diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 036aa055..fa55d184 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ is now configured so that it no longer automatically closes when the shift key is pressed and released. To configure the switchpanel so that it does close on release of the shift -key, which was the traditional Window Maker behaviour, run the following +key, which was the traditional Window Maker behavior, run the following command: $ wdwrite WindowMaker StrictWindozeCycling NO -If you find yourself regularly opening the switchpanel just to visualise open +If you find yourself regularly opening the switchpanel just to visualize open windows, you can run the following command to force the first "FocusNextKey" or similar shortcut to open the panel without switching to a new window. @@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ in WPrefs in the "Keyboard Shortcuts" page, or in the config file with Left/right maximization. Now wmaker supports maximizing a window to the left or right half of the screen, making it occupy 50% of the area. This is -useful on widescreen displays where you want to bring up two windows side-by- +useful on wide screen displays where you want to bring up two windows side-by- side. The shortcut keys for this can be configured in WPrefs in the "Keyboard Shortcuts" page, or in the config file with "LHMaximizeKey" and "RHMaximizeKey" History and AutoComplete in the run dialog ------------------------------------------ -The "Run..." dialog now autocompletes executables in your path (triggered by +The "Run..." dialog now auto-completes executables in your path (triggered by the TAB key) and records the history of past commands (last 500 by default). It can also complete folder names if you start the complete with a "/" To use it replace %a with %A in the "Run..." entry in your WMRootMenu file. @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ restarting wmaker (made possible by the 'inotify' mechanism) Automatic detection of menu changes (via inotify) ------------------------------------------------- -Window Maker now uses the 'inotify' mechanism from the linux kernel +Window Maker now uses the 'inotify' mechanism from the Linux kernel to automatically detect changes in the WMRootMenu file. So the --no-polling option is now gone and Window Maker does not wake up your CPU unnecessarily (0 wakeups when idle, instead of 4). @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ NetWM / EWMH Support -------------------- Support for the EWMH standard has been added. Applications from GNOME 2.x and -KDE 3.x should now interoperate better with Window Maker. +KDE 3.x should now inter-operate better with Window Maker. Support for the obsolete/legacy GNOME 1.x, KDE 1.x and OpenLook(!) hints was wiped out for the sake of sanity. @@ -416,13 +416,13 @@ Shared application icons Real application icon sharing was implemented in place of the collapse appicon thing. With this applications of the same instance.class will have a single shared application icon and hiding will hide all windows -of the aplications attached to that appicon as if there is a single +of the application attached to that appicon as if there is a single application. This feature is enabled by default for all applications in the global WMWindowAttributes defaults domain using: "*" = {SharedAppIcon = Yes;}; -If you're not satisfied with this or want the old behaviour back you +If you're not satisfied with this or want the old behavior back you can revert this (either in the global domain for all users or in your personal WMWindowAttibutes domain) using SharedAppIcon = No; for "*" It can also be enabled/disabled for individual applications as needed. @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ the one where the cursor pointer is. - Try to place windows inside one head in non-manual placement modes -Less dependancies +Less dependencies ----------------- starting with 0.70.0 libPropList is no longer required to build Window @@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ configuration files (good for laptops to let them spin disks down when idle). Note: For the ones used with Jim Knoble's 'no polling' patch, this is the same, except that the need to #define ENABLE_NO_POLLING in wconfig.h was removed -and the behaviour is always available if you use the command line option. +and the behavior is always available if you use the command line option. --- 0.63.0 @@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ with each section having the specified thickness. wmagnify -------- -The wmagnify utility will magnify the area on teh screen where +The wmagnify utility will magnify the area on the screen where your mouse pointer is located, updating it in real-time. tip: maximize it horizontally, make it Omnipresent and Always at Bottom. @@ -668,10 +668,10 @@ covered by windows when maximizing, allowing one to easily access the clip or map a menu using the mouse in the border area, even when there are windows maximized in both horizontal and vertical directions. WorkspaceBorder can be one of (None, LeftRight, TopBottom, AllDirections) -while WorkspaceBorderSize is the size in pixles of the border not to be -covered by windows when maximizing (usually a small amount 0..5 pixles). +while WorkspaceBorderSize is the size in pixels of the border not to be +covered by windows when maximizing (usually a small amount 0..5 pixels). -Both options can be set using WPrefs.app in the "Miscelaneous Ergonomic +Both options can be set using WPrefs.app in the "Miscellaneous Ergonomic Preferences" section. WPrefs will always limit WorkspaceBorderSize in the (0..5) range. @@ -760,15 +760,15 @@ Window edge attraction was now added. Attraction = YES/NO; -will enable/disable gravity to edge's boder. -The strength of gravity can be controled by modify `EdgeResistance' value +will enable/disable gravity to edge's border. +The strength of gravity can be controlled by modify `EdgeResistance' value in WindowMaker configuration file. Titlebar Draw String Plugin --------------------------- -FTitleColor, UTitleColor, PTitleColor, MenuTitleColor can be assigend with +FTitleColor, UTitleColor, PTitleColor, MenuTitleColor can be assigned with drawstring plugin instead of plain color. For example: FTitleColor = ( @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ drawstring plugin instead of plain color. For example: ); will invoke function drawplainstring from