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From Qt Apps:

A second test release of PerlQt 4 has been released. This adds the QtGui module and has a rewrite of part of the tutorial. Source downloads here. Note that this lacks modules other than Core and GUI.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.8.7 of Smb4K, the Samba/Windows share browser for KDE, has been released. Changelog:

• Fixed smb4k_cat utility program, so that files won't get corrupted anymore.
• Fixed Smb4KPasswordHandler::readDefaultAuth() that returned a pointer that was freed when the function exited.
• Fixed the remounting of shares.
• Fixed mounting and unmounting problems under FreeBSD.

Screenshots here, downloads (source with links to various third-party binaries) here. Requires Qt/KDE 3.2 and Samba 3.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.10.0 of Recoll, a text search tool for Unix based on the Xapian back-end, has been released. This version adds support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean text and a GUI config tool for the main configuration file. Screenshots here, downloads (source, various distro binaries) here. Requires Xapian and Qt 3.3 or Qt 4 (the binaries require Qt 3.3 and have static Xapian compiled in).

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From KDE Apps:

Version 2.2.4 of KTorrent, a BitTorrent downloading program for KDE, has been released. This version fixes a major crash in v2.2.3. Screenshots here, downloads (source only at present) here.

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From KDE website:

A first release candidate of KDE 4 has been released. This is defined as the first version suitable for general use, and it includes the final release of the development platform. Packages have already been released for OpenSUSE but source code and general information is here.

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From KDE Apps:

Versions 1.4.20 and 1.9.9beta2 of KAlarm, an alarm and event scheduler for KDE, have been released. These versions fix a bug where deferring a non-recurring alarm didn't work, and there are other minor bug fixes. Screenshots here, downloads (source, Debian Lenny binaries, link to Slackware binaries) here. Stable version requires KDE 3; version 1.9 requires KDE 3.2.

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From Qt Apps:

Version 0.9 of Speedcrunch, the scientific calculator, has been released. Changes:

• a new, faster and more accurate math engine with a greatly extended number range
• real-value factorials
• new inverse hyperbolic functions
• stay always-on-top feature

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Windows installer, links to various Linux binaries) here. Requires Qt v4.2.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.7.5 of KSquirrel, an image viewer for KDE which uses OpenGL for drawing, has been released. Changes in this release:

• more bugfixes in tabs
• more improvements in selection rectangle in image window
• selection rectangle is now drawn by OpenGL
• saving to clipboard now doesn't mix red and blue channels
• other small bugfixes
• added translations: Turkish, Polish, Italian, British

Screenshots here, downloads (source with various binaries) and install instructions here. Requires Qt 3.3, KDE 3.5, OpenGL and KSquirrel's own library.

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From Qt Apps:

Version 0.9.1 of QtiPlot, an Origin-like scientific plotting and data analysis program, has been released. Major changes:

• The behaviour of matrices is now completely Origin like: dual image/data view mode, support for flipping and rotating images, 2D histograms and the possibility to save matrices as bitmap or vector image files. Fast Fourier Transformations for matrices was also implemented. This is a restricted module (the code is not GPL) and is available only to users having subscribed for a QtiPlot binaries maintenance contract.
• The fit wizard was higly improved: all the fit models and the initial guesses for the fit parameters can be saved to XML files, added the possibility to restrict the search range for the fit parameters and added a preview functionality for the fit models, allowing to determine efficiently the initial fit values.
• Added support for 3D parametric surfaces.
• Added a preview option to the import ASCII dialog and the possibility to import new data as read-only columns.
• Improved the handling of tool bars and added a new tool bar for table column operations.
• The import of Origin 7.5 project files was improved thanks to Alex Kargovsky.
• Fixed export to vector formats on Mac OS X.

Screenshots linked off home page; downloads (source only unless you pay) here. Requires Qt v4.2 and Python v2.5; scripting requires SIP and PyQt v4.

