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Version 3.0.3

Again a very quick release, but at least this one should be ok now - at least
I hope... What's new:

- There's a dedicated Debian menu support - if you will create
  /Applications/debian category, it will be specially treated on the app
  panels and menus (there will be a category icon shown, instead of an
  application icon). /Applications/debian category is not included in the
  database by default, instead it will be created using Debian menu system and
  available in the FVWM-Crystal's .deb package.

- I've added "Mouse Bindings Reference" in the documentation - now you can
  know everything about your desktop bindings. :-)

- 'fvwm-crystal' startup script has been changed, now it looks in the
  '../share/fvwm-crystal/fvwm' for the config files - that means, if you have
  Crystal installed in /usr/local directory, script must be in /usr/local/bin
  and configuration files must be in /usr/local/share/... directory; similar
  situation with the /usr installation. On the bright side, there's no need
  now to edit the startup script.

- Makefile has been cleaned up, it should now work smoothly. Installation
  parameters are changed a little, instead of 'PREFIX=' you need to use
  'prefix=' in the command line.

Well, I guess that's it... If there will be any problems to fix, just let me
know on <harnir@gna.org>. Have fun! :-)


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Version 3.0.2

Bugs hunt me with each version :-) This is a "quick fix" release, just with
small  fixes and improvements:

- Makefile script was modified to support different directories with
  'fvwm-crystal.desktop' files, some distributions use /usr/share/xsessions
  and some use /etc/X11/Sessions; make will check which one is available and
  put the .desktop file in it. Also there's new 'make dist', so there should
  no problems with file permissions from now on.

- I've added a ViM syntax hilighting file, 'addons/fvwm.vim'. If you use vim,
  you can put it in ~/.vim/syntax/ directory. Also almost all configuration
  files have now vim modeline, so they should be recognized as FVWM
  configuration files.

Recently BerliOS servers have become voulnerable - they had world-readable
password files. Here's the full story:
http://metawire.org/~parasitical/vulns/berliospass/
Because of that I'm planning to move FVWM-Crystal project to another server,
http://gna.org/, so this will be the last release on the BerliOS servers. When
that happens, I'll let you know on the website and the mailing list about the
change.


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Version 3.0.1

It's been 3 months since FVWM-Crystal 3.0, there are now few interesting
changes in the code, so I decided to release new version. Changes are not yet
complete, for example localizations are not updated...

New, simplified installation procedure
--------------------------------------
Michael Stilkerich created new 'Makefile' script, cleaner and simplified. Now
all you need to install Crystal is to issue command:

	make [PREFIX=/usr] install

The [PREFIX=] part is optional and can be used to change default installation
directory. You can now also uninstall Crystal by issuing command

	make [PREFIX=/usr] uninstall


"NumLock Hell" is over ;-)
--------------------------
From the beginning Crystal users suffered because of the problems with NumLock
- FVWM recognizes it as another keyboard modifier, so when it was on, many
keyboard bindings or mouse functions didn't work. This version will eliminate
that problem. I couldn't use "IgnoreModifiers" function (didn't work as
expected), so I literally copied each binding and added NumLock as another
modifier - for example there are now "Alt + grave" and "Alt + NumLock + grave"
bindings. This system is transparent and can be easily turned off, because
NumLock bindings are in separate files. Currently NumLock affects only numeric
keyboard - when it's on, you can write numbers; when it's off, you can use
window controls. All other keyboard and mouse bindings work in either NumLock
state.


Icons from The Tango Project
----------------------------
I decided to use icons from the Tango Project (http://www.tango-project.org/)
on desktop panels and in the menus. Also application categories got their own
icons, visible in the application menus. You will have to update your recipes
if, for example, you will not see icons on the panel because of the filename
changes. This also results in colorset changes, one colorset
($[cs-panel-inactive-MiniIon]) is removed, because it's not needed anymore
- it was used to "colorize" b&w icons on the panels.


Rearranged application database (again)
---------------------------------------
Sorry for that, it probably drives you nuts by now... ;-) I moved the app
categories around, so they will be "compatible" with Tango Project's icons and
probably with GNOME/KDE application categories. Of course there are new
applications and icons supported, as usual.


GDM login manager support
-------------------------
If GDM is installed and running, it's used to shutdown or reboot the computer
instead of the 'sudo' command. You can also create new session, fullscreen or
nested, from the Exit menu. If GDM is not present or running, old 'sudo'
commands will be used instead.


