Release History¶
1.0.0 (2020-04-10)¶
- add ZRLE encoding, thanks Adrian Weiler
- drop python2 support
- fix mouseDrag behaviour, thanks Samir Aguiar
0.13.0 (2019-11-21)¶
- new flag –incremental-refreshes, increased compatibility of capture, thanks Amir Rossert
- exit non-zero and print to stderr for unknown commands, thanks Amir Rossert
0.12.1 (2018-12-06)¶
- bugfix expectRegion to use cropped images for compare, thanks Michael Fürnschuß
- direct support for building RPMs, thanks Plamen Dimitrov
0.12.0 (2018-04-07)¶
- connect via UNIX sockets, thanks Matteo Cafasso
- bugfix, XTightVNC initial connection, thanks Antti Kervinen
0.11.2 (2017-09-24)¶
- fix version metadata, thanks Kevin Gottsman
0.11.1 (2017-07-23)¶
- add api.client.disconnect()
- fix python2.x compatibility, thanks Ostrosablin Vitaly
0.11.0 (2017-06-09)¶
- enable PSEUDO_DESKTOP_SIZE_ENCODING by default to allow desktop resizing, thanks rebasegod
- python 3.0 support, thanks jamtwister
- added pastefile command, thanks Rogan Dawes
- debian packaging improvments, thanks Alexander Kläser
- fix loggingproxy, thanks Matthias Weckbecker
0.10.0 (2016-03-03)¶
- drop official 2.6 support, it’ll probably work for a while still
- use frombytes rather than fromstring for compatibility with PIL
- vnclog works with password protected servers using –password-required
- exit more reliably after an error
- use increatmental frameBufferUpdateRequests, appears to be compatible with more servers
- include basic version negotiation with servers, thanks Ezra Bühler
0.9.0 (2015-05-08)¶
- add special keys [~!@#$%^&*()_+{}|:”<>?] to –force-caps, for servers that don’t handle them, Tyler Oderkirk, Aragats Amirkhanyan
- improve vnclog performance with TCP_NODELAY, Ian Britten
- by default pause 10ms between sending commands, better compatability with servers
- better handle screen resizing, Daniel Stelter-Gliese
- API, fix deadlocks due to threaded init of PIL, thanks Antti Kervinen
- API, support password protected server, thanks Antti Kervinen
- API, able to connect to multiple servers, Daniel Stelter-Gliese
- drop official support for py2.4 and py2.5
- use Pillow rather than PIL
Thanks to Jan Sedlák, Daniel Stelter-Gliese, Antti Kervinen, Anatoly Techtonik, Tyler Oderkirk and Aragats Amirkhanyan for helping make this release possible
0.8.0 (2013-08-06)¶
- improved documentation using sphinx
- regional capture and expect that operate on a portion of the display
- –force-caps, better compatibility when sending UPPERCASE to servers
- –timeout, exit with an error after a given number of seconds
- experimental syncronous API for easier intergration with non-Twisted apps
0.3.0 (2012-12-22)¶
- main program renamed to vncdo, vncdotool continues an alias for now
- use host:display, host::port syntax like other vnc tools, removed -d
- read/play commands from stdin or file
- vnclog, creates scripts from captured interactive sessions
- better control over mouse in screen captures with –nocursor and –localcursor
- mousemove, sleep command aliases to match xdotool
- keyup/keydown commands for more control over keypresses
- send SetEncodings on connect, thanks Matias Suarez for fix
- debian packaging
- type “Hello World” now preserves capitalization
- basic compatibility with VNC 4.0 servers, found in some KVMs
- improved frameUpdate handling
- –warp to replay script faster than real-time
- –delay, insert a delay between sending commands
0.2.0 (2012-08-07)¶
- add pause, mouseup, mousedown, drag commands
- only require Twisted 11.1.0, so we can have py2.4 support
- bugfixes, thanks Christopher Holm for reporting
- vncdotool type -something now works
- no longer silently fail for unsupported image formats
0.1.1 (2011-05-18)¶
- add PIL to requires
- fix bug where incorrect mouse button is sent
0.1.0 (2011-03-03)¶
- first release
- commands: press, type, move, click, capture, expect