News

2012-02-24 Version 2.5.1
  • Debian packaging now managed by git-buildpackage.
  • Removed autoconf support.
  • Improved close window/tab warning options.
  • Implemented dark theme option.
  • --tab only reuses windows on current workspace.
  • Generated graphics are included in tarballs.
  • Ubuntu PPA moved to https://launchpad.net/~h-realh/+archive/roxterm
2011-11-24 Version 2.3.1
  • New bespoke build system, maitch.
2011-08-21 Version 2.0.1
  • Uses GTK+3 by default, GTK+2 support still available.
  • Added search functionality.
  • Added support for file URIs.
  • Much improved tab bar.
  • Uses GtkBuilder instead of libglade.
2011-06-02 Version 1.22.1
  • Improved compositing support.
  • Added --role option.
  • --xclass and --xname options removed. --name and/or --class are alternatives but should be used in conjunction with --separate. Use --role if you need a per-window identifier.
  • Tries to avoid creating redundant session state files. Consider running 'rm ~/.config/roxterm.sourceforge.net/Sessions/*' to clean up the stale files created before this version.
2011-02-12 Version 1.21.1
  • Support TERM setting with vte >= 0.26.
  • Command line options to set window class hints.
  • Window title can be configured in profiles.
2010-11-17 Version 1.20.0
  • Improved terminal geometry management.
  • Changes to tab/window title handling.
2010-09-21 Version 1.19.1
  • New website design by Cameron Sampson.
  • Spanish translation by Félix Medrano Sanz.
  • Switched from subversion (svn) to git for VCS.
  • Rewritten code for multiple tab management.
2010-03-23 Version 1.18.1
  • Supports X session management.
  • Rudimentary ssh support.
  • Profile editor redesign, including new fullscreen & maximise options.
  • New menu items to open a terminal with a specific profile.
  • Ability to restart a command.
  • Always show tabs is on by default and single tabs only take up as much space as they need.
2008-09-13 Version 1.13.0
  • Options to warn before closing windows
  • Use -T instead of -t to set title (for x-terminal-emulator)
  • New --tab option
  • Man pages are in main distribution instead of Debian only
2008-05-20 Version 1.12.0
  • i18n support
  • Fixed command line parsing
  • "Hidden" tabs option
  • --title option
2008-03-27 Version 1.11.0
  • Fixed and improved colour scheme dialog
  • Terminal title bar string can be customised
2007-12-31 Version 1.9.0
  • Enhanced tab options (mostly thanks to Sven Schnelle)
2007-09-11 Version 1.7.0
  • Added zoom and fullscreen facilities
  • New windows/tabs have same cwd as the terminal they're opened from
  • Official Debian packages are available for 1.5.2 onwards instead of my unofficial ones
  • CLI options have changed
2007-08-22 Version 1.6.0
  • Removed extraneous Debian packages
  • Many messages are now shown in dialog boxes instead of logged to console
  • Added option to wrap around when switching tabs
2007-03-23 Version 1.5.1
  • Debianised
2006-07-05 Version 1.2.0
  • Encodings are a separate family of settings instead of being part of a profile
2006-06-20 Version 1.1.0
  • Much improved drag & drop support
  • roxterm-capplet renamed to roxterm-config
  • Runs all terminals in a single process by default
2006-05-30 Version 1.0.3
  • Terminal window and capplet background image widget are now drag & drop destinations.
2006-04-29
  • First full release.
2006-02-27
  • CVS discontinued. Use subversion (svn) fron now on.
2006-02-27 Version 0.11.0
  • Migration to keyfile options done! Make sure you read README if you were using an older version.
2006-02-26 Version 0.10.14
  • Everything now apparently complete and working except for docs. Going to use keyfiles instead of XML before release.
2006-02-25 Version 0.10.11
  • Nearly everything now works (or seems to!) save for roxterm taking appropriate action when a shortcut scheme is renamed or deleted.
2005-07-07 Version 0.9.7
  • The profile editor dialogue is just about complete, including keyboard shortcuts, but not yet tooltips (tomorrow)
2005-06-05
  • Added functional background tab to profile editor.
  • Can't be bothered to maintain a fully detailed changelog any more. Nobody could possibly be that interested, and if they were they could use CVS anyway. This will probably have a knock-on effect on NEWS and make it confined to full releases and stuff not directly related to code changes.
2005-04-06
  • Now installs correctly when not using ROX
2005-04-06
  • Terminal can now launch capplet to edit current profile
2005-04-05
  • Tidied up build system
2005-04-04
  • Matches email addresses and launches mailer
2005-04-02
  • A working, but incomplete capplet, using dbus 0.22
2004-11-28
  • Shortcuts XML file has changed from using attributes to content for key name
  • I've started building the config applet. It opens a dialogue but doesn't do much with it yet