend in src/, reported by exg. - - fixed typo in urxvt::GET_CUSTOM, causing the result to be wrong. - (patch by Sergey Vlasov). - - unbundled iom perl interface somewhat. - - scrollbar-xterm now uses the selected scrollColor instead of fg - (found by Aiviru). - - disabled linux kernel bug workaround again: disabling it gives - a 50% speed hit on affected machines, while enabling it gives - a similar speed hit to screen, which is likely the more common - case to work around for :/ - - urxvt::rend2mask perl function, and utilization of it by matcher - (patch by Moshe Kamensky). - - use perl:matcher on a keysym to open most recently displayed URL. - - with matcher, when multiple patterns match, last wins, not first. - - fix make and make install with srcdir != builddir (exg). - - updated bundled libptytty to fix a bug where the tty would be kept - open (see the libptytty ChangeLog for details). - - delay setting the IUTF8 flag to after the tty settings have been - set so its value does not get lost (reported and analysed by Andrei - Paskevich). - - rip out support for obsolete sgtty.h interface. - - rip out support for non-POSIX termios variants. - - update libptytty. - - update iom.C, make it call ptytty::sanitise_stdfd on init. - - when !XFT, change rounding of colours to use a less correct formula to - meet user expectancies (#aaa becomes #a000a000a000 not #9f9f9f9f9f9f). - - change the starting offset of the pixmap set with backgroundPixmap - from (50,50) to (0,0) (exg). - - fix a typo in button_release, now meta-button2 request the value of - the Clipboard selection as it should (patch by Serge Koksharov). - - fix a bug in drawing a cell with a nonspacing char when using an xft - font with inheritPixmap and tintColor (exg). + - fixed typo in urxvt::GET_CUSTOM, causing the result to be wrong. + (patch by Sergey Vlasov). + - unbundled iom perl interface somewhat. + - scrollbar-xterm now uses the selected scrollColor instead of fg + (found by Aiviru). + - disabled linux kernel bug workaround again: disabling it gives + a 50% speed hit on affected machines, while enabling it gives + a similar speed hit to screen, which is likely the more common + case to work around for :/ + - urxvt::rend2mask perl function, and utilization of it by matcher + (patch by Moshe Kamensky). + - use perl:matcher on a keysym to open most recently displayed URL. + - with matcher, when multiple patterns match, last wins, not first. + - fix make and make install with srcdir != builddir (exg). + - updated bundled libptytty to fix a bug where the tty would be kept + open (see the libptytty ChangeLog for details). + - delay setting the IUTF8 flag to after the tty settings have been + set so its value does not get lost (reported and analysed by Andrei + Paskevich). + - rip out support for obsolete sgtty.h interface. + - rip out support for non-POSIX termios variants. + - update libptytty. + - update iom.C, make it call ptytty::sanitise_stdfd on init. + - when !XFT, change rounding of colours to use a less correct formula to + meet user expectancies (#aaa becomes #a000a000a000 not #9f9f9f9f9f9f). + - change the starting offset of the pixmap set with backgroundPixmap + from (50,50) to (0,0) (exg). + - fix a typo in button_release, now meta-button2 request the value of + the Clipboard selection as it should (patch by Serge Koksharov). + - fix a bug in drawing a cell with a nonspacing char when using an xft + font with inheritPixmap and tintColor (exg). 8.1 Thu Dec 7 22:27:25 CET 2006 - - ケリスマスプレゼント - zomg!!1, it's too early!!! - - fix the assumption that chars < 256 are single-width. Now - only assume this for codepoints 32 to 126 (reported by Dai.H.). - - $term->strwidth returned wide chars as width 1, because some jerk - confused min and max. Fixing this also fixes xim-onthespot. - Reported by Takano Akio. + - ケリスマスプレゼント - zomg!!1, it's too early!!! + - fix the assumption that chars < 256 are single-width. Now + only assume this for codepoints 32 to 126 (reported by Dai.H.). + - $term->strwidth returned wide chars as width 1, because some jerk + confused min and max. Fixing this also fixes xim-onthespot. + Reported by Takano Akio. - secondaryScroll is now enabled by default (as per the manpage), - reported by exg. - - correct the description of [percent]color rgba format in the manpage. - - incorporated macosx-clipboard extension by Samuel Ljungkvist. - - ignore (some) useless focus events (reported by mmc). + reported by exg. + - correct the description of [percent]color rgba format in the manpage. + - incorporated macosx-clipboard extension by Samuel Ljungkvist. + - ignore (some) useless focus events (reported by mmc). - updated compose table to unicode 5.0.0. 8.0 Thu Nov 2 18:35:19 CET 2006 - combining characters cleared the area instead of creating an overlay, - thus losing the ability to draw combining characters properly in most - circumstances (reported by exg). + thus losing the ability to draw combining characters properly in most + circumstances (reported by exg). - specified fonts were incorrectly morphed to bold/italic according to the - basefont, even if explicitly specified (tracked down by tpope). - - fixed urxvt::strwidth to calculate width in the same way as screen.C. + basefont, even if explicitly specified (tracked down by tpope). + - fixed urxvt::strwidth to calculate width in the same way as screen.C. - fix a crash caused by passing negative widths to overlay functions. - added 'matcher' extension by tpope, replacing the mark-urls extension. - - improve url regex to match anything www.