1 What's new in at-spi-1.7.12:
3 * Modified parameter names in some IDL to avoid class name collisions
4 (Gary Cramblitt). This is a bincompat change which improves portability
7 * Bugfixes: #353226, #356688 (Neo Liu), #350552 (Ginn Chen), #350958.
9 What's new in at-spi-1.7.11:
13 * Fixed getAttributes APIs.
15 * Export Hyperlink interface for AtkHyperlinkImpl peers.
17 * Aggregate Document interface.
19 What's new in at-spi-1.7.10:
21 * New method Selection::deselectChild. RFE #326535.
23 What's new in at-spi-1.7.9:
25 * I18n uses po/LINGUAS now.
27 * Table enhancement: new method Table::getRowColumnExtentsAtIndex
28 RFE #326536. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
30 * Text enhancement: Text::getAttributeRun, Text::getDefaultAttributeSet
31 RFE #326540. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
33 * New interface, Document. RFE #326520.
35 * New roles, LINK, REDUNDANT_OBJECT, INPUT_METHOD_WINDOW, FORM.
37 * Meaningful implementation and bridges for StreamableContent.
40 * Added STATE_VISITED, and relations DESCRIBED_BY, DESCRIPTION_FOR,
43 What's new in at-spi-1.7.4:
45 * Fixed dist to include Accessibility_Selector.idl (missing from dist though
48 * Bugfixes to EventDetails event support, and fixed event emission for
49 implementors of SPI_REMOTE_OBJECT.
51 What's new in at-spi-1.7.0 through 1.7.3:
53 * Added idl/Accessibility_Selector.idl to the repository (missing in 1.7.0
54 through 1.7.2, added in 1.7.3)
58 All the IDL is now documented with doxygen-compatible docs.
59 Just run 'doxygen oxyfile' in the IDL directory. (This will
60 be automated in a future version).
65 Accessibility::Accessible:getAttributes (name/value pair annotation
67 Accessibility::Accessible:getApplication (retrieves ref to host app)
68 Accessibility::Component:getAlpha (get transparency/opacity value of component)
69 Accessibility::Image:getLocale (get POSIX locale for image and
71 Accessibility::Text:getAttributeValue (retrieve a single named
73 Accessibility::Relation:RELATION_PARENT_WINDOW_OF
74 Accessibility::Role:ROLE_ENTRY, ROLE_CHART, ROLE_CAPTION,
75 ROLE_DOCUMENT_FRAME, ROLE_HEADING, ROLE_PAGE, ROLE_SECTION (New roles
76 for complex docs and forms.)
77 Accessibility::State:STATE_REQUIRED, STATE_TRUNCATED, STATE_ANIMATED,
78 STATE_INVALID_ENTRY, STATE_SUPPORTS_AUTOCOMPLETION,
79 STATE_SELECTABLE_TEXT, STATE_IS_DEFAULT (New states, for complex forms)
80 Accessibility::EventDetails (new, more detailed info marshalled with events)
83 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceName):
84 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceRole):
85 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceApplication):
86 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceDetails):
87 New methods for interrogating/demarshalling
88 event details i.e. source's accessible name, role,
90 (Accessible_getAttributes): New, retrieve annotations/attributes
92 (Accessible_getHostApplication): New, retrieve enclosing Application
93 instance for an object.
94 (AccessibleImage_getImageLocale): New, retrieve Locale info for an
96 (AccessibleComponent_getAlpha): New, retrieve alpha value for
97 an AccessibleComponent (see discussion in idl section above).
100 Some compiler fixes from Kjartan Marass.
101 Some thread-related fixes from Michael Meeks.
102 Don't allow non-preemptive listeners to pre-empt events! (Bill Haneman).
104 What's new in at-spi-1.6.5:
106 * Fixed some discrepancies in event listener deregistration, improves
107 on-the-fly deregistration of event listeners. Fixed some tests.
109 * Fixed brokenness in 'make check.'
111 What's new in at-spi-1.6.4:
113 * Fixed XEVIE detection and configuration on XOrg version 6.8.2.
115 * Added locale 'rw' (Steve Murphy)
117 * Tweaked event-listener-test program.
119 * Leakfixes, from billh and Kjartan Marass.
121 What's new in at-spi-1.6.3:
125 * Added locale 'xh' (Adi Attar)
127 What's new in at-spi-1.6.2:
129 * fixes for problems at logout time (hangs, crashes)
131 * bugfixes for #160862, #152147.
