Exo 0.12.0 Released

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With full GTK+ 2 and 3 support and numerous enhancements, Exo 0.12.0 provides a solid development base for new and refreshed Xfce applications.

What’s New?

Since this is the first stable release in nearly 2.5 years, I will briefly summarize the changes since version 0.10.7, released on September 13, 2015.

New Features

GTK Extensions

Added exo_gtk_dialog_get_action_area
Added exo_gtk_dialog_add_secondary_button
Added support for the “insensitive” state in exo_cell_renderer_icon (GTK+ 3)

Helpers

WebBrower: Added Brave, Google Chrome, and Vivaldi
MailReader: Added Geary, dropped Opera Mail (no longer available for Linux)

Utilities

exo-csource: Added a new --output flag to write the generated output to a file
exo-helper: Added a new --query flag to determine the preferred application

Icons

Replaced non-standard gnome-* icons
Replaced non-existent “missing-image” icon

Build Changes

Build requirements were updated. Exo now requires GTK+ 2.24, GTK+ 3.22, GLib 2.42, libxfce4ui 4.12, and libxfce4util 4.12. Building GTK+ 3 libraries is not optional.
The default debug setting is now “yes” instead of “full.”