KDE 2.2alpha2 is Out
by platon on June 2nd, 2001 The KDE project has released KDE 2.2alpha2. Changelog between KDE 2.1 and 2.2, download links, and additional information within.
KDE Libraries
Classes
KTipDialog and KTipDatabase added, for the "tips of the day" feature
aRts
Endianness fixes for big endian platforms such as Solaris/SPARC
"out-of-the-box" Solaris support
Threading support via libmcop-mt
MIDI timing improvements
New artsd -s option that allows setting the auto-suspend time
artsshell status now displays all of the server audio parameters
New artsshell autosuspend option to change auto-suspend time
New artsd -m option that passes reporting of sound server errors to an external program
New artsmessage program which displays artsd errors using a KDE dialog
KDE sound control panel now allows setting the auto-suspend timeout and the message display program. The artsmessage command is enabled by default.
New artsd -N and -w options for setting larger network buffers
Kant
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Kdict
Kdict, a dictionary program, has been added to kdenetwork.
Kdict is a graphical client for the DICT protocol. It enables you to search through dictionary-like databases for a word or phrase, then displays suitable definitions.
Kdict has support for all protocol features, a separate list of matching words for advanced queries, configurable database sets, a browser-like user interface, convenient interaction with the X-clipboard, configurable HTML output and printing.
KMail
IMAP support
Non-blocking sending
Only the selected part of a mail will be quoted on reply
Delete old messages from the trash folder on exit
Collapsable threads
Multiple PGP identities
Bind an SMTP server to an identity
Better procmail support via the local account
Searching for messages is much faster
KNode
New scoring system:
User definable scoring rules with conditions based on the overview data and configurable actions (currently score value adjustment and notification)
Full-fledged regular expressions which can be used in scoring and filter conditions.
Reduced memory consumption. Its now configurable how much RAM is used to cache article bodies and headers.
Improved article handling:
User-defined folders
DnD between folders and groups
Convenient mbox-folder import/export
Nice in-place renaming of accounts, folders and groups
New menu option that expires all groups of the current account and a option that compacts all folders on demand.
New expire-feature:
delete article headers that aren't available on the server
Implemented "Smart Scrolling" (TM) in the listviews and in the groupbrowser
Reading news articles:
Proper handling of crossposted articles, they are marked as read simutaneously in all groups.
Added option to retreive the article source
New menu option:
fetch an article by message-id
Added option to retreive an article from groups.google.com if it's unavailable on the local server
Trailing empty lines can be stripped from incoming articles
Highlighting of "news:" and "mailto:" urls, all email-addresses and msgids
It's now configurable what characters are recognized as quote signs
It's now possible to disable the fancy header decorations, saves space on small displays
The word wrap behaviour of the article widget is now configurable
Enhancements of the article composer
Optional integration of KMail and other external mail programs
Full support for the Mail-Copies-To header
Added placeholder for the group name in the attribution line
Support for dynamically generated signatures
Added option to place the cursor below the attribution line, not above the signature (off by default)
Implemented forwarding of articles with attachments
Files can now be attached to an article with Drag&Drop
Improved article filters and search function:
Filter rules for numerical values are more flexible now, its possible to filter something like "x < value" or "x > value", not just ranges.
Its now possible to filter on the message-id and references header
The search function can show complete threads now (optionally)
Network related improvements:
Articles are no fetched via article number instead of article-id to avoid problems with broken newsservers
Enhanced dupe protection, utilizing the "recommended id" feature of newer inn's
Shows a password-dialog when the server requests authentication
Support for IPv6 and SOCKS-proxies
Konqueror
Properties dialog now shows free disk space on current partition, e.g. "39.7MB/968.3MB (90% used)"
New configuration for whether to start a new process for new windows or reuse an existing one
New configuration for user-defined CSS stylesheets
Proxy support re-engineered, socks and IPv6 support added (in kdelibs)
Save toolbar layout in profile
Fixes for full-screen mode
Fixes for reload, detects mimetype changes
"Enter" button in the toolbar
KHTML:
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Javascript:
Support for history navigation (back/forward/go...)
Javascript: Garbage collector fixes
KSirc
New xchat-like MDI Mode added
KScreensaver
Added libkscreensaver to ease development of KDE screensavers
KBattleship
KBattelship, the KDE implementation of the famous "battle ship" board game, has been moved to kdegames.
You can play it via network or internet.
Kooka + libkscan (kdegraphics)
KDE wide scanner support added
Kooka - Scanning Application added
Kandy
Kandy is a new application, which has been added to the kdepim module.
Synchronizes phonebook data from mobile phones with the KDE address book.
Provides a terminal application for communication with the mobile phone.
Supports phones with GSM compatible modem
KOrganizer
"What's next" view
Journal feature
Switch to iCalendar as default file format
Active remote calendar
Sending events via KMail
Tip of the Day
HTML export of month view
Experimental project view (Gantt diagram)
"Percent Completed" setting for todos
KPilot
Synchronization of address book
