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April 19, 2009

Whim 2399 is available. http://whim.linuxsys.net/files/Whim-2399.tar.bz2

 $ md5sum Whim-2399.tar.bz2
 ec074c121235d27ca0ea154153acfa18  Whim-2399.tar.bz2

A special thanks to Elliot for noticing a bug in configure notify handling, and notifying me of it.

This has:

bug fixes for configure notify handling (introduced in the last release). The test suite wasn't working quite right, and I didn't notice. The configure notify handling should be improved in general now. The bug was introduced in pwm.so. This fixes some behavior with the grid layout too.
objstructure bug fix for the trace code (reference counting was needed for each trace structure). In hindsight, I should probably reimplement some of the callbacks to work this way too.
a little dead code removal.

Enjoy! --George

April 12, 2009

Whim 2393 is available. http://whim.linuxsys.net/files/Whim-2393.tar.bz2

 $ md5sum Whim-2393.tar.bz2
 ce86c1fcf9a273d739a0d41281fca516  Whim-2393.tar.bz2

This is a bug fix release.

This has:

a minor bug fix for the window management extension that Whim uses
applet framework error reporting has been improved, and the protocol for the control line was improved
the sheet applet will save your notes on exit, rather than assuming that the timeout has occurred recently enough to not lose data
the place layout had a minor bug fixed that caused problems on restart
the ConfigureRequest handler in a path is now grabbing the server until the request has been responded to. This seems to generally avoid some problems, but when limiting the size with constraints some toolkits/apps respond strangely at times. Ultimately the races that seem to be in some apps will have to be worked around differently. The solution is complicated by Tk doing idle management to layout windows.

Feb 7, 2009

Whim 2365 is available.

http://whim.linuxsys.net/files/Whim-2365.tar.bz2

$ md5sum Whim-2365.tar.bz2

 6504393baf56a21843bfecae54fde85c  Whim-2365.tar.bz2

This has bug fixes for the initial grid layout with the new taskbar code.

This also fixes the initial focus issue with the "give focus to new windows" option.

The startup spinning window feature that shows up with whimcompmgr2 has been removed. It was annoying on startup. Now just the destroyed windows have that (flushing) effect.

Future plans include:

Merging Steve's satellite.kit into Whim.

Enjoy! --George

Jan 30, 2009

Whim 2355 is available.

http://whim.linuxsys.net/files/Whim-2355.tar.bz2

 $ md5sum Whim-2355.tar.bz2
 ceefba5fac487af2ed8121e432e10965  Whim-2355.tar.bz2

This has a new binary clock applet (work in progress) by a user.

It also has taskbars by default that can't be covered, due to some window hierarchy changes, and builtin taskbar code, so the taskbar applet isn't needed anymore.

Whimcompmgr2 had some bugs fixed too (redraw issues are fixed now).

Jan 10, 2009

Whim 2324 is available.

http://whim.linuxsys.net/files/Whim-2324.tar.bz2

This is a bug fix release. It fixes issues with GenericEvents with the 1.6 branch of the X.org server, and an old stack corruption bug with XShapeEvents.

 $ md5sum Whim-2324.tar.bz2
 fb0e8382123bfd0c4492e520f0642a96  Whim-2324.tar.bz2

-George

Jan 9, 2009

Whim 2318 is now available.

http://whim.linuxsys.net/files/Whim-2318.tar.bz2

This is a bug fix release. There aren't any new features, just refinements.

Whimcompmgr2 should be more stable, and work better. Assuming you have a video driver/card that supports it adequately.

Items for a future release include:

Making the taskbar size and space be considered when maximizing a window. It was this way in older releases, but due to some rototilling, and redesign it needs to be rethought.
Figuring out a solution for some apps that respond negatively when they don't get the size they want, especially with the grid layout pattern.
Making whimcompmgr faster by using WHIMCOMPMGR_IGNORE properly, as whimcompmgr2 does. Whimcompmgr2 is for OpenGL only, so it doesn't suite everyone.

 $ md5sum Whim-2318.tar.bz2
 51cee2c613ddb660da56d25a35b49b80  Whim-2318.tar.bz2

-George

Dec 21, 2008

A new 2284 developer preview is available.

http://whim.linuxsys.net/files/Whim-2284.tar.bz2

whimcompmgr2 (now based on OpenGL and GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap)
spinning windows (when using whimcompmgr2)
fast alpha transparency
scaling (if desired)
WHIMCOMPMGR_IGNORE handling is now correct; which boosts performance

 $ md5sum Whim-2284.tar.bz2
 3e7f82a9a6ed089afcab250e8ca222d4  Whim-2284.tar.bz2

--George

Enjoy!

Now tested on Nokia N770 (Nokia N770 Installation) & Sharp Zaurus running PdaXrom!

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