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If the user wants to automatically launch NeoChat when the system starts up, the user may also want to minimize the window to system tray on startup. So a new option named "Minimize to system tray on startup" is added. The option is only visible on desktop platforms, and is only enabled when "Close to system tray" is checked. In order to restore window geometry for the first time the user opens the window if the option is checked, 1. a new function named `restoreWindowGeometry` is added, and `restoreWindowGeometryConnections` will be enabled if the option is checked, and will be disabled after the window debuts. 2. `saveWindowGeometryConnections` will be enabled if the option is not checked, and will be disabled if checked and enabled after the window debuts.
NeoChat
NeoChat is a client for Matrix, the decentralized communication protocol for instant messaging. It is a fork of Spectral, using KDE frameworks, most notably Kirigami, KConfig and KI18n.
Get it
A stable release is available for download for Linux distributions.
Along with the stable release, a Flatpak version is available for the nightly version:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists kdeapps --from https://distribute.kde.org/kdeapps.flatpakrepo
flatpak install kdeapps org.kde.neochat
A nightly build is also available for Android in the KDE nightly F-Droid repo and can also directly be downloaded from the binary factory.
Nightly builds for Windows, MacOS and AppImages can also be downloaded from the binary factory.
Features
- Sending messages
- Sending files from clipboard and filesystem
- Reply to message (right-click on a message to access menu)
- Start a private chat (but not encrypted)
- Show notifications, for the moment there is only a global switch to disable it. We plan to implement the configuration part of the specification soon.
- Autocompletion of usernames in chat
- Emoji picker
- Basic room setting page
- Send and accept invitations
- /rainbow (very important)
- /me
NeoChat is still missing a few features to become a full-featured Matrix client (most notably encryption support and video chat support). We welcome contributions in this direction.
Contact
You can reach the maintainers at #neochat:kde.org, if you are already on Matrix. Development happens in http://invent.kde.org/network/neochat (not in GitHub).
Acknowledgement
This program utilizes libQuotient library and some C++ models from Quaternion.
This program is a fork of Spectral.
License
This program is licensed under GNU General Public License, Version 3.