After almost a year since the release of Fluxbox 1.0.0 in October 2007, its newest version (1.1.0) is now available. It introduces some new commands such as Attach, ClientMenu, SetDecor, new options to client patterns like fullscreen, shaded, urgent, as well as some important bug fixes like, for instance, for the gcc 2.96 compile problem.

One important adjustment present in this version is the window cycling syntax, which behaves a bit differently now. The format of window cycling functions has been changed from a bitmask to a list of options separated by commas and enclosed in {} followed by a pattern, much like the one used in the apps file.

New placement policies are featured, {Row,Col}MinOverlapPlacement, which behave similarly to {Row,Col}SmartPlacement if the window fits. The difference is that they fall back on minimizing overlap with other windows, and don't use the CascadePlacement.

Other changes include new Resize modes (NearestEdge, Left, Right, Top and Bottom), new modifiers to keys file, like OnToolbar and OnWindow, and some new or updated translations (de_AT, de_CH or mk_MK). An intuitive and useful command line option has been introduced (-list-commands), which shows a list of commands you can perform in Fluxbox.

Here are two lists of important additions this version brings:

New commands:   

· Attach
· ClientMenu
· Delay
· Focus
· ForEach
· GoToWindow
· If
· StartMoving
· StartResizing
· StartTabbing
· SetDecor
· SetTitle
· SetTitleDialog
· SetLayer

New options to client patterns:

· focushidden
· fullscreen
· head
· iconhidden
· layer
· minimized
· maximized
· shaded
· stuck
· transient
· urgent
· workspace
· workspacename

For a more detailed reference to the changes and features of this release, see the official official announcement.

About Fluxbox

Floxbox is a window manager for the X Window System, which was developed using C++ based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code, and licensed under the MIT-License (more accurately called the X11 license). It puts together two of the most sought after qualities for this type of software: decent system requirements (and ease of use) and a great number of features, which results in a very enjoyable desktop experience.

Try out Fluxbox 1.1.0 for yourself! Get it right now  from Softpedia.