reported in CVE-2009-0146, CVE-2009-0147, CVE-2009-0166, CVE-2009-0799,
CVE-2009-0800, CVE-2009-1179, CVE-2009-1180, CVE-2009-1181,
CVE-2009-1182 and CVE-2009-1183.
also some patches from poppler for postscript output generation problems
seen here.
KPDF
* Don't close with no further notice when trying to allocate too much
memory.
* Fix crash on some PDF with empty property strings.
* PDF passwords are Latin1, so encode them correctly.
* Allow to exit the presentation mode using the shortcut used for starting
it.
* Do not download remote documents again when saving them.
* Draw underlined links correctly.
* Fix crash on PDF that specify masks with parts outside the page.
* Support PDF with name tokens bigger than 127 altough the specification
says they can not be longer as Acrobat does.
SVG thumbnailer
* Fix problem with with "#" in foldername on svg-files.
KPDF
* Add a slotTogglePresentation() DCOP method to toggle the presentation
mode.
* Improve handling of page sizes when printing.
* Do not crash when leaving the presentation mode.
* Do no print the boxes around links.
* Reset the title of the KPDF window correctly when reloading a document.
* Take into account the accessibility settings when drawing an empty
page waiting for the real page to be rendered.
* Security fix for CVE-2007-3387.
* Correctly open documents in paths with special characters (like #).
* Save the case sensitivity setting of the Find dialog during each session.
* Don't crash when we don't have a CTU.
* Correctly take into account the margins when printing.
* Properly pass the standard accelerators to the presentation mode, and
make the presentation mode able to handle those.
* Provide horizontal scrollbar in table of contents sidebar instead of
cropping the entries.
* Increase time between accessing /proc/memory to check available memory.
libkscan
* Correctly retrieve the x/y scan resolution and store it into the
scanned image.
KolourPaint
* Always enable the paste actions to guarantee that pasting from non-Qt
applications is always allowed (non-Qt applications do not notify
KolourPaint when they place objects into the clipboard).
* Paste transparent pixels as white instead of uninitialized colors,
when the app does not support pasting transparent pixels (such as
OpenOffice.org).
* Make "Edit / Paste in New Window" always paste white pixels as white
(it used to paste them as transparent when the selection transparency
mode was set to Transparent).
* Saving, exporting and printing a document with an active text box,
that has opaque text and a transparent background, antialiases the text
with the document below.
PDF metainfo plugin
* Free memory and file descriptor as soon as possible after reading the
metadata.
KPDF
* Show the tooltip of a link when hovering on them.
* Add the possibility of rasterize the file to image before printing it.
* React to the commands for opening the TOC pane, and for expanding the
subtrees of the TOC.
* Fix unability to open some files.
* Fix keyboard navigation when switching tabs in konqueror.
* Fix wrongly asking for password.
* Render pstricks psgrid correctly.
* Fix some transparency issues.
* Accept image width and height to be reals even if standard mandates
integers.
* Fix problems with deletion of message boxes of already closed documents.
* Restore the previously open pane in the side toolbox after reloading a
watched document.
* Improve selected page size detection when printing.
KolourPaint
* Add "File / Scan...".
* Save local files atomically - KolourPaint will no longer truncate an
existing file if the KImageIO library for the file format is missing
or if you run out of disk space.
* Add global session save/restore.
* Make "File / Open Recent" work consistently when multiple windows are
open.
Kuickshow
* Fix crash when pressing delete without having anything selected.
KolourPaint
* Fix crash triggered by rapidly deselecting the selection after
drag-scaling it.
KPDF
* Show only the filename instead of the whole path in the KPDF window
caption.
* Make viewport scroll when selection reaches the viewport border.
* Put the right title when generating PostScript documents (e.g. when
printing).
* Show a 'keep password' checkbox when using a wallet so the user can
decide if he wants the password saved in the wallet.
* Allow to cancel selecting by pressing Esc.
* Preload next and previous page if threading is enabled and memory
usage setting is not low.
