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panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin:start [2019/11/10 22:14] – updated image links. added download link to latest version kevinbowenpanel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin:start [2023/07/02 09:32] (current) kevinbowen
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-====== Places ====== +~~NOTOC~~ 
-  * **[[start#About|About]]** +====== xfce4-places-plugin - Places ======
-  * **[[start#Screenshots|Screenshots]]** +
-  * **[[start#Recent Releases|Recent Releases]]** +
-  * **[[start#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]** +
-  * **[[start#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]**+
  
 +A menu with quick access to folders, documents, and removable media.
  
-===== About ===== +  * **[[#Screenshots|Screenshots]]** 
-Originally written by [[http://ongardie.net/diego/|Diego Ongaro]], this plugin is a menu with quick access to folders, documents, and removable media. The places plugin brings much of the functionality of GNOME's Places menu to Xfce.+  * **[[#Required Packages|Required Packages]]** 
 +  * **[[#Latest Release|Latest Release]]** 
 +  * **[[#Release History|Release History]]** 
 +  * **[[#Source Code Repository|Source Code Repository]]** 
 +  * **[[#Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== Introduction =====
  
 The plugin puts a simple button on the panel. Clicking on this button opens up a menu with the following: The plugin puts a simple button on the panel. Clicking on this button opens up a menu with the following:
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   - Search program launcher (optional)   - Search program launcher (optional)
   - Recent documents submenu (requires GTK+ v2.10 or greater)   - Recent documents submenu (requires GTK+ v2.10 or greater)
 +
 +----
  
 ===== Usage ===== ===== Usage =====
-Just add it to the panel. 
-User-defined bookmarks can be modified with a file manager or by manually editing ''~/.gtk-bookmarks''. 
-You can configure the plugin by right-clicking on the button and selecting Properties (see screenshot below). 
  
-===== Screenshots =====+After adding the plugin to the panel, user-defined bookmarks can be modified with a file manager or by manually editing ''~/.gtk-bookmarks''
 +The plugin can be configured by right-clicking on the button and selecting Properties (see screenshot below).
  
-OK, this first one's not really a screenshot. My friend made this cake to celebrate the 1.0 release (her suggestion). It took some minor damage in transit, then some major damage when I ate it. Good stuff, though. Thanks, Melanie.+---- 
 + 
 +===== Screenshots =====
  
-{{:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-cake.jpg|:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-cake.jpg}} 
  
 For this screenshot, I plugged in my IPOD: For this screenshot, I plugged in my IPOD:
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 {{:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-prefs.png|:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-prefs.png}} {{:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-prefs.png|:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin-prefs.png}}
  
-===== Recent Releases =====+[[|Back To Top]] 
 +----
  
-==== 1.8.0 (2019/08/11) ==== +===== Required Packages =====
-[[http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin/1.8/xfce4-places-plugin-1.8.1.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-1.8.1.tar.bz2]]+
  
-**SHA-256 Hash:** f211219f03c9260f624370e18c79e4176c9d35a8247158e77e5d811327610ab2 \\ +xfce4-places-plugin
-**SHA-1 Hash:** 9aaeb694bd16c3292b00ec16e0546b7672d6b30d \\ +
-**MD5 Hash:** bde92cbd08f129d517524784e5060816+
  
-===== Releases =====+  * [[https://developer.gnome.org/gio/|GIO]] 
 +  * [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GLib|GLib]] 
 +  * [[https://www.gtk.org|GTK+]] 
 +  * gmodule-2.0 
 +  * gobject-2.0 
 +  * gthread-2.0 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4ui|libxfce4ui]] 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/libxfce4util|libxfce4util]] 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel|xfce4-panel]] 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/exo|exo]] 
 +  * [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf|xfconf]]
  
-==== Version 1.2 ==== +For concrete information on the minimum required versionscheck [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin/-/blob/master/configure.ac.in|configure.ac.in]]
-  * Updates a ton of translations (thanks to the i18n team) +
-  * Adds XDG user dirs support (thanks to Andea Santillibug #4461) +
-  * Uses XDG icon names (thanks to Yves-Alexis Perez, bug #5034) +
-  * Shows "Eject" option on removable volumes when Thunar 1.0 does (bug #4136) +
-  * Makes the properties dialog non-modal +
-  * Honors GTK's menu icon size (bug #4744) +
-  * Calls the file browser through exo instead of directly opening Thunar (thanks to Christian Dywan, bug #4463) +
-  * Fixes some issues on shutdown +
-  * Takes advantage of the panel's menu positioning on Xfce 4.6+
  
