Wine 9.19: Wayland, Unicode and DirectPlay Improvements

Wine developers have released version 9.19, which contains a number of significant improvements.

Major changes in Wine 9.19 include:

  • Enhanced Unicode support: Character tables have been updated to Unicode 16.0.0, which provides more accurate display of text in various languages ​​and the use of modern characters. This should lead to improved compatibility with applications that use extended character sets.

  • Wayland Improvements: Fixed issues with window positioning in the Wayland driver. This is a step towards smoother and more stable Wine operation in environments using Wayland as the host. Server displays.

  • Expanded DirectPlay support: Added support for network sessions in DirectPlay. This will improve the performance of multiplayer modes in older games that use this API.

  • Improved handling of device connection/disconnection events: Added support for notifications about connection and disconnection of plug-and-play devices.

  • The release fixes 11 bugs found in previous versions. Fixed bugs affecting the operation of applications such as WordSmith and Quicken WillMaker, as well as the game Death to Spies.

Source: linux.org.ru

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