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KDE v4.3 RC1 released

KDE - KDE 4.3 RC1 Release Announcement

A first release candidate of version 4.3 of KDE, the Qt 4-based desktop environment for Unix, has been released. See the announcement for new features and changes in KDE v4.3; the RC contains bug fixes to the last beta release. For download locations and links to binaries, see the info page.

MonkeyStudio v1.8.4.0b1 released

From MonkeyStudio website:

Version 1.8.4.0b1 of MonkeyStudio, an IDE for developing Qt 4 applications, has been released. This is a stable release, labelled as beta because it doesn't have all the functionality they want to introduce in the final 1.8.4.0 release. (Note to the MS developers: a release being labelled beta means it is unstable due to new, untested functionality. This should have been called 1.8.4.0, and the version with the new functionality should have been called 1.8.4.x or 1.8.5.0.)

Changes include:

  • qCtagsSense framework : A library write upon ctags library that provide a framework for class browser, quick navigator and auto completion for all language supported by ctags.
  • UpdateChecker plugin : that check for new available MkS version and propose you to download the one of your choice.
    ClassBrowser plugin : have been completly rewrited using qCtagsSense framework and allow to provide per file class browser, complete system api browser and a powerfull search engine.
  • Search & Replace plugin : have been reworked a little for the gui (mac os x), and now propose to choose a custom text codec while searching/replacing in directories : your sources comments (and code) will no longer have their encoding destroyed !
  • Workspace : It now exists a concept of "contexts", each context can have it's own actions and custom layouts. Currently, only "Quick File Access" option and ClassBrowser are using it.
  • Qt Designer plugin : now follow the QtCreator designing ui : there is no longer mdi area for all open forms. A LegacyDesigner namespace has been created to allow minimal back port for Qt 4.4.x. Previewing & Printing now support custom styles.
  • Project Manager : no longer ask for an operator while adding existing/creating files !
  • Editor : the current line/column is restored while reloading a file.
  • Bug fixes (see Changelog)

Screenshots here; downloads (source, Windows and Mac binaries) available on the home page. Requires Qt 4.4.

KDE forums revamped with Air-inspired theme

From Planet KDE, Luca Beltrame reports that the KDE forums have received a major upgrade; the phpBB-based forums now have a theme which is inspired by the new Oxygen Air KDE widget theme. New features include:

  • The ability of tagging a specific thread;
  • A new, improved reputation system;
  • A friends connection system where you can mark other users as friends and interact more easily with them
  • Improvements to KDE Brainstorm, including a neutral vote, an improved voting pad and a new look.

KDevelop 4: fourth beta released

From KDE Dot News:

A fourth beta of KDevelop 4 has been released. KDevelop is an integrated development environment for KDE which can be used with a variety of languages but is particularly suited to KDE development. Major changes:

  • Working sets
  • Integration of "quick open" into the toolbar
  • New perspective switcher

Bug fixes (30 in total) including:

  • Closing images & other binaries will no longer cause crash
  • Valgrind works again
  • Variable view in debugger fixed
  • Crash bugs related to parsing and code-completion popups fixed

Source downloads available from KDE mirrors; read this before building it yourself. Requires KDE v4.2; working sets and many other new features require 4.3.

QTM v1.1 released

From Qt Apps:

Version 1.1 of QTM, an application for submitting entries to Movable Type, Wordpress and Drupal sites, has been released. Changes:

  • New feature: Ability to create categories (in Wordpress blogs only)
  • New feature: Decodes XML entities such as & in category, blog and account names
  • Improvement: Will now run Markdown from the Markdown subdirectory of the source bundle, whether QTM is built in-source or in a 'build' directory
  • Bug fix: Now includes [*] placeholder whenever setting the main window title (to stop console warnings when "setWindowModified" is called)
  • Bug fix: "Allow trackbacks" setting in accounts form wouldn't keep on second account down.

Screenshots here; for downloads, see the Downloads box on the home page. Requires Qt 4.2.

