Cardapio Changelog

What's new in Cardapio 0.9.132

Aug 3, 2010
  • Cardapio v0.9.132 has been released* and it now brings a mouse-based interface for browsing the System menus. This was a commonly asked-for feature, and its design came directly from our discussion in a Launchpad blueprint [1]. How does it work? See the blueprint
  • ...or just toggle the new mode-switcher button (labeled "System"), which is present at the bottom of the menu, and see Cardapio become a Gnome Control Center of sorts. Good times!
  • *well, the package has been waiting in the queue in Launchpad for the past 17hrs. So hold your horses
  • The next news-item is that Cardapio users have been hard at work on some of the plugins we suggested in the beginning of July [2]. As a result, we are now (after just two weeks!) shipping *four* new plugins with Cardapio -- courtesy of Pawel Bara. These are:
  • Bing plugin
  • Yahoo plugin
  • Wikipedia plugin
  • Youtube plugin
  • Great work, Pawel! I should also take this opportunity to thank Clifton Mulkey for writing plugins *even before* we ever made that public call. He's responsible for the Software Center and Virtual Box plugins. You guys are awesome
  • Next step
  • With the great plugin proliferation, searching with Cardapio may become a bit unwieldy, especially if you have too many plugins turned on. So there's a small usability tweak that will soon be coming to Cardapio, as proposed by user Bert de Bruijn [3]. It is only a small feature, but l think it will be pretty amazing.
  • The idea is to assign customizable search prefixes to different plugins. So, for example, you could search for "Gnome" on Wikipedia just by typing "?w gnome". This would cause Cardapio to only show results from the Wikipedia plugin -- possibly showing more results than usual as there would be more UI space to play with.
  • In sum, things are shaping up nicely for the big v1.0! So keep those blueprints coming, keep on hacking on Cardapio plugins, and please take a look at some of the outstanding bugs that need some attention [4].
  • [1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cardapio/+spec/always-show-administration-and-preferences
  • [2] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cardapio/+spec/plugin-suggestions
  • [3] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cardapio/+spec/letters-to-use-only-specific-search-method
  • [4] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cardapio/+spec/road-to-version-one-point-oh
  • PS: As of *right now* the old PPA will no longer be updated. The correct PPA is ppa:cardapio-team/unstable . Please help spread the word about this. I wouldn't want any Cardapio user to be left out of the fun
  • You can update your PPA either through the Software Sources application (search for it in Cardapio!) or on the terminal with these commands:
  • sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tvst-hotmail-cardapio-*
  • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cardapio-team/unstable
  • sudo apt-get update

New in Cardapio r313 (Jul 16, 2010)

  • NEW OFFICIAL PPA: ppa:cardapio-team/unstable -- Please update your software sources!
  • New public-beta of Zeitgeist "Recent Documents" plugin! (see https://answers.launchpad.net/cardapio/+faq/1192)
  • New Software Center plugin: search for apps that are available for installation! (by Clifton Mulkey)
  • New VirtualBox plugin: start your virtual machines from Cardapio! (by Clifton Mulkey)
  • New option to keep previous search results when Cardapio is hidden!
  • New plugin for localized web search!
  • Cardapio now asks what to do when launching an executable file: Run it? Or edit it?
  • New context menu option to "Open parent folder"!
  • Use Cardapio as a launcher in Docky: https://answers.launchpad.net/cardapio/+faq/1148
  • Now with drag-and-drop support! (from Cardapio to other apps, such as the desktop or Docky)
  • Now there's a context menu option to "open parent folder" for all applicable buttons!
  • Change the ordering of menus and plugins by dragging in the Properties dialog!
  • Middle-click or Ctrl-click to "launch in background". This keeps the Cardapio window open so you can launch multiple apps in one go!
  • Now with better support for gtkrc theming: all important widgets are properly named! (Example theme: https://answers.launchpad.net/cardapio/+faq/1194)
  • NEW plugin to search *inside* files using Tracker. This is disabled by default, to keep from over-populating the menu, but you can enable it through the Properties dialog as usual.
  • If you don't find the Google or Tracker search result you were looking for, click on "Show additional results" to open your browser or the tracker search tool!
  • Pin *anything* to the Cardapio menu (apps, local files, websites) by right-clicking on it and choosing "Pin this item"!
  • Cardapio now handles all panel orientations, and changes the applet icon's size for different panel sizes!
  • Cardapio now has a configurable applet icon!
  • You can now resize Cardapio by dragging the window margins!
  • Cardapio has gained a configuration window! (a.k.a. the Properties dialog)
  • The Cardapio applet now resizes vertically with the panel, and it always has an icon, no matter what the Gnome settings are.
  • Cardapio now has support for simple plugins!
  • Cardapio can now do inline Google searches!
  • Cardapio is now fully translatable! Contribute here: http://translations.launchpad.net/cardapio/trunk/+pots