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
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:
* sidebar newsticker: Better error handling in case no connection to the
DCOP service is possible
* sidebar newsticker: Remove newsticker from the default sidebar
configuraton (usability fix)
* sidebar mediaplayer: Remove mediaplayer from the default sidebar
configuration (usability fix)
Changes:
Addons
* FSView Part
o Reduced memory requirements for large directory trees Josef
Weidendorfer
* Sidebar Plugins
o NEW IN KDE: Newsticker sidebar applet for viewing RSS feeds Marcus
Camen
* Konqueror Plugins
o NEW IN KDE:Plugin for accessing <link> elements (document relations)
Franck Quelain
o NEW IN KDE:Search Bar Plugin. Provides quick access to Find In This
Page, Google and other search engines. Arend van Beelen jr.
* Kate Plugins
o Kate Tab Bar extension Dominik Haumann
* KFilePlugin
o Meta Info for Windows .lnk files (where does it point to) and tool
(lnkforward) to follow this "link" Martin Koller
* Kuick
o Added option to disable plugin in context menus
Artwork
* Screen Savers
o Enhance Euphoria and Banner screensavers to run smoothly and look
nicer. Enrico Ros
Changes:
Konqueror webarchiver plugin: webarchiver didn't get images for XHTML pages
Konqueror webarchiver plugin: including original URL in .war archives
Changes:
Addons
Vim KPart
* NEW IN KDE: A Vim KPart for embedding in KMail, Develop and other
programs Mickael Marchand
Konqueror KPart FSView
* NEW IN KDE: View mode for directories, showing files/directories as
rectangles with area proportional to sizes. Josef Weidendorfer
KBinaryClock
* NEW IN KDE: KBinaryClock is a panel applet for KDE that displays the
current time in binary. Benjamin Meyer
Changes:
kdeartwork:
* Fixed a potential printf() format string attack in the slideshow screensaver
kdepim:
* korganizer: Exchange plugin supports secure WebDAV.
* korganizer: Fix timezone handling when timezone names are Unicode strings.
kdeutils:
* kedit: Save immediately when Settings/Save Settings is called.
* khexedit: Fixed insertion of local files.
Changes:
arts
* Several memory corruption fixes.
kdelibs
* kdialog: Fix screen numbering problem for centerOnScreen() static method
* kprogress: Fix math problem in displaying correct percentage for large
numbers
* kio_http: Fix data processing for webdav(s) listing of directories and files
* kate: Many small bugfixes, including:
+ Fixed code completion drop-down box position
+ Fixed "wrap cursor disabled" bugs
+ Fixed vertical scrollbar middle mouse behaviour
+ Fixed remove whitespace feature
+ Now clears the redo history when it is irrelevant
+ Fixed crash after starting up with a non-existant directory in the file
selector history
* kparts: Fix extension of transparently downloaded files, this fixes ark
(used to display temp file instead of archive content)
* klauncher: Fixed support for "Path=" entry in .desktop files. This entry
can be used to specify a working directory.
* kio: Don't let ChModJob's -X emulation interfere with mandatory file locking.
* kdeui: Fix for alternate background coloring in Konqueror list views.
* kdeui: Fix to prevent an event loop in conjunction with Qt 3.1.2.
* kio/bookmarks: Properly handle multiple shown bookmarks with the same URL;
fixes crash on exit in Konqueror when bookmarkbar is on and some bookmarks
points to the same place
* kstyles: Handle focus indicators on label-less checkboxes better
* kdeprint: Don't freeze when there is no route to the selected CUPS server
* SSL: add support for OpenSSL 0.9.7
* SSL: ADH ciphers are now explicitly disabled in all cases
* SSL: new CA root certificate added
* Several Xinerama related fixes
* QXEmbed fixes for various situations that don't handle XEMBED well
* Java on IRIX with SGI 1.2 VM is fixed
* khtml: Several major bugfixes, partially incorporated fixes from Safari as well.
kdeaddons
kdeadmin
* Linux Kernel Configurator: Add details about the lightbulb icon's meaning
* Linux Kernel Configurator: Support for more incorrect kernel configuration
files
kdeartwork
kdebase
* kcmshell: Restored backwards compatibility wrt KDE 3.0 module names
* klipper: Escape "&" everywhere.
* konsole:
+ Removed "get prompt back"-hacks, don't assume emacs key shell bindings.
+ Fixed usage of background images with spaces in the filename.
+ Profile support fixes (disabled menubar etc.)
+ Bookmarks invoked from "Terminal Sessions" kicker menu now set correct
title.
