ANNOUNCE: xfce4-panel 4.7.0 released

Sun Feb 28 11:42:22 CET 2010

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:25:05 +0100, Mike wrote:

>Just one word to make it short, Congratz! :-D

+1


>2010/2/27 Nick Schermer <nick at xfce.org>:
>> xfce4-panel 4.7.0 is now available for download from
>>
>>  http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.7/xfce4-panel-4.7.0.tar.bz2
>>  http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.7/xfce4-panel-4.7.0.tar.bz2.md5
>>  http://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/xfce4-panel/4.7/xfce4-panel-4.7.0.tar.bz2.sha1
>>
>>  SHA1 checksum: 64e89d8c276a96806e52c7a90af7e91a7e952626
>>   MD5 checksum: 4b6a6fa4a37d9bfe713151c1bc9bec97
>>
>>
>> What is xfce4-panel?
>> ====================
>>
>> Xfce's panel.
>>
>> Website:
>>  http://www.xfce.org/projects/xfce4-panel
>>
>>
>> Release notes for 4.7.0
>> =======================
>>
>> This is the first development release of xfce4-panel for Xfce 4.8.
>> It is basically a complete rewrite of the 4.6 panel, so it needs a
>> lot of testing. Below an overview of the biggest changes. If you're
>> going to check it out: don't forget the recompile panel plugins else
>> they won't work.
>> Please report all the regressions and bugs you find at
>> bugzilla.xfce.org (and don't forget the set the version to 4.7.0).
>>
>> Have fun testing!
>>
>>
>> General
>> -------
>> - Almost a complete rewite of the code. Everything is now written
>>  in GObjects. This makes each individual part easier to understand.
>> - All plugins are ported to GObject-based plugins and use Xfconf for
>>  storing their information (apart from desktop-files of launcher).
>> - Interfaces are all created by GtkBuilder.
>> - Ported to new Libxfce4ui (4.7.1) and Garcon (0.1.1) libraries.
>>  Other dependencies include Gtk+ 2.14, Glib 2.18, Xfconf 4.7.2,
>>  Exo 0.5.1, DBus-Glib 0.73 and Libwnck 2.22.
>> - Documentation (will be) written in Mallard.
>> - On first startup a dialog will appear to migrate old panel config,
>>  start with the default setup or one empty panel.
>>
>> Panel
>> -----
>> - Panels can be dragged around the screen and snapped to every panel
>>  edge. Each panel also has a setting to control the window length
>> (%).
>> - Possibility to lock panels. This will fix the position and hides
>> the handles of the window.
>> - Alpha backgrounds.
>> - Item (plugin) editor in the preferences dialog, so you can easily
>>  add, move, delete and edit plugins that are sometimes hard to reach.
>> - Using Xfconf for storing the panel settings. Panels also watches
>> the Xfconf channel for changes, except for adding and removing
>> panels.
>> - New code for monitor/screen positioning. This should work a lot
>>  better with randr.
>> - DND of desktop-files on the panel to create new launchers.
>> - Possibility to add new plugins from the command line, including
>>  startup arguments.
>> - External plugins are automatically restarted if they have not
>>  crashed in the last 60 seconds. If they crash more then once in
>>  this time window, the user is asked what to do (restart or remove).
>> - Gtk style properties for popup/popdown delay.
>> - Hidden option to disable struts for windows on a screen edge, so
>>  the space is used by the window manager for other windows.
>>
>> Plugin Framework
>> ----------------
>> - Plugin API should still be the same, however the ABI changed so
>>  you need to recompile plugins against this version of the panel.
>> - New way to run plugins compiled as modules externally. Whether a
>>  plugin runs internal or external is controlled by a boolean in the
>>  desktop-file of the plugin. This does not affect the 'old' external
>>  plugins that are compiled as binaries, it is however recommended to
>>  port plugins to this new framework (only Makefile and macro change)
>>  since it is more flexible.
>> - Communication between the panel and wrapper (that embeds plugins to
>>  run external) is handled through D-Bus.
>> - XfcePanelPlugin is now a single object (not an interface for 2
>> other objects). This drops a lot of code.
>> - Some new API and a couple of deprecations. Some of the new
>>  functionality is only available in the new plugin framework.
>> - New way to build plugins as GObjects with XfcePanelPlugin as parent
>>  type. This gives all advantages of GObject like type checking.
>>
>> Actions Plugin
>> --------------
>> - New settings dialog that allows one or two actions in the plugin
>>  in each order you want.
>>
>> Applications Menu Plugin (new)
>> ------------------------------
>> - Plugin similar what Xfdesktop provided, but using Garcon.
>> - Gtk icons size property to control the menu icon size.
>> - Script to popup the menu, optionally under the cursor.
>>
>> Clock Plugin
>> ------------
>> - New fuzzy clock mode.
>> - Improved vertical orientation.
>>
>> Directory Menu Plugin (new)
>> ---------------------------
>> - Menu that provides a directory tree in a menu. It allows to quickly
>>  open a Terminal or File Manager for some directory.
>> - Possible to set a file filter for files that should also be
>>  visible in the menu. Files are opened by the default application
>>  that provides the mime-type reported by GIO.
>> - Gtk icons size property to control the menu icon size.
>> - Script to popup the menu, optionally under the cursor.
>>
>> Launcher Plugin
>> ---------------
>> - Support to create a launcher from the command line with a number of
>>  desktop files as argument.
>> - New dialogs, with an application finder like interface to add new
>>  applications and using the Exo item editor for modifying launchers.
>> - The desktop files are stored in
>> the .config/xfce4/panel/launcher-$id folder and monitored for
>> changes.
>> - Possibility to use desktop-id in the default configuration which
>> are read from a GarconItemsPool on first startup. This is a very
>> useful feature for distributions providing a custom default config.
>> - Gtk icons size property to control the menu icon size.
>> - Option to show labels instead of icons.
>>
>> Pager Plugin
>> ------------
>> - Button to quickly access the Xfwm4 workspace settings.
>>
>> Separator Plugin
>> ----------------
>> - Same drawing modes as previous panel, but a check button for expand
>>  instead of a mode.
>>
>> Notification Area Plugin
>> ------------------------
>> - Support for transparent tray icons (required at least Gtk 2.16).
>>
>> Window Buttons (tasklist) Plugin
>> --------------------------------
>> - Option to only show icons. This drops the icon box plugin.
>> - Complete rewrite, not entirely finished yet (group buttons are not
>>  working yet + some other less noticeable features).
>> - If the list becomes too crowded windows will show up in an overflow
>>  menu, similar to what a menu bar does.
>> - Option to set the sort mode of the tasklist.
>> - Draw wireframe of the window on mouse hover, similar to the Alt+Tab
>>  wireframe in Xfwm4.
>> - A lot of style properties to tune the behavior of the plugin.
>> - Vertically orientated buttons for vertical panels.
>>
>> Window Menu Plugin
>> ------------------
>> - Gtk icons size property to control the menu icons size and
>> minimized icon translucency.
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Regards,
Enrico

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