133 * minor enhancements to test login-helper-server-test.
137 What's new in at-spi-1.6.1:
139 * LoginHelper API docs improved.
141 * fixed bug which caused problems if an
142 app which loaded atk-bridge forks, and one fork exits.
145 * New language: Galician (gl), Jesus Bravo Alvarez.
147 * Ansi build fixes (Kjartan Maraas).
149 What's new in at-spi-1.6.0:
153 What's new in at-spi-1.5.4:
155 * Registration failure at SPI_init is now detected and
156 an error code is returned to the caller (bug #147648).
158 * We now use polling as our default for detecting mouse
159 button changes (this was formerly our fallback method);
160 this prevents conflict with Xstroke.
161 [a better long-term fix requires the Xevie extension]
163 * We now register on a per-DISPLAY, but not per-SCREEN, basis.
164 This fixes several issues, see bugs #149962, #136986, #144086.
166 * New languages in configure.in:
172 What's new in at-spi-1.5.3:
174 * New role EMBEDDED (bug #144415).
176 * Added object:bounds-changed event, for detecting when the
177 component bounds of an object have changed onscreen.
181 What's new in at-spi-1.5.2:
183 * Added Accessibility_LoginHelper interface, and
184 LoginHelper GType. Also added client and server tests
185 for this interface. The purpose is to identify services
186 (typically, assistive technologies) which need access to
187 system or device services (keyboard, audio, serial ports,
188 posting windows, etc.) during login or re-login/authentication.
190 * fixed make distcheck.
192 * Added a check in cspi_object_unref, which should help in detecting
193 refcount bugs in clients (Padraig O'Briain).
196 Walloon (Pablo Saratxaga)
197 Bulgarian (Alexander Shopov)
199 What's new in at-spi-1.5.1:
201 * Allow synthesis of keysyms that aren't in the current X keymap.
203 * languages: Gujarati (Guntupalli Karunakar), Canadian English
206 * Added omitted declarations for already-existing methods
207 AccessibleTable_addRowSelection(),
208 AccessibleTable_addColumnSelection(),
209 AccessibleTable_removeRowSelection(),
210 AccessibleTable_removeColumnSelection().
212 * bug fixes: 136660, 120659 (partial), 132237, 134332.
216 What's new in at-spi-1.4.0: [GNOME 2.6.0 release]
218 * build improvements from Laszlo Peter.
219 * en_GB added to ALL_LINGUAS.
223 What's new in at-spi-1.3.16: [GNOME 2.6 RC1 release]
225 * Fix for bug #134036, which could steal keystrokes from applications
226 if at-spi registry failed.
228 * Build fixes, added .pc.in files (from Laszlo Peter).
232 This is the gnome-2.6 beta release of at-spi.
233 What's new in at-spi-1.3.15:
236 Amanpreet Singh Alam (pa)
240 What's new in at-spi-1.3.14:
242 * reduced debug output in normal usage. Don't PRIT_LEAKS
243 unless DEBUG_OBJECTS is #defined. Reduces SEGVs when reporting
244 on noncritical refcount issues.
246 What's new in at-spi-1.3.13:
248 * Build improvements: Requires automake-1.7, and calls GTK_DOC_CHECK.
249 (Padraig O'Briain, Matthias Clasen, some from Tomas Kloczko)
251 * bugfixes (bad g_free, and a null string issue that caused SEGV on
252 Solaris when running sample programs).
255 What's new in at-spi-1.3.11:
257 * Fix for docs bug #129728 (Sebastien Bacher).
259 * Fix for bug #129479, allows distinction between
260 multiple DISPLAY instances of at-spi registry.
262 * Fix for #124837, which could cause 'hang' interactions
263 between desktop and clients such as gnopernicus.
265 * Fixes for NUMLOCK mask behavior, bug #129103.
267 * Greatly improved key synthesis for non-Latin characters.
268 We can now synthesize any KeySym which is defined in the current
269 X keymap. (bug #128824). Thanks to Marcus G Kuhn for
270 the public-domain code borrowed here.
275 fa (Roozber Pournader),
277 id (Ahmad Riza H Nst)
280 What's new in at-spi-1.3.9:
282 * New api: AccessibleApplication_getLocale (app, type),
283 returns a POSIX locale string for a locale category,
284 for instance Accessibility_LOCALE_TYPE_MESSAGES.
