1 What's new in at-spi-1.18.0:
3 * Release 1.18.0 for GNOME 2.18.0.
5 What's new in at-spi-1.17.2:
9 What's new in at-spi-1.17.1:
11 * Bugfixes: #404584, #401299, #375319. Fixes some build warnings.
13 What's new in at-spi-1.17.0:
15 * Bugfixes: #404592, #400709.
17 What's new in at-spi-1.7.16:
19 * Bugfixes: #329454, #393010.
21 What's new in at-spi-1.7.15:
23 * Bugfixes: #372988, #381670, #387960, #364839.
25 What's new in at-spi-1.7.14:
27 * We now get te value of display using the env var DISPLAY rather than
28 using the gdk_display_get_default to avoid dependancy of gdk. Also,
29 once the registry is started, we set the ior of the registry as
32 * Bugfixes: #361386, #369377, #382271, #372172, #163132, #377079, #352444
34 What's new in at-spi-1.7.12:
36 * Modified parameter names in some IDL to avoid class name collisions
37 (Gary Cramblitt). This is a bincompat change which improves portability
40 * Bugfixes: #353226, #356688 (Neo Liu), #350552 (Ginn Chen), #350958.
42 What's new in at-spi-1.7.11:
46 * Fixed getAttributes APIs.
48 * Export Hyperlink interface for AtkHyperlinkImpl peers.
50 * Aggregate Document interface.
52 What's new in at-spi-1.7.10:
54 * New method Selection::deselectChild. RFE #326535.
56 What's new in at-spi-1.7.9:
58 * I18n uses po/LINGUAS now.
60 * Table enhancement: new method Table::getRowColumnExtentsAtIndex
61 RFE #326536. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
63 * Text enhancement: Text::getAttributeRun, Text::getDefaultAttributeSet
64 RFE #326540. Assistance from Ariel Rios.
66 * New interface, Document. RFE #326520.
68 * New roles, LINK, REDUNDANT_OBJECT, INPUT_METHOD_WINDOW, FORM.
70 * Meaningful implementation and bridges for StreamableContent.
73 * Added STATE_VISITED, and relations DESCRIBED_BY, DESCRIPTION_FOR,
76 What's new in at-spi-1.7.4:
78 * Fixed dist to include Accessibility_Selector.idl (missing from dist though
81 * Bugfixes to EventDetails event support, and fixed event emission for
82 implementors of SPI_REMOTE_OBJECT.
84 What's new in at-spi-1.7.0 through 1.7.3:
86 * Added idl/Accessibility_Selector.idl to the repository (missing in 1.7.0
87 through 1.7.2, added in 1.7.3)
91 All the IDL is now documented with doxygen-compatible docs.
92 Just run 'doxygen oxyfile' in the IDL directory. (This will
93 be automated in a future version).
98 Accessibility::Accessible:getAttributes (name/value pair annotation
100 Accessibility::Accessible:getApplication (retrieves ref to host app)
101 Accessibility::Component:getAlpha (get transparency/opacity value of component)
102 Accessibility::Image:getLocale (get POSIX locale for image and
104 Accessibility::Text:getAttributeValue (retrieve a single named
106 Accessibility::Relation:RELATION_PARENT_WINDOW_OF
107 Accessibility::Role:ROLE_ENTRY, ROLE_CHART, ROLE_CAPTION,
108 ROLE_DOCUMENT_FRAME, ROLE_HEADING, ROLE_PAGE, ROLE_SECTION (New roles
109 for complex docs and forms.)
110 Accessibility::State:STATE_REQUIRED, STATE_TRUNCATED, STATE_ANIMATED,
111 STATE_INVALID_ENTRY, STATE_SUPPORTS_AUTOCOMPLETION,
112 STATE_SELECTABLE_TEXT, STATE_IS_DEFAULT (New states, for complex forms)
113 Accessibility::EventDetails (new, more detailed info marshalled with events)
116 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceName):
117 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceRole):
118 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceApplication):
119 (AccessibleEvent_getSourceDetails):
120 New methods for interrogating/demarshalling
121 event details i.e. source's accessible name, role,
123 (Accessible_getAttributes): New, retrieve annotations/attributes
125 (Accessible_getHostApplication): New, retrieve enclosing Application
126 instance for an object.
127 (AccessibleImage_getImageLocale): New, retrieve Locale info for an
129 (AccessibleComponent_getAlpha): New, retrieve alpha value for
130 an AccessibleComponent (see discussion in idl section above).
