NEW --- version 2.40 : * New XFPager module * New XFMouse module * Improved configurations and startup files * New default backdrop * "XFce won't die" bug fixed * Improved support of KDE in XFwm version 2.30 : * Now compatible with laptop 640x480 screen (automatic resizing of XFce panel) * Improved pixmap handling, autoshape of pixmaps. * Auto dither icons when colordepth is lower than 256 colors * Improved autoraise window management (xfwm) * Add timeout for autoraise window (xfwm) * Change color contrasts (xfwm + xfce) * Fix "BorderWidth" style parameter(xfwm) * Fix style "XFce*" Starticonic from hanging (xfce) * Fix and improve popup menus (xfwm) * Improve xfce_setup script (xfwm + xfce) version 2.20 : * Add gradient background to XFce * Interface added within XFce setup dialog for gradient option * Add autoraise option to XFwm * Interface added within XFce setup dialog for autoraise option * New design for check buttons in XFce's control panel (only available with XForms >= 0.88) * Pulldown menus use "Transient" property. They are now always on top of XFce toolbar. * Resources added for menu icons width, height, label width and detach button height. No need to recompile XFce to change these values anymore. * New internal built-in sound player (for module XFSound) contributed by Alex Fiori, uground ind. - sbase division [ http://sbase.uground.org - pmci@uground.org ] * Add a Protuguese (bresil) transalation thanks to Alex Fiori * Bug fix : core dump while rebooting the system from XFce * Bug fix : XFwm misplaced "sticky" windows after iconification/deiconification * New Makefiles, now compiles flawlessly on SOLARIS (using GNU tools) * New binary distribution for SUN Solaris 2.6 for Intel platform. version 2.11 : * Add a FAQ * Improve XFSound module : Better message handling * Use xfplay 2>/dev/null to hide unsuccessfull accesses to /dev/dsp * Add function OpaqueMove to XFwm * Interface added within XFce setup dialog for OpaqueMove mode * Real enhanced builtin move function for XFce. * Update online help, fix some discrepancy, add malinig list * New updated Hungarian translation thanks to Gergely POGANY (gergely@prolan.hu) version 2.10 : * New module XFSound for managing system sounds * New events M_MAXIMIZE and M_DEMAXIMIZE added to XFwm * New panel icon for sounds * New config files (/var/XFCE/sample.*rc) * HTML Help System make use of JavaScript * Displayed date automatically updated version 2.04 : * Date shown in clock, as a tooltip. * Bug fix in main panel's command browser (XFce) * Bug fix in virtual desktops handling (XFce) version 2.03 : * Fix some bad symbolic links in archive for RedHat 5.1 * Fix very old bug : XFce+XFwm were switching to Desktop #4 at startup causing applications previously started to disapear. version 2.02 : * Animate windows when maximized/inconified * Add function "AnimateWin On" or "AnimateWin Off" to enable or disable windows animations * Add function "FocusMode ClickToFocus" or "FocusMode FollowMouse" for focus behaviour. * Interface added within XFce setup dialog for FocusMode * New style for title bar of active window * Improved text color handling in XFce/XFwm interface * Removed test of modifiers for focusing windows : NumLock can be enabled without affecting the window's behaviour * Add enviromnent variable XFCE_LANG to define which language to use for each user (XFCE_LANG = "en", "fr", "de", "it", "es", "hu" or "sk") * Add a Slovak translation thanks to Ferdinand Vesely * Fonts are now defined from XFce resources. User can deeply customize the look of XFce. * XFbd (Backdrop Manager) now shares XFce's resources (which actually needs some more translations) * Add -nowm option to XFce to avoid interface with XFwm if needed. version 2.01 : * Add use of external icons in XFce Front panel (use any icon you want in XFce Front Panel now !) * Builtin move function for XFce * Auto-align of icons in XFwm * Support for extended window's hints (Gnome and others) * Support for KDE window's hints (toolbars, knotes, ...) * Add function "Send to... workspace " in window menus * Keyboard shortcut to switch desktops (Ctrl+F1 to Ctrl+F4) version 2.00 : Here it come, XFWM ! * XFwm, XFce's Window Manager * Improvement of XFce panel for interactions with XFwm version 1.29 * Auto-center of panel if coordonates are negatives (better for those who do not use FVWM or FVWM2 as default Window Manager) * Allow multi-line resources * Reformatted spanish resources * New Hungarian transalation thanks to Andras Kadar (kadara@eik.bme.hu) * New "Clouds" default backdrop * Color palettes improved (smoother colors) version 1.28 * Bug fix in compute_wm_window() version 1.27 * Use of MWM hints to display XFCE windows on compatible Window Managers (I consider this as a major improvement, even if Fvwm95 or Afterstep provide terrible support for this -define USEMWMHINTS to 0 to disable this improvement ;-) * Smarter popup menu behaviour (try to move the panel at the top of the screen) * Enhanced look for XFCE Main Panel * /var/XFCE/Quickstart now integrates "$HOME/.Xclients" for xdm login * Change name to lowercase (ie xfce instead of XFCE) * Change sample configs for FVWM and FVWM2 to include X11R6/bin directory in list of modules directories and reflect changes * Add sample.mwm.xinitrc for MWM users * Spanish version of the resource file, thanks to Marcos Mezo * New scripts xfce_setup and xfce_remove to set up and remove XFCE version 1.26 * Bug fix : Core dump generated (sometimes) when shutting down the system from the XFCE panel * Bug fix : xfbd kept running after user presses "Cancel" * New feature : Better look and feel under XForms 0.88 and above. * Updated links in HTML help pages. * Now compiles again with old XForms 0.81 version 1.25 * New