[dot] KDE Commit-Digest for 5th October 2008

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1225989053/

From: Danny Allen <danny at commit-digest.org>
Dept: yeah-yeah-yeah
Date: Thursday 06/Nov/2008, @08:30

KDE Commit-Digest for 5th October 2008
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   In this week's KDE Commit-Digest
[http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-10-05/]: Support for image file
previews in the "FolderView" Plasmoid, which are enabled by default.
Kross support for making comic providers using scripting languages in
the "Comic" Plasma [http://plasma.kde.org/] applet. First fully-working
version of the QEdje script engine for Plasma is moved into kdereview,
then into kdebase. More progress in the "Weather" Plasmoid, more
integration of D-Bus in PowerDevil. A more accessible configuration
option to enable "show my bookmarks" as the start page in Konqueror
[http://www.konqueror.org/]. Initial implementation of session
management in Konsole [http://konsole.kde.org/]. Support for editing
multiple languages at the same time with the scripting API of Lokalize.
First version of an Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF) generator for Okular
[http://okular.org/]. A collection of new data plugins in Kst
[http://kst.kde.org/]. Configuration support for thumbnail cache options
in Gwenview [http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/]. Support for playing
music during a slideshow in kipi-plugins (used by Digikam
[http://www.digikam.org/], etc). Preliminary support for the PIMO
concept in NEPOMUK [http://nepomuk.kde.org/] (a key idea of the
framework). More refinements to the search bar in Kate
[http://kate-editor.org/]. First parts of a "partly-usable" Media
Devices applet in Amarok [http://amarok.kde.org/] 2. "Ink" receiving
support, and the ability to preview file transfers for the WLM protocol
in Kopete [http://kopete.kde.org/]. More work on a "cost breakdown" view
in KPlato [http://koffice.kde.org/kplato/]. Work on improving the
handling of lists in the "TextShape" of KOffice [http://koffice.org/]. A
draft of a TCP-based real-time syncing model in Okteta. Optimisations in
KDevelop [http://www.kdevelop.org/] and KHTML
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KHTML]. Removal of the wizard in Parley
[http://edu.kde.org/parley/]. Kapman moves from playground/games to
kdereview. Initial import of KJots rewrite, with plans to port to
Akonadi, NEPOMUK, and Plasma [/issues/2008-09-28/#2]. Read the rest of
the Digest here [http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-10-05/].