Here comes the 3rd preview of the new version of KBabel. KBabel is a powerfull, easy to use editor for localization files (GNU gettext, Qt Linguist).

There are substantial improvements over KBabel 1.1 (a support for GNU gettext plural forms, validation plugins, a support for multiple file formats, a CVS support etc). This version should be full-featured and if there are no showstopper bugs, we would like to release KBabel 1.2 in the near future. This beta follows 1.2beta2 because there were important speedups in the core of KBabel.

We would like to hear your opinions, comments etc. You can reach us at kbabel@mail.kde.org or you can use KDE bugzilla http://bugs.kde.org.

Homepage: http://i18n.kde.org/tools/kbabel
Download: ftp://i18n.kde.org/tools/kbabel/kbabel-1.2beta.tar.bz2

Requirements:

• Qt version 3.1
• KDE libs version 3.1
• Berkeley Database IV is recommended

Enjoy! The KBabel team Changes since 1.2beta2:

• internal structures speedup (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• do single word rough translation for all words, the last one was skipped (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• when mailing files, store files relatively to the PO base dir (Marco Wegner)
• word wrapping enabled, fix #53832 (elonen at iki.fi)
• spellcheck from the current message to the end of file, wishlist #50937 (Marco Wegner)
• mark/unmark files in catalog manager using wildcards, wishlist #48840 (Marco Wegner)
• XML entities can contain dots (Stanislav Visnovsky)

Major changes since KBabel 1.1:

• GNU gettext plural forms (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• Msgstr2plural
• copy single text into plural forms (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• Validation tools are plugins now
• integration into Catalog Manager as well (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• Non-breaking space is shown differently (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• Import/export plugin framework to load/save files. (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• Ported GNU gettext load/save to the new plugin framework (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• Qt Linguist load/save plugin (Marco Wegner)
• It is not possible to edit raw header anymore (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• Character selection tool (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• CVS support in Catalog Manager (Marco Wegner)
• Mark/unmark using wildcards (MarcoWegner)
• KBabelDict module lookup using standard KDE KTrader (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• Autosave feature (Marco Wegner)
• DataTool to check for translations with only whitespace (Dwayne Bailey)
• Word wrapping (elonen at iki.fi)
• Internal structure speedup (Stanislav Visnovsky)
• Bugfixes

KOPETE 0.7 ADDS FEATURES, INCREASES STABILITY

The latest version of Kopete, the KDE Instant Messenger, is released today.

Incorporating a host of changes that increase usability and consolidate its position as a leading open source messaging client, Kopete 0.7 is another step towards the all-purpose chat program for the K Desktop Environment.

The user is the center of this new version, and Kopete 0.7 promises to give the user a greatly improved chat experience that is more stable and reliable, while also offering a number of exciting new features.

A high proportion of new users have many existing IM accounts and found the previous Kopete limitation of only one account per protocol restrictive. A new architecture has been developed that allows the user to have as many accounts as they wish, and icons can be dynamically recolored to the user's taste to differentiate between accounts.

Many features in Kopete 0.7 can be customised, such as new text effects and window color schemes, which makes it more friendly and flexible and enables users to make the client reflect their personalities.

New additions such as spell checking and an auto-replace facility demonstrate the advantages of a multi-protocol client, because rich features can now be enjoyed without having to familiarize oneself with a number of single system clients.

To allow contact with other instant messaging systems, an all-new Yahoo plugin is now available and the IRC plugin has been completely re-designed and integrated with the rest of Kopete. Other plugins, including Gadu-Gadu and Jabber, have matured and are fully supported in this release.

Matt Rogers, Kopete developer, comments: "Kopete 0.7 builds on the improved code of version 0.6 and adds a number of key features to enhance usability, marking a further stage in Kopete's growth in popularity. We're delighted with how the program is developing and we're sure users will not be disappointed with this latest release."

I'm not sure why I didn't know about the following before I googled for something completely unrelated ;)

http://libresoft.dat.escet.urjc.es/cvsanal/kde-cvs/ is really worth to browse at.

E.g. http://libresoft.dat.escet.urjc.es/cvsanal/kde-cvs/index.php?menu=
Graphs&module=kdelibs&graph=LOCs

What have you done?!?! Now all the klingons out there will be upset at us!

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Man, I don't think I ever felt so ungeeky in my life. What did you guys just say?