LilyTerm - A light and easy to use libvte based X Terminal Emulator

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2008/7/30 (0.9.6) (Source Code)

For GJK users:

If your vte is >= 0.16.14 (Debian Lenny), and you want to enable VTE_CJK_WIDTH, Please make sure that you had applied the patch on Bug 542795 .

• FIX:

  • Better behavior when run with such as LC_ALL=zh_TW (not zh_TW.Big5).

    Thanks Balázs Hámorszky for reporting this bug.

  • The label of GtkNotebook won't be on-focus-able when tab number = 2.

    Thanks PCMan for fixing this bug.

  • Better compatibility with hyperlink.

• New Feature:

• Applied updated German translation.

  VERY THANKS to Mario Blättermann.

• Switch VTE_CJK_WIDTH = wide/narrow via right click menu.

• Better hyperlink support. You may specify the VTE_CJK_WIDTH and environment used for the hyperlink via edit the profile.

• Every LilyTerm window may use separate environment in single process mode.

• <Ctrl><`> will disable mouse right click menu too.

2008/7/10 (0.9.5) (Source Code)

• FIX:

  • Better compatibility with -e command line option.

• New Feature:

• Applied updated German translation. VERY THANKS to Mario Blättermann.

• Hyperlink support. You may specify the command used for the hyperlink via edit the profile.

  You may use <Ctrl><`> to disable it for temporarily.

  You may disable it by setting `enable_hyperlink = 0' in profile.

• Disable font anti-alias via setting `font_anti_alias = 2' in profile.

• Make the tab to fill the tab bar via setting `fill_tab_bar = 1' in profile.

• Use `tabbar_position = 1' to move the tab bar to the bottom of window.

• Use `scrollbar_position = 2' to place the scroll bar on the right of vte terminal.

  Using `scrollbar_position = 0' to don't use scroll bar.

• You may specify the font/window resize ratio by editing the `font_resize_ratio' and `window_resize_ratio' in profile.

• Support audible_bell by default.

2008/7/2 (0.9.4) (Source Code)

For GCIN Users:

If it always segfault when close the 1st page of LilyTerm, Please update GCIN to 1.4.1 to avoid this problem.

Single Process Mode

LilyTerm supports 'Single Process Mode' from this version.

When LilyTerm is running with 'Single Process mode', Multi LilyTerm will use only one process. The newer launched LilyTerm will be just a new window of 1st launched LilyTerm, so that we may reduce the usage of memory.

Unlike roxterm, gnome-terminal or xfce4-termianl, Every single window of LilyTerm is independent. They may has it's own settings and profile, and won't bother each other.

The disadvantage of 'Single Process' mode is, if the LilyTerm crashed, All the LilyTerm will be dead at the same time.

You may use -s/--separate command line options to force to run LilyTerm in 'Separate Process Mode'.

• New Feature:

• Applied updated German translation. VERY THANKS to Mario Blättermann.

• A warning dialog when creating child process fail.

• Add [New tab with specified locale] to right click menu.

  You need to set the locales_list with full locale name in profile to enable this.

  for instance with `locales_list = ja_JP.EUC-JP zh_CN.GB2312 zh_TW.Big5'.

• If you used a specified profile with -p option, [Save Settings] will save the settings on the specified profile.

• Add -x and -t/--tab command line options support.

  -x is the same as -e/-execute. For compatible with gnome-terminal. BTW, xterm is support -e only.

  And, you may use -t/--tab {number} to open multi tabs when startup.

• Shows the encoding on page name. You may disable it by put `page_shows_encoding = 0' in your profile.

2008/6/9 (0.9.3) (Source Code)

The default function key to close a tab is changed to <Ctrl><Q>.

• FIX:

• Applied updated German translation. VERY THANKS to Mario Blättermann.

• The page name won't be updated when page_shows_current_cmdline = 0 and page_shows_current_dir = 1.

