1 What's new in at-spi-1.17.1:
3 * Bugfixes: #404584, #401299, #375319. Fixes some build warnings.
5 What's new in at-spi-1.17.0:
7 * Bugfixes: #404592, #400709.
9 What's new in at-spi-1.7.16:
11 * Bugfixes: #329454, #393010.
13 What's new in at-spi-1.7.15:
15 * Bugfixes: #372988, #381670, #387960, #364839.
17 What's new in at-spi-1.7.14:
19 * We now get te value of display using the env var DISPLAY rather than
20 using the gdk_display_get_default to avoid dependancy of gdk. Also,
21 once the registry is started, we set the ior of the registry as
24 * Bugfixes: #361386, #369377, #382271, #372172, #163132, #377079, #352444
26 What's new in at-spi-1.7.12:
28 * Modified parameter names in some IDL to avoid class name collisions
29 (Gary Cramblitt). This is a bincompat change which improves portability
32 * Bugfixes: #353226, #356688 (Neo Liu), #350552 (Ginn Chen), #350958.
34 What's new in at-spi-1.7.11:
38 * Fixed getAttributes APIs.
40 * Export Hyperlink interface for AtkHyperlinkImpl peers.
42 * Aggregate Document interface.
44 What's new in at-spi-1.7.10:
46 * New method Selection::deselectChild. RFE #326535.
48 What's new in at-spi-1.7.9:
50 * I18n uses po/LINGUAS now.
52 * Table enhancement: new method Table::getRowColumnExtentsAtIndex
53 RFE #326536. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
55 * Text enhancement: Text::getAttributeRun, Text::getDefaultAttributeSet
56 RFE #326540. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
58 * New interface, Document. RFE #326520.
60 * New roles, LINK, REDUNDANT_OBJECT, INPUT_METHOD_WINDOW, FORM.
62 * Meaningful implementation and bridges for StreamableContent.
65 * Added STATE_VISITED, and relations DESCRIBED_BY, DESCRIPTION_FOR,
68 What's new in at-spi-1.7.4:
70 * Fixed dist to include Accessibility_Selector.idl (missing from dist though
73 * Bugfixes to EventDetails event support, and fixed event emission for
74 implementors of SPI_REMOTE_OBJECT.
76 What's new in at-spi-1.7.0 through 1.7.3:
78 * Added idl/Accessibility_Selector.idl to the repository (missing in 1.7.0
79 through 1.7.2, added in 1.7.3)
83 All the IDL is now documented with doxygen-compatible docs.
84 Just run 'doxygen oxyfile' in the IDL directory. (This will
85 be automated in a future version).
90 Accessibility::Accessible:getAttributes (name/value pair annotation
92 Accessibility::Accessible:getApplication (retrieves ref to host app)
93 Accessibility::Component:getAlpha (get transparency/opacity value of component)
94 Accessibility::Image:getLocale (get POSIX locale for image and
96 Accessibility::Text:getAttributeValue (retrieve a single named
98 Accessibility::Relation:RELATION_PARENT_WINDOW_OF
99 Accessibility::Role:ROLE_ENTRY, ROLE_CHART, ROLE_CAPTION,
100 ROLE_DOCUMENT_FRAME, ROLE_HEADING, ROLE_PAGE, ROLE_SECTION (New roles
101 for complex docs and forms.)
102 Accessibility::State:STATE_REQUIRED, STATE_TRUNCATED, STATE_ANIMATED,
103 STATE_INVALID_ENTRY, STATE_SUPPORTS_AUTOCOMPLETION,
104 STATE_SELECTABLE_TEXT, STATE_IS_DEFAULT (New states, for complex forms)
105 Accessibility::EventDetails (new, more detailed info marshalled with events)
108 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceName):
109 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceRole):
110 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceApplication):
111 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceDetails):
112 New methods for interrogating/demarshalling
113 event details i.e. source's accessible name, role,
115 (Accessible_getAttributes): New, retrieve annotations/attributes
117 (Accessible_getHostApplication): New, retrieve enclosing Application
118 instance for an object.
119 (AccessibleImage_getImageLocale): New, retrieve Locale info for an
121 (AccessibleComponent_getAlpha): New, retrieve alpha value for
122 an AccessibleComponent (see discussion in idl section above).
125 Some compiler fixes from Kjartan Marass.
126 Some thread-related fixes from Michael Meeks.
127 Don't allow non-preemptive listeners to pre-empt events! (Bill Haneman).
129 What's new in at-spi-1.6.5:
131 * Fixed some discrepancies in event listener deregistration, improves
132 on-the-fly deregistration of event listeners. Fixed some tests.
