News and announcements

New EFL stable release: 1.7.4

Written for Enlightenment by Michael Moroni on 2012-12-21

The Enlightenment Release Team is happy to announce a new series of updates to the EFL. The 1.7.4 series has quite a few bugs fixed and is recommended for all developers and users, as it will be the minimum version required by any upcoming releases to be made by the Enlightenment project in the short future. Please read the ChangeLog and NEWS files from each specific tarball in order to get more information about what has been fixed. This release corresponds with SVN revision 81558.

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New E17 Release: OMEGA

Written for Enlightenment by Michael Moroni on 2012-12-18

 Today's release candidate of E17, OMEGA 12, is the last pre-release; on Friday we will see the final release of Enlightenment DR 0.17.

Changelog:
Translation updates
Compile fixes on non-linux platforms
Restoring default keybindings now restores all of the default keybindings
Same as above for mouse wheel bindings
Fixed a number of potential buffer overflows and memory leaks
Even more wallpapers
Tiling module now handles maximization of windows more effectively
Improvements to Window Remembers config dialog
Clock gadgets now scale the date
Fixed issue where radio widgets could have no radio item toggled
Pager config dialog now shows button names
Tiling module improvements when moving/resizing tiled windows
Improved RandR dialog
Navigate menu's "Current Directory" now works correctly when activated on files and removable media
Filemanager no longer loses icons which caused a DND operation failure
Filemanager now properly handles DND operations where the target is the icon of a removable device
Starting with an invalid configuration is now much less likely (nearly impossible) to result in a complete failure
Triggering Everything repeatedly no longer causes a crash
Refresh button on filemanager toolbar is now functional
Scale config dialog now detects changes properly and closes on apply
Shelf changes/deletions no longer create artifacts
Gadgets on shelves no longer sometimes show the wrong style in menus
Fixed crash when filemanager preview popup was present during directory refresh/change
Fixed a number of issues which prevented various locales from functioning or detecting correctly
Main applications menu no longer generates in a thread :(
Filemanager toolbars can no longer trigger crashes when deleted
Filemanager toolbars now store their position
Filemanager now more capable of opening .desktop files linked to directories
Filemanager toolbar path items now create and delete correctly
Filemanager no longer allows renaming files into/onto directories and other files
"Show files in menu" option removed from filemanager
[THEME] Cursor icons

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New E17 Release: LUCKY

Written for Enlightenment by Michael Moroni on 2012-12-15

This beta release of E17, LUCKY RUBBER DUCKY, has a much better name than what was originally proposed.

Changelog:
EFL requirements now bumped to 1.7.3
Translation updates
Wallpaper previews now maintain aspect ratio when dialog is resized
Backlight gadgets update themselves on backlight change
Filemanager now capable of loading large directories more quickly
Filemanager "New Directory" action renames files inline
Menu item layout no longer resizes randomly
Filemanager drag-n-drop no longer causes crashes in most scenarios
Xmodmap settings no longer overwritten when changing keyboard layout
Filemanager properly shows files again if a drag-n-drop operation fails or pauses
Orientation changing on shelves no longer duplicates the shelf
Evry file browsing now shows mime types more accurately
Tons of small memory leaks fixed
Theme selection dialog now shows actual preview of theme instead of wallpaper
Temperature module no longer leaks fds on some platforms
Pointer warping now more effective when changing desks
"Share" button on screenshot dialog now leads to a confirmation dialog
[THEME] Filemanager icons
[THEME] Pixel border style removed
[THEME] Pixel border style added
[THEME] Pixel border style now has focused effect

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New E17 Release: GAMMA

Written for Enlightenment by Michael Moroni on 2012-12-12

 This release of E17 is also known as "The Hulk" for obvious reasons.

Changelog:
Translation updates
Clock and cpufreq gadgets now consume less cpu
Slider widget can no longer explode the stack
Backlight setting improved, now more reliable
mkstemps no longer used; portability++
"Really move" option in filemanager renamed to something more descriptive
Resizable dialogs are now able to be maximized
Scrollbars now hide in more cases where they should
Dragging files to other applications from filemanager no longer causes file icon to disappear
Filemanager toolbar path items delete when corresponding path is removed
Mixer no longer causes a crash when pulseaudio is killed
Navigate menu no longer crashes when repeatedly navigating to a directory which has no listable contents
Tasks gadget no longer tries to delete its items repeatedly
Systray icon scaling improved
XDirectSave DND operations now work again
"hicolor" icon theme automatically applied now when no theme is selected
Fileselector no longer changes its entry text when changing directories
Filemanager "New File" action no longer creates file with garbage content
"Don't composite fullscreen windows" is now disabled by default
Notifications no longer do anything (including crash) when received during desklock
Gadgets module no longer crashes on unload and also correctly shows gadgets when loaded
Read-only entry widgets are now actually read-only
Filemanager no longer as hungry, saves some DND events for pager to enable drags on desktop pagers
Removed some potentially troublesome settings from advanced Composite settings
Systray now informs the user that it should not be placed on an invisible shelf
Window moving/resizing (and other mouse-related events) no longer behave strangely in the presence of autohiding shelves
Submenu item arrows now properly sized and aligned
[THEME] Lots of icons

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