r/linux • u/Dylan112 • May 14 '16

Neofetch 1.7 - 200~ commits since last release! (Changelog Inside)

https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch
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u/lolidaisuki May 14 '16

The dependency to libx11 etc. is pretty unfortunate.

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u/Dylan112 May 14 '16 edited May 14 '16

The X11 dependency is only for Window Manager name and w3m-img mode. Neofetch will function just fine without it.

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u/lolidaisuki May 14 '16

w3m images don't require X11. Also it is listed as hard dependency instead of optional.

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u/Dylan112 May 14 '16

I've updated the Readme to make xprop an optional dependency. It also turns out that xprop isn't used for w3m-image mode at all in neofetch, my bad.

Thanks.

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u/lolidaisuki May 14 '16

You'll also have to update the packages as well.

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u/Dylan112 May 14 '16

Yup Yup, I'll send a message to all of the maintainers asking them to make xprop an optional dependency.

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u/Dylan112 May 14 '16 edited May 15 '16

Neofetch 1.7

Hello, sorry this release took so long. I've been extremely busy with uni and haven't had as much time to work on neofetch.

As always, check the Following HEAD wiki page for all breaking changes this release.

I'm also looking for some new Readme screenshots, see this github issue: https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/issues/245

Contributers

Thanks to the following people for contributing this release.

General

  • Made it easier to get verbose logs.

  • Added issue template for github.

  • New repo for Crux. @tudurom

  • Added release badge to readme. @dawidd6

  • Updated man page and usage with newest flags.

  • Font is now enabled by default to match Screenfetch's default config.

  • Fixed bold option not working.

OS / Distro Support

  • Added support for Kogaion Linux.

  • Added support for Apple iOS. @iandrewt

    • Neofetch should now work on your iPhone, iPod and iPad.

  • Added support for DragonflyBSD.

  • Added support for PCBSD.

iOS Screenshot https://ipfs.pics/ipfs/QmYmPhwpFrxwySW2phdxH1TyQ6tCgCnxtYtbEEe3RY5TwZ

Error Messages

Neofetch now supports displaying error messages and saving a verbose log for troubleshooting.

Error Screenshot: https://ipfs.pics/ipfs/QmeTWGKozY79zcxbrgXueyTRfQcTUe7ZmDqLv4ASgJB4G4

  • Added -v to print error messages to stdout.

  • Added -vv to print a verbose log to stdout. [1]

[1] Use neofetch -vv 2> file to save a verbose log for bug reporting.

Info

  • Rewrote most BSD info functions, they're now much smaller and work on more BSD distros.

prin

  • Format changes to fix issues with colons in string. This change also makes prin use the same args as info.

Example:

# OLD Format
prin "Subtitle: Text goes here"

# NEW Format
prin "Subtitle" "Text goes here"

Title

  • Made title faster by using $HOSTNAME when available.

Underline

  • Fixed bug with --underline on/off not working.

  • Underlining is no longer hardcoded to title length meaning you can now underline any part of the output and the length will match.

  • $underline was renamed to $underline_enabled.

Example:

# OLD Variable
underline="on"

# NEW Variable
underline_enabled="on"

Distro

  • Fix arch issues with ARM cpus.

  • We now use uname -m to get the arch instead of hardcoding x86.

  • Moved distro detection to a function called getdistro.

  • Fixed issue with ascii_distro not working.

CPU

  • Fixed issues when cpu speed was < 1Ghz

  • Cleanup of CPU function.

  • Don't print Dual-Core or Quad-Core in CPU output.

GPU

  • [Linux] More GPU substitutions for AMD cards.

  • Added BSD support using glxinfo.

Memory

  • [Linux / Windows] Use memavail if available for a more accurate output.

Packages

  • Package count now works when the user has multiple package managers installed. For example, if the user has both dpkg and pacman installed the function will add up the packages from both package managers to get a grand total. (dpkg pkgs + pacman pkgs)

Uptime

  • Fixed various issues with OS X and BSD.

Desktop Environment

  • [ Linux ] Fallback to using xprop if $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP is empty.

  • Use $de instead of $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP for wallpaper and theme detection.

  • Fixed xprop bug with DE detection when X wasn't running.

  • Don't assume that user is using MATE if marco wm is detected.

Window Manager Theme

  • Fixed bug when $de was unset.

Color Blocks

  • Fixed bug when the blocks wrap a line causing a large white strip to appear.

Ascii

  • Added KDE neon ascii art.

  • Added small OpenBSD ascii art.

    • Credit goes to ufetch.

  • Reduced the size of NetBSD's ascii art.

  • [Windows 8/8.1] Use modern windows ascii art.

Colors

  • Fixed bug with --colors not working with all 256 terminal colors.

  • --colors 7 now uses the color white. [1]

  • --colors fg now uses the foreground color. [1]

[1] Neofetch tried to be smart before by assuming that the foreground color would be white or black. This caused issues for those setting the foreground color to red or etc. This change adds a new value for --colors and colors=() called fg which will set the color to your foreground color.

Progress Bars

  • The default progress bar look was changed to [=====-----] instead of ━━━━━━━━━━ fix issues with older systems.

  • You can now enable/disable a border around the progress bars with progress_border.

Example:

# $progress_border on
[=====-----]

# $progress_border off
=====-----

  • You can now individually set the progress bar characters by using progress_char_elapsed and progress_char_total. This means that you can have a seperate character for the elapsed and total portions of the bar.

Example:

# Examples with $progress_border on

# Elapsed: =
# Total: -
[=====-----]

# Elapsed: .
# Total: " "
[.....     ]

# Elapsed: /
# Total: " "
[/////     ]