Spring cleaning, and many features!
Written for Cardapio by Thiago Teixeira on 2011-03-24
From December to January, Cardapio development became slow and boring due to some massive code reorganization. Thankfully, those days are over, and right now new features abound. Here are the latest news:
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New Zeitgeist plugins
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The Recent Documents plugin is back and smarter than ever! Now with three modes: "regular", "categorized", and "smart".
In "regular" mode, a single "Recent documents" category is added to Cardapio containing — surprise! — a list of the latest files you used. In a more interesting turn of events, in the "categorized" mode we get a hint from the Sezen way and show 4 categories: "today", "this week", "this month", and "all time". Finally, "smart" mode is a smart combination of both.
Go and give it a try! Your files have nowhere to hide :)
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"Applications" and "Places" now optional
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For those of you who are interested in Cardapio solely for its search features, but don't care for the fact that it is a full menu replacement, you may now rejoice. Head down to Cardapio's Properties window and, in the Plugins tab, deactivate the checkbox next to the "Applications" and "Places" plugins. Peace at last.
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Non-modal "Rebuilding..." messages
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Are you tired of getting those "Rebuilding..." messages when trying to access Cardapio? I was too, so I added a non-modal message bar that tells you when Cardapio needs to rebuild, and stays out of your way in the meantime. So now Cardapio is responsive when most you need it!
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RGBA support
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For the transparency enthusiasts using an RGBA-capable GTK theme: you can now turn on Cardapio's RGBA support with the new hidden setting "allow transparency" in Cardapio's configuration file. (This setting is off by default because RGBA windows don't currently get shadows in Compiz, which I find a bit unpleasant-looking. But if you have RGBA on you are probably used to this, so fear not and proceed with confidence!)
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Example GTK theme for Cardapio
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And lastly, after quite a few requests I have decided to create a GTK theme to showcase Cardapio's themeing abilities. Now, I may be a bit biased but I think it turned out really nicely. Have a look: http://
To install this dark theme, follow the instructions in the link above.
More importantly, though, if you're a GTK theme writer yourself, give Cardapio themeing a try and send me a link to your creation. I will be adding all Cardapio themes to a common gallery for easy access.
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...and that's it! Hope you enjoy these changes!
PS: For those who don't know it, here's a screenshot of Cardapio's "subfolder search" feature: http://
You should really give it a try. It can be quite magical. Here's how: https:/
