1 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.34.1:
3 * socket_embed_hook: Make plug_id parameter const.
5 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.34.0:
9 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.33.92:
11 * License is now lGPL-2.1+.
12 * Several test fixes (thanks to Samuel THibault).
13 * Initialize desktop name/path early; needed since we now defer
16 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.33.91:
18 * Defer registration until the main loop is entered. This fixes an issue
19 where a Python application could import gtk but not enter the main loop,
20 resulting in the application registering with AT-SPI but not responding
23 * Make sure return values are initialized for some functions.
25 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.33.2:
27 * Add support for ROLE_CONTENT_DELETION and ROLE_CONTENT_INSERTION
29 * Fix a build issue where libgobject might not have been linked, resulting in
32 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.33.1:
34 * Document atk_bridge_adaptor_init error messages.
36 * Add atk_bridge_set_event_context.
38 * Add AccessibleId property.
40 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.31.92:
42 * Fix a crash when retrieveing headers from table cells.
44 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.31.2:
46 * Add ScrollSubstringTo and ScrollSubstringToPoint interfaces.
48 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.29.1:
50 * Fix a case where we could return without unlocking a mutex (bgo#793625).
52 * Add ScrollTo and ScrollToPoint interfaces.
54 * Fix various compiler warnings and build issues.
56 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.26.1:
58 * meson: Ensure paths written to .pc file are absolute.
60 * Package a couple of missing meson.build files.
62 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.25.3:
64 * Add error-message, error-for, details, and details-for relation types
66 * Add Meson build system (thanks to Emmanuele Bassi).
68 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.25.2:
70 * Fix use after free when returned objects hold only one ref (bgo#781716).
72 * Add some missing roles to correspond with atk (description list,
73 description term, description value, and footnote).
75 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.25.1:
77 * Fix position getter for table cells.
79 * Fix memory corruption when deleting an event from the list of events
80 for which there are registered listeners (bgo#781658).
82 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.24.0:
84 * test: remove atk_table_cell_get_column_index test, as the
85 at-spi2-core function no longer exists (and never worked anyhow).
87 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.22.0:
89 * Remove some inadverrtently-committed debugging code.
91 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.21.91:
92 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.21.91:
94 * atk_bridge_adaptor_init: return -1 if NO_AT_BRIDGE is set (bgo#770574).
96 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.21.4:
98 * emit_event: Fix out-of-bounds memory access if class is NULL.
100 * Collection: fix missing return value (bgo#758934).
102 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.19.92:
104 * Don't drop the main context when p2p socket configuration fails
107 * Make sure the runtime directory exists (bgo#763274).
109 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.19.91:
111 * Avoid lagging with large gtk menus (bgo#754048).
113 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.19.90:
115 * Always accept connections as root if unable to find an owning user.
117 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.19.2:
119 * Test fixes for atk-adaptor and cache changes.
121 * Fixes for Text, Value, and Table Cell adaptors (bgo#755724).
123 * Many new tests, thanks to Patryk Kaczmarek of Samsung.
125 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.17.90:
127 * Update for new caching API (bgo#650090).
129 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.17.1:
131 * Eliminate some console warnings due to NULL gobjects.
133 * Tests: fix out-of-source and parallel build (bgo#751137).
135 * Add some missing files to the distribution (bgo#751138).
137 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.15.90:
139 * Add roles for fractions, roots, subscripts, and superscripts.
141 * Add action tests (bgo#743418).
143 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.15.4:
145 * Don't parse non-existent signal arguments from atk.
147 * Support ATK_STATE_HAS_TOOLTIP (bgo#738953).
149 * Support ATK_STATE_READ_ONLY (bgo#690008).
151 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.15.3:
153 * Add mapping between ATK_ROLE_STATIC and ATSPI_ROLE_STATIC
155 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.14.1:
157 * Aggressively filter out children-changed signals for objects with
158 MANAGES_DESCENDANTS (bgo#728319).
160 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.13.4:
162 * Fix typo in .pc file (bgo#721719).
164 * Fix retrieving text attributes (bgo#731980).
166 * Correctly remove the socket on exit (bgo#684076).
168 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.13.1:
170 * Add an atexit handler to remove the D-Bus socket (bgo#684076).
