Cool xfce apps

Biju Chacko biju_chacko at vsnl.net
Mon Aug 11 07:21:36 CEST 2003


On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:13:55 -0700, bob.snyder wrote:

> xfdiff is a gui file comparison program that shows two text files side
> by side and highlights the differences in a very intelligent way. It
> can create diffs too.

run xfdiff4

> xfglob is a gui file search program that is a graphical front end to 
> glob. Very nice.

xfglob4

> xfclock combines a clock and calendar.

xfcalendar is in CVS.

> These programs came with xfce3 but are not included with xfce4. Of 
> course if you have xfce3 on your machine, you can still run them, add 
> them to an xfce4 menu, etc. My guess is that when xfce4 came out the 
> people that used them didn't need them to be included as they already 
> had them.
> 
> I suggest that they be added to the extras that come with xfce4. Even 
> though people can still get them from the xfce3 distibution, they
> won't know about them unless they are made available in the new
> version.

As noted above -- they *are* included.

-- b

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