1 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.91:
3 * Improve compatibility with at-spi2-registryd <= 2.10.
5 * Collection: Fix an infinite loop when encountering a NULL parent
7 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.90:
9 * Add AtspitableCell, tracking the new atk interface
11 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.5:
13 * Allow sending of properties with events upon request (BGO#708695).
15 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.3:
17 * Fix atspi_text_get_bounded_ranges
19 * document: add support to current page and page count (BGO#719508).
21 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.2:
23 * Add new roles and states to track atk (BGO#710464, BGO#712608, BGO#712609).
25 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.11.1:
27 * Fix Contains method for components (BGO#710730).
29 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.92:
31 * Properly clean up when timing out when motifying keystroke listeners
34 * Allow lists of attribute values when reading collection match rules
37 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.90:
39 * Implement GetStringAtOffset (BGO#705581).
41 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.5:
43 * Fix another crash when we're initialized and shut down repeatedly.
45 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.4:
47 * Fix a deadlock for apps that also register AT-SPI key event listeners
48 (ie, the Orca preferences dialog works again).
50 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.3:
52 * Fix for BGO#681276 (reentrancy issues with gnome-shell).
54 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.9.2:
56 * Fix a memory leak in the socket adaptor (BGO#696733).
58 * Fix various DBusError leaks (BGO#698951).
60 * Fix crash when a main loop is shut down repeatedly (BGO#699554).
62 * Suppress a warning if an app returns NULL when referencing a child.
64 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.91:
66 * Add Locale property (BGO#694368).
68 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.90:
70 * Bump atk dependency to 2.7.5 (BGO#693189).
72 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.5:
74 * Support ATSPI_ROLE_LEVEL_BAR to correspond to the new atk role.
76 * Fix various compiler warnings.
78 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.3:
80 * re-register if the registry goes away and later returns.
82 * Stop using deprecated glib functions.
84 * Fix a few memory leaks.
86 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.2:
88 * atk-adaptor: don't emit a critical in case the bridge was not initialized
91 * Remove dbind (it was only used for the droute test).
93 * Fix a crash in socket_embed_hook if spi_global_register is NULL.
95 * [droute] Fix memory leak in path cleanup (BGO#688363).
97 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.7.1:
99 * Remove the schema; it was only used to specify the location of the
100 atk-bridge library, which is now installed in the standard path.
102 * Fix compiler warnings (BGO#678045).
104 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.6.0:
106 * Fix some crashes in atk_bridge_adaptor_cleanup (BGO#684434).
108 * When the cache is activated, register it on the main D-Bus connection.
110 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.92:
112 * Fix atspi_hyperlink_get_uri (BGO#683182).
114 * Only initialize the cache when an AT is running.
116 * Fix various memory leaks (BGO#683979, BGO#684077)
117 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.91:
119 * Removed the gtk 3.0 module (BGO#678315).
121 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.90:
123 * Don't leak a GError when option parsing fails (BGO#679296)
125 * Rework some inefficient code when removing clients and events (BGO#679295,
128 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.5:
130 * Implement GetLocalizedName for actions (BGO#680598)
132 * Allow to build out of source directory (BGO#680280).
134 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.4:
136 Fix for bug #679013 - AtspiCollection should be implemented for
139 * Don't create a (non-readable) subdirectory for the socket when root.
141 * Plug ref count leaks (BGO#679285).
143 * Only create a directory and a socket when requested.
145 * Only add items to the cache on children-changed if the children are
146 included in the event.
148 * Only send PropertyChange signals used for caching, absent listeners.
150 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.3:
152 * Create a library (libatk-bridge), currently with atk_bridge_adaptor_init()
153 and atk_bridge_adaptor_cleanup() functions, to facilitate linking directly
156 * Only register events at beginning if an AT is listening (BGO#678475).
158 * Use XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to hold the socket, rather than a potentially secure
159 directory hard-coded under /tmp (BGO#678348).
161 * Fix various compiler warnings and build errors.
163 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.2:
165 * Fix for bug 677211 - The collection interface's MATCH_ANY fails for states
167 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.5.1:
169 * Updated Norwegian Nynorsk translation
171 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.4.0:
173 * Updated Hindi translation.
