- build from vanilla yorick clone on github.
- fix namespace pollution due to imported foreign modules.
- add module constant 'version' aligned with yorick version.
- add module constant 'GISTPATH'
- include Xft patch from F. Rigaut
- include zero border width patch
- distfile build and setup overhaul, patch option (see setup.cfg)
- fix misc. memory initialization issue
- deprecate gistfuncts provided by numpy
- features (not so new)
xid() .......... returns the window's xid for X11 reparenting
keybd_focus() .. grab focus for screenshot