1 What's new in at-spi-1.20.0:
3 * Bugfixes: #462412, #467612, #474796, #467366, #472301.
5 What's new in at-spi-1.19.5:
7 * Bugfixes: #446277, #450897, #433802.
9 What's new in at-spi-1.19.3:
11 * We add pyatspi into at-spi. pyatspi is an unified python binding.
12 * Bugfixes: #439057, #439436.
14 What's new in at-spi-1.19.1:
16 * Bugfixes: #430938, #427836, #428007, #405774, #407600, #329454.
18 What's new in at-spi-1.18.0:
20 * Release 1.18.0 for GNOME 2.18.0.
22 What's new in at-spi-1.17.2:
26 What's new in at-spi-1.17.1:
28 * Bugfixes: #404584, #401299, #375319. Fixes some build warnings.
30 What's new in at-spi-1.17.0:
32 * Bugfixes: #404592, #400709.
34 What's new in at-spi-1.7.16:
36 * Bugfixes: #329454, #393010.
38 What's new in at-spi-1.7.15:
40 * Bugfixes: #372988, #381670, #387960, #364839.
42 What's new in at-spi-1.7.14:
44 * We now get te value of display using the env var DISPLAY rather than
45 using the gdk_display_get_default to avoid dependancy of gdk. Also,
46 once the registry is started, we set the ior of the registry as
49 * Bugfixes: #361386, #369377, #382271, #372172, #163132, #377079, #352444
51 What's new in at-spi-1.7.12:
53 * Modified parameter names in some IDL to avoid class name collisions
54 (Gary Cramblitt). This is a bincompat change which improves portability
57 * Bugfixes: #353226, #356688 (Neo Liu), #350552 (Ginn Chen), #350958.
59 What's new in at-spi-1.7.11:
63 * Fixed getAttributes APIs.
65 * Export Hyperlink interface for AtkHyperlinkImpl peers.
67 * Aggregate Document interface.
69 What's new in at-spi-1.7.10:
71 * New method Selection::deselectChild. RFE #326535.
73 What's new in at-spi-1.7.9:
75 * I18n uses po/LINGUAS now.
77 * Table enhancement: new method Table::getRowColumnExtentsAtIndex
78 RFE #326536. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
80 * Text enhancement: Text::getAttributeRun, Text::getDefaultAttributeSet
81 RFE #326540. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
83 * New interface, Document. RFE #326520.
85 * New roles, LINK, REDUNDANT_OBJECT, INPUT_METHOD_WINDOW, FORM.
87 * Meaningful implementation and bridges for StreamableContent.
90 * Added STATE_VISITED, and relations DESCRIBED_BY, DESCRIPTION_FOR,
93 What's new in at-spi-1.7.4:
95 * Fixed dist to include Accessibility_Selector.idl (missing from dist though
98 * Bugfixes to EventDetails event support, and fixed event emission for
99 implementors of SPI_REMOTE_OBJECT.
101 What's new in at-spi-1.7.0 through 1.7.3:
103 * Added idl/Accessibility_Selector.idl to the repository (missing in 1.7.0
104 through 1.7.2, added in 1.7.3)
108 All the IDL is now documented with doxygen-compatible docs.
109 Just run 'doxygen oxyfile' in the IDL directory. (This will
110 be automated in a future version).
115 Accessibility::Accessible:getAttributes (name/value pair annotation
117 Accessibility::Accessible:getApplication (retrieves ref to host app)
118 Accessibility::Component:getAlpha (get transparency/opacity value of component)
119 Accessibility::Image:getLocale (get POSIX locale for image and
121 Accessibility::Text:getAttributeValue (retrieve a single named
123 Accessibility::Relation:RELATION_PARENT_WINDOW_OF
124 Accessibility::Role:ROLE_ENTRY, ROLE_CHART, ROLE_CAPTION,
125 ROLE_DOCUMENT_FRAME, ROLE_HEADING, ROLE_PAGE, ROLE_SECTION (New roles
126 for complex docs and forms.)
127 Accessibility::State:STATE_REQUIRED, STATE_TRUNCATED, STATE_ANIMATED,
128 STATE_INVALID_ENTRY, STATE_SUPPORTS_AUTOCOMPLETION,
129 STATE_SELECTABLE_TEXT, STATE_IS_DEFAULT (New states, for complex forms)
130 Accessibility::EventDetails (new, more detailed info marshalled with events)
133 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceName):
134 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceRole):
135 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceApplication):
136 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceDetails):
137 New methods for interrogating/demarshalling
138 event details i.e. source's accessible name, role,
140 (Accessible_getAttributes): New, retrieve annotations/attributes
142 (Accessible_getHostApplication): New, retrieve enclosing Application
143 instance for an object.
