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We have a release of Kile 2.9.95, also known as 3.0 beta 4! Earlier today, Michel Ludwig tagged the current Git master. This is the first beta release since October 2019. Beside the port to KDE Frameworks 6 and Qt 6, it provides a couple of new features and bug fixes. New features Port to KDE Frameworks 6 & Qt 6 (Port by Carl Schwan) Enable high-dpi support Provide option to hide menu bar (Patch by Daniel Fichtner, #372295 ) Configurable global default setting for the LivePreview engines (Patch by Florian Zumkeller-Quast, #450332 ) Remove offline copy of "LaTeX2e: An unofficial reference manual", use online version instead (Patch by myself, Christoph Grüninger, Issue #7 ) Fixed bugs Kile crashes on selecting "Browse" or "Zoom" for document preview (Patch by Carl Schwan, #465547 , #476207, #467435, #452618, #429452) Kile crashes when generating new document (Patch by Carl Schwan, #436837 ) Ensure \end{env} is inserted in the right place even when the...

KDE got accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2024! Are you thinking about getting involved into KDE development? Check out the cool ideas KDE devs came up , they showcase what can be achieved by taking part as a student in GSoC. How to start? How to get involved? How to make an impression that will help your application? Prerequisites You like KDE, you like us as a community, you can follow our philosophy, you like our product (a desktop or at least an specific application), and you resonate with our tech stack (C++, Qt, CMake). Grab some code from our GitLab , clone a repository and build it locally. This sounds easy. For first-timers it is not easy. Reach out for help in case you struggle. Run your self-built software. Now you can explore the joy of developing KDE. You do not need an idea, at least not yet. Give it some time. Get involved Try getting involved. Usually it is not easy to fix bugs of implement a feature request from KDE bugtracking system . S...