KDE Frameworks 5.97.0 released

[David Faure]

14th August 2022. KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.97.0.

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/


Attica

  Pass the HTTP status code as the MetaData status code
  Properly detect failed jobs

Breeze Icons

  Add mimetypes/{16,22,32,64}/application-x-msdownload, which is used for DLLs
  Remove monochrome versions of help-related app icons (bug 456737)

Extra CMake Modules

  kde-modules/KDEGitCommitHooks.cmake - handle non-toplevel project

KActivities

  Utilize std::optional instead of custom impl
  Remove debug message for Consumer destructor

KArchive

  k7zip: Merge two functions to the constructor

KCalendarCore

  Deprecate deletion tracking support in CalFormat::fromString
  Add plugin loader for KCalendarCore::CalendarPlugin

KCMUtils

  follow symlinks for search of .desktop files
  tools/kcmmetadatagenerator: Print out critical warning if file could not be opened
  Make CMake import target of kcmdesktopfilegenerator relocatable
  Add utility cmake method to generate KCM metadata desktop files

KCompletion

  KCompletion: clean-up private class
  KCompletion*: general clean-up

KConfig

  Don't inherit from containers

KConfigWidgets

  [KCommandBar] Improve position and size
  follow symlinks during search for help
  Avoid tracking dangling KConfigDialogManager (bug 456630)

KCoreAddons

  Deprecate KMessage system
  KUserGroup: fix data race by porting from getgrgid to getgrgid_r
  KUserGroup: centralize calls to getgrgid(), at least for constructors
  KUser: fix data race by porting to getpwuid_r and getpwnam_r
  KUser: use member initialization, call getpwuid in a single place
  Add KRuntimePlatform as alternative for KDeclarative::runtimePlatform
  Bump shared-mime-info to 1.8
  make kprocess a more proper qprocess
  new ksandbox function to start processes
  Adapt libexec paths for KF6

KDeclarative

  GridDelegate: Improve accessibility for inline buttons

KDELibs 4 Support

  Remove unused X-KDE-ModuleType
  Convert file to UTF-8

KDocTools

  Add Han Young to the contributors list

KFileMetaData

  Add PNG extractor
  dump tool: Print extractor name

KGlobalAccel

  GlobalShortcutsRegistry: don't use a QHash for a couple of elements

KDE GUI Addons

  QtWaylandClient is required when building with Wayland support

KHolidays #

  Use non-deprecated API unconditionally everywhere
  Implement deprecated API by calling the new one
  Make rawHolidays() with category filter also work with seasonal holidays
  Actually implement HolidayRegion::rawHolidays()
  Actually include seasonal holidays in rawHolidaysWithAstroSeasons()
  Add methods to check for polar days/nights

KIconThemes

  Do not use QIcon::setThemeName to set system theme

KImageFormats

  Use right type on enums
  PSD: Improve alpha detection (bug 182496)
  PSD: LAB support

KIO

  ScopedProcessRunner: Set scope name according to X-KDE-AliasFor
  Template: have KIO worker bundle name match full lingo
  Use QDateTime::fromSecsSinceEpoch instead of fromMSecsSinceEpoch(1000 *
  KFileItem: save a useless multiplication
  KRecentDocument: better prevent duplicate bookmark for same href (bug 456046)
  KRecentDocument: Improve compat with Gtk File Picker (bug 456046)
  Port kio_remote to WorkerBase
  FileUndoManager: use emitRenaming where appropriate
  FileUndoManager: fix job description when undoing a batch-renaming (bug 437510)
  fix x-kde-protocol(s) filters for json based kpropertiesdialog plugins
  Deprecate AskUserActionInterface::Sorry
  Fix WidgetsAskUserActionHandler::requestUserMessageBox's "Don't ask again"
  [KUrlNavigatorToggleButton] Load accept icon on demand
  KPropertiesDialog: Handle non-existing file type in default handler label
  KPropertiesDialog: Update enabled state for default handler label
  KUrlNavigatorButton: use a struct instead of QPair
  KFileItemActions: use a struct instead of QPair
  kio_http: Use a struct instead of QPair
  HostInfo: Use a struct instead of QPair
  KFileItemActions: Add icon to "Open With..." action
  port sandbox detection to ksandbox
  [kfileitemactions] Pass parentWidget to JobUIDelegate
  Rename view action and set its icon
  Fix crash in DropJob (bug 454747)
  Fix thumbnailer result for parent mime types being overwritten (bug 453480)
  Port kio_help to WorkerBase
  [knewfilemenu] Deprecate setViewShowsHiddenFiles
  KDirOperator: only show preview on mouse hover
  KImageFilePreview: if no current preview, don't show last one on resize (bug 434912)
  KImageFilePreview: only create QTimeLine member if needed
  [knewfilemenu] Replace setPopupFiles with setWorkingDirectory
  [KFilePlacesView] Fix condition for pointIsTeardownAction
  Switch template to KIO worker
  [BatchRenameJob] Add job description and report periodically
  Adapt libexec search path to KF6
  KFileWidget: remove location history dummy-entry related code (bug 452994)
  Fix logic error in Qt6 offline detection