* (tpope). - - fixed bug with outline cursor color being wrong after xft fonts. - - update to libptytty-1.0. + - improve url regex to match anything www.* (tpope). + - fixed bug with outline cursor color being wrong after xft fonts. + - update to libptytty-1.0. - give proper diagnostic when RXVT_SOCKET is too long instead of - corrupting the stack (patch by exg). - - display current terminal locale in option menu. - - urxvtd no longer crashes when the client sends an inaccessible - working directory (reported by Roland Baer, possibly fixes gentoo - bug #143985). - - fixed many minor issues reported by Roland Baer. - - Leonid Khramov spotted a minor glitch in rxvtfont.C that - should not have any consequences, but was buggy nonetheless. - - manpage fix by exg. + corrupting the stack (patch by exg). + - display current terminal locale in option menu. + - urxvtd no longer crashes when the client sends an inaccessible + working directory (reported by Roland Baer, possibly fixes gentoo + bug #143985). + - fixed many minor issues reported by Roland Baer. + - Leonid Khramov spotted a minor glitch in rxvtfont.C that + should not have any consequences, but was buggy nonetheless. + - manpage fix by exg. 7.9 Mon Aug 7 18:16:07 CEST 2006 - - fix the crashing bug people encountered with 7.8 + urxvtd + perl - + transparency. Ought to fix debian bug #380348. + - fix the crashing bug people encountered with 7.8 + urxvtd + perl + + transparency. Ought to fix debian bug #380348. - fix urxvtc.1.pod: it actually claimed -pty-fd would not work. But - it does! :-> + it does! :-> - rxvt_fatal() in case the locale string is too long for our static buffer. - - fixed many, many, typos in the manpages (patch supplied by ves). + - fixed many, many, typos in the manpages (patch supplied by ves). 7.8 Mon Jul 17 21:00:46 CEST 2006 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: this version will always read ~/.Xdefaults, - earlier versions only read it if display-resources (usually from - .Xresources) are not set. This avoids the #1 FAQ ("why isn't my - resource used") and seems to be logical behaviour, too. .Xdefaults - resources have a lower priority than display-specific resources. - - add "kuake" perl extension that does a similar thing to the kuake - terminal emulator (see man urxvtperl). - - use less "correct" color scaling that is compatible with libX11 and - Xft (avoids off-by-one colors resulting in striped backgrounds). - - the "depth" resource is now respected. - - preset the searchable-scrollback pattern with "(?i)" to default search - to case-insensitivity. Will automatically be cleared when typing an - uppercase character. + earlier versions only read it if display-resources (usually from + .Xresources) are not set. This avoids the #1 FAQ ("why isn't my + resource used") and seems to be logical behaviour, too. .Xdefaults + resources have a lower priority than display-specific resources. + - add "kuake" perl extension that does a similar thing to the kuake + terminal emulator (see man urxvtperl). + - use less "correct" color scaling that is compatible with libX11 and + Xft (avoids off-by-one colors resulting in striped backgrounds). + - the "depth" resource is now respected. + - preset the searchable-scrollback pattern with "(?i)" to default search + to case-insensitivity. Will automatically be cleared when typing an + uppercase character. - add FORCE_UNBUFFERED_XFT define to features.h. - - re-enabled highlightcolor support with --enable-frills, based on - a patch by Martin Stubenschrott. - - double-buffered xft drawing did suffer from pixel offset issues - when pixmap transparency was enabled. - - strategically add # to the url-match regexes, as we really want to - match common URIs not common URLs. Reported by Aaron Griffin. + - re-enabled highlightcolor support with --enable-frills, based on + a patch by Martin Stubenschrott. + - double-buffered xft drawing did suffer from pixel offset issues + when pixmap transparency was enabled. + - strategically add # to the url-match regexes, as we really want to + match common URIs not common URLs. Reported by Aaron Griffin. - moved on_osc_seq to on_osc_seq_perl and added a more - generic osc_seq. - - fix a bug causing double callback invocations when perl hooks - were invoked recursively. - - the automove-background extension now properly works when the - pixmap gets reset with an osc sequence (sqweek). - - selection-pastebin did not work properly with non-latin1-characters. - - apply colorUL only when the text colour is the default fg - (patch by Wu Fengguang). - - removed rxvtlib.h from the tarball, it had no reason to be there - (spotted by Decklin Foster). - - fix compiling with TRANSPARENT but !XPM_BACKGROUND, as