1 What's new in at-spi-1.7.4:
3 * Fixed dist to include Accessibility_Selector.idl (missing from dist though
6 * Bugfixes to EventDetails event support, and fixed event emission for
7 implementors of SPI_REMOTE_OBJECT.
9 What's new in at-spi-1.7.0 through 1.7.3:
11 * Added idl/Accessibility_Selector.idl to the repository (missing in 1.7.0
12 through 1.7.2, added in 1.7.3)
16 All the IDL is now documented with doxygen-compatible docs.
17 Just run 'doxygen oxyfile' in the IDL directory. (This will
18 be automated in a future version).
23 Accessibility::Accessible:getAttributes (name/value pair annotation
25 Accessibility::Accessible:getApplication (retrieves ref to host app)
26 Accessibility::Component:getAlpha (get transparency/opacity value of component)
27 Accessibility::Image:getLocale (get POSIX locale for image and
29 Accessibility::Text:getAttributeValue (retrieve a single named
31 Accessibility::Relation:RELATION_PARENT_WINDOW_OF
32 Accessibility::Role:ROLE_ENTRY, ROLE_CHART, ROLE_CAPTION,
33 ROLE_DOCUMENT_FRAME, ROLE_HEADING, ROLE_PAGE, ROLE_SECTION (New roles
34 for complex docs and forms.)
35 Accessibility::State:STATE_REQUIRED, STATE_TRUNCATED, STATE_ANIMATED,
36 STATE_INVALID_ENTRY, STATE_SUPPORTS_AUTOCOMPLETION,
37 STATE_SELECTABLE_TEXT, STATE_IS_DEFAULT (New states, for complex forms)
38 Accessibility::EventDetails (new, more detailed info marshalled with events)
41 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceName):
42 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceRole):
43 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceApplication):
44 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceDetails):
45 New methods for interrogating/demarshalling
46 event details i.e. source's accessible name, role,
48 (Accessible_getAttributes): New, retrieve annotations/attributes
50 (Accessible_getHostApplication): New, retrieve enclosing Application
51 instance for an object.
52 (AccessibleImage_getImageLocale): New, retrieve Locale info for an
54 (AccessibleComponent_getAlpha): New, retrieve alpha value for
55 an AccessibleComponent (see discussion in idl section above).
58 Some compiler fixes from Kjartan Marass.
59 Some thread-related fixes from Michael Meeks.
60 Don't allow non-preemptive listeners to pre-empt events! (Bill Haneman).
62 What's new in at-spi-1.6.5:
64 * Fixed some discrepancies in event listener deregistration, improves
65 on-the-fly deregistration of event listeners. Fixed some tests.
67 * Fixed brokenness in 'make check.'
69 What's new in at-spi-1.6.4:
71 * Fixed XEVIE detection and configuration on XOrg version 6.8.2.
73 * Added locale 'rw' (Steve Murphy)
75 * Tweaked event-listener-test program.
77 * Leakfixes, from billh and Kjartan Marass.
79 What's new in at-spi-1.6.3:
83 * Added locale 'xh' (Adi Attar)
85 What's new in at-spi-1.6.2:
87 * fixes for problems at logout time (hangs, crashes)
89 * bugfixes for #160862, #152147.
91 * minor enhancements to test login-helper-server-test.
95 What's new in at-spi-1.6.1:
97 * LoginHelper API docs improved.
99 * fixed bug which caused problems if an
100 app which loaded atk-bridge forks, and one fork exits.
103 * New language: Galician (gl), Jesus Bravo Alvarez.
105 * Ansi build fixes (Kjartan Maraas).
107 What's new in at-spi-1.6.0:
111 What's new in at-spi-1.5.4:
113 * Registration failure at SPI_init is now detected and
114 an error code is returned to the caller (bug #147648).
116 * We now use polling as our default for detecting mouse
117 button changes (this was formerly our fallback method);
118 this prevents conflict with Xstroke.
119 [a better long-term fix requires the Xevie extension]
121 * We now register on a per-DISPLAY, but not per-SCREEN, basis.
