KDE Frameworks 5.97.0

Sunday, 14 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 the KDE Frameworks release announcement.

This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner.

New in this version

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

Security information

The released code has been GPG-signed using the following key: pub rsa2048/58D0EE648A48B3BB 2016-09-05 David Faure faure@kde.org Primary key fingerprint: 53E6 B47B 45CE A3E0 D5B7 4577 58D0 EE64 8A48 B3BB

Installing binary packages

On Linux, using packages for your favorite distribution is the recommended way to get access to KDE Frameworks. Get KDE Software on Your Linux Distro wiki page

Compiling from sources

The complete source code for KDE Frameworks 5.97.0 may be freely downloaded. Instructions on compiling and installing are available from the KDE Frameworks 5.97.0 Info Page.

Building from source is possible using the basic cmake .; make; make install commands. For a single Tier 1 framework, this is often the easiest solution. People interested in contributing to frameworks or tracking progress in development of the entire set are encouraged to use kdesrc-build. Frameworks 5.97.0 requires Qt 5.15.2.

A detailed listing of all Frameworks with API documentation is on api.kde.org.

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