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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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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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.