• Rewrite geometry codes. Now the size of LilyTerm should be increased/decreased correctly in all window managers.

• New Feature:

• The text on tab will be bold when on focus or action. You may use bold_current_page_name = 0

  in profile to disable this.

• The text color of tab will be changed if running command with root privileges.

• The text color of tab can be costumed by right click menu.

2008/5/27 (0.9.2) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• All the function keys will be disabled after confirm to close a running vte terminal.
  

2008/5/25 (0.9.1) (Source Code)

The size of LilyTerm can't decrease in fluxbox and evilwm. They are insensitive in gtk+2 focus event, which is used for keep correct geometry in LilyTerm.

There is another project named LilyTerm already, so that LilyTerm will renamed to LunaTerm, and relicense to GPLv3 in next release.

• FIX:

• page_shows_current_cmdline only updates for current page.

• New Feature:

• Applied updated German translation. VERY THANKS to Mario Blättermann.

• Support colorful tab. You may specify the color with:

  page_cmdline_color = darkblue
  page_dir_color = darkgreen
  page_custom_color = darkred
  page_normal_color = black
  

  in your profile, or use `use_color_page = 0' to disable it.

• Shows the PWD (current directory) on page name.

  Enable it will NOT cause performance problem. Lilyterm with 100 tabs causes around 2.3% CPU loading on a Celeron 850 PC.

  You may use `page_shows_current_dir = 0' in profile to disable it.

• Shows PWD or cmdline on page name will stop updating when LilyTerm is not on focus.

• You may use `page_width' in your profile to specify the max size of page, and use `fixed_page_width' to fix the size of page width.

• Always move window to top-left when initing.

• You may use `show_get_function_key_menu' to disable [Get function key value] menu item.

• Add comments in profile.

2008/5/10 (0.9.0) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• <backspace> don't work under emacs.

  Thanks yoyo for report this bug.

• `page_shows_current_cmdline' only enabled under GNU/Linux for temporary.
  

• New Feature:

• Applied German translation.

  VERY THANKS to Mario Blättermann.

• New menu item: [Scrollback lines] and [Clean scrollback lines of this tab].
  

  Thanks lpinkliow for this idea.

• New menu item: [Change the foreground color] and [Change the background color]. You man move the cursor in the color selection dialog and see the result in the vtebox at the same time.

  You man use `show_color_selection_menu = 0' in your profile to disable color selection menu items.

• New menu item: [Save settings].

• DROP:

• menu item [Profile sample] is obsoleted.

2008/5/1 (0.8.9) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• rgba won't be enabled by default if the screen is composited.

• Better compatibility when the font rendering / theme changed too fast.

• New Feature:

• Window opacity is supported, and it will enabled by default if the screen is composited.

  You may use `window_opacity = 0.15' in your profile to specify the opacity.

  You may use `transparent_window = 0' in your profile to disable it.

• May use `show_transparent_menu = 0' to disable transparent/opacity menu items.
  

• New menu item: [Transparent Window] and [Window Opacity].

2008/4/28 (0.8.8) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• Better compatibility with evilwm.
  Thanks to caleb for report this bug.

• rgba don't work with xcompmgr even though `use_rgba = 1'.
  Thanks to caleb for report this bug.

• Better behavior when using transparent background.

• Better behavior when resizing font/window size.

• New Feature:

• [Increase window size] and [Decrease window size] will resize fonts with */ 1.12.

• Using <Ctrl><+> and <Ctrl><-> will resize fonts with +- 1.

2008/4/25 (0.8.7) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• Now LilyTerm works fine with kwin. (It is the window manager of KDE).

  Thanks to swyear and caleb for report this bug.

• Better compatibility with some xorg build in video modules when rgba is enabled.
  

  If you still encounter trouble, like black screen, transparent or colorless text, please insure the following setting:

Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"

is in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.


• Better compatibility when the font rendering / theme changed.

