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Enlightenment DR 0.24.2 Release

2020-07-26 - by Carsten Haitzler

Hilights:

Fixed null exec command running
Fixed handling of screen with no edid
Fixed signal.h, execinfo.h include for some libc's
Sped up pager thumb loading significant;y
Handle zone changes during startup
Longer efreetd timeout for update event
Fixed e's xsettings support on 64bit to use the right types
Fixed preloading of icon
Fixed e's wl backlight/dimming logic to be correct and reliable
Fixed noisy logging on invalid exec handle found
Fixed shot blurriness if size didn't quite match
Fixed battery on openbsd to use right constants
Fixed cpu freq setting on freebsd etc.
Handle error exits from dependency libs as an error and bring up alert
E system - isolate stdio so it doesn't affect ipc on stdin/out
Polkit & Askpass password - handle escaping right
Fix tiling issue with float/unfloat
Fixed shell autohide when clock data up
Handle x io error with proper exit code and exit

Download

LINK	SHA256
Enlightenment DR 0.24.2 XZ	be18e2f18d6c0b058f633e769863d3cbc4c07b629058ae670dec74cd7906dff1

Building and Dependencies

EFL
libpam (Linux only)

Highly recommended to ensure proper functionality (though you can live without these):

connman (For network configuration support)
bluez5 (For bluetooth configuration and control)
bc (For the evrything module calculator mode)
pulseaudio (For proper audio device control and redirection)
acpid (For systems with ACPI for lid events, AC/Battery plug in/out etc.)
packagekit (For the built in system updates monitoring and updater)
udisks2 (For removable storage mounting/unmounting)
ddcutil (specifically libddcutil.so.2 for backlight control)
gdb (If you want automatic backtraces on a crash in ~/.e-crashdump.txt - don't forget to build EFL and E with gdb debugging to make this useful)

Note: Enlightenment 0.24.2 depends on EFL v1.24.1 or newer.

Terminology 1.8.0 Release

2020-07-26 - by Boris Faure

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ― Confucius

Latest release was only two months ago but there is already some new material to be enjoyed! The detailed change log lists them below:

Additions

Small framework to add unit tests
Display tooltips when hovering color descriptions
Handle OSC 10/11 to change/get background and foreground colors

Improvements

Reworked build system for testing and fuzzing
Use of switch-case constructs when home-made binary search was not efficient
Support EFL 1-22 or newer only
Larger list of word separators when doing word-selection
Reworked the Settings panel to add one panel on Mouse interactions
Handle Emoji characters as double-width, following Unicode 13.0

Fixes

Fix issues detected by UndefinedBehavior Sanitizer

Download

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Terminology 1.8.0 XZ	`c6f5b003412f25507277702cabe1a11d7190971343c1d6030aa7d3fe5b45765f`

In action

The color tooltips can be seen below: The change on which character is rendered on double-width is best illustrated with smileys about love:

Social Media

If you want to know more about what's going on with Terminology, follow us on twitter @_Terminology_

There is also a dedicated Youtube channel about Terminology.

The latest video shows all features around links in Terminology:

Again with the downtime due to the pandemic, I've had some more time to work on Evisum. There was opportunity to completely restructure the source tree, as well as fix and improve on code for querying the various systems. There are some UI changes also. Everything in its own place (own window). Therefore, there is no restriction on access to available system and process information.

Highlights

Introduce a traditional application menu.
Add a CPU core viewer with rudimentary graphs.
Add filesystem querying API.
Support infinite sensors and batteries.
Take into account ZFS usage on FreeBSD systems.
Add documentation viewer in the process view.
Create a process window for proceses (split the UI out).
View per-thread core usage of process.
Support threads on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonFlyBSD.
Process argument parsing refinements.
Code refactoring of process and thread query API.
Fix memory leaks.
UI alignments and improvements.
Massive rearrangement of the source tree.
Indicate process list sorting.
Fix swap calculation on macOS.
Fixes for non-Linux machines on aarch64.
Allow user to attach to a process (no more excuses users!!!).
Add an about window.
Bug fixes.

Screenshots

Thoughts

As usual, hopefully you enjoy, and also I hope the work done will make improving the UI and adding features much easier for myself or anyone else interested.

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https://download.enlightenment.org/rel/apps/evisum/evisum-0.5.0.tar.xz	13199601aaedd036bf0421516c204d9f9853a8610615cadde482228e3eda6fb6

EFL 1.24.3 release

2020-06-17 - by Stefan Schmidt

We are happy to release the third stable update for our 1.24.x series.