Kirigami

  CardsGridView: enable Home/End key navigation
  CardsListView: enable Home/End key navigation
  Don't use an alias and expose directly the children property
  Rework CardsGridView leftMargin calculation
  Use custom header for setting window
  Deprecated view headers
  Fix floating action button icon alignment when there is no main action
  OverlaySheet: add workaround for Qt horizontal scrollview bug (bug 457223)
  Also handle QML url value types in PageRow
  Try to depend on the newer QQC2 version possible (bug 451240)
  workaround on items without implicit size
  libkirigami/units: Fix wrong implementation of property setter and getter of veryShortDuration
  fix horizontal alignment for titleLayot
  Improve Kirigami.Chip description and use case
  PromptDialog: Change its content label to selectable counterpart
  Add icon to UrlButton menu
  Improve action name in UrlButton menu
  SizeGroup: Hide implementations details (static list operations) as private

KJobWidgets

  ui-server: Fix crash by only re-registering live KJobs (bug 450325)

KJS

  Convert file to UTF-8

KJSEmbed

  kjscmd5 is nongui

KNewStuff

  [kmoretools] Don't lowercase the desktop entry name (bug 417575)
  Fixup 6d889ae0: move newlines out of translated string
  Remove unneeded close button from window footer
  Add a "try again later" message for transient errors

KNotification

  Remove notificationplugin service type
  Drop lib prefix when building for Windows (MinGW)
  use ksandbox instead of hardcoding sandbox detection

KPackage Framework

  Fix listing of KPackage structures (bug 456726)
  README.md add dot at end of sentence

KPeople

  Don't install service type definitions

KPty

  add the ability to disable ctty set up

KQuickCharts

  Remove arcconfig
  BarChart: de-duplicate some code
  Remove an unused method

KRunner

  Add note about alternative to Plasma::RunnerContext::setSingleRunnerQueryMode
  templates/runnerpython: Add hint for multiline property
  Fix Qt6 build

KService

  Add property def for X-Flatpak key
  Define HAVE_MMAP to 0 instead of undefining it (bug 456780)
  KSycocaDict: don't inherit from containers
  use ksandbox to determine if we are inside a flatpak

KTextEditor

  fix crash (bug 457392)
  Pass parent widget to print preview dialog
  fix crash in insertText
  Make views for read-only themes read-only instead of disabling them
  Cleanup: Remove unused members from KateStyleTreeWidget
  Cleanup: use switch in defaultStyleName
  Make defaultStyleCount reusable
  Silence compiler warning when compiling without KAUTH
  avoid crash on caret drawing if no view (bug 456508)
  avoid accessing view pointer during printing (bug 456508)
  remove unused library

KTextWidgets

  Fix heading level line break handling with Qt 6.3

KWallet Framework

  Remove duplicate header between cpp/h
  Do not try to rename label twice in entryRenamed()
  Do not create EntryLocation with empty key
  Introduce Secret Service API

KWayland

  Unset wl_display global filter upon filtered display destruction

KWidgetsAddons

  [KMessageDialog] Emit notification sound just like KMessageBox
  Make OK button configurable in KMessageBox::error/detailedError
  Deprecate KMessage*::sorry
  Remove declaration of unimplemented sorryWId(buttonOk) overload
  Deprecate unsupported & unused KMessageBox::PlainCaption flag
  Deprecate KMessageBox::about()
  Add edit-clear-history icon to the Clear List action

KWindowSystem

  Doc: Update WM spec URL

KXMLGUI

  [KShortcutsDialog] Make it possible to reload shortcut schemes
  [KShortcutsDialog] Make it possible to add a custom edit action
  [KShortcutSchemesEditor] Fix bug introduced by refactoring in commit de0790fe
  Fix crash of KMix in Legacy Tray
  [KShortcutsDialog] Add icons for actions
  KKeySequenceWidget: don't use a QHash to hold a few elements