• Use <Ctrl><`> (NOT <Ctrl><~>) to disable function keys.
  

  Thanks to BV1AL for report this bug.

• `screen_width' is rename to `column' in profile.

• `screen_height' is rename to `row' in profile.

• New Feature:
  

• If you're using a composited window manager, rgba will be enabled by default.

  You may use use_rgba = 0 to trun off True Opacity if you're using a composited window manager but you don't want to enable it in LilyTerm.

  You may use use_rgba = 1 to turn on True Opacity if you're using xcompmgr, which can't be resolved by gdk_screen_is_composited().

• you may use show_resize_menu = 0 to disable [Increase window size], [Decrease window size], [Reset to default font/size] and [Reset to system font/size] in menu.

• Now [Change Font] in right click menu will change the font of all tabs.

• Now [Transparent Background] and [Background Saturation] will apply to all tabs.

• New menu item: [Reset to default font/size] will reset every tab to user default font and size.

• New menu item: [Reset to system font/size] will reset every tab to system default font (Monospace 12) and size (80x24).

• DROP:

• Menu item: [Change Font for current tab] is obsoleted.

2008/4/19 (0.8.6) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• The size of vtebox won't be changed if the font rendering / theme changed.

• New Feature:

• support gtk-alternative-button-order.

• Use <Ctrl><~> to disable/enable function keys.

• Support true opacity (rgba) now. (auto detect the screen is composited or not)
  

2008/4/12 (0.8.5) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• The serial no of the tab will shown when reorder the tab even if page_names_no=0.

• Use <Ctrl><O> to select all the text in vte box. <Ctrl><S> is used in rtorrent to start a torrent download.

• The size of vtebox now won't be changed if the GNOME themes changed.

• New Feature:
  

• Reuse the page names. It can been disabled by reuse_page_names = 0 in the profile.

• Shows the foreground running command on tab. It can been disabled by page_shows_current_cmdline = 0 in the profile.

• Shows the foreground running command on window title. It can been disabled by window_shows_current_page = 0 in the profile.

• Confirm to close a tab if there was a foreground running application.

• Use kill() to kill running shell when use <Ctrl><W> or <Alt><F4> to force close this tab. Or the sub-process of this tab will be closed at the same time.
  

  NOTE: please use <Ctrl><D> or exit to close tabs. <Ctrl><W> and <Alt><F4> only used when the foreground program of this tab is no-responds. the foreground program will be close if you pressed <Ctrl><W> to close this tab.
  

• New menu item: [Change the font of every tab].
  

2008/4/7 (0.8.4) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• `screen_with' is rename to `screen_width' in profile.

• New Feature:

• Use <Ctrl><F1~F12> switch to 1st ~ 12th tab.

• Add a serial no in tab name.

• Multi tab names. but it had been disabled by default. You need add page_names = blah blah blah (separate with space) in profile to enable it.

• Use <Ctrl><S> to select all the text in vte box. <Ctrl><A> is the function key of screen.
  

• Use <Ctrl><X> to copy the selected text to clipboard. <Ctrl><C> is used to terminate a program in shell.

• Use <Ctrl><V> to paste the text in clipboard.

• Use <Ctrl><+> to Increase font size

• Use <Ctrl><-> to Decrease font size

• Use <Ctrl><Enter> to Reset font_size

• New menu item: [Get the function key value].

• New menu item: [Increase window size], [Decrease window size], [Reset window size] to menu.

• New menu item: [Profile sample]
  

• New menu item: [Usage]
  

• Menu have icons now.

2008/4/1 (0.8.3) (Source Code)

• New Feature:

• Input method menu. but it had been disabled by default.

  You need add show_input_method_menu = 1 in your profile to enable it.

• Support system config. /etc/xdg/lilyterm.rc by default.

• Confirm before close multi tabs.

• FIX:

• Fixed a segmentation fault error when closing LilyTerm by click [X] on the window title bar directly.