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From KDE Dot News:

The winners of the contest to answer why one should get free admission to the KDE 4 release event (Mountain View, CA, 17-19 Jan 2008) have been announced. They are Aron Stansvik, a bookseller from Örebro, Sweden, and Kyle Cunningham, a computer science student at the University of Minnesota, and a KDE and Drupal contributor. Both will be speaking at the conference, and the content of their entries will be revealed then.

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Trolltech Releases Qtopia 4.2.5 — Trolltech

Trolltech has released version 4.2.5 of Qtopia, its development toolkit and platform for embedded devices with the same API as Qt. Main changes (full list and release notes here):

• Technology preview of Bluetooth support
• Enhanced documentation, particularly the non-class pages
• Numerous bug fixes; see the release notes.

This is not available under the GPL; open-source developers should use version 4.3. An evaluation version is available here.

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From KDE Apps:

A first release candidate of version 2.0 of Gambas, a Visual Basic-like development environment for Unix, has been released. Main changes (full list here):

• Now possible to use Gambas as a scripting language
• Alpha channel support in the icon editor
• PDF component enhanced
• Interpreter can return error stack backtraces
• Updates to Swedish, Catalan, Italian and Japanese translations

Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here. Requirements list (includes Qt 3.2) here.

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From Qt Apps:

Version 0.3 of Squash, formerly Squeeze, a batch image resizer, has been released. Changes:

• Usability improvements
• Bug fix: Squash would crash when restarting resize
• Application rename

Screenshot and downloads (source, Ubuntu Gutsy and Windows binaries) at the Qt Apps page.

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From KDE Apps:

Versions 1.4.19 (stable) and 1.9.9 (beta) of KAlarm, an alarm and event scheduler for KDE, have been released. Changes in 1.4.19:

• Hang-up and temporary system freeze which occurred at startup fixed, along with a couple of other minor bugs

Changes in 1.9.9:

• Alarm type now chosen from the menu, and possible to set the output of a command as the display text when the alarm activates
• Start-up freeze as in 1.4.19 fixed
• Failure to trigger some date-only alarms fixed
• "Date-only alarms triggering every minute from midnight until the start-of-day time" fixed
• Daylight saving bug fixed
• Inability to enter today's times in the alarm edit dialog (in Americas) fixed
• Some other bug fixes
• Korean and Occitan translations added

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Debian Lenny binaries) here. Stable version requires KDE 3, the beta requires 3.2.

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From KDE Dot News:

The Spanish KDE conference, Akademy-es, is to be held in Zaragoza next weekend (17th and 18th Nov). Location details are here and the programme, including talks on CMake, KOffice and ODF and Semantik on Saturday, here. On Sunday, there will be a demonstration of KDE 4 with an "interactive and participatory session".

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From Qt Apps:

Version 1.3.0 of iTest, a computerised examination suite, has been released. The system consists of a client and a server. Changes in both:

• added Spanish translation
• added SVG (scalable vector graphics) support, which means questions can now contain graphics
• added multiple correct answers support
• new database format - older versions of iTest cannot open the new itdb 1.3 files, iTest 1.3 can still open older databases
• upgraded from Qt 4.3.1 to Qt 4.3.2

Changes in the server:

• added the ability to print questions and tests (with or without graphics)
• added search to the "overall statistics" dialogue
• made the ui more flexible
• many improvements in translations
• numerous bug-fixes and more...

