KDE Frameworks 5.98.0 released

[David Faure]

12th September 2022. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.98.0.

KDE Frameworks are 83 addon libraries to Qt which provide a wide
variety of commonly needed functionality in mature, peer reviewed and well
tested libraries with friendly licensing terms. For an introduction see
https://kde.org/products/frameworks/


Breeze Icons

  Update chatroom names in the README

Extra CMake Modules

  ECMGenerateExportHeader: fix & document CUSTOM_CONTENT_FROM_VARIABLE
  Work around exiv2 still using std::auto_ptr
  Add OpenBSD support
  Sync QT_MIN_VERSION with KF's REQUIRED_QT_VERSION
  [FindXCB] Remove special treatment for XINPUT

KArchive

  ktar fix underflow

KAuth

  Fix polkit-qt-1 dependency

KCalendarCore

  Ensure that status values are valid
  Fix nesting of update()/updated() calls

KCMUtils

  Use a CMake option() for the TOOLS_ONLY flag
  KPluginSelector: Remove unnecessary background rect in About sheet (bug 457648)
  Set Type=Application for generated KCM desktop file (bug 457673)
  kcmoduleqml: don't unnecessarily set setContentsMargins twice

KConfig

  Add KServiceAction as a friend of KConfigGroup
  KConfigWatcher: initialize d->m_config in constructor

KConfigWidgets

  Deduplicate color loading code
  [KCommandBar] Add action to clear command history

KCoreAddons

  Remove extra semi colon
  Fix KUrlMimeData::exportUrlsToPortal for mixed files-and-directories URIs

KDeclarative

  KQuickAddons::ConfigModule: Call QmlObject constructor with shared pointer directly
  KDeclarative::setupEngine: Use KQuickIconProvider
  Deprecate KDeclarative::setupEngine
  Do not build kpackagelauncherqml when building without deprecations
  Deprecate KPackage related methods in QmlObject
  fallbacktaphandler remove duplicate parentheses
  Deprecate KDeclarative::setupQmlJsDebugger
  KDeclarative::setupEngine: Wrap code that uses deprecated method in deprecation wrappers
  Deprecate KDeclarative::runtimePlatform and related methods

KDED

  Don't install service type definition when building against Qt6

KGlobalAccel

  GlobalShortcutsRegistry: use std::unique_ptr to manage Components
  Let GlobalShortcutsRegistry manage all components
  Use KFileUtils::findAllUniqueFiles for listing desktop files
  KGlobalAccelD: remove init() function
  GlobalShortcutsRegistry: add two methods providing info about components
  Set QGuiApplication::desktopSettingsAware to false
  Treat key sequence string as PortableText when parsing
  Avoid iterating a container while it's being mutated (bug 437364)
  Don't set NoDisplay when cleaning up service components (bug 454396)
  Don't pass Exec arguments to kstart when launching via desktop entry name (bug 440507)

KDE GUI Addons

  Make QtX11Extras required when building with X11 support (bug 458290)

KHolidays #

  Turn HolidaysRegionsModel into a table model

KHTML

  Add CMake option to build WITH_X11

KIconThemes

  Remove unused KItemViews dependency
  Import KIconProvider from KDeclarative
  KIconTheme: fix if condition
  KIconLoader: remove unneeded calls to d->initIconThemes()
  KIconLoader: call methods in Private class constructor
  KIconButton: Add tooltip