+ Fixed a problem with the "Linux" font that prevented it from being used
with fontconfig.
* kdesktop: Made desktop menus pop up in unused Kicker space work.
* kicker: Fixed empty taskbar sometimes showing scroll buttons.
* konqueror:
+ Various startup performance improvements
+ Fix crash when sidebar tree expands hidden directory
+ Fix crash when config button hidden from config button's menu
+ Extensive fixes to Netscape plugins, fixing crashes and plugin support
+ Changes to default preview settings, making the defaults safer on various
platforms
* Java configuration module: Make it possible to properly configure Java in
all cases
* Previews: Fixed a privacy issue where previews of HTML files could access
files or hosts on the network.
kdeedu
* KStars:
+ Fixed bug #51708: No longer exits if starting position is below horizon
(only affected some systems)
+ Fixed bug #52205: Country of Lhasa is China, not Tibet.
+ Fixed too-narrow coordinates field in statusbar.
+ Fixed bug in "length of day" calculator module; it now properly accounts
for latitude and longitude
kdegames
* Atlantik: Many small bugfixes, including:
+ Better handling of incoming messages
+ Fixed token animation
* kbackgammon: Common crash fix.
kdegraphics
* KIconEdit: Fix the ellipse/circle tool not to leave any "holes" in the
drawings
* Kooka: Some UI crashes fixed
* KViewShell: Default paper size is fixed
* KGhostView: Fixed wheel-mouse scrolling
kdemultimedia
* KsCD:
+ Stopped KsCD from pausing after tracks in random mode
+ Correctly associate extra CDDB information with tracks
+ Support non-Latin encodings properly in CDDB entries and elsewhere
+ Proper systemtray behaviour
+ Updated key accel code to avoid depricated calls
* Movie previews have been removed due to severe unresolved stability problems
kdenetwork
* Desktop Sharing server (krfb):
+ fix problems on X11 servers with 8 bit depth
+ fix problems on X11 servers with big-endian framebuffer
+ allow X11 servers without XShm (thin clients). Warning: requires a lot
of bandwidth
+ remove read timeouts. This should solve problems with some clients that
got disconnected after a minute of inactivity (but increases the time to
detect dead clients)
+ fix problem with clients that support both RichCursor and SoftCursor
encodings (like krdc from HEAD)
* Desktop Sharing client (krdc):
+ fix: when an error occurred in fullscreen krdc did not restore the
original resolution
+ fix: krdc stopped to repaint the framebuffer after a disconnect while
the error dialog was displayed
+ the quality setting in medium quality mode has been increased because
the original setting looked too bad with Keramik
kdepim
* KOrganizer bug fixes:
+ Use correct default duration for events crossing a day boundary (#53477).
+ Correctly save category colors (#54913).
+ Don't show todos more than once in what's next view.
+ Include todos in print output of month view (#53291).
+ Don't restrict maximum size of search dialog (#54912).
+ Make cancel button of template selection dialog work (#54852).
+ Don't break sorting when changing todos by context menu (#53680).
+ Update views on changes of todos directly in the todo list (#43162).
+ Save state of statusbar (#55380).
* knotes: Escape "&" in note titles
kdesdk
* Cervisia:
+ Fixed line break in protocol view
+ Fixed timestamp for files that are not in cvs (#55053)
+ Fixed handling of Cervisia's options like 'Update Recursively' when run
as embedded part in konqueror (#55665)
kdetoys
* kworldclock: Fixed that all clocks show the same time.
* kweather: Made it work again with non-english locales. (#52147)
* kweather: Prevent KWeather from looping and freezing Kicker when not
connected to the internet.(#49191)
kdeutils
* klaptopdaemon: Fix serious stalling problems on GNU/Linux with ACPI
* kcalc: Now a KMainWindow instead of a KDialog to fix various UI
inconsistencies
* kdf: Support escapes in fstab
quanta
* Bugfixes:
+ Allow resizing of the main window even with large user toolbars [#53230]
+ Insert valid DTD definitions [#53274]
+ Honor the View Default settings from Settings->Configure Editor [#53569]
+ Be less braindead regarding the Show DTD Toolbar setting [#53739]
+ Be able to select also directories in tag dialogs [#54819]
+ Do not complain about text files being binary ones on a system with
broken mimetypes [#54924]
+ Bring up the "File Changed" dialog only, when the file content has
changed[#55678]
+ Select Tag Area behaviour fixed for optional tags
+ Insert non-translated string in CSS code parts
+ Insert "border-top", "border-right", etc. correctly in CSS
+ Don't quote the script line more than once in the action configuration
dialog
+ Memory leak fixed: editor parts were not deleted when a file was closed
+ Fix insertion of "img" tags in HTML documents
+ Upload/rescan project/add to new project tree view behaviour fixed
+ Fix renaming of file in the Project Tree, when a file with the new name
was already present in the project
+ Rename only what has to be renamed in the project and enable project
saving after a rename
+ Use the correct encoding for newly created files
+ Saving of Author and E-Mail project options was broken in some cases
+ Fix the numbering of new documents
+ Fix the execution of actions
+ Fix crash when deleting an action
+ Insert valid single tags from the toolbar
* Enhancements:
+ Show the tag attributes (Alt-Down) menu lower than the current line
+ "Insert in cursor position" for script actions replaces the selection if
there was some text selected
+ New DCOP interface (WindowManagerIf) added to enable the modification of
the opened documents from a script
+ DTD for Quanta tags (DTD definition) added
+ XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD added
Many bugfixes and functionality enhancements including:
kdeaddons
NEW IN KDE: Noatun plugin to search for lyrics of the current song.