libwmfun.so and pass 3 colors for -arguments. To code new plugin, please see plugin.h for more informations. +arguments. To code new plugin, please see plugin.h for more information. --- 0.60.0 @@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ SHEXEC will execute the shell command. If you want to execute something like blabla > /dev/null, then use SHEXEC -Dont forget to update your menus. +Don't forget to update your menus. New Option For setstyle @@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ This entry will work in the following way, depending on the context: 2. If one or more icons are already selected when the Clip menu is called, the entry will be named "Toggle Omnipresent" and will apply to all selected icons trying to toggle their omnipresent state. The icons which will be - succesfully changed to their new state as requested, will be unselected, + successfully changed to their new state as requested, will be unselected, while the ones that will fail for some reason to gain their new state, will remain selected. @@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ don't need a panel to explain them why ;) ). Now before you load your gun to start a flame war because this is against your principles you love so much, please sit down and think that this is a feature, -which, if you don't use, the old behaviour of the Clip is totally preserved. +which, if you don't use, the old behavior of the Clip is totally preserved. It just adds some extra capabilities to the Clip for people who think that this is useful. @@ -951,8 +951,8 @@ New crash dialog panel From now on, whenever a fatal situation appears, Window Maker will display a dialog panel to the user and let him choose what to do. The options are: -- Abort and leave a core file (usefull for debugging and getting backtraces) -- Restart Window Maker (default behaviour) +- Abort and leave a core file (useful for debugging and getting backtraces) +- Restart Window Maker (default behavior) - Start alternate window manager (the one defined as fallback, or if not possible fvwm or twm in this order). @@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ Full Screen Maximization The FullMaximize window attribute will allow the window to be maximized to the full size of the screen (ignoring anything -like titlebar, resizebar, dock, panels etc). It should be usefull +like titlebar, resizebar, dock, panels etc). It should be useful for programs that must use the whole screen, like games or things like presentation programs. @@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ libPropList ----------- WARNING!!! libPropList was removed from the Window Maker distribution -and is being distributed separately. If you dont have it installed yet, +and is being distributed separately. If you don't have it installed yet, get it from ftp.windowmaker.info/pub/libs and install before building Window Maker. @@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ Complaints should go to gnome people. SIGUSR1 will restart wmaker now. script change ------------- WINGs-flags was removed, and replaced by get-wraster-flags. -Please remove WINGs-flags from your system, since it was obsoloted by +Please remove WINGs-flags from your system, since it was obsoleted by get-wraster-flags. Continuing to use WINGs-flags can lead to hazardous effects, since is no longer updated. @@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ Syntax is (thgradient, , , , ) where: and are the colors for the gradient, is the texture file and - is the opaqueness to merge the texture witht the gradient, + is the opaqueness to merge the texture with the gradient, ranging from 0 to 255. Example: @@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ AutoRaiseLower option for the Clip. This allows automatic Raise/Lower of the Clip icons when the mouse pointer enter/leave the Clip. To avoid unwanted raising/lowering there is a time threshold before raising/lowering. The thresholds can be changed in wconfig.h by changing one or both of -AUTO_LOWER_DELAY and AUTO_RAISE_DELAY (expressed in miliseconds). +AUTO_LOWER_DELAY and AUTO_RAISE_DELAY (expressed in milliseconds). For example if you set AUTO_RAISE_DELAY to 0, then the Clip will be raised as soon as the mouse pointer enters it's area. Setting AUTO_RAISE_DELAY to a very big value, will make the Clip to practically do not auto raise unless clicked, @@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ Hopefully it's intelligent enough, so you won't notice it. In case you want to know what's it, it's equivalent to that (insanely long) 2 second delay present in that Windoze95 menu, -but more usefull than annoying (I hope :). To see it, do the following +but more useful than annoying (I hope :). To see it, do the following with your current wmaker version and later with 0.20.3: - open the apps menu and stick it @@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ Edit src/wconfig.h and #define ICON_KABOOM_EXTRA to get more effects for the icon undocking animation. Options for superfluous stuff are even more superfluous, so this -will not become runtime. +will not become run-time. XDE drag and drop support @@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ The support works with gtk 1.1.2 libPropList ----------- -libPropList will now be built automatically by wmaker. Wich means +libPropList will now be built automatically by wmaker. Which means the (simplified) building process is now: ./configure @@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ Maker will disable the animation of window creation if the focus mode is either sloppy or auto AND AutoFocus=NO. If you want the animation, enable AutoFocus or use manual focus mode -(prefered). +(preferred). The NoWindowUnderDock option was removed @@ -1457,8 +1457,8 @@ The NoWindowUnderDock option was removed To obtain the same result, use the "Keep Dock On Top" option in the dock menu. -Persistent Program Suplied Icons --------------------------------- +Persistent Program Supplied Icons +--------------------------------- Application supplied icons are now stored, so that the dock will keep showing them after the app is exited. The icons are stored at @@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ exitscript New runtime options ------------------- -1. Miniaturization animation is now selectable by a runtime option +1. Miniaturization animation is now selectable by a run-time option Add a line with IconificationStyle =