reported - by omatunto_. - - slap in a using namespace std, might help on platforms that don't - follow C++ closely enough. - - fix mailto url regex, spotted within milliseconds by Jost Krieger. - - applied fade_color_update_func.patch by WU Fengguang. - - fix a bug where (due to an optimisation in av_delete), hiding the - bottom-most overlay would hide two overlays. + generic osc_seq. + - fix a bug causing double callback invocations when perl hooks + were invoked recursively. + - the automove-background extension now properly works when the + pixmap gets reset with an osc sequence (sqweek). + - selection-pastebin did not work properly with non-latin1-characters. + - apply colorUL only when the text colour is the default fg + (patch by Wu Fengguang). + - removed rxvtlib.h from the tarball, it had no reason to be there + (spotted by Decklin Foster). + - fix compiling with TRANSPARENT but !XPM_BACKGROUND, as reported + by omatunto_. + - slap in a using namespace std, might help on platforms that don't + follow C++ closely enough. + - fix mailto url regex, spotted within milliseconds by Jost Krieger. + - applied fade_color_update_func.patch by WU Fengguang. + - fix a bug where (due to an optimisation in av_delete), hiding the + bottom-most overlay would hide two overlays. 7.7 Tue Feb 21 12:32:49 CET 2006 - use double-buffered drawing (xft fonts only). On many driver/hardware - combination this actually increases xft drawing speed, at the expense - of more network bandwidth and slight nausea on the side of the author. + combination this actually increases xft drawing speed, at the expense + of more network bandwidth and slight nausea on the side of the author. - readline perl extension now requires shift-click instead of a normal - click, and eats the click. - - tabbed perl extension now supports -e. - - disabled graphics-exposures on the main drawing GC, report any - refresh bugs please. + click, and eats the click. + - tabbed perl extension now supports -e. + - disabled graphics-exposures on the main drawing GC, report any + refresh bugs please. - improve property handling for -pe tabbed: avoid unnecessary property - changes (for kde's benefit) at the expense of extra round-trips, - improve size hint setting. - - modified XIM according to a patch sent by Takano Akio that sets - the preedit rectangle for OverTheSpot, which helps some input methods - to correctly position their preedit window. - - un-optimise the line clearing on newly scrolled-in lines a bit: the - former reasoning was that any fg colour on default bg looks the same - in empty spaces, but that's not true when reversing (e.g. selection), - so also check for matching fg colours. This fixes the problem where - selecting newly scrolled-in lines would exhibit wrong colours. - - fix a bug in the perl interface causing focus in events to generate - focus out perl events, causing bad focus effects with -pe tabbed. - - fix a race resulting in a crash on exiting. - - fix a with --disable-xft that caused xfreecolors to be called on - colors never allocated, resulting in aborts (reported by Paco-Paco). - - resources on non-initial screens weren't refetched correctly - (reported by Paco-Paco). - - fix a bug in xcopyarea pass and _disable_ it, as it seems not to be - working in either rxvt-unicode nor in the original rxvt. - - removed undocumented -exec alias for the -e option. + changes (for kde's benefit) at the expense of extra round-trips, + improve size hint setting. + - modified XIM according to a patch sent by Takano Akio that sets + the preedit rectangle for OverTheSpot, which helps some input methods + to correctly position their preedit window. + - un-optimise the line clearing on newly scrolled-in lines a bit: the + former reasoning was that any fg colour on default bg looks the same + in empty spaces, but that's not true when reversing (e.g. selection), + so also check for matching fg colours. This fixes the problem where + selecting newly scrolled-in lines would exhibit wrong colours. + - fix a bug in the perl interface causing focus in events to generate + focus out perl events, causing bad focus effects with -pe tabbed. + - fix a race resulting in a crash on exiting. + - fix a with --disable-xft that caused xfreecolors to be called on + colors never allocated, resulting in aborts (reported by Paco-Paco). + - resources on non-initial screens weren't refetched correctly + (reported by Paco-Paco). + - fix a bug in xcopyarea pass and _disable_ it, as it seems not to be + working in either rxvt-unicode nor in the original rxvt. + - removed undocumented -exec alias for the -e option. 