kdeadmin
kcmlinuz: is now a standalone application
kcmlinuz: Added capability to search for configuration options
kdeedu
NEW IN KDE: Kiten, a Japanese Reference Tool.
NEW IN KDE: FlashKard, a vocabulary tool. Is able to read KVTML files which
were written by KVocTrain.
NEW IN KDE: started a libkdeedu, which allows interopability and code
sharing between KDE Educational applications.
kdepim
libkabc
Plugin interface for resources and formats.
Control module for configuring multiple resources.
Optional directory resource which stores each entry as own file.
LDAP resource.
Optional binary storage format for better performance with large
addressbooks.
Completed support for vCard entities: sound, geo, key and some more.
vCard 2.1 import.
LDAP aware mail address input field.
KAddressbook
New card and icon views.
Multiple configurable views.
"kab-style" details view for selected entry.
Customizable view filters.
Customizable categories for addressbook entries.
Support for transparently accessing multiple addressbooks.
Redesigned entry editor widget.
Printing option supporting two different styles.
Optional embedded entry and ditribution list editor.
"Jump bar" for quick alphabetical access of entries.
Fetch addresses from LDAP servers, including support for multiple servers.
Importing of vCard 2.1 files.
Improved CSV import (including template for import from Outlook 2000).
vCard export.
KAlarm
Added option to execute commands in alarms.
Implemented daily, weekly, monthly and annual recurrences.
Optionally play audio notification when an alarm triggers.
KPilot
Added time conduit
VCal conduits (TODO and Calendar) have been improved to function properly.
Addressbook conduit has been ported to use libkabc.
KOrganizer
General
User definable templates for events and TODOs.
Alarms for TODOs.
Added support for automatic HTML export on save of a calendar file.
Time table print view.
New "location" attribute for events.
Experimental "Get Hot New Stuff" button for downloading and uploading
calendar files of common interest.
Views
Added new "Next 3 days" view.
Added selection of time span for a new event in day and week views.
Direct manipulation of priority, completion status and categories of
TODOs by context menus added.
Deletion of individual instances of recurring events.
Rewritten month view.
Coloring of events in month view based on categories.
Coloring of due and overdue todos.
Improved "What's Next" view.
Configurable cell height in week and day views
Group scheduling
iMIP group scheduling functions for TODOs.
Publishing of Free/Busy information by iMIP conformant email.
Improved automatisation of group scheduling.
Interopability and integration
Support for "webcal" URLs in Konqueror (known from Apple iCal).
Support for iCalendar based drag&drop.
KOrganizer now shares the dialogs for categories with KAddressBook.
Improved iCalendar conformance.
Improved right-to-left languages support.
Bug fixes for non-latin1 encodings.
Plugins
New plugin for importing Birthdays of contacts in the KDE address book.
New plugin for accessing calendar data stored on an Exchange 2000 server.
kdeutils
Partially ACPI support in KLaptop.
arts
* Compile fix for IRIX64
kdelibs
* KHTML : Fixed progress bar.
* KHTML : Fixed several crashes and misrenderings.
* KHTML : Fixed "HTML source displayed in text viewer" after viewing
text.
* KHTML : Only ask "download plugins?" once per requested mimetype in
the same page.
* Javascript : several fixes (row.cells(), tablecaption.*, heading.*,
event.x/y) .
* libkscreensaver : Fixed bug that in rare cases prevented the
screensaver from showing anything.