175 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.92:
177 * Add Khmer and Malayalam translations.
179 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.91:
181 * Have GetIndexInParent() return a signed int, per the spec.
183 * Send a DoAction reply message before invoking atk (works around
184 atk_action_do_action potentially not returning right away for gtk).
187 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.90:
189 * Have GrabFocus return a bool, per the spec, rather than a uint32.
191 * Fix a potential crash when emitting a signal if the ATK implementor
194 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.5:
196 * Remove the ability to set an accessible's name and description via AT-SPI
197 (it seems wrong to have been exposing this in the first place).
199 * Fix for BGO#659967: some list API usage fixes.
201 * Fix for BGO#663967: Don't use /a11y/ as a dconf path.
203 * Fix for BGO#666371: possible crash when accessibles are created and
204 deleted in rapid succession; eg, in gnome-shell)
206 * Avoid triggering GLib criticals in a few places.
208 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.4:
210 * Fix for BGO#666870: Keystroke listeners do not work unless an event listener
211 is also registered [also needs updated at-spi2-core]
213 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.3:
215 * Fix for BGO#664822 - gnome-shell crash when an AT is launched
217 * Fix a reference leak if a child-added signal has no object value.
219 * Change a : to a / in the suffix to an event, to allow DBus match rules
222 * Only deregister objects when they are marked defunct, not when a previously
223 defunct object is marked as no longer defunct.
225 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.2:
227 * Have AtkSocket's implementation of ref_state_set to return empty sets
230 * Fix for BGO#663876: Make sure the a11y hierarchy under an AtkPlug is
231 generated when embedding.
233 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.3.1:
235 * Fix a small coding error that could generate compiler warnings.
237 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.2.1:
239 * Updated Finnish translation.
241 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.2.0:
243 * Really fix BGO#658013: Attach the timeout for a key listener to the
244 appropriate main loop context.
246 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.92:
248 * Fix for BGO#658013: Add timeout to check for disconnect on a key listener.
250 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.91:
252 * Fix for BGO#645321: Use an array of bytes rather than a string for the
253 atk-bridge location in the schema.
255 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.90:
257 * Try to use the new AtkWindow interface to register for window events.
259 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.5:
261 * Use libatspi constants rather than keeping duplicate copies of the
262 constants in at-spi2-atk.
264 * Fixed some problems when shutting down and restarting the module.
266 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.4:
268 * Ensure the detail integers are initialized before sending events.
270 * Map some new atk roles.
272 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.1.3:
274 * Fix for BGO#652797: Remove unused AtkMisc instance.
276 * Only register events when something is listening. In theory, this should
277 mitigate performance loss that might show up when no ATs are running.
279 * BGO#652596: Allow setting value via the DBus property again.
281 * BGO#652858: Deregister objects on state-changed:defunct.
283 * Add AT-SPI mapping for ATK_RELATION_NODE_PARENT_OF.
285 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.0.2:
287 * Fix matching on attributes for collection methods
289 * Fix for BGO#650286: Ensure valid UTF-8 from ATK
291 * Always emit children-changed, property-change, and state-changed events, in
292 order to keep caches synchronized.
294 * Add GetAtspiVersion to fetch the version of the AT-SPI specification provided
297 What's new in at-spi2-atk 2.0.1:
299 * Fix a memory leak in impl_GetText
301 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.93:
303 * Removed dbus-glib-related includes, as they are no longer required.
305 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.92:
307 * Handle text-insert and text-removed signals from ATK (BGO#638377).
309 * Use the new dbus errors when compiled against a version of libdbus that
312 * Use libatspi to get the accessibility bus and handle main loop integration.
313 This fixes a crash with some builds of Firefox (FDO#35115).
314 Note that this adds a dependency on libatspi.
316 * Fix accessibility of applications running as root on Linux.
318 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.91:
320 * Fix some missing prototypes.
322 * Do not exit if the accessibility bus disconnects.
324 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.90:
326 * Fix for BGO#641338: Avoid crashing when unable to listen for p2p connections.
328 * Set /tmp/at-spi2 to be world-writable.