134 * Fixed brokenness in 'make check.'
136 What's new in at-spi-1.6.4:
138 * Fixed XEVIE detection and configuration on XOrg version 6.8.2.
140 * Added locale 'rw' (Steve Murphy)
142 * Tweaked event-listener-test program.
144 * Leakfixes, from billh and Kjartan Marass.
146 What's new in at-spi-1.6.3:
150 * Added locale 'xh' (Adi Attar)
152 What's new in at-spi-1.6.2:
154 * fixes for problems at logout time (hangs, crashes)
156 * bugfixes for #160862, #152147.
158 * minor enhancements to test login-helper-server-test.
162 What's new in at-spi-1.6.1:
164 * LoginHelper API docs improved.
166 * fixed bug which caused problems if an
167 app which loaded atk-bridge forks, and one fork exits.
170 * New language: Galician (gl), Jesus Bravo Alvarez.
172 * Ansi build fixes (Kjartan Maraas).
174 What's new in at-spi-1.6.0:
178 What's new in at-spi-1.5.4:
180 * Registration failure at SPI_init is now detected and
181 an error code is returned to the caller (bug #147648).
183 * We now use polling as our default for detecting mouse
184 button changes (this was formerly our fallback method);
185 this prevents conflict with Xstroke.
186 [a better long-term fix requires the Xevie extension]
188 * We now register on a per-DISPLAY, but not per-SCREEN, basis.
189 This fixes several issues, see bugs #149962, #136986, #144086.
191 * New languages in configure.in:
197 What's new in at-spi-1.5.3:
199 * New role EMBEDDED (bug #144415).
201 * Added object:bounds-changed event, for detecting when the
202 component bounds of an object have changed onscreen.
206 What's new in at-spi-1.5.2:
208 * Added Accessibility_LoginHelper interface, and
209 LoginHelper GType. Also added client and server tests
210 for this interface. The purpose is to identify services
211 (typically, assistive technologies) which need access to
212 system or device services (keyboard, audio, serial ports,
213 posting windows, etc.) during login or re-login/authentication.
215 * fixed make distcheck.
217 * Added a check in cspi_object_unref, which should help in detecting
218 refcount bugs in clients (Padraig O'Briain).
221 Walloon (Pablo Saratxaga)
222 Bulgarian (Alexander Shopov)
224 What's new in at-spi-1.5.1:
226 * Allow synthesis of keysyms that aren't in the current X keymap.
228 * languages: Gujarati (Guntupalli Karunakar), Canadian English
231 * Added omitted declarations for already-existing methods
232 AccessibleTable_addRowSelection(),
233 AccessibleTable_addColumnSelection(),
234 AccessibleTable_removeRowSelection(),
235 AccessibleTable_removeColumnSelection().
237 * bug fixes: 136660, 120659 (partial), 132237, 134332.
241 What's new in at-spi-1.4.0: [GNOME 2.6.0 release]
243 * build improvements from Laszlo Peter.
244 * en_GB added to ALL_LINGUAS.
248 What's new in at-spi-1.3.16: [GNOME 2.6 RC1 release]
250 * Fix for bug #134036, which could steal keystrokes from applications
251 if at-spi registry failed.
253 * Build fixes, added .pc.in files (from Laszlo Peter).
257 This is the gnome-2.6 beta release of at-spi.
258 What's new in at-spi-1.3.15:
261 Amanpreet Singh Alam (pa)
265 What's new in at-spi-1.3.14:
267 * reduced debug output in normal usage. Don't PRIT_LEAKS
268 unless DEBUG_OBJECTS is #defined. Reduces SEGVs when reporting
269 on noncritical refcount issues.
271 What's new in at-spi-1.3.13:
273 * Build improvements: Requires automake-1.7, and calls GTK_DOC_CHECK.
274 (Padraig O'Briain, Matthias Clasen, some from Tomas Kloczko)
276 * bugfixes (bad g_free, and a null string issue that caused SEGV on
277 Solaris when running sample programs).
280 What's new in at-spi-1.3.11:
282 * Fix for docs bug #129728 (Sebastien Bacher).
284 * Fix for bug #129479, allows distinction between
285 multiple DISPLAY instances of at-spi registry.
287 * Fix for #124837, which could cause 'hang' interactions
288 between desktop and clients such as gnopernicus.
290 * Fixes for NUMLOCK mask behavior, bug #129103.
292 * Greatly improved key synthesis for non-Latin characters.
