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September 2008

Qt Extended (formerly Qtopia) v4.4 released

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Qt Extended 4.4 Released (from Qt Software website)

Version 4.4 of Qt Extended, the embedded Qt platform formerly called Qtopia, has been released. Main new features include:

  • Modular architecture for feature selection
  • Advanced touch based user interface
  • IP communications framework based on Telepathy - Instant Messaging (XMPP) and presence
  • Unified inbox for email, SMS, MMS, IM, etc. plus push IMAP email and other messaging enhancements
  • New Qt UI Test, a tool for automated system tests of the target device
  • New video IP desk phone reference design, demonstrating a desk phone design with a 3.5in touch screen

It does not seem to be available for download yet.

QTM v0.7 beta 1 released

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From Qt Apps:

A first beta of version 0.7 of QTM, the Qt 4-based desktop blogging client, has been released. Changes:

  • New feature: Multiple accounts
  • New feature: Assistance to user in filling out location/server details, depending on which CMS or blog service is in use
  • Build system: Ability to disable the use of QPlainTextEdit if it is present (as in Qt 4.4), as that class has the same "scroll bug" as earlier versions of QTextEdit
  • Bug fix: Tenth entry in Recent Files menus now has hotkey 0, not 1 as before

Screenshots here, downloads (source only) here. Requires Qt v4.1 (some features require 4.2).

Qt 4.4.3 released; new Qt website launched

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Trolltech Labs Blogs » Qt cuter than before: 4.4.3

Version 4.4.3 of Qt, the cross-platform C++ application toolkit, has been released. This version solely consists of rebranding, revised copyright notices etc, as the Trolltech organisation has changed its name to Qt Software as a result of its acquisition by Nokia (full changelog here). Open-source downloads are available here. The former Trolltech website has also been revamped, although the trolltech.com domain name remains for the time being.

KAlarm v2.0.5 released

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From KDE Apps:

Version 2.0.5 of KAlarm, an alarm and general event scheduler for KDE, has been released. This version "fixes very high CPU usage by KAlarm when there are alarms with sub-repetitions, or deferrals, with periods greater than 1 week". Screenshots here, downloads (source, Debian Lenny binaries) here. Requires KDE 3.3 (there is a functionally identical version in KDE 4.1).

KOffice v2: first beta release

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2008-09-25 22:41

From KDE Dot News:

A first beta of KOffice 2.0 has been released. This is to encourage users to download and try it, and submit feedback. The following apps are mature enough to be part of KOffice 2.0: KWord, KSpread, KPresenter, KPlato (project manager), Karbon (vector graphics) and Krita (raster graphics, i.e. like GIMP). KOffice 2 features closer inter-application integration than in earlier versions, a unified look and feel, platform independence (i.e. apps will be available on Windows and the Mac) and native OpenDocument support; full changelog here. Official announcement here, with source downloads available from several mirror sites.

QtiPlot v0.9.7.2 released

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From Qt Apps:

Version 0.9.7.2 of QtiPlot, a data analysis and scientific plotting application, has been released. Changes:

  • Improved fit wizard: the parameters of user defined functions are automatically detected and synthax errors are reported. Added a new weighting method: Direct Weighting.
  • Added a new ellipse tool for 2D plots.
  • Implemented the possibility to configure the behavior of note editors with respect to fonts and TAB length.
  • Improved autocompletion in note windows.
  • Improved Python scripting support:
  • added support for rectangles and ellipses on 2D plots.
  • added the possibility to customize plot curves in terms of color, line width and line style.
  • nonlinear curve fitting is now easier to perform than ever: the list of parameters is automatically detected when you set a fit formula.
  • added a launch option (-X) allowing to execute scripts without displaying the user interface.
  • Improved export to vector formats with custom resolution.
  • Improved Tex equation editor dialog.
  • Improved the import of Origin 7.5 project files.
  • Fixed bug affecting linear regressions on weighted data sets (#14277).
  • Fixed scaling of texts when resizing a 2D plot.
  • Fixed matrix data import.
  • Fixed a few other minor bugs.

For screenshots, see the home page; downloads (source, with binaries in return for a support contract) here. Requires Qt 4.4 and Python 2.5 (scripting requires SIP and PyQt v4).

CMake v2.6.2 released

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Version 2.6.2 of CMake, the build-time configuration tool used by KDE, Scribus and a number of other Qt-based projects, has been released. This contains a substantial number of bug fixes and improvements; for the full list, see here. Downloads (source, Mac and Windows installers, unpackaged binary tarballs for various Unix-type systems) here.

QScintilla v2.3.0 released

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Riverbank Computing has announced the release of version 2.3.0 of QScintilla, a Qt adaptation of the Scintilla code-editing library, used in the Eric environment for Python. This version is based on Scintilla v1.76, and now supports lexers for Fortran, Fortran 77, Pascal, Postscript, TCL, XML and YAML. Downloads are available here (source only); the software is under a dual-licensing scheme similar to Qt.

