Gear/Gear 24.05

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User-facing changes

NeoChat

• We removed the fancy effect. They were not working anymore and were causing some serious performance regression https://invent.kde.org/network/neochat/-/merge_requests/1700
• Integration with Itinerary https://invent.kde.org/network/neochat/-/merge_requests/1505
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Tokodon

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Merkuro

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Spectacle

• Spectacle regains a Crop tool

Dolphin

• Dolphin now shows a visible error message when you use a keyboard shortcut to trigger an action that can’t be performed in the current context, like cutting a file in a read-only folder https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/738
• Better animation:

 * When dragging a file or folder over another folder in Dolphin with the option turned on that opens the folder if you hold the dragged file there for a moment, the hovered folder now displays a little animation showing it open a bit https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/715
 * Most of Dolphin’s bars now animate appearing and disappearing https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/725

Elisa

• you can now switch between list and grid views as you see fit https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411952
• you can now search for albums on the Tracks page

Ark

• Ark can now open and un-archive self-extracting .exe archive files https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/merge_requests/233

Kate

You can now split embedded terminal views in Kate horizontally or vertically https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1417