144 (AccessibleImage_getImageLocale): New, retrieve Locale info for an
146 (AccessibleComponent_getAlpha): New, retrieve alpha value for
147 an AccessibleComponent (see discussion in idl section above).
150 Some compiler fixes from Kjartan Marass.
151 Some thread-related fixes from Michael Meeks.
152 Don't allow non-preemptive listeners to pre-empt events! (Bill Haneman).
154 What's new in at-spi-1.6.5:
156 * Fixed some discrepancies in event listener deregistration, improves
157 on-the-fly deregistration of event listeners. Fixed some tests.
159 * Fixed brokenness in 'make check.'
161 What's new in at-spi-1.6.4:
163 * Fixed XEVIE detection and configuration on XOrg version 6.8.2.
165 * Added locale 'rw' (Steve Murphy)
167 * Tweaked event-listener-test program.
169 * Leakfixes, from billh and Kjartan Marass.
171 What's new in at-spi-1.6.3:
175 * Added locale 'xh' (Adi Attar)
177 What's new in at-spi-1.6.2:
179 * fixes for problems at logout time (hangs, crashes)
181 * bugfixes for #160862, #152147.
183 * minor enhancements to test login-helper-server-test.
187 What's new in at-spi-1.6.1:
189 * LoginHelper API docs improved.
191 * fixed bug which caused problems if an
192 app which loaded atk-bridge forks, and one fork exits.
195 * New language: Galician (gl), Jesus Bravo Alvarez.
197 * Ansi build fixes (Kjartan Maraas).
199 What's new in at-spi-1.6.0:
203 What's new in at-spi-1.5.4:
205 * Registration failure at SPI_init is now detected and
206 an error code is returned to the caller (bug #147648).
208 * We now use polling as our default for detecting mouse
209 button changes (this was formerly our fallback method);
210 this prevents conflict with Xstroke.
211 [a better long-term fix requires the Xevie extension]
213 * We now register on a per-DISPLAY, but not per-SCREEN, basis.
214 This fixes several issues, see bugs #149962, #136986, #144086.
216 * New languages in configure.in:
222 What's new in at-spi-1.5.3:
224 * New role EMBEDDED (bug #144415).
226 * Added object:bounds-changed event, for detecting when the
227 component bounds of an object have changed onscreen.
231 What's new in at-spi-1.5.2:
233 * Added Accessibility_LoginHelper interface, and
234 LoginHelper GType. Also added client and server tests
235 for this interface. The purpose is to identify services
236 (typically, assistive technologies) which need access to
237 system or device services (keyboard, audio, serial ports,
238 posting windows, etc.) during login or re-login/authentication.
240 * fixed make distcheck.
242 * Added a check in cspi_object_unref, which should help in detecting
243 refcount bugs in clients (Padraig O'Briain).
246 Walloon (Pablo Saratxaga)
247 Bulgarian (Alexander Shopov)
249 What's new in at-spi-1.5.1:
251 * Allow synthesis of keysyms that aren't in the current X keymap.
253 * languages: Gujarati (Guntupalli Karunakar), Canadian English
256 * Added omitted declarations for already-existing methods
257 AccessibleTable_addRowSelection(),
258 AccessibleTable_addColumnSelection(),
259 AccessibleTable_removeRowSelection(),
260 AccessibleTable_removeColumnSelection().
262 * bug fixes: 136660, 120659 (partial), 132237, 134332.
266 What's new in at-spi-1.4.0: [GNOME 2.6.0 release]
268 * build improvements from Laszlo Peter.
269 * en_GB added to ALL_LINGUAS.
273 What's new in at-spi-1.3.16: [GNOME 2.6 RC1 release]
275 * Fix for bug #134036, which could steal keystrokes from applications
276 if at-spi registry failed.
278 * Build fixes, added .pc.in files (from Laszlo Peter).
282 This is the gnome-2.6 beta release of at-spi.
283 What's new in at-spi-1.3.15:
286 Amanpreet Singh Alam (pa)
290 What's new in at-spi-1.3.14:
292 * reduced debug output in normal usage. Don't PRIT_LEAKS
293 unless DEBUG_OBJECTS is #defined. Reduces SEGVs when reporting
294 on noncritical refcount issues.
296 What's new in at-spi-1.3.13:
298 * Build improvements: Requires automake-1.7, and calls GTK_DOC_CHECK.
299 (Padraig O'Briain, Matthias Clasen, some from Tomas Kloczko)
301 * bugfixes (bad g_free, and a null string issue that caused SEGV on
302 Solaris when running sample programs).
305 What's new in at-spi-1.3.11:
307 * Fix for docs bug #129728 (Sebastien Bacher).
