ViewPortageX is a Python-based karamba theme tailored for Gentoo users. It aims to offer a user-friendly display of vital system information.
ViewPortageX is a comprehensive karamba theme created in Python that caters to all Gentooists out there. The theme is designed to parse gentoo.packages.org and present you with up-to-date information about updates in the portage-tree. It allows you to display packages that are installed exclusively on your system, giving you an overview of what emerge -p world would print out if you synchronize now. This feature significantly reduces the need for frequent synchronizing since once in a week will suffice.
ViewPortageX accomplishes this by storing all new packages in a database and enabling you to track them even after they have moved out of the packages.gentoo.org list. The theme offers all the features that packages.gentoo.org provides, including the ability to search through the portage-tree and view a package's versions and keywords.
Notably, ViewPortageX has several other features, including automatic updates when new versions are released, minimizing traffic by parsing only new packages, and a database that utilizes the cpickel-libary for reliable writeout and readin of package data. The theme is also fully themeable with a widget library that aids in creating dynamic interfaces with karamba.
ViewPortageX displays only bold information about installed packages since update information for such packages is what really interests you. Additionally, it offers interaction possibilities to make it easier for you to use the theme. It is the only karamba-theme that provides checkboxes and comboboxes, making it a valuable addition to your software collection.
However, ViewPortageX has two known bugs. Firstly, when reloading the theme in a running superkaramba instance, the pagebutton bar at the bottom is missing. Secondly, doing an automatic update under KDE 3.5.1 superkaramba will lock completely, and you need to kill it with killall -9 superkaramba and start it again. As such, be careful when using this theme with KDE 3.5.1.
To use ViewPortageX, you need SuperKaramba installed. The latest release of the software fixes a small parsing bug of the description when doing a package search or viewing a category. There was also a new keyword added to portage, resulting in the keywords table of the package view not fitting into the superkaramba-widget anymore, necessitating the creation of a 20-pixel bigger extended view. Try ViewPortageX today and enjoy its myriad features!
ViewPortageX accomplishes this by storing all new packages in a database and enabling you to track them even after they have moved out of the packages.gentoo.org list. The theme offers all the features that packages.gentoo.org provides, including the ability to search through the portage-tree and view a package's versions and keywords.
Notably, ViewPortageX has several other features, including automatic updates when new versions are released, minimizing traffic by parsing only new packages, and a database that utilizes the cpickel-libary for reliable writeout and readin of package data. The theme is also fully themeable with a widget library that aids in creating dynamic interfaces with karamba.
ViewPortageX displays only bold information about installed packages since update information for such packages is what really interests you. Additionally, it offers interaction possibilities to make it easier for you to use the theme. It is the only karamba-theme that provides checkboxes and comboboxes, making it a valuable addition to your software collection.
However, ViewPortageX has two known bugs. Firstly, when reloading the theme in a running superkaramba instance, the pagebutton bar at the bottom is missing. Secondly, doing an automatic update under KDE 3.5.1 superkaramba will lock completely, and you need to kill it with killall -9 superkaramba and start it again. As such, be careful when using this theme with KDE 3.5.1.
To use ViewPortageX, you need SuperKaramba installed. The latest release of the software fixes a small parsing bug of the description when doing a package search or viewing a category. There was also a new keyword added to portage, resulting in the keywords table of the package view not fitting into the superkaramba-widget anymore, necessitating the creation of a 20-pixel bigger extended view. Try ViewPortageX today and enjoy its myriad features!
What's New
Version 1.51: N/A