Software Update: Xfce 4.2.2

The developers of Xfce released version 4.2.2 a few days ago. Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems and focuses on speed without compromising on visual aspects or user-friendliness. The full changelog looks like this:

General:

• new and updated translations: bn_IN, ca, cs, el, el_GR, eo, eu, fi, hu, ja, ko, mr, pl, ro, vi,
• new french documentation.

gtk-xfce-engine:

• fix various colors issues with ExoIconBar, prelight colors for treeview, Adobe® Acrobattm 7, progress bar, combo box, gtk scales (#848†

libxfcegui4:

• check ~/.local/share/pixmaps/ as a fallback (#731†

xfcalendar:

• fix compiling with –enable-debug=full (#843†
• remove C99 variable declaration and C++ comments.

xfce4 mixer:

• fix a bug with ALSA.

xfce4-session:

• fix a crash with the MCS plugin.

xfce-utils:

• taskbar: Add a command option “–monitor=x” to allow specifying which monitor to use in Xinerama mode.

xfdesktop:

• fix translation problems with menu panel plugin,
• fix bug where binding ‘xfdesktop -menu’ only works sporadically (#441†
• fix unresolved symbol problem with menu module.

xffm:

• fix property dialog crashing on FreeBSD (#945†
• fix library version info not set on the properties module (#882† #249†
• fix fstab parsing(#524†
• fix compilation issues with ansi compiler and gcc4 (#862†

xfprint:

• make bsdlpr plugin compile,
• change CUPS detection code,
• set correct ld flags (#871†
• add support for printcap aliases (#821†
• fix MCS plugin.

xfwm4:

• fix mouse buttons being left ungrabbed when focus was transferred to an unmanaged window,
• document hidden option “workspace_scroll” (#948†
• various focus issues (#759† #869† #899† #905† #924† #931†
• fix pixmap depth not being properly set (#895†
• refresh frame when “skip taskbar” state changes (#898†
• allow seemless windows to be hidden from kbd shortcuts,
• code cleanup.