release i3 4.174.17

5 files changed, 99 insertions, 148 deletions

diff --git a/I3_VERSION b/I3_VERSION
index a39209b2..82c20487 100644
--- a/I3_VERSION
+++ b/I3_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.16-non-git
+4.17 (2019-08-03)
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index cc7fa845..51c4f539 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	I3_VERSION \
 	LICENSE \
 	PACKAGE-MAINTAINER \
-	RELEASE-NOTES-4.16 \
+	RELEASE-NOTES-4.17 \
 	generate-command-parser.pl \
 	parser-specs/commands.spec \
 	parser-specs/config.spec \
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-4.16 b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.16
deleted file mode 100644
index e5505cbf..00000000
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-4.16
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ Release notes for i3 v4.16 │
- └────────────────────────────┘
-
-This is i3 v4.16. This version is considered stable. All users of i3 are
-strongly encouraged to upgrade.
-
-This release contains a number of assorted fixes and improvements across pretty
-much all individual components of i3.
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ Changes in i3 v4.16        │
- └────────────────────────────┘
-
-  • build: add conditionals for building docs/mans
-  • docs/i3bar-protocol: mention skipping blocks with empty full_text
-  • docs/ipc: add window_properties to tree node
-  • docs/layout-saving: clarify JSON non-compliance
-  • docs/userguide: clarify X resource value format
-  • docs/userguide: fix move_to_outputs link
-  • docs/userguide: link workspace_auto_back_and_forth from workspace
-    command
-  • docs/userguide: mention known issues for assign
-  • docs/userguide: use anchor for list_of_commands
-  • docs/userguide: add the default keybinding for focus parent
-  • man/*: fix title markers (for asciidoctor)
-  • man/i3-msg.man: add get_config and send_tick
-  • ipc: kill misbehaving subscribed clients instead of hanging
-  • ipc: introduce the sync IPC command for synchronization with i3bar
-  • ipc: scratchpad show now returns correct success
-  • ipc: send_tick now sets the already-documented “first” field
-  • i3bar-protocol: add modifiers to events sent by i3bar
-  • dump-asy: use Pod::Usage for --help and perldoc
-  • dump-asy: introduce -gv flag to disable opening ghostview
-  • dump-asy: introduce -save flag to store the rendered tree in a file
-  • dump-asy: add marks
-  • dump-asy: include floating containers
-  • i3bar: add --verbose flag
-  • i3bar: make modifier accept combinations (like floating_modifier)
-  • i3-config-wizard: add --modifier flag to allow for headless config
-  • i3-config-wizard: support startup notifications
-  • i3-msg: only print input + error position if they are set
-  • i3-msg: check replies also in quiet mode (-q)
-  • i3-msg: add support for the SUBSCRIBE message type
-  • i3-nagbar: support startup notifications
-  • i3-nagbar: add option for button that runs commands without a terminal
-  • i3-save-tree: exclude unsupported transient_for property
-  • i3-sensible-terminal: add alacritty
-  • i3-sensible-terminal: add hyper
-  • introduce strip_workspace_name alongside strip_workspace_numbers
-  • introduce title_align config directive
-  • “border toggle” now accepts an optional pixel argument
-  • “resize set” now interprets 0 as “no change”
-  • “resize set” now accepts the “width” and “height” keywords
-  • “resize” with pixel values now works for tiling containers
-  • the optional “absolute” method is now silently ignored in “move position”
-    commands, where it did not cause a visible difference anyway
-  • the _NET_WM_STATE_FOCUSED atom is now supported, resulting in e.g.
-    GTK applications displaying the correct window decoration
-  • moving fullscreen containers now moves them across outputs
-  • floating windows can now be used with a geometry of e.g. +1+1, i.e.