172 * Only send cache-related events for transients when explicitly requested.
173 Hopefully this will improve performance when we are flooded with them.
176 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.92:
178 * Bump minimum libdbus version needed, since we use a function
181 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.91:
183 * Improve compatibility with at-spi2-registryd <= 2.10.
185 * Collection: Fix an infinite loop when encountering a NULL parent
187 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.90:
189 * Add AtspitableCell, tracking the new atk interface
191 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.5:
193 * Allow sending of properties with events upon request (BGO#708695).
195 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.3:
197 * Fix atspi_text_get_bounded_ranges
199 * document: add support to current page and page count (BGO#719508).
201 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.2:
203 * Add new roles and states to track atk (BGO#710464, BGO#712608, BGO#712609).
205 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.1:
207 * Fix Contains method for components (BGO#710730).
209 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.92:
211 * Properly clean up when timing out when motifying keystroke listeners
214 * Allow lists of attribute values when reading collection match rules
217 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.90:
219 * Implement GetStringAtOffset (BGO#705581).
221 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.5:
223 * Fix another crash when we're initialized and shut down repeatedly.
225 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.4:
227 * Fix a deadlock for apps that also register AT-SPI key event listeners
228 (ie, the Orca preferences dialog works again).
230 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.3:
232 * Fix for BGO#681276 (reentrancy issues with gnome-shell).
234 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.2:
236 * Fix a memory leak in the socket adaptor (BGO#696733).
238 * Fix various DBusError leaks (BGO#698951).
240 * Fix crash when a main loop is shut down repeatedly (BGO#699554).
242 * Suppress a warning if an app returns NULL when referencing a child.
244 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.91:
246 * Add Locale property (BGO#694368).
248 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.90:
250 * Bump atk dependency to 2.7.5 (BGO#693189).
252 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.5:
254 * Support ATSPI_ROLE_LEVEL_BAR to correspond to the new atk role.
256 * Fix various compiler warnings.
258 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.3:
260 * re-register if the registry goes away and later returns.
262 * Stop using deprecated glib functions.
264 * Fix a few memory leaks.
266 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.2:
268 * atk-adaptor: don't emit a critical in case the bridge was not initialized
271 * Remove dbind (it was only used for the droute test).
273 * Fix a crash in socket_embed_hook if spi_global_register is NULL.
275 * [droute] Fix memory leak in path cleanup (BGO#688363).
277 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.1:
279 * Remove the schema; it was only used to specify the location of the
280 atk-bridge library, which is now installed in the standard path.
282 * Fix compiler warnings (BGO#678045).
284 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.6.0:
286 * Fix some crashes in atk_bridge_adaptor_cleanup (BGO#684434).
288 * When the cache is activated, register it on the main D-Bus connection.
290 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.92:
292 * Fix atspi_hyperlink_get_uri (BGO#683182).
294 * Only initialize the cache when an AT is running.
296 * Fix various memory leaks (BGO#683979, BGO#684077)
297 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.91:
299 * Removed the gtk 3.0 module (BGO#678315).
301 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.90:
303 * Don't leak a GError when option parsing fails (BGO#679296)
305 * Rework some inefficient code when removing clients and events (BGO#679295,
308 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.5:
310 * Implement GetLocalizedName for actions (BGO#680598)
312 * Allow to build out of source directory (BGO#680280).
314 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.4:
316 Fix for bug #679013 - AtspiCollection should be implemented for
319 * Don't create a (non-readable) subdirectory for the socket when root.
321 * Plug ref count leaks (BGO#679285).
323 * Only create a directory and a socket when requested.
325 * Only add items to the cache on children-changed if the children are
326 included in the event.
328 * Only send PropertyChange signals used for caching, absent listeners.
330 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.3:
332 * Create a library (libatk-bridge), currently with atk_bridge_adaptor_init()
333 and atk_bridge_adaptor_cleanup() functions, to facilitate linking directly
336 * Only register events at beginning if an AT is listening (BGO#678475).
338 * Use XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to hold the socket, rather than a potentially secure
339 directory hard-coded under /tmp (BGO#678348).
341 * Fix various compiler warnings and build errors.