Updated audio & music player support
------------------------------------
- You can now select preffered music player and audio mixer separately, for
  example use 'mpd' to play music and 'aumix' to control audio volume.
- There's added support for XMMS2 player, however it's not yet complete.
- There's new key binding: Alt + Shift + /. It toggles between random and
  sequential playback.

Changes in the recipes:
-----------------------
- "Nebulae" recipe has now "FVWM-Crystal" submenu in the main applications
  menu.
- There are new recipes: "Clean" is similar to "Clean Vertical", but has
  horizontal desktop placement; "TopDown" has bigger pager window on the top
  edge of the screen, and application panel on the bottom edge.


Changes in window focus system:
-------------------------------
- There is now different focus method for 'ClickToFocus' and 'SloppyFocus'
  options; the difference: while using SloppyFocus when you switch desktops,
  at first window which has mouse pointer is focused, if there's none, last
  used window is focused. ClickToFocus uses "old" method, without checking
  which window has mouse pointer.
- There is now small resistance when you try to move windows off the screen
  edge - that should prevent the "desktop switching bug" a little, because it
  will be now harder to move a window off the screen.


New keyboard bindings
---------------------
- Alt + Home - moves mouse pointer to the top-left corner of the screen - easy
  way to get rid of it when it stands in your way.
- Alt + h, j, k, l - moves windows to the respective desktop edges (like movement
  keys in Vi), centered on the edge.
- Alt + Shift + h, j, k, l - moves windows to the desktop corners (h - top
  left, j - bottom left, k - top right, l - bottom right).


Other minor changes:
--------------------
- Transient and "Untitled" windows have now titlebars, except of
  "OpenOffice.org" windows, because of the toolbar system
- "Urgency hint' functions in FVWM are cleared, so now gajim should work as
  expected (it will not focus it's window when on each received message)
- Menus with long creation time (like the wallpapers menu) will show the
  "busy" cursor for an indication that something is happening.


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Version 3.0

Well, here it is... I would like to thank all the people who helped me with
this project, for their ideas and support... Thanks :-) OK, enough with the
small talk...

There aren't many drastical changes from the previous release. Many bugs were
hunt down and crushed, there is new window decoration (for all those
dark-desktop lovers out there), there is some new documentation (description
of the new application database).

What you can notice pretty fast is lack of titlebar on the transient windows.
That's because of new OO.org 2.0 and it's detachable toolbars - they just had
double titlebars, so I've had to do something with that and this was the only
solution. I hope that you will like the idea.

You can now put wallpapers in '~/.fvwm/wallpapers/' directory as well as in
'~/wallpapers/'. That makes Crystal configuration even more consistent,
I guess...

I know that you have sometimes small changes, which you had to put in
a recipe, but these changes are good for most of them (for example new
keybindings). There was no easy way to add them - but now it is. If you create
a file called '~/.fvwm/userconfig', it will be loaded after all Crystal
configuration and recipes. Now everything can be in one place :)

Well, that's it. I'm packaging and releasing a full version, hope that you
will like it. Have fun :-)

Maciej Delmanowski <harnir@post.pl>


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Version 3.0.RC3
What's new:

* New application menu/panel generator
--------------------------------------
At least, Rafal Bisingier brings new version of his application panel
generator, completely rewritten and with new database system. Here are it's
most interesting features:

- database is based on a directory and file structure. Each menu and submenu
  is a category, each file is the program entry. Metainformation about
  installed programs is included in the file name. Basically, each "file" in
  the database is a script which is executed by FVWM when a program from
  a menu or panel is selected (therefore all files need to have executable
  flag set). In the script itself you can put any command(s) you want. You can
  find more information about the database structure by executing
  'fvwm-crystal.apps --help'
- you can combine different "database trees" into one large menu system
  - system-wide database and user-wide database can be easily created and
  maintained
- menu and panel generator is very flexible, allowing for example creation of
  submenus that popup upwards instead of (standard) downwards, or creating
  different menus for different places

* New recipe, "Nebulae"
-----------------------
If you like Windows-like Start menu and toolbar, you should try this recipe :)
Most of the features are there, including trayer and pager window shown/hidden
using a button on the panel. When you click on the "Crystal" menu with LMB,
a menu with available applications pops up, middle click shows the old "system
menu".