• Using autotools to generate configure/Makefile now.

2008/3/20 (0.8.2) (Source Code)

• A patch from caleb to trim lilyterm. THANKS to caleb!

• New Feature:

• Change the background saturation by right click.

• Now supports -u/--user_profile to use a specified profile.

• New menu item: [reset current tab]

2008/3/19 (0.8.1) (Source Code)

• No more input method patches. Please patch libvte instead! Now LilyTerm works fine with SCIM. [1]

• New Feature:

• New menu item: [transparent background]

• May use `pre_tab_key = NULL' to disable a function key.
  

2008/3/16 (0.8.0) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• the window size of Lilyterm now can resize correctly when adding/removing tabs without dirty patches.

• The window size of Lilyterm will change if opened too many tabs.

• New Feature:

• L10n/i18n support. Call for translators!

• Command line options support.

• Use -h/--help to get the help information.

• Use -e/--execute to run a command after LilyTerm start.

• Use -v/--version to show the version information.

• Use -p/--profile to got a profile sample.

2008/3/14 (0.7.9) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• <a>-<z> was transfered into <A>-<Z> when solving function key.
  Thanks Silice for reporting this bug.

• New Feature:

• Use <Ctrl><Left> to move current page forward.

• Use <Ctrl><Right> to move current page backward.

• Use <Ctrl><Up> to move current page to first.

• Use <Ctrl><Down> to move current page to last.
  

2008/3/12 (0.7.8) (Source Code)

• FIX:
  

• The size of resized window will be recovered to original size if opening a new tab later.

• New Feature:

• Improve (again) the performance when solving function key.

• Add a profile example lilyterm.rc at /usr/share/doc/lilyterm/examples/.

2008/3/11 (0.7.7) (Source Code)

• FIX:
  

• `pre_tab_key' is rename to `prev_tab_key' in profile.

• <backspace> don't work in screen.

• New Feature:

• Got the text column x row when move/drag the window with mouse. (need Window Manager supports it too.)

• The window of LilyTerm now can resize correctly.

• The window increment when resizing is based on the size of single character.

• May use `pre_tab_key = ' to disable a function key. but it won't increase the performance.

2008/3/9 (0.7.6) (Source Code)

• New Feature:

• Now we can use <Ctrl><E> to change the name of current tab.

2008/3/7 (0.7.5) (Source Code)

• FIX:
  

• Function keys won't work if there is no default profile.

• Add Ubuntu package. (Input method bug fixed)

2008/3/7 (0.7.4) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• Will goto next tab when close current tab.

• New Feature:

• Improve (again) the performance when solving function key.

• LilyTerm has a window icon now.

• NEED HELP: can not change the ENVIRONMENT when change the coding. I find no way to change the environment of child process `bash' (not `lilyterm' itself).

2008/3/5 (0.7.3) (Source Code)

• New Feature:

• The directory of new tab will use current tab's PWD.

• Improve the performance when solving function key.

• Add Ubuntu package. <- have a bug in input method.
  

2008/3/4 (0.7.2) (Source Code)

• New Feature:

• Now we can configure the function key via config file. [2]

• Default Function Key:
  

  • New Tab: Ctrl T

  • Close Tab: Ctrl W

  • Prev Tab: Ctrl Page_Up

  • Next Tab: Ctrl Page_Down

  • First Tab: Ctrl Home

  • Last Tab: Ctrl End
    

• COPYING: change from 3-clause BSD to 2-clause BSD.

2008/3/2 (0.7.1) (Source Code)

• FIX:

• Fix a Segmentation fault error. VERY THANKS to letoh!

• New Feature:
  

  • <Ctrl><Home> to switch to the first page.

  • <Ctrl><End> to switch to the first page.

2008/3/2 (0.7.0) (Source Code)

• Initial release.

• Started recording ChangeLog.

2008/2/25 (0.1.0)

• Initial revision.