included program "xfbd" to handle backdrops * New buttons for the front panel * New icon for Network connections version 1.24 * Added support for resources * Added resources definitions for English, French, Italian and German. * Modified to compile and run under Solaris 2.5.1 (by Nye Liu - nyet@nbase.com) version 1.23 * Added tips * Colors handling modified * XFCE on SunSITE has been moved from /pub/linux/X11/window-managers to /pub/linux/X11/toolbars (what seems quite logical). * Archive names are now lowercase; that's more UNIX compliant, and that would make ftp keepers' life easier ! XFCE.lsm -> xfce.lsm XFCE-1.2.3.tar.gz -> xfce-1.2.3.tar.gz version 1.22 * XFCE now can start FVWM's modules (*) ! just start the command line with the keyword 'Module ' (*). Anyway, this still depends on the syntax of FVWM, which is not the same between v1 and v2 ! eg: Use Module "" FvwmPager 0 3 for Fvwm 1.xx Module FvwmPager 0 3 for Fvwm 2.xx * Now features a handle to move the panel arround (*) ! * Added a close button on the top left corner (*) * Added an iconify button to the top right corner (*) * Changed some features to enhance compatibility with future versions of XForms * Added opaque move of popup menus (*) * Configuration file is now also searched in /var/XFCE directory. This make installation for many users easier, since system administrator just has to make one copy of a configuration file in this directory, and all users will access it. * Updated man page * FVWM and FVWM2 configuration files are now copied to /var/XFCE directory so that any user can copy them to his own home directory it or use them directly from the /var/XFCE directory. (*) = Only works with FVWM and FVWM2, using included .fvwmrc and .fvwm2rc configuration files. User needs to update those files by typing : cp sample.fvwm2rc ~/.fvwm2rc cp sample.fvwmrc ~/.fvwmrc version 1.21 * New behavior for the front panel buttons : I use an "old fashioned" "press-and-release" behavior, because "temporized" buttons cause troubles to Xlib, and crash XFCE ! * New behavior for popup menus : Added a little thin button at the bottom of the menu that "detaches" the menu. This functionnality is better and safer. Detachable menus option can still be disabled using the setup dialog. version 1.20 * New FVWM config files, needed to take real advantage of the following changes. * Icons on the front panel can be changed. Use the right mouse button for that. * A lock button has been added, to let you start any X locking program. * Detachable menus ! Now menus have their own windows, so if you move around a popup menu, it won't close when you select a item (This option can be disabled if you prefer old fashion sticky popup menus without border). You can even iconified them ! * Real better interaction with FVWM and other modules : XFCE keep listening to FVWM, and accordingly presses buttons when another module switches desk. XFCE is really a cooperative module now ! * XFCE repaints root window with the color corresponding. No need to use "FvwmBacker" module anymore (anyway, this option can be disabled if you prefer using your own backdrops - such as xbackdrop) * New windows behavior : XFCE does not quit when you close'em. * XFCE has been successfully tested with most popular window managers like TWM, FVWM95 and MWM 2.0. Note that virtual screens work with FVWM95, since it uses FVWM message format. version 1.11b * Starts a shell before running a command line version 1.11 * Removed those ugly zombies processes * Added writes to config file each time it's modified (that's safer) * Added special behavior for panel buttons * Lightly modified to keep the same aspect under xforms v 0.86 version 1.10 So many things !! * Bug concerning set_font_name under v0.84 of xforms has been removed. (Shame on me, that was my fault... Thanks, Dr. T.C. Zhao !) * Real better and safer signal handling. * Some parts of the code has been cleaned up. * No more calls to "system()". So ampersand (&) is not needed anymore in command lines. But don't worry, config files are automatically upgraded. * For each new run now, the previous config file is saved (under .xfcerc.bak). That's safer ! * Fully configurable... Now, you can define and save your favorite colors ! Try it now !! Just click on painter panel !! * Colors are saved under a different file, so other programs could share those colors (That's for contributors, if any...) * Reduced colors in panel icons : Save colormap allocation... * New design for the central panel (new icons...). * The names of screens are not limited to 12 character anymore, but depend on the real length of the string (that has to fit in button). * A brand-new-cute-little icon for all XFCE windows ! Try to iconify XFCE !! * Version number is now displayed in info box. * When XFCE encounters a syntax error (or data mismatch error) in the config file, it now displays an alert box, so you don't have to switch virtual consoles to know what happenned. * Samples config files for FVWM and FVWM2 have been modified. If you switch screens, now, the background color of the root window changes. * New directory structure : By default, if you don't change Imakefile, XFCE has been moved out from /usr/X11/bin to /usr/local/bin. XFCE.logo is now in /var/XFCE The palettes are in /var/XFCE/palettes, WHICH IS A DIRECTORY THAT CAN BE ACCESSED (FOR READ AND WRITE) BY ANY USER. version 1.05b * Some visual enhancements (better contrasts). * XFCE now includes a man page. Type man XFCE to see it. * New sample config files for FVWM and FVWM2. version 1.04 * XFCE should now compile using the brand new version 0.84 of XFORMS. At least, It has been modified and tested using test version of XFORMS 0.84. The author, Olivier Fourdan (fourdan@csi.com)