1 What's new in at-spi-1.21.5:
3 * Bugfixes: #474480, #503091.
5 What's new in at-spi-1.21.3:
7 * Bugfixes: #446277, #493547, #326516, #491805, #492469, #490202.
9 What's new in at-spi-1.21.1:
11 * Bugfixes: #490205, #490202, #489273.
12 * Add Willie Walker and Eitan Isaacson to maintainers.
14 What's new in at-spi-1.20.0:
16 * Bugfixes: #462412, #467612, #474796, #467366, #472301.
18 What's new in at-spi-1.19.5:
20 * Bugfixes: #446277, #450897, #433802.
22 What's new in at-spi-1.19.3:
24 * We add pyatspi into at-spi. pyatspi is an unified python binding.
25 * Bugfixes: #439057, #439436.
27 What's new in at-spi-1.19.1:
29 * Bugfixes: #430938, #427836, #428007, #405774, #407600, #329454.
31 What's new in at-spi-1.18.0:
33 * Release 1.18.0 for GNOME 2.18.0.
35 What's new in at-spi-1.17.2:
39 What's new in at-spi-1.17.1:
41 * Bugfixes: #404584, #401299, #375319. Fixes some build warnings.
43 What's new in at-spi-1.17.0:
45 * Bugfixes: #404592, #400709.
47 What's new in at-spi-1.7.16:
49 * Bugfixes: #329454, #393010.
51 What's new in at-spi-1.7.15:
53 * Bugfixes: #372988, #381670, #387960, #364839.
55 What's new in at-spi-1.7.14:
57 * We now get te value of display using the env var DISPLAY rather than
58 using the gdk_display_get_default to avoid dependancy of gdk. Also,
59 once the registry is started, we set the ior of the registry as
62 * Bugfixes: #361386, #369377, #382271, #372172, #163132, #377079, #352444
64 What's new in at-spi-1.7.12:
66 * Modified parameter names in some IDL to avoid class name collisions
67 (Gary Cramblitt). This is a bincompat change which improves portability
70 * Bugfixes: #353226, #356688 (Neo Liu), #350552 (Ginn Chen), #350958.
72 What's new in at-spi-1.7.11:
76 * Fixed getAttributes APIs.
78 * Export Hyperlink interface for AtkHyperlinkImpl peers.
80 * Aggregate Document interface.
82 What's new in at-spi-1.7.10:
84 * New method Selection::deselectChild. RFE #326535.
86 What's new in at-spi-1.7.9:
88 * I18n uses po/LINGUAS now.
90 * Table enhancement: new method Table::getRowColumnExtentsAtIndex
91 RFE #326536. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
93 * Text enhancement: Text::getAttributeRun, Text::getDefaultAttributeSet
94 RFE #326540. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
96 * New interface, Document. RFE #326520.
98 * New roles, LINK, REDUNDANT_OBJECT, INPUT_METHOD_WINDOW, FORM.
100 * Meaningful implementation and bridges for StreamableContent.
103 * Added STATE_VISITED, and relations DESCRIBED_BY, DESCRIPTION_FOR,
104 and PARENT_WINDOW_OF.
106 What's new in at-spi-1.7.4:
108 * Fixed dist to include Accessibility_Selector.idl (missing from dist though
111 * Bugfixes to EventDetails event support, and fixed event emission for
112 implementors of SPI_REMOTE_OBJECT.
114 What's new in at-spi-1.7.0 through 1.7.3:
116 * Added idl/Accessibility_Selector.idl to the repository (missing in 1.7.0
117 through 1.7.2, added in 1.7.3)
121 All the IDL is now documented with doxygen-compatible docs.
122 Just run 'doxygen oxyfile' in the IDL directory. (This will
123 be automated in a future version).
128 Accessibility::Accessible:getAttributes (name/value pair annotation
130 Accessibility::Accessible:getApplication (retrieves ref to host app)
131 Accessibility::Component:getAlpha (get transparency/opacity value of component)
132 Accessibility::Image:getLocale (get POSIX locale for image and
134 Accessibility::Text:getAttributeValue (retrieve a single named
136 Accessibility::Relation:RELATION_PARENT_WINDOW_OF
137 Accessibility::Role:ROLE_ENTRY, ROLE_CHART, ROLE_CAPTION,
138 ROLE_DOCUMENT_FRAME, ROLE_HEADING, ROLE_PAGE, ROLE_SECTION (New roles
139 for complex docs and forms.)
