1 What's new in at-spi-1.7.16:
3 * Bugfixes: #329454, #393010.
5 What's new in at-spi-1.7.15:
7 * Bugfixes: #372988, #381670, #387960, #364839.
9 What's new in at-spi-1.7.14:
11 * We now get te value of display using the env var DISPLAY rather than
12 using the gdk_display_get_default to avoid dependancy of gdk. Also,
13 once the registry is started, we set the ior of the registry as
16 * Bugfixes: #361386, #369377, #382271, #372172, #163132, #377079, #352444
18 What's new in at-spi-1.7.12:
20 * Modified parameter names in some IDL to avoid class name collisions
21 (Gary Cramblitt). This is a bincompat change which improves portability
24 * Bugfixes: #353226, #356688 (Neo Liu), #350552 (Ginn Chen), #350958.
26 What's new in at-spi-1.7.11:
30 * Fixed getAttributes APIs.
32 * Export Hyperlink interface for AtkHyperlinkImpl peers.
34 * Aggregate Document interface.
36 What's new in at-spi-1.7.10:
38 * New method Selection::deselectChild. RFE #326535.
40 What's new in at-spi-1.7.9:
42 * I18n uses po/LINGUAS now.
44 * Table enhancement: new method Table::getRowColumnExtentsAtIndex
45 RFE #326536. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
47 * Text enhancement: Text::getAttributeRun, Text::getDefaultAttributeSet
48 RFE #326540. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
50 * New interface, Document. RFE #326520.
52 * New roles, LINK, REDUNDANT_OBJECT, INPUT_METHOD_WINDOW, FORM.
54 * Meaningful implementation and bridges for StreamableContent.
57 * Added STATE_VISITED, and relations DESCRIBED_BY, DESCRIPTION_FOR,
60 What's new in at-spi-1.7.4:
62 * Fixed dist to include Accessibility_Selector.idl (missing from dist though
65 * Bugfixes to EventDetails event support, and fixed event emission for
66 implementors of SPI_REMOTE_OBJECT.
68 What's new in at-spi-1.7.0 through 1.7.3:
70 * Added idl/Accessibility_Selector.idl to the repository (missing in 1.7.0
71 through 1.7.2, added in 1.7.3)
75 All the IDL is now documented with doxygen-compatible docs.
76 Just run 'doxygen oxyfile' in the IDL directory. (This will
77 be automated in a future version).
82 Accessibility::Accessible:getAttributes (name/value pair annotation
84 Accessibility::Accessible:getApplication (retrieves ref to host app)
85 Accessibility::Component:getAlpha (get transparency/opacity value of component)
86 Accessibility::Image:getLocale (get POSIX locale for image and
88 Accessibility::Text:getAttributeValue (retrieve a single named
90 Accessibility::Relation:RELATION_PARENT_WINDOW_OF
91 Accessibility::Role:ROLE_ENTRY, ROLE_CHART, ROLE_CAPTION,
92 ROLE_DOCUMENT_FRAME, ROLE_HEADING, ROLE_PAGE, ROLE_SECTION (New roles
93 for complex docs and forms.)
94 Accessibility::State:STATE_REQUIRED, STATE_TRUNCATED, STATE_ANIMATED,
95 STATE_INVALID_ENTRY, STATE_SUPPORTS_AUTOCOMPLETION,
96 STATE_SELECTABLE_TEXT, STATE_IS_DEFAULT (New states, for complex forms)
97 Accessibility::EventDetails (new, more detailed info marshalled with events)
100 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceName):
101 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceRole):
102 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceApplication):
103 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceDetails):
104 New methods for interrogating/demarshalling
105 event details i.e. source's accessible name, role,
107 (Accessible_getAttributes): New, retrieve annotations/attributes
109 (Accessible_getHostApplication): New, retrieve enclosing Application
110 instance for an object.
111 (AccessibleImage_getImageLocale): New, retrieve Locale info for an
113 (AccessibleComponent_getAlpha): New, retrieve alpha value for
114 an AccessibleComponent (see discussion in idl section above).
117 Some compiler fixes from Kjartan Marass.
118 Some thread-related fixes from Michael Meeks.
119 Don't allow non-preemptive listeners to pre-empt events! (Bill Haneman).
121 What's new in at-spi-1.6.5:
123 * Fixed some discrepancies in event listener deregistration, improves
124 on-the-fly deregistration of event listeners. Fixed some tests.
126 * Fixed brokenness in 'make check.'
