What's new in xcowsay 1.6
Jun 11, 2023
- Fix portability issues with signed vs unsigned chars in the config file parser (thanks to Charlène Wendling).
- The -t option now allows fractional time values (e.g. -t 0.5 to display for half a second).
- Set window type hint to notification to avoid shadows and other decorations (thanks to Markus Demleitner).
- Add support for right-to-left text (thanks to @ilevi-code).
New in xcowsay 1.5.1 (Jun 11, 2023)
- Fix black squares around cow and bubble on non-compositing window manager.
New in xcowsay 1.5 (Jun 11, 2023)
- Updated from Gtk2/GDK to Gtk3/Cairo. Note that because of the removal of the `gtk_widget_shape_combine_mask' API that xcowsay used for transparency, we now rely on the alpha channel of the window and a compositing window manager for this.
- As a side effect of this, the bubble is now anti-aliased, fixing a long-standing issue.
- Unfortunately running xcowsay without a compositor is no longer supported. If this affects you please continue to use 1.4 as there are no functional changes in 1.5.
- The cow position is more random (thanks to Tony Finch).
New in xcowsay 1.4 (Jun 11, 2023)
- Fixed various usages of deprecated Gtk features
- Allow values with quotes to be set in the config file
- Fixed a crash when the -r option was used without a value
- Added a --release option to close the window on mouse button release
New in xcowsay 1.3 (Nov 12, 2010)
- This release fixes a number of minor bugs and adds several requested features including: word wrapping if text is too wide to fit on the screen; an option to display the bubble on the left side of the cow; an option to display the cow with no timeout; and updated translations.
New in xcowsay 1.1 (Aug 31, 2008)
- This version adds a new "dream" mode that displays images in the cow's thought bubble.
- There's also a new "think" mode that displays text in a thought bubble.
- Many bugs from 1.0 have been fixed.