Highlight v2.10 released

From Qt Apps:

Version 2.10 of Highlight, an application for turning source code into publishable documents (HTML, XML, LaTeX etc), has been released. Changes:

  • Added support for Rebol, Oz, Mercury, Zonnon, ATS (Applied Type System), CHILL, NetRexx, Inno Setup and INTERLIS
  • Improved Prolog, Pike, Oberon, Nice, Java, Lisp, Lua, Haskell, C# and SML definitions

For screenshots and downloads, see the Qt Apps page.

Kubuntu Tutorials Day next Monday

KubuntuTutorialsDay - Ubuntu Wiki

There is to be a Kubuntu Tutorials Day next Monday (29th June) to run from 1900 to 2400 UTC, with questions and answers afterwards. The tutorials are:

  • 1900: Roderick Greening on Kubuntu Karmic
  • 2000: Harald Sitter on Ruby
  • 2100: Jonathan Riddell on making DEB packages
  • 2200: Kem Wimer on composing icons
  • 2300: Sven Krohlas on using QtScript with Amarok

The tutorials are to be held on #kubuntu-devel on irc.freenode.net.

Qt for S60 technology preview released

Qt Software has announced a technology preview of the Symbian S60 port of Qt, which is expected to be released along with Qt 4.6 next year. This release is based on Qt 4.5; future releases will be based on Qt 4.6. Changes include:

  • Partial Qt Webkit integration
  • Support for SQL
  • Improved exceptions safety for Qt Core library
  • Binary installer for emulator and phone
  • Overall performance improvements

Downloads here, or you can get it from the Git repository. Qt Software are experimenting with providing S60 support in Qt Creator; see the repository.

Qt v4.5.2, Qt Creator 1.2 released

Qt Software has announced the release of new versions of the Qt toolkit and Qt Creator, which will be released individually and in a new version of the Software Development Kit (SDK), version 2009.3.

Qt v4.5.2 contains bug fixes to several classes and to Designer; changelog here.

Changes for Qt Creator include:

  • Ability to use Visual Studio toolset for compiling debugging on Windows
  • Translation infrastructure, and German translation
  • Empty Qt 4 project creation wizard
  • Redesigned welcome screen
  • Added block highlighting feature
  • Regexp searching
  • Method selector will list methods alphabetically as well as in order of appearance

Full list here. All downloads to be found here (bundles include source or binary of the Qt library or Qt Creator only, and a binary SDK).

Qt Labs Blogs: OpenVG support in Qt 4.6

Qt Labs Blogs » OpenVG support in Qt 4.6

Rhys Weatherly announces that the OpenVG graphics system being prepared for Qt 4.6 is "all ready to go". It can be downloaded through the Qt Gitorious repositories. The library still needs testing and porting to Qt/Embedded.

Konqueror BugDay this Saturday

From KDE.News:

A Konqueror Bug Day is planned for this coming Saturday (20th June). Participants should use a recent SVN version of KDE (not 4.2.x), such as SVN trunk, a Neon nightly build or a snapshot. No programming skill is needed. Join at #kde-bugs on http://www.freenode.net any time on Saturday; the event will continue until it ceases to be the 20th in any time zone.

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PyKDE v3.16.3 released

Riverbank Computing has announced the release of version 3.16.3 of PyKDE, their Python bindings for the KDE libraries. This version will link against current versions of PyQt and SIP. Downloads here. Released under GPL v2 (not sure about commercial licences).

Four keynotes confirmed for Gran Canaria

From KDE Dot News:

Four keynote speakers have been confirmed as speaking at the upcoming Gran Canaria Desktop Summit, the joint KDE and GNOME developers' conference: Richard Stallman (FSF), Walter Bender of Sugar Labs, Robert Lefkowitz (distinguished engineer of the ACM) and Jakub Pavelek of Nokia.

KDE v4.3: second beta released

From KDE Dot News:

A second beta of version 4.3 of KDE, the Qt 4-based desktop environment for Unix, has been released. This release, codenamed "Crumping", features 2,991 bug-fixes, with 3,008 bug reports opened from the last beta. Source downloads, with links to some binaries for Gentoo, Kubuntu and OpenSUSE, are here. For more general details on KDE 4.3, see here. The BugSquad have another Bug Day planned for the 20th of this month.