In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• Marble gains support for bicycle and pedestrian routing, and a data model to manage offline routing and offline search data
• Development of Ekos begins: a new tool for KStars to utilize INDI-based (Instrument-Neutral-Distributed-Interface) devices in astrophotography

During a recent 5 day sprint, four KDE contributors planned and produced a handbook for beginning KDE developers. We had assistance from several generous organizations, worked hard, and learned a lot.

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• Work on lambda expressions and handling of the override token in c++11, C# import, new features in list generator for Python in KDevelop
• Solid APIs are now used for DPMS (VESA Display Power Management Signaling) service jobs in kde-workspace

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• Network Management now uses QtNetworkManager to activate connections
• Non-QML TabBox removed in kde-workspace
• Fix of high cpu usage in Kwin fade effect
• Widget text color change possible in Umbrello

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• Aurorae goes QML, ClientGroup becomes scriptable in KDE base
• Calligra sees work on footnotes, all interactive painting tools are threading-friendly; Kexi introduces Simple User Feedback Agent
• Rekonq adds about:tabs, an easy method to manage rekonq tabs

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• Work on inter-file search in Lokalize
• New weather services: geonames and favorite weather station
• Google Code-in work on Marble; plugins integrated
• MLT clip analysis and freesound.org integration in Kdenlive

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• Multiple changes in scripting in KWin: properties, interactive console to run scripts, import of a KCM
• Start of generic clip job framework implementation for Kdenlive
• In Calligra, updates of MSOffice 2000/2003 and 2007 format support, multiple fixes

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• In Calligra, extended undo/redo functionality, updated Excel 2000/2003 support, optimization of formula parsing and numerous bugfixes
• Kmix now shows MPRIS2 streams
• More useful capacity bar when hovering collection in Amarok

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• Better support of wildcards in the directory path field and improved menu key functionality in Dolphin
• Interface for pictureshape cropping, cache rendering in assistants, numbered bibliography entries, improved DOCX, OOXML support in Calligra
• Memorize expanded groups in bookmarks in Skrooge

In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

• Embedded mode for TabBox in KWin
• Reimplemented name filtering in Dolphin
• Initial support for resource events in read-only kparts in kdelibs