309 * Fix for bug #129479, allows distinction between
310 multiple DISPLAY instances of at-spi registry.
312 * Fix for #124837, which could cause 'hang' interactions
313 between desktop and clients such as gnopernicus.
315 * Fixes for NUMLOCK mask behavior, bug #129103.
317 * Greatly improved key synthesis for non-Latin characters.
318 We can now synthesize any KeySym which is defined in the current
319 X keymap. (bug #128824). Thanks to Marcus G Kuhn for
320 the public-domain code borrowed here.
325 fa (Roozber Pournader),
327 id (Ahmad Riza H Nst)
330 What's new in at-spi-1.3.9:
332 * New api: AccessibleApplication_getLocale (app, type),
333 returns a POSIX locale string for a locale category,
334 for instance Accessibility_LOCALE_TYPE_MESSAGES.
336 * New SPI_ROLE_EDITBAR.
338 * New Accessible_getLocalizedRoleName.
340 * New AccessibleText_getDefaultAttributes.
342 * fixes to AccessibleStreamableContent, including a 'seek'
343 implementation for cspi. Thanks to Michael Meeks for some
344 related bugfixes in StreamableContent.
346 * now we emit key-released events to appropriate keylisteners.
348 * new LINGUAS in configure.in: nn (Asmund Sjeveland), lt (Gediminas Paulauskas),
349 no (Kjartan Masass), eu (Christian Rose).
351 * bugfixes for: #120991, #120473, #118581, #127463, #116009, #114926,
352 #125834, #111429, #121974.
354 What's new in at-spi-1.3.7:
356 This is the official GNOME 2.4.0 release of at-spi.
358 * fixed event-name bug, "object:active-descendant" is now
359 "object:active-descendant-changed".
361 * fixes for 120220, 120725, some code cleanups.
363 * Improved code that rejects
364 spurious "window:activate/deactivate" pairs when X key grabs occur.
367 * Documentation improvements for SpiAccessibleKeyListenerCB and related.
369 * new languages: hi, fi, et, mn, nl, is, ja, ro, bn.
372 What's new in at-spi-1.3.6:
374 * Add XEvIE support for those systems which have XEvIE.
376 * Correct values for MODIFIER_SHIFTLOCK and MODIFIER_ALT as part of fix
379 * Store event so that it can subsequently be referred to. Fixes bugs
382 * Add support for AccessibleAction on hyperlink object.
384 * Defer focus: events to reduce number of window switch events reported.
385 This a partial fix for bug #108664.
387 * Eliminate warning messages reported when out-of-process applet starts.
390 * Register out-of-process applet as application only while it has top level
391 window displayed. This fixes bug #111578.
393 * Add translations: Simplified Chinese [Yi Yang], Azerbaijani [Metin Amiroff],
394 Icelandic [Richard Allen], Italian [Alessio Frusciante],
395 Korean [Changwoo Ryu], Danish [Ole Alursen], Albanian [Lauent Dhima],
396 Malay [Hasbullah Bin Pit], Vietnamese [Pablo Saratxaga],
397 Belarusian [Belarusian team <i18n@mova.org>],
398 Russian [Russian team <gnome-cyr@gnome.org>], Portuguese [Duarte Loreto],
399 Slovak [Marcel Telka], Serbian [Serbian team (Prevod.org)]
400 Esperanto [Charles Voelger], Brazilian [Gustavo Noronha Silva],
401 Welsh [Dafydd Harries], Dutch [Vincent van Adrighem],
402 Spanish [Pablo Gonzalo del Campo], Polish [Artur Flinta],
403 Catalan [Jordi Mallach], French [Chistophe Marlet],
404 Hebrew [Gil "Dolfin" Osher], German [Christian Neumair],
405 Czech [Miloslav Trmac], Swedish [Christian Rose]
407 What's new in at-spi-1.3.4:
409 * require atk 1.3.4 throughout.
411 * Fix for crasher bug in cspi, exceptions were not being properly
414 * added cspi_peek_ev()
416 * added SPI_ROLE_AUTOCOMPLETE, SPI_STATE_INDETERMINATE (for
417 checkboxes in the 'inconsistent' state)
419 * initial wrapper implementations for AccessibleStreamableContent.
422 * implement "string" synthesis type in SPI_generateKeyEvent.
424 * Added cspi client-side APIs for exception handling.
426 * bugfixes for #114370, #113268, #108664, #92143,
428 What's new in at-spi-1.3.2:
432 What's new in at-spi-1.3.1:
434 * Fixes for 109626, 89350, 100424, 100426, 110419, 107261, 107479,
435 108666, 104730, 111793.
439 * gnome-2-2 branch created.