140 Accessibility::State:STATE_REQUIRED, STATE_TRUNCATED, STATE_ANIMATED,
141 STATE_INVALID_ENTRY, STATE_SUPPORTS_AUTOCOMPLETION,
142 STATE_SELECTABLE_TEXT, STATE_IS_DEFAULT (New states, for complex forms)
143 Accessibility::EventDetails (new, more detailed info marshalled with events)
146 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceName):
147 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceRole):
148 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceApplication):
149 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceDetails):
150 New methods for interrogating/demarshalling
151 event details i.e. source's accessible name, role,
153 (Accessible_getAttributes): New, retrieve annotations/attributes
155 (Accessible_getHostApplication): New, retrieve enclosing Application
156 instance for an object.
157 (AccessibleImage_getImageLocale): New, retrieve Locale info for an
159 (AccessibleComponent_getAlpha): New, retrieve alpha value for
160 an AccessibleComponent (see discussion in idl section above).
163 Some compiler fixes from Kjartan Marass.
164 Some thread-related fixes from Michael Meeks.
165 Don't allow non-preemptive listeners to pre-empt events! (Bill Haneman).
167 What's new in at-spi-1.6.5:
169 * Fixed some discrepancies in event listener deregistration, improves
170 on-the-fly deregistration of event listeners. Fixed some tests.
172 * Fixed brokenness in 'make check.'
174 What's new in at-spi-1.6.4:
176 * Fixed XEVIE detection and configuration on XOrg version 6.8.2.
178 * Added locale 'rw' (Steve Murphy)
180 * Tweaked event-listener-test program.
182 * Leakfixes, from billh and Kjartan Marass.
184 What's new in at-spi-1.6.3:
188 * Added locale 'xh' (Adi Attar)
190 What's new in at-spi-1.6.2:
192 * fixes for problems at logout time (hangs, crashes)
194 * bugfixes for #160862, #152147.
196 * minor enhancements to test login-helper-server-test.
200 What's new in at-spi-1.6.1:
202 * LoginHelper API docs improved.
204 * fixed bug which caused problems if an
205 app which loaded atk-bridge forks, and one fork exits.
208 * New language: Galician (gl), Jesus Bravo Alvarez.
210 * Ansi build fixes (Kjartan Maraas).
212 What's new in at-spi-1.6.0:
216 What's new in at-spi-1.5.4:
218 * Registration failure at SPI_init is now detected and
219 an error code is returned to the caller (bug #147648).
221 * We now use polling as our default for detecting mouse
222 button changes (this was formerly our fallback method);
223 this prevents conflict with Xstroke.
224 [a better long-term fix requires the Xevie extension]
226 * We now register on a per-DISPLAY, but not per-SCREEN, basis.
227 This fixes several issues, see bugs #149962, #136986, #144086.
229 * New languages in configure.in:
235 What's new in at-spi-1.5.3:
237 * New role EMBEDDED (bug #144415).
239 * Added object:bounds-changed event, for detecting when the
240 component bounds of an object have changed onscreen.
244 What's new in at-spi-1.5.2:
246 * Added Accessibility_LoginHelper interface, and
247 LoginHelper GType. Also added client and server tests
248 for this interface. The purpose is to identify services
249 (typically, assistive technologies) which need access to
250 system or device services (keyboard, audio, serial ports,
251 posting windows, etc.) during login or re-login/authentication.
253 * fixed make distcheck.
255 * Added a check in cspi_object_unref, which should help in detecting
256 refcount bugs in clients (Padraig O'Briain).
259 Walloon (Pablo Saratxaga)
260 Bulgarian (Alexander Shopov)
262 What's new in at-spi-1.5.1:
264 * Allow synthesis of keysyms that aren't in the current X keymap.
266 * languages: Gujarati (Guntupalli Karunakar), Canadian English
269 * Added omitted declarations for already-existing methods
270 AccessibleTable_addRowSelection(),
271 AccessibleTable_addColumnSelection(),
272 AccessibleTable_removeRowSelection(),
273 AccessibleTable_removeColumnSelection().
275 * bug fixes: 136660, 120659 (partial), 132237, 134332.
279 What's new in at-spi-1.4.0: [GNOME 2.6.0 release]
281 * build improvements from Laszlo Peter.
282 * en_GB added to ALL_LINGUAS.
286 What's new in at-spi-1.3.16: [GNOME 2.6 RC1 release]
288 * Fix for bug #134036, which could steal keystrokes from applications
289 if at-spi registry failed.
291 * Build fixes, added .pc.in files (from Laszlo Peter).
295 This is the gnome-2.6 beta release of at-spi.
296 What's new in at-spi-1.3.15:
299 Amanpreet Singh Alam (pa)
303 What's new in at-spi-1.3.14:
305 * reduced debug output in normal usage. Don't PRIT_LEAKS
306 unless DEBUG_OBJECTS is #defined. Reduces SEGVs when reporting
307 on noncritical refcount issues.
309 What's new in at-spi-1.3.13:
311 * Build improvements: Requires automake-1.7, and calls GTK_DOC_CHECK.
