Schedules/KDE4/4.2 Changelog

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    Workspace

    • policykit (probably beta2)
    • Use knotify in kwrited
    • option for full path in breadcrumb mode
    • VI input mode in kwrite and kate
    • PowerDevil
    • kephal for better xrandr-support.
    • Add ConsoleKit support to kdm
    • Changed layout of several config pages (mainly systemsettings, konqueror) to fit 1024x600 netbook screen.

    Plasma

    (see also plasma changelog)

    • KRunner: Noun-Verb support
    • Konqueror history runner
    • Kate sessions runner
    • Recent Documents runner
    • Notifications and jobs in systemtray
    • panel->desktop dragging
    • Improved Battery applet for Powerdevil
    • Wallpaper plugins
    • Python support
    • Ruby support
    • Plasma Popup Tips
    • Taskbar grouping
    • Weather Plasmoid
    • Plasma On Screensaver
    • Add New Widgets: Pluggable widget browser
    • Activity<->Virtual Desktop Affinity (no UI)
    • Panel Autohide
    • Keyboard Shortcut Config UI
    • Save icon positioning in folderview
    • Quicklaunch Plasmoid
    • drop indicator in panel
    • make the panel controller a bit more usable
    • nicely draw the desktop toolbox when it's moved because of a panel
    • Various widgets (TODO)
    • Panel form factor support in the folderview applet, twitter, news, ...
    • Improved folderview configuration
    • Keyboard status applet


    KWin

    • Move maximized windows between Xinerama screens
    • Support for decoration shadows
    • Implement _NET_WM_FULLSCREEN_MONITORS EWMH spec hint
    • Compositing enabled by default
    • Compositing self-check
    • Global animation speed setting
    • Motion dynamics
    • Improved UI for selecting window/desktop switcher
    • UI for assigning effects to screen edges
    • Cube/cylinder/sphere effect
    • Magic lamp minimize effect
    • Animation in box switch effect
    • Mouse interaction for cover switch Effect
    • Thumbnail bar in the cover switch effect
    • Improved snow effect
    • Improved desktop grid
    • New present window layout modes
    • Invert only selected windows
    • Unredirecting of fullscreen windows (flicker-- w/ bad video drivers)

    Applications

    • Kate: snippets plugin ported, ctags plugin, build plugin improved
    • perldoc kioslave
    • Lokalize: MDI tabbed interface
    • Lokalize: Improved translation memory
    • Lokalize/kdelibs: widget text capture for any KDE application (by middle-clicking the widget)
    • Gwenview: support for animated gif and mng
    • Okular: support fax documents
    • Konqueror: bookmarks page (+kioslave)
    • Dolphin: previews in tooltips, zoom slider in statusbar


    Edu

    • KAlgebra: new parser / lexer, import for MathML presentation markup
    • KBruch: UI improvements and merge of KPercentage functionality
    • Python bindings to Marble widget classes
    • KStars: Display millions of stars, many more
    • KTurtle: color picker, command line, export image
    • Parley: UI improvements and automatic translation fetching from online sources
    • Marble: Moon Map, Historical Map, Marble Runners, On-Screen Navigation, Worldclock Plasmoid


    Admin / Utils / Network

    • system-config-printer-kde and printer-applet
    • Improved support for LDAP (Microsoft Active Directory) in KRDC
    • improved per host settings in KRDC
    • Okteta: new row-oriented view option, int64 and UTF-8 included in decoding table
    • Ark: service menu and password support
    • Ksnapshot: recording of window title, multiscreen improvements
    • KCharSelect: history and "instant search"

    PIM

    • Akregator: basic support for enclosures
    • KAlarm: Option to exclude holidays in recurring alarms
    • KAlarm: Improved layout for configuration dialog
    • KAlarm: New simple mode for alarm edit dialog
    • KAlarm: Ability to set global shortcuts to create alarms
    • KJots: Importing notes from knowit
    • KMail: Nicer attachment view
    • KMail: New message list
    • KNotes: Zeroconf support for sending notes on LAN
    • Kontact: new planner summary
    • Kontact: Drag and drop in free/busy view

    Games

    • Dragging jewels and untimes games in kdiamond
    • Ksirk: jabber-based netgame finding, scrolling improvements, skins via GHNS, skins editor
    • KGoldRunner: new levels
    • KBlocks: sounds support
    • New game: Killbots
    • New game: Bomber

    Libraries & development platform

    • Phonon: VideoWidget snapshot function
    • KHTML: Early domain name resolution (prefetch)
    • KHTML: embedded search/find-as-you-type bar
    • CMake: Reduced library link interface
    • Eigen (how's that interesting?
    • PyKDE: KCM and oder plugins support
    • Various improvements in the Kross Ruby and Python engines
    • New Kross engine: Falcon
    • fish and sftp support on Windows


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