Release notes for i3 tree-pr4
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This is the fourth PREVIEW RELEASE for the tree branch. It is *NOT* part of
i3’s regular releases and should *NOT* be packaged in the usual way for
distributions. Instead, provide a separate, unofficial package if possible.

The so called tree branch is the place where the next version of i3 is
developed. This time, we did a major code refactoring bringing many changes.
The idea is to use a tree as datastructure instead of separate lists (like one
for outputs, workspaces and a table for storing your window layout).

Quite a few advantages arise from this new data structure. The most prominent
ones will be a slightly different look and feel, the possibility to store your
layout and restore it later, correct resizing, a much cleaner command parser
and more little improvements.

This release is considered a release candidate for i3 v4.0. We will not make
big changes and plan to release v4.0 in a few weeks.
With this release, we want to gather feedback from you, so please
report any bugs you encounter in our bugtracker at http://bugs.i3wm.org/

What should be working in this release?
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 • Basic window management, navigation, moving
 • Fullscreen mode, correct aspect ratio
 • Stacked/Tabbed layout, floating mode
 • Splitting (for fancy layouts), resizing
 • Restarts (preserving the layout), crash handler
 • RandR changes, keyboard layout changes
 • Dock clients
 • Assignments
 • Config file compatibility
 • i3bar, get it from http://git.merovius.de/

 -- Michael Stapelberg, 2011-07-15