SIR (Simple Image Resizer) v1.9.4 released

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From Qt Apps:

Version 1.9.4 of SIR (Simple Image Resizer), a simple application for resizing images of a number of common formats, has been released. Changes:

  • Dutch translation included
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Some code refactoring

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Debian binary) here. Requires Qt 4 (not sure which minor version).

KDE UserBase goes live

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From KDE Dot News:

The new end-user wiki for KDE, KDE UserBase, has gone live. The site is intended to "contain tips and tricks, links to where to get more help, as well as an application catalogue giving an overview of the different kinds of programs that KDE offers", and to complement the developers' wiki, TechBase. Any questions should be directed to the Community Working Group: community-wg@kde.org.

Qt Jambi v4.4.2 released

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Trolltech has announced the release of version 4.4.2 of Qt Jambi, its Qt binding for Java. Like the recent maintainence release of Qt, this is a bug-fix release in response to user and customer feedback; detailed changelog is here. Open-source downloads (binaries for Windows, Mac and X11) here.

Qt v4.4.2 released

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Trolltech has announced the release of version 4.4.2 of Qt, its cross-platform application development toolkit. The changelog can be found here; it contains a substantial range of changes to numerous classes in most of Qt's modules, and to Assistant and Designer. Open-source downloads (source, Windows and Mac installers) here.

Tellico v1.3.4 released

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2008-09-15 23:21
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From KDE Apps:

Version 1.3.4 of Tellico, the personal collections manager for KDE, has been released. Changes:

  • Updated IMDb import.
  • Improved drag/drop to match on file extension.
  • Added (minimal) searching for board games from Amazon.
  • Fixed bug with linked images in HTML reports.
  • Fixed CSV import error for consecutive white-space.

Screenshots here, downloads (source, with links to third-party binaries) from the home page. Requires KDE v3.3.1 or later.

Qt 4.5 to support XSL-T

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2008-09-10 22:50
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Frans Englich has announced through Planet KDE that the development branch of XSL-T has been merged into the trunk of Qt, which is expected to form Qt 4.5. It should be available either on the command line or through a C++ API (a short example is given). Version 4.5 should contain a subset, as XSL-T is a large framework (larger than XQuery), and version 4.6 is expected to complement this. The code can be accessed through Qt snapshots. XSL-T is a programming language for transforming XML documents into other types of documents (including other XML formats).

OpenSUSE 11.1 to be last to include KDE 3

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2008-09-10 11:38
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It has been announced on OpenSUSE News that the forthcoming version 11.1 of OpenSUSE, the first beta of which is expected next week, will be the last to include KDE 3. The version after, version 11.2, will most likely include KDE 4.3 as the sole version of KDE. In addition, the desktop will not be available in the main desktop selection dialog during the installation process, but will be included alongside other desktops and window managers like XFce, WindowMaker and the like. The Novell KDE team will only be addressing high-priority (P1) bugs for KDE 3.5.

KAlarm v2.0.3 released

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2008-09-09 09:43
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From KDE Apps:

Version 2.0.3 of KAlarm, an alarm and event scheduler for KDE, has been released. Changes:

  • Uses the standard KDE color picker for color selection
  • Alarm colors are shown in text entry fields
  • A background color selector is shown for file display alarms
  • Prevent quit when the main window is closed but the system tray icon is visible.

Screenshots here, downloads (source, Debian Lenny binary) here. Requires KDE 3.3 (a functionally identical version is available in KDE 4.1).

Yakuake v2.9.4 released

Submitted by admin on Thu, 2008-09-04 22:17
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From KDE Apps:

Version 2.9.4 of Yakuake, a drop-down terminal based on KDE's Konsole similar to the console in Quake, has been released. Changes:

  • Added a new Oxygen-style application icon made by Nuno Pinheiro. In addition to fitting much better into KDE 4 visually, it's now also available in all standard sizes up to 128px plus as SVG (whereas the old icon was only available in 16px and 32px), meaning you won't see a blurry Yakuake icon in various places in KDE 4 anymore as you did before.
  • Added a setting to fill with the configurable background color at a given opacity before painting the skin elements. In effect, this allows some control over the opacity and color tint of translucent areas of the skin.
  • Fixed a bug that made it impossible to move a session located at the start or end of the tab bar back after moving it left/right using the keyboard shortcuts.
  • Various updates to the KDE4FAQ file related to performance and rendering.

Screenshots and downloads at the KDE Apps page above.

KDE v4.1.1 released

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2008-09-03 22:39
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From KDE Dot News:

Version 4.1.1 of KDE, the Qt 4-based desktop environment for the Unix desktop, has been released. Major changes include:

  • Significant performance, interaction and rendering correctness improvements in KHTML and Konqueror, KDE's webbrowser
  • User interaction, rendering and stability fixes in Plasma, the KDE4 desktop shell
  • PDF backend fixes in the document viewer Okular
  • Fixes in Gwenview, the image viewer's thumbnailing, more robust retrieval and display of images with broken metadata
  • Stability and interaction fixes in KMail

Full changelog here. Announcement here, source downloads with links to binaries at the info page (see Kubuntu home page for Ubuntu binaries).