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-======  exo - Helper Applications ====== +~~NOTOC~~ 
-exo is an extension library used in the Xfce desktop, originally developed by +{{ :xfce:xfce.exo.png?no link|}} 
-[[https://www.os-cillation.de/en/opensourceprojekte/libexo/|os-cillation]]. It has some helper applications that are used throughout the entire desktop, to manage preferred applications and edit .desktop files.+====== Exo - Helper Applications ======
  
-exo is targeted at application development and is considered ready for production use. You do no longer need to define the EXO_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE preprocessor symbol.+  * **[[#Applications|Applications]]** 
 +  * **[[#Required Packages|Required Packages]]** 
 +  * **[[#Debugging Support|Debugging Support]]** 
 +  * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]** 
 +  * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]** 
 +  * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]**
  
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-==== Debugging Support ====+ 
 +Exo is an Xfce library targeted at application development, originally developed by 
 +[[https://www.os-cillation.de/en/opensourceprojekte/libexo/|os-cillation]]. It contains various custom widgets and APIs extending the functionality of GLib and GTK. It also has some helper applications that are used throughout the entire Xfce desktop to manage preferred applications and edit ''.desktop'' files. 
 + 
 +exo is targeted at application development and is considered ready for production use. You no longer need to define the EXO_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE preprocessor symbol. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Applications ===== 
 + 
 +  * **[[desktop-item-edit|Desktop Item Editor (exo-desktop-item-edit)]]** -- Editor for .desktop files 
 + 
 +  * **[[preferred-applications|exo-open]]** -- CLI tool in order to open various file formats 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Required Packages ===== 
 + 
 +  * [[https://developer.gnome.org/gio/|GIO]] 
 +  * [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GLib|GLib]] 
 +  * [[https://www.gtk.org|GTK+]] 
 +  * gthread 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4ui|libxfce4ui]] 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4util|libxfce4util]] 
 +  * gio-unix 
 + 
 +---- 
 +===== Debugging Support =====
  
  
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-            exactly what you do.+            exactly what you are doing.
  
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-===== Applications =====+===== Latest Release =====
  
-  * **[[desktop-item-edit|Desktop Item Editor]]** -- Editor for .desktop files+{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/exo 1 date 2h}}
  
-  * **[[preferred-applications|Preferred Applications]]** -- Select the default applications to be used for various services, i.e. the web browser that should be used to open hyperlinks+[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/exo/-/blob/master/NEWS|Read the CHANGELOG]] 
 + 
 +  * **[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/exo/|Download current release]]** (link also contains older versions) 
 + 
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 +---- 
 +===== Source Code Repository ===== 
 +[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/exo|]] 
 + 
 +----
  
 ===== Reporting Bugs ===== ===== Reporting Bugs =====
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