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+
+ ┌──────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Release notes for i3 v4.5    │
+ └──────────────────────────────┘
+
+This is the i3 v4.5. This version is considered stable. All users of i3 are
+strongly encouraged to upgrade.
+
+Most of the changes are cleanups and bugfixes. Due to cleanups, i3 no longer
+  depends on flex/bison at all. Furthermore, libev ≥ 4 is now a hard dependency
+  (libev < 4 is not supported anymore).
+
+One important change to note is that moving windows to a different output will
+  no longer move focus to that output. If you want to have the old behavior,
+  modify the keybindings for moving in your configfile like this:
+
+    bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move workspace 1; workspace 1
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Changes in v4.5            │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+  • docs/hacking-howto: refer people to cr.i3wm.org
+  • docs/ipc: Adds Go IPC lib to the docs.
+  • docs/userguide: remove obsolete sentence about client.background
+  • docs/userguide: be explicit about assignment processing order
+  • docs/userguide: be more clear about the resize command arguments
+  • docs/userguide: fix typo: s/11x/11px/
+  • i3-dmenu-desktop: don’t add “geany” if “Geany” is already present
+  • i3-dmenu-desktop: strip newlines from dmenu ≥ 4.4
+  • i3-dmenu-desktop: skip files with broken utf8 but warn about it
+  • i3-dmenu-desktop: skip broken files (no/empty Exec=) but warn about them
+  • i3-dmenu-desktop: List filenames of .desktop files
+  • i3-dmenu-desktop: remove %i from commandline
+  • i3-nagbar: Work around terminals not supporting -e with quoted arguments
+  • i3-nagbar: use the same font as configured for i3
+  • i3bar: set _NET_SYSTEM_TRAY_COLORS for symbolic icons (gtk3+)
+  • i3bar: don’t use X11 borders to avoid overlapping in hide mode
+  • i3bar: separator color via config; separator width and on/off via ipc
+  • i3bar: Allow min_width of a block in i3bar to be a string
+  • i3-msg: parse command replies and display errors nicely if there were
+    errors
+  • Draw 1px tab separators left/right instead of 2px on the right only
+  • Render tree before destroying X11 containers upon unmap
+  • scratchpad show: move visible scratchpad window from another workspace to
+    focused workspace instead of doing nothing
+  • ignore MotionNotify events generated while warping the pointer
+  • Allow X11 servers which do not support the XKB extension.
+  • remove the urgency indicator when a window is closed
+  • wrap when moving containers to outputs with direction
+  • scratchpad_show: focus unfocused scratchpad window
+  • Split workspace instead of changing orientation
+  • scratchpad: always auto center on 'scratchpad show' if window hasn't been
+    repositioned by the user
+  • Add a new IPC event for changes on windows.
+  • config: accept “smart” as popup_during_fullscreen parameter
+  • Add support for _NET_WM_STATE_DEMANDS_ATTENTION.
+  • Obey WM_SIZE_HINTS's resize increments in floating mode
+  • Do not move focus if a container is moved across outputs
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Bugfixes                   │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+  • Ignore ConfigureRequests for scratchpad windows
+  • Correctly parse `move ... workspace *_on_output`
+  • i3bar: Set separator color properly when drawing
+  • Properly parse commands like “move workspace torrent”
+  • Handle nested transient popups properly
+  • Fix decoration rect size for windows without border
+  • parse outputs as "word", not "string", to ignore trailing whitespace
+  • fix crash when disabling output without any windows
+  • scratchpad: fix crash when moving last window of an invisible workspace
+  • fix coordinates of scratchpad windows on output changes
+  • call scratchpad_show() when focusing scratchpad windows via criteria
+  • fix continuous resize bug in floating mode, e.g. with xbmc
+  • fix “overlapping” --release key bindings
+  • fix IPC messages writes with low buffer sizes
+  • unregister as window manager before restarting (fixes a race condition)
+  • Fix bind[code|sym] --release
+  • remove superfluous #include <xcb/xcb_atom.h>
+  • Makefile: Repect AR environment variable
+  • i3-input: restore input focus on exit()
+  • Also draw right tab border for split containers
+  • Fix scrolling on a tabbed titlebar which contains split cons
+  • Correctly close floating windows
+  • handle MapRequests sent between i3 registering as a wm and handling events
+  • i3bar: fake DestroyNotify and send MANAGER ClientMessages to fix tray restarts
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Thanks!                    │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:
+
+  Adrien Schildknecht, alex, András Mohari, Artem Shinkarov, badboy, bafain,
+  cradle, dcoppa, Donald, dRbiG, eeemsi, else, emias, f8l, Francesco Mazzoli,
+  jasper, joepd, Kacper Kowalik, Kai, knopwob, Marcos, Marius Muja, Mats,
+  MeanEYE, Merovius, oblique, paolo, phlux, Piotr S. Staszewski, pnutzh4x0r,
+  rasi, saurabhgeek92, Sebastian Rachuj, Sebastian Ullrich, slowpoke, Steven
+  Allen, supplantr, Tai-Lin Chu, Tucos, Vivien Didelot, xeen
+
+-- Michael Stapelberg, 2013-03-12
diff --git a/man/asciidoc.conf b/man/asciidoc.conf
index c28f2274..49266923 100644
--- a/man/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/man/asciidoc.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ template::[header-declarations]
 <refentrytitle>{mantitle}</refentrytitle>
 <manvolnum>{manvolnum}</manvolnum>
 <refmiscinfo class="source">i3</refmiscinfo>
-<refmiscinfo class="version">4.4</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="version">4.5</refmiscinfo>
 <refmiscinfo class="manual">i3 Manual</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 <refnamediv>