Schedules/KDE4/4.4 Feature Plan

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This is a list of planned features for the 4.4 release.

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  • in-progress => started, but not completed yet
  • done => completed

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kdelibs

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IN PROGRESS kdeui Support floating point font sizes Christoph Feck <[email protected]>
TO DO KLocale Investigate adding Currency Code and currency minor units support based on ISO 4217 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217). John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO KCalendarSystem Add new astronomical calculation support classes to be used in kdelibs to build new astronomically based calendar systems, and in kdepim to build new version of libkholiday. John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO KCalendarSystem Add new calendar systems: Indian Civil (Saka), Ethiopean, Chinese, Pure Julian, Pure Gregorian, etc. John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO KDEPrint If no file printing support in Qt4.5, migrate FilePrinter class from Okular to enable file printing for all apps via QPrinter. To be discussed on k-c-d first. John Layt <[email protected]>
TO DO KDEPrint Add framework for standard actions for 'Send to...' for e-mail, fax, etc by printing to PDF/PS. John Layt <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS katepart Add mapping support for the vi input mode's normal mode Erlend Hamberg <ehambergαgmail.com>
DONE katepart Enable command line scripting again Dominik Haumann <[email protected]>
DONE katepart Support byte-order mark in unicode files Joseph Wenninger <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS katepart Improve TemplateInterface, i.e. snippet support Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
TO DO katepart Add interface to access highlighting information, port html-export plugin Milian Wolff <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS kdeui Finish the time chooser widget Michael Leupold <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS kdecore Move event-filter installation out of KApplication and into a new class Michael Leupold <[email protected]>
TO DO kdeui Implement caps-lock warning for password entry widgets Michael Leupold <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS kdecore Polkit-1 backend for KAuth Dario Freddi <[email protected]>
TO DO kdecore Group policy (Windows) backend for KAuth Dario Freddi <[email protected]>

kdebase-workspace

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Non-Plasma, Non-KWin
DONE System Settings Improve module appearance for Icons View and provide searching hints Ben Cooksley <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Date/Time KCM Plasma themed clock Christoph Feck <[email protected]>
TO DO Icons KCM More configurable icon sizes Christoph Feck <[email protected]>
TO DO Fonts KCM More configurable fonts Christoph Feck <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Solid RemoteControl Manager/Interface + Lirc backend Michael Zanetti <[email protected]>
KRunner
DONE KRunner Window management runner Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
Plasma - Priority Features
IN PROGRESS netbook shell a plasma shell and various containments/applets tailored for netbooks (tech preview status in 4.4) Marco Martin <[email protected]>
Plasma
DONE System tray Plasmoid support in the system tray Marco Martin <[email protected]>
DONE System tray config ui to decide between always shown, always hidden and auto hide for each systray item Marco Martin <[email protected]>
DONE libplasma/kwin slide animation for popups done by kwin Marco Martin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS knowledge base plasmoid new plasmoid: Opendesktop.org knowledgebase client Marco Martin <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS opendesktop plasmoid show friends activity Marco Martin <[email protected]>
TO DO libplasma better text box look with new svg elements Marco Martin <[email protected]>
KWin - Core
DONE KWin Quick maximize and tiling on screen edge Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
DONE KWin Improved multiple desktops kcm Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
DONE KWin New TabBox (alt+tab) implementation Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
DONE KWin SVG based window decoration theme engine (Aurorae) Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
DONE KWin Merge Oxygen and Nitrogen (from kde-look) window decorations, and make it the default decoration in place of Ozone Hugo Pereira Da Costa <[email protected]>
KWin - Desktop Effects
DONE KWin Mouse action support in Present Windows effect Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
DONE KWin Present Windows for all windows of same class (application) Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
DONE KWin Improved Flip Switch effect Martin Gräßlin <[email protected]>
KDM

kdepimlibs

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kdenetwork

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TO DO Kopete UPnp Support Matt Rogers <[email protected]>
TO DO Kopete Jabber Jingle video support Detlev Casanova <[email protected]>
TO DO Kopete Jabber Jingle ICE support Detlev Casanova <[email protected]>
TO DO Kopete Add support for urls to Bonjour plugin Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Kopete Rich text support for ICQ Roman Jarosz <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Kopete Contacts plasmoid Dennis Nienhüser <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Kopete Telepathy protocol plugin George Goldberg <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Kopete Telepathy Tubes Desktop Sharing plugin George Goldberg <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Krfb Telepathy Tubes support George Goldberg <[email protected]>
DONE Krdc Redesigned workflow to create a new

connection

Urs Wolfer <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Krdc Full Screen Switching Tony Murray <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Telepathy Account Management KCM George Goldberg <[email protected]>
TO DO Telepathy Mission Control launcher KDED George Goldberg <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Kopete Akonadi Logger(modify the history plugin) Kaushik Saurabh <[email protected]>

