On 8/14/19 12:08 AM, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev wrote:
On 8/13/19 4:44 PM, Tim Tassonis via blfs-dev wrote:
On 8/13/19 11:28 PM, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev wrote:
On 8/13/19 3:29 PM, Tim Tassonis via blfs-dev wrote:
On 8/13/19 9:57 PM, Thomas Trepl wrote:
Am Dienstag, den 13.08.2019, 19:58 +0200 schrieb Tim Tassonis via
blfs-dev:
Hi all
For anybody using xfce4 as their desktop, I wanted to share my
progress
regarding the new release.
[snip]
What about dependencies to gtk2/gtk3? Do we still need both?
An
ldd /opt/X11/bin/xf* |grep gtk
(that's where I have all xfce4 stuff) returns only
/opt/X11/lib/libgtk-3.so.0
so, no program, apart from xfburn (which I quickly deinstalled, just
to check) links to gtk2 anymore.
On the panel plugins side, only xfce4-xkb-plugin still links to
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0, even if re-compiled.
Do we need still xfce4-xkb-plugin? I'm not sure how we use it.
I don't think so, there is an xfce4-keyboard-settings in
xfce4-settings, which should do basic stuff. As far as I remember,
xfce4-xkb-plugin would allow for easy switching between keyboard
layouts from the panel itself, but this is really not something you
need on a hardwired desktop system.
I see the point only in vnc sessions that are used by different people
with different layouts.
I see now. I had to add the plugin to the panel before I could use it,
but it looks just like the one in the settings manager.
I'm not sure about your comment about a vnc. Wouldn't each user be able
to set it independently using the settings manager if using something
like tigervnc? It seems that it would be a very unusual situation if
multiple users logging into a shared vnc session would want different
keyboard layouts and even then I'd think it would have the be the vnc
client controlling the keyboard.
You might be right, it was just an idea how it could make sense. I'm not
in an such an environment, but only know that with Windows RDP Sessions
on Windows Servers, you get that option, and there it is handy.
Also, did you build gtk-xfce-engine? I don't think we need that either.
No, I didn't. As far as I remember this is a gtk2 enginge for gtk2 and
I guess it could still be built, but since xfce4 itself mostly uses
gtk3, this engine now makes little sense anymore.
Also, the xfce4 release notes state:
...
As always it's also time to say goodbye to some older unmaintained or
deprecated projects. (Luckily our projects only go to the attic aka the
archive on git.xfce.org when they die.) With a salty teardrop of sadness
we bid farewell to:
garcon-vala, gtk-xfce-engine, pyxfce, thunar-actions-plugin, xfbib,
xfc, xfce4-kbdleds-plugin, xfce4-mm, xfce4-taskbar-plugin,
xfce4-windowlist-plugin, xfce4-wmdock-plugin and xfswitch-plugin
...
So, it really is not supported anymore, I guess.
Bye
Tim
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