Fixes:

evas - csd and wl csd - fix alpha zeroing to avoid framespace junk
evas - genetic update regions smart merge - merge v adjacent regions
efreet - handle runtime relocation right with default XDG_DATA_DIRS
edje: fix animation memory leak.
canvas vg: fix dangling vector containers.
evas vg: clean up dangling instances
canvas vg: fix vector file data memory leak.
efl gfx_path: fix memory leak.
efl_ui_image: fixed elm_image_preload_disabled_set api is not working when it is called before file set

Download:

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efl-1.24.3.tar.xz	de95c6e673c170c1e21382918b122417c091c643e7dcaced89aa785529625c2a

Enlightenment DR 0.24.1 Release

2020-05-31 - by Carsten Haitzler

Hilights:

Optimized keymap response handling to not stall on startup
Fixed wayland frame request timestamp to be the 0 base same as others
Fix polkit auth handling when having to auth for non-user UID
Randr fix to move pointer on-screen if off screen after reconfigure
Fix non-systemd system suport for resume to not think it's suspended
Add delay to allow any pending frames to display before suspend

Download

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Enlightenment DR 0.24.1 XZ	aee2b6178c918d71ebe661129f4008d773e70e5784651dadbcf56eec0a6d4a09

Building and Dependencies

EFL
libpam (Linux only)

Highly recommended to ensure proper functionality (though you can live without these):

connman (For network configuration support)
bluez5 (For bluetooth configuration and control)
bc (For the evrything module calculator mode)
pulseaudio (For proper audio device control and redirection)
acpid (For systems with ACPI for lid events, AC/Battery plug in/out etc.)
packagekit (For the built in system updates monitoring and updater)
udisks2 (For removable storage mounting/unmounting)
ddcutil (specifically libddcutil.so.2 for backlight control)
gdb (If you want automatic backtraces on a crash in ~/.e-crashdump.txt - don't forget to build EFL and E with gdb debugging to make this useful)

Note: Enlightenment 0.24.1 depends on EFL v1.24.1 or newer.

EFL 1.24.2 release

2020-05-25 - by Stefan Schmidt

Two weeks after 1.24.1 we are back with a new stable release. This collection provides some additional fixes for the 1.24.x series.

Fixes:

evas_vg_shape: return NULL in evas_vg_shape_add when the parent of shape is NULL
efl_ui_image: fix to call “clicked” smart callback when there is no img
ecore-x - ensure we fully look at all xkb events and refresh all binds
evas_vg_container: return NULL in evas_vg_container_add when the parent of container is NULL
build: ensure we set ENABLE_LUA_OLD when using a lua interpreter

Download:

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efl-1.24.2.tar.xz	e1f91dfe8b8171f182f474eb9cfb13d9176c21f1879983fb896e92f7e2ce7a70

Enlightenment DR 0.24.0 Release

2020-05-17 - by Carsten Haitzler

Hilights:

New and improved shot module with editor and cropper
Reduced number of setuid tools (merged many into single system tool)
External monitor backlight and brightness controls via (lib)ddctil
Improved resolution of EFM thumbnails to 256×256 by default
New and improved crash handling guru meditation
Restarts are now seamless with fade in and out and zero glitches
Wallpaper import generates multiple resolutions for better efficiency
Regularly malloc_trim if available to keep mem down
All restarts are now handled by enlightenment_start, not e itself
Enforce pointer lock to screen in X to stop pointer out-of-bounds
Pager plain is gone - use the regular “miniature preview” pager
Music control auto-runs your selected media player if not there
Handle exception for steam games to find the right desktop file
Polkit auth agent support as new core module - no extra daemons
Drop comp fast effects - Should be edje transition factor + theme tags
Easier config of specific desktop wallpaper straight from pager
Startup should be smoother with IO prefetch thread
New special blanking timeout for when locked that can be shorter
Bluez4 gone now as Bluez5 is done and working fine
Down to zero outstanding coverity issues
The usual batches of bug fixes and minor improvements

Download

LINK	SHA256
Enlightenment DR 0.24.0 XZ	e7bb0d6b2a9661bd0b2ca15c6bca20ec654a01aff8865f9f594efada3a1c0504

Building and Dependencies

EFL
libpam (Linux only)

Highly recommended to ensure proper functionality (though you can live without these):

connman (For network configuration support)
bluez5 (For bluetooth configuration and control)
bc (For the evrything module calculator mode)
pulseaudio (For proper audio device control and redirection)
acpid (For systems with ACPI for lid events, AC/Battery plug in/out etc.)
packagekit (For the built in system updates monitoring and updater)
udisks2 (For removable storage mounting/unmounting)
ddcutil (specifically libddcutil.so.2 for backlight control)
gdb (If you want automatic backtraces on a crash in ~/.e-crashdump.txt - don't forget to build EFL and E with gdb debugging to make this useful)

Note: Enlightenment 0.24.0 depends on EFL v1.24.1 or newer.