* Fix kpdf ignoring user defined margins when printing.
* Fix crash when using the mouse wheel over the page view with no
document opened.
* Fix crash on some broken pdf files.
* Finally fix session restoring.
* Fix presentation mode not beign kept when a watched file changes
and presentation mode is open.
* Fix presentation mode times beign strange when having auto-advance
on and changing pages manually.
* Fix some small memory leaks.
kfax
* Fix handling of filenames with non-ascii chars.
kghostview
* Fix crash when clicking anywhere in the open file dialog in fullscreen
mode.
* Fix off-by-one issue during parsing certain ps files.
kmrml
* Show an error messagebox when indexing failed.
* Check for a valid gift installation and disable the indexing GUI if
not found.
kfile-plugins
* Improve exif information reading.
* Fix endless recursion with malicious input files.
Changes:
KPDF
* Fix possible crash when the document has an incorrectly defined blend
mode.
* Several memoryleaks fixed.
* Make "find as you type" work better.
* Fix middle-click zoom not working after dragging to the top of the screen.
* Fix crash on some malformed documents.
* DCOP currentPage() not updated while in Presentation mode.
* Fix bug that prevented the correct restoring of the document viewport
on session restore.
* More friendly for RightToLeft languages: fix the mini-progressbar, the
message pane and the previous/next page buttons to look and work
correctly for that writing style.
kfax
* Fix crash on multipage TIFF when doing zoom out and hitting "PgDown".
KPDF
* Update the thumbnail selection when toggling a search.
* Fix the rendering of incorrect glyphs on some documents with
Type 3 fonts.
* Do not crash while printing some documents with jpeg images.
* Make watching of ps files work.
* Make space scroll by viewport-page, not by document-page.
* Fix PDF files sometimes opening as ASCII.
* Fix find next is quickly disabled when the "search as you type"
feature is used.
* Make the find dialog remember searched texts.
* Do not crash on files that have GfxImageColorMap we can not parse.
kview
* Install photobookui.rc to the correct place.
Changes:
* KPDF
o Fix bug parsing some TOCs
o Fix display of some JBIG2 files
o Enable print action when opening files using drag and drop
* KGhostView
o Fix KGhostView .desktop files
* Kuickshow
o Fix remote browsing of http-urls
o Don't display non-existing files
* KDVI
o Fix problems with PS header inclusion
* KPDF
o Don't destroy the document when overwriting itself with save
as...
o Fix crash on some documents
o Fix crash when embedded on Konqueror
* KolourPaint
o Printing improvements
o Respect image DPI
o Fit image to page if image is too big
o Center image on page
Changes:
* KPDF
o Fix constant disk I/O when resizing Navigation panel
o Fix Wrong page size and layout in some documents
o Fix DCT decoding for broken files
o Fix crash in some strange documents
o Fix slowlyness on documents with broken TOC definition
o Make non existant ps file loading fail gracefully
* KIconEdit
o Needs configuration dialog help, proper markup for toolbars
Many new features and refinements.