7.6 Fri Feb 10 08:52:36 CET 2006 - changed interpretation of [alpha] colour prefix. - - +option now really sets the option to default, instead of using the - resource value. - - options that require an argument now really _require_ an argument. - - the tabbed extension now forwards focus and key events to the - relevant tab window. - - tab colours are now configurable and have sensible defaults - (initial patch by hednod). - - option menu is extendable, readline, selection and - selection-autotransform can now be disabled/enabled at runtime. - - forcing a configure event to tabbed subwindows with -pe tabbed, for - the benefit of automove-background. - - the automove-background extension added a wrong constant offset. - - force refresh of XA_RESOURCE_STRING on virtual reconnect. - - return exit status 2 in urxvtc when urxvtd couldn't be contacted. - - the linux yield hack is back, now using usleep, and enabled only on - __linux__. - - further round trip eliminations in the !XFT case by remembering - the colour components. - - plain scrollbar works better with -sr. - - fixed half-shadow scrollbar look. - - more colour rtt optimisations. - - properly(?) free colours on window close. - - reorganised the FAQ into multiple sections. - - add ISO646.1991-IRV to the list of supported codesets. - - minor libptytty update. + - +option now really sets the option to default, instead of using the + resource value. + - options that require an argument now really _require_ an argument. + - the tabbed extension now forwards focus and key events to the + relevant tab window. + - tab colours are now configurable and have sensible defaults + (initial patch by hednod). + - option menu is extendable, readline, selection and + selection-autotransform can now be disabled/enabled at runtime. + - forcing a configure event to tabbed subwindows with -pe tabbed, for + the benefit of automove-background. + - the automove-background extension added a wrong constant offset. + - force refresh of XA_RESOURCE_STRING on virtual reconnect. + - return exit status 2 in urxvtc when urxvtd couldn't be contacted. + - the linux yield hack is back, now using usleep, and enabled only on + __linux__. + - further round trip eliminations in the !XFT case by remembering + the colour components. + - plain scrollbar works better with -sr. + - fixed half-shadow scrollbar look. + - more colour rtt optimisations. + - properly(?) free colours on window close. + - reorganised the FAQ into multiple sections. + - add ISO646.1991-IRV to the list of supported codesets. + - minor libptytty update. 7.5 Tue Jan 31 15:15:43 CET 2006 - - further improvements to the careful mode detection, and font width - detection: - - fully double-wide fonts will now be correctly treated, - - overlap detection was improved. - - detect totally broken fonts (usually synthesized by xft). - - careful mode forced refresh sometimes clashed with blinking, - causing unnecessary screen redraws. - - better handling of XFT combining characters. - - enable antialiasing for some replacement fonts, as they - might get used for other encodings which really need it, later. - - remove spacing=100 from all default fonts, as this creates totally - weird spacing (5 times normal) with xft. - - removed iso10646 fallback, as xorgs iso10646 encoded fonts are mostly - broken. - - removed gnu unifont fallback, all combining characters are broken. - - replace named colours by xorg's rgb.txt equivalents, to - reduce round trip time on startup, and short-cut allocation - of rgb:rr/gg/bb for xft. - - short-cut allocation of rgb values in the xlib case - (patch by Paco-Paco). - - overhauled color management: smaller codesize, alpha support. - - support "rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa" color specifications and - an "[alpha]" prefix. - - try to work around Xft and Xrender forcing everything to be 100% - transparent. Long Live Xft! - - do not include X11/Intrinsic.h anymore, directly use - Xlib/Xutil/Xresource directly. - - try to find a nearest matching color when color allocation fails - on a pseudocolor screen. + - further improvements to the careful mode detection, and font width + detection: + - fully double-wide fonts will now be correctly treated, + - overlap detection was improved. + - detect totally broken fonts (usually synthesized by xft). + - careful mode forced refresh sometimes clashed with blinking, + causing unnecessary screen redraws. + - better handling of XFT combining characters. + - enable antialiasing for some replacement fonts, as they + might get used for other encodings which really need it, later. + - remove spacing=100 from all default fonts, as this creates totally + weird spacing (5 times normal) with xft. + - removed iso10646 fallback, as xorgs iso10646 encoded fonts are mostly + broken. + - removed gnu unifont fallback, all combining characters are broken. + - replace named colours by xorg's rgb.txt equivalents, to + reduce round trip time on startup, and short-cut allocation + of rgb:rr/gg/bb for xft. + - short-cut allocation of rgb values in the xlib case + (patch by Paco-Paco). + - overhauled color management: smaller codesize, alpha support. + - support "rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa" color specifications and + an "[alpha]" prefix. + - try to work around Xft and Xrender forcing everything to be 100% + transparent. Long Live Xft! + - do not include X11/Intrinsic.h anymore, directly use + Xlib/Xutil/Xresource directly. + - try to find a nearest matching color when color allocation fails + on a pseudocolor screen. - SYNCCVS: compared to rxvt-cvs 2006-01-28, no relevant changes. - - fix version report (DA) (which was