* Support for Nautilus file manager
-----------------------------------
If you don't like ROX-Filer, but want to have icons on the desktop, you can
use Nautilus - it's mow selectable from the 'Preferences" menu if you want to
have desktop manager, and which one (of both ROX and Nautilus are installed).
Unfortunately Nautilus has it's own menu under RMB so "instant terminal" won't
be possible... Unless you bind it to the middle mouse button which works as
usual. And of course you can change desktop wallpaper using Crystal built-in
menu, while using the Nautilus desktop (gconftool needs to be installed for
this to work).

* Old "Exit" menu brought back
------------------------------
I've been criticized because of the "safe" Exit menu, so the old one is back
by default. If you want to use the safer version, it's still available as
'components/functions/Exit-Safe'.

* Changes in the icon system
----------------------------
There is new default application icon, taken from the GNOME default iconset,
it looks nicer than transparent X, I hope. :) Image path is now relative to
the icon theme directory, not inside it, so you can change the preferred icon
size easier. There is also support for user-side icons (you still need to
maintain the directory structure in your ~/.fvwm/, including the icon theme
name) - if Crystal finds an icon in the user directory structure, it will be
used instead of the original one.

That are the most interesing changes, I think... There are also many bugfixes,
like "black panels" after startup or shadow effect in the FvwmMPD windows.
Just updated translations are missing from this release, which I hope will
change with 3.0 version. Because of that I'm beginning "call for translators"
- if you want to have FVWM-Crystal in your own (or favourite) language, send
the translated .po files to harnir@post.pl, I happily include them in the 3.0
release :) I'm giving you time until Haloween, 31st of October. Until then,
have fun with new version :)

Maciej Delmanowski, <harnir@post.pl>


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Version 3.0.RC2
What's new:

This time I didn't change directory structure too much, sorry guys ;)

* New window decoration system
------------------------------
Basically, window decorations are now defined by two "factors" - how they
should look (a theme) and what kind of buttons they should have (a button
layout).

There are currently 5 different button setups:
- FVWM-Crystal - plain old and loved ;) button style, with two Close buttons
  and several other enhancements
- MS Windows - for beginners? Three buttons on the right and a menu on the
  left
- MacOS X - three buttons on the left, looks awsome with Aqua window
  decoration :)
- OS/2 - Close button on the left, iconify and maximize on the right
- NeXTStep - for WindowMaker lovers :)

All button layouts show the window menu when you press and hold one of them,
also titlebar functions are the same (Raise|Resize|Lower).

You will find all old window decorations included, from user's point of view
there is no change here. 'Aqua' and 'Gentoo' window decorations have new set
of button images, there are also new decorations: Clearlooks (3 color
versions), DawnSky, Motif and SystemG. Bug which caused window decorations to
appear oddly after some changes is removed and shouldn't be a problem any
more.

* New "Preferences" menu
------------------------
You can find it under the main menu. Currently you can setup preferred
"recipe" (moved from "Developer menu"), music player, default terminal
(separately for "normal" and QuakeConsole), focus policy and behaviour of the
terminals.

* New FvwmScript scripts
------------------------
You can now check current date using the clock - click once to see the date in
"dd/mm" format, click second time or wait to see the clock.

There are new scripts for ACPI functions, like battery status, CPU frequency
and temperature. You can see them in action on "Default with ACPI" recipe.

* Vertical desktops
-------------------
Yup, you can now have vertically aligned desktop pages, that means vertical
pager :) There is an example "Clean Vertical" recipe included, so you can try
it right away. Keyboard and window shortcuts are automatically updated.

* New keyboard bindings
-----------------------
For keyboards without numeric part, such as those on notebooks/laptops, you
can find new keyboard shortcuts:
	Alt + minus		raise window
	Alt + Shift + minus	lower window
	Alt + equal		maximize
	Alt + Shift + equal	fullscreen
	Alt + backspace		iconify
	Alt + Shift + backspace	close

* Secure "Exit" menu
--------------------
Now you need to select a submenu entry to perform "dangerous" actions, such as
Logout, Shutdown or Reboot. This may sound a bit controversial, so give me
a hint if you like it or not.

* Updates in the music support
------------------------------
New music players are supported: Quod Libet and cdcd (Audo CD playback).
Unfortunately some functions are limited or missing, due to the limitations of
these players (well, they don't support everything, you know...).

