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Kile 2.9.95 / 3.0 beta 4 released

Sunday, 17 March 2024 | Gruenich


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 user uses tabs for indentation (Patch by Kishore Gopalakrishnan, #322654)
  • Avoid saving console commands in bash history (Patch by Alessio Bonfiglio, #391537, #453935)
  • Don't crash when deleting templates (#413506)
  • Avoid crashing when closing a document that is being parsed (#404164)

Thanks to all the contributors. They fixed bugs, wrote documentation, modernized the code, and in general took care of Kile.

Enjoy the latest Kile release!