unfortunately broken). - - changed version number report again, now to emulate xterm closer. - - added the OSC sequence 702 to detect the urxvt version number. - - small configure updates. - - further RTT optimisations. - - backported clean-up patches for makefiles and documentation from - the debian package. - - updated doc/rxvt-unicode.spec file. It's still not maintained here, - but much newer than the old one. + - fix version report (DA) (which was unfortunately broken). + - changed version number report again, now to emulate xterm closer. + - added the OSC sequence 702 to detect the urxvt version number. + - small configure updates. + - further RTT optimisations. + - backported clean-up patches for makefiles and documentation from + the debian package. + - updated doc/rxvt-unicode.spec file. It's still not maintained here, + but much newer than the old one. 7.4 Sat Jan 28 15:26:27 CET 2006 - screen background wasn't always erased properly when scrolling, - - re-enabled clearing optimisation disabled in 7.4pre. - - small configure updates for libptytty. - - fixed version options: line output. + - re-enabled clearing optimisation disabled in 7.4pre. + - small configure updates for libptytty. + - fixed version options: line output. - removed stoopid debugging message left in the code. 7.3 Wed Jan 25 22:47:35 CET 2006 - - don't let iso14755 or mouse reporting get into the way of perl - (could lead to global grabs never being cleared). - - experimental OnTheSpot editing support (-pe xim-onthespot). - - moved Shift-Button2 paste combination to Meta-Button2. - - the cutchars resource will now be respected and used by the - selection extension. - - added the "remote-clipboard" extension which just runs external - commands to fetch and store the selection data. - - added -depth switch that tries to get a different visual depth - than the default (replaces the old PREFER_24_BIT logic). - - removed (unused) arabic presentation form composing sequences. - - be more strict when deciding that a core font glyph is too wide and - needs the careful rendering mode. - - allow more leeway for italic fonts when deciding that a character is - too wide and needs careful mode. - - redraw even more characters around characters using careful mode. - - made selection-pastebin fully asynchronous. - - reduced number of server turnarounds at startup by allocating - atoms only once per display. - - renamed on_keyboard_command to on_user_command. - - changed version sos (ESC [ > c) response to be more compatible with - xterm. + - don't let iso14755 or mouse reporting get into the way of perl + (could lead to global grabs never being cleared). + - experimental OnTheSpot editing support (-pe xim-onthespot). + - moved Shift-Button2 paste combination to Meta-Button2. + - the cutchars resource will now be respected and used by the + selection extension. + - added the "remote-clipboard" extension which just runs external + commands to fetch and store the selection data. + - added -depth switch that tries to get a different visual depth + than the default (replaces the old PREFER_24_BIT logic). + - removed (unused) arabic presentation form composing sequences. + - be more strict when deciding that a core font glyph is too wide and + needs the careful rendering mode. + - allow more leeway for italic fonts when deciding that a character is + too wide and needs careful mode. + - redraw even more characters around characters using careful mode. + - made selection-pastebin fully asynchronous. + - reduced number of server turnarounds at startup by allocating + atoms only once per display. + - renamed on_keyboard_command to on_user_command. + - changed version sos (ESC [ > c) response to be more compatible with + xterm. 7.2 Sun Jan 22 21:58:16 CET 2006 - - bugfix: urxvt (not urxvtd) did not correctly handle multiple - environments necessary, which resulted in segfaults within - getenv (reproducible: urxvt -fn 9x15, open a menu once, - ctrl-shift-672c). - - bugfix: the selection speedup in in 7.1 unfortunately caused - non-ascii characters to enlarge/move the selection. - - bugfix: resizing sometimes leaked lines from the secondary to - the primary screen. - - bugfix: reducing window size while large amounts of text were output - could lead to an assertion failure. - - added "tabbed" extension that provides a crude tabbed terminal. - - added "readline" extension that allows cursor positioning - via mouse clicks. + - bugfix: urxvt (not urxvtd) did not correctly handle multiple + environments necessary, which resulted in segfaults within + getenv (reproducible: urxvt -fn 9x15, open a menu once, + ctrl-shift-672c). + - bugfix: the selection speedup in in 7.1 unfortunately caused + non-ascii characters to enlarge/move the selection. + - bugfix: resizing sometimes leaked lines from the secondary to + the primary screen. + - bugfix: reducing window size while large amounts of text were output + could lead to an assertion failure. + - added "tabbed" extension that provides a crude tabbed terminal. + - added "readline" extension that allows cursor positioning + via mouse clicks. - now it is possible to insert the