Onboard 1.3 series

These are the major changes from version 1.2.0 to version 1.3.0:

  * Status icon:
    - Move AppIndicator and GtkStatusIcon into separate backends
    - Allow left-clicking AppIndicator in KDE Plasma
    - Don't crash when Appindicator or Atspi are not available
    - Fix fallback to GtkStatusIcon when Applndicator is not available
    - Fix tooltip of status icon provider (LP: #1570318). Thanks Ubuntu-QC-1
  * Word suggestions and auto-correction:
    - Add Esperanto language model
    - Elipsize very large words and fix them being invisible
    - Fix Compact layout not showing the "More suggestions" arrows
    - Improve auto-correction of URLs and filenames in long texts
  * Virtkey:
    - Improve search for available keysyms in X (LP:1562381)
    - Move key mapping from X functions to Xkb
    - Make Xkb-based mapping also work in Ubuntu-GNOME
    - Add uinput backend to virtkey for initial support of non-X desktops
    - Isolate X related parts of virtkey in preparation for non-X desktops
    - Add initial Wayland support (blocker: gtk_window_set_accept_focus())
  * D-Bus service:
    - Add support for properties via python decorator
    - Setup D-Bus activation to simplify showing on hotkey press (LP: #1607235)
    - Update D-Bus usage examples in README
  * Add fallback to default system font family for themes:
    - High contrast themes get a font this way
    - Fixes Ubuntu logo not appearing in yakkety
  * Add aspect ratio limits when the keyboard is docked or expanded (LP:1586493)
  * Add touch handle to adjust the docking aspect ratio limit
  * Expand docked keyboard on landscape oriented screens by default
  * Auto-detect default status-icon provider in major desktop environments
  * Improve alignment of some labels in the Preferences dialog
  * Fix former stock buttons in Preferences not being translated (LP: #1567301)
  * Add small bitmap icons to prevent aliasing issues (LP: #1552484)
  * Add more example keys to onboard-defaults.conf.example (LP: #1546654)
  * Improve pep8 compliance of various source files
  * Don't let the return key leave the screen for Small and Phone layouts
  * Prevent setting new home position after accidental resize frame clicks
  * Work around shadows becoming visible during resize when docked with sidebars
  * Fix errors uncovered in Keyboard.py by flake8
  * Fix unwanted key-repeats when typing into Gtk-3 applications (LP: #1562381)
  * Fix keyboard sometimes starting up at unexpected positions on system start
  * Fix build failure with gcc-6 that switched to C++14. Thanks Jeremy Bicha
  * Fix warning when building with gcc versions before 6, i.e. C++98 by default
  * Remove entries with default values from desktop files. Thanks Mike Gabriel
  * Add 3.20 and 3.22 to shell-version field of GNOME extension. Thanks J. Bicha
  * Care for compatibility with Ubuntu Precise (12.04)
  * Update PPA link in README

Series information

Project:
Onboard
Series:
1.3
Project drivers:
Onboard Devel Team
Release manager:
None
Status:
Current Stable Release
Project development focus:
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Release URL pattern:
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