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NEWS: add new feature descriptions
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NEWS
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NEWS for veteran Window Maker users
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-----------------------------------
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-- 0.97.0
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Directional window focus
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------------------------
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The keyboard focus can now be moved in a specific direction (left, right,
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up, down) relative to the currently focused window, using window centres
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for comparison. The shortcuts can be configured in WPrefs under
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"Keyboard Shortcuts", or set directly in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker
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via "FocusWindowLeftKey", "FocusWindowRightKey", "FocusWindowUpKey" and
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"FocusWindowDownKey" (disabled by default).
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The existing "CirculateRaise" option ("Raise window when switching focus
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with keyboard" in WPrefs) also controls whether windows that are fully
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obscured by others are raised when receiving focus this way.
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Vim-like window marking
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-----------------------
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Windows can now be dynamically assigned a mark label (a key or
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modifier+key combination) allowing them to be instantly recalled without
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searching. This is inspired by vim's mark-and-jump navigation.
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The mark label is displayed in the window list menu between the window
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title and the workspace name.
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Five actions can be configured in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker
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(or in WPrefs under "Keyboard Shortcuts")
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"MarkSetKey": assign a label to the focused window (e.g. with the
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action bound to "Super+M", pressing "Super+M x" marks the focused
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window with label 'x').
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"MarkUnsetKey": remove the mark from a labeled window.
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"MarkJumpKey": focus and raise the window with the given label.
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"MarkBringKey": move the marked window to the current workspace and
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focus it.
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"MarkSwapKey": swap the focused window with the marked window.
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Those are disabled by default.
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Marks are persistent across sessions and saved in the WMState file.
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Multi-key and sticky-chain keybindings
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--------------------------------------
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Keyboard shortcuts now support multi-key sequences, similar to
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Emacs-style prefix bindings (e.g. pressing a leader key followed by
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one or more continuation keys).
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An optional sticky-chain mode allows a prefix key to remain active
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until a cancel key is pressed or a timeout expires, making it possible
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to trigger multiple actions in sequence without re-entering the prefix.
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New options in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker:
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"KeychainTimeoutDelay" is the timeout in milliseconds after which an
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active chain expires. Default is 500. Set to 0 to disable the
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timeout.
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"KeychainCancelKey" sets a key to explicitly cancel an active chain.
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(disabled by default).
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Configurable modifier key labels
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---------------------------------
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A new "ModifierKeyShortLabels" option in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker
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allows customizing the labels shown for modifier keys in menus and
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keyboard shortcut displays. Unicode symbols can be used in place of the
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default text labels. For example to use the same symbol as defined on
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MacOS:
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ModifierKeyShortLabels = (
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"\342\207\247",
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"\342\214\203",
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"\342\214\245",
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"\342\207\255",
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"\342\207\263",
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"\342\214\230",
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"\342\207\252",
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"\342\227\206",
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"\342\214\245"
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);
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Configurable mouse wheel focus behavior
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----------------------------------------
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Scrolling the mouse wheel over a window can now optionally move the
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keyboard focus to that window. The option is available in WPrefs under
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"Expert User Preferences", or by setting "MouseWheelFocusEnable" in
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~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker (NO by default).
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Application icons in the window list
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-------------------------------------
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Application icons can now be shown in the window list menu. This behavior
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can be configured by setting the "WindowListAppIcons" option in
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~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker or "Show app icons in window list." in
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WPrefs under "Expert User Preferences" (NO by default).
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Configurable screenshot filename template
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-----------------------------------------
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The filename (strftime compatible) format used when saving screenshots
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can now be customized by setting the "ScreenshotFileNameTemplate"
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option in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker. The default remains the
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format introduced in 0.96.0.
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JPEG XL image support
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---------------------
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WRaster can now optionally load JPEG XL images if the libjxl
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library is present at build time. The feature can be toggled at
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configure time with --enable-jxl/--disable-jxl.
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wmiv: archive files and unknown format handling
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-----------------------------------------------
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wmiv can now open images stored inside archive files (with libarchive).
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A new option to silently skip unknown image formats is also available.
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It supports ctrl+c shortcut to copy the current image to the clipboard.
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Support for _NET_WM_MOVERESIZE
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------------------------------
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Window Maker now handles the _NET_WM_MOVERESIZE EWMH message, which
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allows applications to initiate interactive window moves and resizes
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through a standard protocol request (for those applications without
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decorations: VS Code, Google Chrome, Steam and Discord, ...).
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Cycle windows across all workspaces
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-----------------------------------
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A new 'Cycle all windows from all workspaces' expert option allows
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the Alt-Tab window switcher to include windows from all workspaces,
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not only the current one. Which is the "CycleAllWorkspaces" option
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in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker (NO by default).
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RandR and multi-monitor improvements
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RandR version >= 1.3 is automatically enabled when detected. By default,
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it operates in static mode, requiring the screen layout to be defined
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manually. A new "HotplugMonitor" option in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker
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(NO by default) enables automatic monitor detection on hotplug events,
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adding newly connected monitors to the right of the existing layout.
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This option is also available in WPrefs expert panel under
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"Automatically (de)activate monitors on hotplug events".
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Titlebar language button revamp
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-------------------------------
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When the modelock feature is enabled, the legacy hardcoded language
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dropdown icons in the titlebar are replaced by a compact button
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displaying the short name of the current XKB locale (those are
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basically the layouts displayed via setxkbmap -query).
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Clicking the button cycles through up to four keyboard layouts
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(matching the four XKB groups). The xkbfile library is required for
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this feature.
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-- 0.96.0
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Hot Corners feature
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--------------------------
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-------------------
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Screen corners can be assigned an external command to be
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executed when the mouse pointer is entering those areas.
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