Window Maker 0.95.1 was released on January 29th 2012.
The last official Window Maker release was version 0.92.0 from 2006, and version 0.95.1 contains many bug fixes and - also a few new features. Window Maker 0.92.0 was already very stable, so most of the bug fixes are related to odd - situations. One random example is the fix which avoids a segfault when creating more than 81 - workspaces, as reported on youtube here.
+ also a few new features. -Another bug-fix of peculiar nature is this one, which happened once every - 49 days -- more precisely 2^32 milliseconds.
-A lot of effort was put into cleaning up the code, with lots of code removal and tidying things up. The following +
The following list is incomplete, but should give a first-order approximation to the new features in
+ this release. For the truly curious among you, reading through git log is the only complete source of
+ information.
Maximus: tiled maximization. + Maximizes windows such that it occupies the largest area without overlapping others.
+New mouse-resizing functionality. + Windows can now be resized vertically (horizontally) using MOD+Wheel (CTRL+Wheel).
+History and TAB completion in dialogs.
+ To use this new functionality in your old WMRootMenu, replace
+ %a by %A in the relevant entry. It will look like this (Run..., SHEXEC, "%A(Run, Type command:)"). Or use
+ wmgenmenu to generate a new menu.
New applications (wmgenmenu and wmmenugen) + to generate the root menu automatically by looking which applications you have on your $PATH. Translations to German, + Spanish and French of + menus generated by wmgenmenu.
+Automatic detection of configuration changes. + Linux users whose kernel supports the inotify mechanism have their configuration changes + detected automatically without polling, reducing the number of CPU wakeups.
+And many trivial things which reduce little annoyances one might have. For example, an option was added to + control whether or not Window Maker should do + automatic workspace switching + to satisfy a focus request from a window located in another workspace.
+(For developers). The addition of a debian/ + folder which allows the creation of a debian package for wmaker using the git sources.
+Preliminary XRandR support + (needs a bit more work to be bug-free; not compiled in by default. Use --enable-xrandr if you want to test it).
+Window Maker 0.92.0 was already very stable, but many bugs were fixed in this release. A very + incomplete list is given below, and as time permits it will be updated (including links to the commits) + in the future. But the message now + is that if you don't like bugs, use version 0.95.1.
+ +Fix to avoid a segfault when creating more than 81 workspaces, as reported on youtube here.
+A lot of effort was put into cleaning up the code, with lots of code removal and tidying things up. The following output should give you an idea of the development in the last cycle:
[mafra@Pilar:wmaker.git]$ git diff --shortstat wmaker-0.92.0+..wmaker-0.95.1 @@ -44,67 +136,6 @@ sources to the linux kernel coding style. The second shortstat contains the summ is the addition of a debian folder with files summing around ~20k lines. The full diffstat for the second command can be seen here. -New features and highlights
- -This list is really very incomplete, but should give a first-order approximation to what are the new features in - this release. For a bit more of details see the NEWS file included in the sources, although it also misses a lot of - things. For the truly curious among you, reading through
- -git logis the complete source of - information.
Left/right window maximization, making them occupy the left/right area of the screen
-Maximus (a.k.a tiled) maximization. Maximizes windows such that it occupies the largest area without overlapping - other windows
-New mouse-resizing functionality. Windows can now be resized vertically (horizontally) using MOD+Wheel - (CTRL+Wheel)
-History and TAB completion in the run dialog
-Preliminary XRandR support (needs a bit more work to be bug-free; not compiled in by default. - Use --enable-xrandr if you want to test it).
-A WPrefs option to make icons bounce when their respective applications want attention
-New applications (wmgenmenu and wmmenugen) to generate the root menu automatically by looking which applications - you have on your $PATH
-Automatic detection of configuration changes. Linux users whose kernel supports the inotify mechanism have their configuration changes - detected automatically without polling, reducing the number of CPU wakeups.
-Dockapps can now receive special treatment by setting their WM_CLASS to "DockApp"
-And many trivial things which reduce little annoyances one might have. For example, an option was added to - control whether or not Window Maker should do automatic workspace switching to satisfy a focus request from a - window located in another workspace.
-(For developers). The addition of a debian/ folder which allows the creation of a debian package for wmaker using the - git sources.
-