Index

Changes

Version 0.1.7

• Included Italian localization (thanks to Besom).
• Released source code.

Version 0.1.6

• Included Japanese localization (thanks to Besom).
• Fixed some issues with font size calcuation.
• Fixed an issue which caused the deskbar replicant tooltip not to be shown.

Version 0.1.5

• Fixed an issue where the localization files where read from the wrong directory during installation if TaskManager was previously installed on that machine.
• The last selected tab in the main window is restored after a restart.
• Fixed some issues with the update of the team list.
• Team list updates: now correctly displays CPU usage of 100% (in previous versions the string was truncated); dispays resize cursor over column resize areas.

Version 0.1.4

• Added scripting properties to access the currently running teams (see Scripting Properties documentation for details).
• The X-Kill window can be accessed through a context menu entry of the deskbar replicant.
• Fixed some bugs in tooltip handling code of the deskbar replicant.
• The currently selected team is highlighted in the Teams tab during the drag of the X-Kill crosshair.

Version 0.1.3

• Deskbar replicant displays a bar for every CPU in a multiprocessor system (finally).
• Added volume information (capacity, used bytes etc.) to the performance information.
• Some small bugfixes.
• Help button in the "New team" dialog.
• Language file for spanish (thanks to Double S).
• Some internal code changes.

Version 0.1.2

• Opens now the default browser to display links and help files.
• Better installer.
• Multiple language support. Currently English, French and German are supported.
• X Kill: Simply kill teams by dropping a crosshair on one of their windows.
• New command line option: --install. Shows the installation dialog. This way you can change the languge after installation.

Version 0.1.1

• Removed some run-time warnings (like "Call of IsHidden() without window lock").
• Support for the new R5 deskbar addon API. This means it is no longer necessary to modify the UserBootscript.
• Displays a Net+ like cursor when the mouse hovers over a link.
• Compiled and tested PPC version.
• Some modifications for one button mice context menu support.
• Added help button to some dialogs.

Version 0.1.0

• Added performance tab.
• Added plugin API.
• Removed all performance information code (CPU usage of teams/threads, memory usage etc.) from the main application and moved it to default plugin (taskmanager_default.so).
• Added LM78 motherboard sensor plugin (lm78.so). The plugin depends on the lm78 driver which is part of Sensor2.
• Extended scripting properties. Now almost all parts of the UI of taskmanager can be changed via scripting.
• Less flickering during resize.
• Removed a bug which could cause the application to crash when the context menu of a team was opened.
• If you try to kill a team which is controlled by a debugger a dialog pops up asking you if you want to kill the debugger.

Version 0.0.9

• Faster listview redraw thanx to DrawBitmapAsync().
• Sorting bugs in the listview fixed. In the former version the list view could not be sorted by "Memory Usage (absolute)".
• The position of the deskbar replicant's tooltip depends now on the corner of the screen the deskbar is attached to.
• The views in the usage tab have a one pixel sunken border.
• In the last versions sometimes a B_MOUSE_UP message was lost. This resulted in moving the selection in the team view, even if the mouse was not down. This was caused by the B_ASYNCHRONOUS_CONTROLS flag which was set for the window.
• I reached a significant display speedup, if only the "Usage" tab is displayed. In the last versions every view requested its own system_info structure for each pulse cycle. In this version the system_info is cached and only requested once per cycle. This results in an overall speedup of 120% on my computer.
• Every team has a context menu entry which allows the user to send a B_QUIT_REQUESTED message to that team. If the team isn't reacting on that request within 10 seconds, a dialog pops up, asking if you want to kill that team.
• A double click on the deskbar replicant even works on areas which are obscured by the tooltip.
• You can set the priority of a team.

Version 0.0.8

• Less LED view flickering
• New commandline option:

  --tweak_deskbar

  Make deskbar topmost and then quit. You can use your UserBootscript (/boot/home/config/boot/) to make the deskbar topmost, every time the computer comes up. Simply add the line <dir>/TaskManager --tweak_deskbar

• The user can select the columns of the team view in the settings dialog.
• CPU usage and memory usage are displayed as bars in the team view.
• Some internal changes (Usage of scripting properties instead of custom messages, template singleton class for dialog windows).

Version 0.0.7

• Replicant graph views have context menu to:
  • Change update speed
  • Select CPU (for CPU Graph Views, if multiple CPUs are installed)
• Added border and context menu to deskbar replicant. It also shows a small tooltip with the current CPU usage.
• Added command line options:

  --help	Display help text.
  --show_deskbar_rep	Add replicant to deskbar and quit.
  --hide_deskbar_rep	Remove replicant from deskbar and quit.

• GUI is now totally font sensitive. My old code assumed the font size to be <= 12. But with Marco Nelissen's FontSelector utility the user can specifiy font sizes up to 99. This is handled correctly now.
• Included settings dialog which currently contains two settings:

  "Don't hide deskbar replicant on close."	Don't remove the deskbar replicant when the application is closed. The replicant remains visible. A double click on it fires the taskmanager up again.
  "Hide system teams"	Hide the system teams (the blue ones) in the team view.

• Entering a character in the team view, scrolls to teams that start with that character.
• Added option to display the taskmanager in all workspaces.
• Removed a bug, which crashed the taskmanager after closing the "About TaskManager" window.
• The taskmanager includes a new improved blur code for the about box. It features alpha blending, constant speed independent of the size of the blur matrix and real-time hilbert dithering. THANKS CHRIS!

Version 0.0.6

• Removed some memory leaks.
• Added "New Team" dialog which allows to launch new teams. It remembers the last seven filenames and supports drag'n'drop from the tracker.
• Added context menu to team view entries.
• Speeded up listview draw.
• Double click on entry in team view activates team.
• About window contains link to homepage.
• Added warning dialog if user tries to kill a team. These dialogs can be disabled through a checkbox in the warning alert. If the user disables the warning for normal teams it's still displayed for system teams.
• Don't allow user to kill kernel team (which is impossible anyway...)
• Display system teams in differnt color.
• Kill button is disabled, when no team is selected.
• Fixed assertion fail when window is displayed fullscreen on very big screens (width>=1600).
• Even less listview flickering.
• Team view display default icon if an application has no icon stored in its resources.
• Uses ui_color() and tint_color() to get default UI colors.
• Double click on a column separator resizes the column to fit the broadest content.
• Views in Usage tab are replicants. (You can drag them to the Desktop! Simply activate "Show Replicants" in the Deskbar menu and grap them on their handles. A dotted outline appears. Now you can drop them on the desktop. To get rid of the desktop replicants right-click on their handle and select "Delete")
• The Taskmanager automatically adds itself to the MIME database.

Version 0.0.5

• Listview displays sortmode (ascending, descending, no sort) with a little arrow in the column header.
• Listview underlines prinary sort key and "underdotts" secundary sort key.
• Saves and restores settings and location of the main window.
• Saves and restores column settings (sort mode, width, and display order)

Version 0.0.4

• New icon
• New about box with blur effect.

Version 0.0.3

• Displays team information in multicolumn list view.
• Displays CPU usage as deskbar replicant. Doubleclick on the deskbar replicant activates main window.
• Selectable update speeds

Version 0.0.2

• Added team information tab with simple listview.

Version 0.0.1

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