&tde-authors; &tde-release-date; &tde-release-version; &tde-copyright-date; &tde-team; &tde-release-version; Release Notes TDE release notes This document contains important information for users, developers, and packagers. This document is intended for people who are migrating from previous versions of Trinity. If you are a using Trinity for the first time, then you can ignore the contents of this document. The Trinity Desktop is a full software desktop environment designed for Unix-like operating systems, intended for computer users preferring a traditional desktop model focusing primarily on retaining the overall KDE 3.5 user experience and efficiency. Trinity is free/libre software. First, thank you to the many people who contributed to all of these improvements. Many people played a role, including bug fixing, enhancements, testing, etc. Many changes were made to Trinity after the release of 3.5.13. An obvious change is the version scheme. Trinity evolved from the last KDE 3.5 release, 3.5.10. Subsequent Trinity releases followed that numbering scheme. Release R14.0.0 marks a turning point in Trinity history because a great deal of the code infrastructure was changed. While those changes do not effect the usability or look-and-feel of the desktop that users enjoy, Trinity developers believe a change in the version scheme distinguishes when those changes occurred. An original project goal by users was to retain the flavor of the original KDE 3.5 desktop. That goal remains intact. To reflect that original goal, the last number in the original version scheme is retained in the new version scheme but is now the primary version number. While the infrastructure has changed, the desktop itself remains the same as the original KDE 3.5. This new version scheme indicates a modest divergence from the original KDE 3.5 series and that Trinity is now its own desktop environment. The new version scheme reminds users that Trinity retains the original KDE 3.5 design, but is moving forward as a separate desktop project. Notable changes include renaming and rebranding efforts to avoid conflicts with KDE4. Both Trinity and KDE4 have roots in KDE3. These changes focus on promoting a peaceful coexistence between the two desktop environments when both are installed concurrently on the same system as well as avoid possible trademark issues. Renaming and rebranding efforts include: Libraries Classes Environment variables and config file locations Package names Application names An exhaustive list of renaming changes is available at the end of this document. Because of the wide-scale renaming efforts, existing KDE3 and 3.5.13.x user profile directories will not function properly under R14.0.0. Don't worry. When logging into Trinity R14.0.0, the starttde script (nee startkde), performs profile checks to ensure settings and configurations are migrated correctly. These checks include preserving the original KDE3/3.5.13.x profile directory as-is while using those files as the basis to create the new R14.0.0 profile named $HOME/.trinity. The underlying migration checking has been tested, but because of the renaming and rebranding efforts, upstream packagers should test support scripts for problems and anomalies. There is another special script to help update profile directories. That script is /opt/trinity/bin/migratekde3. This script is intended for people using versions of Trinity prior to 3.5.13. Before starting R14.0.0 the first time, use this script to update any KDE3 profile directory. The definition of a KDE3 profile directory includes Trinity 3.5.11 and 3.5.12. The script will look for profile directory names of ~/.kde3, ~/.kdemod3, and ~/.kde. Because the latter directory name is also used in KDE4, several tests are performed to ensure the directory is a KDE3 profile and not KDE4. The renaming might cause certain shortcuts and menu links to stop functioning. The underlying migration checks performed when logging into R14.0.0 for the first time should find all of these differences, but fixing those that are missed is straightforward. All that is needed is knowing the new name of the command or application. For example, changing kdesu to tdesu, although that specific change is covered by the scripts. The Trinity launcher menu, tdemenu (nee kmenu), has been reorganized to reduce clutter. In addition to built-in XDG changes in *.desktop files, There are two methods available to manage KDE4 apps in the Trinity menu. One method includes a build-time configuration option in tdelibs, WITH_KDE4_MENU_SUFFIX, that adds a "[KDE4]" tag to KDE4 menu items. This tag helps identify apps of the same name. The default is OFF and requires a package rebuild to change. A second method includes a global menu replacement, tde-applications.menu-no-kde that explicitly excludes KDE4 apps from the menu. Using that special menu requires administrative privileges to update. Because of a common heritage shared with KDE, Trinity still shares many app and library names with KDE. Therefore to avoid conflicts, the normal practice is to install Trinity to /opt/trinity. Because of this atypical installation location, on many systems non-Trinity desktops and window managers initially will not find any Trinity apps. For systems using /etc/profile.d, ensure the packager includes appropriate scripts to populate all necessary environment variables. For other systems, at least the XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variables must be modified to recognize the /opt/trinity directory. Typical modifications look like this: XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/trinity/xdg:/etc/xdg:/etc/kde/xdg XDG_DATA_DIRS=/opt/trinity/share:/usr/share Users who do not install any tde-i18n package will encounter broken symlinks if they browse the non-English documention folders of some applications. Such symlinks are hooks to the correct location of localized common resources and will work properly once the related tde-i18n package is installed. Please refrain from filing bugs related to those broken symlinks. Some old wallpapers have been removed from the list displayed in Trinity Control Center --> Appearance & Themes --> Background and a few new ones have been added. The removed wallpapers are still available and if desired they can be manually selected. They are located in the /opt/trinity/share/wallpapers/obsolete folder. As part of the rebranding effort, TDE now has its own theme style and system-wide changes have been made to conform to such style as much as possible. New HAL-independent hardware support based on udev. HAL support is still available for those systems (such as *bsd) that require it. Significant renaming of applications, libraries and packages to avoid conflicts with other desktop environments (most notably KDE) allowing TDE to be installed in parallel with other DE. Switched from 'plain' Qt3 to the 'new' TQt3 interface, an enhanced version of Qt3 with a particular eye on improved stability and multi-threading support. A new TQt interface layer between TDE libraries/applications and TQt3. This allows selective adaptation of some Qt4 programming widgets. Support for network-manager 0.9 and newer. Switched compositor from Kompmgr to Compton. Added support for ARM architectures and RaspBian. New website design. Migrated the TDE source repository to GIT. Significant branding overhaul and restyling. Further improved XDG compliance. Additional theme engines available. Continued migration from autotools to cmake. TDE-style dialog box support for LibreOffice. Improved Secure Attention Key. Mac-like window switching. Kate sort plugin now available. Rearrangeable items in the taskbar. Show Icons Only option for taskbar. Improved application crash report framework, now also including source code commit references for better debugging. A mouse double-click speed test option in the control panel. A smooth crossfade effect is now available when changing the desktop wallpaper. Improved project documentation and localization. Faster startup and logout. Improved Konqueror speed for listing files in folder. Ability to force Kate into MDI mode all the time. File copy window focus enhancement: focus is now on the file name edit line by default. GUI support for controlling whether to display archives as folders. Improved Logout Status Dialog. Improved support for global and individual panels. New Desktop Device Icons: My Computer, My Documents, My Network Places, Printers, Web Browser. Rearrangeable (draggable) items in the taskbar. Reduced TDE menu clutter and duplication. Accelerator key for Konsole main menu can be enabled when desired. Konqueror file rename improvement: in list view mode it is now possible to move directly to the next/previous file without leaving the rename mode. Default key shortcuts are Tab (next) and Shift+Tab (previous). Kate taskbar: middle mouse click close selected document, if enabled. The number of files in the Kate MRU (Most Recently Used) list is user-configurable. Added a progress bar to the logout status dialog. Kate syntax highlighting files have been updated and the lookup moved to the TDE repository tdecmshell --list output is now sorted alphabetically. Additional xdg folders support in Kickoff menu Fixed Konqueror selection handling when using arrow keys. 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