1 What's new in at-spi-1.7.15:
3 * Bugfixes: #372988, #381670, #387960, #364839.
5 What's new in at-spi-1.7.14:
7 * We now get te value of display using the env var DISPLAY rather than
8 using the gdk_display_get_default to avoid dependancy of gdk. Also,
9 once the registry is started, we set the ior of the registry as
12 * Bugfixes: #361386, #369377, #382271, #372172, #163132, #377079, #352444
14 What's new in at-spi-1.7.12:
16 * Modified parameter names in some IDL to avoid class name collisions
17 (Gary Cramblitt). This is a bincompat change which improves portability
20 * Bugfixes: #353226, #356688 (Neo Liu), #350552 (Ginn Chen), #350958.
22 What's new in at-spi-1.7.11:
26 * Fixed getAttributes APIs.
28 * Export Hyperlink interface for AtkHyperlinkImpl peers.
30 * Aggregate Document interface.
32 What's new in at-spi-1.7.10:
34 * New method Selection::deselectChild. RFE #326535.
36 What's new in at-spi-1.7.9:
38 * I18n uses po/LINGUAS now.
40 * Table enhancement: new method Table::getRowColumnExtentsAtIndex
41 RFE #326536. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
43 * Text enhancement: Text::getAttributeRun, Text::getDefaultAttributeSet
44 RFE #326540. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
46 * New interface, Document. RFE #326520.
48 * New roles, LINK, REDUNDANT_OBJECT, INPUT_METHOD_WINDOW, FORM.
50 * Meaningful implementation and bridges for StreamableContent.
53 * Added STATE_VISITED, and relations DESCRIBED_BY, DESCRIPTION_FOR,
56 What's new in at-spi-1.7.4:
58 * Fixed dist to include Accessibility_Selector.idl (missing from dist though
61 * Bugfixes to EventDetails event support, and fixed event emission for
62 implementors of SPI_REMOTE_OBJECT.
64 What's new in at-spi-1.7.0 through 1.7.3:
66 * Added idl/Accessibility_Selector.idl to the repository (missing in 1.7.0
67 through 1.7.2, added in 1.7.3)
71 All the IDL is now documented with doxygen-compatible docs.
72 Just run 'doxygen oxyfile' in the IDL directory. (This will
73 be automated in a future version).
78 Accessibility::Accessible:getAttributes (name/value pair annotation
80 Accessibility::Accessible:getApplication (retrieves ref to host app)
81 Accessibility::Component:getAlpha (get transparency/opacity value of component)
82 Accessibility::Image:getLocale (get POSIX locale for image and
84 Accessibility::Text:getAttributeValue (retrieve a single named
86 Accessibility::Relation:RELATION_PARENT_WINDOW_OF
87 Accessibility::Role:ROLE_ENTRY, ROLE_CHART, ROLE_CAPTION,
88 ROLE_DOCUMENT_FRAME, ROLE_HEADING, ROLE_PAGE, ROLE_SECTION (New roles
89 for complex docs and forms.)
90 Accessibility::State:STATE_REQUIRED, STATE_TRUNCATED, STATE_ANIMATED,
91 STATE_INVALID_ENTRY, STATE_SUPPORTS_AUTOCOMPLETION,
92 STATE_SELECTABLE_TEXT, STATE_IS_DEFAULT (New states, for complex forms)
93 Accessibility::EventDetails (new, more detailed info marshalled with events)
96 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceName):
97 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceRole):
98 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceApplication):
99 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceDetails):
100 New methods for interrogating/demarshalling
101 event details i.e. source's accessible name, role,
103 (Accessible_getAttributes): New, retrieve annotations/attributes
105 (Accessible_getHostApplication): New, retrieve enclosing Application
106 instance for an object.
107 (AccessibleImage_getImageLocale): New, retrieve Locale info for an
109 (AccessibleComponent_getAlpha): New, retrieve alpha value for
110 an AccessibleComponent (see discussion in idl section above).
113 Some compiler fixes from Kjartan Marass.
114 Some thread-related fixes from Michael Meeks.
115 Don't allow non-preemptive listeners to pre-empt events! (Bill Haneman).
117 What's new in at-spi-1.6.5:
119 * Fixed some discrepancies in event listener deregistration, improves
120 on-the-fly deregistration of event listeners. Fixed some tests.
122 * Fixed brokenness in 'make check.'
124 What's new in at-spi-1.6.4:
126 * Fixed XEVIE detection and configuration on XOrg version 6.8.2.
