#3 Documentation and Libraries
Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from July 23 to July 30.
Core Apps and Libraries
Libadwaita
Building blocks for modern GNOME apps using GTK4.
libadwaita now supports
.flatstyle class for header bars, as used in applications like Solanum or Breathing
Tobias Bernard says
Libadwaita window shadows are now softer and way nicer looking (merge request).
Text Editor
Text Editor is a simple text editor that focus on session management.
Allan Day says
In Text Editor, Christian Hergert changed the preferences to a sidebar, and added a style schema option
Allan Day announces
Also in Text Editor, Christian did a round of bug fixing and added keyboard shortcuts for zooming - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor/-/commit/ed44e9b08565421d9234e2d7e0844d35ce24d40c
Software
Lets you install and update applications and system extensions.
Allan Day reports
Adrien Plazas and Jakub Steiner added a new icon set for system components - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/868
Allan Day announces
This week in Software:
- Adrien Plazas cleaned up the updates list and made it adaptive - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/855
- Adrien also gave the preferences window a modern style - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/860
- Milan Crha fixed a bug where the launch button took a long time to appear after app installation - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/857
Adrien Plazas announces
I made application screenshots scale to the window’s width - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/867
Maps
Maps gives you quick access to maps all across the world.
Corentin Noël says
In libshumate, James Westman implemented support for rotating a Map: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libshumate/-/commit/c54ed6c66b72a2d8016319c5c991a4c6a506109c
Connections
A remote desktop client.
Allan Day announces
Felipe Borges landed various improvements to the Connections user experience:
- Made it possible to connect and switch to multiple connections at the same time - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/connections/-/merge_requests/78
- Added error messages and error handling when connecting - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/connections/-/merge_requests/79
- Improved the design of the new connection popover - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/connections/-/merge_requests/77
Documentation
Emmanuele Bassi says
The new developer documentation website is up at developer.gnome.org. The old API references are available at developer-old.gnome.org.
Circle Apps and Libraries
Martín Abente Lahaye reports
GNOME Circle accepted two new apps this week. We’re happy to welcome Podcasts and Wike!
Kooha
A simple screen recorder with a minimal interface. You can simply click the record button without having to configure a bunch of settings.
SeaDve announces
GIF and MP4 video formats support has been added in Kooha. Recording with GIF doesn’t require post-processing, which makes it much more efficient than a typical GIF recorder.
Drawing
A basic image editor, similar to Microsoft Paint, but aiming at the GNOME desktop.
maoschannz announces
A new tool, “Skew”, has been added to Drawing. It allows you to tilt the selection horizontally or vertically.
Blanket
Improve focus and increase your productivity by listening to different sounds.
Rafael Mardojai CM announces
In Blanket is now possible to toggle sounds faster by pressing the sound row. The volume level will be set to 50% when activated.
Third Party Projects
sonnyp says
Oh My SVG is a new application to optimize SVGs
That’s all for this week!
See you next week, and be sure to stop by #thisweek:gnome.org with updates on your own projects!