128 What's new in at-spi-1.6.4:
130 * Fixed XEVIE detection and configuration on XOrg version 6.8.2.
132 * Added locale 'rw' (Steve Murphy)
134 * Tweaked event-listener-test program.
136 * Leakfixes, from billh and Kjartan Marass.
138 What's new in at-spi-1.6.3:
142 * Added locale 'xh' (Adi Attar)
144 What's new in at-spi-1.6.2:
146 * fixes for problems at logout time (hangs, crashes)
148 * bugfixes for #160862, #152147.
150 * minor enhancements to test login-helper-server-test.
154 What's new in at-spi-1.6.1:
156 * LoginHelper API docs improved.
158 * fixed bug which caused problems if an
159 app which loaded atk-bridge forks, and one fork exits.
162 * New language: Galician (gl), Jesus Bravo Alvarez.
164 * Ansi build fixes (Kjartan Maraas).
166 What's new in at-spi-1.6.0:
170 What's new in at-spi-1.5.4:
172 * Registration failure at SPI_init is now detected and
173 an error code is returned to the caller (bug #147648).
175 * We now use polling as our default for detecting mouse
176 button changes (this was formerly our fallback method);
177 this prevents conflict with Xstroke.
178 [a better long-term fix requires the Xevie extension]
180 * We now register on a per-DISPLAY, but not per-SCREEN, basis.
181 This fixes several issues, see bugs #149962, #136986, #144086.
183 * New languages in configure.in:
189 What's new in at-spi-1.5.3:
191 * New role EMBEDDED (bug #144415).
193 * Added object:bounds-changed event, for detecting when the
194 component bounds of an object have changed onscreen.
198 What's new in at-spi-1.5.2:
200 * Added Accessibility_LoginHelper interface, and
201 LoginHelper GType. Also added client and server tests
202 for this interface. The purpose is to identify services
203 (typically, assistive technologies) which need access to
204 system or device services (keyboard, audio, serial ports,
205 posting windows, etc.) during login or re-login/authentication.
207 * fixed make distcheck.
209 * Added a check in cspi_object_unref, which should help in detecting
210 refcount bugs in clients (Padraig O'Briain).
213 Walloon (Pablo Saratxaga)
214 Bulgarian (Alexander Shopov)
216 What's new in at-spi-1.5.1:
218 * Allow synthesis of keysyms that aren't in the current X keymap.
220 * languages: Gujarati (Guntupalli Karunakar), Canadian English
223 * Added omitted declarations for already-existing methods
224 AccessibleTable_addRowSelection(),
225 AccessibleTable_addColumnSelection(),
226 AccessibleTable_removeRowSelection(),
227 AccessibleTable_removeColumnSelection().
229 * bug fixes: 136660, 120659 (partial), 132237, 134332.
233 What's new in at-spi-1.4.0: [GNOME 2.6.0 release]
235 * build improvements from Laszlo Peter.
236 * en_GB added to ALL_LINGUAS.
240 What's new in at-spi-1.3.16: [GNOME 2.6 RC1 release]
242 * Fix for bug #134036, which could steal keystrokes from applications
243 if at-spi registry failed.
245 * Build fixes, added .pc.in files (from Laszlo Peter).
249 This is the gnome-2.6 beta release of at-spi.
250 What's new in at-spi-1.3.15:
253 Amanpreet Singh Alam (pa)
257 What's new in at-spi-1.3.14:
259 * reduced debug output in normal usage. Don't PRIT_LEAKS
260 unless DEBUG_OBJECTS is #defined. Reduces SEGVs when reporting
261 on noncritical refcount issues.
263 What's new in at-spi-1.3.13:
265 * Build improvements: Requires automake-1.7, and calls GTK_DOC_CHECK.
266 (Padraig O'Briain, Matthias Clasen, some from Tomas Kloczko)
268 * bugfixes (bad g_free, and a null string issue that caused SEGV on
269 Solaris when running sample programs).
272 What's new in at-spi-1.3.11:
274 * Fix for docs bug #129728 (Sebastien Bacher).
276 * Fix for bug #129479, allows distinction between
277 multiple DISPLAY instances of at-spi registry.
279 * Fix for #124837, which could cause 'hang' interactions
280 between desktop and clients such as gnopernicus.
282 * Fixes for NUMLOCK mask behavior, bug #129103.
284 * Greatly improved key synthesis for non-Latin characters.
285 We can now synthesize any KeySym which is defined in the current
286 X keymap. (bug #128824). Thanks to Marcus G Kuhn for
287 the public-domain code borrowed here.