293 We can now synthesize any KeySym which is defined in the current
294 X keymap. (bug #128824). Thanks to Marcus G Kuhn for
295 the public-domain code borrowed here.
300 fa (Roozber Pournader),
302 id (Ahmad Riza H Nst)
305 What's new in at-spi-1.3.9:
307 * New api: AccessibleApplication_getLocale (app, type),
308 returns a POSIX locale string for a locale category,
309 for instance Accessibility_LOCALE_TYPE_MESSAGES.
311 * New SPI_ROLE_EDITBAR.
313 * New Accessible_getLocalizedRoleName.
315 * New AccessibleText_getDefaultAttributes.
317 * fixes to AccessibleStreamableContent, including a 'seek'
318 implementation for cspi. Thanks to Michael Meeks for some
319 related bugfixes in StreamableContent.
321 * now we emit key-released events to appropriate keylisteners.
323 * new LINGUAS in configure.in: nn (Asmund Sjeveland), lt (Gediminas Paulauskas),
324 no (Kjartan Masass), eu (Christian Rose).
326 * bugfixes for: #120991, #120473, #118581, #127463, #116009, #114926,
327 #125834, #111429, #121974.
329 What's new in at-spi-1.3.7:
331 This is the official GNOME 2.4.0 release of at-spi.
333 * fixed event-name bug, "object:active-descendant" is now
334 "object:active-descendant-changed".
336 * fixes for 120220, 120725, some code cleanups.
338 * Improved code that rejects
339 spurious "window:activate/deactivate" pairs when X key grabs occur.
342 * Documentation improvements for SpiAccessibleKeyListenerCB and related.
344 * new languages: hi, fi, et, mn, nl, is, ja, ro, bn.
347 What's new in at-spi-1.3.6:
349 * Add XEvIE support for those systems which have XEvIE.
351 * Correct values for MODIFIER_SHIFTLOCK and MODIFIER_ALT as part of fix
354 * Store event so that it can subsequently be referred to. Fixes bugs
357 * Add support for AccessibleAction on hyperlink object.
359 * Defer focus: events to reduce number of window switch events reported.
360 This a partial fix for bug #108664.
362 * Eliminate warning messages reported when out-of-process applet starts.
365 * Register out-of-process applet as application only while it has top level
366 window displayed. This fixes bug #111578.
368 * Add translations: Simplified Chinese [Yi Yang], Azerbaijani [Metin Amiroff],
369 Icelandic [Richard Allen], Italian [Alessio Frusciante],
370 Korean [Changwoo Ryu], Danish [Ole Alursen], Albanian [Lauent Dhima],
371 Malay [Hasbullah Bin Pit], Vietnamese [Pablo Saratxaga],
372 Belarusian [Belarusian team <i18n@mova.org>],
373 Russian [Russian team <gnome-cyr@gnome.org>], Portuguese [Duarte Loreto],
374 Slovak [Marcel Telka], Serbian [Serbian team (Prevod.org)]
375 Esperanto [Charles Voelger], Brazilian [Gustavo Noronha Silva],
376 Welsh [Dafydd Harries], Dutch [Vincent van Adrighem],
377 Spanish [Pablo Gonzalo del Campo], Polish [Artur Flinta],
378 Catalan [Jordi Mallach], French [Chistophe Marlet],
379 Hebrew [Gil "Dolfin" Osher], German [Christian Neumair],
380 Czech [Miloslav Trmac], Swedish [Christian Rose]
382 What's new in at-spi-1.3.4:
384 * require atk 1.3.4 throughout.
386 * Fix for crasher bug in cspi, exceptions were not being properly
389 * added cspi_peek_ev()
391 * added SPI_ROLE_AUTOCOMPLETE, SPI_STATE_INDETERMINATE (for
392 checkboxes in the 'inconsistent' state)
394 * initial wrapper implementations for AccessibleStreamableContent.
397 * implement "string" synthesis type in SPI_generateKeyEvent.
399 * Added cspi client-side APIs for exception handling.
401 * bugfixes for #114370, #113268, #108664, #92143,
403 What's new in at-spi-1.3.2:
407 What's new in at-spi-1.3.1:
409 * Fixes for 109626, 89350, 100424, 100426, 110419, 107261, 107479,
410 108666, 104730, 111793.
414 * gnome-2-2 branch created.
416 What's new in at-spi-1.1.9:
418 * Fixes for 107985, 107988, 105291, 107256, 107254, 105836,
419 104622, 105291, 104744, 104741, 101524, 102830, 98120, 94275.