286 * New SPI_ROLE_EDITBAR.
288 * New Accessible_getLocalizedRoleName.
290 * New AccessibleText_getDefaultAttributes.
292 * fixes to AccessibleStreamableContent, including a 'seek'
293 implementation for cspi. Thanks to Michael Meeks for some
294 related bugfixes in StreamableContent.
296 * now we emit key-released events to appropriate keylisteners.
298 * new LINGUAS in configure.in: nn (Asmund Sjeveland), lt (Gediminas Paulauskas),
299 no (Kjartan Masass), eu (Christian Rose).
301 * bugfixes for: #120991, #120473, #118581, #127463, #116009, #114926,
302 #125834, #111429, #121974.
304 What's new in at-spi-1.3.7:
306 This is the official GNOME 2.4.0 release of at-spi.
308 * fixed event-name bug, "object:active-descendant" is now
309 "object:active-descendant-changed".
311 * fixes for 120220, 120725, some code cleanups.
313 * Improved code that rejects
314 spurious "window:activate/deactivate" pairs when X key grabs occur.
317 * Documentation improvements for SpiAccessibleKeyListenerCB and related.
319 * new languages: hi, fi, et, mn, nl, is, ja, ro, bn.
322 What's new in at-spi-1.3.6:
324 * Add XEvIE support for those systems which have XEvIE.
326 * Correct values for MODIFIER_SHIFTLOCK and MODIFIER_ALT as part of fix
329 * Store event so that it can subsequently be referred to. Fixes bugs
332 * Add support for AccessibleAction on hyperlink object.
334 * Defer focus: events to reduce number of window switch events reported.
335 This a partial fix for bug #108664.
337 * Eliminate warning messages reported when out-of-process applet starts.
340 * Register out-of-process applet as application only while it has top level
341 window displayed. This fixes bug #111578.
343 * Add translations: Simplified Chinese [Yi Yang], Azerbaijani [Metin Amiroff],
344 Icelandic [Richard Allen], Italian [Alessio Frusciante],
345 Korean [Changwoo Ryu], Danish [Ole Alursen], Albanian [Lauent Dhima],
346 Malay [Hasbullah Bin Pit], Vietnamese [Pablo Saratxaga],
347 Belarusian [Belarusian team <i18n@mova.org>],
348 Russian [Russian team <gnome-cyr@gnome.org>], Portuguese [Duarte Loreto],
349 Slovak [Marcel Telka], Serbian [Serbian team (Prevod.org)]
350 Esperanto [Charles Voelger], Brazilian [Gustavo Noronha Silva],
351 Welsh [Dafydd Harries], Dutch [Vincent van Adrighem],
352 Spanish [Pablo Gonzalo del Campo], Polish [Artur Flinta],
353 Catalan [Jordi Mallach], French [Chistophe Marlet],
354 Hebrew [Gil "Dolfin" Osher], German [Christian Neumair],
355 Czech [Miloslav Trmac], Swedish [Christian Rose]
357 What's new in at-spi-1.3.4:
359 * require atk 1.3.4 throughout.
361 * Fix for crasher bug in cspi, exceptions were not being properly
364 * added cspi_peek_ev()
366 * added SPI_ROLE_AUTOCOMPLETE, SPI_STATE_INDETERMINATE (for
367 checkboxes in the 'inconsistent' state)
369 * initial wrapper implementations for AccessibleStreamableContent.
372 * implement "string" synthesis type in SPI_generateKeyEvent.
374 * Added cspi client-side APIs for exception handling.
376 * bugfixes for #114370, #113268, #108664, #92143,
378 What's new in at-spi-1.3.2:
382 What's new in at-spi-1.3.1:
384 * Fixes for 109626, 89350, 100424, 100426, 110419, 107261, 107479,
385 108666, 104730, 111793.
389 * gnome-2-2 branch created.
391 What's new in at-spi-1.1.9:
393 * Fixes for 107985, 107988, 105291, 107256, 107254, 105836,
394 104622, 105291, 104744, 104741, 101524, 102830, 98120, 94275.
396 * added support for mouse buttons 4 and 5.
398 * compiler warning fixes.
400 What's new in at-spi-1.1.8:
402 * Added getRangeExtents() and getBoundedRanges() API for more
403 efficient screen review [100944].