-    their top-left corner can be outside any output as long as the window
-    is contained partially by one
-  • prefer floating fullscreen containers when switching focus
-  • moving containers to an active workspace no longer changes focus
-  • the rename workspace command no longer confuses directions (e.g. “left”)
-    with output names
-  • prefer $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config over ~/.i3/config
-  • allow multiple assignments of workspaces to output
-  • respect maximum size in WM_NORMAL_HINTS
-  • reject requests for WM_STATE_ICONIC, which avoids e.g. wine
-    applications being stuck in paused state
-  • a number of code refactorings and cleanups, some of which tool-assisted
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ Bugfixes                   │
- └────────────────────────────┘
-
-  • build: fix static linking
-  • i3bar: fix various memory leaks
-  • i3bar: fix crash when no status_command is provided
-  • i3bar: fix chopping the first character on the very left when using the
-    full width of the output
-  • i3bar: fix relative_x and width properties of click events
-  • i3bar: fix the tray disappearing in some cases when using "tray_output"
-  • fix various memory leaks and memory correctness issues
-  • refocus focused window on FOCUS_IN events for the root window. This
-    fixes incorrect behavior with steam and some tk apps
-  • fix focus bugs when moving unfocused containers
-  • fix incorrect urgent window state edge case
-  • moving an unfocused container from inside a split container to another
-    workspace doesn’t focus siblings
-  • toggling and killing floating windows now maintains focus order
-  • don’t incorrectly focus siblings when scrolling on window decorations
-  • fix crash when moving a container to a marked workspace
-  • fix swap when first is behind a fullscreen window
-  • fix crash when renaming an existing workspace to a name assigned to the
-    focused output
-  • reframe swallowed windows if depth doesn’t match
-  • use detectable autorepeat so that --release bindings are run only when
-    the key is actually released (and not when it is repeated)
-  • fix border artifacts when moving windows
-  • correctly handle bindings for the same mod key with and without --release
-  • reset B_UPON_KEYRELEASE_IGNORE_MODS bindings when switching modes
-  • fix height offset calculation in pango text drawing
-  • fix detection of libiconv on OpenBSD
-  • free workspace assignments on reload
-  • fix mouse position at startup with multiple outputs
-  • no longer allow dragging global fullscreen floating containers
-  • fix rendering artifacts with global fullscreen containers
-  • fix disabling floating for scratchpad windows
-  • fix a crash when renaming an unfocused empty workspace matching an
-    assignment
-  • ensure containers have a size of at least 1px after resize
-  • permit invalid UTF-8 in layout JSON files (e.g. for window titles)
-  • correct invalid UTF-8 characters in window and container titles
-  • fix a crash when moving to a child of a floating container
-  • fix a crash when matching __focused__ with no window open
-  • fix no_focus when only using floating windows
-  • fix max_aspect calculation
-  • moving an unfocused container from another output now maintains
-    the correct focus order
-  • don’t change focus order when swapping containers
-  • correctly update _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP when moving containers between outputs
-    using the directional move command
-  • don’t produce move events after attempting to directionally move a container
-    towards a direction it can’t go
-  • fix sticky focus when switching to workspace on different output
-
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ Thanks!                    │
- └────────────────────────────┘
-
-Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:
-
-  Adrian Cybulski, Aestek, Alan Barr, Andriy Yablonskyy, Cassandra Fox,
-  Christian Duerr, Dan Elkouby, downzer0, Elouan Martinet, Felix Buehler,
-  Gravemind, Harry Lawrence, Hritik Vijay, hwangcc23, Ingo Bürk, Joona, Klorax,
-  lasers, Łukasz Adamczak, Martin, Michael Stapelberg, Oliver Graff,
-  Orestis Floros, Soumya, Takashi Iwai, Thomas Fischer, Todd Walton, Tony
-  Crisci, Uli Schlachter, Vivien Didelot
-
--- Michael Stapelberg, 2018-11-04
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-4.17 b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.17
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5070705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.17
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Release notes for i3 v4.17 │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+This is i3 v4.17. This version is considered stable. All users of i3 are
+strongly encouraged to upgrade.
+
+This release contains a number of assorted fixes and improvements across pretty
+much all individual components of i3.