133 Some compiler fixes from Kjartan Marass.
134 Some thread-related fixes from Michael Meeks.
135 Don't allow non-preemptive listeners to pre-empt events! (Bill Haneman).
137 What's new in at-spi-1.6.5:
139 * Fixed some discrepancies in event listener deregistration, improves
140 on-the-fly deregistration of event listeners. Fixed some tests.
142 * Fixed brokenness in 'make check.'
144 What's new in at-spi-1.6.4:
146 * Fixed XEVIE detection and configuration on XOrg version 6.8.2.
148 * Added locale 'rw' (Steve Murphy)
150 * Tweaked event-listener-test program.
152 * Leakfixes, from billh and Kjartan Marass.
154 What's new in at-spi-1.6.3:
158 * Added locale 'xh' (Adi Attar)
160 What's new in at-spi-1.6.2:
162 * fixes for problems at logout time (hangs, crashes)
164 * bugfixes for #160862, #152147.
166 * minor enhancements to test login-helper-server-test.
170 What's new in at-spi-1.6.1:
172 * LoginHelper API docs improved.
174 * fixed bug which caused problems if an
175 app which loaded atk-bridge forks, and one fork exits.
178 * New language: Galician (gl), Jesus Bravo Alvarez.
180 * Ansi build fixes (Kjartan Maraas).
182 What's new in at-spi-1.6.0:
186 What's new in at-spi-1.5.4:
188 * Registration failure at SPI_init is now detected and
189 an error code is returned to the caller (bug #147648).
191 * We now use polling as our default for detecting mouse
192 button changes (this was formerly our fallback method);
193 this prevents conflict with Xstroke.
194 [a better long-term fix requires the Xevie extension]
196 * We now register on a per-DISPLAY, but not per-SCREEN, basis.
197 This fixes several issues, see bugs #149962, #136986, #144086.
199 * New languages in configure.in:
205 What's new in at-spi-1.5.3:
207 * New role EMBEDDED (bug #144415).
209 * Added object:bounds-changed event, for detecting when the
210 component bounds of an object have changed onscreen.
214 What's new in at-spi-1.5.2:
216 * Added Accessibility_LoginHelper interface, and
217 LoginHelper GType. Also added client and server tests
218 for this interface. The purpose is to identify services
219 (typically, assistive technologies) which need access to
220 system or device services (keyboard, audio, serial ports,
221 posting windows, etc.) during login or re-login/authentication.
223 * fixed make distcheck.
225 * Added a check in cspi_object_unref, which should help in detecting
226 refcount bugs in clients (Padraig O'Briain).
229 Walloon (Pablo Saratxaga)
230 Bulgarian (Alexander Shopov)
232 What's new in at-spi-1.5.1:
234 * Allow synthesis of keysyms that aren't in the current X keymap.
236 * languages: Gujarati (Guntupalli Karunakar), Canadian English
239 * Added omitted declarations for already-existing methods
240 AccessibleTable_addRowSelection(),
241 AccessibleTable_addColumnSelection(),
242 AccessibleTable_removeRowSelection(),
243 AccessibleTable_removeColumnSelection().
245 * bug fixes: 136660, 120659 (partial), 132237, 134332.
249 What's new in at-spi-1.4.0: [GNOME 2.6.0 release]
251 * build improvements from Laszlo Peter.
252 * en_GB added to ALL_LINGUAS.
256 What's new in at-spi-1.3.16: [GNOME 2.6 RC1 release]
258 * Fix for bug #134036, which could steal keystrokes from applications
259 if at-spi registry failed.
261 * Build fixes, added .pc.in files (from Laszlo Peter).
265 This is the gnome-2.6 beta release of at-spi.
266 What's new in at-spi-1.3.15:
269 Amanpreet Singh Alam (pa)
273 What's new in at-spi-1.3.14:
275 * reduced debug output in normal usage. Don't PRIT_LEAKS
276 unless DEBUG_OBJECTS is #defined. Reduces SEGVs when reporting
277 on noncritical refcount issues.
279 What's new in at-spi-1.3.13:
281 * Build improvements: Requires automake-1.7, and calls GTK_DOC_CHECK.
282 (Padraig O'Briain, Matthias Clasen, some from Tomas Kloczko)
284 * bugfixes (bad g_free, and a null string issue that caused SEGV on
285 Solaris when running sample programs).
288 What's new in at-spi-1.3.11:
290 * Fix for docs bug #129728 (Sebastien Bacher).
292 * Fix for bug #129479, allows distinction between
293 multiple DISPLAY instances of at-spi registry.
295 * Fix for #124837, which could cause 'hang' interactions
296 between desktop and clients such as gnopernicus.