EFL 1.24.1 release

2020-05-11 - by Stefan Schmidt

We collected and backport some fixes in are now ready to release the first stable update for the efl 1.24.x series.

Fixes:

edje - don't set font sizes less than 1
ecore_evas_x - fix maximize/unmaximize request corner case
ecore_evas: only define these eina errors once
exactness: remove no longer needed _evas_new()
exactness_player: do not test for delay_ms
evas + gl - fix callback-to-app-changes-state issue with pixel data

Download:

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efl-1.24.1.tar.xz	67aafb53926426b245ba934e3a4adc2f465041b9c3cbcabfff8f914367f94bf7

Terminology 1.7.0 Release

2020-05-10 - by Boris Faure

“The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.” ― Saint Francis de Sales

Quite a lot has been done during the early months of 2020 and Terminology 1.7.0 is complete. Work has mostly been on tabs and splits and how to interact with them. There are also some improvements and fixes, and improved translations as can be seen in the detailed change log below:

Additions

Terminology is packaged on the snapstore at https://snapcraft.io/terminology
Add THEME.md, a documentation file on theming Terminology
Drag tabs to reorder them
Dragging tabs outside the tab bar can be used to create new splits or tabs
Add Croatian translation
Handle escape code used to display terminal program and version
Set environment variables TERM_PROGRAM and TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION

Improvements

Memory accounting of the backlogs. Seen under the Behavior tab on the

Settings panel

Handle escape codes to stack titles
tyls: add icon for flac files
Update the mild-based themes to be on-par feature-wise with the default

theme

Tab selector shows background color
Controls panel is hidden when creating new tab or split
Enable Grouped Input from the Controls panel
Show special icon on tab when using Grouped Input
Add option to decide whether Grouped input goes to all tabs or only

visible ones

Improve email/links detection when surrounded with special characters
Remove link underline when the link disappears
Share translucent/opacity setting across all instances
Use a default icon of each tab on the Settings toolbar
Update French, German, Italian and Serbian translations

Removals

Removed video settings

Fixes

Handle invalid values on OSC escape codes
Better handle reads and writes on EINTR/EAGAIN

Download

LINK	SHA256
Terminology 1.7.0 XZ	`88f5bc6e5d10cce1e38447a4984be88943b3d7ecbe24a83d7d8c246ea6b00a87`

In action

Some of those features can be seen on the video below:

Social Media

If you want to know more about what's going on with Terminology, follow us on twitter @_Terminology_

Enlightenment DR 0.24.0-beta1 Release

2020-05-07 - by Carsten Haitzler

Hilights:

New and improved shot module with editor and cropper
Reduced number of setuid tools (merged many into single system tool)
External monitor backlight and brightness controls via (lib)ddctil
Improved resolution of EFM thumbnails to 256×256 by default
New and improved crash handling guru meditation
Restarts are now seamless with fade in and out and zero glitches
Wallpaper import generates multiple resolutions for better efficiency
Regularly malloc_trim if available to keep mem down
All restarts are now handled by enlightenment_start, not e itself
Enforce pointer lock to screen in X to stop pointer out-of-bounds
Pager plain is gone - use the regular “miniature preview” pager
Music control auto-runs your selected media player if not there
Handle exception for steam games to find the right desktop file
Polkit auth agent support as new core module - no extra daemons
Drop comp fast effects - Should be edje transition factor + theme tags
Easier config of specific desktop wallpaper straight from pager
Startup should be smoother with IO prefetch thread
New special blanking timeout for when locked that can be shorter
Bluez4 gone now as Bluez5 is done and working fine
Down to zero outstanding coverity issues
The usual batches of bug fixes and minor improvements

Download

LINK	SHA256
Enlightenment DR 0.24.0 XZ	e514989bdde66e7481d368def5e95c92e4482dcb0f2b651d6cee457ddfddbc8b

Building and Dependencies

EFL
libpam (Linux only)

Highly recommended to ensure proper functionality (though you can live without these):

connman (For network configuration support)
bluez5 (For bluetooth configuration and control)
bc (For the evrything module calculator mode)
pulseaudio (For proper audio device control and redirection)
acpid (For systems with ACPI for lid events, AC/Battery plug in/out etc.)
packagekit (For the built in system updates monitoring and updater)
udisks2 (For removable storage mounting/unmounting)
ddcutil (specifically libddcutil.so.2 for backlight control)
gdb (If you want automatic backtraces on a crash in ~/.e-crashdump.txt - don't forget to build EFL and E with gdb debugging to make this useful)

Note: Enlightenment 0.24.0-beta1 depends on EFL v1.24.0 or newer.

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