128 * Added locale 'rw' (Steve Murphy)
130 * Tweaked event-listener-test program.
132 * Leakfixes, from billh and Kjartan Marass.
134 What's new in at-spi-1.6.3:
138 * Added locale 'xh' (Adi Attar)
140 What's new in at-spi-1.6.2:
142 * fixes for problems at logout time (hangs, crashes)
144 * bugfixes for #160862, #152147.
146 * minor enhancements to test login-helper-server-test.
150 What's new in at-spi-1.6.1:
152 * LoginHelper API docs improved.
154 * fixed bug which caused problems if an
155 app which loaded atk-bridge forks, and one fork exits.
158 * New language: Galician (gl), Jesus Bravo Alvarez.
160 * Ansi build fixes (Kjartan Maraas).
162 What's new in at-spi-1.6.0:
166 What's new in at-spi-1.5.4:
168 * Registration failure at SPI_init is now detected and
169 an error code is returned to the caller (bug #147648).
171 * We now use polling as our default for detecting mouse
172 button changes (this was formerly our fallback method);
173 this prevents conflict with Xstroke.
174 [a better long-term fix requires the Xevie extension]
176 * We now register on a per-DISPLAY, but not per-SCREEN, basis.
177 This fixes several issues, see bugs #149962, #136986, #144086.
179 * New languages in configure.in:
185 What's new in at-spi-1.5.3:
187 * New role EMBEDDED (bug #144415).
189 * Added object:bounds-changed event, for detecting when the
190 component bounds of an object have changed onscreen.
194 What's new in at-spi-1.5.2:
196 * Added Accessibility_LoginHelper interface, and
197 LoginHelper GType. Also added client and server tests
198 for this interface. The purpose is to identify services
199 (typically, assistive technologies) which need access to
200 system or device services (keyboard, audio, serial ports,
201 posting windows, etc.) during login or re-login/authentication.
203 * fixed make distcheck.
205 * Added a check in cspi_object_unref, which should help in detecting
206 refcount bugs in clients (Padraig O'Briain).
209 Walloon (Pablo Saratxaga)
210 Bulgarian (Alexander Shopov)
212 What's new in at-spi-1.5.1:
214 * Allow synthesis of keysyms that aren't in the current X keymap.
216 * languages: Gujarati (Guntupalli Karunakar), Canadian English
219 * Added omitted declarations for already-existing methods
220 AccessibleTable_addRowSelection(),
221 AccessibleTable_addColumnSelection(),
222 AccessibleTable_removeRowSelection(),
223 AccessibleTable_removeColumnSelection().
225 * bug fixes: 136660, 120659 (partial), 132237, 134332.
229 What's new in at-spi-1.4.0: [GNOME 2.6.0 release]
231 * build improvements from Laszlo Peter.
232 * en_GB added to ALL_LINGUAS.
236 What's new in at-spi-1.3.16: [GNOME 2.6 RC1 release]
238 * Fix for bug #134036, which could steal keystrokes from applications
239 if at-spi registry failed.
241 * Build fixes, added .pc.in files (from Laszlo Peter).
245 This is the gnome-2.6 beta release of at-spi.
246 What's new in at-spi-1.3.15:
249 Amanpreet Singh Alam (pa)
253 What's new in at-spi-1.3.14:
255 * reduced debug output in normal usage. Don't PRIT_LEAKS
256 unless DEBUG_OBJECTS is #defined. Reduces SEGVs when reporting
257 on noncritical refcount issues.
259 What's new in at-spi-1.3.13:
261 * Build improvements: Requires automake-1.7, and calls GTK_DOC_CHECK.
262 (Padraig O'Briain, Matthias Clasen, some from Tomas Kloczko)
264 * bugfixes (bad g_free, and a null string issue that caused SEGV on
265 Solaris when running sample programs).
268 What's new in at-spi-1.3.11:
270 * Fix for docs bug #129728 (Sebastien Bacher).
272 * Fix for bug #129479, allows distinction between
273 multiple DISPLAY instances of at-spi registry.
275 * Fix for #124837, which could cause 'hang' interactions
276 between desktop and clients such as gnopernicus.
278 * Fixes for NUMLOCK mask behavior, bug #129103.
280 * Greatly improved key synthesis for non-Latin characters.
281 We can now synthesize any KeySym which is defined in the current
282 X keymap. (bug #128824). Thanks to Marcus G Kuhn for
283 the public-domain code borrowed here.