KImageFormats

  Protect against too big resize for a QByteArray

KInit

  Add CMake option to build WITH_X11

KIO

  Install WidgetsAskUserActionHandler header
  file_unix: optimize copy (bug 458001)
  KFilePlacesItem: Remove unused enum
  KFilePlacesModel: Don't show error message on UserCanceled
  Add overloads for Utils::concatPaths()
  Use AskUserActionInterface (async) in UserNotificationHandler (bug 451834)
  Ensure iconForStandardPath() returns user-home for QStandardPaths::HomeLocation (bug 447238)
  trash:/ set the UDS_LOCAL_PATH (bug 368104)
  KUrlNavigator: check if typed text matches a relative dir first (bug 353883)
  FileUndoManager: for copyjob only add undo if it copied something (bug 454226)
  Use Functors with QMetaObject::invokeMethod()
  DesktopExecParser: don't kioexec if there is a handler for scheme (bug 442721)
  force admin worker to run in a thread
  install workerfactory header
  introduce RealWorkerFactory
  revise jobuidelegate factorization
  [kfileitemactions] Show desktop file actions more prominently (bug 417012)
  clear state after timeout'd special call
  make loading UDSEntries from streams thread safe
  Remove ServiceType from KDED metadata
  Drop obsolete X11 dependency, introduce WITH_X11 option instead
  Don't install service type definition for properties plugins when building without deprecated things
  Remove service type definition for DnD plugins
  Sync QT_MIN_VERSION with KF's REQUIRED_QT_VERSION

Kirigami

  Make sure we are not showing the pull indicator while idle
  Workaround apps that assume flickable exists before component completition (bug 458099)
  settingscomponents: Ensure page header is drawn for mobile
  Add license info to tst_formlayout
  Fix a potential crash in imagecolors
  FormLayout: Explicitly round up implicit sizes (bug 457675)
  ActionToolBar: Fix undefined children error with QQC2 Action
  do not use uppercase letter
  improve doc wording
  improve doc wording
  Don't leak a QQuickImageResponse in Kirigami::Icon
  Standardize ActionButton comment styling

KJobWidgets

  kuiserverv2jobtracker: Don't terminate a null JobView

KNewStuff

  [qtquickdialogwrapper] Fix finding parent window
  Render GIFs in entry details (bug 458046)
  Fix appstream id for vokoscreenNG (bug 458064)

KQuickCharts

  Use backend-agnostic QSGGeometry attribute types
  PieChart: fix data normalization

KRunner

  Fix renaming of plugin ID when converting DBus runner metadata files (bug 456562)

KTextEditor

  add token description for message
  add showMessage, to show formatted messages
  add addWidget to MainWindow
  Fix autobracket insertion for multicursors
  Improve autocompletion with multicursors
  Use Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V for paste dialog
  Apply title capitalization to all actions
  Improve singleline selection commenting (bug 456819)
  avoid shortcut clash, we can think about this later
  Revert changes to JS API
  Inline quickdialog
  Keep dialog open when clicking into editor field
  Double click to paste
  Enable clipboard history when non read-only
  Add config option: max clipboard history entries
  Remove fuzzy matching
  Add dialog for clipboard history
  Remove KatePasteMenu
  Move QuickDialog class from Kate here
  Implement mouse selection with multicursor
  Fix toggle comment with empty line in selection (bug 458126)
  Vi input: fix find selected
  Fix some inconsistencies in completion config tab (bug 443994)
  Dont enforce word boundary with multicursor occurunce select (bug 457948)
  Optionally allow to show EndOfLine type in statusbar (bug 457885)
  Only update visibility if needed
  Fix Goto line in clipboard
  Make statusbar configurable
  don't promote KService, we want to be used like a proper library
  don't install own service types for KF6
  remove useless include
  use KFontRequester
  allow to configure printing font (bug 457480)
  Fix action texts
  using default constructor for empty string
  Multicursor: Allow skipping selected occurunce
  Update folding ranges on text modification (bug 436480)
  Ignore folding ranges if document has changed (bug 384459)
  KateDocument: always add space after single line comment start marker (bug 456819)
  Use an enum instead of an int to indicate {un,toggle}comment change
  remember last pattern for the "Align On..." action dialog
  rename "Align" to "Format Indentation" in config tooltip
  Making alignOn support block selection mode + fix offset bug
  make view.searchText() return value type consistent, using an invalid range rather than null when it fails to find the text
  Fix cursor position after calling an each-based command, when possible
  Fix vi mode delete behavior (bug 453964)
  document.alignOn defaults to empty pattern
  defaults to foward search
  backward -> backwards, fixing english mistake and using same naming convention as everywhere else in the project
  implements alignOn + rename align to formatIndent (on the surface only)
  making exposed searchText function more general and simplifying JS
  using native textSearch rather than implementing it in JS
  renaming to more efficient command names + adding help text
  fix behavior for shift+arrows after the selection has been made
  Add selection commands (useful for keyboard macros in particular)
  new editing command proposal: align

