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v0.4.3
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2026-10-07 13:46:16 +00:00 | 1 commits to master since this release- Backlight: a config with a
!backlightwidget on a machine without/sys/class/backlightentries (or with adevicename that does not exist) panicked at start ("did not find backlight device"), fatal withpanic = "abort". The widget now warns once on stderr, renders empty and ignores clicks, so one config can be shared between a laptop and a desktop.
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- Backlight: a config with a
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v0.4.2
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2026-10-03 09:50:02 +00:00 | 2 commits to master since this release- Fonts: a
font_pathsentry pointing at a file that does not exist on this machine made the font-loader thread panic and abort wldash ("Font file not found"). Pinned paths that are missing now fall back to fontconfig by name, with one line on stderr; a font that cannot be resolved at all exits with a clear message instead of a backtrace. --write-default-configno longer writes absolute font paths. Configs shared between machines with different font package layouts (fonts/notovsfonts/google-noto) were breaking on the second host; names are resolved per machine instead. Existing configs keep working, andfont_pathscan still pin a file on purpose.
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- Fonts: a
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v0.4.1
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2026-10-03 09:42:50 +00:00 | 3 commits to master since this release- No more desktop-file cache: wldash scanned
~/.cache/wldash/desktop.json(on NFS for shared homes, and stale after every package install) and needed a manual--desktop-refresh. Desktop files are now scanned on a background thread at every start, a few milliseconds over local/usr/share.--desktop-refreshis a no-op kept for key bindings;simd-jsonis gone. - Calculator history and the Escape-saved prompt moved from
$XDG_CACHE_HOME/wldashto$XDG_STATE_HOME/wldash(~/.local/state), where small roaming state belongs; old files are still read. - Launcher:
Type=Linkentries open their URL withxdg-open;Terminal=trueentries run inside$TERMINAL -ewhen that variable is set.
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- No more desktop-file cache: wldash scanned
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v0.4.0
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2026-10-03 09:28:23 +00:00 | 5 commits to master since this releaseFirst release of the project.uhhm.no fork, packaged for the
[uhhm]Arch registry. Numbering: upstream's old code base was tagged up to v0.3.0 and the rewrite called itself 0.2.0; this fork continues above both so pacman sees a monotonic version.- Launcher: the prompt cursor was a byte offset in some places and a grapheme index in others, so typing æøå and then End or another key crashed wldash. The cursor is grapheme-based everywhere, Up stops at the last row, mouse selection can't underflow, and all desktop Exec field codes (
%i,%c,%k,%%, ...) are stripped. - No more aborting on machines without a backlight, battery or PulseAudio:
/sys/class/backlightitself was taken for a device, UPower's always-present DisplayDevice for a battery, and a failed audio connection panicked a thread (fatal withpanic = "abort"). - Redraws:
Geometry::expandcomputed the damage height from the wrong field; buffer refcounts no longer underflow;wl_shm_pools are destroyed on resize. - Input: a key-repeat rate of 0 divided by zero; Escape is now seen by the launcher first so the prompt is saved for Ctrl+R; the first layer-surface configure always lays out.
- Config:
/etc/wldash/config.ymltakes precedence over~/.config/wldash/config.ymlwhen present (machine-local layout on NFS-shared homes);--configoverrides both. Errors print one line and exit 1 instead of panicking. - Housekeeping:
memmap→memmap2, unusedshlexdropped, zero rustc/clippy warnings, rustfmt applied, unit tests for the prompt, Exec parsing and geometry.
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- Launcher: the prompt cursor was a byte offset in some places and a grapheme index in others, so typing æøå and then End or another key crashed wldash. The cursor is grapheme-based everywhere, Up stops at the last row, mouse selection can't underflow, and all desktop Exec field codes (