--- rxvt-unicode/Changes 2006/01/17 16:53:47 1.536 +++ rxvt-unicode/Changes 2006/01/23 23:13:02 1.572 @@ -1,46 +1,92 @@ rxvt-unicode changelog <= google-friendly title -TODO: move pty/tty handling into a fork'ed server and drop all privs +TODO: event mechanism that replaces on_keyboard_command with something more scalable. +TODO: simplify selection_request and make it callable from perl. +TODO: split perl documnetation and urxvt.pm into separate files TODO: harmonize --disable-options into position-dependent options. TODO: after requesting the selection and getting a timeout, no further requests will be sent. TODO: "slow" rendering mode for bidi and scripts TODO: read property sequence is broken with respect to utf-8 etc. TODO: http://www120.pair.com/mccarthy/nextstep/intro.htmld/Workspace.html is the correct nextstep look. -TODO: clarify and get rid of SMOOTH_REFRESH etc. -WISH: perl extension for background image loading and moving the origin. +TODO: rxvt -name urxvt-girly /// leave pixel droppings +TODO: distributed clipboard example +WISH: anyevent mouse notification / manage MotionMask better. WISH: OnTheSpot editing, or maybe switch to miiiiiiif. or maybe use perl and an overlay... WISH: just for fun, do shade and tint with XRender. -WISH: support tex fonts +DUMB: support tex fonts -9.0 - - new script: perl/selection-pastebin - - improved security of setuid/setgid operation, which is now - encouraged, 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. +TODO: kill arabic presentation form table +TODO: iso14755 code interacts badly with popup grabs + +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 (reproducable: 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. + - 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. - use the scrollback buffer even when the scroll region doesn't - span the whole screen, as long as it starts at row 0. - - 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. + 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. - - perl-overlays and refresh hooks were not applied in correct order. - - changed coordinate-system of view_start/nsaved to be top to bottom. + - 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). - - removed src/strings.C and src/menubar.C. No menubar support - anymore. - 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. 7.0 Fri Jan 13 14:02:18 CET 2006 - added sections for DISTRIBUTION MAINTAINERS and about @@ -772,9 +818,9 @@ - changed locale-setting esc-sequence from code 9 to code 701. also added 702 that returns the font selected for a specific unicode character. - - no longer set XA_CUT_BUFFER0. this is confusing and clients WILL + - no longer set CUT_BUFFER0. this is confusing and clients WILL get it wrong. - - don't use XTextStyle for XA_TEXT, instead use XStdICCTextStyle. + - don't use XTextStyle for TEXT, instead use XStdICCTextStyle. 2.1 Wed Mar 3 21:48:39 CET 2004 - NOTE: the name of the binary and resources were changed in