Plasma Framework

  Update blur and other window effects when the dialog changes size (bug 457053)
  Fix generated import versions for QtQuick Controls with Qt 6
  ExpandableListItem: read `Accessible.description` from action
  ExpandableListItem: give expand button a name and a tooltip
  ExpandableListItem: add accessible properties
  PC3/ToolTip: Sync to qq2-desktop-style: Copy delay & timeout implementations
  PC3/ToolTip: Sync to qq2-desktop-style: Port to QtQuick.Layouts
  PC3/ToolTip: Sync to qq2-desktop-style: Wrap text on label
  PlaceholderMessage: use strict Javascript equality
  Scope DialogShadows lifetime to application (bug 443706)
  Use non-deprecated URL interceptors access with Qt 6
  QMenuProxy::transientParent add null checks

Prison

  Try lower ECC levels if we exceed the maximum QR code content size
  prison-datamatrix unused local variable
  Support ZXing 1.4.0

QQC2StyleBridge

  Install style as a regular QML for Qt6
  ToolTip: Sync to PC3: Strip out ampersands
  ProgressBar,Slider: Adapt great precision to the harsh reality (bug 455339)
  Fix QQC2 MenuBar theme (bug 456729)
  properly reset the cursorshape (bug 456911)
  Use QApplication::font with respective widget class
  Wrap checkbox label
  ToolTip: wrap text for long tooltips
  TextArea,TextField: Remove not referenced id from background style item
  TextField: Disable Undo for password fields, including its context menu
  Remove dynamic QQC2 version selection
  Fix: url types (like icon.source) are QVariant without length property
  Nit: reformat long expressions
  Menu: Fix wrong pixel metric being requested for verticalPadding
  ProgressBar: Drop layout direction hack

Solid

  [UDisksDeviceBackend] Port introspect to QXmlStreamReader
  [UDisksDeviceBackend] Remove pointless QDBusInterface
  udev/cpuinfo_arm: add more Apple part IDs
  udev/cpuinfo_arm: change Apple part formatting
  Drop lib prefix when building for Windows (MinGW)

Sonnet

  Port to ECMQmlModule
  Drop lib prefix when building for Windows (MinGW)
  fix obsolete string

Syntax Highlighting

  Jam: add block comments
  Bash: add globany in Option ; add comment in [[ ... ]] and other fixes for [[ ... ]]
  Zsh: add comment in [[ ... ]] and other fixes for [[ ... ]]
  add CommonJS module and ECMAScript module extension for JS and TS
  Add tool for matching lexers
  Fix code regex and bump files version
  Another bunch of languages hand mapped between minted and KDE
  Fix some issues with code colouring when syntax was broken
  Fix embedded lua code highlighting
  Fix for lstlisting bug which prevented proper recognition of language
  Fix regression for lstlisting
  Add support for multiple minted and lstlistings languages
  add rockspec file to Lua
  Markdown: use zsh syntax for zsh code
  Zsh: fix variable and string in a glob qualifier
  Scheme: fix combined prefix number
  add basic support of aspx and ashx (bug 437220)
  Batch: fix many issues and add tests
  R: add := operator (bug 450484)
  Lua: new styles (Special Variable and Self Variable), remove hard color and fix special keywords in BlockComment
  Disable spellcheck in systemd unit Files for non text Data
  Disable spellcheck in SGML Files for non text Data
  Disable spellcheck in Perl Files for non text Data
  Disable spellcheck in git-rebase-todo Files for Comment Data
  Disable spellcheck in fstab Files, except Comment Data
  Disable spellcheck in .desktop Files, except Comment Data
  Disable spellcheck in XML (Debug) Files, except Comment Data
  Enable spellcheck for Comment Data in XML Files
  Disable spellcheck in Bash Files for non text Data
  Disable spellcheck in INI Files, except Comment Data
  Simplify code by leveraging QMetaEnum::fromType
  Use QMetaEnum to find number of available text styles
  Introduce ThemeData::textStyle to share code
  cleanup: share code to read Format colors from style or theme
  Update atom-one-light.theme revision number
  Fix atom-one-light.theme diff file colors
  Fix atom-one-dark.theme diff colors

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https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/5/5.97.0

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Working on KDE Frameworks 5