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    This week in KDE: real modifier-only shortcuts and cropping in Spectacle
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    For years KWin has offered modifier-only shortcut handling via an obscure and undocumented method of editing the kwinrc file. Well, no more: in Plasma 6.1, KDEs shortcut choosers will accept lone modifier keys natively! This makes it much easier to, for example, re-bind what the Meta key does: now you can easily make it open Overview, KRunner, or anything else simply by assigning it [06:03] schestowitz directly to that something else. This work required expensive re-plumbing throughout KDEs software stack and was undertaken by Yifan Zhu, closing multiple Bugzilla tickets in the processsome fairly old. Thanks a lot, Yifan! (Link 1, link 2, link 3, link 4, link 5, and link 6)

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    But thats not all! Though bug-fixing is eternal, weve largely gotten over the hump for Plasma 6.0, and Ive noticed that features and UI improvement have occupied more of peoples attention recently. So lets start with a much-requested one

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    • [06:03] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pointieststick.com | This week in KDE: real modifier-only shortcuts and cropping in Spectacle Adventures in Linux and KDE ● Apr 07 [09:11] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@u8ftxtfux23wk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 07 [12:37] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Apr 07 [13:53] *SaphirJD (~SaphirJD@ujrjmymbebpjn.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 07 [16:17] *SaphirJD has quit (Quit: Leaving) [16:57] *jacobk (~quassel@ish78f9gpswn6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 07 [17:21] *SaphirJD (~SaphirJD@9iz9c2tcvthrn.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:55] schestowitz "DOJ's Apple case could raise threat of malicious apps" [17:55] schestowitz x https://www.axios.com/2024/04/05/apples-app-store-antitrust-malware [17:55] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.axios.com/2024/04/05/apples-app-store-antitrust-malware ) ● Apr 07 [18:51] *jacobk has quit (Quit: http://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) ● Apr 07 [20:17] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/03/discrepancies-in-description-should-be.html?showComment=1712333072248#c5251972008425331261 [20:17] schestowitz "I think the old adage can be very easily amended to resolve any perceived tension between the novelty-infringement test and the doctrine of equivalents:

    - that what comes after and infringes must, if coming before, destroy novelty;
    - that what comes after and infringes by virtue only of the doctrine of equivalents must, if coming before, destroy inventive step.

    Ta da! I fixed it.

    There is a minor [20:17] schestowitz flaw: this does not account for secret prior art (Art 54(3)/S2(3)) which is not citable for inventive step. As secret art, there is no justification for taking this into account when interpreting the scope of the claim, whether under a strict, literal interpretation or under the doctrine of equivalents. Accordingly, an equivalent disclosed in secret prior art is susceptible of being held to be an infringement under the doctrine of equi [20:17] schestowitz valents. The applicant of that secret prior art would need to (and could) avail themselves of the secret prior use defence to infringement.

    Who would have thought that the legislator already provided us with all of the means necessary to prevent old technology from being injuncted by a patentee?" [20:17] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Discrepancies in the description should be amended in line with the claims, but do not affect interpretation of the claims (T 0447/22) - The IPKat ● Apr 07 [21:52] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) [21:55] *SaphirJD has quit (connection closed)