441 What's new in at-spi-1.1.9:
443 * Fixes for 107985, 107988, 105291, 107256, 107254, 105836,
444 104622, 105291, 104744, 104741, 101524, 102830, 98120, 94275.
446 * added support for mouse buttons 4 and 5.
448 * compiler warning fixes.
450 What's new in at-spi-1.1.8:
452 * Added getRangeExtents() and getBoundedRanges() API for more
453 efficient screen review [100944].
455 What's new in at-spi-1.1.7:
457 * Added spi_keymask values for Mod4 and Mod5.
458 * Performance improvements and bugfixes from Michael.
460 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
462 * Fixes for #99799, #10530.
464 * New methods in cspi:
465 'AccessibleEvent_ref' and 'AccessibleEvent_unref'
466 to allow lifecycle management of AccessibleEvents outside of
467 the emission handler.
469 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
471 * event struct in libspi is bigger, increased unimplemented
472 slot count for sufficient future bincompatible expansion.
473 (WARNING: breaks bincompat for direct CORBA clients. CSPI clients
476 * New accessor methods allow state-coherent query of many
479 * API Frozen for GNOME 2.2.
481 * New role types: APPLICATION, HEADER, FOOTER, PARAGRAPH, RULER.
483 * New relations, FLOWS_FROM, FLOWS_TO, EMBEDS, EMBEDDED_BY,
486 * New state, MANAGES_DESCENDANTS. New event, "active-descendant-changed".
488 * reduced debug output, unless you set AT_SPI_DEBUG environment
489 variable to string which parses to an integer value > 0.
491 * added definitions for SPI_KEYMASK_BUTTON1, etc.
493 * added SPI_LAYER_WINDOW.
495 * Added ability to register 'device event listeners' which can
496 consume device events, such as mouse events.
498 * Added support for mouse and key-modifier event notification.
500 * deprecated KeyEventType in favor of EventType.
502 * bugfixes for >50 bugs including: 98836, 98842, 97916, 95828,
503 93592, 95940, 95517, 93658, 95055, 94555, 84856.
505 * updated copyrights to include Ximian.
507 What's new in at-spi-1.1.0:
509 * event listener notifications are no longer oneways.
510 * bugfixes for 84900, 84908, 84897, 84898.
511 * performance improvement for event listeners.
513 What's new in at-spi-1.0.1:
517 What's new in at-spi-1.0.0:
519 * API Freeze (1.0 API is now FINAL)
520 * added boolean return for
521 Accessibility_Registry_registerKeystrokeListener.
522 * Revved activation ID for registry to "1.0"
523 * many bugfixes and improvements to global key listener implementation.
524 * improvements to regression test "test-simple", added key
525 listener/synthesis test.
526 * added sample code in "test" to demonstrate how flat line-mode
527 screen-review can be implemented with at-spi.
529 What's new in at-spi-0.13.1:
531 (note: 0.13.1 is not binary compatible with 0.12.1, clients will need
534 * fix for bugzilla bug 80616
535 * IDL change which will affect direct CORBA users of the keystroke
537 * added a new test harness, event-listener-test, which also
538 has a simple tree traversal timing benchmark. event-listener-test
539 attaches listeners to all currently supported events (and a few
540 events which are not fully implemented yet); it thus serves
541 as useful event listener sample code as well as being a diagnostic
544 What's new in at-spi-0.12.1:
546 * fixes for bugzilla bugs 78249,68929,76615,71686,72300,78247,72300,78249
547 relating to build issues on some architectures (some of these were
548 fixed in 0.10 but additional fixes were included in 0.12.1).
549 * added new test program for our key listener API.
550 * added implementation of IDL 'exit' method to our
551 magnifier and mag_control client.
552 * Badly broken AccessibleStateSet implementation fixed by
554 * Added implementation for AccessibleComponent_grabFocus method.
555 * Improvements to documentation.
559 * Added missing seek_type param in
560 AccessibleStreamableContent_seek [78888],
561 previously documented but not in signature;
562 this was unused API but needed fixing for the future.
564 * Added API for AccessibleTable_selectRow and _selectColumn,
565 corresponding to similar API in ATK, and provided
566 implementation. [76201]
568 * Added boolean return types to a number of IDL methods whose
569 corresponding cspi wrappers and ATK methods already had boolean
572 * Made Accessibility_StateSet inherit from BonoboUnknown as it should;
573 this was the main existing breakage in StateSet.
581 getStateName () and STATE_EXTENDED to allow extension of State API (already
584 AccessibleAction_getType () and AccessibleAction_getTypeName ().
586 need getBaseAttributes ()
587 for AccessibleText (available in ATK I think).
589 table: getVisibleRange
591 state: HEADER, etc. for spreadsheet cells