Status of Xfce 4.8

[Joshua Saddler]

On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:56:13 +0200
Hungerburg <pch13 at myzel.net> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am using xubuntu, the current realease, and swapped the xfce-panel for 
> awn-dock. its "cairo-menu" does not show the xfce4-settings-manager 
> application: maybe it does not provide a .desktop file? you might want 
> to take care of that in a future release.
> 
> Thank you for the fine DE.

It's not Xfce's problem; it's Xubuntu's/AWN's failure. There is in fact a .desktop file shipped with it, which you should have checked for before sending your email. Look in /usr/share/applications/xfce-settings-manager.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Xfce 4 Settings Manager
Comment=Graphical Settings Manager for Xfce 4
Exec=xfce4-settings-manager
Icon=xfce4-settings
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=X-XFCE;Settings;DesktopSettings;
OnlyShowIn=XFCE;
GenericName=Settings Manager
X-XfceSettingsManagerHidden=true

. . . the "OnlyShowIn=XFCE" may be why it isn't showing up in a third-party application. Maybe it's not recognized as being a true Xfce environment. Either way, it's the fault of your distribution or AWN, not Xfce's fault.
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