KShutdownSee also: Previous releases 2018-10-15 4.99 Beta (5.x) * CHANGED: KShutdown 5.x now requires Qt 5.9 or newer * REMOVED: Qt 4 support * REMOVED: KDE 4 support * REMOVED: Windows XP/Vista support (requires Windows 7/10 or newer, 32/64-bit) If you need any of the above, there are other options for you: KShutdown 4.x downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/kshutdown/files/KShutdown/ KShutdown 4.x source branch (minor bugfixes and updates only): Clone:svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/kshutdown/code/branches/kshutdown-4.x---- KF5 = a KShutdown version compiled using KDE Frameworks Qt5 = a KShutdown version compiled using plain Qt 5 libraries only Misc.: * CHANGED: New command line option parser. This fixes some previous issues. However, the new parser is more strict and may print a warning if passed application options are malformed or incomplete. * NEW: Progress Bar context menu: Show size/position preview icons* NEW: Added Help|Command Line Options menu item * NEW: Added "--confirm-auto" command line option (see --help) * UPDATED: Spanish translation (by Pier Jose Gotta Perez) * Improve info/warning message bars (smaller icons, nicer colors) * CHANGED: Version format is now slightly different: - $MAJOR.$MINOR_EVEN - stable version (e.g. 5.0, 5.2) - $MAJOR.$MINOR_ODD-beta - Beta version (e.g. 5.1-beta, 5.3-beta) - Note that package file names now include "-" (dash) before "beta". - Version numbers displayed in UI are formatted like before (e.g. 5.1 Beta) * FIXED: "--confirm" option can now work together with "--ui-menu" option * REMOVED: Unused "?" button from window title bars * Enable hi-dpi UI icons * + Minor bugfixes and updates Linux: * CHANGED: Executable name in all build types is now "kshutdown[.exe]" instead of "kshutdown-qt[.exe]". NOTE: "make install" will create a "kshutdown-qt" symbolic link for compatibility. The launcher shortcut also has changed from "/usr/share/applications/kshutdown-qt.desktop" to "/usr/share/applications/kshutdown.desktop" * FIXED/CHANGED: Install icons in "share/icons/hicolor/*/apps/kshutdown.png" instead in "share/icons/hicolor/*/actions/kshutdown.png" * NEW: Show countdown progress bar in taskbar entry. Works with Plasma (sort of), GNOME, and Unity.
* NEW: (KF5) Added application crash handler with option to restart KShutdown or report an issue * (KF5) Better integration with Plasma desktop * CHANGED: Respect "Confirm Action" option in app launcher context menu * CHANGED: "--help" contents is now always displayed in a window rather than printed to stdout * System Tray settings: Show "May not work correctly with some Desktop Environments" warning * FIXED: GNOME/Unity: Do not display "<br>" and "<qt>" markup tags in a notification text * KDE: Show icons in Preferences tabs * CHANGED: (KF5) Move "System Settings..." button to the Tools menu * NEW: (Qt5 on Plasma) Show "System Settings..." in Tools menu * FIXED: (KF5) "Enable System Tray Icon" option can be used like in other KShutdown builds * FIXED: (KF5) "--hide-ui" option hides system tray icon like in other builds Extras menu: * FIXED: Display folder names with a "dot" correctly * REMOVED: Obsolete example folders (any existing "/usr/share/kshutdown/extras" directory can be removed manually) * CHANGED: Create a single "Stop VLC Media Player" example on first KShutdown run * FIXED: Garbled UTF-8 text in some menu elements MS Windows: * NEW: Show countdown progress in taskbar entry * CHANGED: Using Qt 5.x instead of old 4.8.x * REMOVED: "/?" command line option; use "--help" instead * FIXED: Uninstaller: Ask before removing user settings Source: * CHANGED: Require Qt 5.9 or newer to compile * NEW: Enable and use c++14 standard * CHANGED: Incorrect combination of KS_PURE_QT/KS_KF5 defines will result in a compile error * CHANGED: Cleaned up #defines: - KS_NATIVE_KDE -> KS_KF5 - KS_DBUS -> QT_DBUS_LIB - KS_UNIX -> !Q_OS_WIN32 * CHANGED: Require NSIS 3.x to create an installer for Windows with Unicode support * CHANGED: In all build types (KF5/Qt5), executable name is now "kshutdown" instead of "kshutdown-qt" * NEW: Setup-qt5.bat * REMOVED: Setup-qt4.bat and Setup-qt4.sh * REMOVED: U_* macros * REMOVED: Unused KDE 4 code * Fixed and clean up "tools" scripts * CHANGED: Setup-wine.sh: Use a separated Wine profile (~/.wine-kshutdown) and force 32-bit architecture * Move command line related stuff to "commandline.*" files and "CLI" class * Move all action/trigger classes to a dedicated plugins.cpp/h files * Cleanup build scripts * (Qt5): cmake: Enable "automoc" for faster compilation * + Various code cleanups New Known Issues: * cmake: If you get "(...) bootentry.h: No such file or directory" error try to run cmake from non-symlinked directory, e.g. cd "$(realpath .)"