RELEASE-NOTES-4.19

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 │ Release notes for i3 v4.19   │
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This is i3 v4.19. This version is considered stable. All users of i3 are
strongly encouraged to upgrade.

In this release, we switched from the autotools build system to the meson build
system (https://mesonbuild.com/). Check https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/4086 for
details. If this causes problems for you, you can revert the commit which
removed autotools from the tree: we tried our best to keep both build systems
working. Please reach out to us in that case!

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 │ Changes in i3 v4.19        │
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  • userguide: explain button6 and button7 (scroll wheel right/left)
  • ipc: always include the marks property (even if empty)
  • ipc: introduce GET_BINDING_STATE command
  • ipc: clarify workspace name field semantics
  • ipc: document parse_error COMMAND reply field
  • i3bar: launch using exec to avoid leaving useless shell process
  • i3bar: make dock client order deterministic (sorted by class/instance) as a
    side effect, i3bars without an explicit bar-id will be sorted according
    to their definition order in the config file
  • i3bar: update config when necessary (reduces redraws on bar mode changes)
  • i3bar: add coordinates relative to the current output in i3bar click events
  • i3bar: add “nonprimary” output option
  • i3bar: set WM_CLASS instance to bar id
  • i3-input: add different exit codes for when i3-input fails
  • i3-dmenu-desktop: Support symlinks in search path
  • pod2html: render without stylesheet by default
  • introduce “tiling_from” and ”floating_from” criteria
  • mention rofi in default config file
  • allow ppt values in move direction and move position commands
  • allow matching on empty properties like class, title, etc.

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  • i3-nagbar: Use _PATH_BSHELL to ensure using a bourne shell
  • i3bar: fix Xorg memory leak
  • i3bar: fix hang when pausing/resuming bar program
  • i3bar: fix crash on invalid JSON input
  • i3bar: kick tray clients before destroying the bar
  • ensure client windows have a size of at least 1px after resize
  • correctly handle overlapping decorations
  • limit workspace numbers within 0..INT32_MAX
  • fix a bug with tiling resize inside floating container
  • correctly handle mouse resize in fullscreen containers by
    not propagating $mod+right click to fullscreen clients
  • do not try to resize fullscreen and non-fullscreen windows
  • do not focus floating windows changing workspace with ConfigureNotify
  • set _NET_DESKTOP_VIEWPORT after randr changes
  • fix a bug with i3-nagbar not starting after it has already started once
  • fix conflict when moving parent of fullscreen window to workspace
  • fix named workspace assignments on output changes
  • fix named workspace assignment precedence on workspace renames
  • fix windows getting swallowed more than once
  • erase i3 --moreversion progress line before overwriting
  • fix test case 180-fd-leaks when running on Fedora
  • fix crash in `focus next sibling`
  • fix moving tiling windows out of the scratchpad
  • floating_maybe_reassign_ws: only re-focus if previously focused
    (fixes a focus issue with KDE notifications)
  • fix crash on invalid JSON input in stored layouts
  • fix monitor change during/with i3 restart by moving
    content for non-existing output containers

Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:

  6144, acheronfail, Albert Safin, Alessandro Vinciguerra, Andrey Burov,
  Francesc Hervada-Sala, Heman Gandhi, Ian Fan, Ingo Bürk, izzel, Jason, Jason
  Nader, Jorg Heymans, Joseph, Konstantin Kharlamov, Lukas Kern, Mark Guptill,
  Martin T. H. Sandsmark, Matthew Martin, Maxim Schuwalow, Mike Sharov, Orestis
  Floros, Vasily Fomin, Wilhelm Schuster, xzfc, zero77

-- Michael Stapelberg, 2020-11-15