KWallet Framework

  Don't register dummy org.freedesktop.secrets service when api is disabled (bug 458069)
  Only build kwallet-query's manpage if it's enabled
  Add missing cerrno header
  backendpersisthandler parentheses around assignment used as truth value

KWayland

  Auto cleanup the dangling KWayland::Client::Surface returned from fromWindow

KWidgetsAddons

  Fix KMessageBoxes buttons not having the contents they should the first time
  Improve code quality
  Support dates in ISO format
  Avoid usage of ambiguous two-digit year in date picker
  Share helper returning 4-digit date format with other classes
  only remove ... not &
  Paint frame before contents (bug 454031)
  ensure consistent ... removal in iconText (bug 428372)
  KMessageWidget: Ensure correct tab order of action buttons

KXMLGUI

  Fix crash in addActionToSchemesMoreButton() introduced by merge mistake

Plasma Framework

  Fix dataengine loading in Qt6 code path
  PC3/Slider: Enable hover events (bug 454714)
  PlasmaDialog: Don't constantly reset cursor when resizable edges are ON (bug 454714)
  PC3: Support RTL layouts in controls
  extras/ListItem: Fix undefined reference error to properties from newer controls
  PC3: Improve support for RTL sliders
  extras/Highlight: Fix code style and explicitness
  Port from KDeclarative::runtimePlatform to KRuntimePlatform::runtimePlatform
  BusyIndicator: Fix initialization of the running property
  extras/ExpandableListItem: Remove 'currentIndex' state when unhovering
  Add missing break in switch-case statement
  PC3/CheckBox: Fix hover animation repeated on press
  TextField: fix height change when password dot appears (bug 410810)
  ExpandableListItem: add `expanded` property to indicate the view is visible
  Synchronise busy indicator start points
  datamodel.cpp 'then' statement is equivalent to the 'else'
  a11y: toolbuttons are pressable
  a11y: roundbuttons are buttons too

Prison

  Add the mandated 10x quiet zones for Code 39 and Code 93 barcodes

Purpose

  kdeconnect: Fix name role
  Port the remaining QQC1 uses

QQC2StyleBridge

  Explicit binding for visible (bug 458486)
  Make DelayButton look like Spectacle's ProgressButton
  Add FIXME about ToolTip instances with child items that use anchors

Solid

  Add explanation for enum value 'Smb3'
  Improve SMB3 filesystem integration
  Add Samba's SMB3 filesystem to Solid

Syntax Highlighting

  cmake.xml: Add `CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY` as undocumented
  Use C-style indenting for GLSL
  bash.xml: Reformat for better looking
  VHDL: fix some highlighting and folding errors
  Python: when strings are not closed, mark only the following line as error
  Change singleLineComments to be AfterWhiteSpace for c-like langs (bug 438744 456819)
  Indexer: ignore attribute with lookAhead in suggestRuleMerger() and check attribute only used with lookAhead or IncludeRules
  detect .gcode files as G-Code (bug 457753)
  Asciidoc: fix section block continuation that should not be highlighted
  Asciidoc: optimize rendering time by about 35%
  Asciidoc: fix title highlighting when not starting at level 0
  Bash/Zsh: add -o and -a logical operators with [ ... ]
  G-Code: fix number pattern, Mnnn as M-word or M-word (user), add String and.. (bug 457754)
  Fortran: Interpret percent sign as operator
  RPM Spec: fix #20: support of ${expand:...}, ${lua:...}, lua section and some..
  VHDL: (#21) fix instantiating component in architecture
  CartoCSS: fix the last statement in curly braces when it does not terminate with a semicolon
  C: support of C23 and synchronization with cpp.xml
  C++: Symbol style for LineContinue in String and # in Define
  C++: add assume attribute
  C++: add z/Z number suffix
  C++: add extensions for printf (C23): wN, wfN, H, D, and DD length modifiers, b format
  C++: add elifdef/elifndef ; add Char/String Literal Prefix style ; check extra hexadecimal char in String8
  Optimize AbstractHighlighter
  Resolve regexp rules lazily

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https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/5/5.98.0

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David Faure, faure at kde.org, http://www.davidfaure.fr
Working on KDE Frameworks 5