[dot] KDE Commit-Digest for 17th June 2007

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From: Danny Allen <danny at commit-digest.org>
Dept: it's-that-time-at-the-end of-a-big-week
Date: Sunday 17/Jun/2007, @16:57

KDE Commit-Digest for 17th June 2007
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   In this week's KDE Commit-Digest
[http://commit-digest.org/issues/2007-06-17/]: Work on engine
configurability, data management, a packaging system for Plasmoids and
themes, and new refinements in desktop icon interaction in Plasma
[http://plasma.kde.org/]. The Oxygen [http://oxygen-icons.org/] window
decoration and widget are both moved into kdebase. Further work in the
Icon Cache
[http://code.google.com/soc/kde/appinfo.html?csaid=1EF6392A4C8AEADD],
Kopete Messenger update
[http://code.google.com/soc/kde/appinfo.html?csaid=F3389CEA023E0E9D],
KRDC
[http://code.google.com/soc/kde/appinfo.html?csaid=9064143E62AF5BA6] and
Context Help
[http://code.google.com/soc/kde/appinfo.html?csaid=A605EEA634DA5998]
Summer of Code [http://code.google.com/soc/kde/about.html] projects.
Improved highscore handling and network management across kdegames. New
keyboard engine becomes live in KTouch [http://edu.kde.org/ktouch/],
whilst the Step [http://stepcore.sourceforge.net/] physics simulation
package receives support for annotations. Support for many new text
styling options in KOffice [http://koffice.org/]. Further work towards
Amarok [http://amarok.kde.org/] 2.0, including work on the context view
and the display of lyrics. More recent and precise elevation data added
to Marble [http://edu.kde.org/marble/]. KColorScheme colour roles are
added to aid usability. User documentation is started for Dolphin
[http://enzosworld.gmxhome.de/]. More work in Strigi
[http://strigi.sourceforge.net/] and NEPOMUK
[http://nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org/]. Work on vector selections and a
smoothing algorithm for drawing implemented in Krita
[http://www.koffice.org/krita/]. Many improvements in the KMix sound
management utility. Digikam [http://www.digikam.org/] begins to be
ported to KDE 4. Large scale reorganisation in the kdegraphics module:
KColorEdit, KIconEdit, KPovModeller, Kuickshow and Ligature move to
extragear/graphics, whilst Kooka and kmrml are removed completely.