GNOME has published a new post about this week's news. In it, they begin by reminding us that we have entered Pride Month, and celebrate "the valuable work of all 2SLGBTQIA+ contributors and users, regardless of their different backgrounds and experiences"What might be of most interest in an article like this is the software-related news, and that's what we'll cover below.
A reference to Gnu Image Manipulation Program, GIMP for short, is a bit striking. This program will better support colors on Linux in the future. Now, although we got a sneak preview of the new feature a few hours ago, we'll still have to wait months for it to become a reality. What follows is the list with this week's news in GNOME.
This week in GNOME
- This summer, they'll be consulting with the community: What if we just started using GNOME OS as our primary operating system? GNOME OS is still in its early stages, but it's finally ready for more extensive testing by developers and early adopters on real hardware. They'll be proposing it in a three-month challenge from now until September 3st.
- GTK has changed the behavior of GtkImage when displaying GdkPaintable objects, so that it now strictly uses the :pixel-size and/or -gtk-icon-size CSS properties, instead of adjusting the image to the assigned size. This change is now available in the SDK. nightly and will be in GTK 4.19.2, and later in the GNOME SDK 49, but not in any stable release or SDK.
- Papers has incorporated a significant overhaul of the interface for creating and editing annotations. New, simplified shortcuts have been added, the number of clicks required to create highlighting (and similar) annotations has been reduced, and it's now possible to dynamically change the color and type of annotation directly from the context menu.
- Gaphor 3.1.0 has been released. Improvements include:
- You can now copy from a diagram and paste it directly as SVG or PNG into another application.
- Many improvements to the user interface. Gaphor now feels more in line with the GNOME style than ever.
- For those using Gaphor on macOS: it now has a proper menu bar.
- In recent weeks, Apostrophe has implemented crash recovery. If for any reason the application closes before a file has been properly saved or discarded, the next time Apostrophe is opened, the file will be restored.
- Starting with version 3.1.2, the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) will have the option to respect the system color scheme on Linux, thanks to the XDG Desktop Portal and the merge request by Niels De Graef that served as the basis for this improvement. All desktops that support the Settings portal interface will be able to take advantage of this feature.
- Multiplication Puzzle 15.0 is out, finally adding a layer of portrait mode and making mobile gaming more enjoyable.
- This week, Gradia received what will likely be its biggest update ever. Two key features stand out:
- Support for taking screenshots directly from the app, and even launching it using a custom keyboard shortcut that launches the screenshot tool.
- Ability to annotate images, not only with basic tools like pencil and text, but also with more specific modes like "censor."
- Bouncer is a new app designed to help us choose the right firewall for Wi-Fi networks. On systems like Windows, when we connect to a new Wi-Fi network, we're asked what type of network it is (for example, home, public, work). Well, that's exactly what Bouncer does.
- This week, they released a template for developing GNOME applications using TypeScript. It uses esbuild to transpile TypeScript code into JavaScript, which offers several advantages:
- Ability to use absolute paths with TypeScript paths.
- Direct support for importing .ui files into your code (similar to what gjspack offers).
- Seamless integration of npm dependencies (as long as they don't depend on Node.js or other runtime environments).
- Support for modern language features such as decorators.
- Crosswords 0.3.15 has arrived as a version focused on improving the quality of use:
- Beta version of the acrostic editor.
- Use Ctrl + O to open files from anywhere in the game.
- Automatically download puzzle sets on startup.
- The first letter of each answer is highlighted in the acrostics.
- The thumbnail generator now works with arrow crosswords.
- Clearer “Save As…” experience in the editor.
- Major improvements to editor autofill.
- Word list optimization and corrections.
- Better rendering of bar puzzles.
- The dividers are displayed correctly.
- Cell labels now accurately measure and distribute text.
And this has been all this week in GNOME.
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