* kio_file : Proper "disk full" error message in mkdir
* KIO : Dropping links to webpages onto the desktop works in all cases
now
* Drag-and-drop of URLs : Improved compatibility with non-KDE apps
* KToolBar : fix for oversized comboboxes in toolbars, e.g. in KOffice
kdebase
* NSPlugins : Compatibility with gcc-3.x
* Konqueror configuration : fixed default font size value
* KDesktop : better determination of icon heights, for "lineup Icons"
* KDesktop : Don't rearrange all icons when changing the font size
* KControl : Fixed proxy configuration dialog layout
* Fix a lot of mem leak
* Kaddressbook : fix crash when we export CSV list
* KDM
* Security: proper temp dir creation for QT and disabled
crash dialog
* Made chooser work at all
* Fixed compilation with older glibc
* Fixed bad lilo interaction wrt. warnings
kdegraphics
* Kamera: Fixed crash when we didn't select camera in kcmkamera
* KGhostview: Security related fixes
kdemultimedia
* KMix : Fixed compilation on Solaris
* Kaboodle : fixed when it was embedded in konqueror
* Fix a lot of memory leak
kdenetwork
* kpf: Security related fixes
kdepim
* KAlarm: Fix right-to-left character sets not being displayed in
message edit control
* KAlarm: Make "Help -> Report Bug" use the KDE bug system (bug
#43250)
* KNotes: Fixed session management (bug #22844)
* KNotes: Fixed mouse behaviour to be like kwin's (raise and lower
already on mouse press)
* KNotes: Fixed (in)famous bug that caused the big black windows
and lost data (bugs #22062, #44870, #45084, #45386, #45451,
#46570, #47352)
* KNotes: Fixed drag'n drop of links and plain text
kdesdk
* Disabled kbugbuster compilation because bug system changed. Use CVS
version if you need it.
While I'm here do the a.out dance for kuickshow and a couple of other
minor clean ups.
Changes are:
kdelibs
kprocess / kprocctrl: fix problem with hanging kdevelop.
Javascript (core): more robust stack overflow check
Javascript (html): allow to set a JS (non-CSS) property to a style object
Javascript (html): improved result of navigator.platform using uname()
Javascript (html): more aggressive garbage collection on clear, fixing many
crashes
Javascript (html): global object (window) has a correct object prototype now
khtml: several crashes and bugs fixed
kssl: Always verify the basic constraints on certificates (SECURITY)
kdefx: Make the blending routine used by transparent menus work properly on
big-endian platforms
kdeui: Fix KDialog::setPlainCaption()
kdebase
Build fixes for IRIX / MipsPro (kcontrol, konqueror, konsole).
Kicker: Quick browser escapes ampersand characters in file names.
Konsole: Don't prepend ESC if Meta is pressed if key definition is for "+Alt".
Konsole: Fixed crashes at startup related to broken font installations.
Konsole: Fixed crashes when selecting in history buffer.
krdb: Smarter handling of multiple and symlinked KDE and Qt installs when
exporting plugin path to Qt.
kdenetwork
KMail: allow an ampersand as last char of an URL.
KMail: Don't crash when custom drafts or sent-mail folders have been deleted or
renamed.
KMail: Fix auto charset detection for empty strings.
KMail/KNode: Correctly handle quotes in user ids of OpenPGP keys.
KMail: Make custom (global) Bcc headers work correctly with encryption and
distribution list expansion.
kdepim
KAlarm: Fix session restoration often not occurring at login.
KAlarm: Adjust wrong summer times stored by KDE 3.0.0 version of KAlarm.
KAlarm: Make Close button on message window not the default button to reduce
chance of accidental acknowledgement.
KAlarm: Make Help button in configuration dialog display KAlarm handbook.
KNotes: Compile fix for Qt 3.0.5
KOrganizer: Fixed context menu of todo list/view and event list which
disappeared when using Qt 3.0.5
Also, allow the arts SSE detection code to run on modern NetBSD systems.
Changes are:
arts
Again Build fixes.
Realtime priority configuration fix
kdelibs
dcop: Make it possible to disable the Qt bridge.
make sure tooltip effects can be configured.
kbuildsycoca: avoid crash on unreadable directories.
kdockwidget: fixing reading of configuration.
kedittoolbar: fix leak.
khtml: many fixes.
kded: signal handling fixes.
kio-http slave: fixes related to form posts and cache handling.
kjs: added max recursion limit.
kjs: leak and compatibility fixes.
kdebase
kicker: &-escaping fix
audiocd: fix cddb computation
thumbnail previewer: calculate the number of bytes to read instead
of hardcoding it.