292 fa (Roozber Pournader),
294 id (Ahmad Riza H Nst)
297 What's new in at-spi-1.3.9:
299 * New api: AccessibleApplication_getLocale (app, type),
300 returns a POSIX locale string for a locale category,
301 for instance Accessibility_LOCALE_TYPE_MESSAGES.
303 * New SPI_ROLE_EDITBAR.
305 * New Accessible_getLocalizedRoleName.
307 * New AccessibleText_getDefaultAttributes.
309 * fixes to AccessibleStreamableContent, including a 'seek'
310 implementation for cspi. Thanks to Michael Meeks for some
311 related bugfixes in StreamableContent.
313 * now we emit key-released events to appropriate keylisteners.
315 * new LINGUAS in configure.in: nn (Asmund Sjeveland), lt (Gediminas Paulauskas),
316 no (Kjartan Masass), eu (Christian Rose).
318 * bugfixes for: #120991, #120473, #118581, #127463, #116009, #114926,
319 #125834, #111429, #121974.
321 What's new in at-spi-1.3.7:
323 This is the official GNOME 2.4.0 release of at-spi.
325 * fixed event-name bug, "object:active-descendant" is now
326 "object:active-descendant-changed".
328 * fixes for 120220, 120725, some code cleanups.
330 * Improved code that rejects
331 spurious "window:activate/deactivate" pairs when X key grabs occur.
334 * Documentation improvements for SpiAccessibleKeyListenerCB and related.
336 * new languages: hi, fi, et, mn, nl, is, ja, ro, bn.
339 What's new in at-spi-1.3.6:
341 * Add XEvIE support for those systems which have XEvIE.
343 * Correct values for MODIFIER_SHIFTLOCK and MODIFIER_ALT as part of fix
346 * Store event so that it can subsequently be referred to. Fixes bugs
349 * Add support for AccessibleAction on hyperlink object.
351 * Defer focus: events to reduce number of window switch events reported.
352 This a partial fix for bug #108664.
354 * Eliminate warning messages reported when out-of-process applet starts.
357 * Register out-of-process applet as application only while it has top level
358 window displayed. This fixes bug #111578.
360 * Add translations: Simplified Chinese [Yi Yang], Azerbaijani [Metin Amiroff],
361 Icelandic [Richard Allen], Italian [Alessio Frusciante],
362 Korean [Changwoo Ryu], Danish [Ole Alursen], Albanian [Lauent Dhima],
363 Malay [Hasbullah Bin Pit], Vietnamese [Pablo Saratxaga],
364 Belarusian [Belarusian team <i18n@mova.org>],
365 Russian [Russian team <gnome-cyr@gnome.org>], Portuguese [Duarte Loreto],
366 Slovak [Marcel Telka], Serbian [Serbian team (Prevod.org)]
367 Esperanto [Charles Voelger], Brazilian [Gustavo Noronha Silva],
368 Welsh [Dafydd Harries], Dutch [Vincent van Adrighem],
369 Spanish [Pablo Gonzalo del Campo], Polish [Artur Flinta],
370 Catalan [Jordi Mallach], French [Chistophe Marlet],
371 Hebrew [Gil "Dolfin" Osher], German [Christian Neumair],
372 Czech [Miloslav Trmac], Swedish [Christian Rose]
374 What's new in at-spi-1.3.4:
376 * require atk 1.3.4 throughout.
378 * Fix for crasher bug in cspi, exceptions were not being properly
381 * added cspi_peek_ev()
383 * added SPI_ROLE_AUTOCOMPLETE, SPI_STATE_INDETERMINATE (for
384 checkboxes in the 'inconsistent' state)
386 * initial wrapper implementations for AccessibleStreamableContent.
389 * implement "string" synthesis type in SPI_generateKeyEvent.
391 * Added cspi client-side APIs for exception handling.
393 * bugfixes for #114370, #113268, #108664, #92143,
395 What's new in at-spi-1.3.2:
399 What's new in at-spi-1.3.1:
401 * Fixes for 109626, 89350, 100424, 100426, 110419, 107261, 107479,
402 108666, 104730, 111793.
406 * gnome-2-2 branch created.
408 What's new in at-spi-1.1.9:
410 * Fixes for 107985, 107988, 105291, 107256, 107254, 105836,
411 104622, 105291, 104744, 104741, 101524, 102830, 98120, 94275.
413 * added support for mouse buttons 4 and 5.