405 What's new in at-spi-1.1.7:
407 * Added spi_keymask values for Mod4 and Mod5.
408 * Performance improvements and bugfixes from Michael.
410 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
412 * Fixes for #99799, #10530.
414 * New methods in cspi:
415 'AccessibleEvent_ref' and 'AccessibleEvent_unref'
416 to allow lifecycle management of AccessibleEvents outside of
417 the emission handler.
419 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
421 * event struct in libspi is bigger, increased unimplemented
422 slot count for sufficient future bincompatible expansion.
423 (WARNING: breaks bincompat for direct CORBA clients. CSPI clients
426 * New accessor methods allow state-coherent query of many
429 * API Frozen for GNOME 2.2.
431 * New role types: APPLICATION, HEADER, FOOTER, PARAGRAPH, RULER.
433 * New relations, FLOWS_FROM, FLOWS_TO, EMBEDS, EMBEDDED_BY,
436 * New state, MANAGES_DESCENDANTS. New event, "active-descendant-changed".
438 * reduced debug output, unless you set AT_SPI_DEBUG environment
439 variable to string which parses to an integer value > 0.
441 * added definitions for SPI_KEYMASK_BUTTON1, etc.
443 * added SPI_LAYER_WINDOW.
445 * Added ability to register 'device event listeners' which can
446 consume device events, such as mouse events.
448 * Added support for mouse and key-modifier event notification.
450 * deprecated KeyEventType in favor of EventType.
452 * bugfixes for >50 bugs including: 98836, 98842, 97916, 95828,
453 93592, 95940, 95517, 93658, 95055, 94555, 84856.
455 * updated copyrights to include Ximian.
457 What's new in at-spi-1.1.0:
459 * event listener notifications are no longer oneways.
460 * bugfixes for 84900, 84908, 84897, 84898.
461 * performance improvement for event listeners.
463 What's new in at-spi-1.0.1:
467 What's new in at-spi-1.0.0:
469 * API Freeze (1.0 API is now FINAL)
470 * added boolean return for
471 Accessibility_Registry_registerKeystrokeListener.
472 * Revved activation ID for registry to "1.0"
473 * many bugfixes and improvements to global key listener implementation.
474 * improvements to regression test "test-simple", added key
475 listener/synthesis test.
476 * added sample code in "test" to demonstrate how flat line-mode
477 screen-review can be implemented with at-spi.
479 What's new in at-spi-0.13.1:
481 (note: 0.13.1 is not binary compatible with 0.12.1, clients will need
484 * fix for bugzilla bug 80616
485 * IDL change which will affect direct CORBA users of the keystroke
487 * added a new test harness, event-listener-test, which also
488 has a simple tree traversal timing benchmark. event-listener-test
489 attaches listeners to all currently supported events (and a few
490 events which are not fully implemented yet); it thus serves
491 as useful event listener sample code as well as being a diagnostic
494 What's new in at-spi-0.12.1:
496 * fixes for bugzilla bugs 78249,68929,76615,71686,72300,78247,72300,78249
497 relating to build issues on some architectures (some of these were
498 fixed in 0.10 but additional fixes were included in 0.12.1).
499 * added new test program for our key listener API.
500 * added implementation of IDL 'exit' method to our
501 magnifier and mag_control client.
502 * Badly broken AccessibleStateSet implementation fixed by
504 * Added implementation for AccessibleComponent_grabFocus method.
505 * Improvements to documentation.
509 * Added missing seek_type param in
510 AccessibleStreamableContent_seek [78888],
511 previously documented but not in signature;
512 this was unused API but needed fixing for the future.
514 * Added API for AccessibleTable_selectRow and _selectColumn,
515 corresponding to similar API in ATK, and provided
516 implementation. [76201]
518 * Added boolean return types to a number of IDL methods whose
519 corresponding cspi wrappers and ATK methods already had boolean
522 * Made Accessibility_StateSet inherit from BonoboUnknown as it should;
523 this was the main existing breakage in StateSet.
531 getStateName () and STATE_EXTENDED to allow extension of State API (already
534 AccessibleAction_getType () and AccessibleAction_getTypeName ().
536 need getBaseAttributes ()
537 for AccessibleText (available in ATK I think).
539 table: getVisibleRange
541 state: HEADER, etc. for spreadsheet cells