330 * Fix for BGO#641869: Remove --enable-relocate option.
332 * Changed accessibility key name as was done in gsettings-desktop-schemas.
334 * Fixed several memory leaks.
336 * Fixed some build errors.
338 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.6:
340 * Fixed the path in org.a11y.atspi.gschema.xml for lib64.
342 * Implemented SetPosition, SetExtents, and SetSize for components.
344 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.5:
346 * Fixed some memory leaks.
348 * Fixed a crash if peer-to-peer connections are disabled.
350 * Fixed setting of GTK_PATH with --enable-relocate (was broken in 1.91.4).
352 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.4:
354 * Support direct dbus connections to improve performance if dbus-glib
355 0.90 or greater is available.
357 * Added a GSettings key to specify the location of libatk-bridge.so.
359 * Added a desktop file to load gail and atk-bridge with the new
360 gnome-settings-daemon.
362 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.3:
364 * Attributes in a collection match rule are now expected to be sent as a
367 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.2:
369 * FIxed BGO#563546: Removed the g_atexit hook.
371 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.1:
373 * Fire all events until we receive a reply from GetRegisteredEvents
375 What's new in at-spi2-atk 1.91.0:
377 * --disable-relocate is the default again.
379 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.92:
381 * Have value methods return 0 on failure rather than fail, as in original pyatspi
383 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.91.1:
385 * Fi a build error introduced in 0.3.91.
387 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.91:
389 * Default to --enable-relocate for now.
391 * Fix for FDO#29880: gtk module can't handle reloading.
393 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.90:
395 * FDO#29365: Stop using a deprecated glib function.
397 * Caching fixes--GetItems was completely broken in v0.3.6, and fixed a
398 possible crash when it is called.
400 * Only emit signals when AT-SPI clients are listening for them.
402 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.6:
404 * Fixed a problem with dbus introspection.
406 * Do not block waiting for a response when registering.
408 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.5:
410 * Have a socket retrieve its state set from its embedded plug
412 * Rename AT_SPI_CLIENT to AT_SPI_REENTER_G_MAIN_LOOP, but still check the
413 former variable as well for now.
415 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.4:
417 * Ref an object while adding it to the message generated by GetItems.
418 This prevents a crash if all other references to the objects go away while
419 it is being analyzed.
421 * Add GetChildren to the introspection.
423 * Fix NSelectedRows and NSelectedColumns.
425 * Fix the behavior of ChildCount and GetChildAtIndex for sockets with
428 * Fix extra unref when calling get_row_header or get_column_header on a
429 table, or calling atk_hyperlink_get_object.
431 * Set the /desktop/gnome/interface/at-spi-dbus gconf key to false by default
432 (this key is only used when at-spi2 is relocated, which it is not by default).
434 * Fix a few compiler warnings.
436 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.3:
438 * Remove unused gtk build dependency.
440 * Install a copy of the module into the gtk-3.0 modules directory.
442 * Correct handling of some children-changed events sent by Firefox.
444 * Lease objects that send events if they are not cached; fixes some
445 tracebacks when handling Firefox events.
447 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.2:
449 * Some hyperlink fixes.
451 * Cache additions are now done in an idle call. This prevents additions
452 from being made when an object may not be fully initialized and prevents
453 Firefox 3.6 from crashing.
455 * The cache object has been placed into the org.a11y.atspi namespace.
457 What's new in at-spi2-atk 0.3.1:
459 * Added a gconf schema.
461 * org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.GetAll now works rather then crashing.
463 * The position, size, and extents of an AtkSocket are now fetched from the
464 corresponding AtkPlug.
466 * An application is no longer registered if its root is an AtkPlug.
468 * Fix BGO#538680 - Count ignored in GetMatchesTo
470 * Fix FDO#27626 - deadlock when registering an application.
472 * Fix a problem with various hyperlink methods.
474 * Fix for an AtkPlug sometimes not appearing in the hierarchy.
476 * Fix a crash if the registry returns an unexpected message while embedding.
478 * Remove libxml2 dependency since libxml2 is no longer used.
480 * Fix handling of MATCH_ANY for a stateset in a collection match rule.
482 * Disabled relocation by default.