415 * compiler warning fixes.
417 What's new in at-spi-1.1.8:
419 * Added getRangeExtents() and getBoundedRanges() API for more
420 efficient screen review [100944].
422 What's new in at-spi-1.1.7:
424 * Added spi_keymask values for Mod4 and Mod5.
425 * Performance improvements and bugfixes from Michael.
427 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
429 * Fixes for #99799, #10530.
431 * New methods in cspi:
432 'AccessibleEvent_ref' and 'AccessibleEvent_unref'
433 to allow lifecycle management of AccessibleEvents outside of
434 the emission handler.
436 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
438 * event struct in libspi is bigger, increased unimplemented
439 slot count for sufficient future bincompatible expansion.
440 (WARNING: breaks bincompat for direct CORBA clients. CSPI clients
443 * New accessor methods allow state-coherent query of many
446 * API Frozen for GNOME 2.2.
448 * New role types: APPLICATION, HEADER, FOOTER, PARAGRAPH, RULER.
450 * New relations, FLOWS_FROM, FLOWS_TO, EMBEDS, EMBEDDED_BY,
453 * New state, MANAGES_DESCENDANTS. New event, "active-descendant-changed".
455 * reduced debug output, unless you set AT_SPI_DEBUG environment
456 variable to string which parses to an integer value > 0.
458 * added definitions for SPI_KEYMASK_BUTTON1, etc.
460 * added SPI_LAYER_WINDOW.
462 * Added ability to register 'device event listeners' which can
463 consume device events, such as mouse events.
465 * Added support for mouse and key-modifier event notification.
467 * deprecated KeyEventType in favor of EventType.
469 * bugfixes for >50 bugs including: 98836, 98842, 97916, 95828,
470 93592, 95940, 95517, 93658, 95055, 94555, 84856.
472 * updated copyrights to include Ximian.
474 What's new in at-spi-1.1.0:
476 * event listener notifications are no longer oneways.
477 * bugfixes for 84900, 84908, 84897, 84898.
478 * performance improvement for event listeners.
480 What's new in at-spi-1.0.1:
484 What's new in at-spi-1.0.0:
486 * API Freeze (1.0 API is now FINAL)
487 * added boolean return for
488 Accessibility_Registry_registerKeystrokeListener.
489 * Revved activation ID for registry to "1.0"
490 * many bugfixes and improvements to global key listener implementation.
491 * improvements to regression test "test-simple", added key
492 listener/synthesis test.
493 * added sample code in "test" to demonstrate how flat line-mode
494 screen-review can be implemented with at-spi.
496 What's new in at-spi-0.13.1:
498 (note: 0.13.1 is not binary compatible with 0.12.1, clients will need
501 * fix for bugzilla bug 80616
502 * IDL change which will affect direct CORBA users of the keystroke
504 * added a new test harness, event-listener-test, which also
505 has a simple tree traversal timing benchmark. event-listener-test
506 attaches listeners to all currently supported events (and a few
507 events which are not fully implemented yet); it thus serves
508 as useful event listener sample code as well as being a diagnostic
511 What's new in at-spi-0.12.1:
513 * fixes for bugzilla bugs 78249,68929,76615,71686,72300,78247,72300,78249
514 relating to build issues on some architectures (some of these were
515 fixed in 0.10 but additional fixes were included in 0.12.1).
516 * added new test program for our key listener API.
517 * added implementation of IDL 'exit' method to our
518 magnifier and mag_control client.
519 * Badly broken AccessibleStateSet implementation fixed by
521 * Added implementation for AccessibleComponent_grabFocus method.
522 * Improvements to documentation.
526 * Added missing seek_type param in
527 AccessibleStreamableContent_seek [78888],
528 previously documented but not in signature;
529 this was unused API but needed fixing for the future.
531 * Added API for AccessibleTable_selectRow and _selectColumn,
532 corresponding to similar API in ATK, and provided
533 implementation. [76201]
535 * Added boolean return types to a number of IDL methods whose
536 corresponding cspi wrappers and ATK methods already had boolean
539 * Made Accessibility_StateSet inherit from BonoboUnknown as it should;
540 this was the main existing breakage in StateSet.
548 getStateName () and STATE_EXTENDED to allow extension of State API (already
551 AccessibleAction_getType () and AccessibleAction_getTypeName ().
553 need getBaseAttributes ()
554 for AccessibleText (available in ATK I think).
556 table: getVisibleRange
558 state: HEADER, etc. for spreadsheet cells