298 * Fixes for NUMLOCK mask behavior, bug #129103.
300 * Greatly improved key synthesis for non-Latin characters.
301 We can now synthesize any KeySym which is defined in the current
302 X keymap. (bug #128824). Thanks to Marcus G Kuhn for
303 the public-domain code borrowed here.
308 fa (Roozber Pournader),
310 id (Ahmad Riza H Nst)
313 What's new in at-spi-1.3.9:
315 * New api: AccessibleApplication_getLocale (app, type),
316 returns a POSIX locale string for a locale category,
317 for instance Accessibility_LOCALE_TYPE_MESSAGES.
319 * New SPI_ROLE_EDITBAR.
321 * New Accessible_getLocalizedRoleName.
323 * New AccessibleText_getDefaultAttributes.
325 * fixes to AccessibleStreamableContent, including a 'seek'
326 implementation for cspi. Thanks to Michael Meeks for some
327 related bugfixes in StreamableContent.
329 * now we emit key-released events to appropriate keylisteners.
331 * new LINGUAS in configure.in: nn (Asmund Sjeveland), lt (Gediminas Paulauskas),
332 no (Kjartan Masass), eu (Christian Rose).
334 * bugfixes for: #120991, #120473, #118581, #127463, #116009, #114926,
335 #125834, #111429, #121974.
337 What's new in at-spi-1.3.7:
339 This is the official GNOME 2.4.0 release of at-spi.
341 * fixed event-name bug, "object:active-descendant" is now
342 "object:active-descendant-changed".
344 * fixes for 120220, 120725, some code cleanups.
346 * Improved code that rejects
347 spurious "window:activate/deactivate" pairs when X key grabs occur.
350 * Documentation improvements for SpiAccessibleKeyListenerCB and related.
352 * new languages: hi, fi, et, mn, nl, is, ja, ro, bn.
355 What's new in at-spi-1.3.6:
357 * Add XEvIE support for those systems which have XEvIE.
359 * Correct values for MODIFIER_SHIFTLOCK and MODIFIER_ALT as part of fix
362 * Store event so that it can subsequently be referred to. Fixes bugs
365 * Add support for AccessibleAction on hyperlink object.
367 * Defer focus: events to reduce number of window switch events reported.
368 This a partial fix for bug #108664.
370 * Eliminate warning messages reported when out-of-process applet starts.
373 * Register out-of-process applet as application only while it has top level
374 window displayed. This fixes bug #111578.
376 * Add translations: Simplified Chinese [Yi Yang], Azerbaijani [Metin Amiroff],
377 Icelandic [Richard Allen], Italian [Alessio Frusciante],
378 Korean [Changwoo Ryu], Danish [Ole Alursen], Albanian [Lauent Dhima],
379 Malay [Hasbullah Bin Pit], Vietnamese [Pablo Saratxaga],
380 Belarusian [Belarusian team <i18n@mova.org>],
381 Russian [Russian team <gnome-cyr@gnome.org>], Portuguese [Duarte Loreto],
382 Slovak [Marcel Telka], Serbian [Serbian team (Prevod.org)]
383 Esperanto [Charles Voelger], Brazilian [Gustavo Noronha Silva],
384 Welsh [Dafydd Harries], Dutch [Vincent van Adrighem],
385 Spanish [Pablo Gonzalo del Campo], Polish [Artur Flinta],
386 Catalan [Jordi Mallach], French [Chistophe Marlet],
387 Hebrew [Gil "Dolfin" Osher], German [Christian Neumair],
388 Czech [Miloslav Trmac], Swedish [Christian Rose]
390 What's new in at-spi-1.3.4:
392 * require atk 1.3.4 throughout.
394 * Fix for crasher bug in cspi, exceptions were not being properly
397 * added cspi_peek_ev()
399 * added SPI_ROLE_AUTOCOMPLETE, SPI_STATE_INDETERMINATE (for
400 checkboxes in the 'inconsistent' state)
402 * initial wrapper implementations for AccessibleStreamableContent.
405 * implement "string" synthesis type in SPI_generateKeyEvent.
407 * Added cspi client-side APIs for exception handling.
409 * bugfixes for #114370, #113268, #108664, #92143,
411 What's new in at-spi-1.3.2:
415 What's new in at-spi-1.3.1:
417 * Fixes for 109626, 89350, 100424, 100426, 110419, 107261, 107479,
418 108666, 104730, 111793.
422 * gnome-2-2 branch created.
424 What's new in at-spi-1.1.9:
426 * Fixes for 107985, 107988, 105291, 107256, 107254, 105836,
427 104622, 105291, 104744, 104741, 101524, 102830, 98120, 94275.
