Xpad

Xpad 4.6.0 "Shoarma"

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Xpad
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Version:
4.6.0
Code name:
Shoarma
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Arthur Borsboom
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9 Arthur Borsboom, 1 Merlijn Sebrechts
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Release notes 

Two new preference options and many bug fixes (see changelog).

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* New: Preferences - The ability to hide the pads from the taskbar (which was previously binded to window decorations) (#1029202)
* New: Preferences - The ability to hide the pads from the workspace switcher (which was previously binded to window decorations) (#1340331)
* Fix: CLI - the show, hide and toggle command-line options have been fixed (#1424081)
* Fix: Menu - Limited the length of the note names in the menu items to 20 characters. This prevents very wide stretched menus.
* Fix: Internationalization - Added and updated the Xpad.pot file to restore the multi-lingual support (#1455888)
* Fix: Help - Set the ability to select and copy the help text (#1415138)
* Fix: Pad focus - Improved the showing and focussing of pads after minimization or creation of a new pad.
* Fix: Pad focus - After deleting a pad, it is conveniant to have the focus on another pad. This fix added that behavior.
* Fix: Performance - Only save the location of the pad to disk when exiting Xpad. This prevents a lot of disk writes when moving pads. (#1459251)
* Fix: Default settings - Window decorations are turned off by default (#1395889)
* Fix: Default settings - Autostart Xpad by default for all users (#1395889)
* Fix: Technical - Code cleanup - removed spaces and indentions
* Fix: Technical - Prevent deprecated error messages when not using configure --enable-debug=yes
* Fix: Technical - Changed preference window type from GtkDialog to GtkWindow (#1395309)
* Fix: Technical - Prevent race condition when application shutdown is requested
* Fix: Technical - Initialized uninitialized variable
* Fix: Technical - Replaced or removed deprecated GTK functions, such as gtk_alignment_new
* Fix: Technical - Removed debugging implementaton, since it was not used and uses unnecessary resources

1 blueprint and 9 bugs targeted

Blueprint Priority Assignee Delivery
better defaults for xpad better defaults for xpad 3 Medium Merlijn Sebrechts  11 Implemented
Bug report Importance Assignee Status
1310291 #1310291 Xpad isn't returned back to the Ubuntu Desktop screen. 3 High Arthur Borsboom  10 Fix Released
1424081 #1424081 Xpad command-line options show, hide and toggle are not working 3 High Arthur Borsboom  10 Fix Released
1395889 #1395889 Better defaults and simpler menus 4 Medium Arthur Borsboom  10 Fix Released
1459251 #1459251 Do not constantly rewrite info-* files 4 Medium Arthur Borsboom  10 Fix Released
1340331 #1340331 Xpad not in workspace switcher, Mint 17 5 Low Arthur Borsboom  10 Fix Released
1395309 #1395309 Xpad preferences window generates warning 5 Low Arthur Borsboom  10 Fix Released
1415138 #1415138 xpad welcome text not selectable 5 Low Arthur Borsboom  10 Fix Released
1455888 #1455888 "delete" and "cancel" buttons not translated 5 Low Arthur Borsboom  10 Fix Released
1029202 #1029202 Option to skip tasklist for note windows 6 Wishlist Arthur Borsboom  10 Fix Released
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