From a261c348df9bd2b04282097fa7799ad4921e2081 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jao Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 04:59:43 +0100 Subject: news.md -> changelog.md --- changelog.md | 577 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 577 insertions(+) create mode 100644 changelog.md (limited to 'changelog.md') diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..955b043 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.md @@ -0,0 +1,577 @@ +## 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 `` 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 + `...`, 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 `` 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 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 `` 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 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 -- cgit v1.2.3