429 * added support for mouse buttons 4 and 5.
431 * compiler warning fixes.
433 What's new in at-spi-1.1.8:
435 * Added getRangeExtents() and getBoundedRanges() API for more
436 efficient screen review [100944].
438 What's new in at-spi-1.1.7:
440 * Added spi_keymask values for Mod4 and Mod5.
441 * Performance improvements and bugfixes from Michael.
443 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
445 * Fixes for #99799, #10530.
447 * New methods in cspi:
448 'AccessibleEvent_ref' and 'AccessibleEvent_unref'
449 to allow lifecycle management of AccessibleEvents outside of
450 the emission handler.
452 What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
454 * event struct in libspi is bigger, increased unimplemented
455 slot count for sufficient future bincompatible expansion.
456 (WARNING: breaks bincompat for direct CORBA clients. CSPI clients
459 * New accessor methods allow state-coherent query of many
462 * API Frozen for GNOME 2.2.
464 * New role types: APPLICATION, HEADER, FOOTER, PARAGRAPH, RULER.
466 * New relations, FLOWS_FROM, FLOWS_TO, EMBEDS, EMBEDDED_BY,
469 * New state, MANAGES_DESCENDANTS. New event, "active-descendant-changed".
471 * reduced debug output, unless you set AT_SPI_DEBUG environment
472 variable to string which parses to an integer value > 0.
474 * added definitions for SPI_KEYMASK_BUTTON1, etc.
476 * added SPI_LAYER_WINDOW.
478 * Added ability to register 'device event listeners' which can
479 consume device events, such as mouse events.
481 * Added support for mouse and key-modifier event notification.
483 * deprecated KeyEventType in favor of EventType.
485 * bugfixes for >50 bugs including: 98836, 98842, 97916, 95828,
486 93592, 95940, 95517, 93658, 95055, 94555, 84856.
488 * updated copyrights to include Ximian.
490 What's new in at-spi-1.1.0:
492 * event listener notifications are no longer oneways.
493 * bugfixes for 84900, 84908, 84897, 84898.
494 * performance improvement for event listeners.
496 What's new in at-spi-1.0.1:
500 What's new in at-spi-1.0.0:
502 * API Freeze (1.0 API is now FINAL)
503 * added boolean return for
504 Accessibility_Registry_registerKeystrokeListener.
505 * Revved activation ID for registry to "1.0"
506 * many bugfixes and improvements to global key listener implementation.
507 * improvements to regression test "test-simple", added key
508 listener/synthesis test.
509 * added sample code in "test" to demonstrate how flat line-mode
510 screen-review can be implemented with at-spi.
512 What's new in at-spi-0.13.1:
514 (note: 0.13.1 is not binary compatible with 0.12.1, clients will need
517 * fix for bugzilla bug 80616
518 * IDL change which will affect direct CORBA users of the keystroke
520 * added a new test harness, event-listener-test, which also
521 has a simple tree traversal timing benchmark. event-listener-test
522 attaches listeners to all currently supported events (and a few
523 events which are not fully implemented yet); it thus serves
524 as useful event listener sample code as well as being a diagnostic
527 What's new in at-spi-0.12.1:
529 * fixes for bugzilla bugs 78249,68929,76615,71686,72300,78247,72300,78249
530 relating to build issues on some architectures (some of these were
531 fixed in 0.10 but additional fixes were included in 0.12.1).
532 * added new test program for our key listener API.
533 * added implementation of IDL 'exit' method to our
534 magnifier and mag_control client.
535 * Badly broken AccessibleStateSet implementation fixed by
537 * Added implementation for AccessibleComponent_grabFocus method.
538 * Improvements to documentation.
542 * Added missing seek_type param in
543 AccessibleStreamableContent_seek [78888],
544 previously documented but not in signature;
545 this was unused API but needed fixing for the future.
547 * Added API for AccessibleTable_selectRow and _selectColumn,
548 corresponding to similar API in ATK, and provided
549 implementation. [76201]
551 * Added boolean return types to a number of IDL methods whose
552 corresponding cspi wrappers and ATK methods already had boolean
555 * Made Accessibility_StateSet inherit from BonoboUnknown as it should;
556 this was the main existing breakage in StateSet.
564 getStateName () and STATE_EXTENDED to allow extension of State API (already
567 AccessibleAction_getType () and AccessibleAction_getTypeName ().
569 need getBaseAttributes ()
570 for AccessibleText (available in ATK I think).
572 table: getVisibleRange
574 state: HEADER, etc. for spreadsheet cells