312 (Padraig O'Briain, Matthias Clasen, some from Tomas Kloczko)
314 * bugfixes (bad g_free, and a null string issue that caused SEGV on
315 Solaris when running sample programs).
318 What's new in at-spi-1.3.11:
320 * Fix for docs bug #129728 (Sebastien Bacher).
322 * Fix for bug #129479, allows distinction between
323 multiple DISPLAY instances of at-spi registry.
325 * Fix for #124837, which could cause 'hang' interactions
326 between desktop and clients such as gnopernicus.
328 * Fixes for NUMLOCK mask behavior, bug #129103.
330 * Greatly improved key synthesis for non-Latin characters.
331 We can now synthesize any KeySym which is defined in the current
332 X keymap. (bug #128824). Thanks to Marcus G Kuhn for
333 the public-domain code borrowed here.
338 fa (Roozber Pournader),
340 id (Ahmad Riza H Nst)
343 What's new in at-spi-1.3.9:
345 * New api: AccessibleApplication_getLocale (app, type),
346 returns a POSIX locale string for a locale category,
347 for instance Accessibility_LOCALE_TYPE_MESSAGES.
349 * New SPI_ROLE_EDITBAR.
351 * New Accessible_getLocalizedRoleName.
353 * New AccessibleText_getDefaultAttributes.
355 * fixes to AccessibleStreamableContent, including a 'seek'
356 implementation for cspi. Thanks to Michael Meeks for some
357 related bugfixes in StreamableContent.
359 * now we emit key-released events to appropriate keylisteners.
361 * new LINGUAS in configure.in: nn (Asmund Sjeveland), lt (Gediminas Paulauskas),
362 no (Kjartan Masass), eu (Christian Rose).
364 * bugfixes for: #120991, #120473, #118581, #127463, #116009, #114926,
365 #125834, #111429, #121974.
367 What's new in at-spi-1.3.7:
369 This is the official GNOME 2.4.0 release of at-spi.
371 * fixed event-name bug, "object:active-descendant" is now
372 "object:active-descendant-changed".
374 * fixes for 120220, 120725, some code cleanups.
376 * Improved code that rejects
377 spurious "window:activate/deactivate" pairs when X key grabs occur.
380 * Documentation improvements for SpiAccessibleKeyListenerCB and related.
382 * new languages: hi, fi, et, mn, nl, is, ja, ro, bn.
385 What's new in at-spi-1.3.6:
387 * Add XEvIE support for those systems which have XEvIE.
389 * Correct values for MODIFIER_SHIFTLOCK and MODIFIER_ALT as part of fix
392 * Store event so that it can subsequently be referred to. Fixes bugs
395 * Add support for AccessibleAction on hyperlink object.
397 * Defer focus: events to reduce number of window switch events reported.
398 This a partial fix for bug #108664.
400 * Eliminate warning messages reported when out-of-process applet starts.
403 * Register out-of-process applet as application only while it has top level
404 window displayed. This fixes bug #111578.
406 * Add translations: Simplified Chinese [Yi Yang], Azerbaijani [Metin Amiroff],
407 Icelandic [Richard Allen], Italian [Alessio Frusciante],
408 Korean [Changwoo Ryu], Danish [Ole Alursen], Albanian [Lauent Dhima],
409 Malay [Hasbullah Bin Pit], Vietnamese [Pablo Saratxaga],
410 Belarusian [Belarusian team <i18n@mova.org>],
411 Russian [Russian team <gnome-cyr@gnome.org>], Portuguese [Duarte Loreto],
412 Slovak [Marcel Telka], Serbian [Serbian team (Prevod.org)]
413 Esperanto [Charles Voelger], Brazilian [Gustavo Noronha Silva],
414 Welsh [Dafydd Harries], Dutch [Vincent van Adrighem],
415 Spanish [Pablo Gonzalo del Campo], Polish [Artur Flinta],
416 Catalan [Jordi Mallach], French [Chistophe Marlet],
417 Hebrew [Gil "Dolfin" Osher], German [Christian Neumair],
418 Czech [Miloslav Trmac], Swedish [Christian Rose]
420 What's new in at-spi-1.3.4:
422 * require atk 1.3.4 throughout.
424 * Fix for crasher bug in cspi, exceptions were not being properly
427 * added cspi_peek_ev()
429 * added SPI_ROLE_AUTOCOMPLETE, SPI_STATE_INDETERMINATE (for
430 checkboxes in the 'inconsistent' state)
432 * initial wrapper implementations for AccessibleStreamableContent.
435 * implement "string" synthesis type in SPI_generateKeyEvent.
437 * Added cspi client-side APIs for exception handling.
439 * bugfixes for #114370, #113268, #108664, #92143,
441 What's new in at-spi-1.3.2:
445 What's new in at-spi-1.3.1:
447 * Fixes for 109626, 89350, 100424, 100426, 110419, 107261, 107479,
448 108666, 104730, 111793.
