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Wayland native interface in Qt 6.5
Qt 6 introduced a new way to access platform specific objects and functionality in the
QNativeInterfacenamespace. Starting with Qt 6.5 it will be possible to obtain handles to wayland object handles this way. Let’s look at what’s new and how it improves on the past method. -
Setting a default global theme has just become much easier
tl;dr: Just set the default global theme in
/etc/xdg/kdeglobalsand your good to go.
In the last years System Settings has been gradually improved with each release featuring more pages being cleaned up, redesigned or even rewritten from scratch. In this process there was also focus on proper state handling, adding ‘Defaults’ button where missing and sensible, adding highlighting of changed settings and making sure that these systems do the correct thing. In this post I will explain how Global Themes factor into this and how their pre-run set-up is now much simpler for distributions starting with Plasma 5.24. -
Shortcut configuration in 2020
Last year I spent some time working one the (formerly global) shortcuts settings module, including rewriting it from
scratch. Given that Plasma 5.21 is to be released soon, I though it was a good opportunity to do a write up of what
has happened in this area in the past year. I want to apologize in advance for the size of this blog post that turned
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Plasma 5.21 Beta Review Day
I am happy to announce that we are going to hold the second Plasma Beta Review Day on the 28th January from 9.00 CET to at least 20.00 CET. We will meet in a Big Blue Button room and you can join via audio, video or text.
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Displaying Problems inline in KDevelop
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KF6 Sprint in Berlin
Last week I arrived on a rainy Thursday evening in Berlin to attend the KDE Frameworks Kickoff sprint. The next three days were spent with discussions and ideas about the future of the libraries that are the base of most of the software of the KDE Community.
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Usability & Productivity Sprint 2019
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