Notable changes include:
* Konqueror is the second web browser to pass the Acid2 CSS test,
ahead of Firefox and Internet Explorer
* Konqueror can also now free web pages from adverts with its
ad-block feature
* SuperKaramba is included in KDE, providing well-integrated and
easy-to-install widgets for the user's desktop
* Kopete has support for MSN and Yahoo! webcams
* The edutainment module has three new applications (KGeography,
Kanagram and blinKen), and has seen huge improvements in Kalzium
Changes:
kpdf: Fix a crash some people when login out with kpdf running
kpdf: Make back button in konqueror work again
kpdf: Use the mimetype shell provides us (if any) instead of trying to
guess it
kpdf: Fix a crash in document available at poppler bug 3344
kpdf: Disable custom zlib based renderer as was giving problems with some
documents
kpdf: Fix some problems in document available at poppler bug 3299
kpdf: Fix regression that prevented the opening of some malformed files
kpdf: Fix some x86_64 problems
kpdf: Fix a crash in document available at poppler bug 3728
kpdf: Fix a crash in document available at poppler bug 3750
kpdf: Fix regression that made TOC crash
kpdf: Fix page number not displayed when re-opening PDF files
kpdf: Fix some painting issues of the minibar buttons
kpdf: Fix some small problems with the pageview
kpdf: Find PS fonts on NetBSD
KolourPaint: Prevent accidental drags in the Color Palette from pasting
text containing the color code
Changes:
* kpdf: Improve the rendering of pageview message on some decorations
* kpdf: Made TOC work with a single click
* kpdf: Make TOC links to external documents work
* kpdf: Make opening pdf from hyperlinks work again
* kpdf: Try fix for sizing problem
* kpdf: Try fix for pdf regeneration problems
* kpdf: Address bar does not update when changing pdf within inside kpdf
* kpdf: Some improvements in rendering
* KolourPaint: Enforce text box font height to prevent e.g. Chinese
characters in buggy fonts from enlarging the text box and putting the
cursor out of sync with the text
* KolourPaint: Clicking in a text box selects a character based on its
midpoint - not leftmost point - to be consistent with all text editors
(esp. noticeable with big fonts)
* KolourPaint: Return and Numpad 5 Key now draw
* KolourPaint: Tool Actions placed outside the Tool Box resize with their
toolbars
* KolourPaint: Ensure Color Similarity maximum is 30, not 29 due to gcc4
* KolourPaint: Tool Box traps right clicks (for the RMB Menu) on top of
tool options widgets and the empty part of the Tool Box
Changes:
* kpdf: Change atan2f to atan2 so it compiles on Solaris 2.8
* kpdf: Show context menu when in FullScreen even if no document is open
* kpdf: Do not leak memory when reloading a document
* kpdf: Fix mouse wheel rotation in presentation mode
* kpdf: Do not assume only there's only a ObjectRect in a given point
* kpdf: Fix properties dialog when there are very large texts
* kpdf: Compile when Xft2 headers are in a non-standard path
* kpdf: Make Page Up and Page Down work on presentation mode
* kpdf: Ask when overwriting files
* kpdf: Solaris compile fix
* kpdf: Do not move to top of the page when reloading the document
* kpdf: Add another path where to look for ghostscript fonts
* kpdf: Workaround weakness in gnome handling of desktop files
* kpdf: Don't assume Encoding array of Type1 fonts end in "foo def"
* kpdf: Fix text copying on some documents
* kpdf: Parse Light and Condensed in font name
* kpdf: Fix the allocation size of libgoo on 64bit architectures
* kpdf: Fix problems with non-standard styles
* kpdf: Fix disabled icons
* ksnapshot: Rescale screenshot preview when resizing window
Highlights at a glance
* Text-to-speech system with support built into Konqueror, Kate, KPDF
and the standalone application KSayIt
* Support for text to speech synthesis is integrated with the desktop
* Completely redesigned, more flexible trash system
* Kicker with improved look and feel
* KPDF now enables you to select, copy & paste text and images from
PDFs, along with many other improvements
* Kontact supports now various groupware servers, including eGroupware,
GroupWise, Kolab, OpenGroupware.org and SLOX
* Kopete supports Novell Groupwise and Lotus Sametime and gets
integrated into Kontact
* DBUS/HAL support allows to keep dynamic device icons in media:/ and
on the desktop in sync with the state of all devices
* KHTML has improved standard support and now close to full support for
CSS 2.1 and the CSS 3 Selectors module
* Better synchronization between 2 PCs
* A new high contrast style and a complete monochrome icon set
* An icon effect to paint all icons in two chosen colors, converting
third party application icons into high contrast monochrome icons
* Akregator allows you to read news from your favourite RSS-enabled
websites in one application
* Juk has now an album cover management via Google Image Search
* KMail now stores passwords securely with KWallet
* SVG files can now be used as wallpapers
* KHTML plug-ins are now configurable, so the user can selectively
disable ones that are not used. This does not include Netscape-style
plug-ins. Netscape plug-in in CPU usage can be manually lowered, and
plug-ins are more stable.