There are also many bugfixes, enhancments and features, you can see them in
the ChangeLog. Stay tuned :)

Maciej Delmanowski <harnir@post.pl>

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Version 3.0.RC1
What's new:

The biggest change - I've rewritten all configuration files, hopefully the
last time. I know that I've said this before, you can shoot me in the head for
that. Why this is different? Crystal is now more open and flexible than ever
before, new additions should be made very easy and in straightforward way.
Oh, and of course it's not compatible with older releases, sorry for that
(window decorations and colorsets are compatible though).

Other major changes:

- installation scripts: you can now install FVWM-Crystal using standard
  './configure && make && make install' and everything should work just fine.
  No more problems with missing functionality or dependencies, scripts will
  tell you everything you need to know. That should also make biulding
  distribution packages easier.

- standard, UNIX-like configuration support: during startup Crystal scripts
  look on three places for configuration files, loading first that is found:
  a) user directory (usually '~/.fvwm')
  b) system configuration (by default '/etc/X11/fvwm/fvwm-crystal')
  c) directory where package was installed (usually
  '/usr/share/fvwm-crystal/fvwm' or '/usr/local/share/fvwm-crystal/fvwm')
  That way users can make their own changes (see below) which affect only
  their account, system administrators can make the changes affecting all
  users (but if user will change the same thing, the user's configuration is
  loaded instead), and things that weren't modified are taken from the
  original configuration.

- "configuration tree": almost all files are loaded using special functions
  which search in above places for the files being loaded. It works like this:
  "Include components/functions/Wallpaper" will look for files called:
  '~/.fvwm/components/functions/Wallpaper', then if it wasn't found,
  '/etc/X11/fvwm/fvwm-crystal/components/functions/Wallpaper', and if this
  also wasn't found,
  '<fvwm-crystal-installation>/components/functions/Wallpaper'. That way you
  can make changes to the original files which will be preserved for further
  updates, and it will override the original ones. All you need to do is
  preserve the directory structure. Not all files are working this way yet,
  see the TODO file for details.

- "desktop recipes": configuration is now divided in two "parts": there are
  small files, usually functions, bindings, etc. located in the 'components/'
  directory. From these files you can "compose" a desktop using special file
  called "recipe", located in the 'recipes/' directory. Recipes themselves
  usually load other files, such as functions and bindings. Desktop panel
  configuration is also located in the recipe files. Recipes can be selected
  from a handy menu, so you can decide easily, which recipe to use. Thanks to
  this system you don't need to have usual FVWM-Crystal features, because they
  are optional. That way it's easy to build your own desktop from scratch
  without lose of the powerful features like window decorations or application
  panel system. Speaking of these panels: they are no longer stored as
  generated files; instead output of 'fvwm-crystal.apps' script is read
  directly by FVWM using PipeRead. This way you can make more powerful panels,
  with other things than just application icons - see the new "desktop layout"
  or "recipe" called Dock - it's modelled after XFCE/CDE panel.

- support for many applications: currently there are two examples of this
  support: you can use either 'habak' or 'Esetroot' for setting the desktop
  wallpaper - Crystal will search for them and use the one which is available
  automatically. The second example is usage of music player: currently there
  are two, MPD and XMMS. Crystal will look for 'mpd' binary, and load
  specified functions for controlling the player; if 'mpd' is not installed,
  Crystal will look for 'xmms' instead and load set of functions for this
  player. You can easily add support for other music players or different
  programs, like the screenshot tool or screensaver.

- application database was greatly extended, so most applications that you use
  will be available from the menu. Every application has it's own
  corresponding icon (although there are missing icons for 48x48 size), so
  there should be no more "empty" buttons on the panel or in the menus.

- 'wallpapers/' directory: now you have 3 different wallpapers at the first
  startup available, so if you have a wallpaper setting tool like 'habak' or
  'Esetroot' installed, you will see a nice desktop at the first startup - no
  more problems with missing wallpaper or gray desktop panels :)

- new "old" icon directories: they are now similar to the '/usr/share/icons'
  directory, for example: 'icons/Default/22x22/fvwm-crystal/',
  'icons/Default/32x32/apps/' and so on. This way you can make your own icon
  themes or use different icon sizes in the menus and application panels.

- FVWM-Crystal uses gettext for localization strings - now it's easier to make
  new translations and memory usage is smaller.

There are also more small modifications included. I hope that you will like
this release and give me some good feedback about it :)

Maciej Delmanowski <harnir@post.pl>