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Ewl 0.5.2 Released

Dec 5, 2007 at 09:30 AM

dan 'dj2' sinclair - Dec 5, 2007 at 09:30 AM

We made a release of Ewl last night. This is our yearly release (we really have to get these out quicker). Given its been a year there is a pretty big list of changes. The diff file was almost the same length as the code base itself. Below is the summary of changes.

  • Obligatory yearly release
  • Rewrite of autotools scripts
  • Reorganization of default theme structure
  • Fixed general build of embed test support files
  • Updated doxygen theme
  • Restructuring of test application
  • Extensive addition of unit tests
  • Addition of XCB, SDL, and Windows engines
  • Refactoring header files for faster build times
  • Simplification of debugging macros to reduce code duplication
  • Improved box layout algorithm
  • A variety of bug fixes and typo corrections
  • Rewritten combo container based on MVC framework
  • Expanded support for config value handling
  • Revamped dialog layout and API
  • Custom DND cursor support
  • Generalizing of canvas terminology
  • Abstracting engine support
  • MVC based filelist container
  • Expanded default view support
  • Convert icon and mime type handling to Efreet
  • Improved menu event handling
  • Reduced number of required callbacks and expanded custom callbacks
  • External main loop support
  • Improved general MVC API and implementation
  • Better layout algorithm for paned widget
  • Popup sets better window management hints and follows parent
  • API changes for radio button selection querying
  • Range extended to handle unknown end values
  • Improved doxygen image handling
  • UTF8 fixes for the ewl_text widget
  • Abstraction and cleanup of tree2 internals
  • General widget handling performance improvements
  • Removal of deprecated DND code
  • Widget layer and stacking fixes
  • Support for additional general window management hints

Give it a try. If you find any bugs they can be logged to Bugzilla.

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