* more than 6,500 bugs have been fixed
* more than 1,700 wishes have been fullfilled
* more than 80,000 contributions with several million lines of code and
documentation added or changed
Changes:
* kfax: fix kfax does not save printer settings
* kfax: fix Truncations occur on dialog
* kfax: fix kfax prints all pages in one g3-file to one page
* kfax: fix can not print to printer or file
* kfax: fix BoundingBox: line in PS file has width and height interchanged
* kfax: fix KFax has its own printer dialog
* kfax: fix rotation not honored when printing
* kfax: fix G3/G4/tiff-files not assigned to kFax
* kfax: fix zoom error
* kfax: fix Problem with format of fax-files
* kfax: fix CTRL-R shortcut for rotate does not work in kfax
* kfax: fix Can't print only part of a document
* kolourpaint: Fix crash due to text box when scaling image behind it
* kolourpaint: Don't get stuck on a wait cursor after attempting to
paste empty text into a text box
* kolourpaint: Smaller selection and text box resize handles - covers
up fewer selected pixels, doesn't cover up text
Changes:
* kpdf: Use xpdf 3.0 rendering engine
* kpdf: Fixed crash on pdf with 0 pages
* kpdf: Fixed crash when using various kpdf parts
* kpdf: Fixed crash when using zoom values with . on a locale with , as
decimal separator
* kpdf: Show "Show menubar" option on RMB menu when menubar is hidden
* kpdf: Generate thumbnails in a thread so the GUI is not blocked
* kolourpaint: Fix multiple selection bugs
* kolourpaint: Speed up renderer (esp. drag-scrolling at high zoom)
* kolourpaint: Fix remaining untranslatable strings
Changes:
* KFilePlugins
o exr: Display information for most common attributes in available
images. Brad Hards
o rgb: Display information for most common attributes of SGI graphics.
Melchior Franz
* KDVI
o optional continuous page view, similar to acroread Stefan Kebekus
* KPovModeler
o Added graphical editing to Mesh object Leon Pennington
o New objects: New options for media, new patterns (cells, additional
crackle options, julia, additional mandel options, and slope), added
keywords no_image, no_reflection, and double_illuminate to graphical
objects Leon Pennington
o Added uv mapping and uv vectors Leon Pennington
* KolourPaint
o NEW IN KDE: An easy-to-use paint program designed for everyday tasks
like drawing simple diagrams/logos/icons and editing screenshots.
Features include undo/redo, more than a dozen tools, selections,
transparent image editing and zoom support (with an optional grid
and thumbnail). Clarence Dang
o Add virtually unlimited Undo/Redo. Clarence Dang
o Add freehand resizing. Clarence Dang
o Add drag scrolling. Clarence Dang
o More image effects: Balance, Emboss, Flatten, Invert (with choice of
channels), Reduce Colours, Smooth Scale, Soften & Sharpen. Clarence
Dang
o When loading images, dither more often for better quality. Clarence
Dang
o Configurable colour depth and JPEG quality when saving (with preview).
Clarence Dang
o Single key shortcuts for all tools and tool options. Clarence Dang
o Fix several selection bugs. Clarence Dang
o Allow single click creation of text box. Clarence Dang
o Add Opaque/Transparent widget for the text tool. Clarence Dang
o Improve text quality when working with transparency. Clarence Dang
o Paste multiline clipboard contents with MMB correctly. Clarence Dang
o Improve Resize/Scale dialog usability. Clarence Dang
o Reduce flicker. Clarence Dang
o Add Export, Copy To File, Paste From File, Paste in New Window, Full
Screen Mode. Clarence Dang
o Add Zoom In/Out buttons to main toolbar. Clarence Dang
o Make sure colour palette renders correctly on 8-bit screen. Clarence
Dang
Changes:
* kiconedit: Fix [PATCH] Adds large current color viewer to palette toolbar
* kiconedit: Fix Visual difference between a gray and transparent pixel
* kpdf: Fix KPDF can't open files whose names have non-ASCII letters
* ksvg: Fix Transformed symbols sometimes disappear
* configure: Fix Extraneous message in admin/Makefile.common using --prefix
* kghostview: Fix the executable linking against the part, by adding a
common library.
version produces a kghostview that fails to run on NetBSD and the reason
for the change (Debian packaging issues) shouldn't effect us.
