version 2.1

The final version 2.1 of awesome is available. To download it, see the download page.

This release fixes some bugs, add some features. You can see some changes from 2.0.

  • Fix crashing bug triggered through awesome-client
  • Do not die anymore on bad config file, use a default internal one
  • Add uicbscreenfocus to switch to a specified screen.
  • Add a focus history.
  • Accept --version option.
  • Add spiral and dwindle layouts.
  • Widget-ise the statusbar.
  • Add new widgets: textbox, graph, progress bar, taglist, focustitle, tasklist, iconbox, layoutinfo, netwmicon.
  • We can now have several statusbar.
  • New uicb: focusclientbyname.
  • Partial EWMH support.
  • Switch to autotools based build system.

Thanks to the awesome contributors we had on this release.

(Julien Danjou, Aldo Cortesi, Nikos Ntarmos, marco candrian, Hans Ulrich Niedermann, Thomas Guebels, Robert Millar, Rico Schiekel, Laurent Fousse, Fabienne Ducroquet, Arnaud Fontaine)

Don't hesitate to report bugs and ask or write enhancements on awesome BTS.

Have fun!