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diff --git a/news.md b/news.md deleted file mode 100644 index c2d5832..0000000 --- a/news.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,579 +0,0 @@ -% xmobar - Release notes - -## Version 0.25 (February, 2018) - -_New features_ - - - The X11 properties `WM_NAME` and `WM_CLASS` for xmobar windows can - be setup in either the configuration file (`wmName` and `wmClass`) - or using the new flags `-n` adn `-w` (see [issue #323]). - - New flag `with_weather`, to build sans `Weather` monitor. - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Honouring -x in MPris monitor ([issue #325]) - - -[issue #323]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/323 -[issue #325]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/325 - -## Version 0.24.5 (May, 2017) - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Fix for vertical bars ([issue #303]) - -[issue #303]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/303 - -## Version 0.24.4 (April, 2017) - -_Infrastructure_ - - - Whe have now an active [Travis CI setup]. - -[Travis CI setup]: https://travis-ci.org/jaor/xmobar - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Reduce wakeups rate via rtsopts V0 (with new flag with_rtsopts to - disable it) (see [issue #89]). - - Fix Net monitor for lage uptimes and bytecounts (Tomas Janoušek). - - Fix MultiCpu monitor for large uptimes (Zev Weiss). - - Fix compilation when XMP is disabled (Sergi Trofimovich). - - Better fatal error messages (Michael Bishop). - - More paths to read from in CoreTemp (see [issue #291]). - -[issue #291]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/291 - -## Version 0.24.3 (Sep 5, 2016) - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Battery monitor: fixes for cases where status is not consistently - reported by the kernel (see [issue #271]). - -[issue #271]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/271 - -## Version 0.24.2 (Aug 8, 2016) - -_Bug fixes_ - - - New Weather plugin URL (see [issue #270]). - -[issue #270]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/270 - -## Version 0.24.1 (Jul 28, 2016) - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Restoring compatibility with GHC 7.6, (see [issue #269]). - -[issue #269]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/269 - -## Version 0.24 (Jul 26, 2016) - -_New features_ - - - Use the new compilation flag `with_conduit` to compile an - implemetation of the `Weather` plugin that will work behind - proxies, by Dragos Boca. - - New command line argument (`-p`) to specify xmobar's position, by - Valentin Shirokov. - - Wind speed in Km/h and m/s for the `Weather` plugin, by Michael - Knabe. - - `UVMeter`, a new optional plugin showing UV data for Australian - users, by Roman Joost. - - New template parameter `<date>` for the `MPD` plugin (by Bruno - Heridet) - - New monitor argument `-T` to specify the maximum total width of - the monitor text. - - New $VAR parameter syntax for using env vars in pipe monitors, by - Will Song (see [issue #268]). - -_Bug fixes_ - - - The `Volume` plugin now supports capture devices (Antoine Eiche). - - The `MPD` plugin will now automatically update on options changes - (Ben Boeckel). - - The `Battery` plugin does now a better job at tracking AC status - and times (see [issue #231]). - - `PipeReader` was polling too often (thanks to zlbruce). - - The `MPris` monitor now honours field width and padding optons - (-M, -w, etc.). - - `Batt`: sensible thresholds for high/low power consumption (see - [issue #265]). - -[issue #231]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/225 -[issue #265]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/225 -[issue #268]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/268 - -## Version 0.23.1 (Apr 14, 2015) - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Vertical alignment for icons, [issue #216] - - Improvements to vertical text alignment, with many thanks to Jan - Palus (see ongoing discussion in [issue #221]). - - Better error handling in `Volume` monitor, [issue #215] - - Compilation with ghc 7.8 and 7.10 (thanks to Edward Tjörnhammar, - see [issue #225]). - -[issue #225]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/225 -[issue #221]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/221 -[issue #216]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/216 -[issue #215]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/215 - -## Version 0.23 (Mar 8, 2015) - -_New features_ - - - Xmobar can now use a (semi)transparent background: set it with the - new configuration option `alpha` (thanks to Edward Z. Yang, see - [issue #114]). - - Multiple fonts available by means of the new configuration - parameter `additionalFonts` and the template markers - `<fn=1>...