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diff --git a/releasenotes/1.6.0/release-1.6.0.markdown b/releasenotes/1.6.0/release-1.6.0.markdown index aa2be81f..b92d9333 100644 --- a/releasenotes/1.6.0/release-1.6.0.markdown +++ b/releasenotes/1.6.0/release-1.6.0.markdown @@ -15,14 +15,24 @@ have been possible. ## Script mode +Rofi now communicates some information back to the script using environment variables. +The most important one, is `ROFI_RETV`, this is equal to the return value in dmenu mode. +It can have the following values: - * Support for invisible search text - * Support for passing extra information back on selection - * Support for custom keybindings - * Support for custom delimiter - * Support for dmenus no-custom option + * **0**: Initial call of script. + * **1**: Selected an entry. + * **2**: Selected a custom entry. + * **10-28**: Custom keybinding 1-19 +To fully read up on all features of script mode, there is now a `rofi-script(5)` manpage. + +Some of the new features are: + + * Search invisible text + * Pass extra information back on selection + * Support for a custom delimiter + * Support for dmenus no-custom option ## Theme @@ -32,12 +42,24 @@ There have been a set of tweaks to the theme format, making it more flexible and ### Listview flexibility -Instead of the listview having a hacked textbox as elements. It now re-uses existing widgets like box, icon and textbox. -This way you can re-structure how it looks. For example put the icon above the text. +This is one of the biggest change, instead of the listview having a hacked +textbox as elements. It now re-uses existing widgets like box, icon and +textbox. This way you can re-structure how it looks. For example put the icon +above the text.  +With theme: + +```css +element { + orientation: vertical; +} +``` + +This will make the box `element` put `element-icon` and `element-text` in a vertical list. + ### Calculation support in theme format. @@ -50,6 +72,9 @@ window { } ``` +It supports: `-`, `+`, `/`, `*` and `%` operators and they should be surrounded by whitespace. + + ### Initial media support This is a very initial implementation of CSS like `@media` support. This allows you to modify the theme |