Changes in the client:

• added the ability to hide correct answers at the end of tests
• made the ui more flexible
• fixed a bug where the status of the test progress bar was not refreshed after starting a new test

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Mac and Windows binaries) here. Requires Qt v4.3.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.0.0-pre1 of Edyuk, the IDE for Qt 4, has been released. Changes (since 1.0.0-beta3) include:

• fixed tons of bugs
• many usability improvments
• brand new plugin system
• way better configuration facilities
• improved class browsing and code completion
• improved speed (app loading, project loading, ...)
• much better designer integration
• improved usability
• added column selection and column edit to QCodeEdit 2

Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here. Requires Qt 4.3 and Subversion to be installed.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.5.8 of KPoGre, a KDE administration program for PostgreSQL databases, has been released. Changes:

• Updated system catalog SQL queries, to be compatible with PosgtreSQL 8.3-b3
• Added xml and uuid datatypes to wizards column lists
• Improved DataTable to edit XML datatype columns like text LOB
• Make XML syntax higlighter in editor configurable

Screenshots here, downloads (source, SUSE 10 RPMs with Postgres interface libraries) at KDE Apps above. Requires KDE 3.5.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 0.7.4 of KSquirrel, a KDE image viewing application which uses OpenGL, has been released. Changes:

• Filtering and color balance in image window doesn't loose rotation angle
• Saving in image window doesn't loose rotation angle (flipping is still lost)
• Prevent autoresizing when tab count is 1
• External tools for non-local URLs now work (but not all programs accepts URLs, GQview for example)
• External tools in image window now don't depend on navigator
• Navigator now has focus at startup
• Slider is changed when switching between tabs

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Debian Etch and SUSE binaries) here. Requires KDE 3.5 and ksquirrel's own libraries, and OpenGL.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.0.4 of K3b, the CD and DVD ripping and burning application for KDE, has been released. Changes since v1.0.3:

• Never use growisofs parameter -dvd-compat with DVD-RW media in restricted overwrite mode
• Unmount medium before DVD formatting
• Silently (without introducing new strings for translation) allow the burning of files bigger than 4 GB with appropriate versions of genisoimage or mkisofs.
• Do only reload the medium before verification if necessary, i.e. if the newly written track cannot be read otherwise (many old drives depend on this). Hopefully this will at least work around the awful "DMA disabled" bug for many users.

Screenshots here, downloads here once they've updated it (at the moment it still points to the v1.0.3 source, but this link works). Requires Qt/KDE 3.2.

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Johan Thelin, of Foundations of Qt Development fame, has been interviewed by Dr Dobbs about Qt and Qtopia. In the 11-minute podcast, he "shares his thoughts about the book and the advantages of using Qt, as well as the philosophy and insights of working with Qt progenitor Trolltech". You can listen to it here.

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Mark Summerfield's new book, Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt, is available in the Foyle's bookshop in Charing Cross Road, London, despite its official release date (as listed on Amazon.co.uk) of 28th November. I saw four copies on the shelves at Foyle's an hour ago, although the Foyle's website still says "not yet available". The hardback book costs £35.99.

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From KDE Apps:

Version 3.5.0 of Syntext Serna, a commercial WYSIWYG XML content editor, has been released. Changes:

• Incorporated DITA Open Toolkit 1.4.
• PDF publishing of DITA documents with FOP.
• Enhanced Undo/Redo functionality.
• Open Recent list preserves document opening mode.
• Reduced document opening time.
• XSL stylesheet/Schema modification time check can be disabled.
• Document modification time check can be disabled.
• SpellCheck plugin can be located outside of Serna's plugins folder.
• Paths to XML Catalogs are displayed in the Document Properties Dialog.
• Splash screen can be disabled.
• Fixed a number of stability issues.

Screenshots here. A free trial is available, but prices for the full version start at $89 for a single-platform "personal version" with the professional version starting at $199 per user per platform; feature comparison here.

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From KDE Apps

Version 0.9.0 of cb2Bib, a tool for extracting bibliographic references from emails, web pages and PDFs, has been released. Changelog:

This release brings several improvements, both in the interface and in the internals of the program. Consistent shortcuts, improved editor/browser menu, and updated dialogs had been introduced. Additionally, customizable page number separators, improved ID's generation, and better recognition for the editor, abstract and ISBN fields had been included.

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Windows and Mac binaries, Mandriva 2007 RPM) here. Requires Qt 4.2.

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