</fn>`, by Markus Scherer. - - New variables in `Mem` monitor for available memory as reported by - Linux 3.14 and newer, by Samuli Thomasson. - - New configuration parameters `textOffset` and `iconOffset` (see - discussion in [issue #171] and [issue #201]). - - New template variable `flags` in `MPD` monitor, by Duncan Burke. - -[issue #171]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/171 -[issue #201]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/201 -[issue #114]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/114 - -_Bug fixes_ - - - We honour the `-S` (show suffix) monitor flag in `CpuFreq`. - - Better `Weather` parsing of wind direction, by Dino Morelli (see - [pull #212]). - -[pull #212]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/pull/212 - -## Version 0.22.1 (Oct 11, 2014) - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Fix compilation in systems that don't need mtl newer than the one - shipped with GHC. - -## Version 0.22 (Oct 9, 2014) - -_New features_ - - - New `MarqueePipeReader` plugin by Reto Hablützel. - - `Network` monitor has now adaptive units (`-S` is used now to - switch them on), by Axel Angel. - - `Weather` now offers `dewPointC` and `dewPointF` instead of - `dewPoint`, and the new `windCardinal`, `windAzimuth`, `windMph` - and `windKnots` variables, by Tony Morris. - - Strings in the configuration file can now span multiple lines - using Haskell-style multiline script, thanks to dunric - - Icons can now be also xpm files (if xmobar is compiled with - `with_xpm`), thanks to Alexander Shabalin. - - New `borderWidth` option to set xmobar's boder width, thanks to - Travis Staton. - - Support for multiple Xft fonts, thanks to Phil Xiaojun Hu and - Cedric staub (see [pull request #196]). - - Icon patterns for several monitors, that allow you to specify a - collection of icons to use for successive integer variable values, - thanks to Alexander Shabalin (see [pull request #192] and the - documentation for details). - - Upgrade to libmpd 0.9. - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Much more efficient implementation of the `Locks` plugin, thanks - to Anton Vorontsov (see [pull request #195]). - - Not colorizing total disk size in `DiskU` ([issue #189]). - - Avoiding zombies on click actions, thanks to Phil Xiaojun Hu - ([issue #181]). - -[issue #181]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/181 -[issue #189]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/189 -[pull request #192]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/pull/192 -[pull request #195]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/pull/195 -[pull request #196]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/pull/196 - -## Version 0.21 (Jul 1, 2014) - -_New features_ - - - Vertical bar indicators using unicode available for most monitors, - by Eric Mrak. - - `CoreTemp`: support for linux 3.15, by Tomáš Janoušek. - - New `CatInt` monitor, displaying integer values read from a file, - by Nathaniel Wesley Filardo. - - New `<raw>` tag for safer input parsing, also by Nathaniel. - - New `UnsafeXMonadLog` monitor (by Eric Mrak) and their xproperty - counterparts, `UnsafeXPropertyLog` and `UnsafeNamedXPropertyLog`. - -_Bug fixes_ - - - `Network` now reports status for ppp connections (see - [issue #89]). - - Fix for very long running `Cpu` monitors, by Robert J Macomber. - -[issue #89]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/89 - -## Version 0.20.1 (March 13, 2014) - -_New features_ - - - Back to picking by default the first available screen, with a new - configuration option, `pickBroadest`, for choosing the broadest - (see [issue #158]). - -[issue #158]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/158 - -## Version 0.20 (March 10, 2014) - -_New features_ - - - Mouse actions now support multiple buttons, by Marcin Mikołajczyk. - - Non supported monitors are ignored in configuration files (see - [issue #139]), by Adam Vogt. - -_Bug fixes_ - - - `Disk` monitor now ignores non-existent devices (Reto Hablützel). - - `Weather` is now non-blocking and doesn't use curl (Ben Boeckel). - - Fix for `Memory` monitor in 3.14 kernels (Ben Boeckel). - - Fix for infinite loops in `AutoMPD` ([issue #76], [issue #111]). - - More robust AC readings in `BatteryP`. - - Fix for `Top` monitor's readings for processes whose name contains - blanks. - - Fixes for geometry computation on multihead (Dmitry Malikov). - - Fixes for missing XDG configuration (Thiago Negri and James McCoy, - see [issue #133]). - - Compatibility with latest `directory` (1.2.0.2). - -[issue #76]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/76 -[issue #111]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/111 -[issue #133]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/133 -[issue #139]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/133 - -## Version 0.19 (October 27, 2013) - -As of this release, the old bug tracker at Google code is deprecated. -Please use [Github's tracker] for new bugs. - -_New features_ - - - New monitor `BatteryN`, a variant of `BatteryP` that lets you - specify the name of the monitor in the template. - - Support for configuration file living in `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` (see - [github #99]). - - `Com` uses safer `runInteractiveProcess` instead of spawning a - shell (David McLean). If you're using shell expansion in your - `Com` (e.g. "~/bin/script") here's a workaround: `Run Com - "/bin/bash" ["-c", "~/bin/script"]` (cf. [github #127]). - - New plugin `UnsafeStdinReader` that allows actions from stdin. - Now it's possible to have clickable workspaces! - (Thiago Negri, see [github #125]). - - New monitor configuration option (`-x` or `--nastring`) that allows - specifying what string to display when a monitor is not available - (defaulting to "N/A"). Cf. [github #119]. - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Using the width options `-w`, `-m` and `-M` in battery monitors - watts display ([github #118]). - - Using the `-d` option in `CoreTemp` ([github #115]) - - Fix for systems not supporting PCRE regular expressions: we use - now BCEs, so regex-compat should be enough everywhere (see - [github #117]). - - Weather monitor: support for stations without name (Sergei - Trofimovich, [issue #65]). - -[Github's tracker]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues -[github #99]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/115 -[github #115]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/115 -[github #117]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/117 -[github #125]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/125 -[issue #65]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=65 -[github #118]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/118 -[github #119]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/119 -[github #127]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/127 - -## Version 0.18 (June 5, 2013) - -_New features_ - - - All extra argument monitors taking a string (e.g. `-O` for - `BatteryP`) accept now template variables (see [github #109] and - [#110]). Thanks to Todd Lunter. - - - New battery monitor extra argument, `-i`, for the idle status. - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Safer standard input parsing, avoiding <action> injections. - - -[github #109]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/109 -[#110]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/110 - -## Version 0.17 (May 5, 2013) - -_New features_ - - - Icons support: it's now possible to insert bitmaps in the template - (Edward O'Callaghan, Alexander Polakov and Tomáš Janoušek). - - Initial support for reacting to mouse clicks (Alexander Polakov). - - New `TopP` and `BottomP` alignments, taking left and right - paddings (thanks to Dmitry Malikov). - - New `<freeratio>` field for memory monitor (Peter Simons). - - New `allDesktops` and `overrideRedirect` configuration options, - providing dock behaviour in tiling WMs (when set to True and False - respectively). Cf. discussion at [github #105]. - - Experimental `-d` (start as a dock) option, may address [github #67] - in some window managers. - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Partial (as reports go) fix for [github #77]. - - Safer volume plugin (Dmitry Malikov). - - Battery percentage capped at 100% (RJ Regenold). - -[github #67]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/67 -[github #77]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/77 -[github #105]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/105 - - -## Version 0.16 (Dec 3, 2012) - -_New features_ - - - New monitor `AutoMPD`, which uses asynchronous events to display - MPD status (thanks to Ben Boeckel). - - New monitor `BufferedPipeReader` displaying data from multiple - pipes (thanks to Jochen Keil). - - New monitor `DynNetwork`, which detects the active interface - automatically, by Reto Hablützel - - New monitor, `Locks`, displaying the status of lock keys, by - Patrick Chilton. - - Extension for DBUS signal handling (Jochen Keil) - - Hide/Reveal: one can send signals to xmobar and make it (un)hide - itself (Jochen again). - - `PipeReader`'s default text is now configurable, by Reto Hablützel. - - Dependencies updated to latest mtl and libmpd (thanks to Sergei - Trofimovich). - - Dependencies on the deprecated dbus-core removed in favour of - dbus 0.10 (thanks to Jochen Keil). - - MPris2 now includes genre and composer among its fields. - -_Bug fixes_ - - - `DiskIO` now can report overall activity in all partitions of a device - which is not mounted itself (e.g., sda when sda1, sda3, etc. are - the mounted partitions). Thanks