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See also: Previous releases

2019-07-24  5.1-beta

* CHANGED: New action names that matches more closely
  the terminology used in current Desktop Environments.
  You can select "Use old action names" option if don't like the change.

* NEW: Added Help|What's New? menu item

* NEW: Added --logoff, --restart, and --sleep command line option aliases
  (run kshutdown --help for details)

Misc.:

* CHANGED: Do not show "Ctrl+Q" shortcut in system tray menu
* CHANGED: Tweaked popup notifications autohide timeout
* FIXED: Better default keyboard focus in dialog windows
* NEW: Added "Wiki" link button to the "Command Line Option" help window
* Qt5: About window:
  - Links can be selected and opened using Tab/Enter keys
  - Selectable text

Linux:

* NEW: Tools|Run menu: Added boot-related "journalctl" commands

Windows:

* UPDATED: Qt library in version 5.13.0
* UPDATED: NSIS installer in version 3.04

Haiku OS:

* Partially fixed Shut Down and Restart actions
* NEW: Added Lock action support

Source:

* CHANGED: Simplify and normalize application versioning.
  Now all versions are in format: "mm.ii" plus optional "-beta" suffix.
  This mostly apply to:
  - versions displayed in KShutdown GUI
  - default download URLs
    (e.g. sourceforge.net/projects/kshutdown/files/KShutdown/$VERSION/kshutdown-source-$VERSION.zip/download)

* UPDATED: "VERSION" file format and related files
* REMOVED: "test-wine.bat"; use "Setup-wine.sh" instead
* REMOVED: Obsolete "kshutdown.nsh" file (version number is now passed as /DAPP_VERSION option)
* Code cleanup