343 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.2:
345 * Fix for bug 677211 - The collection interface's MATCH_ANY fails for states
347 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.1:
349 * Updated Norwegian Nynorsk translation
351 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.4.0:
353 * Updated Hindi translation.
355 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.92:
357 * Add Khmer and Malayalam translations.
359 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.91:
361 * Have GetIndexInParent() return a signed int, per the spec.
363 * Send a DoAction reply message before invoking atk (works around
364 atk_action_do_action potentially not returning right away for gtk).
367 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.90:
369 * Have GrabFocus return a bool, per the spec, rather than a uint32.
371 * Fix a potential crash when emitting a signal if the ATK implementor
374 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.5:
376 * Remove the ability to set an accessible's name and description via AT-SPI
377 (it seems wrong to have been exposing this in the first place).
379 * Fix for BGO#659967: some list API usage fixes.
381 * Fix for BGO#663967: Don't use /a11y/ as a dconf path.
383 * Fix for BGO#666371: possible crash when accessibles are created and
384 deleted in rapid succession; eg, in gnome-shell)
386 * Avoid triggering GLib criticals in a few places.
388 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.4:
390 * Fix for BGO#666870: Keystroke listeners do not work unless an event listener
391 is also registered [also needs updated at-spi2-core]
393 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.3:
395 * Fix for BGO#664822 - gnome-shell crash when an AT is launched
397 * Fix a reference leak if a child-added signal has no object value.
399 * Change a : to a / in the suffix to an event, to allow DBus match rules
402 * Only deregister objects when they are marked defunct, not when a previously
403 defunct object is marked as no longer defunct.
405 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.2:
407 * Have AtkSocket's implementation of ref_state_set to return empty sets
410 * Fix for BGO#663876: Make sure the a11y hierarchy under an AtkPlug is
411 generated when embedding.
413 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.1:
415 * Fix a small coding error that could generate compiler warnings.
417 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.2.1:
419 * Updated Finnish translation.
421 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.2.0:
423 * Really fix BGO#658013: Attach the timeout for a key listener to the
424 appropriate main loop context.
426 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.92:
428 * Fix for BGO#658013: Add timeout to check for disconnect on a key listener.
430 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.91:
432 * Fix for BGO#645321: Use an array of bytes rather than a string for the
433 atk-bridge location in the schema.
435 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.90:
437 * Try to use the new AtkWindow interface to register for window events.
439 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.5:
441 * Use libatspi constants rather than keeping duplicate copies of the
442 constants in at-spi2-atk.
444 * Fixed some problems when shutting down and restarting the module.
446 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.4:
448 * Ensure the detail integers are initialized before sending events.
450 * Map some new atk roles.
452 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.3:
454 * Fix for BGO#652797: Remove unused AtkMisc instance.
456 * Only register events when something is listening. In theory, this should
457 mitigate performance loss that might show up when no ATs are running.
459 * BGO#652596: Allow setting value via the DBus property again.
461 * BGO#652858: Deregister objects on state-changed:defunct.
463 * Add AT-SPI mapping for ATK_RELATION_NODE_PARENT_OF.
465 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.0.2:
467 * Fix matching on attributes for collection methods
469 * Fix for BGO#650286: Ensure valid UTF-8 from ATK
471 * Always emit children-changed, property-change, and state-changed events, in
472 order to keep caches synchronized.
474 * Add GetAtspiVersion to fetch the version of the AT-SPI specification provided
477 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.0.1:
479 * Fix a memory leak in impl_GetText
481 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.93:
483 * Removed dbus-glib-related includes, as they are no longer required.
485 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.92:
487 * Handle text-insert and text-removed signals from ATK (BGO#638377).
489 * Use the new dbus errors when compiled against a version of libdbus that
492 * Use libatspi to get the accessibility bus and handle main loop integration.
493 This fixes a crash with some builds of Firefox (FDO#35115).
494 Note that this adds a dependency on libatspi.
496 * Fix accessibility of applications running as root on Linux.
498 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.91:
500 * Fix some missing prototypes.
502 * Do not exit if the accessibility bus disconnects.
504 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.90:
506 * Fix for BGO#641338: Avoid crashing when unable to listen for p2p connections.
