Catfish 1.4.10 Released
What’s New?
New Features
A brand new Preferences dialog. This dialog includes options for window layout, display options, custom exclude directories (new!), and an option to close Catfish after opening a file (new!).
Custom exclude directories. Previous releases of Catfish excluded various directories (/dev, ~/.cache, ~/.gvfs) to boost performance. This latest feature makes path exclusions customizable so users can further speed up their searches. (Xfce #15317)
Close after select. Frequent file searcher? This feature will let you find and open your missing file, and close Catfish right away, keeping your application list at bay. (Xfce #14888)
Bug Fixes
The previous release, Catfish 1.4.9 meant to include fixes for path exclusions. Somehow, I forgot to include the actual fix! So here it is, path exclusions are fixed and search performance should be increased as a result. (Debian #926850)
Icons are now always displayed at a consistent size in the results. Previously, some icons would be displayed much larger than others, breaking the visual flow.
Improved Application menu
In the past, clicking the application menu in Catfish meant seeing a cluttered, inconsistently spaced and aligned popover with poorly-worded options. No more!
Better use of space, padding, and margins
Clearer purpose labels
Keyboard accelerators are now displayed in the menu
Search Improvements
Symbolic links are now traversed, with actual paths only processed once
Added search priority, surfacing more relevant results faster. Folders are now descended with the following priority, then alphabetically:
XDG paths (Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Videos, etc)
Visible paths
Hidden paths
General
Better use of alt-accelerators
Improved installation instructions (Xfce #15105)
Reduced warnings displayed in the terminal
Simplified Python 2/3 compatibility code
Various code quality fixes (pylint, flake)
Translation Updates
Simplified welcome text. While not visually different, the 3 translatable phrases were merged into a single sentence to simplify translations. (Xfce #15596)
Albanian, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Danish, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish
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Catfish 1.4.10 Released
What’s New?
New Features
- A brand new Preferences dialog. This dialog includes options for window layout, display options, custom exclude directories (new!), and an option to close Catfish after opening a file (new!).
- Custom exclude directories. Previous releases of Catfish excluded various directories (/dev, ~/.cache, ~/.gvfs) to boost performance. This latest feature makes path exclusions customizable so users can further speed up their searches. (Xfce #15317)
- Close after select. Frequent file searcher? This feature will let you find and open your missing file, and close Catfish right away, keeping your application list at bay. (Xfce #14888)
Bug Fixes
- The previous release, Catfish 1.4.9 meant to include fixes for path exclusions. Somehow, I forgot to include the actual fix! So here it is, path exclusions are fixed and search performance should be increased as a result. (Debian #926850)
- Icons are now always displayed at a consistent size in the results. Previously, some icons would be displayed much larger than others, breaking the visual flow.
Improved Application menu
In the past, clicking the application menu in Catfish meant seeing a cluttered, inconsistently spaced and aligned popover with poorly-worded options. No more!
- Better use of space, padding, and margins
- Clearer purpose labels
- Keyboard accelerators are now displayed in the menu
Search Improvements
- Symbolic links are now traversed, with actual paths only processed once
- Added search priority, surfacing more relevant results faster. Folders are now descended with the following priority, then alphabetically:
- XDG paths (Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Videos, etc)
- Visible paths
- Hidden paths
General
- Better use of alt-accelerators
- Improved installation instructions (Xfce #15105)
- Reduced warnings displayed in the terminal
- Simplified Python 2/3 compatibility code
- Various code quality fixes (pylint, flake)
Translation Updates
- Simplified welcome text. While not visually different, the 3 translatable phrases were merged into a single sentence to simplify translations. (Xfce #15596)
Albanian, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Danish, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish
Screenshots
Downloads
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Catfish 1.4.10 Released
What’s New?
New Features
- A brand new Preferences dialog. This dialog includes options for window layout, display options, custom exclude directories (new!), and an option to close Catfish after opening a file (new!).
- Custom exclude directories. Previous releases of Catfish excluded various directories (/dev, ~/.cache, ~/.gvfs) to boost performance. This latest feature makes path exclusions customizable so users can further speed up their searches. (Xfce #15317)
- Close after select. Frequent file searcher? This feature will let you find and open your missing file, and close Catfish right away, keeping your application list at bay. (Xfce #14888)
Bug Fixes
- The previous release, Catfish 1.4.9 meant to include fixes for path exclusions. Somehow, I forgot to include the actual fix! So here it is, path exclusions are fixed and search performance should be increased as a result. (Debian #926850)
- Icons are now always displayed at a consistent size in the results. Previously, some icons would be displayed much larger than others, breaking the visual flow.
Improved Application menu
In the past, clicking the application menu in Catfish meant seeing a cluttered, inconsistently spaced and aligned popover with poorly-worded options. No more!
