release of the KDE Applications 19.04 suite, including custom applications adapted to work with KDE Frameworks 5. Information about the availability of live builds with the new release can be found at .
All :
- The Dolphin file manager implements thumbnails for previewing Microsoft Office, PCX (3D models) and
e-books in fb2 and epub formats. For text files, a thumbnail display with syntax highlighting of the text inside is provided. Clicking the 'Close split' button gives you the option to select a panel to close. The new tab is now located next to the current one, and not at the end of the list. Items for adding and removing tags have been added to the context menu. By default, the "Downloads" and "Recent Documents" directories are sorted not by file name, but by modification time; - To a component , which allows other KDE applications to read audio from a CD and automatically convert it to various formats, supports recording in the Opus format and provides information about the disc;
- The video editor Kdenlive has been significantly redesigned, the changes in which have affected more than 60% of the code. The implementation of the time scale has been completely rewritten in QML. When placing a clip on the timeline, audio and video are now placed as separate tracks. Added the ability to navigate the timeline using the keyboard. Voice-over feature added to audio recording tools. Improved transfer of elements of different projects through the clipboard. Improved interface for working with keyframes;
- The Okular document viewer now has a feature for verifying digitally signed PDF files. Scaling options have been added to the printout dialog. Added editing mode for documents in LaTeX format using TexStudio. Improved navigation using touch screens. Added a command line option to perform search operations on a document and open it with highlighting of found matches;
- The KMail email client now supports correcting grammatical errors in message text. Added recognition of phone numbers in emails with the ability to call KDE Connect to make calls. Implemented startup mode with minimization to the system tray without opening the main window. Improved plugin for using Markdown markup. Improved reliability and performance of the Akonadi backend;
- The KOrganizer calendar-scheduler has improved the event view mode, ensured correct synchronization of recurring events with Google Calendar, and provided the display of reminders on all desktops;
- Added KItinerary travel assistant to help you get to your destination using metadata from emails. Modules are available for extracting ticket parameters in the RCT2 format, improved support for Booking services and added detection of airport references;
- A mode has been added to the Kate text editor to show all invisible whitespace characters. An option has been added to the menu to quickly turn on or off the mode of wrapping non-fitting line ends in relation to a specific document. Options for renaming, deleting, opening a directory, copying a file path, comparing files, and viewing properties have been added to the context menus for files. By default, the plugin is enabled with the implementation of the built-in terminal emulator;
- Improved tab handling in the Konsole terminal emulator. To create a new tab or close a tab, it is now enough to click the middle mouse button on an empty area in the panel or on the tab. Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Tab has been added to switch between tabs. The profile editing interface has been redesigned. The Breeze color scheme is enabled by default;
- Added the ability to open text in any external editor to the Lokalize translation help system. Improved detection of DockWidgets widgets. Storing the position in the ".po" files when filtering messages is provided;
- Gwenview Image Viewer adds full support for High DPI screens. Enabled touchscreen control using gestures such as pinch to zoom. Added support for moving between images using the forward and back buttons on the mouse. Added support for images in Krita format. Added filtering mode by file name (Ctrl+I);
- In the tool for creating screenshots Spectacle, the mode of saving the selected area of ββthe screen has been expanded and the ability to define a file name template for saved images has been added;
- Added mouse wheel zoom mode to Kmplot plotting program while holding down the Ctrl key. Added an option to preview before printing and the ability to copy coordinates to the clipboard;
- Ported the Kolf application from KDE4 with the implementation of the game of golf.
Of the events related to KDE, one can also note to the KWin composite manager An EGLStreams extension that will allow you to run a Wayland-based KDE Plasma 5.16 session on systems with proprietary NVIDIA drivers. To activate a new backend, set the environment variable "KWIN_DRM_USE_EGL_STREAMS=1".
Source: opennet.ru