kdepim

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kdeutils

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TO DO Okteta add editing capability to Decoding table Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta add Kate-like search tool Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta add support for import by drop, both url and data Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta copy again puts also a value or char variant of the data to clipboard Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta add support for memory mapping of files Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta add further export formats like s-record and intel 16 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta add support for jobs like io, printing, string search or filter Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Okteta Make dialogs for Goto, Search & Replace embedded Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Add Okular like embedded notifications Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Store bookmarks and other view settings for next load Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Okteta Add dialog to set selection range Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO Okteta Add global toggle option for the offset display, hex or decimal Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
DONE Okteta Rename libkakao to Kasten and make the Okteta KPart use it Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <[email protected]>
TO DO KGpg Make keyserver actions possible to use on multiple keyservers at once Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]>
TO DO KGpg Add "caff" mode for keysigning Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]>
TO DO KGpg Allow searching for trust path in keyring Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]>
TO DO KGpg Add improved key import result window (with useful summary, filtering, reasonable default size etc.) Rolf Eike Beer <[email protected]>
TO DO Ark Add an options dialog (maybe) Harald Hvaal <[email protected]>
TO DO Ark Support for custom options from the compression interface (eg. a slider for selecting compression level for rar files) Harald Hvaal <[email protected]>
TO DO Ark Add feedback for the latest operation in the status bar Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO Ark Add feedback for the latest operation in the status bar Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO Ark Try multiple plugins for each archive type before failing Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO Ark Make the internal previewer optional Raphael Kubo da Costa <[email protected]>
TO DO printer-applet Restore feature parity with KDEPrint3 where possible. [mailto: Jonathon Riddell, John Layt <>]
IN PROGRESS kdelirc Communicate to lirc through solid Michael Zanetti <[email protected]>

kdebindings

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kdegames

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DONE KBreakOut Improved keyboard support Fela Winkelmolen <[email protected]>
DONE KBreakOut Fullscreen support Fela Winkelmolen <[email protected]>
TO DO KBreakOut Level Sets Fela Winkelmolen <[email protected]>
TO DO KBreakOut Sound Fela Winkelmolen <[email protected]>
TO DO KDiamond Intelligent animation pre-caching Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO KDiamond Improve time display Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO KDiamond Refactor Board and Diamond classes Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO Kolf Replace with Kolf 2 (help on coding, artwork and level design desired) Stefan Majewsky <[email protected]>
TO DO KSquares Re-write computer player, make it act faster and more intelligent Eckhart Wörner <[email protected]>
TO DO KSquares Add more types of boards: hexagonal, triangular Eckhart Wörner <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Gluon release first gluon lib with one game. [1] Sacha schutz <[email protected]>

kdeadmin

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TO DO system-config-printer-kde Restore feature parity with KDEPrint3 where possible. [mailto: Jonathan Riddell, John Layt <>]

kdesdk

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TO DO Lokalize Integrate snowball stemmer for glossary Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
TO DO Lokalize Continue implementing XLIFF spec Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
TO DO Lokalize Segmentation [editing] functionality Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected] >
TO DO Lokalize Remote translation memories Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
TO DO Lokalize Integrate with nepomuk (fast stats retrieval, tag cloud - incl sharing!) Nick Shaforostoff <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS Kate Add common vim commands like :wq, :new, :split, etc. Erlend Hamberg <ehambergαgmail.com>

kdeedu

Status Project Description Contact
DONE KAlgebra Improved MathML Presentation support Aleix Pol <[email protected]>
DONE KAlgebra Added 2D parametric function plotting Aleix Pol <[email protected]>
DONE KAlgebra Improved jump detections Aleix Pol <[email protected]>
TO DO KStars Marble widget for Geolocation tool Médéric Boquien <[email protected]>
TO DO KStars Better printed star charts Jason Harris <[email protected]>
TO DO KStars Better rendering of comets/asteroids Jason Harris <[email protected]>
TO DO KStars Texture mapping of the skymap??? Jason Harris <[email protected]>
DONE KStars Improve Observing List Wizard Prakash Mohan <[email protected]>
TO DO KStars Display Comet Magnitudes whenever possible Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO KStars Information links in-place for each technical term Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO KStars Tool to suggest star-hopping techniques??? Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO KStars Extend conjunction tool to have one object unspecified, but have a genre of objects specified instead Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO KStars Simulate Lunar Eclipses Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO KStars Simulate Satellites and Iridium Flares Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
TO DO KStars Social and Geographical Integration for KStars Akarsh Simha <[email protected]>
DONE KTurtle Add F2 context help Niels Slot <[email protected]>
DONE KTurtle Add SVG export for the canvas Niels Slot <[email protected]>
DONE KTurtle Add HTML export of the code Niels Slot <[email protected]>
DONE KTurtle Add printing support for the canvas Niels Slot <[email protected]>



kdemultimedia

Status Project Description Contact
IN PROGRESS KMix Allow arbitrary ordering of controls Christian Esken <[email protected]>
IN PROGRESS KMix Add WhatsThis help on controls (Bug 70042) Christian Esken <[email protected]>
TO DO KMix Nicer OSD (icon, mute state) Christian Esken <[email protected]>
TO DO KMix Amend Keyboard Shortcuts Christian Esken <[email protected]>

kdeaccessibility

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kdegraphics

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kdebase-runtime

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kdebase-apps

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kdeplasma-addons

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kdeartwork

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