value of the CLIPBOARD selection with shift - mouse button 2. - - fixed the automove-background extension to ignore coordinates - in non-synthetic events. - - created a separate libpty for portable and secure - pty/tty/utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling, and include it in rxvt-unicode. - - the non-terminfo visual bell now works asynchronously, so - continuous ASCI BELs in one terminal do no longer monopolise the - whole urxvt[d] process. - - support some *BSD makes (for the time being, gnu make is a safe bet). - - work around bugs in FreeBSD's gcc. - - implemented some *BSD fixes in configure. + - fixed the automove-background extension to ignore coordinates + in non-synthetic events. + - created a separate libpty for portable and secure + pty/tty/utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling, and include it in rxvt-unicode. + - the non-terminfo visual bell now works asynchronously, so + continuous ASCI BELs in one terminal do no longer monopolise the + whole urxvt[d] process. + - support some *BSD makes (for the time being, gnu make is a safe bet). + - work around bugs in FreeBSD's gcc. + - implemented some *BSD fixes in configure. - removed support for obsolete offix dnd protocol. 7.1 Thu Jan 19 20:25:34 CET 2006 - - setuid/setgid operation is now _encouraged_: security has been - improved by moving privileged operations into a separate process - and permanently dropping privileges within the terminal. This - makes it possible to remove security checks from the perl code - and gives a much safer feeling when urxvt needs to run with - special privileges. - - perl taint checking disabled, as urxvt no longer runs setuid/setgid - itself. - - new perl extension automove-background that can be used to get - the same effect as pseudo-transparency with any pixmap. - - new perl extension example: perl/selection-pastebin, can be used to - e.g. upload the selection to a webserver and generate a url, or - similar stuff. + - setuid/setgid operation is now _encouraged_: security has been + improved by moving privileged operations into a separate process + and permanently dropping privileges within the terminal. This + makes it possible to remove security checks from the perl code + and gives a much safer feeling when urxvt needs to run with + special privileges. + - perl taint checking disabled, as urxvt no longer runs setuid/setgid + itself. + - new perl extension automove-background that can be used to get + the same effect as pseudo-transparency with any pixmap. + - new perl extension example: perl/selection-pastebin, can be used to + e.g. upload the selection to a webserver and generate a url, or + similar stuff. - use the scrollback buffer even when the scroll region doesn't - span the whole screen, as long as it starts at row 0. Helps - for programs displaying a status line at the bottom. + span the whole screen, as long as it starts at row 0. Helps + for programs displaying a status line at the bottom. - selection popup now shows selection in dec/hex/oct. - - perl/selection: matching on unicode characters in the selection - code was O(n²), which equals infinity in some degenerate cases - :-> Matching is now done on UTF-8, which makes it almost instant. - - perl/selection, perl/selection-autotransform: regexes are now - being interpreted in the locale urxvt was started. - - implemented override-redirect option and enabled it on menus, - as kwin puts our windows behind the terminal (what a shoddy wm). - - fixed struct utmp check in configure for OpenBSD. - - complete overhaul of the pty/utmp management stuff and configure - (Emanuele Giaquinta=exg). + - perl/selection: matching on unicode characters in the selection + code was O(n²), which equals infinity in some degenerate cases + :-> Matching is now done on UTF-8, which makes it almost instant. + - perl/selection, perl/selection-autotransform: regexes are now + being interpreted in the locale urxvt was started. + - implemented override-redirect option and enabled it on menus, + as kwin puts our windows behind the terminal (what a shoddy wm). + - fixed struct utmp check in configure for OpenBSD. + - complete overhaul of the pty/utmp management stuff and configure + (Emanuele Giaquinta=exg). - add tsl/fsl and related capabilities to the terminfo description, - to set the window title. - - swap the environment in some more cases. This hopefully fixes - some segfaults that might be caused by xft asking for env variables - at the wrong time. - - removed src/strings.C and src/menubar.C. No menubar support - anymore. - - removed all traces of SMOOTH_REFRESH. - - nuked QNX support. - - made some fixes to xpm offset and scaling code. - - perl-overlays and refresh hooks were not applied in correct order. - - changed coordinate-system of view_start/nsaved to be top to bottom. - - iom extended to support listening for child exits. + to set the window title. + - swap the environment in some more cases. This hopefully fixes + some segfaults that might be caused by xft asking for env variables + at the wrong time. + - removed src/strings.C and src/menubar.C. No menubar support + anymore. + - removed all traces of SMOOTH_REFRESH. + - nuked QNX support. + - made some fixes to xpm offset and scaling code. + - perl-overlays and refresh hooks were not applied in correct order. + - changed coordinate-system of view_start/nsaved to be top to bottom. + - iom extended to support listening for child exits. 