122 This fixes several issues, see bugs #149962, #136986, #144086.
124 * New languages in configure.in:
130 What's new in at-spi-1.5.3:
132 * New role EMBEDDED (bug #144415).
134 * Added object:bounds-changed event, for detecting when the
135 component bounds of an object have changed onscreen.
139 What's new in at-spi-1.5.2:
141 * Added Accessibility_LoginHelper interface, and
142 LoginHelper GType. Also added client and server tests
143 for this interface. The purpose is to identify services
144 (typically, assistive technologies) which need access to
145 system or device services (keyboard, audio, serial ports,
146 posting windows, etc.) during login or re-login/authentication.
148 * fixed make distcheck.
150 * Added a check in cspi_object_unref, which should help in detecting
151 refcount bugs in clients (Padraig O'Briain).
154 Walloon (Pablo Saratxaga)
155 Bulgarian (Alexander Shopov)
157 What's new in at-spi-1.5.1:
159 * Allow synthesis of keysyms that aren't in the current X keymap.
161 * languages: Gujarati (Guntupalli Karunakar), Canadian English
164 * Added omitted declarations for already-existing methods
165 AccessibleTable_addRowSelection(),
166 AccessibleTable_addColumnSelection(),
167 AccessibleTable_removeRowSelection(),
168 AccessibleTable_removeColumnSelection().
170 * bug fixes: 136660, 120659 (partial), 132237, 134332.
174 What's new in at-spi-1.4.0: [GNOME 2.6.0 release]
176 * build improvements from Laszlo Peter.
177 * en_GB added to ALL_LINGUAS.
181 What's new in at-spi-1.3.16: [GNOME 2.6 RC1 release]
183 * Fix for bug #134036, which could steal keystrokes from applications
184 if at-spi registry failed.
186 * Build fixes, added .pc.in files (from Laszlo Peter).
190 This is the gnome-2.6 beta release of at-spi.
191 What's new in at-spi-1.3.15:
194 Amanpreet Singh Alam (pa)
198 What's new in at-spi-1.3.14:
200 * reduced debug output in normal usage. Don't PRIT_LEAKS
201 unless DEBUG_OBJECTS is #defined. Reduces SEGVs when reporting
202 on noncritical refcount issues.
204 What's new in at-spi-1.3.13:
206 * Build improvements: Requires automake-1.7, and calls GTK_DOC_CHECK.
207 (Padraig O'Briain, Matthias Clasen, some from Tomas Kloczko)
209 * bugfixes (bad g_free, and a null string issue that caused SEGV on
210 Solaris when running sample programs).
213 What's new in at-spi-1.3.11:
215 * Fix for docs bug #129728 (Sebastien Bacher).
217 * Fix for bug #129479, allows distinction between
218 multiple DISPLAY instances of at-spi registry.
220 * Fix for #124837, which could cause 'hang' interactions
221 between desktop and clients such as gnopernicus.
223 * Fixes for NUMLOCK mask behavior, bug #129103.
225 * Greatly improved key synthesis for non-Latin characters.
226 We can now synthesize any KeySym which is defined in the current
227 X keymap. (bug #128824). Thanks to Marcus G Kuhn for
228 the public-domain code borrowed here.
233 fa (Roozber Pournader),
235 id (Ahmad Riza H Nst)
238 What's new in at-spi-1.3.9:
240 * New api: AccessibleApplication_getLocale (app, type),
241 returns a POSIX locale string for a locale category,
242 for instance Accessibility_LOCALE_TYPE_MESSAGES.
244 * New SPI_ROLE_EDITBAR.
246 * New Accessible_getLocalizedRoleName.
248 * New AccessibleText_getDefaultAttributes.
250 * fixes to AccessibleStreamableContent, including a 'seek'
251 implementation for cspi. Thanks to Michael Meeks for some
252 related bugfixes in StreamableContent.
254 * now we emit key-released events to appropriate keylisteners.
256 * new LINGUAS in configure.in: nn (Asmund Sjeveland), lt (Gediminas Paulauskas),
257 no (Kjartan Masass), eu (Christian Rose).
