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KDE Commit-Digest for 12th May 2013

Sunday, 2 June 2013  |  Mrybczyn

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

  • Digikam adds video properties search in Advanced Search tool
  • Okular better supports annotations in rotated pages
  • In KDE Workspace, sorting of tasks is possible by activity; the KDE Classic cursor theme becomes an image-based theme
  • Easier drag and drop of items in Dolphin Places
  • Network Management shows connection details
  • Skrooge adds a possibility to open report from dashboard widgets.

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Kévin Ottens - Akademy 2013 Community Keynote

Saturday, 1 June 2013  |  Tcanabrava
Kévin Ottens is a long-time KDE hacker, known as ervin on IRC and email. He contributes to the KDE Community at large, with a strong emphasis on API design and frameworks architecture. He was instrumental in developing the KDE Manifesto, a process that started during Akademy 2012. Read More

Pre-order Akademy 2013 T-shirt

Thursday, 23 May 2013  |  Kallecarl
For the first time this year, attendees can pre-order an official Akademy 2013 shirt (with picture), pick it up at Akademy 2013 in Bilbao and pay a reduced price. This year's distinctive design is based on the Lauburu, an ancient Basque symbol. Read More

KDE Commit-Digest for 5th May 2013

Wednesday, 15 May 2013  |  Mrybczyn

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

  • Multiple changes in Digikam, especially around the full screen mode
  • Amarok's MusicBrainz tagger can now help choose the best tags possible
  • Kate further improves the Vim mode by allowing the emulated Vim command bar to auto-complete from words in the document using CTRL-Space
  • KDE-PIM makes default OpenPGP file extension configurable
  • K3b informs the user if the inserted medium is not suitable
  • NetworkManagement adds an Infiniband config
  • Optimizations in memory usage in KDE-PIM.

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KDE ships May updates

Monday, 6 May 2013  |  Kallecarl
KDE has released May updates for its Workspaces, Applications and Development Platform. These are the third monthly stabilization updates to the 4.10 series. The 4.10.3 updates bring bugfixes and translation updates on top of the 4.10 release and are recommended updates for everyone running the 4.10 series. It will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. Read More

KDE Commit-Digest for 28th April 2013

Wednesday, 1 May 2013  |  Mrybczyn

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

  • Amarok can now be configured not to transcode from MP3 to MP3 (for example) and more
  • Artikulate implements native sound recording in editor
  • Digikam adds Pixel Size and Aspect Ratio filters to Text filter and Advanced Search dialog
  • Search now uses https for web shortcuts
  • Kate adds OpenCL highlighting and preliminary implementation of CMake auto completer
  • Calligra implements file-backed layers; Coffice adds zoom.

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KDE Commit-Digest for 14th April 2013

Sunday, 28 April 2013  |  Mrybczyn

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

  • KDE-PIM extends support for Facebook notifications: whenever the user receives a notification, it's displayed with direct links and an option to mark all notifications as read; work starts on grammar checker
  • Calligra expands the References section by adding features to insert hyperlinks, bookmarks and links to bookmarks
  • Network Management autoconnects to a VPN when a device gets connected; work in progress on mobile broadband wizard integration
  • Rocs adds script engine documentation widget feature
  • Work on Youtube support in Plasma MediaCenter

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KDE Commit-Digest for 21st April 2013

Sunday, 28 April 2013  |  Mrybczyn

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

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KDE Commit-Digest for 31st March 2013

Sunday, 28 April 2013  |  Mrybczyn

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

  • Kate improves the Vim mode, including adding the Vim command bar
  • Amarok now recognizes Data CDs as collections; scripting interface has been enhanced with requested method
  • Python support in KDevelop adds identifier-similarity aware sorting of completion items
  • Kraft lets user select his/her own identity from address book in settings
  • Rekonq sees work on session management
  • Work on threading in Calligra on Android (Coffice) to improve interface response time

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KDE Commit-Digest for 7th April 2013

Sunday, 28 April 2013  |  Mrybczyn

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

  • Amarok can now read & save .asx playlists, becomes power-management aware: it can inhibit automatic system suspend and pause on resume (configurable); reads playlist files asynchronously when possible
  • A new simple template to create a Plasma applet with Plasma QML components
  • Skrooge adds monthly reports and the main page uses the standard KDE font
  • Kdenlive adds reverse clip to clip actions
  • KWin sees big code re-organizations: splits out screen handling from Workspace into own-class Screens, and separates Activities-related code out from Workspace
  • Work on Calligra on Android (Coffice) continues.

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