288 fa (Roozber Pournader),
290 id (Ahmad Riza H Nst)
293 What's new in at-spi-1.3.9:
295 * New api: AccessibleApplication_getLocale (app, type),
296 returns a POSIX locale string for a locale category,
297 for instance Accessibility_LOCALE_TYPE_MESSAGES.
299 * New SPI_ROLE_EDITBAR.
301 * New Accessible_getLocalizedRoleName.
303 * New AccessibleText_getDefaultAttributes.
305 * fixes to AccessibleStreamableContent, including a 'seek'
306 implementation for cspi. Thanks to Michael Meeks for some
307 related bugfixes in StreamableContent.
309 * now we emit key-released events to appropriate keylisteners.
311 * new LINGUAS in configure.in: nn (Asmund Sjeveland), lt (Gediminas Paulauskas),
312 no (Kjartan Masass), eu (Christian Rose).
314 * bugfixes for: #120991, #120473, #118581, #127463, #116009, #114926,
315 #125834, #111429, #121974.
317 What's new in at-spi-1.3.7:
319 This is the official GNOME 2.4.0 release of at-spi.
321 * fixed event-name bug, "object:active-descendant" is now
322 "object:active-descendant-changed".
324 * fixes for 120220, 120725, some code cleanups.
326 * Improved code that rejects
327 spurious "window:activate/deactivate" pairs when X key grabs occur.
330 * Documentation improvements for SpiAccessibleKeyListenerCB and related.
332 * new languages: hi, fi, et, mn, nl, is, ja, ro, bn.
335 What's new in at-spi-1.3.6:
337 * Add XEvIE support for those systems which have XEvIE.
339 * Correct values for MODIFIER_SHIFTLOCK and MODIFIER_ALT as part of fix
342 * Store event so that it can subsequently be referred to. Fixes bugs
345 * Add support for AccessibleAction on hyperlink object.
347 * Defer focus: events to reduce number of window switch events reported.
348 This a partial fix for bug #108664.
350 * Eliminate warning messages reported when out-of-process applet starts.
353 * Register out-of-process applet as application only while it has top level
354 window displayed. This fixes bug #111578.
356 * Add translations: Simplified Chinese [Yi Yang], Azerbaijani [Metin Amiroff],
357 Icelandic [Richard Allen], Italian [Alessio Frusciante],
358 Korean [Changwoo Ryu], Danish [Ole Alursen], Albanian [Lauent Dhima],
359 Malay [Hasbullah Bin Pit], Vietnamese [Pablo Saratxaga],
360 Belarusian [Belarusian team <i18n@mova.org>],
361 Russian [Russian team <gnome-cyr@gnome.org>], Portuguese [Duarte Loreto],
362 Slovak [Marcel Telka], Serbian [Serbian team (Prevod.org)]
363 Esperanto [Charles Voelger], Brazilian [Gustavo Noronha Silva],
364 Welsh [Dafydd Harries], Dutch [Vincent van Adrighem],
365 Spanish [Pablo Gonzalo del Campo], Polish [Artur Flinta],
366 Catalan [Jordi Mallach], French [Chistophe Marlet],
367 Hebrew [Gil "Dolfin" Osher], German [Christian Neumair],
368 Czech [Miloslav Trmac], Swedish [Christian Rose]
370 What's new in at-spi-1.3.4:
372 * require atk 1.3.4 throughout.
374 * Fix for crasher bug in cspi, exceptions were not being properly
377 * added cspi_peek_ev()
379 * added SPI_ROLE_AUTOCOMPLETE, SPI_STATE_INDETERMINATE (for
380 checkboxes in the 'inconsistent' state)
382 * initial wrapper implementations for AccessibleStreamableContent.
385 * implement "string" synthesis type in SPI_generateKeyEvent.
387 * Added cspi client-side APIs for exception handling.
389 * bugfixes for #114370, #113268, #108664, #92143,
391 What's new in at-spi-1.3.2:
395 What's new in at-spi-1.3.1:
397 * Fixes for 109626, 89350, 100424, 100426, 110419, 107261, 107479,
398 108666, 104730, 111793.
402 * gnome-2-2 branch created.
404 What's new in at-spi-1.1.9:
406 * Fixes for 107985, 107988, 105291, 107256, 107254, 105836,
407 104622, 105291, 104744, 104741, 101524, 102830, 98120, 94275.
409 * added support for mouse buttons 4 and 5.
411 * compiler warning fixes.
