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Release Notes for HelenOS mainline
Note: This document is a draft describing a future HelenOS release and is subject to change. The software described here has not been released yet. To get these latest and greatest features now, check out our Git master. (But you will also get the latest bugs).
HelenOS version (codename) was released on date.
This document contains a summary of changes made to HelenOS since release previous release.
Special Notes for this Release
Features Introduced in This Release
General
Kernel
User Interface
- Windows can now be minimized (and unminimized)
- Active window is now highlighted in the task bar
- Added system menu to make WM functions accessible via keyboard (use F10, arrow keys)
- Added generic list control (in addition to file list)
- Menu entries can now be disabled
- Menus will pop up above the menu bar if the do not fit below
- Menus will not be obscured by task bar
- Support for multple seats (i.e. multi-seat)
- Fixed menu accelerator keys not working when Caps Lock is enabled
Services and Drivers
- In addition to Ctrl-key and Shift-key, serial console now supports Alt-key combinations
- Useful e.g. for opening menus
File Systems
Networking
Applications
- New UI and command-line display configuration utilities (
display-cfg
anddisp
) for configuring seats
Libraries
loc_server_register()
can be called more than once- So that more components in one task can independently register services
- Added complementary function
loc_server_unregister()
Miscellaneous
Regressions in This Release
- For the list of regressions since the previous release, see this report.
- Notable regressions
Fixed Logged Bugs & Enhancements
- For the list of all logged defects fixed in this release, see this report.
- For the list of all logged enhancements integrated in this release, see this report.
Known Bugs
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Text Editor ported to UI library (with menu bar and dialog window)
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Navigator (HelenOS file manager)
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