Exo - Helper Applications
Exo is an extension library used in the Xfce desktop, originally developed by
os-cillation. It 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 Editor (exo-desktop-item-edit) – Editor for .desktop files
- Preferred Applications (exo-preferred-applications) – Select the default applications to be used for various services, i.e. the web browser that should be used to open hyperlinks
Required Packages
- gthread
- gio-unix
Debugging Support
libexo currently supports four different levels of debugging support, which can be setup using the configure flag `–enable-debug' (check the output of `configure –help'):
`full' This is the strongest option. Deprecation and some coding style
checks are made and will cause the build to fail for any errors
or warnings.
`yes' This is the default for Git snapshot builds. It adds all kinds
of checks to the code, and is therefore likely to run slower.
Use this for development of libexo and locating bugs in libexo.
`minimum' This is the default for release builds. This is the recommended
behavior.
`no' Disables all sanity checks. Don't use this unless you know
exactly what you are doing.
Latest Release
- exo 4.19.0 released (2023/10/15 05:03)<pre><a href="https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/exo/start">exo</a> 4.19.0 is now available for download from <a href="https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/exo/4.19/exo-4.19.0.tar.bz2">https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/exo/4.19/exo-4.19.0.tar.bz2</a> <a href="https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/exo/4.19/exo-4.19.0.tar.bz2?sha1">https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/exo/4.19/exo-4.19.0.tar.bz2?sha1</a> <a href="https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/exo/4.19/exo-4.19.0.tar.bz2?sha256">https://archive.xfce.org/src/xfce/exo/4.19/exo-4.19.0.tar.bz2?sha256</a> What is exo? ============ Exo is an Xfce library targeted at application development. It contains various custom widgets and APIs extending the functionality of GLib and GTK. It also ships utilities for defining preferred applications, mounting storage devices and more. Website: <a href="https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/exo/start">https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/exo/start</a> Release notes for 4.19.0 ======================== [Please note that this is a development release.] - I18n: Update po/LINGUAS list - Switch from intltool to gettext (Issue xfce4-dev-tools #41) - exo-open: (Issue #108) Relaxed URI check - Move cairo_save below loop continue - exo: Revert "Avoid truncated text in small zoom levels (#42)" - exo-die: Resolve symlink when saving .desktop file - IconView,TreeView : Keep type ahead search box inside view widget - Load icons using icon theme scaling functions correctly - Translation Updates: Greek, Japanese, Portuguese</pre>
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