to John Soros. See [github #73]. - - `DiskU`, the disk usage monitor, works again correctly on Linux, - instead of randomly crashing every now and then, and reporting - wrong used size. - - When using antialiased fonts, we were causing a memory leak in the - X server by repeatedly allocating colors that, apparently, the - server doesn't know how to get rid of (even when told so!). We're - caching them now and X server memory doesn't grow. - - Compilation errors and warnings with GHC 7.6 removed (thanks to - Raghavendra D Prabhu for his reports in [github #71]). - -_Known problems_ - -Some users have reported problems with xmobar compiled with GHC 7.6 in -ArchLinux: see [github #78] and pointers therein. Please, send -reports of any problems or successes in that regard so that we can fix -any remaining issues. Thanks! - -[github #71]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/71 -[github #73]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/73 -[github #78]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/78 - -## Version 0.15 (June 4, 2012) - -_Incompatible changes_ - - - `Batt` monitor no longer uses `-c` to specify the charge file: it - should figure things out by itself (cf. [issue 69]). - -_New features_ - - - New command line option, `-C`, that allows *adding* commands to - those specified in the configuration file (Ben Boeckel). - - Dependency on GHC's threaded runtime has been eliminated. - - New MPRIS (versions 1 and 2) monitor, by Artem Tarasov. - - New monitor option `-d` to specify the number of decimal places to - display for float numbers. Defaults to 0. See [issue 58]. - - New compilation option `--with_threaded`, to use GHC's threaded - runtime to compile xmobar. Disabled by default (cf. discussion in - [github #36]). - -_Bug fixes_ - - - Stricter build dependencies versioning in cabal file. - - [issue 56] vertical alignment of text improved. - - [issue 64] display of `watts` in `Batt` monitor fixed. - - [issue 69] miscellaneous battery reporting issues. - - [issue 67] compilation in DragonFly. - - DiskIO works also when device path in mtab are symbolic links - to the real device file. - - Wireless monitor honours padding settings for ESSID names. - - CoreTemp monitor fixed for newer kernels ([github #38]). - -[issue 56]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=56 -[issue 58]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=58 -[issue 64]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=64 -[issue 67]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=67 -[issue 69]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=69 -[github #36]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/36 -[github #38]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/38 - -## Version 0.14 (Dec 10, 2011) - -_New features_ - - - New brightness monitor, courtesy of Martin Perner. - - New DateZone plugin, for configurable timezone and localized - datetimes, also by Martin. - - New keyboard layout monitor (Kbd). Yes, by Martin. - - Rewrite of the event handling ([issue 53], [issue 57]), you - guessed it. - - Cpu monitor now also reports `iowait` field ([issue 55]). - - Battery monitor: the full charge file is now settable in the - monitor arguments (olpc systems use `charge_full_design`; see - [issue 62]). - -_Bug fixes_ - - - [issue 45] Fix for crashes with AC status changes in battery monitor. - - [issue 48] The <quality> field of Wireless behaves like a percentage. - - [issue 50]/[issue 61]: `MPD` monitor now works with libmpd 0.6. - - [issue 60] Fixes for crashes on power resume for battery monitor. - - Template sections without fields are now correctly displayed. - - Catch errors when reading battery status (Ben Boeckel). - - Compilation issues with ghc 7.x (Sergei Trofimovich). - - Fixes for CoreTemp monitor in new kernels (Norbert Zeh). - - Fix for pulseaudio problems in volume monitor (Martin Perner). - - Fix for parsing errors when a `Run` entry ended in an array - (Martin). - - Fixed compilation in OpenBSD (Ivo van der Sangen). - -[issue 45]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=45 -[issue 48]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=48 -[issue 50]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=50 -[issue 53]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=53 -[issue 55]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=55 -[issue 57]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=57 -[issue 60]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=60 -[issue 61]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=61 -[issue 62]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=62 - -## Version 0.13 (March 28, 2011) - -_New features_ - - - New `Volume` monitor displaying ALSA soundcards information, by - Thomas Tuegel. - - New `ThermalZone` plugin substituting `Thermal` and using linux's - *sysfs* interface (you need this one if you're using a kernel - version equal to or above 2.6.37). See [issue 44]. - - xmobar app new has WM_CLASS, WM_NAME and _NET_WM_PID xprops - ([issue 38]). - -_Incompatible changes_ - - - In the process of solving [issue 14], we've broken those - configurations that rely on including alignment separators in the - input fed to `StdinReader`. - - The MPD plugin does not accept host and port options anymore: use - the environment variables MPD_HOST and MPD_PORT instead. - - The `Mail` plugin now takes a second parameter (a string) - specifying its alias. As a side-effect, this solves [issue 30]. - -_Bug fixes_ - - - [issue 14] `StdinReader` and other plugins accepting external - input don't get confused anymore when characters from `alignSep` - appear in their input. - - [issue 27] `BottomSize` placement now respects its width argument. - - [issue 28] Compilation in Mac OS X fixed. - - [issue 30] `Mail` plugin can be specified anywhere in commands list. - - [issue 36] Battery monitor now supports non-standard locations of - the `/sys/class/power_supply/AC/online` file. - - [issue 40] Battery monitor now supports the new power_now, that - replaces current_now in linux kernels for v. 2.36 and above. - - [issue 42] More accurate net monitor rates. - - DiskIO, Cpu and MultiCpu monitors are also more accurate now. - - Text is now correctly centered vertically. - - `FullBM` border spec fixed. - -[issue 14]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=14 -[issue 27]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=27 -[issue 28]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=28 -[issue 30]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=30 -[issue 36]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=36 -[issue 38]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=38 -[issue 40]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=40 -[issue 42]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=42 -[issue 44]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=44 - -## Version 0.12 (Dec 24, 2010) - -xmobar has a new [maintainer], a new [website], a new [mailing -list] and uses a new [source code repository]. - -Many thanks to Andrea Rossato, xmobar's author and maintainer so far, -for creating xmobar in the first place, and for giving me the chance -to become its maintainer. And a big thanks to Ben Boeckel, Petr Rockai -and Norbert Zeh for their patches. - -[website]: http://projects.haskell.org/xmobar/ -[mailing list]: http://projects.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xmobar -[source code repository]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar -[maintainer]: http://hacks-galore.org/jao/ - -_New features_ - - - Window borders: configuration options `border` and `borderColor` - allow drawing borders around xmobar's window. - - New monitor, `Uptime`, showing the system uptime. - - New monitor argument (`-S`) to enable displaying the `%` symbol in - percentages or other suffixes (e.g., units in Uptime and Network); - the symbol is now never included by default. - - New 'run once' commands, by specifying a 0 refresh rate in `Run - Com` ([issue 26]). - - MPD monitor: updated to libmpd 1.5. New fields `ppos` (playlist - position) and `remaining` (remaining time). New configuration - options to specify MPD's host, user name and password. - - Battery monitor: new `watts` and `timeleft` fields (Petr Rockai), - and specific arguments to control coloring and thresholds of the - former. - - MultiCPU monitor: new `auto*` fields that automatically detect all - present CPUs (Ben Boeckel). - - CpuFreq monitor uses just one decimal digit for GHz values (Petr - Rockai). - - Mail plugin expands paths starting with "~/" (Ben Boeckel). Ditto - MBox. - - Weather monitor now skips not retrieved fields, instead of - displaying a long error message. - - New compilation flag, `all_extensions`. - - Documentation and website updates. - -_Bug fixes_ - - - [issue 23] Wireless monitor is now compatible with iwlib 29. - - [issue 24] Swap monitor's used ratio display fixed. - - [issue 25] Percentages only include `%` if requested using `-P`. - - [issue 31] MPD monitor now respects `-W` argument. - - Fixes in CPU frequency formatting, string alignment and colour - boxes in monitors (Norbert Zeh). - - TopMem and TopProc now use the `-L` and `-H` options correctly for - memory template fields. - - MBox skips non-existent mbox paths instead of hanging. - -[issue 23]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=23 -[issue 24]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=24 -[issue 25]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=25 -[issue 26]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=26 -[issue 31]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=31 |