508 * Set /tmp/at-spi2 to be world-writable.
510 * Fix for BGO#641869: Remove --enable-relocate option.
512 * Changed accessibility key name as was done in gsettings-desktop-schemas.
514 * Fixed several memory leaks.
516 * Fixed some build errors.
518 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.6:
520 * Fixed the path in org.a11y.atspi.gschema.xml for lib64.
522 * Implemented SetPosition, SetExtents, and SetSize for components.
524 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.5:
526 * Fixed some memory leaks.
528 * Fixed a crash if peer-to-peer connections are disabled.
530 * Fixed setting of GTK_PATH with --enable-relocate (was broken in 1.91.4).
532 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.4:
534 * Support direct dbus connections to improve performance if dbus-glib
535 0.90 or greater is available.
537 * Added a GSettings key to specify the location of libatk-bridge.so.
539 * Added a desktop file to load gail and atk-bridge with the new
540 gnome-settings-daemon.
542 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.3:
544 * Attributes in a collection match rule are now expected to be sent as a
547 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.2:
549 * FIxed BGO#563546: Removed the g_atexit hook.
551 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.1:
553 * Fire all events until we receive a reply from GetRegisteredEvents
555 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.0:
557 * --disable-relocate is the default again.
559 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.92:
561 * Have value methods return 0 on failure rather than fail, as in original pyatspi
563 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.91.1:
565 * Fi a build error introduced in 0.3.91.
567 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.91:
569 * Default to --enable-relocate for now.
571 * Fix for FDO#29880: gtk module can't handle reloading.
573 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.90:
575 * FDO#29365: Stop using a deprecated glib function.
577 * Caching fixes--GetItems was completely broken in v0.3.6, and fixed a
578 possible crash when it is called.
580 * Only emit signals when AT-SPI clients are listening for them.
582 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.6:
584 * Fixed a problem with dbus introspection.
586 * Do not block waiting for a response when registering.
588 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.5:
590 * Have a socket retrieve its state set from its embedded plug
592 * Rename AT_SPI_CLIENT to AT_SPI_REENTER_G_MAIN_LOOP, but still check the
593 former variable as well for now.
595 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.4:
597 * Ref an object while adding it to the message generated by GetItems.
598 This prevents a crash if all other references to the objects go away while
599 it is being analyzed.
601 * Add GetChildren to the introspection.
603 * Fix NSelectedRows and NSelectedColumns.
605 * Fix the behavior of ChildCount and GetChildAtIndex for sockets with
608 * Fix extra unref when calling get_row_header or get_column_header on a
609 table, or calling atk_hyperlink_get_object.
611 * Set the /desktop/gnome/interface/at-spi-dbus gconf key to false by default
612 (this key is only used when at-spi2 is relocated, which it is not by default).
614 * Fix a few compiler warnings.
616 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.3:
618 * Remove unused gtk build dependency.
620 * Install a copy of the module into the gtk-3.0 modules directory.
622 * Correct handling of some children-changed events sent by Firefox.
624 * Lease objects that send events if they are not cached; fixes some
625 tracebacks when handling Firefox events.
627 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.2:
629 * Some hyperlink fixes.
631 * Cache additions are now done in an idle call. This prevents additions
632 from being made when an object may not be fully initialized and prevents
633 Firefox 3.6 from crashing.
635 * The cache object has been placed into the org.a11y.atspi namespace.
637 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.1:
639 * Added a gconf schema.
641 * org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.GetAll now works rather then crashing.
643 * The position, size, and extents of an AtkSocket are now fetched from the
644 corresponding AtkPlug.
646 * An application is no longer registered if its root is an AtkPlug.
648 * Fix BGO#538680 - Count ignored in GetMatchesTo
650 * Fix FDO#27626 - deadlock when registering an application.
652 * Fix a problem with various hyperlink methods.
654 * Fix for an AtkPlug sometimes not appearing in the hierarchy.
656 * Fix a crash if the registry returns an unexpected message while embedding.
658 * Remove libxml2 dependency since libxml2 is no longer used.
660 * Fix handling of MATCH_ANY for a stateset in a collection match rule.
662 * Disabled relocation by default.