Oct 12, 2012 at 07:20 AM
Mike Blumenkrantz (zmike)
- Oct 12, 2012 at 07:20 AM
Exciting times over here at Enlightenment HQ. We're gearing up for
LinuxCon EU 2012
and an eventual E17 release. Yes, really.
It's been a while since the last release, so, in addition to featuring the usual improvements of
LESS CRASHING and IMPROVEMENTS TO NOT CRASHING,
I'm pleased to announce a monster truckload of other changes, though this is not in any way
a comprehensive list, and not all the changes were made by me:
Lots of translation updates
Support for XCURSOR_PATH
Speedups to application menu generation
DND now works properly with ibar
Desklock background now updates properly when set to use "current wallpaper"
Shelf autohide fixes
Startup time improvements when using multiple shelves
iBox has a new mode for desktop use which allows it to resize based on content size
Shelf menus now have more items
Clock gadgets should now update immediately following any timezone change
Various comp module improvements
Video previews in filemanager
Filemanager now has a secure delete option
Shiny new RandR dialog (not yet complete, be warned!)
"Slide pointer to newly-focused window" option now also slides pointer when closing a window changes focus
Fullscreen windows now set and unset focus properly
Lots of desktop gadget DND improvements to not crashing
Keyboard layout switching should be more reliable now
Desklock now supports having its own language and keyboard layout
Improvements to filemanager basic move/copy support for some corner cases
Windows will now properly update their iconified status at all times
Text file previews in filemanager
Desktop editor no longer opens with a blank desktop if left open when restarting E
File previews now work better with .desktop files
Clock popup is now smarter about hiding
Connman gadget improvements
Pulseaudio mixer code will no longer sometimes intercept gstreamer function calls
Moving a gadget from one site to another no longer causes the gadget's config to be lost
Config option to disable module delays, usually improves startup times
Module settings dialog is now remembered across restarts
LD_LIBRARY_PATH is no longer set by E17
Changing shelf autohide on a vertical shelf no longer causes scrollbars to appear on desktop
Filemanager now supports DND into pathbar buttons