Bump PKGREVISION.
Changes:
Graphics
KPDF
* NEW IN KDE: PDF viewer based on XPDF Christophe Devriese
KSVG
* NEW IN KDE: Scalable Vector Graphics plugins for Konqueror Nikolas
Zimmermann
KFilePlugins
* pcx: Displays width, height, bpp, dpi for PCX images Nadeem Hasan
* dvi: show basic information Stefan Kebekus
* pnm: Display format, dimension, bpp and comments of PBM, PGM and PPM
images. Volker Krause
KDVI
* Function to embed external PostScript files into a DVI file Stefan Kebekus
* support for colored fonts Stefan Kebekus
* KDVI can now use Type1 and TrueType fonts in addition to PK
fonts. This reduces waiting times for font generation to a minimum,
and give easier access to fonts used in Asian languages Stefan Kebekus
* massive performance improvement Stefan Kebekus
* support for papersize specials Stefan Kebekus
* usability enhancements (better statusbar display, reload button, 'read-up'
feature, etc.) Stefan Kebekus
kviewshell
* FullScreen mode Stefan Kebekus
* more intelligent handling of paper sizes/orientations Stefan Kebekus
* usability enhancements Stefan Kebekus
KView
* autoscroll the image when creating a selection Matthias Kretz
* drag and drop support Matthias Kretz
* some basic image effects as a new plugin Matthias Kretz
* open images from stdin Matthias Kretz
KSnapshot
* Window snapshots optionally don't include window decorations Lubos Lunak
* Region snapshots. User interface makeover. Nadeem Hasan
KGamma
* NEW IN KDE: A KControl module for monitor gamma correction. Michael
v.Ostheim
KPovModeler
* Basic plugin framework Andreas Zehender
* The user is asked if pending changes should be saved before rendering
Andreas Zehender
* Control point selection in the properties view for bicubic patch, sor,
lathe and prism Andreas Zehender
* Export flag for graphical objects and the camera Andreas Zehender
* Height field view structure Leon Pennington
* Light object gained, parallel, circular and orient options Leon
Pennington
* Dispersion options are supported for interior Leon Pennington
* Support for POV-Ray 3.5 noise generators Leon Pennington
* New POV-Ray 3.5 warp types Leon Pennington
* New POV-Ray 3.5 objects: isosurface, projected through, radiosity,
global photons, photons, light groups, interior texture, mesh Leon
Pennington, Andreas Zehender
KGhostView
* Thumbnail generation for all pages Albert Astals Cid, Luis Pedro
Coelho
Changes:
* kiconedit: Fix 'Paste As New' action.
* kiconedit: make configuration dialog modal.
* kiconedit: icon preview area uses the background settings now.
* kiconedit: improve "image is modified" handling.
* kiconedit: improve mouse cursor pixmaps.
* kiconedit: fix loading/saving logic to be more robust.
* kiconedit: correctly display icons with an alpha channel.
* kamera: fix handling of PTP based cameras.
* kghostview: fix stopping of download indicator when download is
cancelled.
* kghostview: fix CTRL-M accelerator clash.
Changes:
kdegraphics:
* kghostview: Better handling of half-broken Postscript and PDF files
* kghostview: Fix the opening of files on the command line, which was not working
if the paths contained non-alphanumeric characters or were absolute paths
* kghostview: Work around -dMaxBitmap bug in gs version 6.5x
* kghostview: Reset orientation and paper size selectors after opening a new
document
* kghostview: Security fix for #56808. The security patch which was present in
version 3.1.1a caused problems for some users and has been corrected
* kghostview: ghostscript version 8 is now supported
