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Desktop Info v3.13.0

Version 3.13.0 March 2024 This was going to be a minor release fixing a few bugs in v3.12 but once again I got carried away. I’ve noticed while working on the scaling that some fonts give more accurate height measurements than others. Change 1: Added ‘xr’ and ‘yb’ to absolute positioning to position from the …

Desktop Info v3.12.0

Version 3.12.0 February 2024 I’ve been trying to pin down a random lockup. I’ve found a few possible culprits but I’m not yet convinced I’ve solved it. I’ll continue looking. There’s a lot of code changes in this release. The following is what I can remember, there may be other changes I’ve not documented. I’m …

Desktop Info v3.11.0

Version 3.11.0 October 2023 Change 1: Added FORMCOLOR, TRANSPARENCY, DISPLAY-OFFSETX, DISPLAY-OFFSETY, WIDTH, HEIGHT to both the [options] section and the [items] section. This allows you to make decisions about the display layout during load. See the Options section and keywords for an example. Change 2: Fixed global IMAGE bug. Change 3: Fixed IMAGE bug where …

Desktop Info v3.10.2

Version 3.10.2 May 2023 Change 1: The IMAGE item is now playing better. I’ve added the column option to put the image in the left or right column. Along with the wide, width, align, offset and other options, we have better control of the layout and also the ability to put text alongside the image. …

Desktop Info v3.10.1

Version 3.10.1 March 2023 Change 1: IMAGE now evaluates every cycle according to it’s interval setting so you can change the image on the fly. The down side is it will now attempt to load the image every time it evaluates. Set the interval appropriately. The default interval is 0, evaluate once. Change 2: Added …

Desktop Info v3.10.0

Version 3.10.0 January 2023 Change 1: More work and additions to NETSTATS. Now shows traffic stats for TCP connections. Still researching UDP traffic. The return values have changed. Change 2: Added option to start W mode to the context menu. It’s caption text in the [text] section is menu-wmode. Change 3: Added support for user …

Desktop Info v3.9.0

Version 3.9.0 December 2022 This release has a high number of code changes for relatively few entries in the release notes which makes for a greater risk of breakage. Let me know in the forums (after you’ve read the changes) if you believe something is broken. The old, deprecated NAV buttons in the [options] are …

Desktop Info v3.8.1

Version 3.8.1 November 2022 Change 1: There was an undocumented common option called multirow which is now documented. Change 2: Fixed the arbitrary buffer size and resulting crash when loading the configuration file. Change 3: During configuration load up, when the IF item evaluates to FALSE, it will make the following “eval” number of items …

Desktop Info v3.8.0

Version 3.8.0 October 2022 Remember to change over to the new NAV item and IMAGE item for your logo. Change 1: Fixed the line chart bug where it displays the odd line at the top of the display. Change 2: Added user variables to HTTPGET source option. Change 3: Fixed chart overflow bug. Charts can …

Desktop Info v3.7.0

Version 3.7.0 August 2022 Reminder: The following options are deprecated and will be removed in a future release: • In the [options] section: nav, nav-align, nav-color, logo, logo-width, logo-height, logo-align • In the [text] section: nav-previous, nav-home, nav-next For a banner logo, use the IMAGE item. To place the logo at the top of every …

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