413 What's new in at-spi-1.1.8:
415 * Added getRangeExtents() and getBoundedRanges() API for more
416 efficient screen review [100944].
418 What's new in at-spi-1.1.7:
420 * Added spi_keymask values for Mod4 and Mod5.
421 * Performance improvements and bugfixes from Michael.
423 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
425 * Fixes for #99799, #10530.
427 * New methods in cspi:
428 'AccessibleEvent_ref' and 'AccessibleEvent_unref'
429 to allow lifecycle management of AccessibleEvents outside of
430 the emission handler.
432 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
434 * event struct in libspi is bigger, increased unimplemented
435 slot count for sufficient future bincompatible expansion.
436 (WARNING: breaks bincompat for direct CORBA clients. CSPI clients
439 * New accessor methods allow state-coherent query of many
442 * API Frozen for GNOME 2.2.
444 * New role types: APPLICATION, HEADER, FOOTER, PARAGRAPH, RULER.
446 * New relations, FLOWS_FROM, FLOWS_TO, EMBEDS, EMBEDDED_BY,
449 * New state, MANAGES_DESCENDANTS. New event, "active-descendant-changed".
451 * reduced debug output, unless you set AT_SPI_DEBUG environment
452 variable to string which parses to an integer value > 0.
454 * added definitions for SPI_KEYMASK_BUTTON1, etc.
456 * added SPI_LAYER_WINDOW.
458 * Added ability to register 'device event listeners' which can
459 consume device events, such as mouse events.
461 * Added support for mouse and key-modifier event notification.
463 * deprecated KeyEventType in favor of EventType.
465 * bugfixes for >50 bugs including: 98836, 98842, 97916, 95828,
466 93592, 95940, 95517, 93658, 95055, 94555, 84856.
468 * updated copyrights to include Ximian.
470 What's new in at-spi-1.1.0:
472 * event listener notifications are no longer oneways.
473 * bugfixes for 84900, 84908, 84897, 84898.
474 * performance improvement for event listeners.
476 What's new in at-spi-1.0.1:
480 What's new in at-spi-1.0.0:
482 * API Freeze (1.0 API is now FINAL)
483 * added boolean return for
484 Accessibility_Registry_registerKeystrokeListener.
485 * Revved activation ID for registry to "1.0"
486 * many bugfixes and improvements to global key listener implementation.
487 * improvements to regression test "test-simple", added key
488 listener/synthesis test.
489 * added sample code in "test" to demonstrate how flat line-mode
490 screen-review can be implemented with at-spi.
492 What's new in at-spi-0.13.1:
494 (note: 0.13.1 is not binary compatible with 0.12.1, clients will need
497 * fix for bugzilla bug 80616
498 * IDL change which will affect direct CORBA users of the keystroke
500 * added a new test harness, event-listener-test, which also
501 has a simple tree traversal timing benchmark. event-listener-test
502 attaches listeners to all currently supported events (and a few
503 events which are not fully implemented yet); it thus serves
504 as useful event listener sample code as well as being a diagnostic
507 What's new in at-spi-0.12.1:
509 * fixes for bugzilla bugs 78249,68929,76615,71686,72300,78247,72300,78249
510 relating to build issues on some architectures (some of these were
511 fixed in 0.10 but additional fixes were included in 0.12.1).
512 * added new test program for our key listener API.
513 * added implementation of IDL 'exit' method to our
514 magnifier and mag_control client.
515 * Badly broken AccessibleStateSet implementation fixed by
517 * Added implementation for AccessibleComponent_grabFocus method.
518 * Improvements to documentation.
522 * Added missing seek_type param in
523 AccessibleStreamableContent_seek [78888],
524 previously documented but not in signature;
525 this was unused API but needed fixing for the future.
527 * Added API for AccessibleTable_selectRow and _selectColumn,
528 corresponding to similar API in ATK, and provided
529 implementation. [76201]
531 * Added boolean return types to a number of IDL methods whose
532 corresponding cspi wrappers and ATK methods already had boolean
535 * Made Accessibility_StateSet inherit from BonoboUnknown as it should;
536 this was the main existing breakage in StateSet.
544 getStateName () and STATE_EXTENDED to allow extension of State API (already
547 AccessibleAction_getType () and AccessibleAction_getTypeName ().
549 need getBaseAttributes ()
550 for AccessibleText (available in ATK I think).
552 table: getVisibleRange
554 state: HEADER, etc. for spreadsheet cells