- Better use of space, padding, and margins
- Clearer purpose labels
- Keyboard accelerators are now displayed in the menu
Search Improvements
- Symbolic links are now traversed, with actual paths only processed once
- Added search priority, surfacing more relevant results faster. Folders are now descended with the following priority, then alphabetically:
- XDG paths (Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Videos, etc)
- Visible paths
- Hidden paths
General
- Better use of alt-accelerators
- Improved installation instructions (Xfce #15105)
- Reduced warnings displayed in the terminal
- Simplified Python 2/3 compatibility code
- Various code quality fixes (pylint, flake)
Translation Updates
- Simplified welcome text. While not visually different, the 3 translatable phrases were merged into a single sentence to simplify translations. (Xfce #15596)
Albanian, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Danish, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish
Screenshots
Downloads
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Xfce 4.14 released! (Yeah, like a week ago ;))
So finally – here goes the official post for the Xfce 4.14 release…
Why is the release manager late to the party with his blog post? The explanation is simple: We prioritized sticking to the schedule and getting our releases out to everyone as planned, as our codebase was ready. What was not (entirely) ready was some parts of the website, which were brought up-to-date over the course of last week.
So I’m pleased to give you the official Xfce 4.14 tour, which nicely summarizes many of the nice user-facing changes that we pushed into the release (despite it being planned as feature-less, porting-only).
We’re also working on other aspects of our website, like the screenshot reel on the frontpage, which is mostly up-to-date now, and the screenshots section. If you have more screenshots that you think we – and everyone else – should see, please get in touch via IRC (join #xfce on freenode) or the mailing list and if we like it too, we’ll gladly add it!
What’s next?
Well, obviously Xfce 4.16, for which the planning phase just started. We want to certainly stick closer to our release model (which prescribes a 6-month release cycle) this time and go for roughly a year to get to our next stable release. To some extent the schedule will depend on the outcome of the planning phase, but one thing I’m pretty sure I can announce straight away is that we’re not going for the next technological jump (yet) – so don’t expect Wayland or Gtk4 to play a major part in the coming cycle.
However, what we will need to do is some house-keeping and improving things for ourselves and potential contributors. We are strongly considering to follow freedesktop.org and Gnome in terms of switching to Gitlab (for Git and issues at first). They have done a tremendous job and as someone who recently contributed to one of the Gnome libraries I can say the bar is so much lower than what we currently have with Xfce (read: create bugzilla account, report bug, attach patch, wait patiently…).
In any case, enjoy Xfce 4.14 and join us to make 4.16 a great (and shorter) cycle!
Catfish 1.4.8 Released
The latest release of Catfish improves integration with OpenBSD, Wayland, Xfce, and numerous other desktop configurations. It also features a wealth of translation updates to improve Catfish’s international support.
What’s New?
Desktop Integration / Enhanced Thunar Support
A long-requested feature (requested 2+ years ago), it is now possible to navigate directly to a file in Thunar. Right-click on a file and select “Show in File Manager”. Thunar will open immediately and then scroll to and select the requested file. Folder spelunkers, rejoice! (Xfce #14494)
Bug Fixes
- Automatically adjust locate arguments to accommodate the host OS, improving support for OpenBSD
- Fixed crash at startup on Wayland (Xfce #15297)
- Fixed directory support when XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP in unavailable (Xfce #15099)
- Fixed search exclusion of non-standard paths (~/.cache, ~/.gvfs, /dev) (Xfce #15206)
Translation Updates
- Added ‘translator-credits’ string to .po files (Xfce #15564)
- Changed “…” to “…” for consistency with other Xfce apps (Xfce #15407)
- Marked the “Search for files” string translatable (Xfce #15097)
Albanian, Arabic, Armenian (Armenia), Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Interlingue, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
Downloads
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Catfish 1.4.8 Released
What’s New?
Desktop Integration / Enhanced Thunar Support
A long-requested feature (requested 2+ years ago), it is now possible to navigate directly to a file in Thunar. Right-click on a file and select “Show in File Manager”. Thunar will open immediately and then scroll to and select the requested file. Folder spelunkers, rejoice! (Xfce #14494)
Bug Fixes
Automatically adjust locate arguments to accommodate the host OS, improving support for OpenBSD
Fixed crash at startup on Wayland (Xfce #15297)
Fixed directory support when XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP in unavailable (Xfce #15099)
Fixed search exclusion of non-standard paths (~/.cache, ~/.gvfs, /dev) (Xfce #15206)
Translation Updates
Added ‘translator-credits’ string to .po files (Xfce #15564)
Changed “…” to “…” for consistency with other Xfce apps (Xfce #15407)
Marked the “Search for files” string translatable (Xfce #15097)
Albanian, Arabic, Armenian (Armenia), Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Interlingue, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
Downloads
Catfish 1.4.8 Released
What’s New?