259 * bugfixes for: #120991, #120473, #118581, #127463, #116009, #114926,
260 #125834, #111429, #121974.
262 What's new in at-spi-1.3.7:
264 This is the official GNOME 2.4.0 release of at-spi.
266 * fixed event-name bug, "object:active-descendant" is now
267 "object:active-descendant-changed".
269 * fixes for 120220, 120725, some code cleanups.
271 * Improved code that rejects
272 spurious "window:activate/deactivate" pairs when X key grabs occur.
275 * Documentation improvements for SpiAccessibleKeyListenerCB and related.
277 * new languages: hi, fi, et, mn, nl, is, ja, ro, bn.
280 What's new in at-spi-1.3.6:
282 * Add XEvIE support for those systems which have XEvIE.
284 * Correct values for MODIFIER_SHIFTLOCK and MODIFIER_ALT as part of fix
287 * Store event so that it can subsequently be referred to. Fixes bugs
290 * Add support for AccessibleAction on hyperlink object.
292 * Defer focus: events to reduce number of window switch events reported.
293 This a partial fix for bug #108664.
295 * Eliminate warning messages reported when out-of-process applet starts.
298 * Register out-of-process applet as application only while it has top level
299 window displayed. This fixes bug #111578.
301 * Add translations: Simplified Chinese [Yi Yang], Azerbaijani [Metin Amiroff],
302 Icelandic [Richard Allen], Italian [Alessio Frusciante],
303 Korean [Changwoo Ryu], Danish [Ole Alursen], Albanian [Lauent Dhima],
304 Malay [Hasbullah Bin Pit], Vietnamese [Pablo Saratxaga],
305 Belarusian [Belarusian team <i18n@mova.org>],
306 Russian [Russian team <gnome-cyr@gnome.org>], Portuguese [Duarte Loreto],
307 Slovak [Marcel Telka], Serbian [Serbian team (Prevod.org)]
308 Esperanto [Charles Voelger], Brazilian [Gustavo Noronha Silva],
309 Welsh [Dafydd Harries], Dutch [Vincent van Adrighem],
310 Spanish [Pablo Gonzalo del Campo], Polish [Artur Flinta],
311 Catalan [Jordi Mallach], French [Chistophe Marlet],
312 Hebrew [Gil "Dolfin" Osher], German [Christian Neumair],
313 Czech [Miloslav Trmac], Swedish [Christian Rose]
315 What's new in at-spi-1.3.4:
317 * require atk 1.3.4 throughout.
319 * Fix for crasher bug in cspi, exceptions were not being properly
322 * added cspi_peek_ev()
324 * added SPI_ROLE_AUTOCOMPLETE, SPI_STATE_INDETERMINATE (for
325 checkboxes in the 'inconsistent' state)
327 * initial wrapper implementations for AccessibleStreamableContent.
330 * implement "string" synthesis type in SPI_generateKeyEvent.
332 * Added cspi client-side APIs for exception handling.
334 * bugfixes for #114370, #113268, #108664, #92143,
336 What's new in at-spi-1.3.2:
340 What's new in at-spi-1.3.1:
342 * Fixes for 109626, 89350, 100424, 100426, 110419, 107261, 107479,
343 108666, 104730, 111793.
347 * gnome-2-2 branch created.
349 What's new in at-spi-1.1.9:
351 * Fixes for 107985, 107988, 105291, 107256, 107254, 105836,
352 104622, 105291, 104744, 104741, 101524, 102830, 98120, 94275.
354 * added support for mouse buttons 4 and 5.
356 * compiler warning fixes.
358 What's new in at-spi-1.1.8:
360 * Added getRangeExtents() and getBoundedRanges() API for more
361 efficient screen review [100944].
363 What's new in at-spi-1.1.7:
365 * Added spi_keymask values for Mod4 and Mod5.
366 * Performance improvements and bugfixes from Michael.
368 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
370 * Fixes for #99799, #10530.