452 * gnome-2-2 branch created.
454 What's new in at-spi-1.1.9:
456 * Fixes for 107985, 107988, 105291, 107256, 107254, 105836,
457 104622, 105291, 104744, 104741, 101524, 102830, 98120, 94275.
459 * added support for mouse buttons 4 and 5.
461 * compiler warning fixes.
463 What's new in at-spi-1.1.8:
465 * Added getRangeExtents() and getBoundedRanges() API for more
466 efficient screen review [100944].
468 What's new in at-spi-1.1.7:
470 * Added spi_keymask values for Mod4 and Mod5.
471 * Performance improvements and bugfixes from Michael.
473 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
475 * Fixes for #99799, #10530.
477 * New methods in cspi:
478 'AccessibleEvent_ref' and 'AccessibleEvent_unref'
479 to allow lifecycle management of AccessibleEvents outside of
480 the emission handler.
482 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
484 * event struct in libspi is bigger, increased unimplemented
485 slot count for sufficient future bincompatible expansion.
486 (WARNING: breaks bincompat for direct CORBA clients. CSPI clients
489 * New accessor methods allow state-coherent query of many
492 * API Frozen for GNOME 2.2.
494 * New role types: APPLICATION, HEADER, FOOTER, PARAGRAPH, RULER.
496 * New relations, FLOWS_FROM, FLOWS_TO, EMBEDS, EMBEDDED_BY,
499 * New state, MANAGES_DESCENDANTS. New event, "active-descendant-changed".
501 * reduced debug output, unless you set AT_SPI_DEBUG environment
502 variable to string which parses to an integer value > 0.
504 * added definitions for SPI_KEYMASK_BUTTON1, etc.
506 * added SPI_LAYER_WINDOW.
508 * Added ability to register 'device event listeners' which can
509 consume device events, such as mouse events.
511 * Added support for mouse and key-modifier event notification.
513 * deprecated KeyEventType in favor of EventType.
515 * bugfixes for >50 bugs including: 98836, 98842, 97916, 95828,
516 93592, 95940, 95517, 93658, 95055, 94555, 84856.
518 * updated copyrights to include Ximian.
520 What's new in at-spi-1.1.0:
522 * event listener notifications are no longer oneways.
523 * bugfixes for 84900, 84908, 84897, 84898.
524 * performance improvement for event listeners.
526 What's new in at-spi-1.0.1:
530 What's new in at-spi-1.0.0:
532 * API Freeze (1.0 API is now FINAL)
533 * added boolean return for
534 Accessibility_Registry_registerKeystrokeListener.
535 * Revved activation ID for registry to "1.0"
536 * many bugfixes and improvements to global key listener implementation.
537 * improvements to regression test "test-simple", added key
538 listener/synthesis test.
539 * added sample code in "test" to demonstrate how flat line-mode
540 screen-review can be implemented with at-spi.
542 What's new in at-spi-0.13.1:
544 (note: 0.13.1 is not binary compatible with 0.12.1, clients will need
547 * fix for bugzilla bug 80616
548 * IDL change which will affect direct CORBA users of the keystroke
550 * added a new test harness, event-listener-test, which also
551 has a simple tree traversal timing benchmark. event-listener-test
552 attaches listeners to all currently supported events (and a few
553 events which are not fully implemented yet); it thus serves
554 as useful event listener sample code as well as being a diagnostic
557 What's new in at-spi-0.12.1:
559 * fixes for bugzilla bugs 78249,68929,76615,71686,72300,78247,72300,78249
560 relating to build issues on some architectures (some of these were
561 fixed in 0.10 but additional fixes were included in 0.12.1).
562 * added new test program for our key listener API.
563 * added implementation of IDL 'exit' method to our
564 magnifier and mag_control client.
565 * Badly broken AccessibleStateSet implementation fixed by
567 * Added implementation for AccessibleComponent_grabFocus method.
568 * Improvements to documentation.
572 * Added missing seek_type param in
573 AccessibleStreamableContent_seek [78888],
574 previously documented but not in signature;
575 this was unused API but needed fixing for the future.
577 * Added API for AccessibleTable_selectRow and _selectColumn,
578 corresponding to similar API in ATK, and provided
579 implementation. [76201]
581 * Added boolean return types to a number of IDL methods whose
582 corresponding cspi wrappers and ATK methods already had boolean
585 * Made Accessibility_StateSet inherit from BonoboUnknown as it should;
586 this was the main existing breakage in StateSet.
594 getStateName () and STATE_EXTENDED to allow extension of State API (already
597 AccessibleAction_getType () and AccessibleAction_getTypeName ().
599 need getBaseAttributes ()
600 for AccessibleText (available in ATK I think).
602 table: getVisibleRange
604 state: HEADER, etc. for spreadsheet cells