7.0 Fri Jan 13 14:02:18 CET 2006 - added sections for DISTRIBUTION MAINTAINERS and about - SETUID/SETGID to the FAQ. - - selection, searchable-scrollback, selection-popup and - option-popup extensions enabled by default. - - increased xft drawing speed for problematic fonts. The effect - will likely be small as 99% of the xft slowness is server-related. - - perl: much increased functionality, better overlays, popup support - and much much more. - - perl: urxvt::line now can set via ->t and ->r. - - perl: changed interpretation of --perl-ext-common and -pe. - - perl: finally implemented --perl-eval. - - perl: non-blocking anyevent support. - - perl: run tainted and ignore perl-eval/perl-lib if started - setuid/setgid. - - free the resource database: this plugs a massive memory leak. As a - side effect, it also gets rid of XGetDefault calls. - - free one of the cursors, fixes a small memory leak. - - built-in (as opposed to terminfos) visual bell was broken/too fast. - - applied minor cleanups by Ladislav Michnovic. - - applied pty handling cleanups and improvements (Emanuele Giaquinta). - - mark-urls launch-on-click by jepler. - - removed "small" resource parsing function, as it wasn't really - compatible, and not really small either. - - removed PATH_ENV and PATH file search support. - - removed support for locale-specific app-defaults file. - - fixed a bug where out-of-bounds colour sequences could lead - to crashes. - - limit colour changing to the standard 88 palette instead of all - colours. - - XTerm_Color01 sequence returned wrong results in query mode. - - iom.C now checks against destructed io_manager when unregistering. + SETUID/SETGID to the FAQ. + - selection, searchable-scrollback, selection-popup and + option-popup extensions enabled by default. + - increased xft drawing speed for problematic fonts. The effect + will likely be small as 99% of the xft slowness is server-related. + - perl: much increased functionality, better overlays, popup support + and much much more. + - perl: urxvt::line now can set via ->t and ->r. + - perl: changed interpretation of --perl-ext-common and -pe. + - perl: finally implemented --perl-eval. + - perl: non-blocking anyevent support. + - perl: run tainted and ignore perl-eval/perl-lib if started + setuid/setgid. + - free the resource database: this plugs a massive memory leak. As a + side effect, it also gets rid of XGetDefault calls. + - free one of the cursors, fixes a small memory leak. + - built-in (as opposed to terminfos) visual bell was broken/too fast. + - applied minor cleanups by Ladislav Michnovic. + - applied pty handling cleanups and improvements (Emanuele Giaquinta). + - mark-urls launch-on-click by jepler. + - removed "small" resource parsing function, as it wasn't really + compatible, and not really small either. + - removed PATH_ENV and PATH file search support. + - removed support for locale-specific app-defaults file. + - fixed a bug where out-of-bounds colour sequences could lead + to crashes. + - limit colour changing to the standard 88 palette instead of all + colours. + - XTerm_Color01 sequence returned wrong results in query mode. + - iom.C now checks against destructed io_manager when unregistering. 6.3 Wed Jan 4 22:37:10 CET 2006 - - 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 where non-unix ptys were used (such as most BSDs, not - GNU/Linux). (found, patched and debugged by Ryan Beasley). - - 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. Not everything is there yet. - - try to be more clever about differing font sizes and their ascent. - Not guaranteed to work, but works better in most cases now. - - fix directory permissions on install. - - 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. + - 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 where non-unix ptys were used (such as most BSDs, not + GNU/Linux). (found, patched and debugged by Ryan Beasley). + - 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. Not everything is there yet. + - try to be more clever about differing font sizes and their ascent. + Not guaranteed to work, but works better in most cases now. + - fix directory permissions on install. + - 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 - selecting high intensity foreground/background colours, suggested by - Chuck Blake. - - move iso14755 character feedback box out of the way if it would - obscure the mouse cursor position. + - implemented intensityStyles option which enables/disables bold/blink + selecting high intensity foreground/background colours, suggested by + Chuck Blake. + - move iso14755 character feedback box out of the way if it would + obscure the mouse cursor position. - replaced callback.h by a fixed version from gvpe that correctly - returns the callback result (affects new -pty-fd semantics in urxvtc - on a few architectures). Reported by darix. - - include one trailing space in rectangular selections to indicate - the inserted newline (yeah, weird, but visually more pleasing). - - try to use sched_yield to (drastically) improve terminal data - transfer efficiency. - - further minor cleanups. + returns the callback result (affects new -pty-fd semantics in urxvtc + on a few architectures). Reported by darix. + - include one trailing space in rectangular selections to indicate + the inserted newline (yeah, weird, but visually more pleasing). + - try to use sched_yield to (drastically) improve terminal data + transfer efficiency. + - further minor cleanups. 