What's new in Window Switch 0.12.23
Dec 8, 2016
- Xpra 1.0 compatibility fixes
New in Window Switch 0.12.22 (Apr 19, 2016)
New in Window Switch 0.12.21 (May 20, 2015)
- improved compatibility with newer versions of xpra
- fix loading of desktop files with multiple entries
- remove bashism from script
New in Window Switch 0.12.20 (Nov 5, 2013)
- better compatibility with newer versions of xpra
- update application workaround database
New in Window Switch 0.12.19 (Oct 11, 2013)
- Includes changes from the previous Beta version
New in Window Switch 0.12.19 Beta (Jun 29, 2013)
- binary builds library updates all around
- binary builds include latest Xpra 0.9.6
- fix local display session detection with python-utmp
- fix local display detection when running server separately from applet
- fix error handling for VirtualBox session detection
New in Window Switch 0.12.18 (Jun 29, 2013)
- support shadowing via xpra (v0.8 or later)
- don't try to rotate logs error when not logging to file
- refactor and cleanup exec code
- refresh list of users connected when connection state changes
- relax preloaded session parameter matching
New in Window Switch 0.12.17 (Oct 9, 2012)
- fix for platforms without a known installer tool or packagekit
- fix for long keyboard layout names with nx
- fix for log rotation: don't log after rotating!
- fix for xpra v0.7.0 log format
- update debian packaging files
- rename main unix display session using the user's full name if available
- refactor most tests to use common code
- build warnings, missing description strings, fewer errors in logs, etc
New in Window Switch 0.12.16 (Sep 8, 2012)
- fix log file rotation (prevented auto-start on KDE, and other problems)
- fix missing icon for system tray on some platforms/desktops
- fix pre-loading and pre-connection of Xpra sessions
- fix error notifications shown when stopping or disconnecting from a server
- packaging fixes: dependencies updates, version and change detection
- offer to install mDNS support via packagekit on Linux
- source RPMs fixed
New in Window Switch 0.12.15 (Aug 22, 2012)
- fix startup crash on osx
- fix NX and ssh sessions support on MS Windows (would stop working after last session exited)
- fix Xpra "force stop" (now needs password)
- fix GStreamer video: try to use the default video plugin if preferences are not set
- fix mDNS warning on startup (dialog was making the UI unresponsive)
- fix default protocol options were ignored when not using dialogs to start sessions
- fix SELinux warning counter: honour it and only shown the warning 3 times
- support for Xpra 0.5 (new log file format, automatic xvfb settings)
- osx GStreamer fixes: add support for menu, use SDL output (no need for x11)
- osx now includes the Xpra launcher as an embedded application
- use packagekit for installing new protocols easily
- if sshd is not installed, assume that ssh mode will not work
- avoid warning that "xpra is too old" when it is not installed
- various cleanups
New in Window Switch 0.12.14 (Aug 22, 2012)
- xpra use x264 or vpx encoding by default for video applications
- drop compatiblity for xpra versions older than 0.1
- drop compatiblity for winswitch versions older than 0.12.8
New in Window Switch 0.12.13 (Apr 24, 2012)
- Upgrade to latest Python 2.7.3 for osx and win32 builds
- Support for latest xpra features (x264 and vpx encoding)
- Rotate log files by default
- fix error when trying to save preferences
- parse user's application launchers from ~/.local/share/applications if present
- fix icon loading for menu categories
New in Window Switch 0.12.12 (Mar 23, 2012)
- fix missing tray icon with Ubuntu 11.10 (properly this time)
- fix keyboard mapping issues with NX sessions
- fix for xpra sessions wrongly detected as X11 sessions
- new configuration file for each protocol backend, so individual protocols can easily be disabled
- GStreamer codecs were not detected when reloading settings from file
- MS Windows library updates: pywin32 217, Twisted 12, netifaces 0.7, etc
- avoid error when stopping a local embedded connection
- better default sizes for windows so they don't overflow the screen (session info, start app)
New in Window Switch 0.12.11 (Mar 23, 2012)
- fix detection of local displays
- avoid logging errors on disconnection
- fix missing list of audio and video codecs (re-detect on start)
New in Window Switch 0.12.10 (Feb 10, 2012)
- fix laptop suspend bug: ensure we can always re-connect to a server
- fix VNC/NX full desktop sessions start dialog
- upgrade xpra sessions running older versions
- grab existing xpra sessions started externally
- don't bother running the idle check timer when the option is not enabled (or not available)
- in window mode allow enter "enter" and "space" keys to be used to activate buttons in dialogs
- MS Windows clients: disconnect xpra sessions cleanly and remove the system tray