421 * added support for mouse buttons 4 and 5.
423 * compiler warning fixes.
425 What's new in at-spi-1.1.8:
427 * Added getRangeExtents() and getBoundedRanges() API for more
428 efficient screen review [100944].
430 What's new in at-spi-1.1.7:
432 * Added spi_keymask values for Mod4 and Mod5.
433 * Performance improvements and bugfixes from Michael.
435 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
437 * Fixes for #99799, #10530.
439 * New methods in cspi:
440 'AccessibleEvent_ref' and 'AccessibleEvent_unref'
441 to allow lifecycle management of AccessibleEvents outside of
442 the emission handler.
444 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
446 * event struct in libspi is bigger, increased unimplemented
447 slot count for sufficient future bincompatible expansion.
448 (WARNING: breaks bincompat for direct CORBA clients. CSPI clients
451 * New accessor methods allow state-coherent query of many
454 * API Frozen for GNOME 2.2.
456 * New role types: APPLICATION, HEADER, FOOTER, PARAGRAPH, RULER.
458 * New relations, FLOWS_FROM, FLOWS_TO, EMBEDS, EMBEDDED_BY,
461 * New state, MANAGES_DESCENDANTS. New event, "active-descendant-changed".
463 * reduced debug output, unless you set AT_SPI_DEBUG environment
464 variable to string which parses to an integer value > 0.
466 * added definitions for SPI_KEYMASK_BUTTON1, etc.
468 * added SPI_LAYER_WINDOW.
470 * Added ability to register 'device event listeners' which can
471 consume device events, such as mouse events.
473 * Added support for mouse and key-modifier event notification.
475 * deprecated KeyEventType in favor of EventType.
477 * bugfixes for >50 bugs including: 98836, 98842, 97916, 95828,
478 93592, 95940, 95517, 93658, 95055, 94555, 84856.
480 * updated copyrights to include Ximian.
482 What's new in at-spi-1.1.0:
484 * event listener notifications are no longer oneways.
485 * bugfixes for 84900, 84908, 84897, 84898.
486 * performance improvement for event listeners.
488 What's new in at-spi-1.0.1:
492 What's new in at-spi-1.0.0:
494 * API Freeze (1.0 API is now FINAL)
495 * added boolean return for
496 Accessibility_Registry_registerKeystrokeListener.
497 * Revved activation ID for registry to "1.0"
498 * many bugfixes and improvements to global key listener implementation.
499 * improvements to regression test "test-simple", added key
500 listener/synthesis test.
501 * added sample code in "test" to demonstrate how flat line-mode
502 screen-review can be implemented with at-spi.
504 What's new in at-spi-0.13.1:
506 (note: 0.13.1 is not binary compatible with 0.12.1, clients will need
509 * fix for bugzilla bug 80616
510 * IDL change which will affect direct CORBA users of the keystroke
512 * added a new test harness, event-listener-test, which also
513 has a simple tree traversal timing benchmark. event-listener-test
514 attaches listeners to all currently supported events (and a few
515 events which are not fully implemented yet); it thus serves
516 as useful event listener sample code as well as being a diagnostic
519 What's new in at-spi-0.12.1:
521 * fixes for bugzilla bugs 78249,68929,76615,71686,72300,78247,72300,78249
522 relating to build issues on some architectures (some of these were
523 fixed in 0.10 but additional fixes were included in 0.12.1).
524 * added new test program for our key listener API.
525 * added implementation of IDL 'exit' method to our
526 magnifier and mag_control client.
527 * Badly broken AccessibleStateSet implementation fixed by
529 * Added implementation for AccessibleComponent_grabFocus method.
530 * Improvements to documentation.
534 * Added missing seek_type param in
535 AccessibleStreamableContent_seek [78888],
536 previously documented but not in signature;
537 this was unused API but needed fixing for the future.
539 * Added API for AccessibleTable_selectRow and _selectColumn,
540 corresponding to similar API in ATK, and provided
541 implementation. [76201]
543 * Added boolean return types to a number of IDL methods whose
544 corresponding cspi wrappers and ATK methods already had boolean
547 * Made Accessibility_StateSet inherit from BonoboUnknown as it should;
548 this was the main existing breakage in StateSet.
556 getStateName () and STATE_EXTENDED to allow extension of State API (already
559 AccessibleAction_getType () and AccessibleAction_getTypeName ().
561 need getBaseAttributes ()
562 for AccessibleText (available in ATK I think).
564 table: getVisibleRange
566 state: HEADER, etc. for spreadsheet cells