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Build-Tool 0.2 release

I have just release build-tool version 0.2 . Apart from many changes to the recipe there are some small features added. Have a look at the documentation how to use it.

Here is the list of the supported modules with all features enabled.

qt/qt                          : no description
qt/qimageblitz                …

Build-Tool 0.1.4 released

Adjust the recipe to konversations move to git. No other changes.

If you installed build-tool as a gem just issue sudo gem update build-tool.

The tool does not migrate automatically. To migrate delete ( or move ) the…

Build-Tool Tracker

Just a short notice that i opened the rubyforge tracker for build-tool. You can submit bug reports, feature request and patches for build-tool.

Build-Tool Version 0.1.3 released

As some of you out there probably heard i'm developing a ruby based build-tool in the style of kdesvn-build. This is actually the third version i'm currently working on. First was an attempt in python. But my brain is incompatible with python. Then the first attempt in ruby with yaml based configuration files. Which really didn't work. This time with a custom configuration file format with a properly…

We are done.

We have done it. Just lay back and glow in what we achieved: Kontact/khtml are on par with Outlook/Internet Explorer

That looks SOOOO convincing.

Gran Canaria Desktop Summit Pictures

It's about time to pencil my two cents about the gran canaria desktop summit into the great notebook called world wide web.

I'm contributing to kde since January 2008. This years akademy was my first ever conference of any kind. I knew noone and my hotel was flooded with gnomies. Nice guys really. And they didn't even bite. Who would have thought of that :).

Had two nice weeks.…

Problem Reports in Comments

It's not a good idea to post your problems in the comments section of my blog. Even if you provide contact address or website. I can't help you there.

  • Look at bugs.kde.org for reports about similar problems. If you can't find them create a new bug.
  • Come to #kde-devel and ask for help (i'm mjansen)
  • Send…

KDE Common Problems: Ctrl+W shortcut doesn't work in app XYZ

See Bug 190412 for an explanation. The problem is a little broader than the bug reports. See Bug 193085 for a more detailed explanation of the problem.

The problem was me fixing khotkeys…

KDE Common Problems: My 'e' ky dos not work

That is some kind of unexpected comeback from a classic out of the pre kde 4.0 development time. I once managed to break the 'e' key for all when working on khotkeys. Me fixing khotkeys exposed a qt bug. Qt did parse the "Win+e" string from kde 3.x as 'e' because it didn't recognize the Win modifier. It is called Meta in qt. We fixed the symptom because we couldn't fix the cause and…

KDE Common Problems: 'Alt+PrintScrn' does not work

That's because on some keyboards Alt+PrintScrn is used as Sysreq. You can use xmodmap -pke | grep -i print to check if you are affected. If you get something along the lines of keycode 111 = Print Sys_Req Print Sys_Req Print Sys_Req there is no alt+printscrn for you.

Someone managed to put a really bad hack into kde hardcoding…