-[[http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin/1.2/xfce4-places-plugin-1.2.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-1.2.0.tar.bz2]]+----
  
 +===== Latest Release =====
  
-==== Version 1.1 ==== +{{rss>https://archive.xfce.org/feeds/project/xfce4-places-plugin 1 date 2h}}
-  * "xfce4-popup-places" command to open the menu +
-  * Error messages when mounts/unmounts fail +
-  * Grays out panel icon while busy (un)mounting +
-  * Multiple bug fixes and enhancements (see ChangeLog)+
  
-[[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-1.1.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-1.1.0.tar.bz2]]+[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin/-/blob/master/NEWS|Read the CHANGELOG]]
  
-==== Version 1.0 (final) ==== +  * **[[https://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin/|Download current release]]** (link also contains older versions)
-  Added "Mount and Open" action for removable media (Bug #3565) +
-  Fixed make distcheck errors +
-  Fixed menu "blinking" when ~/.gtk-bookmarks not found +
-  * Fixed always showing "No items found" in recent documents with GTK 2.12 (Bug #3605) +
-  * Adopted menu positioning from notes plugin for improved behavior with floating panels +
-[[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-1.0.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-1.0.0.tar.bz2]]+
  
-==== Version 1.0beta2 (v0.9.992) ==== +[[|Back to Top]]
-  * Reorganization of GUI code +
-  * Improved plugin sizing algorithm +
-  * "Open" menu item now opens with Thunar, as intended +
-  * Now polls for model changes (e.g., new devices) while menu is open +
-  * Fix bug #3471 (Rightclick action pins autohidden panel)+
  
-[[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-0.9.992.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-0.9.992.tar.bz2]]+----
  
-==== Version 1.0beta1 (v0.9.991) ==== +===== Source Code Repository =====
-  * Adds mount/unmount options for volumes (removable media) +
-  * Adds Open Terminal Here option where applicable +
-  * Search for Files with an external application +
-  * The trash icon now shows whether there's anything in the trash +
-  * Large internal clean-up +
-  * Other minor bug fixes+
  
-[[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-0.9.991.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-0.9.991.tar.bz2]]+[[https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin]]
  
-==== Version 0.3 ==== +----
-  * Adds preferences dialog (optionally show a label on the panel) +
-  * Thunar now opens when middle-clicking the button (Bug #3239) +
-  * Bug fixes +
-   * #3237: Places won't compile on Debian testing +
-   * With no .gtk-bookmarks, the menu showed two consecutive separators +
- +
-[[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-0.3.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-0.3.0.tar.bz2]] +
- +
-==== Version 0.2 ==== +
-  * Support for volumes (removable media), recent documents +
-  * Now has 35 translations, taken from Thunar and gnome-panel. +
-  * Rewritten view based on xfdesktop's menu and ''.gtk-bookmarks'' parsing based on Thunar's parser +
-  * Many bug fixes +
-    * #3028: Places button activated when dragged away +
-    * #3029: Places ignores orientation-changed +
-    * #3030: Places shows missing menu items +
-    * #3124: Auto-hidden panel hides on plugin activation +
- +
-[[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-0.2.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-0.2.0.tar.bz2]] +
- +
-==== Version 0.1 ==== +
-This is the first stable release. +
- +
-  * Adds i18n support +
-  * Fixes URL escaping display issue (#3027) +
-  * Fixes hard-coded Thunar path (#3053) +
- +
-[[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-places-plugin/xfce4-places-plugin-0.1.0.tar.bz2|xfce4-places-plugin-0.1.0.tar.bz2]]+
  
-===== Dependencies ===== +===== Reporting Bugs =====
-  * Xfce 4.4 (or 4.3.99) +
-  * Thunar VFS v0.4 +
-  * GTK v2.6 (v2.10 required for Recent Documents)+
  
-===== Source Code Repository ===== +  * **[[:panel-plugins:xfce4-places-plugin:bugs|Reporting Bugs]]** -- Open bug reports and how to report new bugs
-[[https://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-places-plugin/|]]+
  
-===== Reporting Bugs ===== 
-Bugs should be reported to the [[http://bugzilla.xfce.org|Xfce bug tracking system]] (classification ''Panel Plugins'', product ''Xfce4-places-plugin'').  
- 
-[[http://bugzilla.xfce.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&product=Xfce4-places-plugin|See all bugs]] 
  
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