Hi folks,
sawfish 1.6.3 "Hava Nagila" is now officially available!
Compilation fix[]
Compilation error fix: Not always, but compilation of Sawfish-1.6.3 fails. To fix it, apply this patch:
diff --git a/lisp/sawfish/wm/util/prompt.jl b/lisp/sawfish/wm/util/prompt.jl index 96906f5..db436fd 100644 --- a/lisp/sawfish/wm/util/prompt.jl +++ b/lisp/sawfish/wm/util/prompt.jl @@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ sawfish.wm.events sawfish.wm.custom sawfish.wm.commands - sawfish.wm.fonts) + sawfish.wm.fonts + sawfish.wm.util.prompt) (defgroup messages "Messages" :group misc)
Our maintainer is gone for a while, so we can't release a fixed version. Sorry for inconvenience. (We're human! :) I think we can release the 1.6.4 by the end of June. - Teika kazura 04:21, May 29, 2010 (UTC)
Downloads[]
Tar/BZ2: http://download.tuxfamily.org/sawfish/sawfish/sawfish-1.6.3.tar.bz2 3,55 MB
Tar/XZ : http://download.tuxfamily.org/sawfish/sawfish/sawfish-1.6.3.tar.xz 2,37 MB
What's New?[]
1.6.3 "Hava Nagila"
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* Bugfixes
- In tabbed-windows the left/right end is no longer outside the
window, if that is too small [Fuchur]
- Unsupported option `ignore-window-input-hint' is deleted
which has been invalid for long. [Teika kazura]
- Honor the user option `maximize-raises' in
`maximize-window-fullscreen' and
`maximize-window-fullxinerama', too, not just in
maximize-window [Nolan Leake]
- More robustness in applications menu [Teika Kazura, Matthew
Love]
Before it broke for 'R' (statistics software), and whitespace
handling didn't follow the specification.
Some *.desktop files are not ignored any more either, i.e.,
leading empty lines and comments are allowed.
- Allow compilation with -DDEBUG flag passed [Alexey I. Froloff]
* New Features
- XRandR events (eg resolution changes) call the new hook
`randr-changed-notify-hook' [Daniel M. German]
See *Note RandR and Xinerama::.
- Tabbed windowing system improvements [Fuchur]
+ Support for transient tab-frames
+ New frame classes:
x tab-s (side tab)
x tab-ls (side tab, left/bottom end)
x tab-rs (side tab, right/top end)
+ Tabgroups now support a set of new properties and
actions: `type', `set-frame-style', `fixed-position',
`iconify'. In addition, new tabs gain those properties
from their parent window.
- New command `display-window-position' [Teika kazura]
User chooses a window by cursor and click, and it prints its
position and size in a popup. Also available as a function,
defined in `sawfish.wm.util.display-wininfo'.
- New function `window-pid' [Teika kazura]
It returns the process ID of a window. (*note Window
Attributes::
- Window instance name is now accessible [Teika kazura]
Technically, the window class consists of "instance" and
"class", but only the latter was returned previously by the
function `window-class'. Now with the new optional argument,
the instance is returned too. (*note Window Attributes::)
- Customizable lisp directory [Teika kazura]
User can add lisp directories to be read with the
environmental variable `SAWFISH_USER_LISP_DIR'. Its value is
directories separated by colon, like `PATH', and prepended to
`load-path'. If not set, `~/.sawfish/lisp' is assumed. For
example, if you define a module `sawfish.wm.super-hack', then
it can be read from
`~/.sawfish/lisp/sawfish/wm/super-hack.jl'.
User can override system lisp files, too. For example, if
there is `~/.sawfish/lisp/sawfish/wm/windows.jl', then it
defines `sawfish.wm.windows', instead of the installed one.
(But this can easily break your Sawfish startup.) In fact, it
was possible for some lisp files, but now it's guaranteed for
all files.
* Other Changes
- Info improvements [Teika kazura]
+ "Windows" chapter is partly revised. Function
`display-window' is documented. Difference between
`window-wants-input-p' and `window-really-wants-input-p'
is described. Short description on the root window.
+ In past few versions we made more changes which were not
described in the news, including clarification in
viewport, workspace and event, and window matching lisp
functions.
+ Added a faq item on multi-head and workspace.
+ Edition number and the date of last change are dropped
from the info. We now edit the info often, so they are
not so much meaningful.
- Pressing the lock-button does the state-change of the window
accordingly. [Fuchur]
No theme shipped with Sawfish does have the lock-button yet,
though.
- Make xinerama an optional dependency [original patch from
Gentoo]
Have Fun!
Flashrider [Christopher Bratusek] 15:03, May 22, 2010 (UTC)