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Changes in i3 v4.17        │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+  • config: make binding modes case-sensitive
+  • default config: mention ~/.config/i3/config
+  • default config: start xss-lock, nm-applet, pactl (volume keys)
+  • docs/userguide: update syntax in strip_workspace_*
+  • docs/userguide: add a section about hidpi displays
+  • docs/userguide: document mark --replace
+  • docs/userguide: uncomment and update mark section example
+  • docs/userguide: point out differences of normal/pixel title bars
+  • docs/userguide: clarify which config directives can be used at runtime
+  • docs/userguide: for_window is a directive, not a command
+  • docs/ipc: clarify event/reply types
+  • docs/ipc: mention new i3-ipc++ C++ library
+  • docs/ipc: clarify restart/exit behavior
+  • docs/i3bar-protocol: add markup
+  • man/i3.man: fix config file search order
+  • ipc: make restart command send a reply once restart completed
+  • ipc: use queue for all messages
+    fixes i3bar issues when switching between workspaces with many windows
+  • i3-dump-log: clarify log message
+  • i3-msg: exit with status code 2 when i3 returns an error
+  • render left and right borders of titles in stacked mode
+  • make swap work with floating windows, fix swap crash
+  • switch to clang-format-6.0
+  • add input and bounding shapes support
+    (e.g. for the https://github.com/phw/peek screen recorder)
+  • preserve back_and_forth across restarts
+  • allow partial UTF-8 to UCS-2 conversion for better handling of
+    title bar content which cannot be represented (e.g. emoji)
+    when using bitmap pixel fonts
+  • check for duplicate key bindings in i3 -C
+  • i3bar: support transparency via --transparency flag (RGBA)
+  • i3bar: support for user-defined border widths
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Bugfixes                   │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+  • build: correctly depend on glib (for g_utf8_make_valid)
+  • build: fix build when git is configured to show signatures
+  • ipc: report correct workspace in init event after workspace move
+  • ipc: send missing window:focus event
+  • i3bar: correctly recognize click events with text alignment
+  • i3bar: fix running without fd 0  
+  • i3bar: correctly handle button presses on separator
+  • i3 --moreversion: warn when $DISPLAY is unset
+  • i3bar: support disabling click events
+  • release.sh: persist correct version number in docs
+  • accept output names containing spaces (e.g. in assignment)
+  • fix cursor resizing positioning
+  • fix aspect ratio issues (e.g. with mpv)
+  • fix brief focus flicker when renaming workspaces
+  • fix crash when canceling i3 via ctrl+c
+  • fix heap-use-after-free, memory leak
+  • fix focus bugs in enabling/disabling RandR outputs
+  • fix crash with popups when fullscreen is non-leaf
+  • fix crash when moving a second window to mark
+  • fix crash with programs with splash screen
+  • fix atoms when closing inactive workspace
+  • apply title_align to non-leaf containers
+  • layout loading: correctly mark non-leaf containers
+  • truncate wm_name utf8 strings to first zero byte
+    (makes window titles work with buggy clients)
+  • fix crash in workspace moving
+  • export I3SOCK environment variable (again)
+  • fix hanging flaky testcase by using the correct X11 connection
+  • resize: add missing error replies
+  • don’t pop up floating windows on the wrong workspace
+  • remove extra \n from errx and die calls
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Thanks!                    │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:
+
+  aksel, Albert Safin, Alejandro Angulo, Christopher Hasse, Connor E, Hamish
+  Macdonald, Ingo Bürk, Iskustvo, Jeffrey Huxen, Jeremy Klotz, Jonathan
+  Woodlief, lasers, Morten Linderud, nejni-marji, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Nils
+  ANDRÉ-CHANG, Oliver Kraitschy, Orestis Floros, TAL, Vladimir Panteleev
+
+-- Michael Stapelberg, 2019-08-03
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ec1d9d03..849ae5de 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Run autoreconf -fi to generate a configure script from this file.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([i3], [4.16], [https://github.com/i3/i3/issues])
+AC_INIT([i3], [4.17], [https://github.com/i3/i3/issues])
 # For AX_EXTEND_SRCDIR
 AX_ENABLE_BUILDDIR
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects -Wall no-dist-gzip dist-bzip2])