372 * New methods in cspi:
373 'AccessibleEvent_ref' and 'AccessibleEvent_unref'
374 to allow lifecycle management of AccessibleEvents outside of
375 the emission handler.
377 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
379 * event struct in libspi is bigger, increased unimplemented
380 slot count for sufficient future bincompatible expansion.
381 (WARNING: breaks bincompat for direct CORBA clients. CSPI clients
384 * New accessor methods allow state-coherent query of many
387 * API Frozen for GNOME 2.2.
389 * New role types: APPLICATION, HEADER, FOOTER, PARAGRAPH, RULER.
391 * New relations, FLOWS_FROM, FLOWS_TO, EMBEDS, EMBEDDED_BY,
394 * New state, MANAGES_DESCENDANTS. New event, "active-descendant-changed".
396 * reduced debug output, unless you set AT_SPI_DEBUG environment
397 variable to string which parses to an integer value > 0.
399 * added definitions for SPI_KEYMASK_BUTTON1, etc.
401 * added SPI_LAYER_WINDOW.
403 * Added ability to register 'device event listeners' which can
404 consume device events, such as mouse events.
406 * Added support for mouse and key-modifier event notification.
408 * deprecated KeyEventType in favor of EventType.
410 * bugfixes for >50 bugs including: 98836, 98842, 97916, 95828,
411 93592, 95940, 95517, 93658, 95055, 94555, 84856.
413 * updated copyrights to include Ximian.
415 What's new in at-spi-1.1.0:
417 * event listener notifications are no longer oneways.
418 * bugfixes for 84900, 84908, 84897, 84898.
419 * performance improvement for event listeners.
421 What's new in at-spi-1.0.1:
425 What's new in at-spi-1.0.0:
427 * API Freeze (1.0 API is now FINAL)
428 * added boolean return for
429 Accessibility_Registry_registerKeystrokeListener.
430 * Revved activation ID for registry to "1.0"
431 * many bugfixes and improvements to global key listener implementation.
432 * improvements to regression test "test-simple", added key
433 listener/synthesis test.
434 * added sample code in "test" to demonstrate how flat line-mode
435 screen-review can be implemented with at-spi.
437 What's new in at-spi-0.13.1:
439 (note: 0.13.1 is not binary compatible with 0.12.1, clients will need
442 * fix for bugzilla bug 80616
443 * IDL change which will affect direct CORBA users of the keystroke
445 * added a new test harness, event-listener-test, which also
446 has a simple tree traversal timing benchmark. event-listener-test
447 attaches listeners to all currently supported events (and a few
448 events which are not fully implemented yet); it thus serves
449 as useful event listener sample code as well as being a diagnostic
452 What's new in at-spi-0.12.1:
454 * fixes for bugzilla bugs 78249,68929,76615,71686,72300,78247,72300,78249
455 relating to build issues on some architectures (some of these were
456 fixed in 0.10 but additional fixes were included in 0.12.1).
457 * added new test program for our key listener API.
458 * added implementation of IDL 'exit' method to our
459 magnifier and mag_control client.
460 * Badly broken AccessibleStateSet implementation fixed by
462 * Added implementation for AccessibleComponent_grabFocus method.
463 * Improvements to documentation.
467 * Added missing seek_type param in
468 AccessibleStreamableContent_seek [78888],
469 previously documented but not in signature;
470 this was unused API but needed fixing for the future.
472 * Added API for AccessibleTable_selectRow and _selectColumn,
473 corresponding to similar API in ATK, and provided
474 implementation. [76201]
476 * Added boolean return types to a number of IDL methods whose
477 corresponding cspi wrappers and ATK methods already had boolean
480 * Made Accessibility_StateSet inherit from BonoboUnknown as it should;
481 this was the main existing breakage in StateSet.
489 getStateName () and STATE_EXTENDED to allow extension of State API (already
492 AccessibleAction_getType () and AccessibleAction_getTypeName ().
494 need getBaseAttributes ()
495 for AccessibleText (available in ATK I think).
497 table: getVisibleRange
499 state: HEADER, etc. for spreadsheet cells