Amethyst 0.17.0 Beta

[ianyh]

• Support for extending existing layouts with custom layouts.
  • Note: this includes a fix for encoding of window frames provided to getFrameAssignments that is a potentially breaking change for some custom layouts.
• Support for setting a maximum number of displayed windows. Thanks, @MutatingFunc!
• Support for disabling screen padding on native display. Thanks, @anthdono!
• Support for XDG config hierarchies. Thanks, @cowboy-bebug!
• Fix for not respecting option to not follow windows through space transitions. Thanks, @EvanDorsky!
• Fix for incorrectly considering small windows.
• Fix for an incorrect handling of lack of floating definition.

Full Changes

• adds rest of layouts to sample config file by @dmartzol in adds rest of layouts to sample config file #1307
• Fix small typo by @max-sixty in Fix small typo #1312
• Add autominimize setting (AKA window limit) by @MutatingFunc in Add autominimize setting (AKA window limit) #1083
• Support XDG config by @cowboy-bebug in Support XDG config #1324
• Send console.log in custom layouts to syslog by @rickythefox in Send console.log in custom layouts to syslog #1322
• Window limit by @MutatingFunc in Window limit #1319
• Issue 1306: Fix "Follow thrown windows between spaces" setting not working by @EvanDorsky in Issue 1306: Fix "Follow thrown windows between spaces" setting not working #1333
• Added option to disable screen padding on built-in display by @anthdono in Added option to disable screen padding on built-in display #1293
• Always treat quick swapped windows as "tabs" by @ianyh in Always treat quick swapped windows as "tabs" #1360
• Fix consideration of small windows by @ianyh in Fix consideration of small windows #1362
• Fix the negative logic of floating list by @ianyh in Fix the negative logic of floating list #1363
• Allow extending existing layouts by @ianyh in Allow extending existing layouts #1366
• A slew of dependency updates by @ianyh in A slew of dependency updates #1368
• Update min os version in readme by @ianyh in Update min os version in readme #1369

New Contributors

• @dmartzol made their first contribution in adds rest of layouts to sample config file #1307
• @max-sixty made their first contribution in Fix small typo #1312
• @MutatingFunc made their first contribution in Add autominimize setting (AKA window limit) #1083
• @cowboy-bebug made their first contribution in Support XDG config #1324
• @EvanDorsky made their first contribution in Issue 1306: Fix "Follow thrown windows between spaces" setting not working #1333
• @anthdono made their first contribution in Added option to disable screen padding on built-in display #1293

Full Changelog: v0.16.1...v0.17.0b

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This discussion was created from the release Amethyst 0.17.0 Beta.