Desktop Integration / Enhanced Thunar Support
A long-requested feature (requested 2+ years ago), it is now possible to navigate directly to a file in Thunar. Right-click on a file and select “Show in File Manager”. Thunar will open immediately and then scroll to and select the requested file. Folder spelunkers, rejoice! (Xfce #14494)
Bug Fixes
- Automatically adjust locate arguments to accommodate the host OS, improving support for OpenBSD
- Fixed crash at startup on Wayland (Xfce #15297)
- Fixed directory support when XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP in unavailable (Xfce #15099)
- Fixed search exclusion of non-standard paths (~/.cache, ~/.gvfs, /dev) (Xfce #15206)
Translation Updates
- Added ‘translator-credits’ string to .po files (Xfce #15564)
- Changed “…” to “…” for consistency with other Xfce apps (Xfce #15407)
- Marked the “Search for files” string translatable (Xfce #15097)
Albanian, Arabic, Armenian (Armenia), Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Interlingue, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
Downloads
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Catfish 1.4.8 Released
What’s New?
Desktop Integration / Enhanced Thunar Support
A long-requested feature (requested 2+ years ago), it is now possible to navigate directly to a file in Thunar. Right-click on a file and select “Show in File Manager”. Thunar will open immediately and then scroll to and select the requested file. Folder spelunkers, rejoice! (Xfce #14494)
Bug Fixes
- Automatically adjust locate arguments to accommodate the host OS, improving support for OpenBSD
- Fixed crash at startup on Wayland (Xfce #15297)
- Fixed directory support when XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP in unavailable (Xfce #15099)
- Fixed search exclusion of non-standard paths (~/.cache, ~/.gvfs, /dev) (Xfce #15206)
Translation Updates
- Added ‘translator-credits’ string to .po files (Xfce #15564)
- Changed “…” to “…” for consistency with other Xfce apps (Xfce #15407)
- Marked the “Search for files” string translatable (Xfce #15097)
Albanian, Arabic, Armenian (Armenia), Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Interlingue, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
Downloads
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Xfce Settings 4.13.8 Released
As we prepare to release Xfce 4.14, each component is receiving another round of reviews and polish. Xfce Settings 4.13.8 includes a bevy of fixes and translations, and forms a solid foundation for the Xfce desktop.
What’s New?
General
- display: Disable auto-enabling profiles by default (4.13.7)
- display: Sync display when applying config
- display: Use current display
Bug Fixes
- color: Fix crash when launching GNOME Color Manager in the Settings Manager window (4.13.7) (Xfce #15426)
- color: Set the correct icon in color dialogs (4.13.7)
- display: Add mnemonics to minimal dialog buttons (4.13.7) (Xfce #15449)
- display: Replace deprecated icon (4.13.7) (Xfce #15416)
- settings-manager: Fix missing icons on resize/add/remove (4.13.7) (Xfce #15428, #15613)
- xfsettingsd: Fix numlock state restoration (4.13.7) (Xfce #15642)
- xfsettingsd: Start settings prior to complete startup (Xfce #15725)
- xsettings: Grab and sync XServer on startup (Xfce #15725)
Translation Updates
Armenian (Armenia), Belarusian, Danish, English (Australia), Finnish, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese (Brazilian), Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Downloads
Source tarball (md5, sha1, sha256)
Xfce Settings 4.13.8 is included in Xubuntu 19.10 “Eoan Ermine”, installed with the xfce4-settings package.
Xfce Settings 4.13.8 Released
What’s New?
General
display: Disable auto-enabling profiles by default (4.13.7)
display: Sync display when applying config
display: Use current display
Bug Fixes
color: Fix crash when launching GNOME Color Manager in the Settings Manager window (4.13.7) (Xfce #15426)
color: Set the correct icon in color dialogs (4.13.7)
display: Add mnemonics to minimal dialog buttons (4.13.7) (Xfce #15449)
display: Replace deprecated icon (4.13.7) (Xfce #15416)
settings-manager: Fix missing icons on resize/add/remove (4.13.7) (Xfce #15428, #15613)
xfsettingsd: Fix numlock state restoration (4.13.7) (Xfce #15642)
xfsettingsd: Start settings prior to complete startup (Xfce #15725)
xsettings: Grab and sync XServer on startup (Xfce #15725)
Translation Updates
Armenian (Armenia), Belarusian, Danish, English (Australia), Finnish, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese (Brazilian), Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian
Downloads
Xfce Settings 4.13.8 is included in Xubuntu 19.10 “Eoan Ermine”, installed with the xfce4-settings package.