Awn 0.3.2
Last release in the 0.2 series with all implemented features and bug fixes since 0.2.6 release.
The Avant Window Navigator (Awn) team would like to announce the release of version 0.3.2. This represents a year's worth of bugfixes and performance improvements. Note that the 0.2.8 release was cancelled, due to lack of developer interest. Our next major release, 0.4.0, will be a complete rewrite of the dock and applet API.
Avant Window Navigator is a dock for the Free Desktop which shows your launchers and open applications. It also contains support for extensions, via plugins for third-party applications, which communicate with the dock with DBus, and via applets, which allows for workspace switchers, system trays, clocks, etc., to be embedded in the dock. These applets can be written in C, Vala, or Python.
Awn currently requires compositing support in order to run. Window managers which support compositing include (but are not limited to) Metacity (part of GNOME), Xfwm4 (part of Xfce), KWin (part of KDE4.x), and Compiz. There are also standalone compositing managers, for window managers without support built-in: Cairo Compositing Manager and xcompmgr.
Milestone information
- Active:
- No. Drivers cannot target bugs and blueprints to this milestone.
Activities
- Assigned to you:
- No blueprints or bugs assigned to you.
- Assignees:
- 1 Julien Lavergne, 8 Mark Lee, 12 Michal Hruby, 8 haytjes, 4 moonbeam
- Blueprints:
- 2 Implemented
- Bugs:
- 2 Won't Fix, 41 Fix Released
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Release notes
For Users:
* We have made it easier to enable Awn to run when you log into your desktop - there is an "Automatically start Awn on login" option.
* If you start Awn without a compositing manager present, a pop-up dialog will appear informing you that compositing is not currently enabled.
* Most applet icons can now be customized by dragging and dropping an icon onto the applet in question. Note that this does not apply to tasks.
* Better compatibility with Metacity.
For Packagers:
* The (optional) Vala version dependency has been bumped to 0.5.4.
* The location of the applet metadata files has changed, at the request of Debian. We have included a script (awn-applets-
For Applet Developers:
* You can now use cairo contexts/surfaces to paint text/images to AppletSimple-based applets.
* There is now a standardized applet context menu API.
* Advanced custom icon support via AwnIcons (see <https:/
Known Issues (these will probably be fixed in 0.4.0):
* Keyfile-based config is unstable. It works for the developer who wrote it well enough, but the GConf backend is currently the most stable configuration backend.
* Autohide is still buggy.
* Awn does not handle multiple screens very well.
* You cannot move the dock to any other edge of the screen. It is currently fixed to the bottom.
Changelog
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2 blueprints and 43 bugs targeted
| Blueprint | Priority | Assignee | Delivery | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awn Icons | Awn Icons | 3 Medium | moonbeam | 11 Implemented |
| Hide AWN without compositing | Hide AWN without compositing | 2 Low | 11 Implemented | |
