A new bug fix release of Xfce 4.2 is available. This release is supposed to
be the last release for the 4.2 branch. It includes several fixes ported from
the current developpment branch. This release should not be confused with the
upcoming Xfce 4.4 release [1], it's a bug fix release of the previous stable
branch.
[1] Xfce 4.4.0 is already in pkgsrc-wip.
PKGLOCALEDIR and which install their locale files directly under
${PREFIX}/${PKGLOCALEDIR} and sort the PLIST file entries. From now
on, pkgsrc/mk/plist/plist-locale.awk will automatically handle
transforming the PLIST to refer to the correct locale directory.
General:
* new and updated translations: bn_IN, ca, cs, el, el_GR, eo, eu, fi, hu, ja,
ko, mr, pl, ro, vi,
* new french documentation.
gtk-xfce-engine:
* fix various colors issues with ExoIconBar, prelight colors for treeview,
Adobe® Acrobattm 7, progress bar, combo box, gtk scales (#848).
libxfcegui4:
* check ~/.local/share/pixmaps/ as a fallback (#731).
xfcalendar:
* fix compiling with --enable-debug=full (#843),
* remove C99 variable declaration and C++ comments.
xfce4-mixer:
* fix a bug with ALSA.
xfce4-session:
* fix a crash with the MCS plugin.
xfce-utils:
* taskbar: Add a command option "--monitor=x" to allow specifying which
monitor to use in Xinerama mode.
xfdesktop:
* fix translation problems with menu panel plugin,
* fix bug where binding 'xfdesktop -menu' only works sporadically (#441),
* fix unresolved symbol problem with menu module.
xffm:
* fix property dialog crahsing on FreeBSD (#945),
* fix library version info not set on the properties module (#882, #249),
* fix fstab parsing (#524),
* fix compilation issues with ansi compiler and gcc4 (#862).
xfprint:
* make bsdlpr plugin compile,
* change CUPS detection code,
* set correct ld flags (#871),
* add support for printcap aliases (#821),
* fix MCS plugin.
xfwm4:
* fix mouse buttons being left ungrabbed when focus was transfered to
an unmanaged window,
* document hidden option "workspace_scroll" (#948),
* various focus issues (#759, #869, #899, #905, #924, #931),
* fix pixmap depth not being properly set (#895),
* refresh frame when "skip taskbar" state changes (#898),
* allow seemless windows to be hidden from kbd shortcuts,
* code cleanup.
General:
* Don't use G_INLINE_FUNC in the source code, which fixes several weird
build errors.
libxfce4util:
* Fix a problem with NFS mounted home directories in Solaris (#724)
xfce4-session:
* Fix RedHat shutdown code (#703)
xfdesktop:
* fix handling of quoted commands in the desktop menu (#776)
* fix handling of .desktop files with no Categories list (#776)
* add "edit menu" button to panel plugin prefs (#554), and ability to change
the button tooltip (#764)
* fix broken panel plugin behavior when trying to track the default desktop
menu. there's a new option to either follow the default menu, or use a
static menu file (#778)
* fix bug where xfdesktop would crash if the windowlist was opened, then a
window was destroyed, and then that window was selected from the list (#672)
* fix "unique" attribute of system menu inclusion
xffm:
* ensure posix.1-1996 compatibility (#695)
* fix for crash on opening fstab on solaris (#726)
* avoid a showstopper gtk-2.4 bug (scaling gdkpixbufs from svg images).
This is bugzilla #751 report. Not all gtk showstopper bugs from svg
can be avoided. In particular with office/mobile_phone_01.svg. This
file will also crash rox
* allow relative paths for icon resolution (xfce4-modules)
* validate utf error messages (#737)
* don't quote paths that are already quoted.
* change smb-share icon to proper icon
* fix borked overwrite warning dialog message
* bug fixes for keyboardnavigation to close bug #795
* separate remove and paste button in toolbar to avoid confusing the
remove confirmation dialog with the overwrite confirmation dialog
* fix translation problems in several languages, including
brazilian-portuguese
* fill in some missing spanish translation strings
* fix for bug #524 (crashing xffm by mounting cdrom and trying to open it
in the other treeview before mount is complete)
xfcalendar:
* remembering of its position (bug #691 and #789)
* warning box for preventing users to loose their changes (#714 and #738)
* possibility to show/hide xfcalendar in taskbar, pager and systray (#719)
* possibility to choose to either show or hide the calendar window when
xfcalendar is launched (it remembered before the status when leaving)
xfce4-panel:
* Save configuration file only on exit
* Fix double click on inactive item in dialog (#739)
* 64bit fix
* Clock applet tweak (#716, hopefully)
xfprint:
* remove FILE backend and add a print-to-file entry in the printing dialog
* multiple bugfixes (#816, #817, #818, #820) in the BSD-LPR backend
