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KDE Commit-Digest for 16th November 2014

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Gwenview gains "Recent Files" option
Cantor sees multiple backends (R, Lua, KAlgebra/analitza, Maxima, Qalculate) and KLetters ported to Qt5/KF5
Refactoring in of the custom defines and includes plugins in KDevelop: the compiler provider is a library now
Skrooge adds new advice detecting scheduled operations having date not aligned with the last inserted operation
Heavy development including introducting a base class Resource; also bugfixes.

Thu, 27 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Marble can preview Geo Data files (GPX, OSM, KML, ESRI) in the file manager or file dialogs
Plasma workspace introduce a list of apps that are limited to single notification only to limit the number of notifications the user sees
KDE-PIM gains an initial implementation of native Gmail resource
Krita allows global selection masks to be shown in the Layers docker to be used with other tools; implements drag & drop of multiple layers
First approach to a KF5 port of KDE Connect.

Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Calligra adds Okular generator for DOC/DOCX, based on the one for ODT
Marble supports polygon moving, node deletion and adding polygon holes
Solid offers more detailed battery status information
KDevelop plugin controller architecture gains important optimizations
Kdelibs sees config file parsing optimization thanks to reduced number of memory allocations
Krita adds a Scalable Distance option to Weighted Smoothing
In KDE Frameworks, Step has been ported to Qt5/KF5

Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

In KDevelop it is now possible to modify many include directories and defined macros at the same time
KStars adds an "eyepiece view" feature to the observation planner; It renders a view of the eyepiece and DSS / other imagery if available, side-by-side
Digikam adds a geotagging status for thumbnails when viewing the album
Calligra adds Okular generator for ODT (and OTT) files
Solid now has a proper Inhibition object, with start/stop methods
Trojita implements PasswordWatcher for imap access
Akonadi implements direct streaming of part data