Changes for version 4.0 - 2024-10-07
- Significantly improved multi-screen experience:
- Windows are now returning back to their preferred screen after connecting it back
- Destination tag now corresponds to the original one during screen destroy phase
- Fix issue with screen_select() after changing screen topology
- Improved Expose module a lot:
- Use XComposite extension to properly make hidden windows screenshots
- Use get_image_data_rgba() to properly handle BGRA colorspace
- Expose module edge-cases optimization with zero and one visible windows
- Other small cosmetic changes
- Made numerous improvements related to mouse pointer events and position:
- Rework Window->focus() to show transients of maximized window
- Prevent EnterNotify on focus_cycle() to visit every window
- Prevent EnterNotify unmaximizing a window
- Fix race condition with EnterNotify mapping floating windows
- Fix race condition with focus during maximized windows startup
- Improve focus logic for multiple screens (see comment in f364d604e)
- Fix rapid EnterNotify preventor to avoid race condition on tag switching
- Prevent rapid FocusIn events firing on EnterNotify and tag_select()
- Avoid warp_pointer if the window already owns it
- Implement tag->{focus} to select focus window on tag switching
- Fix leaked reference of always_on window in Tag->focus
- Reworked focus_prev functionality keeping a list of previously focused windows:
- Make focus_prev keep five instead of two last windows
- Fix issue calling focus_prev() to some window below maximized one
- Fix focus_prev behaviour inside FocusIn handler
- Fix focus_prev focus stealing and tag switching
- Made mouse-based window movement and resize smoothier giving those actions more CPU time.
- Implemented feature to respect WM_SIZE_HINTS for newly created windows making dialogs look prettier.
- Updated X11::XCB to 0.23 to use brand new shiny features.
- Started several markdown documents, especially Development.md describing korgwm history.
- Slightly updated default config:
- Rebind Fn keys to Mod+Alt because of a ThinkPad bug
- Make pointer follow the window during win_move_tag()
- Change Mattermost screen affinity
- Support KORGWM_DEBUG_PORT environment variable to avoid EADDRINUSE starting second korgwm instance
- Rename workspace names using only numbers
- Other minor improvements and fixes:
- exec() now tries to open STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR to /dev/null after closing them
- Add some fairness to X events poller
- Add doc/release_checklist.md describing the release procedure
- Implement KORGWM_DEBUG_API to enable debug API calls regardless debug config
- Implement dump_screens() debug API call
- Update .xinitrc to avoid several freezes and other issues
- Ignore "Window errors" caught when closing multiple windows at a time
- Replace redundant splice with grep
- Fix issue with pointer not warped on a maximized window
- Fix shameful memory leak inside Window DESTROY routine
- Fix typo in focus->{window}
- Add Gtk3::disable_setlocale() to avoid 0.5 value interpreted as 0
Documentation
a tiling window manager written in Perl
Modules
a tiling window manager written in Perl
Provides
in lib/X11/korgwm/API.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Common.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Config.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/EWMH.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Executor.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Expose.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Hotkeys.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Layout.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Mouse.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Panel.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Panel/Battery.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Panel/Clock.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Panel/Lang.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Screen.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Tag.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Window.pm
in lib/X11/korgwm/Xkb.pm