[2006-10-20] Krusader Newsletter - Volume 2, Number 7
Frank Schoolmeesters
Krusader Newsletter, 20 October 2006
(c) 2005-2006 by The Krusader Krew, All Rights Reserved
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Welcome to the Krusader Newsletter with news, views and information
about recent developments and ongoing issues in the Krusader project.
Our aim is to inform of recent developments, give a preview of
upcoming features and to let our loyal users have a direct line to the
Krusader Krew.
New features available in cvs
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Since the last newsletter [1] some new features and fixes where added
in cvs. We welcome and encourage your feedback! Download it [2], play
with it, push it to the limit, and then tell us what you found! More
cvs information is available in the Changelog [3], cvsnews [4] and the
changelog diff [5].
1. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1726
2. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/cvs.php
3. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/text.php?t=ChangeLog
4. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/text.php?t=CVSNEWS
5. http://krusader.cvs.sourceforge.net/krusader/krusader_kde3/ChangeLog?r1=1.721&r2=1.731
ADDED: Experimental input method support in quick search (patch by Jiri Palecek)
CHANGED: Better quick navigation: first move mouse over subdir, then
press ctrl + left mouse button (patch by Jiri Palecek)
CHANGED: Better subdir calculation on quick navigation
CHANGED: Color cache redesigned. Konfigurator preview and actual
colors should now match
FIXED: When a refresh fails, the attempted URL is kept in the origin
bar, and focus remains there for the user to fix. Idea by Vaclav Juza
I18N: Fixed clash with unpack shortcut in useractions string (Alt+U)
(thanks Hideki Kimura)
I18N: Updated Japanese translation (thanks Hideki Kimura)
I18N: Renamed remaining instances of 'mark' to 'select'
Users unite! Help needed badly
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The Krusader Krew, developers of full featured file manager project
for KDE Desktop Environment, need help [6].
Krusader, a full featured twin-panel file manager for KDE is surely
the most advanced file manager for Linux, supporting a long list of
advanced functions, plus a lot of extended functions from different
third party projects, that need to be properly described, documented
and brought to the attention of users from all walks of life. While
the Krew gets a lot of support from translators, other developers and
bug hunters, the documentation stands solely on two people, both
writing and proofreading the ever changing documentation, to be always
on the same wavelength as the functions and features of the file
manager. After a long period of preparation, now the Krew started
changing the structure of Krusader, the twin panel file manager, for
compatibility with upcoming release of KDE4, which brings changes to
the core of the program. At the same time this upgrade will also
enable adding new features, removing obsolete ones and changing the
existing.
The Krew calls out for all the users, writers, proofreaders and
sympathizers of open software, to help the project with the
documentation. It doesn't matter if your English is not perfect, there
will be a proofreader helping you with it, it doesn't matter if you're
not sure if you can do it, someone will surely help you get the hang
of it and it doesn't matter if you don't have a lot of time, bit by
bit we all can do it.
You can talk to the Krew on the forum [7]:
You can write us an email:
krusader-users * googlegroups.com
You can take a look at the handbook [8].
Thank you.
6. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1731
7. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=6989
8. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/handbook/
Spread Krusader! (alpha)
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We are glad to announce our experimental Spread Krusader section [9].
It contains badges, banners and all the things for your spreading
needs. Being AJAX driven it requires JavaScript to be enabled in your
browser. Please note, that the whole thingy is highly experimental and
will be undergo heavy changes sooner or later. Nonetheless it is yet
feature rich and supposed to be usable. Thanks Dirk!
13. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1743
Krusader 1.70.x distribution news
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Distrowatch.com reports 17 distibutions that provide Krusader-1.70.0
[14] and 20 distros that provide Krusader-1.70.1 [15]. Be aware that
Distrowatch.com only checks the initial release of a distro, updates
and packports are not always reported in this list. Some other distros
use repositories where Krusader can be downloaded and installed, eg.
from the Fedora Extras repository. We would like to welcome Aurox
Linux [16], DragonFly BSD [17] and KateOS [18]
14. http://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=krusader&pkgver=1.70.0
15. http://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=krusader&pkgver=1.70.1
16. http://www.aurox.org/
17. http://www.dragonflybsd.org/
18. http://kateos.org/
Krusader-1.70.1 distro list
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* Arch Linux: current
* Ark Linux: dockyard, dockyard, 2006.1
* NEW: CCux Linux: stable
* Debian GNU/Linux: unstable, testing
* NEW: DragonFly BSD: 1.6
* FreeBSD: 7, 6, 6.2
* Frugalware Linux: 0.5
* Gentoo Linux: unstable, stable, 2006.1
* NEW: KANOTIX: 2006-01-rc4
* NEW: KateOS: 3.1
* Lunar Linux: moonbase
* Mandriva Linux: cooker
* NetBSD: pkgsrc
* PCLinuxOS: apt, 0.93a
* PLD Linux Distribution: dev
* Sorcerer: grimoire
* Source Mage GNU/Linux: grimoire
* NEW: OpenSUSE: factory
* NEW: T2: snapshot
* UHU-Linux: 2.0
Krusader-1.70.0 distro list
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* ALT Linux: Sisyphus
* NEW: Aurox Linux: 12.0
* Boston University Linux: 4.6-beta
* CCux Linux: 0.9.8
* DANIX GNU/Linux: 2006-09-09
* Frugalware Linux: 0.4
* KNOPPIX: 5.0.1
* Linspire: 5.1
* Linux-EduCD: 0.6
* Lunar Linux: 1.6.0
* NetSecL
* PLD Linux Distribution: 2.0-rc1
* QiLinux: 2.0
* ROCK Linux: snapshot, 3
* Source Mage GNU/Linux: grimoire
* openSUSE: 10.1
* T2: 6.0.0
New UserActions at kde-files.org
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Some new UserActions [19] where added at kde-files.org [20] Please
upload your favorite UserActions at kde-files.org so that they become
available for the Krusader community. Thanks! For UserActions
discussions we provide an UserActions Forum [21].
19. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/handbook/useractions.html
20. http://www.kde-files.org/index.php?xcontentmode=660x661x662x663
21. http://www.krusader.org/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=11
Il file manager alternativo
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Giuseppe Bordoni [22] has written an Krusader review for the Italian
linux-magazine.it [23, 24] in the n°69 November 2006 edition. Thank
you Giuseppe! btw. "Il file manager alternativo" means "The
alternative file manager"
22. http://www.geppozone.com/curriculum.php
23. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1757
24. http://www.linux-magazine.it/
Help and feedback
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Here you get a chance to contribute to the Krusader project. Some
things needs to be done, but can't be done by us. Help, feedback, and
contributions are always welcome. If you feel you can help, please
follow this link [25]. Thank you! If you have a topic for Krusader
news, please contact Frank. Your feedback on this newsletter and
future newsletters will be appreciated.
25. http://krusader.sourceforge.net/help.php
Thanks for reading, and if you have any ideas to improve Krusader,
feel free to let us know. We do it all, for you....
Kind regards,
The Krusader Krew