2002-12-16 Michael Meeks <michael@ximian.com>

[platform/core/uifw/at-spi2-atk.git] / NEWS

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+in HEAD:
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+What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
+
+* Fixes for #99799, #10530.
+
+* New methods in cspi:
+  'AccessibleEvent_ref' and 'AccessibleEvent_unref'
+  to allow lifecycle management of AccessibleEvents outside of
+  the emission handler.
+
+What's new in at-spi-1.1.6:
+
+* event struct in libspi is bigger, increased unimplemented
+  slot count for sufficient future bincompatible expansion. 
+ (WARNING: breaks bincompat for direct CORBA clients. CSPI clients
+  not affected.)
+
+* New accessor methods allow state-coherent query of many
+  event types.
+
+* API Frozen for GNOME 2.2.
+
+* New role types: APPLICATION, HEADER, FOOTER, PARAGRAPH, RULER.
+
+* New relations, FLOWS_FROM, FLOWS_TO, EMBEDS, EMBEDDED_BY,
+       SUBWINDOW_OF.
+
+* New state, MANAGES_DESCENDANTS.  New event, "active-descendant-changed".
+
+* reduced debug output, unless you set AT_SPI_DEBUG environment
+  variable to string which parses to an integer value > 0.
+
+* added definitions for SPI_KEYMASK_BUTTON1, etc.
+
+* added SPI_LAYER_WINDOW.
+
+* Added ability to register 'device event listeners' which can
+  consume device events, such as mouse events.
+
+* Added support for mouse and key-modifier event notification.
+
+* deprecated KeyEventType in favor of EventType.
+
+* bugfixes for >50 bugs including: 98836, 98842, 97916, 95828, 
+       93592, 95940, 95517, 93658, 95055, 94555, 84856.
+
+* updated copyrights to include Ximian.
+
 What's new in at-spi-1.1.0:
 
 * event listener notifications are no longer oneways.
@@ -65,6 +114,24 @@ API CHANGES:
   returns.
 
 * Made Accessibility_StateSet inherit from BonoboUnknown as it should;
-  this was the main existing breakage in StateSet.
+this was the main existing breakage in StateSet.
+
+
+=================
+
+
+TODO API Additions:
+
+getStateName () and STATE_EXTENDED to allow extension of State API (already 
+in ATK).
+
+AccessibleAction_getType () and AccessibleAction_getTypeName ().
+
+need getBaseAttributes () 
+for AccessibleText (available in ATK I think).
+
+table: getVisibleRange
+
+state: HEADER, etc. for spreadsheet cells