nsxiv/CHANGELOG.md

nsxiv

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v29 (March 03, 2022)

• Changes:

  • Window title is now customizeable via win-title, cli flag -T and related config.h options are removed. See WINDOW TITLE section of the manpage for more info. (#213)
  • Imlib2 cache size is now set based on total memory percentage, by default set to 3%. (#184)
  • Removed some non-POSIX extensions in the Makefile. (#225)

• Added:

  • Ability to customize thumbnail mode mouse-bindings via config.h. (#167)
  • Option to set statusbar position to top via config.h. (#231)
  • New keybinding z to scroll to center. (#203)

• Fixes:

  • Manpage cleanup: avoid confusing wording and document thumbnail mode mouse-bindings. (#186)
  • Wrong jpeg exif orientation with Imlib2 v1.7.5 (and above). (#188)
  • Animation slowdown when zoomed in. (#200)
  • Reset statusbar after failed keyhandler. (#191)
  • Window title not working on certain WMs. (#234)
  • Various compiler warnings. (#197)

v28 (December 12, 2021)

• Changes:

  • Statusbar made optional via HAVE_LIBFONTS. (#95)
  • Remove library auto-detection, use OPT_DEP_DEFAULT instead. (#71)
  • Example scripts will now be installed into EGPREFIX ($(PREFIX)/share/doc/nsxiv/examples by default). See README for more info. (#86)

• Added:

  • Animated webp support (optional via HAVE_LIBWEBP). (#20)
  • New mouse-binding Ctrl-Button1 for relative drag. (#117)
  • Ability to configure colors and fonts in config.h. (#115)
  • Ability to configure navigation width area in config.h. (#155)
  • Ability to customize the set of modifers used when processing keybindings in config.h via USED_MODMASK. (#150)
  • Ability to configure Imlib2's cache size for better image (re)loading performance in config.h. (#171)
  • Cli flag -0 for sending null-seperated file-list to standard out (-o), and key-handler and recieving null-seperated file-list via stdin (-i). (#68) (#141) (#164)
  • Export environment variable NSXIV_USING_NULL to key-handler. (#164)
  • Embed new nsxiv icon. (#163)
  • make install-icon to install icons. (#80) (#96)
  • make install-desktop to install .desktop entry. (#80) (#96)
  • make install-all to install everything. (#80) (#96)
  • Configurable KEYHANDLER_ABORT in config.h. (#91) (#172)
  • Statusbar message upon key-handler activation. (#98)
  • Ability to write custom C functions in config.h and use them via keybindings. (#76)

• Fixes:

  • Not able to use KEYHANDLER_ABORT key (Escape by default) in regular keybindings. (#91)
  • Memory leak related to Xresources. (#134)
  • Memory leak in gif loader. (#165)
  • Better handle gif colormap and prevent out-of-bound access. (#165)
  • Prevent crash when zooming out in very small images. (#178)
  • Removed non-POSIX commands and extensions from Makefile. (#71)
  • Regression where nsxiv wouldn't run on non-TrueColor X server. (#114)
  • Wrong comments in config.h and description in manpage. (#105) (#106) (#152)

v27.1 (September 16, 2021)

• Fixes:

  • Source tarball failing build (#66)

v27 (September 16, 2021)

• Changes:

  • Re-release under the name nsxiv
  • Xresources Sxiv.foreground and Sxiv.background changed to Nsxiv.window.foreground and Nsxiv.window.background
  • Xresources Sxiv.font changed to Nsxiv.bar.font
  • Rework the build system (#19). Now by default we'll build with only optional dependencies that are already installed

• Added:

  • Fill scale mode (#2)
  • Configurable X window title (via config.h and the -T flag) (#23)
  • Support custom bar colors via Xresources (#19)
  • Support custom mark color via Xresources (#51)
  • Toggle animation playback with Ctrl-a (#33)
  • Set _NET_WM_PID and WM_CLIENT_MACHINE X properties (#13)
  • Set ICCCM WM manager hints (#12)

• Fixes:

  • Cli flag -G not initially setting gamma (#31)
  • Wrong keybinding description in the manpage (#14)
  • .desktop entry not advertising webp support (#15)
  • Prevent crash when embedded into transparent window (#3)
  • Small memory leak (#57)
  • Rare crash when showing some GIFs (#41)
  • Rare event where nsxiv wouldn't close after window being destroyed (#53)

sxiv

Stable releases

v26 (January 16, 2020)

• Maintenance release

v25 (January 26, 2019)

• Support font fallback for missing glyphs
• Fix busy loop when built without inotify
• Use background/foreground colors from X resource database

v24 (October 27, 2017)

• Automatically reload the current image whenever it changes
• Support embedding into other X windows with -e (e.g. tabbed)
• New option -p prevents sxiv from creating cache and temporary files
• Simpler mouse mappings, the most basic features are accessible with the mouse only (navigate, zoom, pan)

v1.3.2 (December 20, 2015)

• external key handler gets file paths on stdin, not as arguments
• Cache out-of-view thumbnails in the background
• Apply gamma correction to thumbnails

v1.3.1 (November 16, 2014)

• Fixed build error, caused by delayed config.h creation
• Fixed segfault when run with -c

v1.3 (October 24, 2014)

• Extract thumbnails from EXIF tags (requires libexif)
• Zoomable thumbnails, supported sizes defined in config.h
• Fixed build error with giflib version >= 5.1.0

v1.2 (April 24, 2014)

• Added external key handler, called on keys prefixed with Ctrl-x
• New keybinding {/} to change gamma (by András Mohari)
• Support for slideshows, enabled with -S option & toggled with s
• Added application icon (created by 0ion9)
• Checkerboard background for alpha layer
• Option -o only prints files marked with m key
• Fixed rotation/flipping of multi-frame images (gifs)

v1.1.1 (June 2, 2013)

• Various bug fixes

v1.1 (March 30, 2013)

• Added status bar on bottom of window with customizable content
• New keyboard shortcuts \/|: flip image vertically/horizontally
• New keyboard shortcut Ctrl-6: go to last/alternate image
• Added own EXIF orientation handling, removed dependency on libexif
• Fixed various bugs

v1.0 (October 31, 2011)

• Support for multi-frame images & GIF animations
• POSIX compliant (IEEE Std 1003.1-2001)

v0.9 (August 17, 2011)

• Made key and mouse mappings fully configurable in config.h
• Complete code refactoring

v0.8.2 (June 29, 2011)

• POSIX-compliant Makefile; compiles under NetBSD

v0.8.1 (May 8, 2011)

• Fixed fullscreen under window managers, which are not fully EWMH-compliant

v0.8 (April 18, 2011)

• Support for thumbnail caching
• Ability to run external commands (e.g. jpegtran, convert) on current image

v0.7 (February 26, 2011)

• Sort directory entries when using -r command line option
• Hide cursor in image mode
• Full functional thumbnail mode, use Return key to switch between image and thumbnail mode

v0.6 (February 16, 2011)

• Bug fix: Correctly display filenames with umlauts in window title
• Basic support of thumbnails

v0.5 (February 6, 2011)

• New command line option: -r: open all images in given directories
• New key shortcuts: w: resize image to fit into window; W: resize window to fit to image

v0.4 (February 1, 2011)

• New command line option: -F, -g: use fixed window dimensions and apply a given window geometry
• New key shortcut: r: reload current image

v0.3.1 (January 30, 2011)

• Bug fix: Do not set setuid bit on executable when using make install
• Pan image with mouse while pressing middle mouse button

v0.3 (January 29, 2011)

• New command line options: -d, -f, -p, -s, -v, -w, -Z, -z
• More mouse mappings: Go to next/previous image with left/right click, scroll image with mouse wheel (horizontally if Shift key is pressed), zoom image with mouse wheel if Ctrl key is pressed

v0.2 (January 23, 2011)

• Bug fix: Handle window resizes correctly
• New keyboard shortcuts: g/G: go to first/last image; [/]: go 10 images back/forward
• Support for mouse wheel zooming (by Dave Reisner)
• Added fullscreen mode

v0.1 (January 21, 2011)

• Initial release