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Yakuake v2.8.1 and new beta released

From KDE Apps:

Version 2.8.1 of Yakuake, a drop-down terminal based on KDE's Konsole similar to the drop-down Quake console, has been released. Changes:

  • Added an option to control whether the Yakuake window keeps above other windows.
  • Improved experience for non-KDE users by disabling KRootPixmap-based pseudo-translucency for them. Gets rid of rendering errors with skins that make use of the alpha channel. Replaced by configurable skin background color.
  • Fix leftover gap below the window at 100% height or in fullscreen mode.
  • Added option to automatically open the Yakuake window when the pointer touches the screen edge it lives on.

The first beta of v2.9 has also been released. Changes:

  • Rewritten from scratch for KDE 4.
  • Changed license from "GPL v2 or later" to "GPL v2 or v3 or any later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V.".
  • Replaced pseudo-translucency with XComposite translucency (aka "real translucency") support (see KDE4 FAQ for caveats).
  • The context menus of tabs and the main menu now sport additional actions to manipulate Konsole profile settings.
  • The tab bar itself has gained a context menu as well.
  • An option to dynamically update tab labels with information about the content of the active terminal has been added.
  • The skin engine is now more robust when it comes to processing invalid or corrupted skins.
  • Skins are now stored in the skins/ sub-directory of the app's data dir.
  • The window geometry is now updated dynamically when the work area of the screen changes.
  • The window title bar now appropriately uses the window title font from the KDE font settings rather than the general UI font.
  • Changes to the KDE font settings are now applied at runtime.
  • Support for right-to-left layouts in the configuration dialog has been improved.
  • A bug where the "Rename Session..." action would operate on the wrong session has been fixed.
  • Yakuake no longer crashes when Konsole is not installed, but instead cancels startup with a preceding error dialog.
  • Lots of internal cleanup.

Screenshots and source downloads are both at KDE Apps (link above).

Posted by Indigo Jo on January 18, 2008 9:56 AM |

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