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* new environment variable KWIN_DBUS_SERVICE_SUFFIX | * new environment variable KWIN_DBUS_SERVICE_SUFFIX | ||
* kwin_wayland can use a wl_subsurface to render the cursor | |||
* libinput support in kwin_wayland | |||
* default window and desktop switcher moved to look'n'feel package in plasma-workspace, all other switchers moved to kdeplasma-addons. | |||
* removed build option KWIN_BUILD_SCREENEDGES | |||
* improved multi-screen support | |||
* new window decoration framework | |||
= 5.1 = | = 5.1 = | ||
Latest revision as of 08:10, 2 December 2014
5.2
- new environment variable KWIN_DBUS_SERVICE_SUFFIX
- kwin_wayland can use a wl_subsurface to render the cursor
- libinput support in kwin_wayland
- default window and desktop switcher moved to look'n'feel package in plasma-workspace, all other switchers moved to kdeplasma-addons.
- removed build option KWIN_BUILD_SCREENEDGES
- improved multi-screen support
- new window decoration framework
5.1
- new binary kwin_wayland
- kwin_wayland supports starting the X-Server it needs to connect to
- Wayland (client) connection is hold in a thread
- use of libepoxy
- use of atlas texture for window decorations in OpenGL compositor
- support for EGL_EXT_platform_x11 and EGL_EXT_platform_wayland
5.0
- Code base uses C++11
- Port to Qt 5 and KDE Frameworks 5
- Support for "native" graphics system in Qt got removed
- DBus interface got cleaned up, deprecated methods are removed
- New Window Switcher mode which puts thumbnails into a sidebar
- New Background Contrast Effect
- Lanczos Filter does no longer check the graphics effects level
- Libkdecoration received cleanup and various new API features
- kwin_gles does not exist any more, KWin follows Qt's OpenGL choice
- Window Decoration configuration module can render interactive previews for QWidget based decorations (e.g. Oxygen)
- Window Decoration (and Alt+F3 menu) can follow the color scheme from the decorated window
- Window Specific Rule to specify the color scheme for the window decoration of a given window
- KWin effects specify an URL to a demo video (used by new effect configuration module)
- Client uses QIcon instead of set of QPixmap for the window's icon
- Better support for windows of type notification
- Built-in effects are no longer provided as a plugin, but linked against KWin
- KWin is kept responsive while the effects are getting loaded
- Wayland backend for the XRender scene
- QPainter based compositor for Wayland
- Better detection on when KWin should use Wayland
- Compositing gets enforced in Wayland mode
- Support for Client showing on ScreenEdge, see KWin/Screen_Edges
- KDecorations installs a KDecorationsConfig.cmake
- Removed build option KWIN_MOBILE_EFFECTS
- Removed build option KWIN_BUILD_SCRIPTING
- on all desktop window decoration button is only shown if at least two virtual desktops
- Removed taskbar thumbnails effect
- Removed OpenGL 1 (legacy) support (including build option KWIN_BUILD_OPENGL_1_COMPOSITING)
- Outline uses QtQuick
- Config option to switch between GLX and EGL
- Only one DBus service: "org.kde.KWin"
- DBus object /TabBox is no longer exported
- TabBox does no longer support the embedded mode
- Binary renamed to kwin_x11
- kwincompositing KCM got replaced by a new kwineffects kcm which just configures all the effects and by a new kwincompositing kcm which just configures the compositor.