6.1 Tue Dec 27 13:23:40 CET 2005 - update iso8859-7 table (euro and drachma round-trip et al.). - fix a crash when the selection scrolls out of the scrollback - while the user still drags. - - selections that were partially scrolled out of the window were - not drawn correctly. - - lines newly scrolled in were not initialized properly, leading - to extremely long lines and (hopefully) some segfaults. - - iso14755 overlay position was wrong. - - iso14755 overlay now displays rendition info, too. - - use unicode white space class instead of hardcoded values for - stripping whitespace. - - do whitespace stripping on rectangular selections. - - slight cleanups in src/features.h. + while the user still drags. + - selections that were partially scrolled out of the window were + not drawn correctly. + - lines newly scrolled in were not initialized properly, leading + to extremely long lines and (hopefully) some segfaults. + - iso14755 overlay position was wrong. + - iso14755 overlay now displays rendition info, too. + - use unicode white space class instead of hardcoded values for + stripping whitespace. + - do whitespace stripping on rectangular selections. + - slight cleanups in src/features.h. 6.0 Sat Dec 24 13:58:56 CET 2005 - make it compile without SMART_RESIZE again. - - enable slow link support by default. - - fix relative cursor-positioning not respecting scrolling regions - (also a bug in original rxvt). - - initialize termios structure to zero when fetching it fails - (see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=84647 for a - partial patch). - - bump max columns/rows to 10000 each. - - bump max savelines to 10000000. - - -pty-fd now passes the urxvtc fd to the urxvtd process. - - avoid linking against -lnsl/-lsocket/-lxpg4 unless necessary. - - major code cleanup (still not complete, though). - - implement -hold option. - - _major_ rewrite of internal buffer handling: + - enable slow link support by default. + - fix relative cursor-positioning not respecting scrolling regions + (also a bug in original rxvt). + - initialize termios structure to zero when fetching it fails + (see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=84647 for a + partial patch). + - bump max columns/rows to 10000 each. + - bump max savelines to 10000000. + - -pty-fd now passes the urxvtc fd to the urxvtd process. + - avoid linking against -lnsl/-lsocket/-lxpg4 unless necessary. + - major code cleanup (still not complete, though). + - implement -hold option. + - _major_ rewrite of internal buffer handling: - re-flow on resize, lines get wrapped instead of winged. - circular line buffer (substantially speeds up scrolling). - - slightly less code + data memory usage per terminal. + - slightly less code + data memory usage per terminal. - slight overall speed improvements. - - considerably improved code clarity. - - partial-screen scrolls no longer end up in the scrollback - buffer. + - considerably improved code clarity. + - partial-screen scrolls no longer end up in the scrollback + buffer. 5.9 Sat Dec 17 21:53:17 CET 2005 - fix a bug in the menu code of unknown impact, found by darix. - - clean up signal handling to be global, not per terminal - (matters only for rxvtd). - - fix small typoe in rxvt.1 (found by Mike Fabian). - - don't crash when broken xft/fontconfig/freetype versions return - bogus data, ignore the xft font instead (experienced on suse). + - clean up signal handling to be global, not per terminal + (matters only for rxvtd). + - fix small typoe in rxvt.1 (found by Mike Fabian). + - don't crash when broken xft/fontconfig/freetype versions return + bogus data, ignore the xft font instead (experienced on suse). 5.8 Tue Oct 25 22:21:45 CEST 2005 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: many configure options are now on by default. @@ -1576,9 +1576,9 @@ 1.8 Mon Feb 2 20:09:18 CET 2004 - almost total conversion to C++. Except for introducing new bugs, this should not change much. - - fix and re-enable background pixmap and inherit pixmap support. - - re-enabled multiple scrollbar support. - - added plain scrollbar style and restored xterm scrollbar. + - fix and re-enable background pixmap and inherit pixmap support. + - re-enabled multiple scrollbar support. + - added plain scrollbar style and restored xterm scrollbar. - blinking and selections work slightly better now. - fix an error condition when rxvt receives more than one screenful of output. should occur with original rxvt, too, but very rarely.